Astoach
The Dark Comedy
The Imperial Grand Navy
"And so we shall block out the sun and, as the shadow of death eclipses the opponents of our might, they will not plead for their lives. They will only praise our power. They would gladly be smothered beneath the awesome force that is our Navy! It is an honor to be slaughtered, to be the participant of this divine massacre in order to shepherd further our executing blade, to silence this Era of Oppression!"
1. Lord Admiral - All Combined NaviesThe military is defined like an aristocracy in its head’s composure it is led by twin knights of prowess, the Lords Marshall and Admiral, who dedicate body and soul to its expansion, acting as the Hands of the Imperium. As the name would suggest, the Lord Admiral is the Supreme Commander of the Navy, serving aboard its first and ultimate Fleet as his primary base of operation and, beneath the Imperium’s influence, leads his chain of command to victory, directing the Imperium’s Galactic Campaign through strategic influence and, should he will it, his direct presence in battle aboard his unique warship. While providing a life largely consistent of social pandering, due to the twins' face of all military might, the Lord Admiral is, without a doubt, an explosively powerful being, whose influence reaches far, eclipsed only be his strategic capability in battle. The Lord Admiral is, without a doubt, a monster akin to the most depraved beast in the Galaxy, rightfully so and having earned his royal command through a mixture of capabilities, for both atrocity and overwhelming victory, directed upon the Imperium's enemies within in the black vacuums of the void.
This is a Player-only Rank.*
OOC Criteria:
• Must be active weekly with no prolonged hiatus spanning more than two weeks without prior notice to the branch admin.
• Must be experienced in leading NPCs in combat and will be expected to submit proof of such experience.
• Will be expected to assist in managing the faction. This could be by managing threads, recruiting, or developing additional ideas for the military and proceeding to submit them in the proper thread provided.
• Will be expected to handle both IC issues and OOC issues if directed, or if no admin is present.
• Will have to help manage military-run faction threads.
• Will be expected to keep in close contact OOCly with branch head and perhaps admin board.
• May assist branch admin with fleshing out military ideas, such as formations, strategies, and technology as suggestions. Must always keep the branch admin in the loop to what military-related projects they are working on.
• Must reach basic writing criteria:
• Must be a literate writer with a decent grasp on grammar. We all make mistakes but as a leader people should be able to read your posts clearly.
• Must be capable with pacing, so as not to drag threads along or push them too far.
• Must be talented with character development, so that the military might not go stale with cliche command.
• Will be expected to provide consistent, quality posts spanning over at least 200+ words.
• Must abide by the rules of the board.
• Must be a fair, honest, and polite role-player capable of separating OOC and IC.
• Must never fuel arguments and become impersonal to fights.
• With each breach of said criteria above, they will receive one point. If they accumulate three points total, they will be demoted, or if the problems are severe enough (perhaps so severe this process will be skipped) they will be removed from the faction.
• Most importantly: Have fun being a dictatorial commander!
Ranks equal with Lord Marshall.
Will be provided with flagship development thread upon proper request. In addition, they will be provided a fleet in which they must be dedicated to developing or recruiting.
Will be expected to develop NPC crew or select PC crew. Must have:
• Captain
• Wing Commander
• [If With a Fleet] Brigadier
• [If With a Fleet] Commander
• [If With a Fleet] Board of Commodores
• [If With a Fleet] Captain Pantheon
• [If With an Armada] High Admiral or Admiral
• [If With an Armada] Commander Pantheon
• [Optional] Squadron Commanders
Must develop and write the Council of the Brigade as a caste of personal advisers.
IC Duty:
• With the combination of the Captain Panetheon, in addition to their pet Admirals, Commanders and Officers, the Lord Admiral will be responsible for gathering the varying perspectives of the Imperium’s spanning fleets and directing individual strategies. It is through the chain of command composing the various System and Sector Armadas that he will expand his voice and provide word to his Navy.
• By the will of their Lord Paladin, the Lord Admiral is to assist in the development of Naval Technology, both providing input in addition to assisting in its design should they wish the opportunity.
• Come important political matters, both Lords are to be present during gatherings of strategic importance and parties of political swaying, for they are the, in all truth, the quirky, composed face of the military.
• Come battles of high strategic importance, such as the invasions of key worlds, the Lord Admiral will be expected to make an appearance with the Lord Paladin to boost moral and to challenge the enemy fleet directly.
2. General - TBA
Additional information will be provided upon faction growth.
3. Commander - Fleet [TBA km]
As the Lord Admiral rules the skies of the Galaxy through his titanic Armadas, so to do Admirals rule their systems and sectors through the use of massive fleets. Each fleet is unique, composed of various mixings of ships and formations to create a special composure, with each captain and each commodore providing inimitable perspectives and philosophies, and each dedicated Starfighter Brigade composed of various pilots, veterans and novices alike, all built by different experiences and prepared to lay down their lives for the fleet. It is to the Commander they look up to for guidance, the highest authority among their galactic marine forces. The Commander leads the fleet in the midst of Invasions, Dominions, Skirmishes, Blockades, and other important naval missions on behalf of their chain of Admirals who rest above, overseeing their strategies. While the presence of an Admiral, High Admiral, or in a single case the Lord Admiral may be permanent, upon the declaration of their personal fleet, a boon granted with the Imperium’s blessing, the Commander alone controls the forces, simply doing so on behalf of the Admirals and their strategies.
This is both a Player and Non-Player Character Rank.*
OOC Criteria:
• 100+ Posts on their applying character.
• Must be active bi-weekly with no prolonged hiatus spanning more than one month without prior notice to the branch admin.
• Must be experienced in leading NPCs in combat and will be expected to submit proof of such experience.
• Will be expected to assist in managing the faction. This could be by managing threads, recruiting, or developing additional ideas for the military and proceeding to submit them in the proper thread provided.
• Will have to help manage military-run faction threads.
• Will be expected to keep in close contact OOCly with branch head.
• May assist branch admin with fleshing out military ideas, such as formations, strategies, and technology as suggestions. Must always keep the branch admin in the loop to what military-related projects they are working on.
• Must reach basic writing criteria:
• Must be a literate writer with a decent grasp on grammar. We all make mistakes but as a leader people should be able to read your posts clearly.
• Must be capable with pacing, so as not to drag threads along or push them too far.
• Must be talented with character development, so that the military might not go stale with cliche command.
• Must abide by the rules of the board.
• Must be a fair, honest, and polite role-player capable of separating OOC and IC.
• Must never fuel arguments and become impersonal to fights.
• With each breach of said criteria above, they will receive one point. If they accumulate three points total, they will be demoted, or if the problems are severe enough (perhaps so severe this process will be skipped) they will be removed from the faction.
Ranks equal with its Army counterpart.
Applicable for private ship spanning up to [TBA] kilometers upon proper request and development thread in addition to their fleet, subsequent their training.
Will be expected to write and develop a NPC crew or select a PC crew. Must include:
• Captain
• Wing Commander
• Board of Commodores
• Brigadier
• [Fleet] Captain Pantheon
• [Optional] Squadron Commanders
Will be expected to develop and produce a NPC Board of Commodores who will be stationed upon their private ship.
Will be expected to recruit PC Captains or create a NPC Fleet with a detailed listing of ships, which they will be responsible for keeping up-to-date.
Will be assigned to an Admiral-class Officer as a subordinate.
IC Duty:
• Helming Navy fleets, under the directive of their assigned Admiral. Fleets, while the most massive operational force in the Armadas of the Imperium, do have specified duties, primarily during conquest, involving themselves in blockades, invasions, dominions and skirmishes on behalf of the empire. Commanders are expected to respond when called to duty and helm the forces; rarely subverting command to an Admiral-class Officer should they be present, for political or personal matters.
• Commanders are also expected to reinforce systems and sectors on behalf of the Defense Ministry, often bleeding between reassignments concerning offensive and defensive stations between Imperium or Open/Opposed space. They will be held to a standard of activity in this regards and will always move when requested, with no questions or demands in return.
• During large political events, primarily Imperium Marches, Commanders are expected to make an appearance, gathering among the Commander’s Pantheon for demonstration. They, if their officer should be one of renown, will also be expected to attend socialite parties on their behalf, showcasing their superior’s armadas as their own particular fleet’s mascots.
• Commanders must have a firm grasp of technology and constantly be managing requests and submissions, altering the playing field based upon experiences played upon their ship’s weaknesses and strengths, and should consider constantly submitting appeals for new models to be put into production. This also applies to their fleet composition, which they must manage to the maximum degree of efficiency.
• Commanders must be capable of formulating strategies, whether independent with the assistance of their Board of Commodores and Captains, with maximum efficiency. This includes formations and in-combat tactics, as well as last-minute rehashes of strategies to overcome fluid obstacles, which can change throughout galactic combat. They must also be proficient of eyeing weaknesses in enemy formation and attacking, whilst claiming minimal losses.
4. Commodore - Task Force [TBA km]
Task forces are the most common form of naval expression in warfare, being composed of a small selection of vessels with a sole, objective-driven purpose and are often entirely situational. They are briefly created for a mission, composed of ships from a single fleet and are completely overseen by a Commodore. Commodores, while minor in stature, serve effectively as substitute commanders for these missions and compose a Board of Commodores, for which there is one for every fleet. They provide directive to the fleet commanders based upon their experience and serve effectively as naval advisors, offering a unique perspective on situations, allowing the Commander both divide his authority and view all sides of a matter before taking action. Only three Commodores served under a particular Commander at a time, but they are an extremely active rank that serves under a transitory lifestyle.
This is a Non-Player Character Rank.*
Ranks equal to Lieutenant-Colonel.
5. Captain - Ship [Single Vessel/Capital Ship + Support Vessels]
Each vessel supports the fleet, assisting to compose the tremendous, living body of the Imperium's galactic navy simply through its own presence. Each vessel, on its own, is made up of a crew, potential marines, an officer hierarchy, and, potentially, a new caste involving the Starfighter Corps. Living organisms require a brain to function, directing the individual purposes of the body to their utmost capacity and ethic, and so do ships, whose individual workers look to the captain to direct them. While a captain may not, in title, own the ship itself -- especially in the condition of the elite flagships -- their fate is tied to the vessel and, in military law, the captain is never to be separated from their craft. In the course of decommission, the craft is often smelted down and rebuilt into the newer models to bypass this, but in the case of its capture, or its destruction, a captain is expected to go down with the ship. They also compose the Captain Pantheons within the fleet, which operate under the fleet Commander.
This is a Player Character and Non-Player Character Rank.*
Criteria:
• Must be active monthly with no prolonged hiatus spanning more than two months without prior notice to the branch admin.
• Must be experienced in role-playing a ship along with NPC crew. May be expected to provide proof.
• Will be expected to remain active in threads.
• Will be expected to keep in close contact OOCly with their designated commander.
• Must reach basic writing criteria:
• Must be a literate writer with a decent grasp on grammar. We all make mistakes but as a leader people should be able to read your posts clearly.
• Must be capable with pacing, so as not to drag threads along or push them too far.
• Must abide by the rules of the board.
• Must be a fair, honest, and polite role-player capable of separating OOC and IC.
• Must never fuel arguments and become impersonal to fights.
• With each breach of said criteria above, they will receive one point. If they accumulate three points total, they will be demoted, or if the problems are severe enough (perhaps so severe this process will be skipped) they will be removed from the faction.
Ranks equal to their Army counterparts. However, Captains hold immediate authority in regards to safety and procedure aboard the ship, even over the Lords Admiral and Marshall.
Provided with a ship spanning up to [TBA] kilometers upon recruitment. This ship can be upgraded to larger craft through further activity within the faction and the approval of a military administrator.
Will be expected to develop or recruit a crew. Must include:
• Wing Commander
• Squadron Commanders
Duty:
• Must have a detailed understanding of ship mechanics and keep a in-depth note of the functions of their vessel, the crews involved to each sector of the ship and the augments provided. Forgetting a small, key element to their ship in combat or other dangerous situations is assuredly fatal.
• Must operate as a whole with the fleet, remaining present during fleet events such as invasions and other political gatherings, such as Imperial Marches.
• Must never abandon his/her ship. The ship will be presented upon the granting of the Captain rank and, when decommissioned for an updated model, the old ship shall be broken down and processed into the new shuttle. Should the ship ever be captured or destroyed, the captain must always go down with the ship.
• Must loyally serve all higher ranking officers on board and utilize all subordinates, coordinating them to maximize activity and thus increasing the overall effectiveness of the fleet.
Starfighter Corps:
1. Brigadier - Brigade [Total Starfighters in a Task Force/Fleet]
Brigadiers oversee all Starfighter strategies in a single fleet, directing orders through the various Wing Commanders of the naval force and acting as an independent entity to the chain of command, answering only the Commander himself. They live a rather luxurious, underestimated life aboard the fleet’s command vessels, stationed along with the Captain, Wing Commanders, the Commodores, and their might Commander, in addition to the legendary admirals, should the ship be helming a tremendous fleet.
This is a Non-Player Character Rank.*
Ranks between Commodore and Commander.
2. Wing Commander - Wing [Total Starfighters in a Ship]
Wing Commanders are subordinates of Captains, overseeing the the hangers, vessels, and pilots stationed within the ships. They are entirely responsible for their care, ordering them about to keep them in strong physical condition and also overseeing maintenance of their craft, ensuring that they will be in eternal top condition should the fleet ever come under sudden attack.
This is a Non-Player Character Rank.*
Ranks directly below Captain.
3. Squadron Commander - Squadron [8-12 Starfighters]
As with every famous squadron of starfighters, a Squadron Commander must be promoted to helm it. They are the lock which binds their squad together and without their leadership, it would undoubtedly fall into chaos. While the second-to-lowest rank among the Imperium's Grand Navy, they are perhaps the staple which holds the entire system together, not only entirely responsible for surgically precise and accurate assaults, but they also serve, albeit most importantly, as the symbol of the Imperial Navy's might.
This is a Player and Non-Player Rank.*
Criteria:
• Must be active monthly with no prolonged hiatus spanning more than two months without prior notice to the branch admin.
• Must be experienced in role-playing a starship and will be expected to research their chosen craft.
• Will be expected to remain active in threads.
• Will be expected to keep in close contact OOCly with their designated pc leader. (Captain/Commander/Admiral)
• Must abide by the rules of the board.
• Must be a fair, honest, and polite role-player capable of separating OOC and IC.
• Must never fuel arguments and become impersonal to fights.
• With each breach of said criteria above, they will receive one point. If they accumulate three points total, they will be demoted, or if the problems are severe enough (perhaps so severe this process will be skipped) they will be removed from the faction.
Will be provided with their chosen starfighter subsequent their recruitment. They will be expected to familiarize themselves with the craft and its various abilities, maneuverability, etc.
Will be expected to develop their NPC squadron and submit it to both their designated PC Captain and the Codex.
Must join a ship with compatible hangar bays. They can request a position aboard a ship from any Naval officer who has room.
Squadron Commanders who prove themselves in battle will earn the honorable title of "Baron" cementing them an aristocratic rank with its own unique perks.
Duty:
• Must remain active with their ship during naval activites.
• Must maintain and in-depth relationship with their squadron. Emotional ties will keep the soldiers strongly linked together.
• Must maintain a mental database of various tactics and maneuvers, as well as formations.
• Must be a skilled pilot and capable of forming complex plans to not only survive battle, but to turn to the tide in favor of an Imperial Victory.
4. Pilot - Wingmen [2 Starfighters Paired]
Often compromised entirely of clone soldiers, the legions of pilots who compose the Starfighter Corps serve beneath the overarching hierarchy of Naval Command, serving little more than cannon fodder sub-humans. However, emotional attachment is promoted between the Squadron Commander and his pilots, though the relationship is treated as one would the loving attachment one would have for a pet. They die at the command of their superiors and are the primary casualty in Imperium's naval conflicts, but no remembrance for their sacrifice will ever be given.
This is a Non-Player Rank.*
Lowest Rank in the Grand Navy.