' Wrote:***Please note: This is primarily going to be a copy-paste of DBoy's original post for Black Squadron, save for a few changes, such as the roster and a few other things. His original post should be deleted in favour of this one.
Faction Name: Black Squadron
[color=#FFFFFF]Tag: Bs|
Black Squadron are an elite wing of Order pilots working to destroy what's left of the Nomad race, and the Liberty house, with also control and power over the Order themselves being lead by Black Squadron's four Admirals. With their size and fighting abilities they gained access and full control of Omicron 100, which is used as their main base of operations. Currently Black Squadron's new objective is to rid of the new species of 'Nomads' flying through the Omicron sectors, and hold back the assaults of Liberty freeing their people from the corrupted government, along with studying Nomad technology.
Affiliation/ID: The Order [color=#FFFFFF]Systems under our control: Omicron Minor [color=#FFFFFF]Systems we own: Omicron 100 (Admin Approved) [color=#FFFFFF]Main Base of Operations: Lisbon Station, Omicron 100 [color=#FFFFFF]Recruitment:http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=227662
Here is a list of zones and systems where Bs| is allowed to travel to and allowed to make engagements on. No member should ever be seen outside these systems unless a Black Squadron Admiral says otherwise.
Free Flight Systems: (List of systems that Bs| pilots have authorized access to.)
Omicron 100 (Home System)
Omicron Minor
Alaska (Limited Access, should be kept clear of)
Omicron Delta
Omicron Kappa
Omicron Gamma (Allied Space)
Omicron Theta (Limited Access, Zoner Space)
Engagement Systems: (List of systems that Bs| pilots may make engagements on, no Bs| pilot should be entering any of these systems without authorization.)
Fleet Admiral:
The Fleet Admiral is the given rank to the leader of the Order and Black Squadron. Only one pilot may acquire this rank at a time. With this rank gives full permission to pilot any ship class vessel, and has full command over any lower ranking officer.
Vice Admiral:
The Vice Admiral is the given rank to the second in command of the Order and Black Squadron. Only one pilot may acquire this rank at a time. With this rank gives full permission to pilot any ship class vessel, and has command over any lower ranking officer.
Mid Admiral:
The Mid Admiral rank is the given rank to the third in command of the Order and Black Squadron. Only one pilot may acquire this rank at a time. With this rank gives permission to pilot any ship class vessel, and has command over any lower ranking officer.
Rear Admiral:
The Rear Admiral rank is given rank to the fourth in command of the Order and Black Squadron. Only one pilot may acquire this rank at a time. With this rank gives permission to pilot any class vessel and has command over any lower ranking officer.
Captain:
The rank of Captain is the highest rank possible to achieve before admiralty rankings begin, a Captain has permission to hold command of the fleet while Admirals are on other attended business. Rank restricts available ship class vessels to Cruisers and below.
Commander:
The rank of Commander allows pilots to hold command of the fleet if no higher ranking officer is available. Rank restricts available ship class vessels to Cruisers and below.
Lieutenant Commander:
The Rank of Lt. Commander gives limited permissions to giving directive orders while no higher ranking officer is available. Rank restricts available ship class vessels to Gunboats and below
Lieutenant:
The rank of Lieutenant gives very limited permissions to giving directive orders while no higher ranking officer is available. No offensive engagements of any kind should be made without a officer higher ranking then Lieutenant should be made. Ranks restricts available ship class vessels to Gunboat and below.
Ensign:
The rank of Ensign is given after a months work of Crewman. No offensive engagements of any kind should be made without a officer higher ranking then Lieutenant should be made. Ranks restricts available ship class vessels to Bombers and Fighters.
Crewman:
The joining rank given to new recruits of the Order and Black Squadron, No offensive engagements of any kind should be made without a officer higher ranking then Lieutenant should be made. Ranks restricts available ship class vessels to Fighters only.
*This fighter is listed due to Fleet Admiral Ascendancy owning the last Order made Viper Mk I. There will not be anymore in the fleet.
Weapon Restrictions:
Fighter Weapons:
"Death's Hand" series The Order Laser Cannons
"Reaper" series The Order Neutron Cannons
"Salamanca" series Corsair Neutron Cannons
"Tizona/Colada del Cid" Corsair Pulse Cannons
"Fury" series Zoner Photon Cannons
"Vengeance" series Liberty Laser Cannons** (Limited to two (2) of these on one ship)
"Magma Hammer" series Liberty Plasma Cannons** (Limited to two (2) of these on one ship)
Codename Weapons (Limited to two (2) of these on a very heavy fighter class ship, cannot be used with Nomadic weapons)
Salvaged weapons***
"Human Modified"Nomad Energy Blasters (Limited to two (2) of these on a very heavy fighter class ship, cannot be used with Codenames)
"Human Modified"Nomad Energy Cannons (Limited to two (2) of these on a very heavy fighter class ship, cannot be used with Codenames)
ANC-1 "Nova" Antimatter Torpedo Launcher
AN-2 "Supernova" Antimatter Cannon
"Mini Razor" Tachyon-Antimatter Cannon
Capital Weapons:
Order Capital Turrets
Corsair Capital Turrets
Zoner Capital Turrets
Liberty Capital Turrets**
Basic Capital Turrets**
Battle Razors
Mortars
Infernos*
*That means ONLY Capital ship Infernos, you CAN NOT use Fighter Infernos.
**For all wondering, these weapons are sold on Order bases.
***Salvaged weapons means weapons you pick up off of hostile NPCs, like the BH or The Wild. They aren't recommended, but if you really want to use the weapons of our enemies against themselves, you can only have two (2) mounted on any one ship.
______________________________________________________________________________ Diplomacy:
Note: If I left anything out or made any mistakes, PM me. This truly is my first time leading a major faction on the server. Last updated September 5, 2008
umm not much to say. However a few things caught my eyes:
-Flying corsairs ships, why?
Yes there is an alliance, but isn't this alliance an economical one (goods and a few guns)? I can understand the use of some ships since order's ships line is small, till 4.85 (no GB, no Cruiser, no bomber...)
-Corsair cruiser, personnaly, idk why corsair would sell you a big military vessel when they are at war with the OC and they need it on the battlefield.
-Using Corsair shield busters seems logical since you don't have access to Ageira shield busters, but I somehow feel like Salamancas should be limited to like 2 per ships
-GMG bomber? why?
-Using Liberty weapons?(defectors) acceptable(if limited to 2 per ships, "example") , but why would you use them,,,they aren't so good.
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please add the Hessian Tears to your diplomacy list.
' Wrote:-Flying corsairs ships, why?
Yes there is an alliance, but isn't this alliance an economical one (goods and a few guns)? I can understand the use of some ships since order's ships line is small, till 4.85 (no GB, no Cruiser, no bomber...)
If I remember correctly, we actually only have one Corsair Bomber in our fleet, and I don't believe we'll be doing any more of that for awhile. Of course the Nepythus is and will be the first choice for all Fighters to have. Actually... All Bs| members should have a Nep before even thinking about anything else. And yes, once 4.85 comes out and we have our line of ships, there won't be a need for the Corsair craft anymore.
' Wrote:-Corsair cruiser, personnaly, idk why corsair would sell you a big military vessel when they are at war with the OC and they need it on the battlefield.
Well, actually, due to some of the mix ups in 4.83 (I think it was 4.83 at least), Black Squadron/The Order went hostile to the Outcasts and Blood Dragons, and they're hostile to us. The relations just never changed and we still consider each other that. As for the Corsairs selling it to us, currently I don't believe we have any Cruiser vessel in our fleet (unless there's a Zoner Destroyer I don't know about, my absence hasn't done me well), and any Cruiser class vessel that is to be purchased will of course go through The Brotherhood before joining our fleet. I wouldn't see a problem with them selling it to us as we would be assisting them in their war, unless someone says otherwise of course.
' Wrote:-Using Corsair shield busters seems logical since you don't have access to Ageira shield busters, but I somehow feel like Salamancas should be limited to like 2 per ships
I agree with that, actually, I would prefer Bs| using either the Order weaponry and/or our Codenames/Modified Nomad weaponry (also already limited to two per ship)
' Wrote:-GMG bomber? why?
The Taiidan Bomber has always been Black Squadron's main Bomber as it was formally sold on the Corsair base within Omicron Delta. Now of course it's on Freeport 11, which we still have access to, and it's better then the Corsair base earlier as the Zoners will sell it to pretty much anyone, with of course their allies. (I never did really understand the Zoner/Order alliance, but I might as well roll with it.) - Now of course if the Bomber gets moved from Freeport 11 and on to an actual GMG base, then we drop them. (And by then we should have our own Bomber anyway, right?)
' Wrote:-Using Liberty weapons?(defectors) acceptable(if limited to 2 per ships, "example") , but why would you use them,,,they aren't so good.
They're just there if Members wish to use them, but you're correct, they're horrible, I don't see anyone really using them in the first place. But as they are sold on Order bases, I added them to the list.
' Wrote:please add the Hessian Tears to your diplomacy list.
Doing so now, Swiss will update this page when he can, I've updated the official faction status.
I'd like to point out that places stuff is sold has nothing to do with who should use it. To quote my favorite example,
Planet Kurile, Samura base.
Sells, among other things, the Anubis Order Very Heavy Fighter, Liberty Vengeance guns, and Kusari guns (if I'm not mistaken). So, if we do anything by where stuff is sold, you can theoretically fly an Order fighter with Samura tag/ID with Liberty, Kusari, and civilian weapons on it. Pff.
I would drop the Liberty weapons unless the individual submits defection RP. Although at least I don't see Nomad weaponry on here, for whatever reason it is sold on Order bases... hopefully that will be fixed next version, and we Keepers/Wilde can go around blowing them off the ships using them...
' Wrote:Sells, among other things, the Anubis Order Very Heavy Fighter, Liberty Vengeance guns, and Kusari guns (if I'm not mistaken). So, if we do anything by where stuff is sold, you can theoretically fly an Order fighter with Samura tag/ID with Liberty, Kusari, and civilian weapons on it. Pff.
I would drop the Liberty weapons unless the individual submits defection RP. Although at least I don't see Nomad weaponry on here, for whatever reason it is sold on Order bases... hopefully that will be fixed next version, and we Keepers/Wilde can go around blowing them off the ships using them...
Good point, I've removed the Liberty Fighter weapons from the faction status. The capital ship weaponry however stay as is, as it's the weapons that come with the Osiris itself. (I think... It's been awhile.) - As for the Nomad turrets, no there won't be any of those, and I hope they're removed in 4.85 as well.
' Wrote:It makes sense for the Outcasts and the Order to be hostile to each other. We revere and worship the Nomads while the Order tries to destroy them.
yea... ya cardi-huffing jellyfish worshipin' hippies!
Hessian Tears added and Liberty fighter weapons removed.
to add, there are only 1 zoner destroyer (mine, the research vessel Reliance) and only 1 corsair cruiser (the duality) in the fleet. I think there may be more than 1 corsair bombers, but these will be replaced with order bombers once 4.85 is released.
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