The Order (player faction)

This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see The Order

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The Order
Origin	Liberty
Alignment	Quasi-Lawful
Profile
Date of founding	28 A.S.
Date of dissolution	N/A A.S.
Founder(s)	Casper Orillion
Current leader(s)	Fleet Admiral Lee Brandon
Base of operations	Planet Toledo, Omicron Minor
Primary role
Protection of humanity from the Nomads
Secondary role
Elimination of Nomad infested humans

Description

The Order Primary Fleet is dedicated to the defense of Order territories, the destruction of all alien factions (Das Wilde, Slomon K'Hara, The Phantom Empire) and the protection of Liberty from aliens.

Historical Information

The Order that we know of today was originally part of the Order of Cincinnatus Citation required (founded in 28 A.S.), a secret branch of the Liberty government that was originally created to research the Alien Artifacts found on Planet Manhattan and also establish a dictatorship over the Liberty Republic if and only if its survival was threatened. Once the threat had passed, the Order of Cincinnatus would retreat back into the shadows.

Order Propaganda

During the Nomad War, most of the Order of Cincinnatus was infected by the Nomads, except for Casper Orillion, one of the Order of Cincinnatus members who worked on the construction of the Osiris Prototype Battleship. When Orillion realized that the rest of the Order of Cincinnatus had been infected and that he was their next target, he fled to Planet Toledo in the Omicron Minor System with the Osiris Prototype. Afterwards, he founded the Order that we know of today and began gathering supporters and constructing the base on Planet Toledo.

In 800 A.S, the defenders of a supposed extinct species known to humans as the “Nomads”, invade first the Rheinland house, and infest the leaders of the government. On a diplomatic envoy to visit the President of Liberty, the Rheinland diplomat is killed by a group of terrorists known only as “The Order”. After this event, Order agents are seenthroughout serious committing what may seem to be terrorist acts. However their true targets are the attackers to humanity, the Nomads. The alien species has the capability to infect a human and presume control over its body. The plan; to turn the houses of Sirius against each other in order so that an attack by the Nomads can be successful. However in 801 A.S, the Order successfully manages to drive the Nomads back through an ancient jump gate they discovered, and since that day on, the Order has kept the aliens at bay and are ready defenders for all of humanity.”

While Orillion ruled the Order, which was in essence, fairly small at the time, a small wing of elite pilots led by Jonathan Pryde arose to fly high-risk and dangerous missions for the Order. Once the great leader of the Order, Casper Orillion, passed away, Pryde came into control and became Grand Admiral of the Order. Pryde’s group of elite fighters came into control of the Order and for ~15+ standard years, Black Squadron was ruling the Order, with only small amounts of Order members flying independently for specialized missions. Pryde passed down leaderships to a young man named Dustin Hoff, who commanded the Order for the most time out of any other leader. After his retirement, a rather quiet man, known only as “Helljumper” became leader. Helljumper however, ruled for the shortest amount of time, as he himself retired, leaving Adrian McKinley in command of the Order.

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Planet toledo

This was 816 A.S.

By the year 816 A.S, the Order was no longer a small fleet controllable by one man. Members from all reaches of Sirius had joined, and the “fleet” expanded into the main body and various smaller forces. The Order had also discovered a new system within the Omicrons and declared it their home. Having established friendly relations with the Corsair and Zoner factions, as well as hostilities with the Liberty and Bounty Hunter factions, the Order became a larger body. Naturally, a power struggle began, as many believed no one man shouldbe “supreme leader” of the Order. Seeing these tensions rising, Adrian McKinley resigned as leader of the Order, temporarily keeping the Organization without a head. Sius Malacos, McKinley’s second in command, took action, and along with 4 other highly qualified members of the Order, created the Order High Command. This High Command, compromised of 5 members, took the role of the Order’s leadership, as a more democratic form of government. While classified as a terrorist organization by the Liberty government, the Order has historically been regarded favorably by Rheinland, likely due to Rheinland's own problems with The Wild, and is considered neutral by Kusari and Bretonia.

Since it's inception, the Order has been based on Planet Toledo in the Omicron Minor system. During the Battle of Omicron Minor in the Nomad War this base was severely damaged by bombardment from a Slomon K'Hara fleet, but was later rebuilt and is now used by both Order pilots and allies alike as a supply base and safe haven.

The Order of Cincinnatus still exists even today though it has only met a handful of times. It is speculated that one of the early members of the Order of Cincinnatus was Atticus Rockford, an Alliance general who fought in the War of Sol and survived contact with the Nomads on the dark side of Dwarf Planet Pluto.

The first initiative this newly founded group engaged in was the creation of a “primary fleet”. This fleet would be the largest among the Order, and would be compromised of what was Black Squadron, as well as newer members who decided to join the fleet to do greater good. While smaller groups existed, the primary fleet was the bulk of the Order force, being the largest and most powerful fleet the Order had yet seen. The group operated out of Omicron 100, and was led by none other than Sius Malacos, the man who greatly helped in creating the Order High Command.”

Ranks and Tiers

Tier 5 -

Fleet Admiral

Tier 4 -

Mid Admiral

Rear Admiral

Tier 3 -

Commodore

Colonel

Tier 2 -

Captain

Commander

Lieutenant

Tier 1 -

Sergeant

Corporal

Ensign

Current Roster

-Tier 5-

Fleet Admiral

Jack Osborne

-Tier 4-

Mid Admiral

Robert "Rodent" D'Souza

Rear Admiral

Julian Orley (Orley)

-Tier 3-

Commodore

Julia Benford (sly beetle)

Colonel

-Tier 2-

Major

Captain

USS_Reaper, Eriksson Ravenov (Eriksson), Magnus Bytus (Magnabyte), Eric McCormik (Klaw117), Sadun Tryst(Tryst), Michal Golanski (Omicron)

Commander

Jessica Scarlet (Implosion), Alight/Apenguin/Arock/Arainbow (Araul), John Arkantos (Arkantos), Mantis(FireFly), Eugene Maersk (E.Maersk), Ciana (hrimthur), Benjamin Stone (Crackpunch)

Lieutenant

Ishmael Levya (Coolandcoo), Gil Thacth (Zamboni), Elena Campillo (Anonymous User), Caja Collister (Anonymous User), Jimmy White (Smokey), Jake Night (Kara Wall), Troy Goldman (Nathan),

-Tier 1-

Sergeant

Katie MacDonald (Jack.Ryan/Scotty)

Corporal

Paul Masvidal (Jongleur), Ray Jose (-Crow-)

Ensign

Mark Tucker (Helo), Adam Jones (GhostFace), Carmen Richards (Pacific)

Partial Update on 03/10/2010 by Rodent - This was taken from the Order| Character and Rank table. If you are not listed on here then please contact me - Rodent (Hot Rod on forums).

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Diplomacy

Faction	Relationship
Zoners	Allied
Bundschuh	Friendly
SCRA	Friendly
Blood Dragons	Friendly
Gaians	Neutral
Hogosha	Neutral
Everyone else	Neutral
Corsairs	Neutral
Liberty Police Incorporated	Unfriendly
Outcasts	Unfriendly
Liberty Navy	Hostile
Liberty Security Force	Hostile
Bounty Hunters Guild	Hostile
Phantoms	At War
Wilde	At War
Aoi Iseijin	At War
Keepers	At War

Diplomacy

Allied

• The Rising Sons of Kusari - [bd]
• Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army- SCRA|
• Zoner Trade Consortium

Friendly

• Temporary Autonomous Zoners - [TAZ]
• Omicron Supply Industries- [OSI]

Neutral

• The Brotherhood- |TBH
• The Benitez Familia
• The Black Sails- |Sails
• Nature's Last Hope- [NLH]

Unfriendly

• Molly Republic - [MR]
• Red Hessian Army - [RHA]

Hostile

• The Phantom Empire - [Phantom]
• Liberty Navy - [LN]
• Liberty Security Force - =LSF=
• Liberty Police Incorporated - LPI-
• Outcasts 101st - [101st]
• Syndicate- |Syn

War

• The Keepers - Keepers.
• Das Wilde - Wilde.
• Bounty Hunters Guild - BHG|
• Aoi Iseijin

Ranking Structure

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Order Propaganda

Tier 5

Grand Admiral:

Grand Admiral is the leader of the Order|. Only one person may hold this rank at once and has full authority over the rest of the fleet.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship, Carrier

Tier 4

Mid Admiral: The Mid Admiral is also the right hand man of the Fleet Admiral. Only one person may hold this rank at once. In case of vacancy, the Rear Admiral will step up to occupy this position. High expectations, it all does pay off with the title of being an Order Admiral. This person should work close with the Rear Admiral to work on things in case the Fleet Admiral is on absence.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship, Carrier

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Rear Admiral: The Rear Admiral is the first Admiralty rank available to one person. Only one person may hold this rank at once, and expectations will rise above any in a previous rank. Chosen by the Fleet Admiral with confirmation of the fleet, the Rear Admiral is expected to be a person the fleet may go to for issues, and will have important duties to perform. However this responsibility will be aided with the commissioning of a Carrier ship if this person chooses to do so. Welcome to the Admiralty. An admiral may equip any ship within the order.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship, Carrier

Tier 3

Commodore: The rank of Commodore. This is the last rank before an Admiralty position and will be the hardest to achieve. Less in numbers than any other rank available, expectations will be quite high as will their active duty. However all of it does pay off as a Commodore has essentially full access to the Order’s arsenal. Their name should bewell known among the Admirals, as any vacancy will be surely filled in with a Commodore. A commodore may equip him/herself with any class of ship, including the Light Carrier.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship, Carrier
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Colonel: Welcome to Tier 3. Well into the ranks of the Order| a Colonel is expected to stick to their rank and have a definitive presence in their capital ship if they choose to have one. Requirements to move on will be hard, but it will be all the worth.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship

Tier 2

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Order Propaganda

Major: By reaching rank of Major you show your allegiance to The Order and all responsibility of your actions, which are vital and reflective to The Order. More responsibilities are laying on you, you must keep Order in its best shape.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship

Captain: Your passing the requirements to come this far has shown your true worth in the Order. A Captain has special privileges such as permission to commission large vessels such as Battleships. From here on out, requirements will rise, as will your expectations. Do not let the Order down.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser, Battleship

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Commander: Congratulations. As a Commander you may equip yourself with up to a cruiser class vessel in addition to your mandatory fighter class vessels. Responsibilities will increase, and your actions will now have a more definitive influence.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat, Cruiser

Lieutenant: : Welcome to Tier 2. Having come this far, a Lieutenant has gained more authority. Knowing the Order like their ship, a more active role play presence is required and their characters should be somewhat well known in space. Upon reaching the rank of Lieutenant pilots have proved their worth and can now command a Gunboat.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber, Gunboat

Tier 1

Toledo dockside

Sergeant: Upon having met the basic requirements, a pilot becomes an Sergeant, at which stage they will be required to show their commitment to the Order and worth to move on in its ranks.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber

Corporal: The persons with Corporal rank are known and have authority over ensigns, but still need much to prove themselves to Order. To advance you shall need to show your leadership capabilities as well as initiative.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber

Ensign: This rank is provided to any person that gets accepted into the Order and is the first of the ranks.

Allowed ships: Fighter, Bomber
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Tactical Information

The Order's Zone of Influence

• Tactical movements are on a need to know basis.
• Acceptable crafts range from Heavy Fighters to Battleships depending on rank.
• Capital ships and gunboats are confined to command personnel only; Special circumstances excluded.

Vessel Conventions

Naming conventions for Order craft are as follows;

• Order|Firstname.Lastname (Fighter & Bomber designation)
• Order|Codename (Fighter & Bomber designation)
• Order|Shipname (Capital Ship designation)

Handy Links

Recruitment Topic Link || Toledo Lounge || Order Role Play