Academy

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The Rebel Squadrons Academy (RSA)

  • The Academy is the first stop for new RS members to get familiar with the RS and have the basic knowledge necessary to participate in the RS activities they are interested in.
  • The Academy will provide post-graduate training to improve the skills of RS members.

Command Staff


For a complete list of all RSA staff members, please see RSA Instructors Roster.

Structure

The Academy is separated into Training Departments which are supervised by the Academy Command Staff. The Academy Command Staff is led by the Training Officer/Academy Commanding Officer. Training Departments will host post-graduate and eventual graduate courses for their field of activity. A Training Department is supervised by the Commanding Officer/Command Staff of each respective department. The Training Department instructors will be in charge of leading and evaluating 'students' in the course(s) the instructor will be teaching.

Field of Activity

The basic element in the Academy are courses. The FoA of these courses could be split up into:

  • RS general basic training
  • Game specific training - basic/advanced
  • RS general advanced training
  • RS specific advanced training

Courses

Academy courses are designed to teach you something new, or let you demonstrate your proficiency if you already know the material.

A list of currently available courses can be found at Academy courses.

Training Departments (TDs)

The name "Training Department" will be used to indicate that we are talking about the wings of the Academy.

Beginner's Path (BP)

The Beginner's Path serves as first to-do thing in the RS for new members. It gives an idea of the features a RS member can use on RS.org and makes it possible for a new member to earn their 1st promotion quickly.
Once a new member joins the RS s/he will be placed into the New Member's Section, contacted and supervised by one of the Primary Instructors.

Primary Instructors

Primary Instructors will assist new RS members to achieve the 2LT promotion through the BP. Primary Instructors should be dedicated and informed RS members with knowledge of (or willing to learn) what is going on in the various RS units, and the ability to respond to e-mails within 24 hours. Due to the nature of this position, it will be expected that a Primary Instructor marks himself/herself LOA if s/he is going to be offline for more than 48 hours. Futhermore, a Primary Instructor will be expected to have a presence on IRC and/or Xfire as much as RL permits in order to respond to new members questions.

Fictional Background

The Academy is located on the planet of Tarsonis in the Greeop system. The location should provide a variety of plot lines/background to introduce new members' characters fictionally into the RS.

For Reference: Existing Proposals

Proposals to be used in the RSA with slight variations:

The Historical Academy

The RS Academy was a fleet that existed from 1997 to May, 2003. The Academy, not surprisingly, served as the entry point into the RS for many years. All new members entered the Academy as Cadets, were trained in an Undergraduate Wing, and then graduated into the Fleet of their choice as full-fledged members. The Academy was also home to several Graduate instruction wings, which provided more specialized training in such disciplines as custom mission creation.

Former COs include Castor Efrata-Landis (founder), Jake Blues, and Matt "Stallion" Williams (who led it twice, and was the last CO, voting to disband it).

For proposals of 2006 to revive the Academy, see Academy proposal.

Historical Academy's website: http://to.rebelsquadrons.org/academy/

Historical Academy's fictional background