Medals

Introduction

From time to time, the RS awards honor to particular members for certain types of service, achievements, successes, etc. The honor is often in the form of medals.

Beginnings

The first medals where developed in the collaborative effort of Greedo 96 and Super in 1997. These first medals formed the foundation of a new club wide system for rewarding the work of the RS membership. Some of the medals had no practical use at the time but where created for future use, such as the Violet Cluster. The evolution of the medal system continues to current times. Although all of the original medals are still in use, the whole medal system has vastly expanded and evolved well beyond the original set up, as each successive generation improves upon the previous. The most recent revision was the work of FA Dave Trebonius-Astoris and ADM Rahj Tharen during their tenure's as FC.

New Proposal

Note: Cross-reference this with Rekio's 2004 proposal.

Please, keep general comments to the Talk:Medals portion of the atrilce in order to keep the purposals clean looking.

Key:
Blue represents a current medal.
Violet represents a current medal with proposed name change.
Red represents a new proposed medal.
Orange represents a medal given to proposed retirement (if listed).

Graduation Medals

*Level 0/First Graduation Level - Beginner's Path Ribbon
-Awarded for earning 5 points on the Beginner's Path. Accompanied by the recipient also receiving a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade.

*Level 1/Second Graduation Level - Beginner's Path Honors Ribbon
-Awarded for earning 15 points on the Beginner's Path. Accompanied by the recipient also receiving a promotion to Second Lieutenant.

*Level 2/Final Graduation Level - Beginner's Path Master Ribbon
-Awarded for earning 25 points on the Beginner's Path.

Service Medals [These medals should be set up as stacked]

*Level 1 Membership - Service Medal [Renamed from Veteran Service Medal - 1 Year]
-Awarded in recognition of one year of active service to the Rebel Squadrons.

*Level 2 Membership - Honor Service Medal
-Awarded for the accumulation of two Service Medals.

*Level 3 Membership - Journeyman Service Medal
-Awarded for the accumulation of two Honor Service Medals.

*Level 4 Membership - Master Service Medal
-Awarded for the accumulation of two Journeyman Service Medals.

*Level 5 Membership - Virtuoso Service Medal
-Awarded for the accumulation of two Master Service Medals.

*Level 6 Membership - Lucasian Service Medal [Yes, this is 32 years. May or may not be practical, but nothing like planning for the future! :) These timeframes can be tweeked, of course.]
-Awarded for the accumulation of two Virtuoso Service Medals.

Combat Medals[See end for details]

ITOD Combat

*Level 1/Automatic - General Tour of Duty Pin
-This medal is granted to everyone who participates in a particular Interactive Tour of Duty or similar event. This medal is issued regardless of other medals for the same event.

*Level 2/Significant Participation - Dauntless Combat Citation
-Awarded for significant activity within an Interactive Tour of Duty or similar event. This signifies the recipient has submitted 33% or more of the total event missions on time.

*Level 3/Exemplary Participation - Gallant Combat Citation
-Awarded for exemplary activity within an Interactive Tour of Duty or similar event. This signifies the recipient has submitted 66% or more of the total event missions on time. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of the lesser ITOD citation for the same event.

*Level 4/Remarkable Participation - Dantooine Key Citation
- Awarded for remarkable activity within an Interactive Tour of Duty or similar event. This signifies the recipient has submitted 100% of the total event missions on time. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of lesser ITOD citations for the same event.

*Level 5/Extraordinary Participation - Yavin Victory Citation
-Awarded for extraordinary activity within an Interactive Tour of Duty or similar event. This signifies that the recipient submitted 100% of the total event missions with an equal number of qualified naratives. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of lesser ITOD citations for the same event.

Multiplayer Combat

*Level 1/Automatic - General Theater of Operations Pin
-This medal is granted to everyone who participates in a particular multiplayer online event against other clubs/clans. This medal is issued regardless of other medals for the same event.

*Level 2/Significant Participation - Valiance Combat Citation
-Awarded for significant activity within a multiplayer online event. This signifies the recipient has played enough matches to equal one hour or more of actual gaming time within the event.

*Level 3/Exemplary Participation - Heroic Combat Citation [formally called Combat Citation]
-Awarded for exemplary activity within a multiplayer online event. This signifies the recipient has played enough matches to equal two hours or more of actual gaming time within the event. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of lesser multiplayer citations for the same instance of an event.

*Level 4/Remarkable Participation - Anchorhead Key Citation
-Awarded for Remarkable activity within a multiplayer online event. This signifies the recipient has played enough matches to equal four hours or more of actual gaming time within the event. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of lesser multiplayer citations for the same instance of an event.

*Level 5/Extraordinary Participation - Endor Victory Citation
- Awarded for extraordinary activity within a multiplayer online event. This signifies the recipient has played enough matches to equal seven hours or more of actual gaming time within the event. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of lesser multiplayer citations for the same instance of an event.

*Level 6/Outstanding Participation - Greoop Defense Citation
- Awarded for outstanding activity within a multiplayer online event. This signifies the recipient has played enough matches to equal fourteen hours or more of actual gaming time within the event. This medal is awarded to the recipient to the exclusion of lesser multiplayer citations for the same instance of an event.

Special Tour of Duty
[Special Tour of Duty medals may be created from time to time to commerate participation in large or highly important one-time events. Special Tour of Duty medals are always Level 1. If no Special Tour of Duty medal is created for a particular event, then a General Tour of Duty Pin or General Theater of Operations Pin (whichever is applicable) should be issued, with the description mentioning the event for which it is being awarded.]

*Level 1/TOD Citation - Cadrel Combat Citation
-A commemorative citation awarded to the pilots and commandos of the Rebel Squadrons that participated in combat operations of the Cadrel Expanse Conflict.

*Level 1/TOD Citation - Binaural Combat Citation
-A commemorative citation awarded to the pilots and commandos of the Rebel Squadrons that participated in combat operations of the Binaural Sector Conflict.

*Level 1/TOD Citation - Minos Cluster Combat Citation [For those past operations that should be recognized in this manner, to be awarded belatedly. Perhaps this should have more than one citation to represent each of the Minos Cluster operations?]
-A commemorative citation awarded to the pilots and commandos of the Rebel Squadrons that participated in combat operations of the Minos Cluster Conflict.

Honarary Medals

*Level 9/Honored Members - Honorary Membership Medallion
-Awarded in recognition of honorary membership in the Rebel Squadrons.

Unit Commendation Medals

*Level 1/Recognition of Organization - Organizational Excellence Award
-Awarded to recognize achievements and accomplishments of Rebel Squadrons organizations or activities not directly associated with a particular squadron, wing, fleet or similar group.

*Level 3/Exemplary Unit Achievement - Unit Commendation
-Awarded to a Rebel Squadrons group for distinguishing itself through exemplary achievement or accomplishment, compared to other similar groups performing similar service. The medal may be awarded by a Wing Commander or higher ranked individual within the chain of command.

*Level 4/Remarkable Unit Achievement - Meritorious Unit Commendation
-Awarded to a Rebel Squadrons group for distinguishing itself through remarkable achievement or accomplishment, compared to other similar groups performing similar service. The medal may be awarded by a Fleet Executive Officer or higher ranked individual within the chain of command.

*Level 5/Extraordinary Unit Achievement - Elite Unit Commendation
-Awarded to a Rebel Squadrons group for distinguishing itself through extraordinary achievement or accomplishment, compared to other similar groups performing similar service. This medal is only awarded on extremely rare occasions, and only with the direct approval by the Rebel Squadrons Fleet Commander.

Commendation Medals [combined with Accomplishment and Special Combat Medals]

*Level 1/Notable Contributions - Merit Commendation [Violet Cluster should be phased out in favor of this medal.]
-Awarded for one time deeds within the bounds of duty that deserve notable praise.

*Level 2/Signficant Contributions - Duty Commendation [Renamed from Excellancy of Duty, also Eye of the Jedi and Unit Commander's Commendation should be phased out in favor of this medal.]
-Awarded for excelling signficantly within the bounds of duty.

*Level 3/Exemplary Contributions - Alvace Star
-Awarded for exemplary actions within the bounds of duty.

*Level 4/Remarkable Contributions - Alliance Dagger [Dagger of Courage and Golden Eyes should be phased out in favor of this medal.]
-Awarded for going above and beyond the call of duty.

*Level 5/Extraordinary Contribution - Tantooine Suns
-Awarded for extraordinary contributions in furthering the cause of the Rebel Squadrons, well above and beyond the call of duty. The medal may be awarded by a Squadron Commander or higher ranked individual within the chain of command.

*Level 6/Outstanding Contribution - Kessel Cup [Fleet Commander's Medal of Excellance should be phased out in favor of this medal. These medals are used as sparingly as each other, and represent similar actions that can be combined under one general description.]
-Awarded for outstanding contributions while furthering the cause of the Rebel Squadrons, well above and beyond the call of duty. The medal may be awarded by a Wing Commander or higher ranked individual within the chain of command.

*Level 7/Tremendous Contribution - Distinguished Service Cross
-Awarded for tremendous contributions in furthering the cause of the Rebel Squadrons, well above and beyond the call of duty. The medal may be awarded by a Fleet Executive Officer or higher ranked individual within the chain of command. This medal may also be awarded by the Rebel Squadrons Medal Officer.

*Level 8/Tremendous Contribution - New Republic Medal of Honor [Moved from Special Combat]
-Awarded for for tremendous bravery, achievement, or accomplishment, well above and beyond the call of duty. The medal may only be issued once for the same type of acts, and may only be awarded by the Fleet Commander.

*Level 9/Godlike Contribution - Excellency of Service
-This is the highest Rebel Squadron medal of any type. Awarded for excessively going way above and beyond the call of duty, and making a large impression or lasting contribution to the betterment of the Rebel Squadrons. This medal is only awarded on extremely rare occasions, and only with the direct approval by the Rebel Squadrons Fleet Commander, or majority vote by the High Command.

General Comments about Medals and medal ranking
Ranking
Each medal category has several levels within it. However, the medal categories themselves are also ranked in the order presented here. Commendation is highest, followed by Unit Commendation, then Honorary, Special Tour of Duty, MP Combat (higher than ITOD only because played against real people directly), TOD Combat, Service and finally the basic Graduation. So examples, a level 1 medal under Commendation is the highest level 1 medal, and a level 1 medal under graduation is the lowest level 1 medal.

Nomination and Awarding of Medals
1. Any RS member may nominate any RS member for any level 6 medal or below unless otherwise stated in the medal's description. Approval of such nominations should either come from within the CoC, or from the medal officer. It is understood that the medal officer has the authority to approve any nomination for level 6 medals or below, in addition approvers mentioned with the medal's description. It is the responsibility of the approver (whoever that is) to verify merit of the nomination before approval. If the nomination is not warrented, it is rejected.

2. Level 7 and above medals should only be noimated by an officer of higher postion within the CoC, by the FC, by any member of the HC, or by the Medal Officer. These medals shall specifically state who can approve the nominations within each medal's description.

Retired Medals
Any medals not mentioned here, or listed as being phased out should still be available for viewing within a segragated and unissuable, with brief statements about which medals to use instead.

Rules for Combat Medals
[See Combat Medals above] 1. These medals are not applicable for ongoing events such as ITOD's, ladders or weekly reoccurring competitions.

2. The Citations are awarded to the recepient based on their number of standard gaming hours within the competition. Each group that supports a multiplayer game within an interclub/clan competition shall establish how many minutes each match is worth. In order to determine the standard gaming hours, take standard match length and multiply that by the number of matches played by the individual.

Examples of Standard Match Lengths:

Empire at War                   20 min
Battlefront Match               30 min
Battlefront II Conquest Match   30 min
Battlefront II CTF Match        40 min
X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter Match    10 min
X-Wing Alliance Match           10 min

Example of application: If a person plays 20 matches in a week long Battlefront II Conquest competition event, they are assumed to have played five hours and are eligable for the appropriate award medal.

Notepad

Please, note - This is just a public notepad of sorts as since I'm using this to work on ideas that will be added to the purposal later.

Canon Alliance military awards

- These would be well suited as alternaitve names or replacements for Commendation Medals.

• Coruscant Star of Valor (CSV) -

First in order of precedence; replaces Excellency of Service. Declared as the highest honor to be given by the New Republic. Awarded to members who have performed consistent service to the club far above and beyond the call of duty to personally improve the organization in its growth and function in a way that deserves the highest of recongition.

• Medal of Honor (MoH) -

Second in order of precednece;

• Corellian Cross (CC) -

Third in order of precednece;

• Star of Alderaan (SA) -

Fourth in order of precednece;

• Nebula Award (NA) -

Fifth in order of precednece;

• Burdine Cluster (BC) -

Sixth in order of precednece;

• Kalidor Crescent (KC) -

Seventh in order of precednece;

• Alvace Star (AS) -

Eighth in order of precednece;

• Shield of Yavin (SY) -

Ninth in order of precednece;

• Mantooine Medallion (MM) -

Last in order of precedence;

Combat Medals (TOD)

- These awards are centered on participation in tours at various levels of accomplishment. 
- TOD will be defined as 12 missions herein in order to help standeredize the awards.

• General Tour of Duty Pin -

Automatically awarded upon participation in a tour of duty; alternatively called: ____ Campaign Medal, ____ Expeditionary Medal, ____ Service Medal.

• Dauntless Combat Citation (DCC) -

For participation in 33% or 4 out of 12 missions in a tour.

• Gallant Combat Citation (GCC) -

For participation in 66% or 8 out of 12 missions in a tour.

• Dantooine Key Citation (DKC) -

For participation in 100% or 12 out of 12 missions in a tour.

• Yavin Victory Citation (YVC) -

For participation in 100% or 12 out of 12 missions in a tour with an equal number of narratives.

- "Supporting fellow members and/or the event in some unusual or difficult way" could be covered with Commendation medal.

Combat Medals (MP)

- These awards are centered on participation in multiplayer competitions. 
- I changed some of the names arround to help draw parallels to the TOD medals.

• General Theater of Operations Pin -

Automatically awarded upon participation in a MP event; alternatively called: ____ Campaign Medal, ____ Expeditionary Medal, ____ Service Medal.

• Valiance Combat Citation (VCC) -

For 2 hours or more (FPS/RTS) of gaming or alternatively 5 matches (XvT/XWA).

• Heroic Combat Citation (HCC) -

For 5 hours or more (FPS/RTS) of gaming or alternatively 15 matches (XvT/XWA).

• Anchorhead Key Citation (AKC) -

For 12 hours or more (FPS/RTS) of gaming or alternatively 25 matches (XvT/XWA).

• Endor Victory Citation (EVC) -

For 25 hours or more (FPS/RTS) of gaming or alternatively 45 matches (XvT/XWA).

Fleet Medals Template

- Just a generic list of medals for the fleets since I need to do this for the merger anyway.	 
- Some medals will have to stay at the fleet level (ABG/AF) but some like the TOD medals could be moved to the RS level.	 

• Honorary-type Medal -

Because every fleet will want to have some super-high up award for their fleets.

• Top Squadron Medal -

For the top squadron of every mission/competition.

• Super Ace Medal -

For the individual winners of every mission/competition.

• Tour Champion Medal -

For the individual winner of a tour.

• Champion Squadron Medal -

For the top squadron of a tour.

• Best Narrative Medal -

For the best narrative every mission.

• Graduation Medal -

Every game will have one of these still.

- These seem to be mostly game-specific Combat medals. 	 
- Maybe put them at the RS level, but make different names for each fleet 	 
- e.g. Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force cross are equal but there is a different one for each branch.	 
- Accomplishment, Commendation, and Service can all be awarded as the revised Commendation medals in the purposal.