08-30-2013, 11:30 AM | #61 |
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Re: Cussing in the Imperial Service
You mercenary peeper!, unregulated lurker!, long nosed sniffer!, it's furtive voyeurs like you who creep us all out!!!
For people jealous of their privacy in a high tech setting, or you could just end up with a lot of bodily function references... |
09-13-2013, 11:32 PM | #62 |
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Re: Flat Black
Since it has Navy insignia as well as Marines ones, I am re-posting here a link to the graphics file that contains Imperial armed services insignia of rank, for comment:
insignia_working.png. While I'm in the vicinity, perhaps some service awards: Medals.gif.
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09-14-2013, 01:02 AM | #63 | ||
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Re: Flat Black
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Re: Flat Black
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A marine who serves to retirement will do Fleet Protection in four of five sectors and garrison duty on at least four planets, and take part in about five interventions. People's chests are going to fill up with ribbons that no-one can read. Commendation decorations are a good thought, though. Essentially the DSC, DSM, and ISM on that chart are high-level commendations. I ought to think about some more modest ones.
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09-14-2013, 04:08 AM | #65 |
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Re: Flat Black
Have sector ribbons for service there, and a device to mount on it for having done an intervention there? That keeps things manageable while still giving a general idea of what someone has done. To amplify it a bit, have clasps for each intervention to be worn on sector ribbons when you're wearing full medals.
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Re: Flat Black
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09-14-2013, 08:24 AM | #67 |
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Re: Flat Black
Since this is the future why not use medals that contains electronic reference data so that people with implants or visors etc can scan pertinent data?
Or use a medal/clasp with a numerical symbol to designate number of assault landings etc. So you can see a salty marine NCO with a clasp that has the number 154 electronically on his assault landing clasp compared to a fairly new marine Private who only has 2. Extravagant medals should really only be used for major heroics or large numbers of deeds. For example conducting 100+ assault landings give you a clasp that has a golden rim around it to further show that this is one bad-ass marine. |
09-14-2013, 09:04 AM | #68 | |
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Re: Flat Black
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Personally I'd also use the term Spacer instead of Astronaut, just flows better, "Able Spacer to airlock 3." |
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09-14-2013, 03:10 PM | #69 |
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Re: Flat Black
Why put the data in the medals? Give the service person one RFID chip (in his or her name-plate, perhaps?) and put the information in a database on a server.
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09-14-2013, 03:47 PM | #70 |
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Re: Flat Black
Just make sure not to take that RFID chip on operations: a way of IDing Imperial Marines with mere TL8 electronics will be enthusiastically exploited by makers of IEDs.
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