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These are the ranks that your character can attain during the course of his or her career with the Cold Force. Note that you will not be promoted solely due to experience. You must be able to sim reasonably well, attend the meetings, and in general demonstrate good behavior. This means listening to the CO and the XO's.
Rank |
Abbreviation |
Captain |
CPT |
1st Lieutenant |
LT1 |
2nd Lieutenant |
LT2 |
Master Sergeant |
SGM |
Sergeant |
SGT |
Squaddie |
SQD |
Private |
PVT |
After attending three sims, a Private will be promoted to Squaddie, provided he isn't a total jerk and a horrible simmer. Ranks higher than Squaddie imply the possibility of command. Thus, it will be up to the discretion of the CO/XO's to promote people past Squaddie. Usually, if you pester us about promotion, you won't get it. There can be a maximum of 10 officers(commissioned and NCO) - this means 4 Sargeants, 2 Master Sargeants, 2 2nd Lieutenants, the 1st Lieutenant, and the Captain. The rest of the troopers are either Squaddies or Privates.
While good attendance will enable you to rise in rank, bad attendance usually results in demotion and eventual removal from the roster. If you tell one of the CO/XO's at least 24 hours before the sim that you might or will not be there, then the absence does not count against you. However, if you just decide not to show up, you get an AWOL. AWOL's by themselves aren't bad, but if you accumulate four, you get demoted a rank. This goes on until you have 4 AWOL's from private or we just think that you've disappeared completely. At that point, you're removed from the roster, your character gets an honorable mention in one of the stories (usually as a wet stain on the snow), and you're removed from the mailing list. If you want to rejoin after that, you get to make a new character with a new bio.
Andrew Pokrovski / Captain Sam Wychin
