Return-Path: jmh@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Received: by CHARON (5.45/4.7) id AA00347; Sun, 8 Feb 87 17:06:21 EST From: Received: by ATHENA (5.45/4.7) id AA00955; Sat, 7 Feb 87 14:12:28 EST Received: by NESSUS (5.45/4.7) id AA00781; Sat, 7 Feb 87 14:12:19 EST Message-Id: <8702071912.AA00781@NESSUS> To: wesommer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, amdehon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Subject: OCF Date: Sat, 07 Feb 87 14:12:18 EST Following is a membership list and the Constitution of the Orion Combat Fleet. (The Constitution is real tentative and subject to tinkering, subject to a reasonable consensus among the members.) Rear Admiral Lower Half JMike Orion Combat Fleet -------- ORION COMBAT FLEET (OCF) MEMBERSHIP Date of: Name Rank Rank Last Promo Att. ---- ---- ---- --------------- Balzac, Steve Rear Admiral Lower Half 2/5/87 Coburn, Jon Cadet 2/6/87 DeHon, Andre Ensign 2/7/87 Hammond, J. Michael Rear Admiral Lower Half 2/5/87 Lawler, Robert "Bo" Lieutenant 2/6/87 2/6/87 vs.JMH (3/9 req'd, scored 4-5) Probstein, Sid Ensign 2/6/87 Ramstad, Bob Ensign 2/6/87 2/6/87 vs.JMH (3/9 req'd, scored 2-7) Sommerfeld, Bill Ensign 2/7/87 Yermish, Aimee Cadet 2/5/87 -------- ____________ __ ___ _____ ______ _____ CONSTITUTION OF THE ORION COMBAT FLEET I. STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSE The Orion Combat Fleet (hereinafter referred to as the OCF) exists as the backbone of the protectors of Orion honor on Xtrek. In the manner of combat groups which formed on 0empire (the original Xtrek precursor on the PLATO system) and on COMBAT (a text-oriented space combat program on the MECC system in Minnesota), the purpose of the OCF is primarily that of bragging rights. Members of the OCF may be confident in the fact that ____ they belong to the first and the best combat group on Xtrek. II. MEMBERSHIP Membership in the OCF is by application and acclamation. To apply for membership, a candidate shall send email to either of the Rear Admirals Lower Half (mailing list ocf-admirals@grape- nehi.lcs.mit.edu). The candidate will then be put to a vote of the current membership. If either Admiral or any three of the current members vote against the member, he shall be denied admission into the OCF. Otherwise, he shall be inducted as an Ensign. A list of the current membership of the OCF shall be maintained by the Admirals and made known to everyone who asks. III. RANK STRUCTURE New members shall be inducted into the group as Ensigns. The ranks and abbreviations are as follows (for the purposes of demonstration, we use a player who wishes to use the name Fred): 2 RANK USER NAME Ensign Ens.Fred Lieutenant Lt.Fred Lieutenant Commander LtCom.Fred Commander Com.Fred Captain Capt.Fred Rear Admiral Lower Half Adm.Fred Promotion shall be on the basis of review by the Admirals or performance in duels. At any time the Admirals may, upon agreement, promote any member "below the zone" to the next rank. Precedents shall be set as to how often this may happen. It is recommended that a member not be promoted "below the zone" more than once in any three month period. Promotion may also be achieved through duel results. A duel may be either done on the spur of the moment or scheduled by request. The duel must either be observed by a ranking officer (for any duel involving potential promotion to Commander or Captain) or its results may be simply forwarded to the Admirals. It is recommended that a member must retain a particular grade for a minimum of one month before progression to the next. The guidelines for promotion are as follows: Must Defeat For Promotion To: Rank Victories Lieutenant 3 Ensigns 3/5 each or Lieutenant 3/5 Lieutenant Commander 2 Lieuts. 4/6 each or Lt. Com. 5/9 Commander Commander 5/9 or Captain 5/10 Captain Captain 5/9 or R.Adm.L.H. 5/10 3 The two numbers appearing in the table represent the number of victories the promotion candidate must score and the total number of deaths in the duel, i.e. for an Ensign to be promoted to Lieutenant he may challenge and defeat a Lieutenant best 3 out of 5. "Double Kills" are treated as in epee fencing, that is as a point for each. For example, if (in a Lieutenant candidate duel as above) the current score is 2-2 and a double kill is scored, the final score is 3-3 and the candidate is not promoted. After an unsuccessful attempt at promotion, a candidate must wait two weeks for his next attempt. The rank of Rear Admiral Lower Half is an elected rank. The founders of the organization (Steve Balzac and J. Michael Hammond) shall be the original holders of the rank. Upon the resignation of either Admiral, an election shall be held to fill the position. All members holding the rank of Captain or Commander may choose to run, and the ballot shall be done preferentially. Other details of the election shall be left to the discretion of the remaining Admiral. IV. BENEDICTION Above all else, the purpose of the OCF is to give Xtrek players something fun to do. Remember, OCF was first, and shall always be best. Orion Rules!