BEP Military and Community Reform Plan
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by Lemuel Gengulfus
BEP Military & Community Reform Plan
Reform of the eUK’s military & social structure along the following lines:
1) The Terratorial Army:- We propose the creation of a new Military Body to serve as the main entry vehicle for all eUK new citizens both into the military & the eUK community from exp.level 0 up to 7.
This would be achieved as follows: The TA would be organised on a regional basis so that every region has a number of regiments dedicated to that region (eg: the 1st London Rifles etc..), subdivided into squadrons of up to 20 (like the navy is now) commanded by citizens who have reached the rank of lieutenant who would be charged with educating the newbies/privates and ensuring they get on the forums, educating them in correct fighting technique, wellness and answering their questions etc...
Above that each region has a number of Regimental Officers in charge of recruitment, supervising their Lieutenants & squad performance, organising inter-regimental and regional competitions (such as the forum Region Wars) and co-ordinating attacks/training wars. TA Regimental Officers would be full-time Army members and senior players such as Congressmen & PP’s who could rotate their military duties.
The BEP is also considering linking military commands with a citizens’ in-game military rank in order to promote a more meritocratic attitude within the eUK military, rather than relying on knowing the right person on the forums! Players within the military could therefore control their own advance within the eUK military and have more tangible target to work towards.
Centralised weapons could be used as prizes/incentives for regimental competitions but TA privates would NOT automatically receive weapons – the Navy & SF would instead have priority. We are still exploring the idea of expanding the military companies, but are waiting for the new V2 professions to fully publish our ideas in this area – the principle however would be to have regional regimental firms to supply and employ as many TA soldiers as possible, selling the surplus either nationally or abroad.
2) The Royal Navy: – this would remain structurally the same and receive suitable graduates from the TA once they reach a level 7 and can chose between a military career or a political one. In terms of purpose, this would again remain as is – ie: for operations abroad as and when required.
3) The Army Reserves: – this would replace the function of the old Royal Guard and HMS Westminster. This Army branch would be filled with stay-at-home company owners and politicians effectively being the reserve force for those who do not want a full-time career in the Navy. The military duties in the Reserves would be light and mainly administrative for those who could participate – again the emphasis would be on regionalisation with local Congressmen expected to be involved in the running of their local TA regiments.
This would be so as to assist military & political integration and build links between the more experienced citizens and the newer player and to keep them in touch with the population.
4) The SF/Paras – no structural change except perhaps to introduce a more formal referral scheme to create a route of entry from either the TA or the Reserves.
THE POINT?
Firstly, this would change the role of the military within the eUK – to instead use it as the first point of call for every new citizen - you sign up on the same day as you get your first job & train for the first time. They can't fight till level 5, but it instead gives them that sense of community & purpose that is otherwise currently lacking.
Secondly and perhaps more importantly, by also compelling Congressmen to be involved in the running of their regional TA regiments, it means that there is a REAL link between the majority of the military forces in the eUK and the politicians - a link that does not exist at the moment. It would give the WHOLE of the military a voice that currently only the part-time politicians who command the SF & Navy have.
It's after the first few days of an eCitizen's life that we seem to lose people because the "game" seems pointless, purposeless and dull. Now clearly this sounds like conscription, and yes in a way it is. Naturally a number of new players would decide not to be involved, but within the Territorial Army, the emphasis would initially be on regional mentoring and would slowly develop a more and more military focus as citizens developed. It is therefore hoped that a large number of the current 2clickers & drop-outs could be saved and converted into stronger citizens.
The Territorial Army would therefore act as the route into the forums, into the military, into the regional community and act as a way of educating people how to fight, how to heal, where to work and create lines of communication & structure that can be used later once they are at fighting strength to better co-ordinate our military.
One of the main issues re: this new military would be one of communication – how to ensure that joining the TA is as automatic as getting a job & training. Whether a mass mailing tool is used daily/weekly by TA regional officers to PM the bottom of their regional citizens list, perhaps a targeted welcome message could be introduced to the new citizens scripts to inform newbies of the existence of the Army, or maybe heavy in-game advertising of the IRC – perhaps V2 will provide a solution, but regional delegation and a small amount of hard work seem to be the safest options!
Once again, only the British Empire Party is interested in creating and exploring alternative and innovative solutions to the eUK's sub-standard participation levels and military strength. If you are interested in moving Britain Forward, come and join us: http://www.erepublik.com/en/party/the-british-empire-party-882/1
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You don't stop trying to politicise the Navy 😕
Read the article Asher instead of trolling, its suggesting that we reflect how crucial the conflict module in eRep is to being successful in the game, by placing the military at the heart of the game and making politicians reflect that!
Military module is important.
Which is why it must not be shoved headfirst into the politics module.
This is basically trying to take over the tasks of MoHA and I presume MoW (if the TA would offer jobs to new players) - two ministries which are big enough as they are. They don't need to be made even bigger.
This would also put a huge amount of pressure on a brand new entity and system: dealing with over 100 new players a day is no mean feat, and I would be incredibly sceptical of giving this responsibility to a brand new entity.
Delegation JamesW - trust the little people and don't just keep power in the forums!
linking in game military ranks to naval rank is something I highly disapprove of.
This shuts out good officers from making there way through the military quickly because a higher in game ranked player who is probably less active would get the job. I myself am only a low rank in the navy myself, and if i get promoted, I'l know its because i have shown my worth for the navy by being active. Not by simply playing for a year.
Some turkeys declining to vote for Christmas? How odd... 🙂
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How is BEP a top 5 party :?
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"The BEP is also considering linking military commands with a citizens’ in-game military rank in order to promote a more meritocratic attitude within the eUK military, rather than relying on knowing the right person on the forums"
Yes all the hard working guys/girls who spend hours supplying the UK military only get promoted because they know the right person.
Nothing to do with the dedication thay have shown.
Horice
Great ideas, citizens should have the potential to rise through the game and society on their own merit,not via the naff politics of their forum buddies.
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I read the top few ideas for TA, Navy, Reserves. I used to think BEP was a silly party filled with nationalists, but I respected LG, now I'm not so sure.
1) Military reform is up to the CDS and the COs to implement, not some political party, regardless of what party is it.
2) Why add another branch that does the same as the Navy? We teach people how to play the game with the game mechanics and the game terms of the out of game military. We have the MoW for jobs and the RNTD for teaching. It works.
3) People get promoted for working their asses off. Never has anyone been promoted on false merits. If we do happen to promote someone and they are not great, they get a demotion.
4) Kay, so I read the last bit as well. The eUK has a huge participation percentage of our active population in the military.
"with local Congressmen expected to be involved in the running of their local TA regiments"
Political soldiers. I don't like this. Quite frankly it scares me. Winston got himself into congress and your plan could put an incompetent self-serving moron in charge of significant portions of the eUK military.
No thankyou.
Now im going to put my Military commander hat on here and try to explain to you how much this new policy fails!
No attempt to actually understand the current military or to ponder over why things like the Royal guard were done away with the royal guards had about 10 active people the same will happen with anythign you try to make to replace it simple fact being these arent professional soliders. TA regiments like you mention will never happen because they wont work.
""The BEP is also considering linking military commands with a citizens’ in-game military rank in order to promote a more meritocratic attitude within the eUK military, rather than relying on knowing the right person on the forums"
Yes all the hard working guys/girls who spend hours supplying the UK military only get promoted because they know the right person.
Nothing to do with the dedication thay have shown."
Of course horice i bribed the whole of command how else do you think i got into command >_>
This is wrong in soo many ways but my list was soo long that erep timed out:
You want each region to have a small army yet we only have one hospital so this whole idea is flawed on the most basic level.
You have openly said you would be willing to sell products made by your troops on the markets rather than giving them to your troops.
The Navy could act as the entity that welcomes new players into the military, however this role is already being fufilled by a ministry and the Navy already have programmes set up to give new guys military information and mentor those who need the help.
We are the BEP at least try to get a interesting debate going!
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