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Dear fellow citizens,

Some new changes are introduced into the exciting Military Unit module. Here is the official announcement.


Oh Captain, My Captain…



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Elections for Captain! - How to join a Military Unit

Elections for Captain

Regiments will be leaded by Captains and in order to run for Captain a player should be ranked at least Captain, to be a member (not a recruit) in that Regiment and to be at least 2 days old in that specific Military Unit. Also, a commander can run for captain position.

Elections for Captain will take place every 30 days on 15th of every month.
Conditions to run for Captain in a Regiment:
- should be at least 2 days old in that Military Unit
- should be ranked at least Captain
- should be a member, not a recruit
Starting with 14th of the month, every regiment member (not recruits) will get to see at the end of his row a button named "Candidate". If he pushes the Candidate button he will enter the election process on the 15th, at 00:00.
- a regiment member can vote only for other regiment member, not for himself
- every full regiment member gets to vote, so a recruit cannot vote
- on the 15th of the month, a banner will appear on the military unit homepage to announce every member that elections for Regiment Captain are taking place
on the 16th of the month, the elections will get into the verification process until 06:00
- when the elections are validated, the winner will get an alert to let him know that he was elected as Captain for his regiment.


Military Unit Joining:

- a player can enter in any Military Unit from its citizenship country
- at the beginning, any new member will be just a simple Recruit until they complete the recruit orders
- a member can be removed from the Regiment by its Captain or its Commander and Second Commanders but only after 48 hours from the moment he entered the Military Unit (still, the Captains cannot be kicked by the Commander or Second Commander)


Full Membership:

- first time, to become a member you need to complete the following orders:
- reach Sergeant military rank
- defeat 25 opponents as a member of the military unit
- fight for your citizenship country or one of its allies in 5 different battles
Rewards: full membership of MU.


Advantages to be a member of the unit:

- vote for Captain
- get to candidate for Captain.

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My Comment



A Regimental She-Sergeant Major, anyone?



It seems that the rank of captain is purely an honorary one and just a scarecrow for the recruits. So, it could have been styled as a sergeant or something like that. One and only benefit for the bearer of the rank is that he/she/whatever cannot be kicked from the Military Unit, i.e. as long as the elected position lasts. Should we therefore call them serjeants instead?