ERA's Defence Policy Revealed
patti11
Gday Australia,
The long awaited first policy of the eRepublik Alliance has been discussed, and voted on, our policy on our Defence and Military. For too long, we have seen our military in its dysfunctional form. There is little motivation and this effects our performance on the battlefield. Change has been talked about by many, but with no real plan. I present you ERA's plan:
ERA's Defence Policy
he eRepublik Alliance wishes Australia's military to follow a Semi Private model. This gives soldiers freedom and responsibility, while enabling the Government to have its own on call squad and the ability to introduce new players into the military. The cost of the model is a lot cheaper than the current system used by the government. This will be formally known as the, SPMM (Semi Private Military Model).
Introduction
The SPMM has been constructed with the following in min😛
RECOGNISING the high costs in maintaining 200+troops
ACKNOWLEDGING that Australia will not be fighting daily in wars
KNOWING the need to train and maintain low level soldiers and have an on call tanking unit
The SPMM will be divided into 2 sectors, the Public Sector and the Private Sector.
Public Sector
The government will only maintain the following units, a 10 man squad of Dropbears (subject to change) and an unlimited amount of Boot Camp recruits (subject to qualification and funds).
Dropbears
The Dropbears will consist of the 10-20 highest damage soldiers in Australia, and those who have proven themselves to be loyal to Australia. This loyalty should be judge upon by the Military Marshal and the Prime Minister of Australia. The Dropbears will be an on call military unit, deployed regularly to protect Australia and her allies at home and abroad. Activeness is essential and weapons will be provided by the government.
Boot Camp
The Boot camp will have no limitations in terms of numbers under the SPMM. The goal will be to get soldiers above a total damage (with a Q5 weapon) of 50 into and thus, all soldiers under total damage of 50 are eligible.
Private Sector
The private sector will cover those in between Boot camp and Dropbear status. Citizens should form their own squads, with size, structure and organisation of the squad up to the squad members. This does mean citizens can enter a 1 man 'squad'. Those who wish to be entered into the Defence database of private squads can do so on request to the MoD. Entering the defence database enables squads to be offered a government contract, and squads of more than 1 are entitled to a forum on the official Australian boards.
The government will hold a list of all squads, and they will be ranked according to total damage that can be dealt and efficiency to deal this damage. This efficiency will be found by organising a battle, and monitoring all damage being dealt by squads using API feeds. The amount of times this is done is at the MoD's discretion.
Deployment of the Private Sector
The MoD can provide a contract for a battle/war to a squad, They will be provided with gold and/or weapons to fight for at the government's request. Justification of this choice must be made public.
Government Control of Private Sector
The government will have the following powers of squads:
-Can request them to not fight in battles, home or abroad.
-Will have read only access to squads with forums.
A breach of these orders can result in punishment at the MoD's discretion.
Companies
The government will only hold a Q1 and a Q5 weapon company and retain its Iron company.
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Reasoning:
Dropbears: The Dropbears has lost its aura, and if your strong enough, anyone can join. We want to bring the greatness of the name Dropbears back to Australia, and thus making only a very limited number of soldiers Dropbears, and they must prove they are loyal to Australia. The Dropbears should be a force our enemies tremble if they have not fought yet, and our allies breathe a sigh of relief, knowing the Dropbears will be there, on call.
Bootcamp: Getting new players into the military will be a great way to teach and rank them up fast. There is no limit for the number of Bootcamp soldiers, but there is an eligibility criteria.
Private Sector: This is the main change from our current military structure and the private sector will cover the middle band of soldiers, between Bootcamp and Dropbears. In our SPMM citizens make their own squad, and soldiers can choose what squad they join. Squads are free to run themselves, and thus will provide weapons to their soldiers and motivation, which is VITAL for Squad leaders to qualify for a contract from the government when war is on. The MoD and AMM will hold a list of official squads, that is, squads that have a forum on http://forum.auserepublik.com and agree to the terms of being a squad and they will be ranked by the total damage they can do, and the efficiency to produce this damage. As squads can be of 1 man, you can choose to fight alone, in which, your efficiency will be high, but your total damage will be low. Likewise, you could have 50 members in your squad, but you may have a low efficiency. Finding the balance and limit of your squads resources is crucial.
Companies: We will hold our Q1 and Q5 weapon company and sell our Q3 company to a squad. This is because Q3's will be rarely used by the government squads, and if they are needed, can be purchased irregularly off the market. We will retain our Iron company for a backup supply of Iron if needed.
Any Questions? post below.
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Patti11
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Comments
Cliffnotes?
This model means that most of the eAussie population will not be supplied with training weapons by the government. I can see a LOT of people leaving eAustralia immediately after completing boot camp, if this is the case.
It's paramount that the government continue training of soldiers until they reach that top eschelon, if eAustralia wishes to have the continued loyalty of her troops.
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This is such a good policy!
Crap. Private Sector cannot support a full-time military
I think more people will get weps as the companies train strong military to get government contracts.
One of our problems now is a lack of weps ... AAR almost never sees them. This could help military personnel in the lower echelon.
I like it 🙂
Sorry guys but I don't think this will work.
Binda, you underestimate Australian's if you think the are just here for the free weapons
Squad commanders will probably have their own companies, and provide weapons to their soldiers anyway Binda. This is because they NEED these lower strength soldiers to contribute to the damage and the efficiency on the group
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explain Mark and Will, I'm sure it will work better then the current cash guzzling military
"😉ropbears: The Dropbears has lost its aura, and if your strong enough, anyone can join."
Paul Hamon thinks "I didn't know it was a beauty pageant."
Paul LOL...and i dont think it will work. Ppl are gonna get very upset about this....cue another Crap throwing fight....
These six are in the top 20 damage makers of eAustralia...
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Derek Apollyon - eRepublik Alliance
patti11 - eRepublik Alliance
stewstoyc - eRepublik Alliance
As someone who's been involved in militia's its an interesting proposal, but I found that most American militias in WW3 struggled for enough funding to be able to act as often as they should in order to be effective.
The obvious counter to this is SEAL Team 6, who were based a lot of donations, Josh Frost's personal wealth and I think (I'd have to check) they didn't receive as many of the perks that say the Bear Cavalry did.
Nonetheless its an interesting proposal
@patti11: I'm sure the other 14 are very excited about it, why wouldn't they be.
"This loyalty should be judge upon by the Military Marshal and the Prime Minister of Australia."
Plus ERA would like Cozza as Prime Minister! A lot of power in a hands of couple of dozen eAustralians.
what about the other 14 paul?
Personally, I support this idea. If it goes ahead (and I have the permission of the AMM), I would like to retain my control of the AAR, and transform it into the Australian Patriot Corp. Would be run on donation, only dedicated eAustralian citizens can join, and would be there for the sole purpose of Patriots defending our nation!!
@Paul: we wont be in power for ever, this policy isn't made for one month
This is nonsense! This model would severly deteriorate the strength of eAustralian army! Keep in mind that we have a powerful (and thus dangerous) neighbor the eIndonesia. Because of that we need stronger not weaker army!
It would deteriorate the strength of our army by increasing organization within the military, creating smaller and better coordinated fighting groups and by costing the eAustralian government less?
Anybody in the current eAus military will tell you that the biggest problem we have right now( besides having our funds stolen on a monthly basis) is that we are disorganised. Something that could be quickly remedied with the ERA's SPMM
@Mr Engineer: Spazicus summed it up perfectly 🙂
@patti11 - did you see the recent Peninsular Malaysia fight?
If we are so disorganised, how did our military manage to do so well?
As a middle band soldier myself I fully support this and believe it is the only way forward for our military.
or just sort out the mess we have not create a whole new model. We need more soldiers, strong and week cause the weak's damaged altogether outway the top 10's. How hard is this? just make it like the real military. Follow their structure its not hard. i odnt see the Australian and British armies running around not knowing what to do.
@Timeoin: can i see the figures on how many soldiers actually fought?
squads are free to run themselves, and thus will provide weapons to their soldiers and motivation
SOUNDS LIKE MERCINARIES TO ME!!
So we dont actually have to listen to the goverment cause thats whats gonna happen, ppl will form theirown factions and challenge leadership
Mercs are good in this game, you can only fight where the PM has declared war!!
@bass if this goes ahead can i keep my position in the command of Australian Patriot Corp
@ERA i see this like the 2 tiered economy of the AMP its not gonna happen but i still like the idea
So long as the contract/tender process involved with Approved Squads is solid, I'd support this if it came up in the Senate.
It decreases the red tape, increases the responsiveness and thus efficiency of our military and costs the government less.
Binda33 raises a valid point about it potentially being risky for newbies to get wpns from Orgs, but a) this could be written as a condition into the government contract (Organisations found to be profiting instead of hading out wpns to a reasonable level could find their contract at risk), and b) From all the recent activity, I know my Squad has received little to nothing in terms of weapons despite being responsive to roll calls... so what are we losing out on other than weapons we're not getting anyway??
Besides, less seriously it could allow Squad CO's running Orgs to get a bit creative with their Squad identities...
39 Squad? (For those who know of 39th Militia Battalion)
'Z' Special Squad? 🙂
4th/19th Prince of Cozlam's Light Horse? (ROFL)
Gah. I've been playing too much Civ 4 😛 🙂
@James Costen
mercenaries but have to listen to the Australian government on where they cannot fight?
whats the difference between that and our current structure?
I actually like the idea of private squadrons - it does however need to be supported with promotion - I think the idea of competition between squadrons for damage gains over time would work extremely well provided an effective and imaginative co-ordinator can be appointed.
@ patti.....it means that they dont have to fight. They are under no obligatin to and could attack differennt region to that tactically advantage just because they could
So basically your defence policy is to say "its too hard, do it yourself unless you're brand new or one of our l337 buddies?"
@james: private squads do not have to fight either
@X😨 that the only argument you got against it? Its a better system, and you sure as hell know it
@dylan: Of course you can lol
@X😨 Won't the same people still be doing the same work? I, for one, will still be managing the AAR 😛
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Sorry - some reasonable ideas here. But overall I don't support this model.
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So Paul is saying that it will be power in the hands of so few.... That seems like an evil organisation bent on power. However I support ERA they are from most of our elite members.
I don't know if this will work or not. Sometimes you don't know until you try it. Personally, I think if it does work, this will be fantastic for eAustralia's military potential. For that reason alone, I think we should at least give it a try. Please don't simply dismiss it out of hand.
I'd just like to remind everyone that the politicians who run the current eAus military MISPLACED $40,000 AUD in 2 months. That money should have gone to buy weps for our soldiers. It's part disorganized inner power struggle and part personal playground for politicians. How much more mismanagement do we accept? We need change and we need it now!
'cause renaming our armies solves all the endemic problems... like all the other times.
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Samuel Johnson
Increasing participation in the armed forces is good. Increasing it to the point where everyone does their own thing, not so good. There are very few success stories for mercenary armies. The contract will make or break this idea if it ever sees the light of day. Disorganisation is fixed with good communication.
The Dropbears idea is wonderful but maybe we could instead of having the bulk of our military being private we have it as such.
20 Dropbears- 300+ damage per fight Q5
30 ACUK Koala's- 200+ Damage per fight Q5
the ACUK and the Dropbears hjave always been very special squads which are very powerful anyone from below 200 damage could then create the private secotor or maybe we could re introduce the Redbacks and create 30 125+ damage dealers in that squad.
this is all news to me
you mean i can fight without having to fund my own weapons
how do i do this
how do i join boot camp?