Trainee
Objective criteria:

• Applied for and been accepted into the military
  

Subjective criteria:

• None.
  

Soldier
Objective criteria:

• Basic understanding of update mechanics (regions update in a set order)
  
• Prepare multiple nations for use during a single update
  
• Identify when a nation or region has updated during update
  
• Switch World Assembly membership from one nation to another within a minute during an update
  
• Move a nation based on a trigger (within 3s)
  
• Move a nation and endorse another nation based on a trigger (within 8s)
  
• Follow a nation into a region (within 5s)
  
• Follow a nation into a region and endorse the extant Delegate there (within 10s)
  
• Dossier Management
  
• Using the Activity feed to identify nations admitting to the World Assembly in a given region
  
• Familiarity with regional controls
  
• Detagging a region
  
• Participate in 5 updates within the past 3 months
  

Subjective criteria:

• Demonstrate understanding of responsibilities and privileges of SPSF membership
  
• Demonstrate ability to follow arbitrary orders phrased in battlefield-typical terms
  

Officer
Objective criteria:

• Consistently set trigger nations updating within 30% of the nominal time
  
• Consistently call trigger nations within 2s of actual update time
  
• Perform simple influence calculations to determine whether or not a nation can be subject to a border control action by another nation
  
• Use the Activity Feed to identify stealth raids, sleeper movements and other irregular happenings
  
• Participate in 20 updates within the past 6 months
  

Subjective criteria:

• Demonstrate understanding of current update time
  
• Demonstrate ability to lead troops for smaller operations using battlefield-typical terms
  
• Demonstrate ability to clearly and level-headedly communicate with other military officers regarding operational cooperation, both in the present and future
  

Commander
Objective criteria:

• Banject or eject nations moving into a region during update (no slower than 3s per nation)
  
• Consistently trigger for a region using API triggering within 30% of the nominal time
  
• Be familiar with, and know when to use, liberation strategies (sieges/attrition runs, fake puppetmaster)
  
• Be familiar with, and know when to use, region occupation and griefing strategies (flash password, flash refound, fortify)
  
• Be familiar with, and know when to use, stealth strategies (instant jump points, false flag, sleeper)
  
• Perform influence calculations for banjecting, ejecting, banning, passwording, and influence gain both in GCRs and UCRs
  
• Participate in 40 updates within the past 12 months
  

Subjective criteria:

• Demonstrate the ability to craft a battle plan for any arbitrary set of planned operations in one update
  
• Demonstrate an ability to quickly adapt to fast-changing circumstances in the heat of battle
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of various strategies, and an ability to draw upon that knowledge to craft a plan for a large scale operation
  
• Demonstrate ability to clearly and level-headedly cooperate with affected native residents for incoming and ongoing raids
  

(This post was last modified: 02-22-2022, 02:49 AM by SPSF General.)

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The General Corps has modified these rank requirements to move the regional defense portion from Officer to Commander rank and adjusting the timing from 2s to 3s, in order to promote better upward mobility while remaining consistent with our move to be a formal defender region last year.

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The General Corps has modified these rank requirements to properly reflect the necessary skillset a versatile defender needs to have in order to excel on the battlefield, as well as better prepare Officers and Commanders to tackle any obstacles that might be thrown in their way. The following changes are hereby implemented;
 

• Adjusted nominal trigger timings from 20% to 30% to reflect on the current dynamics of R/D, as well as to promote greater upward mobility for prospective Officers and Commanders.
  
• Added one new objective criteria to Officer rank requirements, in order to further build upon a prospective Officer's familiarity with the Activity Feed, as well as continue developing their spotting and tracking skills.
  
• Added one new subjective criteria to Officer rank requirements, in order to develop a prospective Officer's communication skills and prepare them to cooperate with other potential military officers present in the battlefield at any given time.
  
• Added one new subjective criteria to Commander rank requirements, in order to continue developing a prospective Commander's communication skills and prepare them to cooperate with native residents affected by incoming and ongoing raids at any given time.
  

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