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[Hat]

So one of the things I'm curious about are the decorations especially service ribbons that would be awarded by the houses and arguably by the Rangers.  I imagine that any character that participated in the War of '39 for example would have a campaign ribbon.  Doing a bit of research it looks like ribbon color and design are country and sometimes branch specific, though campaign ribbons may be applied across branches.  Any thoughts on designs if I wanted to put things together for the various contracts we've done so far to flesh out the ribbon bars that Lance commanders have?

[Darrian Wolffe]

Also, attached is my sanitized list of generally-available awards (with the TNs and game effects removed) for the campaign.  As this is a Word document, note that you can pull out the images for the ribbons and use them to build your own ribbon rack.  I don't have anything for the specific campaigns/contracts which the Rangers have participated in; that would get pretty unwieldy, pretty quickly.  That sort of thing would probably be better represented with "service stripes" down the sleeve of a uniform, or something similar.


What service stripes may look like; in our campaign, 1 stripe representing 3 contracts is probably about right. IRL service stripes represent 2-4 years of duty each depending on service branch, and 3 contracts seems to require 2-3 in-game years to complete under normal circumstances.

Oh, and do please note that several canonical awards do not appear in this document; awards which are not earnable by mercenaries do not appear in this document.

"But GM!", I hear you say, "there aren't any awards earnable by mercenaries for the Draconis Combine at all!"
"Yes," I reply. "That's correct.  How about that?"

[Hat]

Actually Hartman's missing her St. Ives Commendation Ribbon (Running Horse, 3045), Group 3, so 1st Row, Right spot, bumping the others over and I believe moving the Tukayyid Ribbon to the middle of Row 3?

[Hat]

Except for Awards granted in character creation or outside of contracts, here's the full list for all current lance commanders:

Ranger Commanders - Awarded
Claus Breisacher - St. Ives Commendation Ribbon (Running Horse), Lyran Meritorious Service Ribbon (Kestrel), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid)
Benton Mudd - Lyran Meritorious Service Ribbon (Kestrel), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid), Federated Suns Bravery Commendation Ribbon (Angel)
Jake Brightsword - Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid)
Heinrich Wilhelm - FWL Commendation for Bravery (Liber), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid), Federated Suns Bravery Commendation Ribbon (Angel)
Elsa Hartman - Commonwealth Star (ToD: Lyran), St. Ives Commendation Ribbon (Running Horse), Federated Suns Bravery Ribbon (Henhouse), Lyran Combat Action Ribbon (Kestrel), FWL Commendation for Bravery (Liber), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid), Federated Suns Star of Heroism (Angel)
Erik Kronwall - Lyran Defense Service Ribbon (Kestrel), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid)
Kato Atayde - Silver Sunburst (ToD: FS, 3040), Lyran Meritorious Service Ribbon (Kestrel), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid)
Vladimir Chrikov - Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid)
Nicolas Malthus - Silver Sunburst (ToD: FS 3042), FWL Commendation for Bravery (Liber), FWL Raiding Ribbon (Liber), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid), Federated Suns Star of Heroism (Angel)
William Moon - FWL Commendation for Bravery (Liber), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid)
Cathrin Hitzig - FWL Commendation for Bravery (Liber), FWL Raiding Ribbon (Liber), Tukayyid Campaign Ribbon (Tukayyid), Federated Suns Bravery Commendation Ribbon (Angel)
Eggert Roskakoriinnen - None earned from contracts   

Top 3 Award Winners are Hartman (7), Malthus (5) and Hitzig (4), in that order.

[Hat]

Looking at your Order of Precedence, it looks like CapCon 1st Degree and 4th Degree are reversed as the higher the number the more prestigious the award.

It would also appear that the CapCon Grand Cordon of Merit (Group 1) and CapCon Ribbon of Conspicuous Heroism (Group 2) are reversed assuming that the CapCon Order of Merit and Grand Cordon of Merit are the same thing.  I couldn't otherwise find a reference to the Order of Merit and the Grand Cordon isn't in your list.  The note for the Grand Cordon is that it is often a preliminary award on the way to the Conspicuous Heroism award.