Pharaoh Bradshaw Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Greetings from the Black Order Of Knights. We are a (currently) small alliance seeking new members. And if you have clicked this thread you are most likely seeking a new alliance. I shall not rant on about how we will help you grow and that one day we'll be sanctioned etc etc. This is not our way. We have existed since the First of March 2009, and officialy made our declaration of existance on the Fourteenth of April 2009 alongside a trial protectorate with The Templar Knights, which has rescently been upgraded to a full protectorate agreement. Many of our current members while small are re-rolls and therefore have knowledge of CN beyond the experience of their current nations. Not only that but we also have amongst us larger nations, meaning we are able to protect nations large and small. At the moment of this annoucement we have eight nations with a collective strength of 78,452, we intend to grow through a program of tech trading with our protectors in TTK. Moving on from then more economic aspects of BOOK I shall pitch the alliance as a group of friends. We are all loyal, friendly, open and welcoming individuals, and as we are small you will have a foot in the door for positions in the Council when we run our first elections at some point in the near future. By joining us you will be gaining friends, close allies and staunch protectors in times of need. To sign up please register on our forums (link below The Charter), and if you feel like chatting drop by our IRC Channel which is #BOOK on Coldfront Preamble- We the nations of Black-Order-Of-Knights mutually agree to aid and defend one another in times of peace and war. Our mission is to grow and prosper as individuals and alliance with a sense of respect to other nations and alliances within CN, and be loyal to one and other and to any allies that we have. We look to help anyone who joins us in growing and prospering. We work together to insure that all nations feel welcome and secure. We will work towards being a safe haven for nations that are looking for a solid alliance that they can depend on in times of need. Article I Membership There shall be two classes of membership, the full Knights who are full members, and the Squires who are prospective members. Knights have full voting rights in elections and may make proposals to change policies and rules. Squires as new members do not have the power to propose new policies and rules, and do not have the right to vote with the exception of certain issues which would affect them directly. In order to become a member you must fill out a membership application in the Entrance Hall, you will then need to be accepted by one of our officials. Once accepted the new member shall be classed as a Squire and shall be assigned to an existing member, the existing member shall guide their Squire through the rules, etiquettes, factions and other parts of life within the Black Orders of Knights and Cyber Nations itself. At any time the Squire may take a test to become a full knight, once they pass this test they shall be classed as fully fledged knights. Any Knight or Squire is free to leave the alliance by posting in the resignation thread as long as they have not accepted aid, if so they may be required to pay part or all of the aid back as decided by an official from the treasury department. Article III Government Black-Order-Of-Knights is a Dictatorship alliance ruled over by The Dark Ones. The Dark-Ones are in a position for life, though The Dark-Ones can give up the position freely and will appoint a successor if they choose to do so. All Upper Council positions will be assigned by vote or, failing a successful vote, they will be assigned by The Dark-Ones from the list of candidates. The Upper council members have authority over their departments but will never make lone decisions on war. The Dark-Ones - The leaders of the alliance have supreme powers in ALL alliance affairs but will seek advice of Upper Council members on most matters arising due to the Upper Council member’s specialization. Marquis of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)- Will deal with all foreign matters including assigning diplomats to other alliances, accepting foreign diplomat’s applications, setting embassies for foreign diplomats, trying to ensure peace in situations where war is threatened and writing treaties that will be signed by the Dark-ones and his Upper Council if acceptable by all parties involved. Marquis of Internal Affairs (MoIA)- Is in charge of internal matters such as: membership, recruiting, forum moderators and internal communications. But will not over see applications from foreign diplomats. Marquis of Defence (MoD) – being the head of our military He/She has authority over military matters including: authorizing individual wars on single unaligned nations (but not aligned until speaking with MoFA and not alliance wide conflicts), and organizing Divisions, Companies, and Platoons, as well as anything else deemed proper for the MoD to control. Marquis of the Treasury (MoT) – Is in charge of all banking, aid, and economic matters. Ensuring any aid packages/chains are done in good order. Also will decide any amount to be paid back by a member wishing to leave who has received aid. All Marquis may appoint Lords who will be their deputies, they may also appoint Knights to certain positions under them (for example diplomats, bankers etc) Article IV War Black-Order-Of-Knights is not an aggressive alliance, but will attack if required to do so by a treaty being activated or in the case of an act of war being committed against them. Nukes- no first strike will be made by the Black-Order-Of-Knights. Nuclear Rogues are viewed as traitors and will be disowned by this alliance and not protected under any condition by us. Tech raiding is NOT permitted; we will NOT protect tech raiders. Out of Game Spying is not allowed, and any members caught doing so will be ejected from the alliance and no protection shall be given to them, if the alliance they spied on doesn’t wish to attack them Black-Order-Of-Knights reserves the right to ZI them. Also if a foreign alliance is caught spying on Black-Order-Of-Knights it shall be viewed as a direct act of war and unless the alliance deems the act unlawful and ejects their member for ZI by Black-Order-Of-Knights. Aggressive action or threats made by other alliances or individual nations will be deemed acts of war. Article V Banking/aid All nations are asked to give (if they are lager nations and have ample income) to others in Black-Order-Of-Knights for the advancement of the alliance, however it will be up to the Marquis Of The Treasury to set up: Aid Chains, Banker Nations, Trade Circles, and Tech Deals. As mentioned in Article I, if you wish you resign from the alliance you may be required to pay part or all of the aid back as decided by an official from the treasury department. Article VI Elections Elections shall occur every three months for every position other than The Dark Ones. In the case of an empty office, elections will be held no less than two weeks after, and while the position is empty the The Dark Ones will be in charge of said position. An elected official may be removed from office for breaking the law of this Charter, or being inactive for 2 weeks without giving prior warning. The impeachment process consists with a majority vote of The Dark-Ones and the elected officials. In the event of a tie, the breaker will be a vote by the people of the Black-Order-Of-Knights, but only after all relevant information is given to the people Article VII Amendments Amendments to this Charter will be subject to consideration if enough members should agree upon the proposal of said amendment. Then it shall be set to vote by the Upper Council, but final say will rest in the hands of The Dark-Ones. If said amendment is gone through previously mentioned process then it shall be applied to the Charter as soon as possible and enacted immediately upon insertion. Article VIII Government Government officials have a place of honour at Black-Order-Of-Knights. Government officials make everything work smoothly and they are role models for new players. Being so it is up to the elected government officials to portray the alliance in its best light and to guide members to be the best they can be, both in Cyber Nations and real life. That said being a government official is a privilege and if you abuse your power you shall be removed from office, and possibly the alliance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signed The Dark-One(s) knighthorde ForumsWiki Edited May 13, 2009 by Pharaoh Bradshaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaoh Bradshaw Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Due to problems with our host, our forums are for now, located here Edited May 13, 2009 by Pharaoh Bradshaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaoh Bradshaw Posted May 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 We welcome nations of any size... from the new and slightly scared newbs to the ancient and venerable veterans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaoh Bradshaw Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Anyone interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighthorde Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 The Black Order Of knights welcomes all new members. The choices are vast of who to join. A young alliance can be a great place to grow We look forwards to welcoming you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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