Trumpkin Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) To the many peoples and nations of Planet Bob, I am charged with announcing the existence of a new Alliance of nations on the 17th April, 2010 CE - The Redcoats. We are but small, but our aspirations are large. We are a Red sphere Alliance, as seemed appropriate given our name. Our leader, the Commander-in-Chief is VanHuek. I, Trumpkin, am Public Affairs Officer (hence this duty), and Kwarsh is currently Personnel Officer. [center][img]http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/14/98/84/50/flaggo10.png[/img][/center] [b][center][size=28pt][b]Constitution of the Redcoats[/b][/size][/center][/b] [center][i]We the soldiers of the Redcoats, henceforth RC, in order to form a martial yet flourishing, meritocratic alliance on the face of Planet Bob, establish this constitution. This document is the supreme authority, and no law may be passed that goes against the founding laws laid out in this document. The Constitution of the Redcoats shall be displayed on the forums, in a public section, at all times and in all Redcoat embassies throughout Planet Bob.[/i][/center] [b]STATUTE ONE: MEMBERSHIP[/b] i. Any unaligned nation may apply for membership with RC in the appropriate forum section. Prospective members will be required to fill out an application and submit an entrance examination in order to be accepted as full RC members. While a prospective member is in the application process, he shall be under the protection of the alliance, and any attack will be considered an act of war. ii. Any RC member may ask a question of a prospective member, which must be answered before the application process may continue. The Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier, and the Personnel Officer hold absolute authority in accepting or denying applications. The Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier, and the Personnel Officer reserve the right to close applications at their digression, at any time in the application process. [b]STATUTE TWO: GOVERNMENT[/b] i. The Government of RC shall consist of the Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier and four duty-specific Officers. Each Officer will be permitted to have one Deputy Officer to assist in carrying out his duties, with the exception of the Supply Officer who may appoint two. ii. Commander-in-Chief The Commander-in-Chief is the ultimate authority of the alliance and supreme commander of the Armed Forces. The Commander-in-Chief may only be replaced if he steps down of his own volition, and at such an occasion he will name his replacement. If the Commander-in-Chief does not name a replacement within 12 hours of his resignation, the Brigadier will automatically take his place. The Commander-in-Chief must sign all treaties, amendments, and laws passed by the alliance. He is solely responsible for the appointment of Government Offices and declarations of Alliance War. iii. Brigadier The Brigadier is the second in command of the alliance, and holds many of the same powers as the Commander-in-Chief although the Brigadier's orders may be overruled by the Commander-in-Chief. The Brigadier may be replaced if he steps down of his own volition, and at that time he will name his replacement, or if relieved of duty by a vote of the Officers which if resulting in a draw passes to a vote of the General Membership, in which circumstance the Commander-in-Chief appoints his replacement. If the Brigadier does not name a replacement within 12 hours of his resignation, a replacement will be appointed by the Commander-in-Chief. The Brigadier must sign all treaties, amendments, and laws passed by the alliance. iv. Personnel Officer The Personnel Officer will be responsible for recruiting, member training, roster and statistic keeping, and any other task not delegated to another officer specifically. v. Field Officer The Field officer is responsible for maintaining the alliance’s military and for the defence of the alliance. During times of peace he is also responsible for dealing with ‘ghosting’ and rogues. During times of war, he will be responsible for developing battle plans and destruction of the enemy. vi. Public Relations Officer The Public Relations Officer is responsible for the setting up of all treaties and must sign any treaty that the alliance signs. He is in charge of creating embassies and processing foreign diplomat requests as well as assigning delegates to other alliances. vii. Supply Officer The Supply Officer is responsible for setting up and maintenance of the alliance bank, trade service, and tech deals. He will submit to the Brigadier every month, a report of all alliance financial activities, which will be made available to the public upon request. [b]STATUTE THREE: WAR AND MILITARY[/b] i. No member of RC may declare war without consent of the Commander-in-Chief and the Brigadier. ii. The RC does not support nuclear first strikes and any use of nuclear weapons must be authorized by the Commander-in-Chief and Brigadier, except during times of war when authority may be released to the Regiment Commanders. However the acquiring of nuclear missiles shall be encouraged as a deterrent only. iii. Any nation declaring an unsanctioned war on a nation affiliated with an alliance will be required to pay reparations to their victim or face expulsion from the alliance to fight their war unaided. iv. An Alliance War can be entered into at the instigation of the Commander-in-Chief. During war time all nations are required to obey the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier and Field Officer and this includes the instruction to enter into a nation war without hesitation or to send aid to fellow Redcoats. Failure to act upon an instruction in war time may result in expulsion and sanctions. v. The SAS shall be responsible for Technology Liberation within strict and defined boundaries. The SAS is under the command of the Lieutenant who reports to the Field Officer. The target nations must not be on Red team, they must not be in an alliance of more than 15 members, they must be more than 5 days inactive with no explanation in nation bio, they must not possess nuclear missiles or Manhattan Project, if the target requests peace – peace must be returned immediately and attacks ceased, the alliance must not have any defence treaties or protectorates, the assault must be authorised by the Commander-in-Chief, Field Officer or Lieutenant and all assaults must be posted and updated in the relevant forum board. Assaults may also be authorised in violation of the above articles at the discretion of the Lieutenant. The right to liberate technology is fragile and can be removed by any Government member and violation of the above policies can result in expulsion. [b]STATUTE FOUR: EXPULSION[/b] i. Member nations breaching the Constitution face immediate expulsion from the alliance at the command of the Commander-in-Chief. There will be no trials; however the nation in question will be permitted to contact the Commander-in-Chief to plead their case should they desire to do so. The Commander-in-Chief's decision after the plea is heard is final. The Commander-in-Chief reserves the right to pardon nations at anytime or to demand sanctions. [b]STATUTE FIVE: AMENDMENTS[/b] ii. The Constitution may only be amended upon the consent of the Commander-in-Chief, and a majority of the alliance membership. Any member is free to submit an amendment to the Constitution. This does not apply to changes in grammar, spelling or where a change is necessary to remove ambiguity. [b]STATUTE SIX: DISBANDMENT AND MERGERS[/b] iii. A disbandment or merger of the alliance is to occur only with the consent of the Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier, and a majority of the alliance members. If the alliance is to be disbanded or merged, all forums and IRC Channels shall be returned to their respective legal owners. For merges into RC a vote is not needed and is treated as described in Statute 1. [right][img]http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/14/98/84/50/eme10.png[/img][/right] ---------- Our forums can be found at "http://redcoats.org/index.php" and our IRC at #RC Please feel free to come talk to us about anything and we look forward to furthering the cause of World Domination with you all. [b]Signed: [font="Comic Sans MS"]VanHuek Trumpkin Kwarsh[/font][/b] Edited April 17, 2010 by Trumpkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltus Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) Good Luck, Trumpkin and the rest of ya! I know you'll all do a good job. First spam is so two years ago.. Woot. Edited April 17, 2010 by Baltus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSVH Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 congrats Trumpkin, shame this special day has been ruined by a tech raider o/TR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Frontier Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Do you guys have a protector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpkin Posted April 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 It's currently being voted upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ilyani Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 You guys might want to get a protector pretty soon, so that you don't get raided. Aside from that, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Marx Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Up the Rebels, down the British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Henry Rollins Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) Nevermind, misread your charter. Good luck with this endeavor! Edited April 17, 2010 by Henry Rollins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banksy Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I'm sure \m/ will protect you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Vengeance Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Great job on the flag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutilius Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 You guys should treaty Browncoats, the puns practically write themselves. Good luck with this anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpkin Posted April 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Haha Brutilius, I'll propose it to Van =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Hitsugaya Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Good Luck with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryujin Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Good Luck from Ordo of Aquila.Come see us sometime. IRC is #Aquila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkEra97 Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hope you guys find a protector soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alonois Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 If nothing else, gotta respect the balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oOoMidooOo Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 [quote]Great job on the flag [/quote] I agree . P.S i made the red coats flag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitri Mendoleev Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Good luck and great flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Boris Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Good luck out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilien Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Welcome to the Red team. We wish you the best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Marx Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 [quote name='Banksy' date='17 April 2010 - 07:20 PM' timestamp='1271546402' post='2264345'] I'm sure \m/ will protect you. [/quote] We might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpkin Posted April 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 We are under consideration for protectorate by the Open Source Alliance are protected during this period until a vote is finalised and then we shall either look for another protectorate if that fails or enter into a Protectorate agreement with OSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMe Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 [quote name='Trumpkin' date='18 April 2010 - 07:11 PM' timestamp='1271632290' post='2265464'] We are under consideration for protectorate by the Open Source Alliance are protected during this period until a vote is finalised and then we shall either look for another protectorate if that fails or enter into a Protectorate agreement with OSA. [/quote] Which also makes you protected by Ronin until further notice. Good luck guys. OSA is quite fond of you and I look forward to getting to know you. And if for some reason the OSA protectorate falls through, Ronin will still offer what ever protection we can until you guys line up a new protectorate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augusta Antonia Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Congrats guys!!! Welcome to Bob! If RDD can help in any way let us know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Anglia Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Best of luck to you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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