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    Generic alien officers and crew - please discuss

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    4 hours ago, Tentayena said:

    I asked my CO about this when I was curious about the idea of down a lower ranked Thrawn. This was before the comics had come out, and there was some question about what color uniform he'd be in (I only have a line officer cleared at this point in time)

    I know a lot of the lore around Thrawn centered around him being one of (if not the only) non human officer in the Empire, but I was told that since there was one, I could be a generic Chiss officer if I wanted to. I know RL holds the same views. there was one chiss jedi, so i can clear as my chiss OC. 

    This was just for chiss specifically, but I think the general rule, at least for my garrison, was if there was one, there could be others?

    That makes perfect sense.  If there was one. Why not more.  A Darth Vader comic called the ghost prison also has an unknown species as a officer near the end. I'll have to dig up the book and see if I can get a couple of pictures from it.  So I'm with Tentayena on this. Why not?

    Simple question: why the Empire?

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    I look at it like this. It's a respect thing. Most see the empire as the firm military organization everyone wants to be with. They have the Sharpe uniforms, gear and equipment to get the job done. Kind of like when you hear a guy joined the marines, he knows when he earns that uniform. Everyone who sees him in it has nothing but respect for him. It's an unspoken thing that Americans know you have to be tough to get anywhere in our military.  So in these terms I present my argument for respect being a big part of why we went empire.  

     

    I spent ten years in the US army and know when someone sees you in uniform that they tend to instantly have a respect for you because of it. Lol, it's how I met most of my ex girlfriends. Sorry, I had to use my dad's old joke. 

    To be a grand admiral or not to be a grand admiral?

    in Costume Questions - Ask Here!

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    21 minutes ago, Tentayena said:

    At the same time, we're costumers, not the actual army. We look weird anyways. 

    @ OP
    As a general statement, It doesn't matter. It's really whatever you're comfortable with. If you have fallen in love with the white uniform, be the best Grand Admiral you can be!! 

    I know others have mentioned developing backstories for their officer personas, and honest to god, I think that's the best way to go. Develop your character. Give them history, mannerisms, quirks. It just makes the experience so much more FUN for you and everyone around you.

    This is my original statement below. 

    Please don't character edit it to create a rant. Please reread the bottom two lines.

     

    Something to consider with choosing a rank is age.  If you are younger, lieutenant is a youthful rank. Middle aged is commander /mid ranks. Older is general, admiral ect.  This is based off of experience in the army.  You star at the bottom and work your way up.  It's like seeing a 25 year old general or admiral in a movie. It looks weird.   Does that make sense?   And I'm not knocking anyone for wanting to be any rank specifically. Just life experience.
     

    I get people don't like me for being honest with them. But I'm not saying someone can't do anything they want. Just applying experiences I have with what I seen.  That does not mean you have to approve of a personal view either.  You can not like it, That's fine. But please use the full quote.  It makes it seem like you are targeting someone on a false basis. Or going for character assassination. That's not cool.

    To be a grand admiral or not to be a grand admiral?

    in Costume Questions - Ask Here!

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    Something to consider with choosing a rank is age.  If you are younger, lieutenant is a youthful rank. Middle aged is commander /mid ranks. Older is general, admiral ect.  This is based off of experience in the army.  You star at the bottom and work your way up.  It's like seeing a 25 year old general or admiral in a movie. It looks weird.   Does that make sense?   And I'm not knocking anyone for wanting to be any rank specifically. Just life experience.

    Official IOC Rank Guide

    in The Officer's Lounge

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    1 hour ago, buckrogersbarker said:

    apologies for the delay.  been collecting a lot of what has been missing.  the cadet/midshipman ranks seen in recent comics.  The moff rank from Revenge of the Sith and a few others.

    It's all good. I just want to share the correct knowledge with the Ohio Garrison.  Especially those working towards an IOC costume. :)

    Official IOC Rank Guide

    in The Officer's Lounge

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    On 3/3/2017 at 6:37 AM, buckrogersbarker said:

    32407958123_5b774c341b_b.jpgUntitled by Robert Barker, on Flickr

    Little something I have been working on.  It is a lot bigger than this.  Something that can track every permutation, if we have seen it on screen, where, EU, book, comic, etc.

    What we know, what think, what we can prove.

    Robert did you ever get a finalized version of this? There have been a lot of guys in the Ohio Garrison and the rebel Legion in our area that were asking about the ranks today. And if it's complete if it's okay I would like to post it to the Ohio ears enclosed page for Members Only so that they can see the rank status of every one of us that's wandering around in uniform. Might help them out a little bit. Thanks advance man!

    Battlefront officer turret build.

    in The Officer's Lounge

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    We just wrapped up for the day at the gym City Comic Con. We have another day tomorrow. Kind of exhausted so I don't think I'll work on it tonight but I'm hoping to do some underlying cords and cables to even that nice cool look underneath it and then do a gray outer top, then kind of Grey up some of the outer shell areas. The unfortunate thing is it won't look exactly like the Battlefront 2 turret. But it's really meant for blast Trooper anyway.

    I'm back!

    in The Officer's Lounge

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    Congratulations and welcome to the Ohio garrison!  

     

    Make sure to sign up on our form website for Ohio. http://ohio501st.com/phpbb3/

     

    And don't forget our events website as well.  http://ohiostarwars.com/oswforum/portal.php

     

    And in fact this Saturday we have the Gem City Comic Con in Dayton Ohio. There will be about 30 of us there on Saturday and Sunday.  So if you want to get a great first truth come on in introduce yourself I know I will be there at least Saturday Ron moen from the ioc will also be there.  And a few other ioc members. And for my understanding on Sunday yeah I have a Garrison Commander Jason Rutledge will be there.  

     

    Looking forward to meet you and I hope you can make it this weekend!

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