From Nuggets to Aces (For all pilots)

[Drake Wolfe]

So, I've been talking with Roger, and we think it would be fun if the pilots had a place to record their kills (as they would mark their Vipers). The "marks" that you record here will, for RP purposes, also be marked on your Viper in game. To prevent you from abusing this record (Not that you would. You're all wonderful people.), some of us will be keeping an eye on it. You can mark every bogey you take out in a thread. Those are a given. (If we notice that suddenly, you seem to be eliminating entire squadrons, we will call bullshit.) You can also message me about background kills, and I will discuss it with the others and we will get you some good (reasonable) numbers.

You should mark your kills with an "I". Put a space between groupings of five. Below is an example. (In game, these will be painted under the canopy of your plane in black)


Example kill counts:

Raider- IIIII IIIII IIIII IIII
Heavy- IIIII II
Nuke- III
Basestar- I (will most likely never happen)


Raider-IIIII III
Heavy- III


Raider-IIIII IIIII II
Nuke-IIIII II
Heavy- IIII

There you go! Now, start marking those kills! You'll make Ace in no time!

[Roger Davis]

Hopefully with the reboot we'll be able to keep at this from the very start. With a slower pace and more focus on individual events we'll hopefully be able to cover nearly all engagements and track the results here.

[Tyler Tremaine]

can we get an index on what kill count=what rank? IE: 15 kills=Ace

[Drake Wolfe]

And we won't have people going from Nugget to ace in their first engagement.

[Tyler Tremaine]

I mean... I will, but only cause IM FUGGIN AWESOME!! I'll be signing autographs for ten cubits a pop between six and eight pm this thursday at the Caprican Buccaneers Stadium. And as a treat, the stadium is having a pyramid game in the background so allllll the peeps in line will have somethin to do while they wait.

[Roger Davis]

Jul 16, 2013 0:00:28 GMT -5 Tyler Tremaine said:

can we get an index on what kill count=what rank? IE: 15 kills=Ace

Traditionally, an ace is someone with five kills.

If we want a whole tiered system then you've got (in reverse order):
Ace - A pilot with five total kills in their entire career
Ace in a Day - A pilot with five total kills all in one day (typically one engagement)
Multi-ace - A pilot who has achieved as numerous times. This can be broken down into smaller definitions, the tighter the action the more impressive (e.g. Ace from the Icarus Campaign, and also an ace from the Caprica Liberation)
Multi-Ace in a Day - A pilot who has downed five enemy craft, multiple times over several days.
Ace of Aces (alternatively Top Gun) - The pilot on the ship with the most kills.




Keep in mind that in the comment "we won't have people going from Nugget to ace in their first engagement" the key word is "nugget". It is very possible for a pilot to become an ace in their first real engagement. However we're talking about experienced sticks that only have zero kills because the Colonies have mostly been at peace for the past forty years. A wet behind the ears rookie is going to have a much tougher time.

Finally, armed Raptors can also rack up their own kills. A kill for a two+ man craft counts for all persons aboard so even if the pilot is the one doing the flying and all the shooting then the ECO can still become an ace.

[Drake Wolfe]

^this

[Roger Davis]

Others have talked about five being too low, at least once the RP really gets rolling. Cylon raiders drop like flies afterall, and our PCs aren't going to be dying left and right in combat. It's hard to imagine that anyone who actually participates in and survives a few major battles in such a target rich environment won't soon become an ace. Thus, once we do in fact start fighting the toasters*, we will use the following:

Short as the list is (only two new additions) I think we can live with it. And if out kill counts get ridiculously high and we don't think someone with 25 should be on par with someone with 75 and our IC egos can't handle it then we can add another tier or two.


*Currently we're still in a peace time military that has no need for extra tiers since there are few enough aces as it is from the occasional battle against pirate craft and the very rare insurrection/rebellion.

[Drake Wolfe]

^ also this

[Samuel Lion]

Samuel Lion

Pirates - II

[Drake Wolfe]

We haven't even started yet, and Sam is already listing kills. I'm not even surprised lol

[Sidney Bainbridge]

More history to work with listed in the past. most will have some now. I think Sid will have a few as well as Chris not to much. got to figure it all out though