Ranks in the Xeno Strike Force
Promotion Ranks
Our Promotion ladder
rewards initiative, leadership,knowledge and individual skill.
Wing Challenge
Ranks
Wing up and strike for these Team-oriented
Challenges.
Individual
Proficiency Ranks
We honor AXI-Ranks for individual
progression in AX.
Duty Status
We respect individual
availability and
commitment level to
the group.
Promotion Ranks
Officers have proven themselves amongst many Commanders, taking the initiative in the absence of orders and earning the respect and confidence of seniors and their peers alike. They have proven themselves in combat against the Xeno-Threat species in multiple combat instances and logistics. They are subject matter experts in their levels…
Our Promotion Ranks: Learner, Aviator, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, General Staff
Trainee Position
Learner is the intitial Rank for new Members in the XSF
Officer Position
Aviator, Lieutenant and Captain are our Officer Ranks in the promotion-ladder
Leadership Position
Major, Colonel and General Staff are our Leadership and Staff
Rank Responsibilities & Privileges
Officer Responsibilities are delegated to junior Officers to ensure smooth day-to-day operations and foster leadership opportunities for willing Commanders. By assigning tasks to the lowest appropriate levels, the community as a whole remains engaged. Senior officers focus on administrative and strategic duties, while junior Officers and Learners manage practical tasks, helping them grow as leaders and contribute to the community.
Learner
- Entry Rank into the Community of which has executed a Cyclops Interceptor to the AXI Standard for “Apollo’s Wrath”
- Learner holds no officer position and is considered a trainee rank
- Learners must coordinate with a Lieutenant prior to participating in Official Operation Orders to ensure the Leaner is prepared. Must be supervised by a Lieutenant during the Operation. If a Lieutenant is unavailable, go to the next rank higher
- Learners study the tactics, Knowledge Proficiencies and Promotion Requirements of the Xeno Strike Force prior to advancing in rank
- Can Create normal Discord-Events on the XSF Discord
- Authorized use of the ‘/opord information and /opord create‘ commands to submit Offical Operation Order Requests for review by XSF Leadership
Aviator
- Xeno Strike Force Officer position
- Promotion to this rank after succesful Rank submission in ‘#apply-for-ranks’ with all Requirements met
- Aviators have priority for Operation Orders
Expected to be in Uniform whenever possible - Able to ‘sponsor’ a new Member and directly invite them to the XSF Discord Server
Expected to care for their ‘sponsee’ and help them until they participated in 3 Operations
Lieutenant
- Experienced Officer with focus on teaching and wing positioning
- Line of succession to lead the wing once the Captain is out of the fight for any reason
- Assists any Learners present in Official Operations and ensures they are prepared prior to joining Official Operations
- Authorized full use of the ‘/listrole‘ and ‘/experience‘ commands to further assist newer players
Captain
- Senior Officer and will help any new Members acclimate to the XSF
- Considered subject matter experts on AX topics, they are the equivalent to the AXI Mentor-program in knowledge
- Leads a Tactical Wing, consisting of one Wing of four pilots including the Captain
- Proctors the Aviator Promotion Challenge
- Reviews the verbal Knowledge Proficiency test for potential Aviators
- Able to Pin Messages in Operation Order Threads with the :pushpin: reaction
- Authorized use of the ‘/opord participant‘ command to log experience credit of official operations
- Authorized use of the ‘/opord event start/stop‘ command to begin or end a Discord-Event for an official operation
- Authorized use of the ‘/opord interested‘ command inside Operation Order Threads that allows the user to write an Embed with a Title and a Message (markdown enabled). The command also mentions all users that have clicked Interested in the discord event interface
Major
- Considered XSF Leadership and is appointed by General Staff
- Responsible for their Assault Group, typically consisting of a number of Tactical Wings
- Reviews the Lieutenant Promotion Challenge
- Reviews the Knowledge Proficiency test for potential Lieutenants
- Approves or Denies Operation Order requests
- Permissions to cancel/delete and edit Discord Events & Ops
- Further Discord-Voice Permissions
- Able to Pin Messages anywhere with the :pushpin: reaction
- Mumble Admin and able to register new Members
- Authorized use of the ‘/active_duty‘ command to write an embed message with the option containing a Title and a Message (markdown enabled) to ping members with the @active-duty Duty role on Discord
Colonel
- Considered XSF Leadership and is appointed by General Staff
- Responsible for their Strike Group, typically consisting of Assault Groups, consisting of Tactical Wings, totaling 19* Commanders
- Reviews the Captain Promotion Challenge
- Reviews the Knowledge Proficiency test for potential Captains
- Senior Leader
- High amount of Discord Permissions
General Staff
- The Overseers of the Community, head of XSF Leadership
- Rank Appointment Authority
- Conducts all Leadership Assessments
Wing Challenge Ranks
We offer a selection of Challenges for cooperative gameplay in a Wing.
These Ranks have some perks attached to them, for example;
- Discord embed permissions, Discord name-colors
- Eligability for in-game Squadron membership
This rank will grant you embed permissions in our discord, in addition to access to our in-game squadron.
- Screenshot from cockpit POV
- Titan must be visible
- Must be in a Wing with atleast one other Commander
- Atleast one Wingmate must be visible on the Radar-Scanner or Screen
Detailed requirements: Full sabotage of the site requires sabotaging all eight hybrid compound bins. Individual CMDRs must survive beginning to end (end = in a ship supercruising away from the planet) to be eligible for this rank. Should a CMDR die, they are allowed to come back to help their wing, but are no longer individually eligible for the rank in that run (the surviving wing mates still are.) Leaving the instance to rearm or switch ships is not allowed. Dismissing and recalling ships is allowed.
- On-Foot screenshot of all Wingmates standing on petal of a Spire
- All 3 major Spires projecting orange light from being sabotaged
- Atleast one Commander’s Recording of the full fight
Additional Wing Challenges are being added as the Community grows…
Individual Proficiency Ranks
We honor the ranks of the Anti-Xeno Initiative with regards to individual combat experience and progression.
All Ranks on the Progression-Path are recognized. There are 3 important Milestones we value significantly,
they can be self-selected at any time via the Channels & Roles Menu at the top of our Discord:
- Apollos Wrath – First proper solo Kill
- Collector – Seen them all, done them all
- Decent Pilot – AX Combat Mastery
Duty Status
We have three duty status roles, which can be self-selected and changed at any time via the Channels & Roles Menu at the top of our Discord:
- Active Duty: “Ping, and I shall answer the call whenever I can”
- Reserve Duty: “Keep me posted, but don’t bugger me too much”
- Honorably Discharged: “I’ve uninstalled, don’t bother me about in-game events”
