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Special Circumstances / CULTURE
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Special Circumstances:
An organisation focused on exploration, escort, mercenary work and trading.
Funny, satirical ship names are a must in tribute of the late great Iain M Banks
Click here for dedicated Special Circumstances Forum
History
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Welcome, agent.
You will note that your official UEEN rank (where appropriate) has been suspended whilst on secondment to Special Circumstances.
You will please remove all official insignia and marks of ranks and replace with the Special Circumstances unit patch.
Your ship designations should use Special Circumstances designator style with clarity of purpose.
Special Circumstance has no official UEEN unit designation. UEE Central Government disavows all knowledge of any unit operating under the designation ‘Special Circumstances’.
Please pay attention to requests issued to you by your recruiting agent, and keep this receiving com channel open.
More information will follow.
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Iain M Banks (RIP), created some brilliant and funny ship names and this was one of the inspirations behind creating a Culture based organisation. So here is a list of member’s ships with names:
CCO “Kiss My Assets” – Aegis Idris M
CGV “This time next year, No-one will Care” – MISC Endeavour
GPV “Peace, Love and Cocaine” – Origin Jumpworks 890 Jump
GXV “Temporarily Misplaced” – Anvil Carrack
GSV “Jack the Stripper” – Aegis Reclaimer
HTL “Invisible Hand” – Hull C
HCB “World Without End” – Aegis Retaliator Bomber
HSV “Space Cow” – MISC Starfarer
LXV “Warning – May Contain Nuts” – RSI Constellation Aquila
LXV “I Can See the Pub From Here!” – RSI Constellation Aquila
LTV “No Credit Extended” – RSI Constellation Taurus
LRI “SMART Failure Imminent” – Crusader Mercury Star Runner
LTV “Sorry We Missed You” – MISC Hull B
MCD “Through Adversity” – Aegis Redeemer
MCB “Landscape Gardening Can be Fun”- *Aegis Vanguard Harbinger
MCO “So, I Was In The Area” – Aegis Vanguard Warden
MCO “Ignorance is Miss” – MISC Freelancer MIS
MXV “Creature Comfort” – MISC Freelancer
SCO “Don’t Make Me Come Back There” – Anvil Super Hornet F7C-M
SCO “Reluctant Pacifistic tendencies” – Anvil Super Hornet F7C-M
SCB “The Bigger They Come” – Anvil Gladiator
SCO “Disciplinary Meeting” – Aegis Sabre
SCO “Was that a Rhetorical Question?” – Aegis Sabre
SCO “A Stab In The Dark” – Aegis Sabre
SCO “I have no mouth, and must scream” – Aegis Sabre
SEI “Go on, I’m listening” – Drake Herald
SXV “Just Browsing” – Origin Jumpworks 315p
SXV “Don’t mind if I do…” – Origin Jumpworks 315p
SCV “Looking for Trouble” – Origin Jumpworks 300i
SCV “Eve of Potential Destruction” – Aegis Avenger Stalker
SCO “Fly In Your Ointment” – Consolidated Outland Mustang Delta
SGV “Trinkets or Trouble” – RSI Aurora LN
SXV “What’s Over the Next Hill?” – Consolidated Outland Mustang Beta
SGV “Excessive Outpouring of Gravitas” – RSI Aurora
SRF “And then Time Stood Still” – Origin Jumpworks M50
SCF “dn ʎɐʍ sıɥ⊥” – Kruger P52 Merlin
Manifesto
“In Special Circumstances we deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the normal laws—the rules of right and wrong that people imagine apply everywhere else in the universe—break down; beyond those metaphysical event-horizons, there exist … special circumstances. That’s us. That’s our territory; our domain.” Diziet Sma – Use of Weapons.
Our overall concept is a semi-black-ops / mercenary outfit. Generally human centred (we act for the good of Humanity, but our interpretations may be personal and varied). Basically everyone is an agent, and everybody has a vote. When planning activities for the group, we’ll handle this by poll. It will then be down to the SA’s (Senior Agents) to get everyone in gear.
Special Circumstances will have a trading arm / trading activities on the books, along with exploration, special operations and military interventions.
We’ll have Culture style ship names – these are basically a three-letter code indicating the general class of the hull, and a short, oddball rhetoric of the purpose of the ship. The more humorous the better.
For example a small general purpose ship (like the Aurora) kitted for combat could be called ‘SGP – Did You Spill My Pint?’.
If equipped for carrying small cargo- ‘SGP – Got your Handbag Right Here.’
Charter
Hierarchy – A collective council of 7 at the top, not one specific leader. Decisions will be made by vote as we are a democratic organisation and want all members to feel like they have a say in the general running.
No Piracy, pod killing, slavery or taking advantage of weaker players for personal gratification. We want to contribute to making Star Citizen a fun experience that’s challenging for the right reasons. Any members found to be engaging in these activities will be expelled.
Respect – Every member of Special Circumstances are expected to show respect for other members and allies of the organisation, a certain level of maturity is required and no back stabbing or underhanded tactics will be tolerated.
Ship names – As the organisation is founded on an appreciation of the Culture novels by Iain M Banks (R.I.P.), ship names must follow Culture styles. Direct copying is not accepted however, this is intended as a tribute to the books, not pure plagiarism.
Multiple Organisation Rules – Members belonging to multiple organisations is allowed in Special Circumstances as long as the other organisation’s rules & conduct are aligned with our own. Therefore if an applicant also belongs to a pirate organisation for example, the application will be declined. If it is found that already existing members of Special Circumstances also belong to a conflicting organisation that member will be asked to choose whether to leave that org and stay with us or leave Special Circumstances.
Secret Organisations – The aim of Special Circumstances is to create a close knit group of players who feel they can rely and depend on each other. As such any affiliations must be revealed to the Council of Seven, failure to do so will lead to expulsion from our group.