NEW AWARD: STRATEGY
MARKS
KAG has always rewarded members who participate in
events; this is the
foundation of the Battle Notch system. But what about those who
actually make the events happen? Someone has to reserve the club
table, arrange for the KAG panel, convince the charity that we are not
a bunch of hooligans, and all the other organizational details that go
into planning an event. Surely all this work deserves recognition.
With this in mind, the Crimson Knight Fleet has been giving out a new
award since January of last year: the Strategy Mark. The Strategy
Mark is an extension of the existing Battle Notch system. For
every Battle Notch event (or Kill Stripe event, for that matter), the
person who made it all happen is awarded a Strategy Mark.
The awarding of the Strategy Mark is up to the Fleet Commander to
adjudicate. In cases where numerous people worked together on an
event, the Fleet Commander decides which person (or, rarely, persons)
is the driving force behind it. In the case of impromptu events
("Hey, guys, let's throw on our costumes and go down to McDonalds and
freak out the mundanes!"), the Fleet Commander may choose not to award
any Strategy Mark at all.
As with Battle Notches, the Fleet Commander may choose to delegate the
awarding of the Strategy Mark to more local Command members (Quadrant
Commanders, for example).
The award itself is a chevron shape in metallic silver vinyl, with a
velcro backing. Several of these can be stacked onto a velcro
patch on the sash. It ends up looking something like the sash
decorations from TOS. Since the patches are big enough to fit
five Marks, members get special recognition each time they fill a patch
and have to add a new one. If someone organizes so many events
that overcrowding becomes a problem on their sash, we may have to come
up with a way to represent multiple Marks in a small area. I'm
looking forward to the day when we have this problem in my fleet.
I would love to see the Strategy Mark system adopted by other
fleets, perhaps even KAG-wide. For now, I am enjoying giving it
out in my fleet, to recognize the efforts of the officers under my
command.
L Lt.Col. Krikor sutai-jechwI'
(Krikor Ajemian) <[email protected]>
Crimson Knight Fleet Commander, KAG
