Half-pay

The term "half-pay" referred to the pay or allowance an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy received when in retirement or not in actual service, usually fifty percent of usual pay. This form of pay usually occurred during periods of peacetime, when fewer commands were available, but the High Ridge government used it to remove political enemies from active service.The term could be traced back to the ancient Royal Navy of Earth, first attested in Samuel Pepys' diary in 1664. ()
Half-pay officers were allowed to serve in the Merchant Marine as well as in friendly foreign services; however, there were sharp penalties for serving in a what where considered "threat nations" by the Foreign Office. (infodump)
==Use==
Half-pay was used for officers who fell into 1 of 4 categories.
*Incompetents with political leveragei.e. Pavel Young was sent to the Basilisk System as he could not be removed from active duty. ()
*Political enemiesi.e. Hamish Alexander when he was placed on half-pay by the Second Janacek Admiralty. ()
*Those found guilty of failurei.e. Thomas Bachfisch when he was placed on half-pay for the near loss of HMS War Maiden. ()
*Those who caused political problemsi.e. Betty Gohr was viewed as advocating for the use of torture. ()
==External links==
*"Beached" or half pay officers in the Infodump
*Article about the half-pay concept on Wikipedia
*Double dip on Wikipedia
==References==
Category:Military of Manticore