Officer Guidelines

## Intro

This article details the responsibilities of Junior and Senior Officers as well as details on convoy command.

### Senior Officer Responsibilities:

The rate of Senior Officer is the highest rate one may earn. As a Senior Officer in the Navy or Marine Corps, you will be someone who has acquired months of experience under the Navy and will be our most senior members. Senior Officers will command either a ship, or a fleet when becoming part of the Board of Admiralty.

#### Senior Officer Duties

Senior Officers will command units under the USN. You are solely responsible for everything that goes on under your ship. You are responsible for it's growth, discipline, training, selection of NCO and Officers under you, and all that goes well or bad under it. If you receive a ship as a Navy Senior Officer, you will have 3 weeks to recruit at least 15 people to your vessel, assuming you don't inherit a vessel. If you wish to be promoted past O-5, your ship must grow large. Senior Officers are responsible for setting the example for Junior Officers in the USN. You are expected to mentor them and show them what it means to be a Naval Officer. Senior Officers are held accountable for promoting SNCO and Junior Officers up to O-4. When promoting either you should refer to the criterias below.

- Activity in chats and in discord

- Maturity

- Leadership skills and experience

- Do they have training perms (Not required for SNCO)

- Time in the USN - PVP skill (for Marines only, Navy it should be sailing skill)

- How they mentor those below them and how do they interact with them

- How much are they trusted to Navy Command and you

**When you promote new SNCO and Junior Officers you should refer to the criterias above to help you make your decision. Don't rush the decision, and if needed, consult your unit staff or your superiors for help on who and how you should promote.**

### Junior Officer Responsibilies

Once you become a Junior Officer in the USN, your role and responsibilities change. You will move from being a front line leader as an Enlisted leader, to stepping back and being more of a manager and leader for the NCO and SNCO. In addition to Officers of lower rank.

#### Junior Officer Duties

As stated above, Junior Officers are the leaders and managers for NCO/SNCO. Once you become an officer you will be expected to conduct yourself accordingly and to keep a professional distance from anyone who is not an officer. This requires you to be mature and professional. An officer must always remember you are not an Enlisted members friend, you are there leader. Nor should you be a tyrant with the power we place in you. It takes time and experience to learn to be a good officer. Even the Admiral of the Navy learns everyday how to improve. Junior Officers are responsible for overseeing the Enlisted leader Corps under the Navy and Marines. You should make sure all Enlisted leaders know there duties and are carrying them out. In addition, you are responsible for assisting your Captain CO with anything required. Junior Officers are also responsible for promoting people through the ranks of E-4 to E-6. When promoting NCO refer to the criterias below.

- How active are they

- Are they a trouble maker

- How mature are they

- How long have they been in the USN

- Do they show leadership potential

- How do they interact with Junior Enlisted

- How do they interact with other NCO (this is for E-5 and E-6)

- Is there a need for anymore NCO

**When you decide you want to promote someone to NCO, first make sure they have passed the promotion board. Speak to the SNCO in charge of the Board about testing someone. If they decide they pass you may promote them.**

### Convoy Command

Convoys are multiple ship official voyages. They are not alliance servers. The difference between an alliance server, and a Convoy, is that alliance servers are not organized and every ship does their own thing. While in convoys we represent the USN with our ship cosmetics and uniforms, we have ship Commanders and a Convoy Commander, we travel in formation, and every ship sticks together. Done properly, convoys are a force not to be reckoned with on the seas. Convoys share specific requirements in order to be counted as a Convoy. Here are the requirements.

- All requirements of a normal official voyage must be met, doubled by the number of ships. (50K Gold for two ships, 100K Gold for three ships.)

- There must be at least 2 Navy ships

- Someone of the appropriate rank and permissions (E-5+ with voyage permissions) must lead each ship

- The ships must stick together

#### Convoy Organization

When you start your Convoy and have everyone in a VC or party with you, you can begin ship spawning. The way you do this is you have everyone load into the game at the same time using the "Pirates Life" option, and put up the Order of Souls flag, then check the map table for other OOS wooden boats and repeat until you get your ships. Once you do this have everyone mute the opposite crew and the ship leaders will leave each other unmuted. You are now ready to lead your convoy.

#### Convoy Leadership

When leading your Convoy, make sure all ships are stocked up with supplies first. It is up to you to decide what the Convoy will be doing, which will be decided 48 hours before convoy start. When you travel make sure you are communicating with your ship leaders and keeping everything organized. It is best to travel in formation. Should your Convoy get into combat make sure all ships are watching each others back. The more you attend and lead convoys the better you will get at it and discover how you like to do things.

### Activity Checks

The first set in setting someone as inactive is deciding whether or not they are inactive or active. The simplest way to do this is through activity checks. This should be done at least once a month and are more than sufficient in clearing out inactive members. Only Members that hold a rank of O-1 or higher are allowed to add and remove people from Inactive.

#### Role Changes

When setting someone as inactive the following roles need to be removed:

* Rank
* Rank Rate
* Squad
* Ship / Fleet
* Department Roles
* Command Roles
* Medals / Ribbons

You then must send the user a message alerting them to this change and why it took place. Let them know they will be able to come back and how they re-enlist.

You can make activity checks with stricter requirements than the usual checks with the "I'm here" Sailor, you will be allowed to figure out the requirements yourself as Ship CO. As long as you get your Fleet Commanders approval.