Promotions

These are the scripts used during promotion ceremonies to promote members.

Legislative Promotions

Rigel Commander to Alnitak Beta Captain

Rigel Commander [name], you have been assigned to the Rigel Star System for at least 6 months, and you now have the requisite knowledge to finally be promoted to a Captain! Are you prepared to be the Captain of your own ship?

[Answer]

And do you remember what our seven core values are?

[List off seven core values]

<Use four prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [your rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Rigel Commander to Alnitak Beta Captain. Congratulations!

Saiph Commander to Rigel Commander

Saiph Commander [name], you have been assigned to the penultimate expansion of our territorial reach for at least 6 months. Are you prepared to venture out even further to the unknown, forging a path for our Alliance to follow?

[Answer]

And what Core Values will you bring with you into the depths of space?

[Answer]

<Use four prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [your rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Saiph Commander to Rigel Commander. Congratulations!

Betelgeuse Commander to Saiph Commander

Betelgeuse Commander [name], you have been assigned to the middle of our Alliance's territory for a period of at least 6 months. You can see everywhere you've come from and everywhere you must still yet go. Do you choose to push forward, or retreat into familiar space?

[Answer]

Do you remember our Core Values from where you stand?

[Answer]

<Use four prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [your rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Betelgeuse Commander to Saiph Commander. Congratulations!

Bellatrix Commander to Betelgeuse Commander

Bellatrix Commander [name], you are no longer new to the depths of space, and have shown that you are sufficiently versed in the ways of life out in the frontier. Are you prepared to venture out even further?

[Answer]

And what are the Core Values that brought you this far?

[Answer]

<Use four prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Bellatrix Commander to Betelgeuse Commander. Congratulations.

Ringstar Lieutenant Commander to Bellatrix Commander

Ringstar Lieutenant Commander, you have served at a leadership position in our local interstellar cloud for at least 6 months. Are you prepared to venture out onto the frontier?

[Answer]

Do you remember the Core Values that helped you ascend to this position?

[Answer]

<Use four prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Ringstar Lieutenant Commander to Bellatrix Commander. Congratulations.

Interstellar Lieutenant to Ringstar Lieutenant Commander

Interstellar Lieutenant [name], you have patrolled the stars local to our Alliance's homeworld for at least 6 months. Are you prepared to ascend to the highest position of leadership within our local interstellar cloud?

[Answer]

What Core Values will you teach to those under you?

[Answer]

<Use four prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Interstellar Lieutenant to Ringstar Lieutenant Commander. Congratulations.

Stellar Lieutenant to Interstellar Lieutenant

Stellar Lieutenant [name], you have been assigned to one of the local stars within the domain of our Alliance for a period of at least 6 months. Are you prepared to defend the entirety of our Alliance on the home front?

[Answer]

What are the Core Values that undergird our Alliance?

[Answer]

<Use three prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Stellar Lieutenant to Interstellar Lieutenant. Congratulations.

Comet Lieutenant to Stellar Lieutenant

Comet Lieutenant [name], you have been assigned to a comet in or around our Solar System for mining or scientific inquiry for at least 3 months. Are you prepared to be assigned to a star within our Alliance?

[Answer]

What Core Values did you exemplify during your assignment?

[Answer]

<Use two prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

Then by my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Comet Lieutenant to Stellar Lieutenant. Congratulations.

Asteroid Lieutenant to Comet Lieutenant

Asteroid Lieutenant [name], you have been assigned to an asteroid in or around our Solar System for the purposes of mining or building spacecraft. Are you prepared to be assigned to a comet?

[Answer]

What Core Values did you learn during this time period?

[Answer]

<Use two prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

By my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Sector Supervisor to Parsec Prefect. Congratulations.

System Lieutenant to Asteroid Lieutenant

System Lieutenant[name], you have been assigned to our Solar System for a period of at least three months. Are you prepared to venture far from home in the endeavors of our Alliance?

[Answer]

What Core Values did you learn from your first assignment in space?

[Answer]

<Use two prompts from the Prompts by Amendment section.>

By my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from System Lieutenant to Sector Supervisor. Congratulations.

Planetary Ensign to System Lieutenant

Planetary Ensign [name], you have been assigned to your post on Earth for at least two months. Are you prepared to be assigned to a position in one of the colonies or space stations of the Solar System?

[Answer]

And do you know what our seven Core Values are?

[List the seven core values]

<The promoting officer must choose prompts from Amendment I, Amendment III, and Amendment V. Example below.>

Do you pledge to uphold the Constitution and its Laws, to take no action in undermining it, and follow it to the best of your ability?

[I do.]

Of the following strictly prohibited actions in Unigamia, which one is not a prohibited action? Insulting, flaming, discriminating, bantering, baiting, and trolling?

[Pick one]

By my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Planetary Ensign to System Lieutenant. Congratulations.

Continental Cadet to Planetary Ensign

Cadet [name], you have made a commitment to become a member of |UGA|. Will you read our Mission Statement?

[Yes or No]

Will you memorize our 7 Core Values?

[Yes or No]

Will you read our Constitution?

[Yes or No]

And do you agree to follow our Constitution, even if changes are made to it?

[Yes or No]

Then by my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Continental Cadet to Planetary Ensign. Congratulations.

Prompts By Amendment

Amendment I. Disloyalty and Factioning

This promotion represents our Core Value of Loyalty.

1. Do you agree to go on a hiatus if Unigamia begins to stress you out, or you do not enjoy your time here?

   [Yes or No]

2. Do you have the utmost loyalty to Unigamia, not a Sovereignty, not a Club, not a friend, and not the Universal Admiral, but rather loyalty to Unigamia itself?

   [I am loyal to Unigamia over my Sovereignties, my Clubs, my friends, and the Universal Admiral.]

3. Will you ever try to create a Discord with the intent of harming Unigamia?

   [No, I would never try to harm Unigamia in this way.]

4. If you do create an external Discord, will it be a personal server, for streaming, for an approved club, or for your friends, but not with the intent of having them quit Unigamia?

   [If I create an external Discord, it will be a personal server, for streaming, for an approved club, or for my friends.]

5. Will you ever illegally advertise in Unigamia, and will you prevent others from advertising their Discords, servers, or products?

   [I will not illegally advertise and I will prevent advertisement.]

6. Will you ever engage in mob mentality with a mob directed against an individual, a group, a club, or Unigamia itself?

   [I will not engage in mob mentality against an individual, a group or club, or Unigamia itself.]

7. Will you engage in brigading, a form of mob mentality wherein a group excessively spams or memes, and the more a brigade is prevented, the worse it becomes?

   [I will not engage in brigading with spam or memes.]

8. If you find yourself in an echo chamber, whose purpose is to unfairly criticize and demonize an individual, group, club, or Unigamia itself, will you speak out against the echo chamber or report it?

   [I will speak out against the echo chamber or report it.]

Amendment II. Disrespect and Harm

This promotion represents our Core Value of Respect and corresponds to Amendment I. Disrespect and Harm.

1. Of the following strictly prohibited actions in Unigamia, which one is not a prohibited action? Insulting, flaming, discriminating, bantering, baiting, and trolling?

   [Pick one]

2. Of the following strictly prohibited actions in Unigamia, which one is not a prohibited action? Threatening, bullying, harassing, sexually harassing, and e-dating?

   [Pick one]

3. What does it mean to scapegoat another member?

   [Answer in 1-2 sentences]

4. What does it mean to ostracize another member?

   [Answer in 1-2 sentences]

5. What is the difference between ridiculing another member and mocking another member?

   [Answer in 1-2 sentences]

6. When is impersonating another member allowed?

   [Answer in 1-2 sentences]

7. When is hazing allowed in Unigamia or its constituent sovereignties?

   [Answer in 1-2 sentences]

8. When is griefing one or more Unigamia members a warnable offense?

   [Answer in 1-2 sentences]

Amendment III. Dishonesty and Drama

This promotion represents our Core Value of Honesty and corresponds to Amendment III. Dishonesty and Drama

1. Do you pledge to uphold the Constitution and its Laws, to take no action in undermining it, and follow it to the best of your ability?

   [I do.]

2. Do you pledge not to be dishonest with other members of Unigamia, especially not the higher ranks of Unigamia?

   [I pledge not to be dishonest.]

3. Do you agree to report drama before it spreads, to ensure peace in the community?

   [I pledge to report drama before it spreads.]

4. Do you agree not to spread rumors, talk about members behind their backs, or bandwagon against another member?

   [I pledge not to spread rumors, talk about members behind their backs, or bandwagon against another member.]

5. Do you pledge not to demonstrate enjoyment of drama, to celebrate other members leaving, to bring up past drama, or blackmail other members?

   [I pledge not to demonstrate enjoyment of drama, celebrate other members leaving, bring up past drama, or blackmail other members.]

Amendment V. Undisciplined Behavior

This promotion represents our Core Value of Discipline.

1. Will you adopt our Core Value of Discipline and apply it both in the server and your personal life, and not allow Unigamia to impede your education or employment?

   [I will adopt discipline as a Core Value.]

2. Do you agree to uphold the rules of our server, in addition to the rules of our Sovereignties?

   [I do.]

3. Do you agree to ensure that no member is excluded from a current conversation or game, but not at the expense of others?

   [I agree not to exclude other members from a current conversation or game.]

4. Do you agree not to block signal or mute signal other members?

   [I agree not to block signal or mute signal other members.]

5. Do you agree not to interrupt other members or engage in bad sportsmanship?

   [I agree not to interrupt or be a bad sport.]

Amendment VI. Leadership and Hierarchies

This promotion represents our Core Value of Leadership.

1. What is our penultimate Core Value?

   [Provide one Core Value.]

2. Will you respect the Hierarchy of Unigamia, its Clubs, and its Constituent Sovereignties?

   [I will respect our Hierarchies.]

3. Will you defend our Hierarchies against those who wish to see them destroyed?

   [I will defend our hierarchies against those who wish to see them destroyed.]

4. Will you ever pretend to be or have a rank that you do not currently have, and will you prevent others from pretending to have another rank?

   [I will not be a pretender and I will not support pretenders.]

5. Will you ever create an illegal sovereignty, illegal club, or other Unigamia-branded group or website without the explicit permission of the Galactic Command Center?

   [I will not create any illegal organizations under the banner of Unigamia.]

6. Will you ever block a moderator of a constituent sovereignty, or otherwise ignore a moderator, even if that moderator is ranked lower than you in Unigamia?

   [I will not block a moderator or use my rank in Unigamia to invalidate the rank of a member in a constituent sovereignty.]

7. Will you ever abuse your powers, in Discord, our Clubs, or our Sovereignties?

   [I will not abuse my administrative or moderator powers in our Discord, our Clubs, or our Sovereignties.]

8. Will you ever use your moderator powers to violate the rights, as defined in our Constitution, of other members?

   [I will not use my powers to violate the rights of other members of Unigamia.]

Amendment VII. Sectarianism

This promotion represents our Core Value of Camaraderie.

1. Will you defend our sovereignties from those who seek to destroy them, promote synergy within our sovereignties, and always be on the lookout for new opportunities for Unigamia to extend sovereignties into?

   [I will defend our sovereignties, promote synergy within our sovereignties, and look for new sovereignty opportunities.]

1. Will you be a mediator in drama or disputes if called upon, and will you do your best to mediate the conflict without bias towards either party?

   [Answer]

Executive Ranks

Galactic Commander to Supercluster Commodore

[Rank] [Name], you have been selected by the Universal Admiral to become a Supercluster Commodore. Do you promise to upload the Core Values of the Universal Gaming Alliance?

[I promise to uphold the core values of Respect, Loyalty, Honesty, Dignity, Discipline, Leadership, and Camaraderie.]

Do you promise to protect our Sovereignties from attacks, demonization, or deterioration, including protecting the channels and moderators of those sovereignties?

[I promise to protect our sovereignties, including the channels and moderators.]

Do you promise to protect our Clubs from attacks, demonization, or deterioration, including protecting the channels from deletion or the club members from abuse?

[I promise to protect our Clubs, including the channels and members.]

Do you promise not to delete channels without the agreement of your fellow active Supercluster Commodores?

[I agree to only delete channels by consensus.]

Do you promise not to delete roles without the agreement of your fellow active Supercluster Commodores?

[I agree to only delete roles by consensus.]

Do you promise not to take unilateral action on your own, without consensus by your fellow Supercluster Commodores?

[I agree to rule by consensus, not fiat.]

By my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from [Rank] to Supercluster Commodore. Congratulations!

Spur Officer to Galactic Commander

This promotion represents all of our Core Values.

Spur Officer [name], by will of the vox populi of Unigamia, you have been voted in as a legislator, a senator, a Galactic Commander of the Universal Gaming Alliance.

If you do not believe that you are ready, prepared, or mature enough to take on this role, now is the time to say so. If you fail to take this seriously or answer inadequately, your promotion may be denied.

Do you accept the role of Galactic Commander?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our first Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our first Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our second Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our second Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our third Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our third Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our fourth Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our fourth Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our fifth Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our fifth Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our sixth Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our sixth Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

Spur Officer [name], what is our seventh Core Value?

(Response)

And how have you adopted our seventh Core Value, either as a Unigamia member and/or in your life?

(Response)

By my authority as [Your Rank] of the Universal Gaming Alliance, I hereby promote you from Spur Officer to Galactic Commander. Congratulations.