STO FM General Order 01
This General Order is being implemented to set guidelines for the command of the Fleets within STO... With STO now having fleets from different factions within the same game, a rule change concerning the Field Marshall position for the games was implemented by the Star Council on 1/20/2018 to have a FM per faction in games where the factions directly compete or interact with each other as an in-game mechaninism.
While this rule change won't affect STO due to the two factions not directly opposing each other, new policies concerning Command of the Fleets are warranted...
As of 1/21/2018 the following policies are in effect for STO...
1. Any person who is appointed FM must be regularly active, be in command or take command of 1 of the Fleets and have a toon in the other...To be appointed, you don't have to be in command of either Fleet but are required to assume command of a Fleet upon being given the rank of FM by the SC...
2. The FM will appoint a Military Commander of the 2nd Fleet and retain Administrative Authority over the appointed Commander in order to comply/implement any directives from the Supreme Commander/Star Council...What this means, is that while the FM has a higher rank, is the ranking STO Commander and has the authority to Appoint or remove the Fleet Commander of the 2nd Fleet, his military position within that fleet is Administrative only and the Commander of the 2nd Fleet is the defacto head of the Fleet with the same Command Authority as the FM, but only within the military confines of the 2nd Fleet...
3. The FM will have the Authority to start new projects for the holdings of the 2nd Fleet in the event that the Appointed Commander is out of game for more than 3 days unless requested sooner by the 2nd Fleet Commander...
4. The 2nd Fleet Commander is required to do a Monthly OP for the members of his Fleet...
In a nutshell, the Commander of the 2nd Fleet is in charge of it and serves at the pleasure of the FM (who is permitted to be active within the fleet with a secondary toon but not permitted to run the day to day command decisions of the fleet. The sole exception is in the interim between appointing a new commander in the event of a Commander being dismissed)
Signed...Winchester / STO Field Marshall