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📚 The Reddened Book of Ma'at
If you receive any telegrams telling you to enlist in the Legion, ignore them- they're fake, sent by enemies of Osiris to remove endorsements from the Pharaoh.
If you receive any telegrams containing Legion raid/piling orders that are NOT sent by the Pharaoh 
Federation of the Resentine Kingdom or Imyr Muaat 
Durmengrad Prime, ignore the orders and inform the Pharaoh and Imyr Muaat about the telegram immediately, including what the orders were.
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DISCORD FORUMS
THE REDDENED BOOK OF MA'AT
REGIONAL HANDBOOK | MILITARY HANDBOOK | WORLD ASSEMBLY HANDBOOK | RESOURCE COMPENDIUM
This is the Reddened Book of Ma'at, the full guidebook to the functioning of the Sekhmet Legion of Osiris. Whether you are a legionary reviewing our code or a curious visitor, we trust you will find what you seek in these crimson pages.
1: What is Raiding?
2: Joining the Legion
3: Mission Protocol
4: Ranks
5: Volunteers
6: Graphics
7: Templates
8: Awarded Ribbons
Raiding is the action of conquering enemy regions by claiming their delegacy.
The delegate holds supreme power over their region, and is elected by which nation in the region has the most endorsements. This means that an organized military can aggressively coup a delegacy by moving several of their own nations into an enemy region at once, at a particular time, and ensuring they have the most endorsements in the region; this is called jumping.
Once the region is taken, it must be reinforced to prevent counterattacks by other players. For this we reinforce the initial force that jumped into the target region with pilers, more players who couldn't participate in the jump but can shore up the defences of the occupation afterwards.
PUPPET: a secondary nation, which in this context is used for military gameplay.
TARGET: the targeted region of a raid.
UPDATING: the action of participating in the takeover of a target.
PILING: the action of moving your puppet into the target after the initial takeover, and then endorsing the WA delegate and all regional officers.
The Sekhmet Legion is the military arm of the Osiris Fraternal Order; it has worked closely with raider and political allies to conquer enemy regions in the name of Ra for nearly a decade. It has participated in some of the greatest raids in history, maintaining both a piling and an updating force to achieve greater heights. It is split between the Active Service and Volunteer branches; the former engages in operations more closely and comprises the leadership of the military, whereas the latter supports them in long term engagements and carries lesser time restraints.
You can join Active Service by signing up to our forums, applying for citizenship, and then applying for the Sekhmet Legion. Alternatively, you can sign up for the Volunteers, without any need to become a citizen or join our forums!
Everything in private Sekhmet channels is strictly confidential. Do not quote or paraphrase anything in any private Sekhmet communication or channel without confirmation from the Imyr Muaat.
JOIN THE VOLUNTEERS: HERE
REGISTER ON OUR FORUMS: HERE
JOIN ACTIVE SERVICE: HERE
All members of the Legion are privy to operational plans, and will be notified when a new engagement is entered, and ordered to pile by the limitations defined in the order. Do not endorse any more nations than your orders dictate! Legionnaires active on the organization's discord will be notified of jumps to participate in, and Legionnaires not present on our discord will be notified through the NS site.
The Legion maintains a plethora of resources for the tutelage of new recruits in the most contemporary raiding practices, tools, and ethics.
The Legion has a rank system designed to indicate authority, seniority and experience; each rank is a sign of significant prestige, and are awarded neither lightly nor frequently. Members are promoted or demoted according to the will of the Pharaoh and their assigned representatives.
All ranks are permanent positions with the exception of the Imyr Muaat and Wir Diyu, which are temporary positions appointed by the Pharaoh to serve as commander and general at their behest. The Imyr Muaat or Pharaoh may choose to incorporate further temporary positions, but only the below listed ranks are permanent. Volunteers moving into Active Service may be granted a higher starting rank by the Imyr Muaat's discretion.
ACTIVE SERVICE RANKS, HIGHEST FIRST:IMYR MUAAT: the commander.WIR DIYU: the generals.NEKHET: the officers.KEIJEN: the veterans.SENENY: the rank & file.AHAUTY: the trainees.QERY: the recruits.
VOLUNTEER RANKS, HIGHEST FIRST:
UHAMU: the heralds.
MEDJAY: the rangers.
SHEMSHU: the retainers.
Have you always wanted to participate in raiding, but find that you do not have the time or energy to join the fast-paced world of tag raiding? Or perhaps you just want to help your region in a way that's relaxed, and requires minimal effort on your part? Do you desire to conquer the NationStates multiverse, but find your dastardly plans foiled by IRL obligations? Then look no further, the Sekhmet Legion Volunteers is the right place for you!
What are the Sekhmet Volunteers?
The Sekhmet Volunteers are a backup piling (explained above) force that helps secure regions that our main force has conquered. Often, success or failure of our big raids (sometimes called "occupations") depends on only a few endorsements, so it is critical that we mobilize as many of our people as we can, as fast as possible!
What are the requirements to join the volunteers?
Joining the volunteers is very easy! All you need is 1 puppet (explained above), and to be able to join The World Assembly on that puppet. When we send out orders, we will expect you to respond to them ASAP, as success depends on getting as many of our people into a region as we can, as fast as possible.
How do I join?
Simply copy these questions, answer them, telegram them with the answers to the Imyr Muaat or the Pharaoh, and await further orders! Any other questions can be sent to them too.
What is your nation in Osiris?
Do you go by any other names / aliases on NationStates? If so what are they?
What nation do you plan on using to pile on operations (this should be separate from your main nation)?
Do you understand that you are allowed to only have 1 nation in the world assembly at a time, and that participation in the Sekhmet Reserves will require you to resign on your current WA nation during operations?
If you have a discord, what is your handle?
Finally, do you have any other loyalties or affiliations with foreign regions or militaries that could interfere with your ability to partake in our operations?
All Legionaries are obligated to fly some variation of the Flag of Sekhmet on their puppets; traditionally this is a red & black variation of the primary Osiris flag, as shown below.
However, we encourage you to make your own versions of the Sekhmet flag! So long as it's a derivative of an Osiris design in some capacity you can fly it on your puppets.
STANDARD FLAGVOLUNTEER FLAG VARIATIONNATIONAL BANNERREGIONAL BANNERSEKHMET FLAG TEMPLATE
Below is the forum header template for Sekhmet Legion announcements and reports. Note that its usage is not strictly mandated for reports!
[align=center][size=150]DD.MM.YYYY [b]TITLE[/b][/size] ---[/align]
Below is the gameside telegram template for Sekhmet Volunteers recruits. This may be sent for recruits not accessible via discord.
[b]Welcome to the Sekhmet Volunteers, Shemsu <nameOfRecruit>![/b] Your application to the Sekhmet Volunteers has been accepted! For a full guide to the workings of the Legion and Volunteers see [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1694896][b]the Reddened Book of Ma'at[/b][/url], you have been entered into the Volunteers' roster and henceforth will be included in the mailing lists for Volunteers orders. If you wish to engage in our discord, join using the invite below. [i][u]https://discord.gg/<invite>[/u][/i] If you have any questions about your new position please reply to this telegram! [i]<signature>[/i]
Sekhmet Legion Ribbons
Awards are given by discretion of the Pharaoh for operational milestones, heroic actions, or completions of historic missions. All extant ribbons are below; mission count ribbons may be claimed by any soldier if they have grounded cause to have earned it, whereas all underlined ribbons can only be awarded by the Imyr Muaat or Pharaoh.
5 MISSIONS:
10 MISSIONS:
20 MISSIONS:
30 MISSIONS:
50 MISSIONS:
100 MISSIONS:
SEKHMET SERVICE RIBBON:
JANUARY 2022 A LIBERAL HAVEN OCCUPATION RIBBON:
FEBRUARY 2022 THE MYSTICAL COUNCIL OCCUPATION RIBBON:
APRIL 2022 EMBASSYREGIONIA OCCUPATION RIBBON:
JULY 2022 JAPAN OCCUPATION RIBBON:
OCTOBER 2022 EQUESTRIA OCCUPATION RIBBON:
DECEMBER 2022 PANASIAN UNION OCCUPATION RIBBON:
MARCH 2023 ENGLAND OCCUPATION RIBBON:
MAY 2023 TRR TRANSITION RIBBON:
2024 ARDENIA OCCUPATION RIBBON:
2024 ECLIPSIS OCCUPATION RIBBON:
Conflict is that essential essence,
The compelling aether of great works,
Such empowered in observance of Ma'at,
The engagements of every Imyr Muaat
