Hello everyone!

This thread is intended as a check in to see who is interested in the three factions and find out what help people need to join them. We would like to see more colorful names in that info center!

As a reminder, these are the joining requirements:

To become a Junior X-men (X-kid) a character must:

To become an X-men Trainee a character must:

To become a full X-man a character must:

How to Join the Order

[/i], will become a member of the family. Lori Faust, a.k.a. Charge, is the woman to speak with about joining the Order. You may, of course, speak with any Order member about joining. If you know who the right people are, that is.

An Order member will through various, undetermined tasks have to pass judgment before becoming a proper member of the family. Once we are sure you can be trusted, the title is yours. So what if you needed a little polishing before you shine just right?

Loyalty is key. We cannot have spies running amuck in our lovely home and blood traitors will be broken.[/ul]

(Basically, you need a recruitment thread with a current order member.)
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How to Join the NYPD

It takes hard work to make it as an NYPD officer, and dedication to join the ranks of the MRC detectives. There are three routes you can take:

1) Join the NYPD as a beat officer. After a year, if your character’s track record makes them stand out from the herd, they can be given a shot as an intern detective on the Mutant Related Crimes unit. Prove your stuff, and it won’t be long until you’re accepted by the old timers. Using this track, your character will gain the NYPD Faction status immediately as they work their way up the ranks. (Your character must be at least 21 to be a beat cop; this is the minimum age to join the NYPD.)

2) Join the X-Men, and be deputized for police work. A year of deputy work assisting the police can stand in for a year of beat cop work; your character can then join the MRC as an intern, like in the first option. (Your character must be at least 21 before they can begin their internship.)

3) Make a character who already has a cop background. They can either be a beat cop who’s just climbing up the ladder to the MRC, or a seasoned vet transferring in from another detective unit elsewhere in the city or country. While this is the quickest way to join the MRC, please keep in mind that the Mods will judge how well your character would fit in at the MRC before accepting it. This route is recommended for second/third/etc characters whose players have had time to learn the ropes at MRO and research how the current MRC Detectives handle their threads. (Your character must be at least 23; older is better, for realism. In RL, it usually takes several years for a beat cop to move up to Detective.)

Please fill out the following, if you are interested in joining a faction:

Character name:
Current affiliation:
Faction interest:
What do you need to do next to join?:

We're hoping to have some tryouts for the X-men and Order factions soon, so please let us know what you need so we can help you get ready!

Example!

Character name: Katrina
Current affiliation: X-kid / unaffiliated
Faction interest: X-men
What do you need to do next to join?: Trainee level: Only a tryout
Full X-man level: one more year in age, a recommendation from a full X-man

Character name: Granny Stephens
Current affiliation: none / soon-to be teacher at the Mansion
Faction interest: X-men (to blow your minds, too)
What I need? Everything including training sessions.

Character name: Martin
Current affiliation: Kabal-Order
Note: I volunteer him for participation in the tryouts as a tester – maybe a secret testee for Lori to have a look at – I don't want him to chance affiliations.

Character name: Andrew Leroy
Current affiliation: Neutral
Faction interest: X-Men
What do you need to do next to join?: Trainee - Training Sessions, Both threads with two different X's, and Tryouts. Full X-Man - Three trainee missions or trainings and a nomination

Character name: Vicente de la Sangre
Current affiliation: None
Faction interest: Order/Kabal
What do you need to do next to join?: A reason for him to care about being apart of the cause.

Character name: Zephyr
Current affiliation: Kabal
Faction interest: Order
What do you need to do next to join?: Given that he's worked with the Order a few times in the past all he needs is to be informed of the change in management and offered a position.

Character name: Jorge Cervantes
Current affiliation: NYPD
Faction interest: X-Men/NYPD Combo
What do you need to do next to join?: CS and Jorge have just finished a thread and there is consideration of making Jorge the liaison between X-Men and MRC. Currently waiting for a CS/Jorge meeting thread so he can be asked. Jorge has worked with several X-Men before though I don't know if they count as X-Missions.

Character name: Garrett Wills (Seizure)
Current affiliation: Unaffiliated, but working on it.
Faction interest: Order, because I belong there.
What do you need to do next to join?: Tryout, which may be happening currently. Nah, I know I have to fight Isabel first.

Character name: Mirror (Maya/Gawain Morris)
Current affiliation: X-men Trainee
Faction interest: X-men
What do you need to do next to join?: Nomination from an X and a count of how many missions/sessions I had

and

Character name: Sveta (Muse)
Current affiliation: Neutral / babysat by various factions... all of them, actually (this needs to be sorted out)
Faction interest: MRC
What do you need to do next to join?: everything. Muse has a thread arc that has been moving her towards MRC, but rather than being a police officer she would do much better as an intern, with her special powers and all. The best position would probably be an X-deputy with NYPD.

Character name: Shane Marksmith (Shade)
Current affiliation: None
Faction interest: Order
What do you need to do next to join?: Everything. He's still never been to the Sanctuary.

Name: Warren Peace
Current Affiliation: None
Interested in joining : Order
What he needs to join: Everything hasn't been to Sanctuary yet.

Character name: Kate Stanley Finch-Hatton
Current affiliation: None
Faction interest: X-Men
What do you need to do next to join?:

• X-Trainee - One more thread with 2 or more X's and a tryout thread
  
• X-Men - 3 Missions and a Nomination

Character name: Lydia Renard
Current affiliation: Neutral/none.
Faction interest: Order
What do you need to do next to join?: A formal recruitment thread, which is sort of already in the works.

Character name: Aurion
Current affiliation: None
Faction interest: Order
What do you need to do next to join?: Recruitment thread with Order member (I think).

So, here's what we have thus far. All we need now is people who are currently in the factions to volunteer to help these folks out with threads. Post here, send these hopefuls a PM, or nab them on the cbox to get threads started!

Order:
Need to get to the Sanctuary – Shade, Warren Peace (Feel free to have your characters hear about the Sanctuary as a place for free room and board for mutants, or perhaps rumors about the mafia-style goings on in their territory, or just wander over and knock on the door.)
Need a recruitment thread – Vicente, Garrett, Lydia, Aurion
Kabal transfer, need to be informed of switch over – Martin, Zephyr

X-men:
Need threads with Xs – Granny, Andrew, Kate F-H
Training Sessions - Andrew
Need tryouts for trainee – Kat, Kate F-H
Need a recommendation – Mirror
Other – Jorge (thread with CS to make him a liason to the X-men)

NYPD:
Get trained as a beat cop – Muse (?)
X-men deputized for police work - Muse (?)