The Dark Vanquishers | Glory to the Blood Corps!

[Vulturret]

The Dark Vanquishers: New Year's Foreign Update - New Blood Corps Member, Promotions, Taking Part in a Tag Record!

Happy New Year everyone! The Dark Vanquishers is excited to announce some important news today! The Blood Corps has a new member. After Tawks left, the normally three member council was in desperate need of some new life. Valkyrie Vytherov joins The Blood Corps after previously being an Admiral. She will also be promoted to the rank Terrorizer!

In other news, The Dark Vanquishers assisted The Black Hawks with the new tag record of 255 regions tagged! The raid, triggered by Valkyrie Vytherov utterly demolished many native regions, as well as all the previous record. We are honored by Terrorizer Valkyrie's work. Several other Vanquishers have been present on recent raids, and so The Blood Corps is happy to announce to additional promotions. Qonon will be promoted to Skullwrencher from Executioner, and Oakrugia will become a Foot-soldier after previously being an apprentice. The details are below, and congrats to those who were promoted!
Promotions:
Nonoq (Qonon): Promoted rank: Skullwrencher, Previous rank: Executioner
Oakrugia: Promoted rank: Foot-soldier, Previous rank: Apprentice

Have a great 2018 from your friends at The Dark Vanquishers. Be sure to check out our forums and our discord chat!

[Samsonyte]

Congrats to Valkyrie, Qonon, and Oakrug! We're glad to have you in the region!

[Qonon]

Thanks for the promotion! I'm honored to receive it and hope to keep serving the region and the military.

[The Noble Thatcherites]

The rank titles are pretty dank.

[Vulturret]

The rank titles are pretty dank.

Everyone's got to admit that. I'll put a full list up in the original post, I never did that before, my bad!

[Vulturret]

I've edited the opening post, just let me know if it's too small; I just didn't want there to be a large textwall. Here are the ranks in a larger format, feel free to private message me on any forums or Discord, or telegram me with any questions you may have.

The Dark Vanquishers: Ranks and Commission Information

The Dark Vanquishers have eight standard ranks, the equivalent of a standard raiding organization, but with some pretty bad-ass names. We will generally commission soldiers at a rank higher than the standard enlisted rank if they come from a respected military. We will usually carry over their ranks, especially when applying through our mercenary program, where foreign soldiers can come to be a part of TDV. Generally, the higher your rank is, the more experience and skill you have, but this does not hold true in all cases. When promoting, the Blood Corps will usually favor trustworthy and honorable soldiers, although if you are doing well on the battlefield and meeting the criteria for the next rank with the precedent established below, you can rest assured that a promotion is in your near future. Please, do not ask to be promoted. This is dishonorable, and will likely make it worse for your hopes of attaining the next rank.

Enlisted Ranks:
Apprentice: New to The Dark Vanquishers, apprentices are on their way to becoming great raiders but have not yet fully mastered the art. These aspiring raiders will typically consist of people who are new to NS and have no experience in R/D.
Foot-Soldier: Foot-soldiers are at the heart of the TDV military. They have completed basic training and a training run. They understand basic levels of raiding and are becoming present in TDV's community.
Executioner: Executioners have learned the more advanced raiding methods. They've undergone trigger training, and are starting to help with organizing troops at the discretion of the officers. Executioners are aspiring to become a great part of the raiding community.
Skullwrencher: Fully capable triggers, Skullwrenchers are allowed to lead raids by themselves, so long as a supervising officer is present. The NationStates gameplay community should've heard of this soldier, at least a little bit, by this point. Skullwrenchers are becoming raiding veterans, and are on their way to becoming feared by all.
Admiral: Admiral is the first officer rank in TDV. Its members should be experienced and skilled updaters. At this point, they will be expected to help newer Vanquishers and are allowed to lead raids unsupervised.
Terrorizer: Only highly skilled military personnel will achieve this rank. Terrorizers should be active members of the TDV community and should be known across all of NS. They will be responsible for helping integrate new members and should lead raids frequently.
Besieger: Besiegers are the most elite members of TDV. They lead the region in raids and can make important decisions. They are second in command to the Imperator and are tasked with making the region run smoothly.
Imperator: The Dictator of this region. Has absolute power and is 100% in charge. This role will only be held by one person at a time and will not be transferred often.

[Big Bad Badger]

Them Durk Vultures are a real pariah on decent NS regions!

[Vulturret]

Them Durk Vultures are a real pariah on decent NS regions!

Everyone admires your ability to steal memes and jokes that other people came up with. It is a good joke though! My phone tends to correct 'Vulturret' to 'Vultures' quite a good deal. Hope everyone had a great 2017, and I hope everyone has an incredible 2018!

[Tim-Opolis]

Them Durk Vultures are a real pariah on decent NS regions!

Everyone admires your ability to steal memes and jokes that other people came up with.

As the individual who came up with The Durk Vultures, I for one support Badger's usage of the meme in this circumstance.

Hail The Durk Vultures!

[Vulturret]

Everyone admires your ability to steal memes and jokes that other people came up with.

As the individual who came up with The Durk Vultures, I for one support Badger's usage of the meme in this circumstance.

Hail The Durk Vultures!

Well, at least the region is covered on memes!

[Tim-Opolis]

As the individual who came up with The Durk Vultures, I for one support Badger's usage of the meme in this circumstance.

Hail The Durk Vultures!

Well, at least the region is covered on memes!

If only you were as well covered in activity :/

[Samsonyte]

Well, at least the region is covered on memes!

If only you were as well covered in activity :/

You're not even in our discord or forum. How can you say that?

[Kanglia]

I believe Tim is referring to the battlefield.

[Samsonyte]

Oh. We've done a few raids, but it isn't easy when there aren't usually enough people online at any given update.

[Vulturret]

Oh. We've done a few raids, but it isn't easy when there aren't usually enough people online at any given update.

That's why we're recruiting

[Tim-Opolis]

Oh. We've done a few raids, but it isn't easy when there aren't usually enough people online at any given update.

That's why we're recruiting

Are you really?

You sure don't seem to be having much traffic to your region from the Feeders, what are you doing to recruit?

[States of Glory]

That's why we're recruiting

Are you really?

You sure don't seem to be having much traffic to your region from the Feeders, what are you doing to recruit?

Making as many grandiose claims as possible so that their GP thread remains on the front page, of course.

[Samsonyte]

That's why we're recruiting

Are you really?

You sure don't seem to be having much traffic to your region from the Feeders, what are you doing to recruit?

Vult's the one who does this stuff, but if I remember right, we ran out of stamps and haven't bought more yet. Another recruitment campaign will be coming soon.

[The Noble Thatcherites]

Are you really?

You sure don't seem to be having much traffic to your region from the Feeders, what are you doing to recruit?

Vult's the one who does this stuff, but if I remember right, we ran out of stamps and haven't bought more yet. Another recruitment campaign will be coming soon.

You ought to build up a reserve over time. Run them constantly in batches of 20,000 until you have reached the desired population. Once you have gotten there run them when needed / feel it out. This, along with constant API recruitment should do the trick.

[Marilyn Manson Freaks]

Start out with empty, inactive, dead regions.

Everyone knows this, you guys know it as well, but if you don't raid more than a few times, where's the practice? Where's the leaders that can effectively teach new recruits? You need raiding experience before you recruit for a raiding org. If you don't have experience and can't successfully conduct and operate numerous raids, I suggest you raid more with TBH or TRE for a while, and practice. When you have raided for a while, please do continue your org. Right now, I don't really see it taking off in this state. Not trying to be rude, just trying to help.

[Vulturret]

No, we have plenty of stamps. They just stopped sending and I forgot to send more to the tag:new. I'll be doing that later today.

[Samsonyte]

Start out with empty, inactive, dead regions.

Everyone knows this, you guys know it as well, but if you don't raid more than a few times, where's the practice? Where's the leaders that can effectively teach new recruits? You need raiding experience before you recruit for a raiding org. If you don't have experience and can't successfully conduct and operate numerous raids, I suggest you raid more with TBH or TRE for a while, and practice. When you have raided for a while, please do continue your org. Right now, I don't really see it taking off in this state. Not trying to be rude, just trying to help.

We appreciate the advice, but we actually have a decent bit of experience. We know all about the game mechanics and can effectively teach new recruits. Our biggest obstacle right now isn't lack of experience and knowledge, but lack of active raiders.

[Vando0sa]

I kinda like the name! I'd join up with you guys. The Legendary Vandoosa would be useful for pointing and switching. Maybe helping with getting more stamps too.

I don't know how to trigger but I am like the bestest soldier ever!

Instead of kicking kids sand castles like normal raiders w will Vanquish them!

[The Noble Thatcherites]

Start out with empty, inactive, dead regions.

Everyone knows this, you guys know it as well, but if you don't raid more than a few times, where's the practice? Where's the leaders that can effectively teach new recruits? You need raiding experience before you recruit for a raiding org. If you don't have experience and can't successfully conduct and operate numerous raids, I suggest you raid more with TBH or TRE for a while, and practice. When you have raided for a while, please do continue your org. Right now, I don't really see it taking off in this state. Not trying to be rude, just trying to help.

We appreciate the advice, but we actually have a decent bit of experience. We know all about the game mechanics and can effectively teach new recruits. Our biggest obstacle right now isn't lack of experience and knowledge, but lack of active raiders.

*anxiously waits for Tim to come along and destroy this statement*

[Vando0sa]

"but lack of active raiders"

I'm one of those.. lets go raid stuff. Need a nation to send there.. I'll send a faerie scout for now.