Battlefield Awards - Fort Triumph
From FiranMUX
Summary
After a few of the battles - notably Judano's Climb, Fort Triumph, and Fort Zayes - Lord First General Donos Ista Aldrik gave battlefield award ceremonies to honor those who showed exemplary skill on the field or who perished in the fight. This is just his words, edited out of a far larger log which contained much cheering.
Text of Awards Ceremony
"Soldiers of the Republic, once again we have come through the storm of battle victorious. I asked you to take Judano's climb for me. And you took it. I asked you to take Fort Triumph for me, and you did it. I'm considering just skipping everything in between and asking you all to go take Shamibel for me!
The battle was hard and there were many, many soldiers deserving of recognition. Firstly, Every soldier who took part in the initial assaults to enter the fort and open it up for the rest of our soldiers will receive a special 'Fort Triumph Assault' medal at the completion of the campaign"
"Sentry Gaddineez, General Zafir, Commander Parosh, Centurion Gemma, Commander Argin and First Centurion Sarina are hereby named peerless warriors of the Republic and will receive a blade made specifically to their specifications by the finest smith we can find in the Republic at the culmination of our campaign. Further to this, Sentry Gaddineez is hereby promoted to Centurion as a battlefield promotion for his heroism and goat-killing abilities."
"I hope you have enough cheering to go around as this might take a while. While not called out for any specific action of Heroism, Sentry Ladonna, a conscript, took command of the archers through our assault upon the battlements. It is rare to find conscripts willing to not only fight, but fight well. At the culmination of this campaign I will review her sentence with the Viceroy..as I was the one who set it.
Centurion Alastor is a man who had every reason not to go to war. He's been branded by the goats in the last two years, he's had his hand taken by them. But despite being small of stature, my officers tell me he wanted but one thing: To kill goats and win this war. During the assault upon the gate, Sentry Alastor was acting as a healer, remaining at the back and fixing up my soldiers so they could go back into the fray. Hot Oil poured down, burning him horribly...and Still Sentry Alastor continued to try to tend to those around him instead of himself. Sentry Alastor is hereby awarded the Republic Achievement medal and one of the baths I had promised for those deserving of it."
"Further to this, Centurion Gemma is awarded the other bath, though I'll note I have a request here signed by no less than one hundred and thirty two sentries, seventeen centurions and one captain that they get to act as her towel boys for it. Centurion Balinda is awarded the 5th division Bath to happen after Centurion Alastor and Centurion Gemma. For the last bath, I had very few recommendations for priests who have been of comfort to you, which makes me think you're an impious mob who need to spend more time in the temples. Father Piarres has gone out of his way to deal with both those of his own faith and those who believe in all of the gods. He's been named to be as a counsellor, an inspiring speaker and a man who has given many soldiers the inspiration they needed to carry on through the rigours of war. He is therefore awarded the last bath before we assault Fort Zayes.
