Steward's Imperial Decree 394: "The Victorious Golden Nixon"

[Aurangzeb Khan]

1. Imperial Decree 286 is reinstated;
2. The "Golden Nixon" shall henceforth be awarded to commanders who are victorious in their campaign by achieving one or more of the following:
2.1. Receiving the surrender of an enemy commander;
2.2. Capturing the capital city of a hostile power;
2.3. Conquering a province which is subsequently annexed to the Imperial Republic;
2.4. For bonus points either initiates diplomatic relations with Red China via participation in the Ping Pong Championships or stages a successful break in at the Watergate Hotel, Washington D.C.
3. The Order of the Gold Sword shall henceforth be known as the Order of Gold Sword and the Victorious Golden Nixon.
4. Malliki Tosha is hereby awarded the "Golden Nixon" Medal and the accompanying Gold Sword of some value but doubtful utility, for actions undertaken in association with the capture of La Terre.
4.1. There would have been other recipients if they had actually engaged the enemy.
5. The "La Terre" Clasp to the Golden Nixon is hereby authorised.

It is so ordered.

KHAN
Steward

[Malliki Tosha]

Mr. Steward, the Gold Sword is a medal, not an order... But thanks for the Golden Nixon. I'll put it next to my Silver Carter and Spotty Clinton.

[Aurangzeb Khan]

Well its a medal with an order now.

[Leo Fenrir]

4.1. There would have been other recipients if they had actually engaged the enemy.

I stand by my previous excuse that the IB snuck up and got me with chloroform and stole me away to IB gnome jail.

[Gman Russell]

4.1. There would have been other recipients if they had actually engaged the enemy.

No, that was proly aimed at me...

[Erik Mortis]

Yes. Gold Sword is not an Order. I also object to this being put in with the Golden Sword Award, which was supposed to be the Highest award possible to be given. This kinda sullies it, and diminishes the accomplishments of those of us who have one. If you want your Golden Nixon, make it it's own thing, don't tack in onto an ancient award like the Golden Sword.

[Harvey Steffke]

Wow, how did I miss this? Yeah, what Erik said. I believe the Golden Sword was the highest honor possible, given to those that defend Shireroth nobly in its hour of need. It's not recwar kind of stuff - this is serious danger to the whole country territory. My Silver Sword was given to me during the battle of Chimmera when Anarchy21 was deleting topics with a spam cannon and I organized a group of defenders to bump topics to prevent them from being deleted forever. I got a Silver Sword instead of a Gold one because I was not a citizen of Shireroth at the time, thus the Silver was the highest honor that could be given to a non-citizen.

Oddly, with everyone running around with Gold Swords (that they never earned...), that makes my Silver one rather unique in the sense that it's the only sword that actually retains its true purpose.

[Erik Mortis]

My next Kaisership I'll fix this... Restore the value of this award.

Now I'm not even sure who SHOULd have a Gold Sword and who should have the nixon one.