SOA - The Society of Arms #13

[Dark Shadows]

I am quite familiar with the SOA, having raised up through the SOA ranks to obtain Rank 5 with the SOA. I was asked to become a SOA senior #4 but had not excepted that honor at the time. Now I had both a standard Land based SOA clans, and a Naval based SOA clan as well.

I really feel everyone should start first as a Independent clan (choose there 10 skills points/level) and then declare for the faction and begin to train in what-ever factional skills they need for their specific factional skills.

SOA<Clan Name>
LDR: CMD-2, STR-2, SGE-2, REC-1
F1: TAC-1
F2: SGW-1
F3: TRK-1

Then spend the next (24) Turns/Cycles and train in the following (+1CMD) for LDR,F1,F2.F3, (+1STR) for the LDR,(+1TAC) for the F!,F2,F3, then followed by (+1SGE) for LDR,F1,F2,F3, then (+1PCB) for the LDR,F1,F2,F3...I would also spend all that time building up the retainers for the clan and using a Special Action per cycle along with the Recruitment. Then the skill set would look like this.
SOA<Clan Name>
LDR: CMD-3, STR-3, SGE-3, REC-2.20, PCB-1
F1: TAC-2, CMD-1, SGE-1, PCB-1
F2: SGW-1, CMD-1, TAC-1, SGE-1, PCB-1
F3: TRK-1, CMD-1, TAC-1, SGE-1, PCB-1

I would then obtain a SOA Speciality Training Regiment, and then train as we go in some other skills that I can learn from the trainers in that regiment. Most likely any of the SOA factional skills with a possibility of some none standard ones like; SGE, SGW, and PCB.

As for the Naval based SOA clan once again I started that clan as a Independent Naval clan choosing my core (10) Skills/points as follows:

<Naval base SOA clan name>
LDR: NST-2, NAV-1, SEA-1, STR-1
F1: NTA-1
F2: NTA-1, SGW-1
F3: NTA-1, REC-1

Then as stated above spend the next (24) Turns/Cycles training in skills, and recruiting retainers, as well as training the clan via the SOA factional office.

<Naval base SOA clan name>
LDR: NST-2, NAV-1, SEA-1, STR-3, CMD-2
F1: NTA-1, CMD-2, TAC-2
F2: NTA-1, SGW-1, CMD-2, TAC-2
F3: NTA-1, REC-1, CMD-2 , TAC-2

I would then try to training continue in +1CMD for LDR,F1,F2,F3, +1NST for LDR, 1NTA for F`1,F2,F3 and so on. Think of this clan as Marines fighting on Land and Sea if need be.