Medal of Communication

The Medal of Communication (MoC) is a service medal of the Emperor's Hammer. It is awarded to members for participating in official Emperor's Hammer communication platforms.

Criteria

The Medal of Communication (MoC) is awarded to any member who has displayed constant communication efforts by posting to official mailing lists, or by participating on Discord and/or our other communications platforms. The basic Medal of Communication is issued with Bronze Oak Clusters according to a tiered system as described below.

The MoC is awarded with the following devices:

• Bronze Oak Cluster (-boc) – Standard, all months other than the third, six, ninth, and twelfth
• Silver Oak Cluster (-soc) – In third month of activity
• Gold Oak Cluster (-goc) – In sixth month of activity
• Platinum Oak Cluster (-poc) – In ninth month of activity
• Diamond Oak Cluster (-doc) – In twelfth month of activity

Members that are not active for a period of time pick up where they left off in the award cycle. Members active throughout all months in a year should receive a total of eight Bronze Oak Clusters and one each of Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond Oak Clusters.

The current system of awards was introduced under Jarek La'an, based on the system of Joey C.

Award Authority

Recommendation Authority: Any Flag Officer, or subgroup equivalent.

Approval Authority: Subgroup Commander or the Communications Officer. Subgroup Commanders may further delegate approval authority down to any member of the subgroup's command staff.

Proponent: The Communications Officer establishes policies/procedures for awarding of the MoC.

Procedures

The Communications Officer awards MoCs for members of the Emperor's Hammer Command Staff, including Command Attaches and Imperial Advisors, who are not otherwise assigned within the Fleet.

Upgrades

Bronze Oak Cluster

Silver Oak Cluster

Gold Oak Cluster

Platinum Oak Cluster

Diamond Oak Cluster