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Original standing: We allowed anyone any number of any characters.

Current revision of thought: Players are allowed only one Force user; all others must be something different.

Reasoning: To allow any influx of players around a chance to be a force monkey, as well as to help promote growth in the number of characters not necessarily that are force users.

Original standing: Military characters were allowed to be considered Rank 1 in Land or Navy. The use of the burden of command allowed someone to have effectively a bonus to either land or combat skills, thus having Rank 2 in one stat, rank 1 in one stat.

New Revision: A player starts with automatic rank 2 in both land and navy; Burden of command still increases one of the stats by one, as per normal.

Reasoning: Part of the issue with naval commanders was a lack of ability to be bumped up high enough to be considered viable options in commanding a ship (as seen by Warren); under the old rules, this seemed foolish. Plus, it seemed highly unlikely people were going to be content with just a squad of men for officer-dom, as well as the fact that those interested in things other than infantry woudn't be very easily put into the situations they required. This will hopefully see to more military pc characters in the future with easier access to potential assets on the combat field.

Old system: None was in place. Players just started a new character back with no role play points in effect.

Revision: Players who feel unsatisfied with their characters, or other reasons for needing to change what they are doing are allowed to do so. Before, a player merely started fresh; since time has gone on, and people have accrued various role play points (force points, rank points, gear points, etc), the moderators are willing to evaluate a player's character and it's progression to help refund a portion of those points in the "upgrade" of a newer character. Meaning, in short, if you trade a jedi knight in for a smuggler, you'd get several bonus gear points. The amount "refunded" will still be subjective based on moderator approval.

Reasoning: This allows people to feel less anxious about starting fresh off with something new, given that they give up a certain amount of leverage within the system. New characters for a player will still be new (in fairness to anyone whom joins later), but prominent roles can easily wind up being replaced with something else given time.