Badges

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Badges are similar to our Community Awards in that they are awarded for out-of-character (OOC) participation and achievement. However, while Community Awards are bestowed on a yearly basis in December to recognize long-term achievement and outstanding performance among a peer-group, badges are reserved for incremental achievements or singular contest wins.

The difference between Awards, Badges, and Service Ribbons:

• Awards and Badges: Presented for OOC accomplishments by an individual simmer/writer. Awards and badges can be displayed on any and all characters' pages of that simmer/writer.
• Service Ribbons: Presented for IC performed by a specific character. Service Ribbons can only be displayed on that specific character's page.

Procedure

Eligibility

Any member who has completed training and the badge requirements is eligible to receive the badge.

Presenter

Any staff member at captain rank or higher (or Commanders in a Commanding Officer’s position) may present a badge unless otherwise denoted.

Commanders and Lieutenant Commanders acting as facilitators for teams or committees (or other such ad hoc bodies such as forums, etc.) may request that a staff member of captain rank or higher review a list of nominations for badges. The captain is responsible for carefully reviewing such a list and editing or asking for clarification if necessary. The approving captain may then delegate the presentation of such badges to the Commander or Lieutenant Commander, but the captain is still responsible for reporting the badges as detailed below.

Reporting

Each month, all badges presented in the previous month must be reported to the Captains Council by the presenting or authorizing staff members. A form on the Captains Council website will assist in this simple process. The form may be filed at any time (for example, a captain may file a report for just one badge), but we encourage all staff members to batch-report badges.

Timing

Badges may be presented at any time.

Quantity

Players can receive more than one badge at a time, and can also receive a badge multiple times through enhancements -- a marker on the wiki that denotes repeated achievement.

Presentation

Badges are presented only Out Of Character, and should not be presented in sim.

Multiple Citations Policy

Badges may be awarded multiple times. A gold tip represents each repeated citation, and a silver tip represents five additional citations (and therefore five gold tips).

Displaying Badges

To easily display badges on a bio or service rack, use Template:Badge or Template:Badge Rack.

List of Badges

Contest Badges

Featured Bio Contest

• Featured Bio of StarBase 118: A nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.
• Featured Bio Nominee: The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.
• Featured Bio Team Member: A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the Featured Bio Contest Team and has participated in three rounds of the competition.

Halloween Avatar Contest

• Halloween Avatar Contest Winner
• Halloween Avatar Contest Runner Up

Fleetwide Plot Arc

• FWPA Plotmaster:Awarded to those who have won the FWPA Plot arc story contest.
• FWPA Facilitator:This badge is for those who have stood in the position of facilitator or co-facilitator in a year's Fleet Wide Plot Arc.
• FWPA Staff:This badge is for those who have worked in a capacity as a FWPA Staff and is recognized as such by the FWPA Facilitator of the year participated.

Top Sims Contest

• Top Sim of the Year
• Top Sim Set Winner
• Top Sim Round Winner
• Top Sim Judge

Graphic Contest

• Graphic Contest Winner
• Graphic Contest Runner Up
• Graphic Contest Judge

Writing Challenge

• Writing Challenge Winner: Awarded to those who won a Fleet Writing Challenge.
• Writing Challenge Runner Up: Awarded to those who made runner up in a Fleet Writing Challenge.
• Writing Challenge Judge: Awarded to those who successfully judged a Fleet Writing Challenge.

Convention Badges

FallFest

• Fall Festival Team: This badge is presented to those who have helped with Other Worlds: FallFest. That counts for organizers, chat & voice hosts, etc.
• Sciworld Team: This badge is presented to those who have helped with SciWorld. That counts for organizers, chat & voice hosts, etc.

Fleet Badges

Annual Fleet Awards

• Awards Chairperson:This badge is presented to the staff member(s) that holds the Awards Chairperson role each year during the Awards Ceremony process. If more than one staff member holds the title (either as "Awards Chairperson Assistant" or not), all receive the badge.
• Awards Committee:This badge is presented to any staff member that participates in the yearly Awards Committee to select Duty Post and Special Awards.

Training Team Badges

NOTE: Only the highest earned training badge should be displayed.

• Excellence in Training: Awarded to a person who has completed the requirements to become a certified training officer (2 sessions as a mock cadet, 2 sessions as a first officer, and 2 sessions as a commanding officer for a class).
• Silver Excellence in Training: Awarded to a person who has served as a training officer (CO, FO, or Mock) for 25 classes beyond the minimum requirements for certification.
• Gold Excellence in Training: Awarded to a person who has served as a training officer (CO, FO, or Mock) for 50 classes beyond the minimum requirements for certification.
• Academy Commandant:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Academy Commandant. This position is an extremely important to the survival of the fleet and should be issued to those who have held the position past their probationary period.
• Deputy Commandant:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Deputy Commandant. Deputy Commandants are managers who helps the Academy Commandant keep the 118 Training Academy running. This badge is issued to those who have served a minimum of four months in the role.
• Cadet Steward:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Cadet Steward. A cadet steward is an integral part of the post-academy experience helping out the new ensigns get settled and to be their for their questions. This badge is awarded after the cadet steward passed their probationary period.
• Chief Statistician:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Chief Statistician. Without keeping the numbers, the fleet and the academy would not know how well they are doing and how the fleet has improved. To be eligible, the Chief Statistician must have passed their probationary period.
• Statistician:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Statistician. Keeping track of information, checking documents, and making sure that the information is available for fleet management is a very important role. To be eligible, the Statistician must hold the position for a minimum of six months.

Excellence	Silver	Gold
Academy Commandant	Deputy Commandant	Cadet Steward
Chief Statistician	Statistician

Podcast Team Badges

• Podcast Facilitator:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Podcast Team Facilitator. The Podcast Team Facilitator ensures that podcasts are posted in a timely manner, delegates who edits them, and ensures the Podcast Wiki Page/Episode Guide is up to date.
• Podcast Team:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Podcast Team. They must participate for a minimum of two podcasts to be eligible for this badge.

Podcast Team Facilitator	Podcast Team

Publicity Team Badges

• Publicity Facilitator:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Publicity Facilitator. Publicity is an important part of bringing new blood in to the fleet and so this badge is awarded to those who have lead the task force past their probationary period.
• Publicity Team:This badge is presented to those who have held the title of Podcast Team. This badge is awarded to a member who has served for a minimum of a month.

Publicity Facilitator	Publicity Team

118 Wiki Badges

• 118 Wiki Admin
• 118 Wiki Gnome: For those who've completed 5,000 edits to the wiki.

118 Wiki Admin	118 Wiki Gnome