Awards

	Awards → History & Process; → List of Award Recipients; → Nomination Panel; → Awards Ceremonies; → Retired Awards;
	Commemorative Coins
	Badges → Badges Procedure; → Retired Badges; → Retired Forum Badges;
	Fleet Staff Ranks → Staff Officer Ranks; → Flag Officer Ranks;

Awards are given in recognition of out-of-character (OOC) achievement.

There are five categories of awards given at three different levels:

Fleet

Awarded to one member from the entire fleet at the end of the year.


Duty Post Awards		Special Awards		Staff Awards

Ship

Awarded to one member per vessel at the end of the year.


General Awards

Individual

Awarded to all members who meet the requirements.


Length of Service Awards

IC vs. OOC

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.

To easily display awards on a bio or service rack, use Template:Ribbons or Template:Ribbons Rack.

To display all of your collected awards and service ribbons in a display case for your bio, use Template:Ribbons Display.