New Rank Names for the Sekhmet Legion

[Ark]

Helllo, Osiris!

I hope the new year is treating all of you well. Things have been very busy for me outside of NS, but I am glad to say that I will be able to focus more on being Pharaoh this year. That said, I am going to get right to business. It was brought to my attention by one of our allies in the Brotherhood of Malice, Rax, that our rank names mostly correlate to modern militaries in the Arab world, making them out of place for our ancient Egyptian theme. In the interest of correcting this, Rax sent us a proposal of new rank names that are grounded in Ancient Egyptian history and culture. I am very thankful to him for this proposal, as well as to Koth for helping me get it off the ground and assisting in the technical changes required. Here are the enlisted ranks, followed by their new rank equivalent and the historical unit that inspired them:

Tajnid -> Qery (shieldbearer)

Jondi -> Ahauty (Infantry/Spear Warrior)

Mosaid -> Seneny (Chariot Driver)

Ra'id -> Keijen (Chariot Archer)

Liwaa -> Nekhet (Champion)

Fariq -> Wir Diyu (the Greatest of Fifty)

Moshier -> Imyr Muaat (Keeper of the Dead)

In addition to these ranks for enlisted members of the Legion, we will also be creating three new ranks for our Sekhmet Reserves (which were previously using rank names that are now a part of the new enlisted ranks. The new reserve ranks are as follows:

Shemsu (Retainer)

Medjay (Ranger)

Uhamu (Herald)

Credit to Rax for this proposal and for the research he has done to help make it happen. In the near-term, I also want to redo the rank icons to fit these new names, as well as implement new awards and accolades specific to the Legion.

[Durm]

First. There should have been a ping in the sekhmet server. I don't like people silently changing my rank without telling me. I'd not have found out about these changes if people wouldn't have talked in the citizen sanctum.

Second. The non-mentioned stuff.

Apparently the Deputy Moshir role has been merged with the Wir Diyu rank. That leads to the Wir Diyu being both Wir Diyu and Keijen at the same time. Moshir was always the command role given by the Pharaoh, so still counting as another rank was understandable, but Fariq was a normal rank before, not a title given to people with another rank, and apparently the former Fariqs have all been demoted to Nekhet (Liwaa), which uses the former Fariq discord color and possibly role.

That would have needed a discussion first.