Red Horse is a military unit which focuses on engineering, exploration, resource gathering, and all things which enable and support those areas of focus. If you’re in a battle and need repairs, we will patch you up. Lose the fight, we will salvage your ship for resources. ~ Primus In Patiatur ~
Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Repair Squadron, or Red Horse, was first established and activated in ancient history in the year of 1966 during the Vietnam War. The unit was designed to facilitate the construction of forward operating locations commonly used for command, equipment repair, hospitals, or other classified purposes. Deactivated when global peace was established under the United Nations of Earth (UNE) in 2380.
While humanity reached out and spread through the stars it was clear the military needed Red Horse once more but the role had expanded to include construction and resource gathering in the harshness of space and on extraterrestrial planets. While the UNE went through several changes and evolved into today’s United Empire of Earth or UEE, the evolution of Red Horse kept pace adding additional capabilities.
Red Horse, as it stands now in 2945 has been transferred into the hands of private citizens who were once members of the military unit. Those members have vowed to maintain the structure and the mission which made the nearly 2000 year history of Red Horse great. Their motto lives on and guides them today: Primus In Patiatur – First In, Last Out
Red Horse from its inception in 1966 was tasked as a highly mobile support group which is self sufficient and able to conduct operation in remote and high threat environments. When Red Horse was conceived space travel was in its infancy and our reach into the star could not have yet been predicted nor could the hostilities humanity would face.
Today Red Horse has evolved to not only meet the new challenges but has expanded to meet the needs and demands of the new era. Keeping with the original mission Red Horse offers the following to its clients and partners.
While offering these services we also supply close space, air, and ground support. Part of being self-sufficient is the ability to keep ourselves and assets safe as well as those of our clients.
Though Red Horse has its history in the military; today we are a private company and as such we adhere to the laws of whatever system we are performing services. Red Horse will not break the laws but we have engineers who know how far we can bend them before they break.
Members of Red Horse, by application or affiliation, agree to the following code while operating on Red Horse lead operations. Furthermore, Red Horse members agree to follow the charter at all times while in game, Discord, Team Speak, or any live stream events while you may be perceived as representing Red Horse. Failure to adhere and follow this charter will result in expulsion from Red Horse activities and the organization itself as well as being ban in all forms of its communications (i.e. Discord, Team Speak, RSI Spectrum) as it relates to the Red Horse organization.
Being a member is more than simply putting in an application, that is only the first step. If accepted to Red Horse we don’t expect you to come with a fleet of ship, but we do expect you to be in the game and active. Learn a skill and become proficient and strive to be the best. That doesn’t me you have to be a leader-board ranked dog fighter. We need expert refiners, navigator, salvage and repair engineers. Choose a niche, settle in and learn all there is to know about it. Veteran members are expected to help new applicants and members and to mentor them and help them grow in their chosen path— someone helped you and pay it forward.
This should not have to be said but it will be so someone cannot say it was not in the charter and code. Be respectful of others. If you are found being disrespectful to anyone from an applicant to a veteran member you will be warned once; after that you will be brought before the organization’s leadership to determine if you remain a Red Horse or you are expelled from the organization. The universe it large and the number of citizens grows by the minute; there are bound to be those to mine the salt and who want to watch it all burn— rise above it because if you don’t you will be buried beneath it.
Honesty and respect are the hallmarks of a healthy organization. Many citizens live a dual life and have aliases, pseudonyms, and alternate personas. The behaviors and animosity fostered by those alternate personas have a way of creeping in and resurfacing, do not allow those behaviors to jeopardize your membership or affiliation in Red Horse.
THE CODE
For any organization of function and operate smoothly communication has to be a forethought and not an afterthought. Below are the Red Horse standards for communication.
Though many become friends in the organization there is always a time when it is no longer a good fit or someone chooses to move on. There are those times when a member has violated the charter or the TOS of the developer and action must be taken to protect Red Horse’s standing in the community. this is never an enjoyable experience but a necessary one. The following violations of the charter or behaviors are ground for immediate expulsion from the organization
Leadership of Red Horse stays true to its military origins but, because it is now civilian operated the structure slightly different. Member have both a role to play as well as a rank in that role.
1 Brevity is a form of communication used during combat which enables short and concise commands and responses, if you are accepted to Red Horse you will have an opportunity to learn brevity for both ground and air/space operations.
2 Discord is a text and voice of IP (VOIP) application for your computer as well as your tablet or smart phone. The application can be downloaded via the apple app store, google play store, or for your computer from Discord
3 Spectrum is the RSI forum which has both game specific information as well as community content. You can find Spectrum by clicking here
4 AFK is an acronym for Away From Keyboard, meaning you are not at your computer to be in VOIP or to see messages.
5 The RHSM is the Red Horse Skill Matrix which outlines the minimum skills needed for each rank within Red Horse. This is only visible to full members of Red Horse and not its affiliate members.