~S~
Greetings Fellow Eagles.
You have been accepted and welcomed into the Ryerson
Military District (RMD) of one of the oldest and most
prestigious online gaming communities--the original,
sanctioned, House Marik from BattleTech. House Marik, and its
units, have existed for approximately 10 years, and has kept
contact and structure on AOL/AIM/ICQ and through mailing
lists. Therefore, the first thing you should do is subscribe
to the following mailing list:
With all the excitement being generated about IS3025, you should also register here:
The next thing may wish to do is prepare your uniform.
Your uniform is the Faction Tag you will wear on multi-player
MechWarrior, and in MPBT when it goes live. It should be in
the following format and the '=' sign standing for a space.
Note: Although the Defenders of Andurien Regiment
is currently inactive, it will be used for demonstration
purposes. Substitute the proper Regimental tag in its
place.
For enlisted personnel (not including lance leaders):
Regiment=RDC=FWLM
For example, Pvt Hassenffeffer, Junior Lance member of Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 1st DoA would have:
1stDoA RDC FWLM
Whereas Cpl Jumanji Prime, Senior Lance member of Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 4thDoA would have:
4thDoA RDC FWLM
For officers and enlisted lance leaders, there is an extra tag, the command tag. This tag represents the unit you command and your position. Being that there are 3 companies in a battalion, and 3 battalions in a regiment, at the company or battalion level the tag would consist of a number and 3 letters. The number refers to which company or battalion you command, and the letters are the accepted 3 letter contraction as picked from the table below:
| Title | Rank | Tag |
| Lance Commanding Officer | Sergeant | LCO |
| Company Executive Officer | Sergeant Major | CXO |
| Company Commanding Officer | Lieutenant | CCO |
| Battalion Executive Officer | Captain | BXO |
| Battalion Commanding Officer | Force Commander | BCO |
So as an example, the Battalion executive officer for the first Battalion of the 4th Defenders of Andurien would have a tag that would look like this:
1BXO 4thDoA RDC FWLM
Whereas the company commander of the Bravo company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Defenders of Andurien would have as his tag:
2CCO 1stDoA RDC FWLM
And the Lance leader of Charlie Lance, Alpha Company, Bravo Battalion, 4th DoA would have:
3LCO 4thDoA RDC FWLM
Notice how at lower level units, you make no reference to the parent unit.
Note: Not all units have Lance Commanding officers for the alpha and bravo lances in a company. These roles are often filled by the CCO and CXO respectively. The decision is up to your BCO or RCO.
For regimental and higher officers, follow the following table:
| Unit | Title | Tag | Example |
| Regiment | Regimental Executive Officer | RXO | RXO 4thDoA RDC FWLM |
| Regiment | Regimental Commanding Officer | RCO | RCO 1stDoA RDC FWLM |
| Area of Operations
(Division) |
Area of Operations Executive Officer | AoOXO | AoOXO Andurien RDC FWLM* |
| Area of Operations
(Division) |
Area of Operations Commanding Officer | AoOCO | AoOCO Regulus RDC FWLM |
| District (Corps) | District Executive Officer | DXO | DXO RDC FWLM |
| District (Corps) | District Commanding Officer | DCO | DCO RDC FWLM |
In the event that the tag does not fit, the Area of Operations designator may be dropped. For Example the AoOXO of Andurien may use AoOXO RDC FWLM
Always remember, we are the noblest, proudest, and most valiant house in the Inner Sphere; we are Ryerson of Marik.
Fear the Eagle, but fear the Eagle from Ryerson MOST!!
~S~
Col Liam
Earl of Andurien
RCO Defenders of Andurien
Ryerson Military District
*FWLM*