> ILH1 doesn't give a term of service for Pelandan units. I'd go with ten years as for Dara
> Happan ones. So she's completed two terms and was part way through her third.
My point exactly. In the ILH1 the Pelandan army is mentioned but of course not described in detail. For example I am not sure whether ten years service is common. Pelanda and Daxdarius seem to have 4 as their lucky number, hence I would assume basic military service would be either 8 or rather 16 years. And what rank would she hold after 24 years? I didn't want her to be too high in the hierarchy, so I thought she started as a soldier. Or do you think starting as a commissioned officer would be more appropriate? Would she have to be of noble blood to do so?
> The other way to make an enemy while not violating military protocol is to have performed an order to the letter, possibly mitigating an atrocious command by collaborating exactly as far as the direct order went. This kind of conduct wouldn't make the character popular with either the victims of that military action nor with the commander who gave that order, but will leave the character's military conduct intact (which probably is very much in line with both cults).
Interesting. So she followed her orders but still angered somebody. I like that even better than disobeying an order.
> (going into subjective mode) But keep in mind she's only a lowly pelandan. Pelandans are no good for warfare, every trooper and officer in the Red Army knows that. There hasn't been a pelandan military hero for a while - for good reason !
Well, the day will come that the Empire will acknowledge our true importance.
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