Military Citation Conference of 2222

Military Citation Conference of the Union Assembly in October 2222‏‎

Historic Event

After the official formation of the United Stars of the Galaxy, the daunting task to unify and combine three (and then four) distinct civilizations begun.

There were millions of aspects to cover. Some could simply be decided in a discussion or two, other aspects simply started to merge by itself and no real decission had to be made. However the issue of military citations was deemed important and the practice of decorating  outstanding indiviudals for feats of gallantry and heroism was entrenched in deep traditions of all four societies. (United Earth, Saran , Pan Saran and Ult )

In a month long conference of senior miliary officials and military historians, the foundations of Union citations was created. Drawing from all four civiliozations most citations were simply adapted and some were "choice".

For example the Silver Star had three so called "Sister decorations "  ( Seven Orx - Ult Origin, Silver Star Terran Origin, Space Crown – Pan Saran Origin, the Amrasum Saran) were all of the same value (Tier 3 decorations)

It was up to the body issuing the citation which one to award. It became an accepted practice to decorate a deserving person that already had a Silver Star (For example) with a Space Crown or a Seven Orx etc. instead of awarding a second Silver Star.

Over time  an unwritten tradition has established itself and the Silver Star is generally given to Navy Personnel, the Seven Orx is given to ground troops, the Space Crown to fighter pilots and Space fight action (Marines, Army) and the Amrasum is most often chosen to decorate members of Auxiliary Branches such as PSI Corps, Border Defense etc. In the rare event that an individual is decorated a second time it is tradition to award one of the others.

Similar rules and practices established itself for all Union military citations and decorations.