Posted by: Paul M
« on: December 02, 2014, 05:07:53 AM »
I have only minted the one medal and I can't recall what I gave as a value exactly +50 to +100 (in that range). I have seen that it certainly seemed to help but still the officer unless they are the recipient of many medals won't advance that much faster. In principle, a better way to advance promising officers is to clean house regularily. I use the following retirement criteria for the NCN:
Lt. Cmdr: Age: 50, Health: anything lower than good
Cmdr: Age: 55, Health: anything lower than good
Cpt (or higher): Age: 60 Health: anything lower than fair
This tends to keep my officer corps moving upwards effieciently without letting a bunch of old wood accumulate at the top. I apply the same thing to the ground forces but retire civil servents and scientists at 65.
I think the youngest Captain in the NCN is between 25-32. That was an extremely fast tracking.
In general a +100 to +300 value for a major medal, so set your Victoria Cross value and then go down from there basically. If you say ok "anyone who gets this medal should get promoted" then you want a value of +500 to +1000, again and scale proportionally downward from there.