[Discussion] Defence TREATY Somerset -Knights of Phoenix KOP

Today i introduce you the discussion and a plan for a treaty with the KOP military Army forces.
We all agree that this Military body have a reputation, we all saw the situation with Lord Kulles and its known that we have a number of Citizens in their order.

I was in talks with Correus for several days, their Ambassador for treaties, and we worked on a treaty that you can read below.

Tried to avoid and we "throw" out any obligation of SAS army out of our soil, so this is in short a Defence treaty as you can see.

As an introduction i want to add that they have a lot of members in their ranks from Worcester and also the army of Kulles which based in Gloucester most of the time.
This treaty is in order to defend mostly our Northern borders despite the fact that they can support us from Witlshire also.


This is the TREATY schedule and feel free to add your comments for a discussion :

Official Treaty of Somerset County and KOP Army

Article 1: Applicability

i. This Standing Army Treaty, applies to KOP army, The County Forces of Somerset County and The Duly Elected Council of Somerset County.

Article 2: Purpose of Treaty

i. To Form an Agreement between the KOP, Local County Forces and Duly Elected Council of Somerset County, So as To Ensure Co-Operation in the Defense of The People and Towns of Somerset County and The Duly Elected County Council.

Article 3: Treaty

i. In Order to ensure that both the County Forces and KOP Are aware of who is available for the defense of the People, Towns and Duly Elected Council of Somerset County. The KOP Council agrees to appoint a
County Commander to Supply a monthly list, to the Commander of The County Forces, of All members of the KOP residing in the county. The Duly Elected Council of the County agrees to appoint a Liason Officer to the KOP to Supply a monthly list, to the KOP County Commander of All County Forces Available for Defense of the Towns. Both the KOP County Commander and County Liason Officer must be approved by both The Duly Elected County Council and The KOP Council. The KOP Agrees to Inform the Duly Elected Duke of the County Council of All operations in the County (With the Exception of Individual Movement of members of the KOP) so long as Said Information is Kept in the Strictest Confidence so as to Not jeapordize the Security of the County or the KOP's missions to aid and defend other Counties.

ii. The County of Somerset Agrees Not to Hinder The Movements or Operations of the KOP, In the Performance of Their Duly Authorized Duties to Give Aid and Defend and Protect the People, Towns and The Duly Elected Council, of the County.

iii. The County of Somerset Agrees To Allow the KOP to Accept new members from the County wishing to Join the KOP in the Defense of the County And Kingdom of England.

iv. The County of Somerset Agrees to allow the KOP to maintain a base of operations in the County if deemed necessary for the Defense of The County and Kingdom of England As determined by the KOP Council and the Duly Elected Duke of the County.

v. The KOP Agrees to Come to The Aid of The People, Towns and Duly Elected County Council, So long as Said Aid is Not Contrary to The Articles of the Treaty And Will Not Prevent the KOP from Performing it's
Duties to Protect and Defend Other Counties, the Regent, King or Kingdom of England.

vi. In All cases, When the KOP is operating in the County, The Commander of the County Forces and the County Commander of the KOP will share Joint Command. Each co-ordinating with the other but, Retaining Controll of Their Own Troops.

vii. All Forces of the KOP and Local County Forces shall have All rights and Privileges to Persue All known and Future Criminals in Somerset County wanted by Any and All Counties of England and any Country
Having a Formal Judicial Treaty with Somerset County.

viii. Any Member of the KOP or County Forces Violating this Treaty will be Subject to Disciplinary action by the Commanding Force and Prosecution by the County.

Article 5: Accountability

i. The members of the KOP Agree to abide by the Treaty.

ii. The Forces of Somerset County Agree to abide by the Treaty.

iii. All personnel of the KOP and Members of the Local County Forces Agree to Co-operate for the

Protection of the people of Somerset County.

iiii. All personnel of the KOP and Members of the Local County Forces Agree to Read and Abide by the Rules and Regulations of Conduct of this Treaty.

Article 6: Conditions of Acceptance

i. The County of Somerset by Vote of the Duly Elected Council of the County, Following All County Laws and Voting Procedures, By passing this Treaty, Agrees to Attach All Necessary Signatures needed to make it
Official. (IE: The Duly Elected Duke of the County Council)

ii. The Duly Elected Council of the KOP, Following All KOP Voting Procedures, Upon the Passing of this Treaty, Agrees to attach All Necessary Signatures needed to make it Official. ((IE: The GOA, The Regents Marshall , and The Official Ambassador of the KOP) County Commander of the KOP in the following section)


iii. The County Commander of the County Forces upon the passing of this Treaty Agrees to Attach His/Her Signature Indicating The Acceptance of Co-Operation with the KOP in Defending the People, Towns and Duly Elected County Council Against All Threats from Insurgents and Foreign or Renegade Armies.

iv. The County Commander of the KOP upon the passing of this Treaty Agrees to Attach His/Her Signature Indicating The Acceptance of Co-Operation with the Local County Forces in Defending the People, Towns,
and Duly Elected County Council, Against All Threats from Insurgents and Foreign or Renegade Armies.

Article 6: Life of the Treaty

This Treaty Shall Remain in Effect Until Such a Time As The Duly Elected County Council, Following the Laws of the County, And County Council Voting Procedures Repeals the Treaty OR The KOP Council, Following the KOP Constitution and Voting Procedures Repeals the Treaty, OR The Regent OR King Declare it No Longer Viable as a Working Treaty.

My only comments are suggested grammatical corrections of spelling errors and removal of unneccessary capitalization. Also a clarification that KOP = the Knights of the Phoenix. If emphasis is needed, the treaty font can be changed to "regular" and bold type can be used only for the emphasized words or phrases.


Official Treaty of Somerset County and the Knights of the Phoenix (KOP) Army

Article 1: Applicability

i. This standing army treaty, applies to the KOP army, the county forces of Somerset County and the duly elected council of Somerset County.

Article 2: Purpose of Treaty

i. To form an agreement between the KOP, local county forces and duly elected council of Somerset County, so as to ensure co-operation in the defense of the people and towns of Somerset County and the duly elected county council.

Article 3: Treaty

i. In order to ensure that both the county forces and the KOP are aware of who is available for the defense of the people, towns and duly elected council of Somerset County, the KOP council agrees to appoint a County Commander to supply a monthly list, to the commander of the county forces, of all members of the KOP residing in the county. The duly elected council of the county agrees to appoint a Liaison Officer to the KOP to supply a monthly list, to the KOP County Commander of all county forces available for defense of the towns. Both the KOP County Commander and County Liaison Officer must be approved by both the duly elected county council and the KOP council. The KOP agrees to inform the duly elected Duke of the county council of all operations in the county (With the exception of individual movement of members of the KOP) so long as said information is kept in the strictest confidence so as to not jeopardize the security of the county or the KOP's missions to aid and defend other counties.

ii. The County of Somerset agrees not to hinder the movements or operations of the KOP, In the performance of their duly authorized duties to give aid and defend and protect the people, towns and the duly elected council, of the county.

iii. The County of Somerset agrees to allow the KOP to accept new members from the county wishing to join the KOP in the defense of the county and Kingdom of England.

iv. The County of Somerset agrees to allow the KOP to maintain a base of operations in the county if deemed necessary for the defense of the county and Kingdom of England as determined by the KOP council and the duly elected Duke of the county.

v. The KOP agrees to come to the aid of the people, towns and duly elected county council, So long as said aid is not contrary to the articles of the treaty and will not prevent the KOP from performing its duties to protect and defend other counties, the Regent, King or Kingdom of England.

vi. In all cases, when the KOP is operating in the county, the commander of the county forces and the County Commander of the KOP will share joint command, each co-coordinating with the other but retaining control of their own troops.

vii. All forces of the KOP and local county forces shall have all rights and privileges to pursue all known and future criminals in Somerset County wanted by any and all counties of England and the counties of any country having a formal judicial treaty with Somerset County.

viii. Any member of the KOP or county forces violating this treaty will be subject to disciplinary action by the commanding force and prosecution by the county.

Article 5: Accountability

i. The members of the KOP agree to abide by the treaty.

ii. The forces of Somerset County agree to abide by the treaty.

iii. All personnel of the KOP and members of the local county forces agree to co-operate for the

protection of the people of Somerset County.

iiii. All personnel of the KOP and members of the local county forces agree to read and abide by the rules and regulations of conduct of this treaty.

Article 6: Conditions of Acceptance

i. The County of Somerset by vote of the duly elected council of the county, following all county laws and voting procedures, by passing this treaty, agrees to attach all necessary signatures needed to make it official. (IE: The duly elected Duke of the county council)

ii. The duly elected council of the KOP, following all KOP voting procedures, upon the passing of this treaty, agrees to attach all necessary signatures needed to make it official. (IE: the GOA, the Regent's Marshall, and the official ambassador of the KOP [County Commander of the KOP in the following section].)


iii. The county commander of the county forces upon the passing of this treaty agrees to attach his/her signature indicating the acceptance of co-operation with the KOP in defending the people, towns and duly elected county council against all threats from insurgents and foreign or renegade armies.

iv. The County Commander of the KOP upon the passing of this treaty agrees to attach his/her signature indicating the acceptance of co-operation with the local county forces in defending the people, towns, and duly elected county council, against all threats from insurgents and foreign or renegade armies.

Article 6: Life of the Treaty

This treaty shall remain in effect until such a time as the duly elected county council, following the laws of the county, and county council voting procedures repeals the treaty or the KOP council, following the KOP constitution and voting procedures repeals the treaty, or the Regent or King declare it no longer viable as a working treaty.

Thank you Suan for your work, i put the bold to make the difference from my comments above.
Also about the capital letters, yes, seems army men prefer them ,it is not my text.

I just make some changes and put out some phrases like obligations to third parties and so that we dont need them and such a treaty is not our intention.

At the main title we have the Kinghts if Phoenix - KOP together, so i think it is obvious.

Thank you for the grammatical corrections.

Suan wrote:

My only comments are suggested grammatical corrections of spelling errors and removal of unneccessary capitalization. Also a clarification that KOP = the Knights of the Phoenix. If emphasis is needed, the treaty font can be changed to "regular" and bold type can be used only for the emphasized words or phrases.

Suan, you just won my heart!

(ooc. I have to leave now on some unexpected rl business. I *should* be back before reset, but I am not sure. I apologize for this!)

It looks good to me.