[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 2 - Crisis on Infinite Earths

[robkelk]

One highly-skilled computer/persocom specialist will be offered a knighthood from one of the more tech-savvy nobles, citing the precedent of the UK where a knighthood is offered for continued excellence in sciences, arts, or sports. After this happens, that precedent from the UK could be followed in other fields... but who gets the nod?

So we're not giving most of the knighthoods to the civil service?  Sir Humphrey would be a bit concerned.

One might possibly notice that, in the interests of endeavouring to ensure ease of communications within the residence designated "Blossom Apartments", that there is a noticeable dearth in the population of titled servants who hold senior positions within Her Majesty's government in residence at that particular abode to the point that a hypothetical casual observer would consider said dearth to be a complete absence.

(tl;dr: Sir Humphrey isn't here.)

As for who doesn't get one... The Juraiians have their own noble or royal titles, so offering any of them a knighthood would be an insult, not an honour. (The implication would be that Usagi considers herself to rank above the Emperor of Jurai.) Likewise, offering the small-d democrats at Penscacola a title from a monarchical system would be just as much of an insult.

I'm not sure what you're talking about here.  Honours like this are pretty common as part of diplomatic relations among royals.  Like, look at this list of honours held by the Heisei emperor.  Even Queen Victoria was a member of the Order of Kamehameha.  For nations at peace, it seems like the kind of thing that makes for an excuse for a state visit, so that you can get closer ties.

Those are all senior orders of honours, though - they aren't people who "work for a living", as BA described it some months ago.

Usagi hasn't thought things through. She wanted a simple system to begin with, not realizing that real-world systems are complex for reasons.

Any suggestions for additional knights?

Sakaki should be one, if only because it makes my inner Kaorin go "squee" at a loud volume.

Dame Kozue, who is in the service of... hmmmmm... the Count of the Lacus Excellentiae, perhaps? He knows what it's like to be a ferret part-time, after all.

Or maybe she'd be in service to the Baroness of Ameno Uzume... nah, I'm not seeing that happen.

Being a staunch republican (Not the American sort,) I find the idea vaguely appalling

There's going to be some Legend of the Galactic Heroes thing here, isn't there?

Our source material is lousy with princesses.  That's just a fact.  I get where you're coming from, because I'm the one not picking princesses and powerful people for my apartment complex.  And the few rich people I have would gladly give it up for the person they love.  And the one baroness I have is the biggest idiot in the cast.

Being part of a republic, I get that.  At the same time, I'd trust Usagi with absolute power, but she's wise, merciful, and incorruptible.  It's hard to imagine a world where her monarchy isn't a better place to live than a republic... as long as she's alive, that is.  The problem with kings is that you get good ones and bad ones and it's hard to replace the bad ones.

Honestly, I'm in it for the idea of a dominion on the Moon, and terraforming the lunar surface to restore the putative lunar biosphere.  There should be lots of stories there that don't require the Important people.

Oh, definitely. We might even steal... er, borrow some plots from shows we aren't including in the Metacontinuity.