25. Volunteering

1. No unit may volunteer or be volunteered during the Summer Mission, although the Secretary to the Pope may be petitioned to substitute one Faction for another. An NPC Secretary to the Pope will make a substitution on a 7+ on 1d6. He will choose the petition rolling highest if there is more than one, and by the applicant's SL in the event of tied rolls. Once a substitution has been made it may not be changed or reversed that season.

2. The largest unit which may volunteer is a Coalition, the smallest is a Chapter. If the 1st Chapter volunteers for a Mission, then all PC Subdeacons and Seminarians in that Faction must go with it (except for any Subdeacon holding an acting Leadership role due to vacancies above him). Individuals cannot be excused from accompanying their unit or transferred between Chapters.

3. An NPC Leader will volunteer his unit, if requested, on a 8 for a Coalition Leader, a 7 for a Faction Leader, or a 6 for a Chapter Leader, all roles being on 1d6. If the position of Coalition Leader is vacant for a particular Coalition, then that Coalition cannot be volunteered.

4. A Coalition Leader may volunteer his entire Coalition, including himself, his Adviser and his Secretary, or one or more Factions from that Coalition (in which case those Factions operate independently with no Coalition Leadership personnel). A Faction Leader may volunteer his entire Faction or one or more Chapters of his Faction.

5. The number of volunteer units on a Mission in a given season may not exceed a combination of 1 Coalition, 2 Factions, or 6 Chapters. If a greater number than this volunteer or are volunteered, priority goes to those units Led by the senior Cleric, failing which SL order will determine the matter. As always, PCs take precedence over NPCs.

6. Intentions and requests to volunteer must be Announced in the Announcements Database so that other characters have a chance to Influence or veto such decisions. The Councillor for Concord may veto the volunteering of an entire Coalition, the Secretary to the Pope may veto the volunteering of any particular Faction, and the Chief Researcher may veto the volunteering of a particular Chapter. An NPC will order such a veto on a 7+ on 1d6.

7. A Leader that volunteers a unit without previously announcing it, will have his orders successfully executed but will be subject to charges of gross incompetence unless Intrigue has been used.

8. Volunteered Coalitions and Factions serve independently. Individual Chapters are attached to a random Missionary Faction. All of these units use their normal Faction modifiers rather than those for a Missionary Faction, even when attached to a Missionary Faction.

9. Individuals may volunteer with a Missionary Faction or the Papal Scholars at any time, save that Archbishops and above may not serve with the Missionary Faction. There is no limit on the number of individual volunteers.

10. Once an individual or unit has volunteered for a Mission, it may not return to Rome before the end of the season.

11. A Disgraced individual always serves with a Missionary Faction, never the Papal Scholars or his own Faction. A Disgraced character must receive an MID before he may return to Rome. If the Disgrace is linked to a conviction, the character must also serve stipulated time. If the Disgrace is linked to an inability to repay a debt, the character may not return to Rome until he has obtained an MID and is able to repay the Debt.