Hi!! Thank you so much! That’s so sweet of you to say ✨
Well, I too didn’t know much about military stuff (part of the reason why I made Jade an MI6), but I learn really really slowly. Even now I only know so little. My military knowledge is very limited 😭 I’m just a girl too okay but I take a lot of time looking at the internet for information and references.
Sleepy’s Very Inaccurate Guide to Make CoD OC’s
Well, I guess what you gotta do is :
1. Decide where your OC’s nationality.
Every person has a nationality/which country they belong in, and every country has their own military structure. UK has different structures than USA, Mexico, Germany, Poland, etc. a CoD OC usually belongs to the counter terrorism team of that country. Nationality is important, because realistically, your OC can’t be American and suddenly becomes an SAS. You can’t be British and suddenly you’re a Marine/SEAL. bffr that’s legal shit you can’t play with that ok.
2. Are they military/non-military?
This will determine your OC’s role and job during missions. Like Jade, she’s not a military personnel. She mainly does translating, information collecting and analyzing (who also happens to have a high combat experience). She can give suggestions/advise to Price/Ghost/Alejandro (who are officers) on what to do during a situation, but she has limited/no right/no authority to command other soldiers. The call is still on the officers’ hand to make. She’s kinda like Alex Keller.
However there’s also people like Station Chief Laswell, Special Officer Adler, and Special Agent Hudson (from CIA) who are experts in strategy making, so they have some sort of authority and can command the team.
3. If military, what rank are they?
I only know the basic stuff on this, but countries under NATO use a system where there’s ‘Enlisted’ and 'Officers’. These E codes mean enlisted, and O codes mean officers.
Part of the reason is because every country has different name for the ranks, so the E and O codes is used to 'equalize’ these ranks. It also works to determine how much you get paid / paygrade.
Enlisted soldiers are technical experts who mainly goes to the field and take care of business. They do what they’re told. There’s people who specialize in sniping (long range shooting), demolition (things that goes boom), and more. There are schools for each of this stuff.
Meanwhile, Officers are the brain, the manager, and the leader. In order to be an officer, you need to go to formal school/academy. You can’t just go from Sergeant and then gets promoted to Lieutenant. You gotta GO TO SCHOOL because once you’re an officer, you get to manage and assign tasks to the enlisted soldiers, and it needs special education.
In UK it’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), while in USA, it’s uuuhh there’s one for every corps :
Every country has their own military academy so look for it.
So there’s that. Beware of the age too tho. Usually someone can enlist at 17-18, or, someone can go to military academy at 17-18 (like you know, school). You can also enlist first, be a sergeant, then attend military academy to be an officer. Idk tho hhhhh but that’s roughly what I understand.
This is the info I get from a fucking transformers fandom but it sounds legit so I’ll just give you the screenshot.
(this just comes to my mind but with the info below, Ale is 45??? idk idk idk, maybe you can climb up the rank ladders if you have achievements and trust-worthy enough to hold the rank. I refuse to believe Ale is 45 prolly 39-40)
4. On relationships between teammates
Now this is… Idk man, i don’t know if there’s a law/regulation that controls this aspect, but yes you can have a relationship (?)
Idk the details, but for it to work, usually it’s between enlisted soldiers, or between officers. Relationships with one having more power than the other caaaaan be weird, but uuuhh yes. It’s fiction after all, so if you want to sprinkle drama in there, then go ahead.
Just remember that if an officer is dating an enlisted, the officer gotta make sure that their priority is aligned and cannot go off the rails to save/prioritize their love interest. That can go against the higher-ups intentions, jeopardize the mission, and worst of all, cost the lives of other soldiers. You can go to military trial for that (big deal btw) (if you’re found guilty you can be discharged without honor btw)
(part of the reason why I made Jade an MI6 not military 😂 it’s complicated)
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Anyway yeaa uuuuhh that’s some Sleepy’s very inaccurate guide to OC making in Call of Duty. Anyone who has more knowledge about them are welcome to fix the infos above if I’m wrong or to add more.
All in all have fun!
