Fort Minori, Nataria - The Star Army announced today that the retirement package would require 15 years to unlock, an increase from the previous six.
The Star Army of Yamatai has relatively-short 3-year terms of enlistment and thus 15 years would be equal to five full terms. The 15-year time-in-service requirement to retire is still only three quarter of the 20 years required by many businesses and other organizations.
Because, due to mind-transfer technology, a soldier could theoretically live forever, benefits are finite by necessity. Retired soldiers receive their retirement pay for a number of full years equal to that which they served. This payment is also available in a lump sum, or as half-payment for double the years. The amount of retirement pay is equal to 50% the amount of basic pay the soldier was getting at the time they were discharged.
The change is meant to encourage long-term loyalty to the service in light of increased demand for experienced officers and NCOs in the Star Army's Rikugun, as well as to offset the massively increased costs of the recent large pay increase for Star Army soldiers that took effect this year.
The Star Army of Yamatai has relatively-short 3-year terms of enlistment and thus 15 years would be equal to five full terms. The 15-year time-in-service requirement to retire is still only three quarter of the 20 years required by many businesses and other organizations.
Because, due to mind-transfer technology, a soldier could theoretically live forever, benefits are finite by necessity. Retired soldiers receive their retirement pay for a number of full years equal to that which they served. This payment is also available in a lump sum, or as half-payment for double the years. The amount of retirement pay is equal to 50% the amount of basic pay the soldier was getting at the time they were discharged.
The change is meant to encourage long-term loyalty to the service in light of increased demand for experienced officers and NCOs in the Star Army's Rikugun, as well as to offset the massively increased costs of the recent large pay increase for Star Army soldiers that took effect this year.
