To go ahead and reiterate my support for forming an SAG for the Yeeni, I really do think it is ok for them to join us in battle.
It has been 60 years, about 3 generations for them. That's enough time for a species to get acclimated to a changing environment and circumstances. If we go for it, they are not going to get thrown out on the frontlines into a meat grinder with shitty training. They're going to have years of prep time and be outfitted with our equipment (though some of it may be adapted for their physiology). And with my plan, they are going to be well equipped and relatively secure as long as we don't throw them in unsupported.
While there are some reasonable concerns that this may establish precedent that one can only be declared Kin through their military contributions, I think this fear is a little too overblown and may in fact lead to the opposite problem of making it harder for other species to reach Kin status after the Kil'drabi, especially if they don't have the capability to form a decent navy. If this decision here sets a precedent for how we handle other future Protectorates, it could essentially make it impossible for others to achieve Kin status through military means, essentially closing the door on everyone else after the Kil'drabi achieved it through that way. Though this also begs the question of how else a Protectorate can achieve Kin status, b/c when we made that category and accepted the Kil'drabi we put a lot of emphasis on the fact they were willing to put their lives on the line so trying to clarify what other means the Yeeni could achieve that would be great.
And besides, it's not like if we chose the SAG option, we can't also have them in secondary and tertiary roles.
Anyways, onto more practical concerns. If we accept this, we essentially get an SAG gift wrapped to us for free without spending an action point, and I don't need to tell you guys how precious each and everyone of those points are. As for they'll fight, guessing based on them being hyenas, I think Sabatoge and Assault roles would suit them best where they can strike hard and fast where the enemy is most vulnerable. And not to mention that Neon is the most ideal enemy to bloody them on, since they aren't TOO scary in comparison to most other threats out there. And if we don't want to bar the way for them to serve as soldiers entirely, they WILL be fighting eventually, and since they've had half a century of getting acclimated to us, the sooner the better so we don't have these growing pains at an objectively worse time. And even if we don't wish to deploy them soon, they will still be available and sitting in their home system, all the while training for when they eventually do.
After everything, I don't see a reason why we should refuse them from fighting in battle if they so wish to do so. While relatively young in terms of leaving their planet, they are not children to be coddled, we already stripped them of their innocence when we revealed the ugly truth of the galaxy and the monsters that dwell within it. If they know about all the horrors that await them in the stars and still wish to stand alongside us against them, who are we to turn them away? To say that they're not worthy or it's too dangerous for them? While there definitely should be other ways to Kinship, if this is one of the paths that the Yeeni want to go down, who are we to deny them the opportunity to beat back the darkness and spread the Star-Child's light?
[X] Create The 1st Protectorate SAG
-[X] 2x Heavy Tank Units, x1 Heavy Mechanized Assault Unit, x1 Medium Sabotage Infantry Unit
—[X] Allow Human and Kil'drabi volunteers to also be part of the SAG.
