Hello, and thank you for your interest in the Northern Darkness Garrison, Northern Indiana's 501st Legion! We have a few new requirements for newly approved members and visiting members regarding the use of our forums and the addition to our private social media group(s). If you're reading this, you may be required to participate in a "Cadet Period" before receiving access to certain forum permissions, social media groups, and membership.

Whether you are currently building a costume with plans to join the 501st Legion, seeking information on which costume is right for you, visiting from another Garrison, Squad or Base, interested in learning how to join the 501st Legion, or are simply interested in learning how you can help the 501st Legion, Northern Darkness Garrison, below are certain requirements necessary to complete the NDG Cadet Program.

For the 501st Legion's requirements on general membership, see this link--> http://databank.501st.com/databank/Membership:JoinUs

The NDG Cadet Program was created to encourage visiting, new and/or prospective members to better acclimate themselves with the NDG, it's territories, and it's membership before being given full access to all facets of communication used by the NDG; ie: NDG forum permissions and any private social media pages used by the NDG membership.

We encourage you to visit our forums and introduce yourself to our members! Feel free to explore the forums and visit all the pages. We even have an area where you can post questions about your costume builds and receive answers from our knowledgeable and friendly members! If we can't help you, we'll be able to point you in the right direction. Visit our forums at http://www.NDGarrison.com (Board Index > General Information).

When you join the forums, you'll have limited access until you complete your costume and it's been approved by the NDG General Membership Liaison (GML). The only way to receive full NDG forum access is to build and complete an approvable 501st costume. Once your costume is approved, your forum permissions will be upgraded as soon as possible, but it may take two or three days to complete the upgrade. If you are already an approved 501st member and are visiting NDG with the intent to be more active, simply request 501st access in the appropriate area on the NDG forums.

The NDG has a private social media presence which is hidden from public view and used in conjunction with the NDG forums. In order to be considered for membership to the private social media group, you must attend 3 official NDG events, either as a volunteer, handler, or costumed member (once your costume is approved). Once you've reached your minimum requirement of three events, the NDG Command Staff will consider adding you to the private social media groups. However, achieving the minimum level of activity does not guarantee addition to the social media page and each case will be reviewed independently based on a number of factors, including peer review. Additions to the Social Media Groups will be at the sole discretion of the NDG Command Staff.

We hope you understand these new requirements needed for acclimation to the NDG. They are in place for you to understand what, how, and why we do what we do, and we look forward to having you among our ranks