Recruitment
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Recruitment was a method for an organisation to gain new members.
Faction Paradox's recruiting from the lesser species scandalised the Homeworld, but also made it seem less of a threat. How much of a problem could they be if they had to stoop so low to expand their faction, it was thought.
After a brief fling with the Cult of Celebrity Death, it was decided that it was better to draw less attention by recruiting those considered unworthy by their society, who were more naturally attracted to the Faction anyway. (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])
According to a page on the GeoComTex website, the kinds of people they wanted to recruit were people who were skilled, motivated, and good at seeing the future. Areas they could be recruited into included Product Development, Product Research, Innovation, Recovery and Exploration, Marketing, Publicity, and Security. (PROSE: Recruitment [+]Loading...["Recruitment (feature)"])
Mr Crane referred to the abduction of homeless people for their conversion into Cybermen as a "recruitment drive" for Cybus Industries. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"])
At one point, UNIT were recruiting, seemingly around the time (PROSE: We're Recruiting... [+]Loading...["We're Recruiting... (feature)"]) of the Fifteenth Doctor visiting UNIT HQ (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"]) and defeating Sutekh. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])