The LBP Union team are the team for today's LBP Union, it was formed at early 2021 and today has approximately 50 team members.
They have different ministries and teams having their own tasks, and duties.
To see the members of the three active ministries and it's some of it's history, Go to this page at LBPUnion.com!
Protectors
Historically as an executive body for clan-period LBP Union[1], now as an administrator team.
There are six protectors. There are only one Lead Protector, one Vice Protector and the other four are being mainly leading their respective ministries.
There are three ranks.
- Lead Protector
- Vice Protector
- Protector
It's color is azure blue.
Ministry of Security
Ministry of Security focuses mostly on the moderation side of the LBP Union Discord server and it's custom servers. Beacon.
Peacekeepers
Peacekeepers are the moderators of the Union.
They moderate Discord server, and the LBP Union forum.
Dominic is the current Peacekeeper Captain.
There are five ranks as a Peacekeeper.
- Captain
- Senior Lieutenant
- Lieutenant
- Officer
- Deputy
It's team color is slightly light blue. The colors are shared with the Starguards.
Pathfinders
Pathfinders are the community ambassadors of the Union.
They guide people for information, introduce people to LBP Union, and prevent most moderation.
Koko is the current Pathfinder Captain.
There are four ranks as a Pathfinder.
- Captain
- Ranger
- Scout
- Initiate
It's team color is orange.
Trivia
- Ranger was previously the leading rank for the Pathfinders until the introduction of the 4th rank for each division of the ministry.
- As the trivia mentioned above, Lieutenant is the newest Peacekeepers rank.
Starguards
Starguards are the moderators of the Union's Project Lighthouse instance, Beacon.
Starguards replaced Star Helix at November 15th 2022.
Yuki-x64 is the current Starguard Captain.
There are four ranks as a Starguard.
- Captain
- Lieutenant
- Sergeant
- Specialist
It's team color is slightly light blue. The colors are shared with the Peacekeepers.
Ministry of Technology
Engineers (Research and Development)
Engineers, commonly referred as the R&D (Research and Development) are the team of programmers.
Their recent project is the Project Lighthouse, A custom server for LittleBigPlanet.
Known Projects
- Project Lighthouse (Custom server software for LBP)
- Project Lighthouse 2 (Future custom server software for LBP)
- LBPU Codex (LBP-Discord integration)
- Agent Washington (Discord Bot)
There are three ranks.
- Lead Developer
- Lead Researcher
- Senior Developer
- Developer
- Technician
It's team color is green.
Union Space Corps
See more at Union Space Corps page!
The Union Space Corps are the testing team for Project Lighthouse, While having a small amount of 8 team members, If included with the people ranked as Enlistees, Cadets, Scouts and Surveyors, It would make USC the biggest team of LBP Union.
There are 7 ranks, the top 3 ranks are considered as team members while the rest does not.
- Chief Star Commander
- Star Commander
- Starblazer
- Surveyor
- Scout
- Cadet (split in three groups)
- Enlistee
It's team color is yellow.
Ministry of Relations
Scribes
Scribes are a team of translators and writers.
They provide written content and translations to the LBPUnion.com articles, Project Lighthouse strings and other future LBP Union projects.
There are currently more than 20 scribes with the majority able to translate.
They are also the fastest growing active team compared to the other teams at late October, and is currently the largest team if not counting the entire Union Space Corps.
The Scribes team has been repurposed and reactivated at October 2022, It was previously deactivated because the original scribes team were the most inactive team compared to the other teams.
It has three ranks.
- Lead Scholar
- Scholar
- Initiate
It's team color is red.
LBP Union Archivists (Ministry of Intelligence)
The Archivists team is an upcoming team led by Ezoiar that would be open to join and leave as a low rank anytime, To go any higher you'd must apply.
It has four ranks.
- Archive Director
- Archive Senior Librarian
- Archive Librarian
- Archive Intern
It's team color is purple.
Deactivated Teams and former teams
Researcher (Ministry of Intelligence)
The Researcher team has no members or even a single activity as of today, and it was never activated.
It's purpose is to archive information about the Union and about LittleBigPlanet, and as well help analyzing important data.
It has three ranks.
- Special Agent
- Analyst
- Agent
It's team color is purple.
Union Task Force
See more at Union Task Force page!
The Union Task Force was historically the military of the LBP Union, It was briefly activated during r/place 2022 and was successful with their operation which is known today as "Operation Arbor".[2]
If it would count as a team, It would've been the second largest team recorded with at least 70 people, Only behind Union Space Corps with a huge difference with at least 300 members, As well the fastest growing team recorded when compared to the Scribes.
It had two ranks during r/place 2022.
- Commanders
- Union Task Force
It's team color were grey.
Ambassador
The Ambassador Team was a team under Ministry of Relations and today has merged with the reformed Scribes. They would write articles for LBPUnion.com.
It had three ranks.
- Senior Ambassador
- Ambassador
- Consul
There were only two ambassadors both on the Senior Ambassador rank.
It's team color were cyan.
Scribes (2021-early 2022)
The Scribes team from 2021 to early 2022 was a team that was deactivated because it was lacking activities and tasks. Most notably to explain how inactive it was, Peacekeeper Captain and then UTF Commander Ezoiar requested a pixelated Sackboy template for r/place from the scribes, and none of the scribes responded.
It's purpose was to create various things, like written content, levels, and some cases translations.[citation needed]
It had atleast 10 scribes and at it's final weeks only one scribe remained until it's full deactivation.
It's team color were red, The same as it's today's form.
Star Helix (Ministry of Technology)
The former beta moderation team for the Union's Project Lighthouse instance, Beacon. It had a few selected peacekeepers and the entire USC Starblazer team at Star Helix team.
It got replaced by Starguards at November 15th.
It's team color was gold.