Distinctions

Distinctions, Medals, Orders and Honours are means for governments, governmental entities and Governance to distinguish, acknowledge and reward persons for their contributions.

Distinctions and Explanations

• Akemi Homura Medal – for Successful Resolution of a Seemingly Hopeless Situation
• Chitose Yuma Medal – for Combat Leadership Exceeding Expectations of Age and Training Level
• Defender’s Star, First Class – for Performance Greatly Exceeding the Expectations of AI Battle Analysts
• Directorate Citation – for Contributing to an Exceptional Degree to the Wellbeing of Humanity (distributed widely in light of New Athens)
• Oppenheimer Award - for Management of a Scientific Facility Exceeding Upper-end Performance Estimates
• Nobel Prize - for Works with the Greatest Benefit for Mankind (in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature, Peace)
• Turing Award – for Contributions of a Technical Nature Made to the Computing Community

List of people

Person	Distinction	Affiliated Event / Reason
Shirou Asaka	Akemi Homura Medal	for saving an as of yet unnamed colony
Shizuki Ryouko	Akemi Homura Medal	forced decloaking and disposal or Cephalopod Fleet during Battle for Kepler-27
Shizuki Ryouko	Chitose Yuma Medal	leadership during the raid on HSS Pierre-Simon Laplace
Tomoe Mami	Defender’s Star, First Class	her role in Saharan Raid
Tomoe Mami	Directorate Citation	participation and leadership during New Athens
Akemi Homura	Directorate Citation	participation and leadership during New Athens, (presumed) posthumous
Sakura Kyouko	Directorate Citation	participation and leadership during New Athens
Joanne Valentin	Oppenheimer Award	Presumably running the Prometheus Research Institute
Vladimir Volokhov	Turing Award	development and codification of the eponymous Volokhov criterion and analysis