This is an updated version of Distinguished Service that should hopefully work on 1.1.6 and 1.2.0 beta (individual files)
I am not the creator of the mod, all credits goes to 8thor8
Also available on steam
Big thanks to PapaOurs for the 1.1.0 version aswell


Have you ever decided that the random people you pick up in taverns aren't right for you? Wouldn't you rather your close companions have earned their place and your trust? Wouldn't you prefer to have some say in the sorts of skills they bring to the table? Well this mod is for you!

Distinguished Service allows you to promote soldiers from your ranks to companions, if they distinguish themselves during battle! Criteria are laid out in the settings, but the defaults requirements are:

+Top-tier unit (no available upgrades)
+ 5/6/7 kills at least for Infantry/Cavalry/Ranged
+Top 68th percentile in kills across the battlefield (e.g. top 1 sigma)

Once nominated, you can select up to 2 (by default) soldiers, and select skills for them to have developed while they made their way up the ranks in your army.

You can groom them for leadership - of a party, and army, or a city - or you can make the ultimate killing machine/captain(/waifu?) for your own party.

They will be given names based on their Culture, however you can use a namelist instead. It is located (by default) at:
Modules\DistinguishedService120\external_namelist.txt

Now with MCM to configure and tweak mod settings like kill thresholds.