Admiral Phoenix Berkana glanced across the datapad that an aid deposited on the desk before him and frowned.
The last fourteen days had seen scouting parties from all three Battlegroups scour the world of XC-50391, which the fleet still orbited, for any signs of life and to solve what could have happened to one of the scattered colonies the Empire had set up in the area over a decade ago.
High Admiral Plif rose from his seat at the head of the table as the lights dimmed and the holoprojector hummed to life.
"Gentlemen, the reports are starting to come in and it would appear our fears about the fate of the colony were justified. Early indications show the colony has been abandoned for some time however their databanks are yielding some interesting findings."
Text began to glow in the air above the holoprojector, it would appear that the colonists stumbled upon a rather useful piece of information about navigating the Chaos. There are a group of individuals, whom they refer to only fleetingly as the 'navigators' who appear to have an almost precognitive ability to plot jumps through the area.
Phoenix glanced around as a low murmur filled the room. Since the fleet had entered this region of space progress had been torturously slow due to supernovae, black holes, gravity wells, and stranger phenomena. Due to such hazards hyperspace jumps were short and required frequent course correction taking long periods of time just to go from one system to the next.
Plif raised a hand and the room fell silent.
"Verification of the rumors is a top priority and if true acquisition of these navigators will allow us to navigate this region of space far more expediently. I want each BGCOM to dispatch their squadrons to the nearby systems, to ascertain the truth to this rumor."
He raised a eyebrow as the admirals began to file out.
"Try not to start any war whilst they're at it please."
Art
The second ART Bonus round runs from the 15th - 28th.
Please send submissions to AD Phoenix Berkana at phoenixberkana@gmail.com
Art will be limited to one submission per pilot per fortnight with bonus comps providing a prompt each fortnight.
No commissioned artwork
Art utilizing pre-existing work AND/OR AI generated work must be sufficiently modified to be considered valid. For example, don’t download something from DeviantArt and submit it as your own.
Art Scoring will be based on the following metrics (⅓ each):
Round Two Instructions
If you'd like to opt out of having your submission published in Discord, on your profile on the site, a newsletter, or other avenue, you can do that but you'll need to tell us that when you submit it. The default will be that you're submitting it so you're okay with us publishing it. This'll let us set up things like a meme gallery that we didn't do in RtF 22 but had done in RtF 21. Note that we might choose not to publish it if we think it's not suitable for public display.
Competition runtime starts on the first day at 00:00:01 UTC, and ends on the last day at 23:59:59 UTC.
Award | Recipient | Reason | Date |
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IS-GR | CM OL"Davy Jonez | For taking 1st place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-SR | MAJ Wolve Excelsior Berkana | For taking 2nd place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-SR | VA Locke Setzer | For taking 3rd place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-BR | LC Vapen Van’an | For taking 6th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-BR | CPT Maston Dane | For taking 4th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-BR | LT Ason Tsang | For taking 5th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-CR | CPT Asen Starlancer | For taking 10th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-CR | LC Gytheran | For taking 7th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-CR | CPT Drun'der Chuanach | For taking 8th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |
IS-CR | CPT Rachel Drakon | For taking 9th place in Bonus Round Two (ART) during Raise the Flag 2023! | 2023-10-07 |