ISDII Hammer Report # 27 (2015-09-06)

This report was submitted by COM/HA Anahorn Dempsey/ISDII Hammer


 
ISD-II Hammer
Commodore HA Dempsey reporting
Report ID: H.AD.027
Report date: September 6, 2015

 
Commodore's speech

Well, another month has passed, and the Monthly Evaluations are due again. Three out of four are received, and the fourth should be on its way, or so I'm told.

This was another good week. First off, COL Coranel Both, who joined us last week, saw his profile restored, and with that his former rank of General. Then, we welcomed Sub-lieutenant Sharu, who wasted no time earning his first promotion, and then we were joined by Sub-lieutenant Milo Antu. It's also been raining medals and pilotfiles this week, which is never bad!

The One Hammer to Rule Them All competition is well underway. Several entries for the flying and the non-flying parts for week 1 have been received. Should you still wish to participate in week 1, you have until the end of this day to do so. Especially the Star Conflict players are encouraged to go through their stash of PvE screenshots of this week to find the one with the lowest finish time and submit it! Of course, week 2 also begins today, see below for more info.

The GoG Games: TIE Fighter Battle 9 competition is done now that August is over, and so we move on to Battle 10: New Threats. I must say I liked the earlier battles best. It can be a bit tedious now that the enemy starts flying TIE Defenders as well, and if I'm not mistaken, we should see the first of the Missile Boats this battle. Also, the first pilot in this competition has secured himself an extra IS-SW for reaching the final rank in the Secret Order of the Emperor, as yours truly was promoted to the rank of Emperor's Reach this battle. Some other pilots are close, having reached the Emperor's Voice. Only one more to go for them! I'm also the first pilot to break the 2 million points barrier :) And with only 30 more to go, I should break 1,000 kills in battle 10. Anyways, here's the results for Battle 9:

BATTLE 9 RESULTS

#PINnamescore (ll)killsrankelevation
512945HA Dempsey 389,854/2,183,436171/970General The Emperor's Reach
2 346LC Plif 369,920/1,999,797217/884General The Emperor's Voice
4 345COL Gyssler 276,817/1,854,301169/769General The Emperor's Voice
1 6252GN Master 238,912/1,818,870154/758General The Emperor's Voice
6 2485GN Dax Corrin 151,498/1,293,183134/720General The Emperor's Hand
6 3342LC Michael Emrys 87,972/ 671,723108/369General The Inner Circle

Remember, if you want to join in and participate in September, don't forget to send me 2 pilotfiles: one upto battle 9, and one with battle 10 included, so that I can see your stats for battle 10. You may not be able to win anything for the first 9 battles, but there's still the bonus medals for participation and Secret Order ranks to be had!

Star Conflict appears to be eating a whole lot of time this week. Just after barely finishing the Daily Challenges given to us by Ms. Summers, and earning myself the Nyx interceptor, now we're supposed to be hunting down her agents. So far, apparently I need to kill 230 agents in open space missions (44 left to go) and 310 in PvE missions (188 to go). I dread the PvP, as I am still utterly unable to make a decent showing there. If anyone's able to teach me some tricks to get better at PvP (tier 2 and/or 3) I'm all ears. For those interested; it seems they're giving away weaponry this time.

As you may have heard, AD Crsepe has decided to step down as COO. He will finish the month, which gives the Admirals a chance to find a suitable replacement. It's not often people last over 2 years in a position, kudos to you sir!

I'm also happy to announce that the Imperial News Network has decided to replace certain individuals on their staff, as you may have picked up from their daily broadcasts. The big fuss over LC Clark's misconduct has been proven to be fabricated and nothing but lies. I'm sure I speak for all the Hammer pilots when I say how happy I am that this has resolved itself. May the new INN reporters do their work better than the trash we had before!

Last for this week is an announcement: I will be going on yet another short LoA, this time from September 14th until September 17th. This should not interrupt normal operating procedure aboard the Hammer. Good luck, pilots!
 

 
News headlines this week

  • welcome back GN Coranel Both
  • Welcome to SLs Sharu and Milo Antu
  • SL Sharu promoted!
  • One Hammer to Rule Them All continues
  • MSE's due
  • INN cleans up their mess
  • TIE Fighter Battle 10 is on!
     
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    Transfers, promotions and medals this week

  • COL Coranel Both: COL -> GN
  • SL Sharu: SL -> LT

  • SL Milo Antu: PLT Deadalus -> Alpha 2-2

  • CM Archenksov: IS-GW, IS-SW, LoC, LoS (x5)
  • LT Varis Palharris: IS-GW, IS-SW, CoB
  • LCM Chrome: LoC (x3)
  • LCM Trideo Arkson: IS-SR
  • CM Doc: IS-BW, LoC (x17), LoS (x5)
  • CM Drake Starfire: LoC (x10)
  • MAJ Shado Fenn: IS-SR, IS-BR
  • LC John T. Clark: IS-SW
  • COL Golbez Harvey: IS-GW (x2), IS-SW (x4)
  • COL Gyssler: IS-BW
  • GN Coranel Both: IS-SW
  • GN Dunta Polo: IS-GW, IS-SW (x3), IS-BW (x3), LoC (x6), LoS (x6)
  • HA Dempsey: IS-GW (x2), IS-SW, IS-BW (x4), LoS (x2)
     
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    Command positions not filled

    If you wish to take on any of the following positions, send an application to the Squadron Commander (if applicable) and Commodore:

  • Alpha squadron: Flight II Flight Leader
  • Beta squadron: Flight II Flight Leader
  • Delta squadron: Flight III Flight Leader
     
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    Commodore activity report

  • communications: e-mail, IRC
  • SP flying: TIE Battle 9
  • MP flying: 2 victories and many open space sorties
  • other: BSFing pilotfiles, database stuff, TAC stuff

  • FCHG status: Imperator (5,740 pts = +11)
  • Combat rating: Ace 4th (1,442 pts = +2)
     
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    Competitions currently running

     
    Commodore's Competitions

    One Hammer to rule them all

    The rules are simple: In the next 4 reports (including this one) week you will be given a flying and a non flying assignment. You can submit an entry for either, or both. Each will yield a weekly winner and a weekly runner-up. Each player gets 5 pts for a win, 4 pts for a runner-up, 3 pts for a 3rd, 2 pts for a 4th, and everyone else gets 1 pt. At the end of the 4 week, there will be a top 3 for the flying part and a top 3 for the no flying part, yielding the appropriate medals. vEach week, the assignments will be different, and flying assignments will be a mix of SP and MP.

    Round #1 Flying Assignment: Fly a Star Conflict PvE mission on the tier of your choice: lowest mission time wins. Screenshots to be submitted to the COM for the competition, don't forget to submit them through the website to earn a Legion of Skirmish!
    Round #1 Non-flying Assignment: Six degrees of separation: get from the Wikipedia page of Fred Flintstone to the Wikipedia page of the Higgs boson in as few clicks as possible. E-mail your list of clicks to the COM.

    Round #2 Flying Assignment: Fly TIE free 23: Mflux #2: your competition score will be the amount of points divided by the number of kills: lowest wins! (note: 1 kill at least is required!)
    Round #2 Non-flying Assignment: Jigsaw puzzle: solve the jigsaw here (http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1cdccbde0463) and mail your screenshot to the COM. Quickest completion time wins.

     
    Dempsey's Weekly Riddles

    Every week, the report will have a riddle. First pilot to send the correct answer to the mailing list wins. Each victory earns you an IS-BR. Unless it's a 5th victory, you then get a IS-SR. Unless it's a 10th victory, which gives you an IS-GR. A 25th victory will give you an IS-PR!

    This week's riddle: Imagine you're in a dark room with no windows, a rope and a pencil. The only door is locked from the outside, and you can hear the rain on the roof. How do you get out of the room?

    Last week's winner: CPT Hawkins

    Current standings: CPT Hawkins: 9; FA Woody: 6; LC Clark: 5; AD Pellaeon, LCM Hav Antiel: 2; HA Bonini, GN Pickled Yoda, COL La'an, LC Tempest, MAJ Fenn, CM Jast, CM Doc, CM Archenksov: 1

     
    Hammer Pilot of the Month

    One point per mission flown for the SP part of this competition, and 1 point per LoC/LoS for the MP part of this competition. Stats will be taken from the killboards.

    Final August SP standings:

  • COL Golbez Harvey: 19 pts
  • LT Varis Palharris: 19 pts
  • GN Coranel Both: 8 pts
  • LC John T. Clark: 7 pts
  • GN Dax Corrin: 7 pts
  • HA Dempsey: 6 pts (not competing)

    Final August MP standings:

  • HA Dempsey: 158 pts (not competing)
  • LCM Archenksov: 40 pts
  • GN Dunta Polo: 38 pts
  • CM Doc: 23 pts
  • LT Mordamen Bast: 21 pts
  • CM Drake Starfire: 10 pts
  • LCM Chrome: 2 pts
     
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    Wrapping up

    The new month begins, the competitions are on their way. Let's see some Hammer pilots take down the TC wide competitions yet again!

    COM/HA Anahorn Dempsey/ISDII Hammer
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       LoS-RS-CSx4-Rx3/DFC-Rx3/MoC-5doc-4poc-7goc-5soc-47boc/CoLx8/CoEx3/CoB/OV-8E [IMPR] [Ace 4th]
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        MAN1,MAN2,WKS,INO,HIST,INTEL,PRER,GR,SPW,HAD,GHA,THR,OSS,M/1/2,IIC/1/2/3,IA,ARG/1,STM}

     

     


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