Theta Report # 13 (2014-09-01)

This report was submitted by CMDR/COL Jarek La'an/Theta/Wing II/ISDII Warrior


Theta Squadron WSR #13
010845ZSEP14

A delayed report for a key reason that will hopefully become all too clear, in light of the past weeks post-RtF I made a conscious effort to resist demanding ever increasing activity. We’re not children (for the most part, stand fast anyone under 18!) and we don’t respond well to ever increasing demands, certainly I never have. A period of leave was extended to all members of the squadron and was absolutely required for those who, to use my own navy’s euphemism, dug out like trapped Chilean miners… The big danger with these long periods of leave is that people often don’t come back, so an AWOL check was instituted and allowed to run over the last 7 days. I’m therefore pleased to note that I’ve had responses from all members of the squadron as of 15 minutes ago and actually confirmed the current squadron lineup and condition – hence the delayed report! We’re by no means ready to contest another major comp on the RtF scale, but everyone is present despite a few RL issues in the background that will keep at least 3 Thetans heavily and rightly occupied, as well as one maintaining some sort of RSV disguise on the Phoenix. On that note we’re all sad to see Mell depart, with many of us having served with him right back to the heady days of the TCBG – which no matter what any ASF or similar veteran tells you was the place to be… honest… Hopefully we’ll see him back soon and continue what is becoming the Theta tradition of crusty old buggers to whom no SL or LT is safely introduced.

In a parallel of my last report I’d like to go outside of the squadron for a moment and congratulate not Dempsey but rather her new CA:TAC – Command Attache to the TAC... Delta’s CPT Nutrientman now dual wields the rank of Rear Admiral and Captain, but usefully reports to the same Dempsey shaped command. This appointment is 15 days old by the database, so please forgive my laxity, but I don’t recall sighting a news item. CA’s are generally very useful these days, but I certainly know in the past that CA was often a collectable to expand ever increasing ID lines, CA-TCS-PROF-BGCOMs not being unheard of! Nutrientman’s continued efforts to port XWA onto modern operating platforms makes his work bloody useful for pilots such as myself who are trying to get through the XWA compendium, so I wish him all the best.

Theta’s MSE will be dispatched in the next few days to the COM and TCCOM, with the SOOs continued and unavoidable absence I am sure the turnaround this month will be considerably smaller. That being said it’s been a quiet month, but if anyone wishes to add activity to their eval then now is the time to share it.

On a more trivial note the fourth round of the Warrior trivia is underway, I’m enjoying taking part and it can take as little as a minute per week to complete. August standings showed Yoda in 2nd, with mark in 3rd, and myself chasing in 4th which is encouraging. Gilad also took part… I jest! I’m looking for a stronger showing in September, so follow the links as Plif provides them.



Plif continues to produce the goods with competition #2625 “Theta and Sin, To Your Fighters”. It’s centred on a TIE Mission but the fiction element can be entered without flying, the plot from the readme is included in the summary, the only non-flying detriment is the bonus point for the final fiction mark that is gained by completing both parts of the comp. Plif put a lot of thought into this and included my own input, so I’m keen to see Theta represent well in this and remind Sin who the RtF winners are. That being said this is a friendly competition and I look forward to sighting your contributions. Read!


Prima Inter Pares

An honorary mention to AD Mell Kerrigan who has resumed his lofty position as AD and likely seized control of Frodo’s quarters on the Phoenix… well played…

Current Squadron Status

1-1 - COL La'an - Mail activity, CMDR Duties, WSR/MSE,
1-2 - MAJ Nebular – Mail Contact
2-1 - COL Mark Schueler – IRC/Mail activity, LO Duties, Warrior Trivia
2-3 - COL Horus Blackheart - Mail activity, limited availability
2-4 - COL Torres – Mail Activity, SWTOR
3-1 - GN Gilad Pelleaon - Mail activity, Warrior Trivia Round
3-2 - LCM Keth Aalith - Mail activity
3-3 - COL Handril Madon - Mail activity, limited availability
3-4 - GN Pickled Yoda - Mail activity, Warrior Trivia Round

Current Fleet Competitions

All current comps are listed @http://tc.emperorshammer.org/competitions.php?id=current

Theta Competitions

Warrior Trivia and the “Theta and Sin To Your Fighters” are the priority!

Operational Picture

... Do you hear there, this is the Flag Captain. The SOO will not be available for the foreseeable future due to ongoing planning efforts taking place on Aurora, in his absence the TCCOM will be taking the advice and guidance of his senior officers in matter of operational planning. All command and seniorofficers wishing to take this time to recover any measure of sanity are granted immediate priority for R&R as well as priority access to the Chal’s sickbay and psychiatric facilities. He could return at any time, so be prepared for whatever madness lands with him. Flag Captain out....

(ISD Challenge Flag Captain. Announcement to All Officers, ISD Challenge)

...Communications are still down between the launch bays, hangar, and squadron ready room. It’s an odd line of failure but technicians are fault-finding as we speak and trying to chase the problem back to its source. Estimated time to repair is undeliverable until we figure out just what’s gone wrong… Wait, getting an update from my team leaders… It would appear that a major short blew out all Theta linked systems on that line due to tampering with consoles and processors and removal of actuators. Seems someone’s been harvesting parts to use elsewhere, I’ve no idea why, its all minor stuff. Now I think about it someones done the same in one of our droid maintenance shacks, we’ve lost track of a half-dozen mouse droids in the last 24 hours and an operational Probe Droid…

(Engineering Dept. Meeting, ISD Warrior)



…Scan the defences, scan the defences, loading test protocols, identifying spoor-trace and search criteria. Mission priority 1 avoid detection, priority 2 locate SOO, pritority 3 report and monitor. Establishing network, connecting to Botini Prime, established, connecting to Botini Alpha, established, connecting to Botini Beta, established, connecting to Botini Gamma, established. All stations reporting, analyse/assign profile… set to Zone Orientated Search, Bio-Orientated Targetting, assign own ident ZOSBOT. Ready to deploy…



(Undisclosed Compartment, ISD Warrior)

CMDR's Corner

Ever upwards, we’re looking to rebuild on a steady and stable platform, either that or we’re just getting old and slowing down…

Yours aye,

CMDR/COL Jarek La'an/Theta/Wing II/ISDII Warrior
Commanding Officer, TCCOMs Own Escort Squadron
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