Combat Operations Office Report #1 - 03.15.02

From the desk of Vice Admiral Khadgar...

Welcome to my first Report as your new Combat Operations Officer! As you've probably heard, VA Brucmack recently submitted his resgination and the Fleet Commander and Executive Officer agreed to give me, VA Khadgar, a chance at the position. Before proceeding, I'd like to thank the GA Ronin and SA Astatine for selecting me for this post, and FA Priyum for writing a recommendation on my behalf.

For those of you who don't know me, I originally joined the Emperor's Hammer in 1999 and had a tenure with the Imperial Senate under CHS Nighthawk. After retiring the Senate in late 1999, I joined the TIE Corps in March 2000. I served aboard Krayt Squadron aboard the ISD Intrepid before transferring to a Flight Leader post in Valkyrie Squadron and later a Squadron Commander post in Phoenix Squadron on the ISD Grey Wolf. After a few months as Phoenix Commander, I retired to the Reserves. I returned another few months later to once again become a Flight Leader in Valkyrie Squadron. After a long tenure as Flight Leader, I was promoted to Wing Commander of Wing XV and later to Commodore of the ISD Grey Wolf, where I served before becoming Combat Operations Officer.

The main thing that pilots want from the Combat Operations Office, above all else, is quick distribution of LoCs. My goal is to have Combat Events processed within 24 hours of the Combat Event occuring. Another thing that pilots look for is a lot of new and fun Combat Events to participate in. To that end, negotiations are continuing from Brucmack's tenurewith Rebel Squadrons regarding the return of weekly Outer Rim Competitions. Another goal of mine is to promote Multiplayer activity. To accomplish that, I intend to provide incentives for playing Multiplayer and keeping pilots informed of Multiplayer news via IRC and news posts.

A lot of suggestions and ideas for the Combat Operations Office have been floating around. If you have any ideas, or you'd like to contact me in regards to anything related the Combat Operations Office, my door is always open.

Anyways, with that out of the way, I'll get on with news this week...

XvT Week of War

Today, XvT Week of War started. Pilots will have until next Friday to fly matches on the Zone against other clubs to win LoCs. Last time around, a lot of matches were played, and many awards were distributed. I hope to see many pilots come out and help the EH to once again rank amongst the top ten clubs participating. As an added incentive to participate, I intend to keep my predecessor's Iron Star rewards system for WoW Comeptitions:

The system depends on how many players are ranked from the EH. To be ranked, you must have flown at least ten matches.

If 1-4 EH pilots are ranked, the top EH pilot gets an IS-BW.
If 5-9 EH pilots are ranked, the top EH pilot gets an IS-SW, second place IS-BW.
If 10+ EH pilots are ranked, the top EH pilot gets an IS-GW, second place IS-SW, third place IS-BW.

Similar rewards will be given out to XWA WoW winners.

The Competition details and URL can be found on the Combat Calendar at http://www.emperorshammer.net/combat/event.asp?record=1648. Like usual, you will be required to be registered with Battlestats. If you have any questions about Battlestats or anything about WoWs in general, please feel free to contact me at khadgar1@shaw.ca.

DB Awards

This week I was contacted regarding missing Cluster of Fire awards for Jedi Knight matches played at fleet Competitions hosted by the Combat Operations Office. Unfortunately, I don't have previous results to submit to Order Leaders. However, to put concerns from the DB to rest in the future, I will be sure to send Jedi Knight wins to the appropriate Order Leaders so that CFs can be awarded.

COOA Positions

I realize that a lot of people are interested in COOA. However, at this time, I'm not interested in taking on another Assistant. Hence, any applications send in will be fed to Brucmack's bot, WolfByte. If at any time I am interested in hiring another Assistant, I will be sure to post a news item indicating that the position is open for applications.

In the service of the Empire,

Vice Admiral Khadgar
Combat Operations Officer
COO/VA Khadgar/VSD Aggressor
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