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| RHO SQUADRON REPORT #4 |
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REPORTING OFFICER: Captain Westric Davalorn, Squadron Commander |
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("What's our combat readiness?" asks Captain Westric "Dav" Davalorn as he slowly walks down the line of TIE Interceptors arrayed for inspection. Banshee. Flyer. Octavian. Dha'kalyc. Harbinger. Di'Jai. They almost seem alive, like a line of orbak cavalry ready to charge into an ancient battle. "We have a couple malfunctioning comm units," answers Nix, "But aside from that, one hundred percent." The Rho Squadron Chief Mechanic follows Dav as he continues his review. "Excellent," Dav says, continuing down the line of Interceptors. "I want us operating at maximum efficiency. Let me know if there's anything you need, parts or personnel, and I'll make it happen." "We'll be ready for ReMob, Captain," Nix reassures him. "Thanks, Nix," Dav responds. "I'll leave it to the experts and get out of your way." He turns and heads for the hangar door. Dav walks down the hall to his office. He walks through the door, sits down behind his desk, and turns to the data terminal to begin composing his next report.) Pilots of Rho Squadron, We are a little over one week away from the start of the fourth annual Squadron (Re)Mobilization. The purpose of this month-long event is to assess the fighting capability of each TIE Corps squadron based on a variety of metrics. Command Staff are still finalizing the details, which I will relay to all of you once I receive them. As part of our ongoing recruitment efforts in friendly systems, we've been making updates to our squadron recruitment profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed suggestions for new nicknames and mottos for our three active flights. The new flight profiles are as follows:
While on the subject of flight updates, Sub-Lieutenants Bronx Bluar and Rotarg Kradak have been assigned to Rho 4 and Rho 12, respectively. Both pilots have already flown several sorties and have received promotions to Lieutenant. That's all the news I have for now. For peace and order throughout the galaxy! For the Empire! |
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Before VA Marenta's time as the Warrior Commodore, she used her faithful TIE Reaper, BESSIE, during a mission in which her com circuitry was corrupted and led to cascading and repetitive damage. Being the brilliant logistician she was, she decided to appropriate her vessel from Inferno Squadron and bring it with her to the ISDII Warrior. Unfortunately, it still has the bug of a strange frequency being transmitted into her ship. The messages are simply random 3, 4, and 5 letter combinations repeated for approximately 2 standard weeks before the letter combinations change again. In an effort to help figure out what the messages mean, Marenta has tasked the Warrior to make up phrases for the letter combinations and polling the fleet to determine which is the most likely. Every 2 weeks VA Marenta will generate 3, 4, and 5 random letter combinations and create a Google Form to allow personnel onboard ISDII Warrior to fill out with a time frame of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, the responses will be put up in a poll where the Warrior members will vote on the responses provided. The members voting will NOT be able to see which phrase was submitted by which member. After a 2 week voting period, to keep the submissions along the same time period as the voting, VA Marenta will announce the winners. Each season will have 6 full rounds of entries/voting/results. Example: VTK Vocal Tauntauns? Kill! FTWN Free The Wookies Now! VAAAS Vacations At Alderaan Are Stupid A Bounty Hunter's Puzzling Dilemma This is a Star Wars themed logic puzzle competition. Testers outside of the TC have taken 20-30+ minutes on average for those without extensive logic puzzle experience. If the puzzle is well-received, I would hope to make an ongoing multi-month series of logic puzzles for a longer competition later on. Intro: You are working as a bounty hunter, and you just ambitiously accepted five jobs at once. Unfortunately the data tape with the details on the bounties is corrupted. Only a few details can be extracted from the garbled transmission you received from the Bounty Hunter's Guild when you reported the data tape problem. Using the clues available from the transmission, can you determine which bounty matches for each description, planet that posted the bounty, and prize for capture? (Full puzzle details can be sent to you directly to avoid spoiling it in the description before competition start time). Format: The full puzzle would be available via a link on the competition page, where players can also upload their solution as an image file. Players have one month to complete the puzzle. I would encourage players to keep the image file as well after submitting, in case there is any issue retrieving the file for grading. Winners will be judged first by completeness of the solution, then by fastest time for submission. There are EIGHT feats of strength with increasing difficulty. Settings: Squadrons, Fly Solo FB vs AI (with AI pilots ON) Duration: 30 mins Map: Yavin Level 1: Play as Imperial and destroy the Enemy Calamari Cruiser on Easy Level 2: Play as New Republic and destroy the Enemy ISD on Easy Level 3: Play as Imperial and destroy the Enemy Calamari Cruiser on Medium Level 4: Play as New Republic and destroy the Enemy ISD on Medium Level 5: Play as Imperial and destroy the Enemy Calamari Cruiser on Medium without reinforced hull Level 6: Play as New Republic and destroy the Enemy ISD on Medium without reinforced hull Level 7: Play as Imperial and destroy the Enemy Calamari Cruiser on Medium Ironman (No deaths) Level 8: Play as New Republic and destroy the Enemy ISD on Medium Ironman (No deaths) In case of a tie, two players reaching the same level, their position will be determined by the time they took to complete their last level. Example: managed to reach level 3 but never completed it, your best time for level 2 will be used to determine any ties with other players. Each attempt will need to be either video-recorded (streamed) or spectated by a judge. Judges' names to be announced. After a particularly bad batch of Chalquilla was distributed by Inferno Squadron, medical was inundated with severely hungover and somewhat illiterate members of the fleet. The tanks had been infected with a spore that ate sugar and spit out alcohol, like yeast. But, this spore also had a side effect, it secreted a neuro inhibitor that ate away people’s knowledge. To help “stimulate” some learning, Inferno, along with the medical crew, have started sending out word puzzles to help the members of the fleet regain some of their lost knowledge. At the beginning of every month, VA Marenta will generate a word search and post the link along with announcing the previous month’s entrants. Each month, the puzzle will be related to something specific like planets, people, craft, manufacturers, wars, a movie/book/series, etc. Each puzzle will be 50 words and the site will keep track of all submissions. This competition will utilize the time test on the website in lieu of using the first-entrant on the host site. In 2021, the crew of the Hammer came up with a series of contenders for the Hammers on-board bar & recreation area, the winner being the Drunken Bastion submitted by TheBlackxRanger, read about it here: https://wiki.emperorshammer.org/Drunken_bastion As part of the wiki page and general focus on building the back story, we want to give the place a logo. So for the rest of the month of June 2022 we will be running a competition to do just that. Familiarise yourself with the location background via its wiki entry, and send any submissions for a logo to phoenixberkana AT gmail DOT com. Criteria:
Winner will receive an Iron Star with Gold Ribbon, the runner up will receive an Iron Star with Silver Ribbon and third place an Iron Star with Bronze Ribbon. If I receive over 6 entries in total, we will extend a Iron Star with Bronze Ribbon to fourth place as well. The full list of current competitions can be found here in the Competitions Center. |
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Rho Squadron - Strike Flight IV - TBA |
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Flight I [1-1] CPT Westric Davalorn
[1-2] LT Ayre
[1-3] LCM Cray Xerious
[1-4] LT Bronx Bluar
Flight II [2-1] CM Alexandre “ossusplayz” Morgan
[2-2] CPT Jarion Renalds
[2-3] CM FamePlane
[2-4] SL Krownest
Flight III [3-1] LT Tiran Marr
[3-2] LC fr0Zen
[3-3] LT Varnin Goldsbane
[3-4] LT Rotarg Kradak
Flight IV [4-1] Vacant [4-2] Vacant [4-3] Vacant [4-4] Vacant |
| CLOSING COMMENTS |
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Flight Leaders, please ensure all pilots begin warming up in the flight simulators. I want everyone in top form for Squadron (Re)Mobilization. |
Rho Report # 4 (2022-06-06)
This report was submitted by CMDR/CPT Westric Davalorn/Rho/Wing II/ISDII Warrior
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