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| RHO SQUADRON REPORT #14 |
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REPORTING OFFICER: Lieutenant Colonel Westric Davalorn, Squadron Commander RECIPIENTS: General Gilbert H. Frown, Wing II; cc: Rho Squadron DATE SUBMITTED: 02.06.2023 |
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("What was the wager for worst shot again?" asks Lieutenant Colonel Westric "Dav" Davalorn as he walks down the shuttle ramp into the Warrior's hangar. "Help Grimace organize the backlog of requisition forms?" suggests Captain Alexandre "ossusplayz" Morgan as he follows Dav down the ramp. "I thought they had to clean the Tusorix sand off of everyone else's boots?" chimes in Commander Cray "Zee" Xerious. "Ooo, I like that idea," Dav agrees, standing at the foot of the ramp. All three turn to watch the brunt of the jokes, Lieutenant Colonel Adom "fr0Zen" Wietu, descend the shuttle ramp. "Enjoy it while you can," fr0Zen responds, grinning. "We'll see who's laughing at the end of my training session next week." "The loser's fee must be paid, fr0," Ossus says with mock solemnity. "What's it gonna be?" "How about we stick with the standard round of drinks at the cantina?" fr0Zen suggests. "I'll even throw in some marcan cigars..." Dav laughs and says, "Fine, we'll let you off easy this time. Just make sure to take your blaster down to the armory for recalibration before the next training session." He checks his chrono and says, "I'll meet you guys there." The other pilots head for the cantina, still giving fr0Zen a hard time. Dav heads for his office. Opening the door, he sits behind his desk, turns on his terminal and begins composing his final report.) Pilots of Rho Squadron, Thanks to those of you who attended Captain Morgan's "Ground Rhovers" survival training session. We learned some valuable information about how to survive and evade capture if shot down behind enemy lines. I hope to see more of you at the upcoming sessions. Lieutenant Colonel Wietu will also be leading training sessions focused on dogfighting and flight maneuvers, aptly named "Star Rhovers". Please make time to attend these sessions as well, as I'm sure we all need to knock the rust off before Imperial Storm V begins. We have picked up a new recruit since the last report. Sub-Lieutenant Gorna Mago has been assigned to Rho 11. Please assist me with welcoming them aboard and getting them acclimated to Rho Squadron. Finally, I have informed TIE Corps Command that I will be stepping down from the post of Rho Squadron Commander. This has been a long time coming. I suppose I was just waiting for the right opportunity, and I feel that time is now. I will still be one of the twelve pilots in Rho, just stepping back to a less active role. Rho Squadron Executive Officer Captain Alexandre Morgan will be replacing me as Squadron Commander in the near future. It has been an honor and a privilege to lead Rho Squadron over the course of my two tours of duty. As I've said before, a Commander is only as good as their squadron, and Rho Squadron is one of the best. For peace and order throughout the galaxy! For the Empire! |
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| COMPETITIONS |
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The full list of current competitions can be found in the Competitions Center. Ground Rhovers and Star Rhovers Alternating Friday nights on a weekly basis, starting on February 3rd, 2023, Rho Squadron will gather and play Star Wars EA Battlefront II or Star Wars Squadrons together. The event will conclude after 6 bi-weekly opportunities for each game, with the final opportunity on April 21st, 2023. For a pilot to be successfully marked as participating in a session, a screenshot of the group with all names visible must be sent to the competition runner. These screenshots are accepted throughout the entirety of each participant's local Friday time. Whoever attends the most play sessions for each game over the time period f are awarded an IS-SW. The runner-ups are awarded an IS-BW, and the third place an IS-CW. Any pilot who attends three or more of the six sessions for each game is also awarded an ORA. 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 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. TIE Corps Jigsaw Puzzle Part 2 For 4 months, each month a new puzzle will be announced and pilots will compete for the best time with medals up for grabs for the top four fastest pilots as well as points accrued. At the end of each season, the top five pilots with the most points accrued will earn medals based on performance. In the event of a tie, the tie breaker will go to the pilot with the most 1st place wins. Rules: Screenshots need to show the number of pieces from the bottom-left corner of the screen, the time shown in the middle, and the completed puzzle. Working through the puzzle multiple times and using all the options available in the app are allowed, except one: Don't change the number of pieces from 80. Pilots are encouraged to create a profile on https//www.jigsawplanet.com/ for extra fun and competition. When you're satisfied with your time, take a screenshot and send it to vapinvanman@gmail.com. One entry per pilot, multiple submissions will not be accepted and only the first submission will be counted. Have fun pilots! For pilots that are members of our Elite Dangerous squadron ([EH94]), we offer you "It's Them, Blast Them!". For the next five months, we want you to email Miles Prower (via tc-itsthem-blastthem@googlegroups.com), a screenshot of your bounty voucher sheet for your session. (Example here). Your run will be plugged into this Google Sheet. This sheet is protected from editing by anyone outside of the competition managers and other key personnel. At the end of the competition, a sort operation will be performed on the month's sheet and a validation check performed. After this validation, placement and awards will be set out and announced! |
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Rho Squadron - Deep Strike |
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Flight I [1-1] LC Westric Davalorn
[1-2] LT Skwidjm
[1-3] CM Cray Xerious
[1-4] LCM Bronx Bluar
Flight II [2-1] CPT Alexandre “ossusplayz” Morgan
[2-2] LT Jax
[2-3] CPT FamePlane
[2-4] SL Chuundar
Flight III [3-1] LC fr0Zen
[3-2] LT Tarlo Keeg
[3-3] SL Gorna Mago
[3-4] LT Rotarg Kradak
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| CLOSING COMMENTS |
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Thanks again to everyone in Rho Squadron, on the ISDII Warrior, and in the Emperor's Hammer TIE Corps who has offered support and guidance during my tenure as Squadron Commander. I've thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity and look forward to the next phase in Rho Squadron's story! |
Rho Report # 14 (2023-02-06)
This report was submitted by CMDR/LC Westric Davalorn/Rho/Wing II/ISDII Warrior/Battlegroup II
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