REPORTING OFFICER: Rear Admiral Alexandre Morgan, Squadron Commander

RECIPIENTS: General Gilbert H. Frown, Wing II; cc: Rho Squadron

DATE SUBMITTED: 08.11.2023

(Morgan sat at his desk, a blank document open for him to compose his report, but no words came easily. The memories and emotions of his time as squadron commander came easily, sure – the exhaustion and joy of the late nights in the sim pods joking around with squadmates; the pride and warmth seeing his squadron become a family during ReMob; the excitement of the new TIE/rh Rhodium ships; the happiness at the squadron’s demonstration of skill against the Ishtari – but it was all hard to translate into words.

It was a bittersweet moment for him. He was stepping down from the commander spot, but he wasn’t going away – his time priorities had suddenly shifted, and he couldn’t do it all anymore. Morgan had promised he’d visit Balain as much as possible. He’d enjoy the Flight Member life for sure, the lack of paperwork and meetings a welcome change, as well as the increased leave time. 

And there was no doubt in his mind the squadron was in capable hands. COL fr0Zen was to step back up to the plate, and nobody bleeded Rho Squadron quite as much as he did. And while LC Davalorn was to take fr0Zen’s SQXO spot, repeating history quite poetically, there was a new addition to the command structure for the squadron: LCM Isabis Kamaria was to rise to the Flight III Leader spot, and begin to learn the ropes of command from two of the best.

The quiet hiss of his door opening brought Morgan back to his reality. Cam stepped through, or at least a female officer so unbelievably nondescript that it had to be a generated hologram. “You all ready?” she asked.

“I’ve got to finish this report, and then yes. Is the ship set up?”

“The Homeward Bound’s in the hangar. The sooner we get it out of there, the sooner Mix will stop fretting himself into a frenzy,” she laughed.

Morgan chuckled, and pointed to one of the pictures on the walls. “While you wait on me, can you bring that to my new quarters?”

Cam looked at the one I had selected, and raised her eyebrows. “I’m surprised you had it made up so quickly, and a physical copy at that.” It was a squad photo, the entirety of Rho Squadron smiling, arm in arm, standing in front of one of the newly created TIE/rh Rhodium craft. Its silvered hull and the pilot’s medals on their dress uniform shone in the Tusorixian sun, only outglowed by the smiles on the pilot’s faces. It was the family portrait. 

“Rush job, had to have it before I left,” Morgan explained. 

Cam nodded, took the photo, and walked out, tossing a casual salute on the way out.

Morgan sat back in his chair and sighed. “One final report, and then I can leave. Let’s do it.”

Pilots of the Rho Family,

It’s been the biggest honor, the highest privilege, and the most fun to serve as Rho’s commander for these past seven months. I’ll keep this brief, because it’s no longer my moment to blab on about how great we are – I am very happily passing that mantle to fr0, who’s done it with skill and beauty before and will again – but I would be remiss to not sing praises once more. These past months, our squadron became our family. We flew, we wrote, we designed (more on this soon…), and we became the group that the whole TIE Corps can look to in envy. I’m proud of my family, and I’m beyond grateful for my time at the head of it.

Our most recent achievement (approved only hours ago) is one of our biggest, and one of the biggest out of any squadron in the TIE Corps recently, too. The custom ship that six of us have spend the last month designing was finally approved! Check out the TIE Rhodium section below. 

It’s been an awesome restorative July, and an equally awesome seven months. Thank you all for the memories and the opportunity to lead the family, and I’m excited to continue my service in a new chapter now!

For Rho Squadron! Long may it reign!

• The TIE/rh Rhodium is official and approved! It'll be our official craft as soon as the IO is able to implement it into the system.
• fr0Zen will be our new squadron commander, with Davalorn our SQXO and Isabis Kamaria our new Flight Leader. I'm super excited for this, and happy to work underneath their command.
• Check out LC Davalorn's continuing competitions in the Competitions section below! One is a weekly trivia competition, and the other is a screenshot-based propaganda one! They both promise to continue to be great fun.
• The participation details below constitute the entire month of July, from 7.01 to 7.31.

The TIE/rh Rhodium has officially been approved by command, and will be available for us to implement on the site soon! This has led to our new temporary motto, which you should all take a look at for the limited time it's available... hehehe

Check out the official discord announcement for all the details, but in summary: our new ship, designed by myself, Davalorn, fr0Zen, Isabis, Maston, and Ispep, kicks official ass. We compiled a proposal document with fiction, graphics, and technical details, an amazing product. I encourage all y'all to read through the whole thing here and be truly amazed by the work this team created over the month we worked on it! 

The full list of current competitions can be found in the Competitions Center.

War(rior) Correspondents (Davalorn)

General Frown has requested that all pilots begin recording their heroic exploits to be used for propaganda, recruiting, and boosting morale for the folks back home.

Pilots are encouraged to use in-game methods (such as turning off HUD elements) to improve the quality of their screenshots. Winning submissions for each category will be determined at the end of each month by a popular vote.

For August, the category is Empire at War.

• Only one screenshot per pilot per category. Make sure you submit your best effort!
• Only original in-game screenshots will be accepted. No edited/Photoshopped images are allowed.
• No modifications (aside from Battle Center custom missions, XWAUP, and TFTC) may be used.
• 4 points for 1st Place, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd, and 1 for submitting a screenshot.
• Category Awards: IS-SR for 1st, IS-BR for 2nd, IS-CR for 3rd, ORA for 3 categories
• Total Awards: IS-GR for 1st, IS-SR for 2nd, IS-CR for 3rd, IS-CR for 4th

Wondering Warriors Trivia (Davalorn)

Five trivia questions will be sent out each week using the Timed Test feature on the site. Correct answers earn points and the quickest response times (time taken between starting and submitting test) get more points!

• Max points per week: 15pts; correct answer: 1pt per question
• Correct answer with quickest time: +2pts per question; Correct answer with second quickest time: +1pt per question
• Whoever has the most points at the end of the week wins an IS-BR
• Every month, the highest scoring pilot wins an IS-SR, with the second place pilot earning an IS-BR, and third place an IS-CR
• At season's end, first place earns an IS-GR, second place an IS-SR, third an IS-BR and fourth place an IS-CR
• ORA awarded for every 25 questions answered

Rho Squadron - Deep Strike
The Steam Rhollers || 'Fancy as Fuck'
Wing II - ISDII Warrior - Battlegroup II

Flight I - TIE Avenger
Dagger Flight || 'Death Comes on Dagger Wings'
[1-1] RA Alexandre Morgan
[1-2] LT Skwidjm
[1-3] (LCM) Ispep
[1-4] LT Alexmadv Corachan

Flight II - TIE Avenger
Emperor's Will || 'In Peace, Vigilance - In War, Victory - In Death, Sacrifice'
[2-1] COL fr0Zen
[2-2] LT Jaquel Rainrix
[2-3] CPT FamePlane
[2-4] LCM Maston Dane

Flight III - TIE Avenger
Nightshrikes || 'Hunters of the Void'
[3-1] LC Westric Davalorn
[3-2] LT OL"Davy Jonez
[3-3] LCM Isabis Kamaria
[3-4] LT Rotarg Kradak

Flight I

[1-1] RA Alexandre Morgan

• Flying: 4 LoS, 6 LoC
• Non-flying: Competition Participation (a couple... trying to do this report before they yank CMDR from me so I'll cut this corner gladly lol)

[1-2] LT Skwidjm

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none

[1-3] (LCM) Ispep

• Flying: 330 LoC
• Non-flying: Competition Participation (SWTOR Conquest), TIE Rhodium Creation

[1-4] LT Alexmadv Corachan

• Flying: 11 LoC
• Non-flying: none

Flight II

[2-1] COL fr0Zen

• Flying: 4 SP Missions, 26 LoC
• Non-flying: TIE Rhodium Creation

[2-2] LT Jaquel Rainrix

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none

[2-3] CPT FamePlane

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none

[2-4] LCM Maston Dane

• Flying: 41 LoC, 66 LoS
• Non-flying: Competition Participation (Wondering Warriors, War(rior) Correspondents); TIE Rhodium Creation

Fligt III

[3-1] LC Westric Davalorn

• Flying: 85 LoS
• Non-flying: Competition Participation (War(rior) Correspondents, SWTOR Conquest); TIE Rhodium Creation

[3-2] LT OL"Davy Jonez

• Flying: 27 LoC
• Non-flying: none

[3-3] LCM Isabis Kamaria

• Flying: 160 LoC, 20 LoS
• Non-flying: Competition Participation (Wondering Warriors, War(rior) Correspondents, SWTOR Conquest, Saturday Shootouts); TIE Rhodium Creation

[3-4] LT Rotarg Kradak

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none

This section takes the space to congratulate pilots on position promotions, non-flight medals awarded, and newly achieved ratings, as well as adding a little personal comment for the pilots.

RA Alexandre Morgan 

• insert self-complimentary phrase here

LT Skwidjm

• Happy EHTC Birthday! 
• Order of the Vanguard awarded! Getting old there! 

LT Ispep

• Thanks for your help with the TIE Rhodium! It's been a hell of a project! 
• Medal of Instruction awarded!
• New Combat Rating (PvP) Rank Awarded: Veteran 3rd -- Elite 4th
• Flight Certification Wings Awarded -- 11th, 12th Echelons

LT Alexmadv Corachan

• Looking forward to more VC with you! SWS with you is always the best, pro support! 
• New Combat Rating (PvP) Rank Awarded: Marksman 4th

COL fr0Zen

• Big time ready to being a FM under a fr0Zen Rho Squadron again!

LT Jaquel Rainrix

• I hope things are going well for ya! We'll always be here for ya.

LC FamePlane

• Love the pics of the baby, pretty good justification of not flying as much haha

LCM Maston Dane

• Congratulations on the promotion! Thanks to your unparalleled dedication and consistency, ReMob was a success! 
• New Combat Rating (PvP) Rank Awarded: Marksman 1st, Officer 4th
• New Combat Rating (PvE) Rank Awarded: Gunner's Mate 2nd
• Flight Certification Wings Awarded: 10th Echelon

LC Westric Davlorn

• Davalorn as SQXO again under a fr0 command? History is repeating itself...
• Qualification Awarded: Certificate in Writing

LT OL"Davy Jonez

• It's always a treat to catch ya on comms, I hope that that'll happen more and more often as I get more time from not CMDRing! 

LCM Isabis Kamaria

• Super excited to be serving under Rho Squadron's newest Flight Leader soon! 
• New Combat Rating (PvP) Rank Awarded: Veteran 4th, 3rd
• Flight Certification Wings Awarded: 11th Echelon

LT Rotarg Kradak

• It was amazing to have you out on VC so much this month! Looking forward to catching ya again whenever I can!

Signing off for the final time as your CMDR! It's been my favorite. Love you all!

RA Alexandre "ossus" Morgan
CMDR-CA:RO/RA Alexandre Morgan/Rho/Wing II/ISDII Warrior/Battlegroup II