ISD-II Challenge
Commodore HA Dempsey reporting
Report ID: H.AD.009
Report date: september 27, 2020
Commodore's speech
As the days aboard the ISD-II Challenge progressed, Dempsey could see her three squadrons growing into real contenders. With any luck, the mighty warship would soon reclaim the position it once had as the best of the ships in the Fleet. There was just one thing bothering her.
Gremlins in the hyperdrive.
Well, they probably weren't real gremlins, since no one had ever seen an actual gremlin. Or maybe they were, because the creatures they were catching down there were also something no one had ever seen before. And so, the name 'gremlin' had stuck. So far, over two dozen had been caught. A few had been killed for study, some had been shipped off to Aurora Prime, and the rest had just been tossed into space. Which left Dempsey with one mystery left: where in name of the Sith did these things come from? And why didn't she sense them in the Force? Well, two questions then. It bothered her. No one knew of creatures that didn't leave a trail in the Force. Rancors were suspected of having this ability, but rancors were pretty rare these days.And she didn't fancy going out and finding one to test the theory.
As for the origin of these creatures, she was completely at a loss, as was everyone else in the Fleet. Maybe the Warrior's Commodore knew. Or his infernal Wing Commander. Maybe the\ time had come to pay a visit and poke around over there. And maybe leave a few gremlins behind.
Raise the Flag is nearly done, with only 3 days left to get in some points. At this point, I think we can be pretty certain the Warrior is back to its old tricks and taking the win again. As it seems, we're locked in for second place, but with a few bonus competitions still awaiting results, there's a lot of points up for grabs. We've still got one pilot in the top 3, so as far as I'm concerned, we did good. Besides, did we really ant to win this thing? There'd be nothing left to do in next year's competition. This result will definitely leave us plenty of room to improve.
Biggest news the past week of course was a second change in Command aboard this ship, as CPT Drake Starfire decided to hand over the reigns of Inferno squadron to a relatively new pilot in the Fleet, LCM EvilGrin who was groomed for this positionj by COL Doyon. The now Commander EvilGrin has also grabbed himself a position as COO Assistant, so expect a lot from him!
We also saw the return of an old veteran to active duty, as CPT Kalve Ryder decided to pay us a visit and take up a FM position in Tempest sqn. Welcome back, Captain! I hoped you liked that battle you flew :)
Inferno's pilots also saw some belated medals coming in for the monthly evaluations. Grats to the recipients! Also, kudos to GN Phoenix Berkana who finally got his hands on the Bronze Star of the Empire he had earned himself in July!
Lastly for this week, I should probably get off my lazy arse and get onto Discord as it seems Telegram is dying. Which is too bad, I liked it.
PS: I'm not sure if my schedule next week will allow a report on Sunday. If not, you might get it on Saturday, Monday, or I might skip a week altogether,
News headlines this week
RtF nearly finished
New commander for Inferno sqn
Transfers, promotions and medals this week
TRANSFERS
LCM EvilGrin: Beta 3-1 -> Inferno 1-1
CPT Drake Starfire: Inferno 1-1 -> Inferno 2-1
CPT Kalve Ryder: M/FRG Phoenix -> Tempest 2-4
RANK PROMOTIONS
SL Sat Nav promoted to Lieutenant
LCM EvilGrin: promoted to Commander
FLEET COMMANDER'S HONOR GUARD ADVANCEMENTS
LT Ny`Irfa: Paladin -> Legionnaire
COL Naiilo: Hussar -> Fusilier -> Dragoon
COMBAT RATINGS ADVANCEMENTS
none this week
COOP/PvE RATINGS ADVANCEMENTS
SL Sat Nav: none -> Beginner
MEDALS
SL Sat Nav: LoS (x4)
LT Hawkins: ISM
LT WoofWolffe: IS-BW
CM Aval: IS-BR
CPT Starfire: IS-BR
COL Naiilo: IS-BW (x2), LoC (x12), LoS
GN Berkana: BS
GN Polo: LoS (x5)
HA Dempsey: LoS (x60)
Commodore activity report
communications: e-mail, telegram
SP flying: none, my T/D is infested with gremlins
MP flying: 60 SC missions
other: nope
FCHG status: Imperator (4,546 pts = +0)
Combat rating: Tan (5,010 pts = +0)
COOP/PvE rating: Top Ace ranger (10,737 pts = +60)
Competitions currently running
Challenge ship-wide competitions:
Challenge Pilot of the month (SP/MP) (SP/MP flying)
Dempsey's Weekly Screenshots (trivia)
Trivia for the Challenged (trivia)
Challenge squadron competitions:
Inferno's Class Show and Tell (Inferno)
Wielder of the Inferno (Inferno)
Ship Recognition quiz (Thunder)
Thunder Trivia (Thunder)
Thunder TIES on Tour (Thunder)
Commodore's Competitions
Dempsey's Weekly Screenshots
Every week, the report will have a screenshot. Not necessaarily from a Star Wars movie. First Challenge pilot to send the correct answer to the mailing list wins. Each victory earns you an IS-BR. Unless it's a 5th victory, you then get a IS-SR. Unless it's a 10th victory, which gives you an IS-GR. A 25th victory will give you an IS-PR!
Remember - your answer has to go to the list.
Current screenshot:
Last week's winner: CPT Drake Starfire
Current standings: CPT Drake Starfire: 4pt, CPT Hermann, LC Phalk Sturm, COL Silwar Naiilo, GN Berkana: 1pt
Challenge Pilot of the Month
One point per mission flown for the SP part of this competition, and 1 point per LoC/LoS for the MP part of this competition. Stats will be taken from the killboards.
September SP standings:
CPT Hermann: 583 missions
LC Phalk Sturm: 345 missions
LT Mark Ny'Irfa: 217 missions
GN Phoenix Berkana: 73 missions
COL Silwar Naiilo: 69 missions
HA Anahorn Dempsey: 28 missions
CM EvilGrin: 27 missions
CM Aval: 15 missions
CPT Kalve Ryder: 5 missions
LT Neko: 1 mission
September MP standings:
HA Dempsey: 226 victories
COL Silwar Naiilo: 53 victories
CM EvilGrin: 52 victories
CPT Sparky: 11 victories
GN Dunta Polo: 23 victories
LT Iam thinking: 4 victories
LT Rick Skyward: 2 victories
LT Sat Nav: 1 victory
Wrapping up
Few people improved their idle status from last week's report. I do hope that will change, or I'm going to have to start buying tickets on the next transport to the M/FRG Phoenix.
And be warned, they will be coming out of your paychecks....
COM-TACA-FSE/HA Anahorn Dempsey/ISDII Challenge, signing off
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