Delta Report # 56 (2013-11-24)

This report was submitted by CMDR/COL Anahorn Dempsey/Delta/Wing I/ISDII Hammer


  Delta Squadron Weekly Report #56 2013.11.24 

This week in the report:

  • Commander's notes
  • In the headlines this week
  • Joke of the week
  • Squadron activity report
  • Important Competitions
  • Squadron roster
  • Medals and promotions
  • Wrapping up
     
  •   Commander's notes

    Well, once again we have reached a first, people: this was the first ever week of trivia where every single pilot (well, everyone but me) scored points! Congrats to all! Unfortunately, only one can win the medal, so grats to COL BubbaX. Still - your participation matters. After all - getting a set number of points will get you an award as well, so all the points you scored are not lost!

    For the rest, it's been a pretty quiet week. Save the good news that COL Zosite K. Styles has been able to get his hands on a database backup from 2005. So instead of losing everything, we only lost a little, and GA Ronin for having kept this backup for so long!

    The Returnee's Activity Hunt competition is coming along smoothly with 4 entries so far and 1 more week to go. So far, we have one participant from Delta, but I'm hopinh for more!

    On the happy news front: two more people received a Grand Order of the Emperor! Grats to the TCCOM, HA Daniel Bonini for his, grats to COL Zosite K. Styles for his. Getting one of those top level medals as a line pilot is extraordinary! Also - grats to FA Jarek Laan for his Gold Star of the Empire. All three are in my opinion very well deserved!

    In my running tally of the Delta's FCHG Points Hunt competition, I'm glad to say there is movement in the stats! John T Clark earned 1 point (2 total), I earned 2 pts (6 total), Nutrientman earned 3 pts (3 total). As such, the current standings are: CPT Kronar and myself (6p), GN Pellaeon (5 pts), CPT Kroan (4 pts), CPT Nutrientman (3 pts), COL BubbaX, CPT Clark (2 pts). There's 6 more days to earn points folks, so do what you can. Each of you has plenty of holes in your flight record of missions you can fly to earn points. Add to that the multiplayer option (each win scores a point too!), and if you really want to show off your skills, get some high scores for 2 points a piece!

    In closing, I'd like to blow my own horn a little: with my current flying activity, I broke the 1000 missions flown barrier for this year, and thus am well set to win Ace of the Year for the third time. Slightly disappointed since the first time I won that with 3100 missions and the second time with 2315. I guess this year's number reflects that trend :)
     

      In the headlines this week

  • GS for Laan, GOEs for Styles and Bonini!
     
  •   Joke of the week

    A duck walks into a post office and asks the man behind the counter: "Do you have any corn?"
    The man answers politely: "No, we don't have any corn here."

    The next day, the duck enters again and asks: "Do you have any corn?"
    Annoyed, the man answers: "No! We don't have any corn."

    This goes on for a couple of days until finally, when the duck asks "Do you have any corn?", the man gets so upset he yells: "NO! For the last time we don't have any corn, and if you ask again I'll nail your beak to the counter!"

    The next day, the duck returns and asks: "Do you have any nails?"
    The man answers: "No."
    Then the duck asks: "Do you have any corn?"
     

      Squadron Activity report

    You know the drill - this just shows who did what, assuming I know of it. Usually I will. If you did something that should have been here - send me an e-mail :)

  • COL Anahorn Dempsey
    FCHG rank: Archon (4747 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   IRC activity
        »   running the weekly trivia
        »   running other squadron and TC wide competitions
        »   flew 60 missions - eat my ion dust! (XvT IS 1, FCHG 5, ID 2, IW 1,5,7-11, XWATC 1,2) with 1 mission HS
        »   TAC stuff

  • GN Gilad Pelleaon
    FCHG rank: Tesserarius (1225 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 round of weekly trivia

  • CM Shado Fenn
    FCHG rank: none (0 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia

  • CPT John T. Clark
    FCHG rank: Knight (281 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia
        »   flew 1 mission (TIE free 284)
        »   released FL report

  • LCM Jaorrus Morraus
    FCHG rank: Gallant (237 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   2 rounds of trivia

  • COL BubbaX
    FCHG rank: Aquilifer (614 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia
        »   winner of Weekly Trivia #157

  • CPT Ras Kronar
    FCHG rank: Paladin (388 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia

  • COL Aticus Jade
    FCHG rank: Grenadier (13 pts)
        »   reassigned to Flight II Flight Leader
        »   e-mail contact
        »   IRC activity
        »   1 round of trivia
        »   released FL report

  • CPT Nutrientman
    FCHG rank: Legionnaire (482 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   IRC activity
        »   flew 1 mission (TIE free 285) with mission HS!
        »   1 round of weekly trivia
     
  •   Important Competitions

    Competitions are the livelihood of this thing we do for fun. I encourage all of you to enter as many competitions as you want to/can. And just let me know about it! Don't forget to check out the website for more information.

  • Delta's Weekly Trivia
    Each day of the week (Mon-Fri) you will receive an email with a trivia
    question, same as before. 3 pts for the first correct answer, 2 pts for
    second and 1 pt for 3rd. At the end of the week, the one with the
    most points wins the shiny. As usual, there's extra shinies available for
    accumulating set amounts of points.

  • Ace of the TIE Corps
    Each mission flown during a month will count towards your score, with shinies for the top 3 pilots.
    At the end of the year, the TC's Top Gun will win a rare IS-PW!

  • Delta's FCHG points hunt
    The Delta pilot who gains most FCHG points during November wins. If more than 2 pilots submit pilotfiles, I can
    offer up an IS-SW for the winner!

  • Returnee's Activity Hunt
    With so many pilots returning to active duty, here's a little competition just for them - write a small fiction
    (1 page max) about your return! IS-SR/BR for the winners!
     
  •   Squadron roster

    Delta Squadron
    Squadron mission: Reconnaissance
    Message Board: http://www.emperorshammer.org/messageboard/viewforum.php?f=128
    Motto: Celerant mortalis
    Base: ISD-II Hammer
    Website: http://deltasquad.emperorshammer.org
    Nickname: Razor of Retribution
    Squadron reports: http://www.emperorshammer.org/unitreports.php?id=145

    FLIGHT I: The Razor's Edge - Novaculum mortalis

    CMDR COL Anahorn Dempsey
    TBA
    FM GN Gilad Pelleaon
    FM CM Shado Fenn

    FLIGHT II: The Razor's Touch - Strike first - strike once

    FL CPT John T. Clark
    FM LCM Jaorrus Morraus
    FM COL BubbaX
    FM CPT Ras Kronar

    FLIGHT III: The Razor's Sting - Sine metu

    FL COL Aticus Jade
    TBA
    TBA
    FM CPT Nutrientman
     
      Medals and promotions

    BubbaX: IS-BR
     
      Wrapping up

    It's a good week. And with the current activity in the squadron, I'm pondering a competition to end the year. Perhaps a mixed thing again to give everyone a chance to compete. More on that in my next report since I would like toi start that off when December begins, which is next Sunday. That also means next Sunday will see the awarding of medals for the FCHG Hunt competition. The Activity Hunt for returnees will take longer since 4 people have to grade the stories. But - there's also monthly evaluations to be done next week, so if you want to increase the odds of nailing an extra shinie, this is your chance :)

    CMDR/COL Anahorn Dempsey/Delta/Wing I/ISDII Hammer
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    {IU:C/TC, C/DB, C/DIR, S, UL, CRD, EJE, TD, REP, WM, FT, IO, INST, MI, BTL, LDR, WD, AIM, ICQ, MS1, TLN, ASP, BX, CSS, CBX, DW, FLA, LIN, GFX, IBX, JS, WIKI, PHP, VBS, XML, MAN1, MAN2, WKS, INO, HIST, INO, INTEL, PRER, GR, SPW, HAD, GHA, THR, OSS, M/1/2, SM/3/4, IIC/1/2/3, IA, ARG/1, STM}
     


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