Delta Report # 107 (2014-11-30)

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


  Delta Squadron Weekly Report #107 2014.11.30 

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

    It's been one heck of a week, fellow pilots! Some of it good, some of it bad, some of it just weird.

    You might have noticed a few discussions on the mailing list. First we had some ruckus over the awarding of the Commendations of Loyalty which were recommended three months ago. Frankly, we were a different TC then.... Unfortunately this led to our top gun in the multiplayer field, MAJ Cruise, catching a shuttle for the M/FRG Phoenix. Always sad to see someone go who grew up under my command... Next up, people were taliking about the COM participating in the Hammer on Patrol competition. Although there's nothing wrong with it in my book, as agreed upon by the TC COM, COM Woody decided to stop his participation in this competition. His choice, can't argue with it, but what surprises me the most is that all the "negative" comments were made by people who don't actually bother participating themselves.... Dafuq? It's not like he's winning medals that could have been yours....

    Fortunately, there's also plenty of good news this week.... COL Amasy and MAJ Krennel have stepped up to take the empty CMDR slots in Alpha and Beta, which ends CPT Nutrientman's interim commandership of beta, and he's been returned to Delta after a short stop on the Warrior to steal their booze for us. Good going, Captain!

    Lastly - there's a big Pazaak tournament starting up soon. I won't be playing, I don't see myself learning the rules overnight... Looks way too complicated.

    The end of the month is near, and so several monthly competitions have ended: Ace of the TC has come by and will probably see a victory for COM Woody, as he leads 2nd place by 36 sorties with less than 12 hours to go. My third place is pretty much locked up. Also, I dare say the Ace of the Year title can't escape me anymore... COM Woody is also almost assured a victory in the MP Ace competition, leading his only competition by over 150 victories! Good showing for you, sir!

    This week also saw a moment I have been looking forward to for years. Slide by me I mean. Finally, the entire mission compendium flown, only to be thwarted by a piece of crap battle (which I could fix seeing as I'm TAC), and the very very last battle I needed to complete, XW IW 7, which then crashed the game upon loading the very last mission I needed to fly. On both my computers, so it's definitely the mission. Not a clue why, I might have to rebuild the darn thing from scratch!

    Actually, that's a lie.... I didn't complete the SWGB or the JA missions (which don't count for me as they're not flying missions). Also, somehow in all my years of flying through the compendium I seem to have skipped TIE free 42 every time around. That is an easy fix. A less easy fix is a stupid action by one of my predecessors. I filled the gap that was TIE TC 43, but apparantly someone pulled the same stunt on BoP TC 10. Now I gotta make a BoP battle to patch up that hole. Targets for this year :)

    Ship wise, the Hammer on Patrol, Hammer on Recon, and Hammer Training Exercise #1 have all been wrapped up. With the level of participation in these competitions at a dramatic low, I had no trouble at all swiping up almost all the first place medals in the weekly rounds, and so the overall victories are once again mine. Special mention for MAJ Clark who was a solid participant as well! Wish there were more... (but I said that already, didn't I?) The only downside is I really wanted to see if I could have beaten MAJ Cruise with 16 assisted kills in the HTE competition, but he didn't submit an entry this week....

    Also - let's not forget about those Commendations of Loyalty! Congrats to all who have received one! The FC promised to not let the next round sit on his desk for this long, we'll hold him to that! I only wonder why only 4 of the 14 ended up on the Hammer. We'll have to do better than that next round!

    Last for the week: nope, I failed, TIE Golf still did not end. After COM Frodo picked a mission that ended in a tie, I picked one I thought wouldn't do the same, but alas, again both HA Frodo and MAJ Plif submitted the exact same score. In the end, I decided to create a free mission especially to break the TIE.... Let's hope it does!
     

      In the headlines this week

  • Grats to COL Almasy and MAJ Krennel on their CMDR job
  • WB to CPT Nutrientman
  • Goodbye and WB to LCM Simomime (don't ask...)
  • CoLs awarded! Grats to me, Woody, Clark and Gyssler! (and the rest but you're not on the Hammer)
  • HTE#1 ended with a dramatic participation rate, which was good for me and my medal count!
  • The same goes for HoP for this month
  • Pazaak!
  • I probably forgot something, so insert that here
     
  •   Joke of the week


     
      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 :)

  • GN Anahorn Dempsey
    FCHG rank: Templar (5575 pts)
    Combat rating: Ace 3rd (320 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   mailing list activity
        »   IRC activity
        »   running weekly trivia
        »   flew 5 battles/45 missions (TIEF 96,253; XvTF 102,198; BoPF 23; XWATC 3-5; XWAF 79;129; XWFCHG 1,
    XWCD 1; XWF 1-10) (10 MHS and 1 BHS)
        »   flew some StarConflict with 5 victories
        »   participated in HoP #35 (x3), HTE1 #4 (x5), HoR (x2)
        »   winner of HoP #35 (x2), HTE1 #4 (x5), HoR (x1), HoP November, HTE1 SP overall

  • CPT Nutrientman
    FCHG rank: Decurion (757 pts)
    Combat rating: Trainee (2 pts)
        »   rejoined Delta

  • LCM Simomime
    FCHG rank: Cavalier (173 pts)
    Combat rating: Elite 3rd (172 pts)
        »   e-mail activity
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia

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

  • MAJ John T. Clark
    FCHG rank: Paladin (389 pts)
    Combat rating: Trainee (3 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia
        »   released FL report
        »   flew 4 missions (TIEF 96,253; XvTF 102,198)
        »   participated in HoP #35 (x2), HTE1 (x2)
        »   winner of HoP #35 (x1)
        »   submitted 4 battle reviews
        »   winner of Weekly Trivia #210

  • LT Skek
    FCHG rank: none (0 pts)
    Combat rating: none (0 pts)
        »   no activity

  • COL BubbaX
    FCHG rank: Aquilifer (614 pts)
    Combat rating: Veteran 2nd (92 pts)
        »   e-mail contact

  • LCM Nylan
    FCHG rank: Paladin (334 pts)
    Combat rating: none (0 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   2 rounds of weekly trivia

  • LT Benjo
    FCHG rank: Hussar (59 pts)
    Combat rating: Officer 2nd (59 pts)
        »   no contact

  • LT Smashhawk
    FCHG rank: none (2 pts)
    Combat rating: Trainee (2 pts)
        »   no contact
     
  •   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 squadron competitions

  • 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.

    Wing I/ISDII Hammer competitions

  • Hammer on Patrol
    Each week the COM assigns 3 free missions in his report. Fly them for weekly points (highest score based),
    Weekly and overall winners on all sub.comps.

  • Hammer on Recon
    Each week, MP pilots can submit screenshots for Team Battle matches (most kills wins) and Domination matches
    (most beacons captured wins). At the end of the month, overall winners get extra shinies.

  • Hammer's Pilot of the Month
    For every flown SP mission from the TC mission compendium and for every LoC earned each pilot receives 1 point
    for the HPotM competition. The pilot with most points at the end of the month is the ISD II Hammer's
    Pilot of the month and receives an IS-GW. Second will receive an IS-SW and third an IS-BW.

  • Hammer Student of the Month
    Points for all IU/IWATS courses taken, bonus points for a perfect score. Whoever has most points at the end of
    the month wins.

    TC wide competitions

  • 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!

  • MP Ace of the TIE Corps
    Each multiplayer victory 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!
     
  •   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 GN Anahorn Dempsey
    FM CPT Nutrientman
    FM LCM Simomime
    FM CPT Shado Fenn

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

    FL MAJ John T. Clark
    FM LT Skek
    FM COL BubbaX
    TBA

    FLIGHT III: The Razor's Gleam - And in a flash it ended...

    FL LCM Nylan
    FM LT Benjo
    FM SL Smashhawk
    TBA
     
      Medals and promotions

  • GN Dempsey: CoL, LoC (x5)
  • MAJ John T. Clark: CoL, IS-BR
     
  •   Wrapping up

    Goals listed for this year:
  • be promoted to Templar in the Fleet Commander's Honor Guard (completed)
  • be promoted to Ace 1st class in the Combat Ratings (80 points to go)
  • reach 100 IS-SW medals (completed)
  • release 100 squadron reports (completed)
  • close at least 100 bug reports (78 to go)
  • create a BoP battle to fill the void that is BoP TC 10 (1 to go)
  • fly all flight sim missions in the compendium (2 to go)

    CMDR/GN Anahorn Dempsey/Delta/Wing I/ISDII Hammer
    MoH/ICx2/GOEx2/GSx6/SSx7/BSx15/PCx9/ISMx5/IS-4PW-50GW-116SW-61BW-3PR-12GR-10SR-34BR/MoI/MoT-44rh-48gh-9bh/LoC-RS-TS-CS/DFC-Rx2/MoC-4doc-4poc-6goc-5soc-40boc/CoLx7/CoEx3/CoB/OV-7E [TMPR] [Ace 3rd]
    {IWATS:MCBS-XAM-XMD-TM/1/2/TM/3-XTM/1-MP/2-AMP-XWAI-BFM-TT-XTT-SFT-CTW-AT-SU-CM2-MD1-DT3-ARTY1-VS4-ST-SC-SEA-SD-SZ-SR-AIR-CC-SFW-WPN-XWAC-ESET-ISET-TIE-SMA-AWAK-BWAK-XWAK-YWAK-SN4-SM/3/4}
    {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, IIC/1/2/3, IA, ARG/1, STM}
     


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