Delta Report # 115 (2015-02-01)

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


  Delta Squadron Weekly Report #115 2015.02.01 

This week in the report:

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

    As the first month of 2015 ends, it's time to tally up. The GOG Games - TIE Fighter I think is off to a great start, with 9 submissions. Congrats to GN Pickled Yoda for taking down Battle 1!

    full results:

    #PINnamescore (ll)killsrankelevation
    1 9555GN Pickled Yoda 270,074127Commander 2nd Circle
    212945GN Dempsey 247,174127Commander 2nd Circle
    3 8385CPT Repulsor 236,605106Captain First Initiate
    4 6252COL Master 235,456 98Captain 2nd Circle
    5 345COL Gyssler 220,065100Captain 2nd Circle
    6 346MAJ Plif 213,565 76Captain First Initiate
    7 3342LC Michael Emrys 131,016 35Captain First Initiate
    813050LT Sparky 116,184 42Captain First Initiate
    9 3034VA Elwood the Brave 66,462 37LieutenantFirst Initiate

    I expect several people to reach the final rank in the game (General) next month. It will be awhile before people start reaching serious Secret Order ranks though!

    If you read my email, you'll know I decided to skip the requirement of using a fresh pilotfile for each battle. You can use the same pilotfile everytime. This will allow you to gain ranks and rack up more points. An extra IS-SW has been added to the competition for all those who manage to reach the final rank in the Secret Order of the Emperor: The Emperor's Reach.

    Unfortunately, the Mobile Gaming Mania stayed stuck at two entries. Maybe I'll run it again in the future, but not this month.

    I'm also very happy with myself - this week I broke the barrier of 500 MP victories with the counter now standing at 501 :) Thanks to COM Woody - I've been flying a helluvalot of StarConflict with him these weeks )with, not against), and winning by far most of them.

    As another month is over, it also means the next MSE is due. And we've only barely recovered from the last one. Go Hammer!

    To all those who bought LucasArts games on gog.com - remember to check back there once in awhile. They regularly release updates for the games you bought, which you van download at no additional cost. X-wing Alliance and Dark Forces were updated earlier this week! I assume it's minor bug fixes.

    Speaking of GOG - this week they released even more games - Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, Republic Commando and Star Wars Starfighter have been added to the collection. And still they're not done, as we're still waiting for things like Jedi Academy to be released!

    We have our first 2-time winner in the weekly riddles competition, as COM Woody took down last week's riddle. Who will be the first to 5?

    Not much more to say. I hope the X-wing version of the GOG games will see some submissions soon. Don't wait till the last moment to fly them - the game has no in-game cheats to use, and there's more missions than in a TIE battle!
     

      In the headlines this week

  • Grats to me and Woody on our Silver Stars of the Empire for December!
  • HA Frodo is still missing in action. I wonder how many Twi'lek girls he's with right now....
  • More games released on GOG!
  • Pickled Yoda wins TIE Fighter Battle 1
     
  •   Riddle of the week

    Every week, the report will have a riddle. First 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!

    This week's riddle: A bag is filled with 5 marbles, 3 of which are blue and 2 of which are red. Tessa, Michelle and Julia each randomly pick one marble from the bag and place it so that they cannot see which color marble they picked. However, Tessa can see which marbles Michelle and Julia have picked, Michelle can only see the marble that Julia picked, while Julia cannot see any marbles at all.
    First, Tessa is asked if she knows which marble she has, and she says no.
    When the same question is then asked of Michelle, she also says no.
    When lastly we ask Julia which color marble she has, she says yes, and she will be right.
    Explain how Julia knows the color of her marble.

    Last week's winner: VA Elwood the Brave

    Current standings: VA Woody: 2; COL La'an, CPT Fenn: 1
     

      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 (5925 pts)
    Combat rating: Top Ace 4th (511 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   mailing list activity
        »   IRC activity
        »   running weekly trivia
        »   flew 3 battle/15 missions (TIEF 105, XvTF 116, XWAF 90, XvTTC 2,3,4)
        »   flew some StarConflict with 59 victories
        »   BSFing pilotfiles for COM Woody
        »   participated in HoP (x3) and HoR (x2)
        »   winner of HoP (x3), HoP January, HoR (x1), 2nd in HoR (x1), 2nd in HoR January, 2nd HPotM

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

  • LCM Simomime
    FCHG rank: Cavalier (173 pts)
    Combat rating: Elite 3rd (172 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   1 round 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: Legionnaire (423 pts)
    Combat rating: Trainee (3 pts)
        »   e-mail contact
        »   5 rounds of weekly trivia
        »   flew 2 mission (TIEF 105, XvTF 116)
        »   released FL report
        »   participated in HoP (x2)
        »   2nd place in HoP (x2)
        »   submitted reviews to Compendium
        »   winner of Weekly trivia #218

  • 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)
        »   no contact

  • LCM Nylan
    FCHG rank: Paladin (334 pts)
    Combat rating: none (0 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/Combat Recon matches (most kills wins) and Domination/Beacon Hunt 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.

    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!

  • Star Conflict PvE Initiative
    Send your SC PvE debriefing screenshots in. They will be graded for efficiency and grouping with other TC pilots.
    Monthly IS-GW/SW/BW available.

  • The GOG Games: TIE Fighter
    Fly one original TIE Battle a month. Highest score wins, participation also earns medals.

  • The GOG Games: X-wing
    Fly one original X-wing Tour of Duty in 2 months. Highest score wins, participation also earns medals.

  • Dempsey's Weekly Riddles
    Each Delta report has a riddle. First one with the correct answer wins!

  • Word Run-on
    One-word-at-a-time style Run-on. Highest post counts wins. Go here to enter
     
  •   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
    TBA
    TBA
    TBA
     
      Medals and promotions

  • Dempsey: CR Ace 1st -> Top Ace 4th

  • Dempsey: IS-SW (x6), IS-BW (3), IS-GR (x1), LoC (x59)
  • MAJ Clark: IS-BW (x3), IS-BR
     
  •   Wrapping up

    Time to evaluate this month and compare it to my goals for the year (are you doing the same?)

  • be promoted to Imperator in the Fleet Commander's Honor Guard (232/307 points done - 76%)
  • be promoted to Tan in the Combat Ratings (144/633 done - 23%)
  • earn at least 150 IS-*W medals (35/150 done - 23%)
  • close at least 200 bug reports (0/200 done - 0%)

    If you paid attention you'll see I changed my goal for the combat rating, it was Ace 4th (already reached) so now I'm gunning for the top spot! As usual, the closing of bug reports is behind schedule. Overall though, I'm happy with my progress :)

    CMDR/GN Anahorn Dempsey/Delta/Wing I/ISDII Hammer
    MoH/ICx2/GOEx2/GSx6/SSx8/BSx16/PCx9/ISMx5/IS-5PW-53GW-135SW-96BW-3PR-13GR-10SR-34BR/MoI/MoT-45rh-49gh-9bh/LoC-RS-TS-IS-CSx3/DFC-Rx2/MoC-4doc-4poc-6goc-5soc-40boc/CoLx8/CoEx3/CoB/OV-7E [TMPR] [Ace 1st]
    {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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