GM_Kadann | Welcome all to another Vast Empire meeting |
GM_Kadann | I'd like to start by welcoming back SM Talon |
GM_Kadann | It's good to have you back all in one piece |
SM_DJM_Talon|COM_CEO_Claw | Thank you, sir. Good to be back. |
GM_Kadann | As another note, I've been pretty busy lately so haven't had much time to do any site updates |
GM_Kadann | Hopefully between Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks I'll find some time |
GM_Kadann | I am also going to be updating the server IP address....so hopefully I can get that done without any downtime |
GM_Kadann | but just as a heads up, you'll all know why if you can't access it later today |
GM_Kadann | Next week, I'll be gone pretty much the whole time |
GM_Kadann | Will be up in CO with the family for the holiday |
GM_Kadann | I'll go ahead and say the meeting for next week will be cancelled unless those that are here want to have one |
GM_Kadann | Let's move on to some reports |
GM_Kadann | Talon, do you have anything to report today? |
SM_DJM_Talon|COM_CEO_Claw | Just a quick report. Thanks. |
SM_DJM_Talon|COM_CEO_Claw | Well, I've caught up on the random posts on ComNet. I'm still getting back up to speed on the stories. I know you've all been waiting a while for the rest of Chapter 8. I'll see what we can do to get that wrapped up and speed us along to Chapter 9. |
SM_DJM_Talon|COM_CEO_Claw | As for the Dark Jedi Order, it's time to start rolling along again. We'll be assisting the rest of the Vast Empire in their push to the Core. |
SM_DJM_Talon|COM_CEO_Claw | That's all I have for now. |
GM_Kadann | Thanks Talon |
GM_Kadann | Now onto some division reports |
GM_Kadann | If someone has the Navy report today, msg me now |
GM_Kadann | Fury, do you have the Army report today? |
SM_Fury | I do Lord Kadann. |
SM_Fury | And it is a doozy. So stick around folks and indulge me. |
SM_Fury | I have a lot of notes from Rizzit and I haven't embellished them much beyond his. That said, they may be typos and they are likely mine, so an early apology. |
SM_Fury | I want to address, primarily, the recent competition and hand out award to that end. |
SM_Fury | Before I get to that, I want to acknowledge the recent roster changes and new duty stations for some of our leaders. Kairo, as many of you know, is now the Platoon Leader for Storm Platoon. It is our hope to rebuild our ranks and give him some proper squads to work with. |
SM_Fury | In the interim, Slick is now the latest in a long line of high quality Raiders SLs (I'm biased, having held the job myself). |
SM_Fury | Hellra is picking up the reins to the Dark Dragoons. |
SM_Fury | Good luck to all of them. |
SM_Fury | And to all the Lancers who are now in new home squads, I hope you find the transition easy and that you bring the same high levels of activity that your old squad had. |
SM_Fury | Now, to the awards and promotions. |
SM_Fury | Will Slick, Darr-Rann, and Sniping 101 step forward. |
| * LCPL_Darr-Rann|SCRW_Demonic steps forward |
| * CPL_Slick steps forward |
| * SSG_Sniping101 steps forward |
SM_Fury | Mind, I'm working off notes here, but I want you to know I have seconded Rizzit's comments. |
SM_Fury | By now I think we all know the sacrifice Slick made to end our staffing issues. He made our decision for us, and at great personal risk to his standing in the club. He opened himself up to insult, flaming, harassment, and other such affronts. He stayed with us though, and kept his head. He is awarded the Cross of Resolve which I think applies to this situation, plus a promotion to Sergeant (SGT). We need more like him who can conduct themselve |
SM_Fury | And please let me know if any of this cuts out. |
SM_Fury | Ah |
SM_Fury | We need more like him who can conduct themselves in a manner befitting an officer. Slick is also been recognized with the fine job of turning Lancer around after TK-112 left, which is one more reason to recognize him. |
SM_Fury | And for my input, for the whole record of service he has given us, I award him the Crescent of Heroism as well. |
SM_Fury | Congratulations. |
| * SM_Fury salutes |
| * CPL_Slick salutes |
SM_Fury | Darr-Rann stood by Slick in the whole Lancer closeout issue. He wasn't happy about it, but knew that Slick made the decision he felt was right, no matter how hard it was for him. |
SM_Fury | He is awarded him the Cross of Resolve for knowing that it was best not to argue, rather to accept the changes and move on. A promotion to Corporal (CPL) is his reward. |
| * SM_Fury salutes |
| * CPL_Darr-Rann|SCRW_Demonic salutes |
SM_Fury | Sniping 101 |
SM_Fury | I think most of us old timers have been amazed by this trooper's recent activity. Sniping 101 has been the life of Wraith squad...the backbone of the team since Lukas Yuy left. He has definitely earned a promotion to Gunnery Sergeant (GSG) and the Cross of Distinguished Service. |
| * SM_Fury salutes |
SM_Fury | hmm |
SM_Fury | We will acknowledge Sniping's work offline apparently. |
SM_Fury | Let us move on. |
SM_Fury | Angel, Hellra, and Yillis please step forward |
| * CPL_Yillis steps forward |
| * UNI_CPL_Hellra steps forward |
| * DJK_SSG_Angel steps up |
SM_Fury | Angel |
SM_Fury | He did say he didn't care about the competition but he competed nonetheless. I guess he couldn't stand to see either himself or his squad dishonored. Angel is awarded the Iron Heart medal. |
| * SM_Fury salutes |
SM_Fury | You old softy |
| * DJK_SSG_Angel bows |
SM_Fury | Hellra |
SM_Fury | Where do you start? She knows when to get involved and when to stay out of situations. Her activity is always at |
SM_Fury | a constant pace. She inspires activity, and tries to keep disputes to a minimum. Even with the recent closeout of Lancer, she's tried to help keep her squadmates calm. |
SM_Fury | Due to not only this, but the competition results she is promoted to Sergeant (SGT) and awarded the Crescent of Resolve. |
SM_Fury | Hellra is also the new Squad Leader for the Dark Dragoons. Buy her a pint for that later on. |
| * SM_Fury salutes |
| * UNI_CPL_Hellra salutes |
SM_Fury | Yillis |
SM_Fury | Here is a case of a trooper who, when he is participating, does a damn good job. Aside from the recent Lancer closeout issues, he's always a steady trooper. He did do a deal of gaming for the competition and that must be recognized. He is awarded the Gold Shield. |
| * SM_Fury salutes |
| * CPL_Yillis salutes |
SM_Fury | Thanks folks. |
SM_Fury | I want to reference a litany of other deserving participants in the recent comp and then add some notes. |
SM_Fury | Congrats to all those who are receiving awards today. They did the work and earned the rewards they are receiving. |
SM_Fury | If you wish to look up what your medals mean, please refer to the relevant manual section at: http://stc-manual.stormtroopercorps.com/medals.html |
SM_Fury | Kami |
SM_Fury | Promoted to Gunnery Sergeant (GSG) for her outstanding leadership and activity. |
SM_Fury | Gavyn Kanu |
SM_Fury | Between his overall activity, and his contributions, I award him the Emperor's Will 2nd Class and a promotion to Corporal (CPL). |
SM_Fury | Eviscares |
SM_Fury | This trooper has done a lot of graphics work for the competition. For his efforts he will receive the Emperor's Shield 2nd Class. |
SM_Fury | Kairo |
SM_Fury | As always, he has been a faithful trooper and an even more impressive Squad Leader. As we all know, he is being promoted to the Platoon Level in Storm Platoon. Kairo's most recent efforts have earned him a promotion to Gunnery Sergeant (GSG) and the Crescent of Valor. |
SM_Fury | Zafo |
SM_Fury | Zafo has always been a faithful trooper. Under Afyon he served without question, and under Kairo the same faithfulness continued. In this competition his activity stepped up a notch. I am thereby awarding him the Emperor's Will 2nd Class and a promotion to Senior Sergeant (SSG). |
SM_Fury | Giovanni Bryden |
SM_Fury | Gio is another good trooper. I think the same thing could be said about him, as Zafo. I'm awarding him promotion to Sergeant (SGT) and the Emperor's Shield 1st Class. |
SM_Fury | Sandwich Sam |
SM_Fury | Sam is an active gamer more than anything. He has also recently constructed a Dark Dragoons webpage. He has earned the Gold Shield for his gaming, the Blue Medallion for his webpage, as well as a promotion to Sergeant (SGT). |
SM_Fury | Pawn of Dragons |
SM_Fury | Pawn of Dragons has been an active trooper from day one. His contributions have earned him a promotion to Corporal (CPL). |
SM_Fury | Garet Daimun |
SM_Fury | Garet is a faithful trooper and is always willing to help out his squad and the Corps in general. He was a bit |
SM_Fury | stressed due to the Lancer closeout, but he came around. His activity was good during the competition, and he has earned a promotion to Corporal (CPL) and the Emperor's Shield 2nd Class. |
SM_Fury | Marka |
SM_Fury | For a new trooper, Marka has shown great promise and it is important that we recognize his activity. He is awarded the Emperor's Shield 2nd Class for his high activity so soon after joining the Corps. |
SM_Fury | Kuroishi |
SM_Fury | Kuroishi definately fought a hopelessly dead group of squads with Cosmic trying to keep the hope alive. He is promoted to Platoon Sergeant (PSG) and awarded the Emperor's Will 2nd Class. |
SM_Fury | Raziel |
SM_Fury | Raziel has been a faithful trooper in all regards, whether as platoon adjutant or squad leader and ARC leader, he just pitches in and gives it his all. He was on both ends of the recent comp: planning and coordinating, as well as participatin. He has earned a promotion to Captain (CPT) and is awarded the Iron Heart. |
SM_Fury | Contrary to popular belief, Nightstalkers is not void of activity. The following Nighstalkers are promoted to the noted ranks for thier contributions to the competition. They were not given much to do but made the most out of it. |
SM_Fury | Alasse - Corporal (CPL) |
SM_Fury | Nicholas Star - Lance Corporal (LCP) |
SM_Fury | Phenix - Lance Corporal (LCP) |
SM_Fury | Now as we all know there was a Graphic Competition. The winner would recieve the honor of having their submission win as an avatar for the default selection of pictures. |
SM_Fury | Rizzit has chosen to submit one per platoon. The first one, I think truly depicts the efforts made by Wildcard and their stories. I award Sniping 101 the winner of the Graphics Competition for Wildcard. The Storm Winner was a bit difficult to choose. Yillis and Ramon Stonefish both had good avatars, but Fish's shined just a bit more and his is the winner of the Storm avatar. Eviscares receives an honorable mention for his icon pack, as does a |
SM_Fury | At least, they will once I get around to finishing up the entries, which should be later today. |
SM_Fury | Lastly, I'd like to thank those that helped organize this competition. It started out with simply Rizzit and TJ who wrote all the stories and found the planets for this. Raziel has helped in any way possible. Cosmic, TJ, and Rizzit all kept track of our individual storylines. Every single post. Cosmic kept updating his group of dying troopers with info in case they were lost. TJ did an admirable job here. He tracked all the games, on top of th |
SM_Fury | Raziel has already been recognized for his work. TJ has since re-retired but I award him the Cross of the Empire for his efforts. |
SM_Fury | Cosmic, please step forward |
SM_Fury | Well, we know his connection has been flaky today. |
SM_Fury | Cosmic, as you all know, is always on the job. It's a mostly thankless task, but a very necessary one at that. On the side, he does work for just about everyone else in the Corps too. It is high time he earn another change to his rank cylinder. Cosmic is are hereby promoted to Major General (MG). Congratulations. |
SM_Fury | Rizzit, for so many reasons, but primarily the recent competition and for picking up my slack while work kept me too busy, is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (LTC). |
SM_Fury | The competition had it's highs and lows but for the most part was the high activity mark of the Corps this year. |
SM_Fury | We can - and should - do better but now you new troopers know where we need to go from here. |
SM_Fury | I am working on some backend stuff, providing a brief timeline to give you a grasp on what has occurred in the galaxy that may affect us. |
SM_Fury | I am hoping to get a map up by later this week. Maybe a series of them. |
SM_Fury | I will link those from ComNet and likely put an entry in the wiki about it. |
SM_Fury | I want you all to do us a favor before the holidays get you tied up. |
SM_Fury | Clean up and update your websites. Get your ID lines in order. It helps us a lot (especially when it is time to give medals, heh.) |
SM_Fury | Go get Battlefront II and let's start playing this game. I have fallen in love with the shotgun. |
SM_Fury | Alright, I've taken enough of your day. Have a good week folks. Happy Thanksgiving and I'll see you in a couple weeks for the next meeting. |
GM_Kadann | Thanks Fury |
GM_Kadann | And congratulations to all those who received promotions and medals |
GM_Kadann | Shazam, you have the Navy report today? |
ESN_Shazam | Yes sir |
ESN_Shazam | Well, the Navy has kind of been a jumble of random events thus far, but I think this week we've kind of sorted things |
ESN_Shazam | We've been getting recruits in high enough numbers at short enough times its actual difficult to keep up |
ESN_Shazam | However, with the allowence of a few promotions, things have gone into motion |
ESN_Shazam | As you've probably seen in the news, Will has been given the position of SC for Kaph Squadron, which allows him full control of the group |
ESN_Shazam | I've been given Wing Commander, which means my responsibilities are no longer those of Nazgul alone |
ESN_Shazam | Any recruit that goes through the academy will see me now, and I will help them through to make sure they are ready for the groups that truly need them. |
ESN_Shazam | Kaph itself has, I think, tripled in capacity since we've been allowed to send recruits through |
ESN_Shazam | But that also means that the numbers in the squadrons are equalling out, and we're beginning to reach a state of normalcy |
ESN_Shazam | as for individual Squadron reports, they all come down to stories |
ESN_Shazam | with the new recruits flooding in, the challenge is to incorporate them into the already active stories, but I must commend Will because he seems to have done it smoothly. |
ESN_Shazam | It looks like the Navy is balancing out and on the rise, and you can certainly expect a barrage of promotions within the coming weeks |
ESN_Shazam | Now is the time to shine for anyone in the Navy, and that's all I have to say really |
ESN_Shazam | thanks |
GM_Kadann | Thanks Shazam |
GM_Kadann | Ok...and now the time you've all been waiting for |
GM_Kadann | The first 3 people to msg me will get to pick the numbers this week for the lottery |
GM_Kadann | ok...type !lotterypick when you're ready |
Darr-Gone | lol |
Darr-Gone | um |
Darr-Gone | !lotterypick |
GM_Kadann | LOTTERY NUMBER: 6 |
Darr-Gone | bye everyone |
CPL_Yillis | !lotterypick |
ESN_Shazam | !Lotterypick |
GM_Kadann | LOTTERY NUMBER: 21 |
GM_Kadann | LOTTERY NUMBER: 34 |
GM_Kadann | there we go |
GM_Kadann | 6-21-34 |
GM_Kadann | And there you have it |
GM_Kadann | the lottery numbers for the 19,000,000 ICs |
GM_Kadann | If anyone has anything else to add... |
GM_Kadann | too bad |
GM_Kadann | Dismissed |