GE Meeting #53

[Jagged Fel]

<FA_Fel> All hands, attention on deck!
* FA_Fel sets mode: +m
* FA_Fel changes topic to 'GE Meeting #53 Underway - Announcements || http://www.empirereborn.net/'
<FA_Fel> Greetings Imperial Officers and Citizens, and welcome to the 53rd GE:ER Meeting!
<FA_Fel> Official Rosters currently stand at 70 active Imperials, with an overall membership count of 921 officers...!
<FA_Fel> As usual, please do NOT message myself or other chanOPs with announcements until invited to do so...
<FA_Fel> That said, I have the honour of beginning announcements.
<FA_Fel> -= News from the Office of the Supreme Commander =-
<FA_Fel> 1) Combat Medallions
<FA_Fel> Combat medallions were made somewhat obsolete when the rosters were re-organized... They relied upon a certain number of people in a unit. As they were a source of unit pride, I would like to continue them, though this time with the following structure:
<FA_Fel> 1 member has completed a mission - bronze medallion
<FA_Fel> 2 members - silver medallion
<FA_Fel> all members - gold medallion
<FA_Fel> Combat medallions will apply to all units throughout the Empire.
<FA_Fel> --
<FA_Fel> 2) Ladders Reminder
<FA_Fel> To stimulate ladder activity in some platforms that have seen a recent drop-off, for the summer ladders I have a little extra reward in mind for the winners of the following ladders, assuming at least ten matches are played in them: Empire at War, Battlefront II, X-Wing Alliance.
<FA_Fel> I hope to be handing out awards come the October meeting!
<FA_Fel> --
<FA_Fel> 3) ICTE Reminder
<FA_Fel> As per usual, the Inter-Club Training Event (ICTE) is taking place in #outerrim this afternoon.
<FA_Fel> Represent the Empire and win yourself an Imperial Combat Cross!
<FA_Fel> --
<FA_Fel> 4) Promotion of the Tactical Co-Ordinator
<FA_Fel> After many months of dedicated service to the Empire in the capacity of Tactical Co-ordinator, I hereby promote Rear Admiral Mar to the rank of Vice Admiral!
<FA_Fel> Please extend to him your congratulations.
<FA_Fel> -= End of Section =-
<FA_Fel> I also have the meeting notes for General Antillies, which I will present now...
<FA_Fel> --Status of the Imperial Army--
<FA_Fel> 1. The Empire is composed of 13(-2) officers, 16(+6) cadets, 5(-1) companies, and 2 Brigades.
<FA_Fel> Lots of news, hurray!
<FA_Fel> 2. Recruitment Drive
<FA_Fel> Stealing the idea from AD Fel, if any army officer can successfully recruit a new member and have him/her graduate within a timely manner, I will be awarding a MoM in addition to the automatic MoX (or variant thereof).
<FA_Fel> Please remember that the GE favors quality of its officers of quantity.
<FA_Fel> We'd rather have some one who takes the time to get involved and not the person who says "This is kinda cool" and then goes AWOL in a week.
<FA_Fel> 3. Imperial Seal and Graphic Art Competitions
<FA_Fel> Due to lack of interest, I am shutting down both the Imperial Seal and Graphic Art compeititions.
<FA_Fel> However, if anyone is still interested in creating graphic art, please email me and we can work something out.
<FA_Fel> 4. JA Dedicated Server
<FA_Fel> I am thinking of hosting a JA dedicated server for recruitment and multiplayer purposes.
<FA_Fel> I've tested it and it works fine on my end but it will require additional testing before it goes live, if it does.
<FA_Fel> I will release more news when/if it looks like it's ready and a good idea.
<FA_Fel> 5. Imperial Army Site Updated!
<FA_Fel> As was long overdue, the Imperial Army Site (www.army.empirereborn.net) has been successfully updated and made current.
<FA_Fel> I have opted to place a welcome page where the news page used to exist simply because any news I would have would be communicated through a different medium.
<FA_Fel> In addition to the old, I have added two new navigational tabs: Field Manual and Vanguard Base. I will explain each momentarily.
<FA_Fel> Comments, questions, or suggestions for the Army site are always appreciated.
<FA_Fel> Please send them to CoA@empirereborn.net.
<FA_Fel> 6. Imperial Field Manual
<FA_Fel> As I have perhaps hinted at, I am currently writing the Imperial Army Field Manual, a source of material supplemental to the Officer's Manual that is designed to elaborate on things specific to the Army.
<FA_Fel> Such topics covered will be the structure of the Imperial Army, both organizational and for GE purposes, Imperial Army Procedure, bits and pieces of Army operational doctrine, and other things.
<FA_Fel> Should any officer have interest in developing content for the manual, I am more than willing to hear your ideas and reward you for your efforts if they prove substantial.
<FA_Fel> Please keep in mind that any content would have to be Army-specific and something that is not covered within the OM.
<FA_Fel> Ideas can be both practical and/or fictional, but everything needs to be of quality.
<FA_Fel> 7. Vanguard Base
<FA_Fel> Vanguard Base will (hopefully) be the seat of organized GE operations within the Star Wars Galaxies Emulator, a pre-combat upgrade and "omg Jedi!" version of SWG that intends to revert to the traditional and beloved gameplay the game was intended to provide.
<FA_Fel> After being introduced to SWGEmu by EF Arajuo, LCL Hazledine and myself have investigated and found the community to be enthusiastic, of good size, and overall very promising.
<FA_Fel> Vanguard Base is intended to be the seat of a GE-centered community/operation that LCL Hazledine and I hope to create.
<FA_Fel> Should everything proceed as planned, it is my desire to have Vanguard Base be a source of recruits should the community prove hospitable enough and a SWGEmu unit be opened up.
<FA_Fel> We of course welcome everyone who wishes to participate and in order to do so you must simply own a retail version of the original SWG and have downloaded the SWGEmu client, details of how to get both will be uploaded onto the site shortly.
<FA_Fel> SWGEmu exists, right now, as a test server only as the finally improvements and projects are completed for the emulator itself and the TC.
<FA_Fel> More news on Vanguard Base to come.
<FA_Fel> 8. New Recruit Recognition
<FA_Fel> Lastly, I would like to welcome PV2 Dran Lokar and recognize him for his good beginning activity.
<FA_Fel> In the last few weeks we have seen the army's numbers fall, but it is reassuring to have (hopefully) a good crop of cadets coming up.
<FA_Fel> Keep up the good work, Private!
<FA_Fel> --End Section--
<FA_Fel> Admiral JaggedFel, news for us today?
<AD_JagFel> Yes sir
<FA_Fel> Please proceed.
<AD_JagFel> -= Imperial Navy News =-
<AD_JagFel> 1. Current Navy membership is 31 (-3) Officers, with 7 (-5) Cadets in the Academy.
<AD_JagFel> --
<AD_JagFel> 2. Another CO steps down
<AD_JagFel> Citing RL restrictions, LT O'Moran stepped down from Iota Lead last night.
<AD_JagFel> A replacement situation has not been determined at this time.
<AD_JagFel> --
<AD_JagFel> 3. Recruitment Bonuses
<AD_JagFel> Due to the dwindling numbers, I will be awarding medals to officers that can recruit cadets and graduate them into squadrons.
<AD_JagFel> Note that this does not apply to EaW cadets, they must register as TIE, XvT or XWA.
<AD_JagFel> Awards will depend on the response, and are not limited to the Navy.
<AD_JagFel> --
<AD_JagFel> 4. AWOL check coming
<AD_JagFel> In the coming days there will be a Navy-wide AWOL check issued.
<AD_JagFel> I'm aware that this is still the summer season, as such officers will have an extended time to report in.
<AD_JagFel> With the dwindling numbers it is best to have an accurate count of who is actually present.
<AD_JagFel> More information when the official email is sent.
<AD_JagFel> -= IDMR News =-
<AD_JagFel> A couple font editing tools have been released, see the thread on the Message Boards for examples.
<AD_JagFel> --
<AD_JagFel> The icons for the XWA map interface are complete, minor adjustments to the interface are still required before it can be released.
<AD_JagFel> -= fin =-
<FA_Fel> Thank you.
<FA_Fel> Lord Syrtaras, anything for us today?
<FA_Fel> From the Emperor's Court, no news is often good news...
* FA_Fel sets mode: +v RA_Mar
<FA_Fel> Admiral Mar, anything to announce today?
<RA_Mar> yes Sir
<RA_Mar> ---=== News from the Office for Tactical Coordination ===---
<RA_Mar> Greetings Fellow Imperials.
<RA_Mar> Things are starting to settle down in RL and I have started working again on Custom Made Missions. Yay! :p
<RA_Mar> But please continu to be patient, as I cannot work full time on this.
<RA_Mar> Sir. Got to go...
<FA_Fel> I'll continue, in that case.
<FA_Fel> Thank you.
<FA_Fel> --== New Combat Chamber Mission ==--
<FA_Fel> ERS-253 Should be out this weekend.
<FA_Fel> Made by LT Fenix. The Mission name is Convoy Ambush.
<FA_Fel> A *LOT* of ships in this one folks. ;)
<FA_Fel> --== ITPT ==--
<FA_Fel> Active ITPs, please report to IS.net when you have a chance.
<FA_Fel> We'll start by re-establishing contact there and see what we have left to do.
<FA_Fel> --== Scimitar Squadron ==--
<FA_Fel> No news this month. Summer being the lowest season in activity, I do not expect a lot of action for now.
<FA_Fel> Still. Ladders are open and it is a good way to show you are still worhty of carrying the Scimitar CallSign. ;)
<FA_Fel> ICTE activity should resume soon.
<FA_Fel> --== the End ==--
<FA_Fel> If anyone else has announcements for us today, please /w me now.
<FA_Fel> Seeing none, we shall move to open discussion.
* FA_Fel changes topic to 'GE Meeting #53 Underway - Open Discussion! || http://www.empirereborn.net/'
* FA_Fel sets mode: -m
<Araujo> look ma' I'm famous
<FA_Fel> Unfortunately, I must be going now as well, so I will turn the meeting over to Admiral JaggedFel.
<FA_Fel> Thank you to all attendees!
* FA_Fel is now known as Fel
<Araujo> *S*
<Araujo> well, where do I sign up for outerrim , I can do xvt
<Araujo> and xwa
<AD_JagFel> join the channel, there's a bot in there where you can sign up to play, providing they're running it
<AD_JagFel> DJB likes to halt ICTE to run their internal games every now and then
<Munro_Burton> Bot ICTE mode is still off right now.
<RA_Mar> Back. And thank you.
<Araujo> kk
<Munro_Burton> According to the site, ICTE's running now. I have to say, since they totally removed the human element, it's gone downhill a lot. :P
<Araujo> well it helps if you actually see people interested
<Araujo> so I agree
<AD_JagFel> yeah, they got really lazy using the site to report, I liked having the spreadsheets :P
<Munro_Burton> That's what I mean. Used to have Karel and Malidir encouraging people to play.
<Munro_Burton> Yeah, sheets are good. :P
<Araujo> somebody should pull a pellaeon: if nobody leads it then do it yourself
<Munro_Burton> We can't hijack the ICTE. :P
<Araujo> but its saturday and ppl is planning to go somewhere for summer vacations
<Araujo> ...humans...
<AD_JagFel> I've got the code for the ICTE bots, I rewrote it several times for them :P
<Araujo> hmmm Munro: nothing a few turbolaser shots can't solve
<Araujo> or just threat them to kill their firstborn son, that usually works on the internet
<Araujo> ah so we have the bots then?
<Araujo> do you think they'll be pissed if we do their job?
<Araujo> when they're too lazy for it, specially?
<AD_JagFel> we don't have access to the site, and it's always been their thing
<Munro_Burton> Tbh, I don't think they care about the ICTE.
<AD_JagFel> ^
<AD_JagFel> At least not anymore, they're comletely phoning it in
<Munro_Burton> But yeah, knowing the DJB, they'd be furious over it :P
<Araujo> not interested and won't let others do it...that's how you kill any event
<Munro_Burton> There's no reason to hijack it, though. :P
<Munro_Burton> As long as the site still works, ICTE will always run on saturdays.
<LT_Falcon> we don't have to hijack it. We could retool it and give it a name of our own. We don't need DJB to run our saterdays.
<Araujo> yup
<Araujo> when asked why we could just say "we did it for the lulz"
<Munro_Burton> What retooling? What would you change?
<AD_JagFel> it's also not very "inter-club" anymore, when I have to check scoresit's mostly GE players now :P
<Araujo> whats the djb up to nowadays then?
<Araujo> I thought they were big on Jedi knight series
<LT_Falcon> We could change it to reflect the GE more in appearance and form. Give it a Imperial channel and use it as a recruitment tool.
<Araujo> ok
<Araujo> recruiting in old games is somehow hard btw
<Araujo> but that would be a first step
<AD_JagFel> Well, seeing how discussion has slowed, I think it's a good time to close the logs.
<AD_JagFel> Thanks to those who attended!
* AD_JagFel changes topic to 'GE Meeting #53 Concluded! || http://www.empirereborn.net/'

[LGN_Antillies]

Congratulations, Vice Admiral Mar. You just can't seem to stop moving away from the rank of commodore :-)

[Mike Mar]

Yeah I know.

I've told you many times...

The Fels hate me. :p

[Fel]

If you are sure you want to be a commodore, that can be arranged...! :P

[Mike Mar]

I am.

in Scimitar. :p

Oh no... now Jagged will have notice and will try to promote me again!!!