GG_Fury | Welcome to another Vast Empire meeting. I assume Shazam has the Naval report so I'll turn it over to him when I'm done. |
GG_Fury | First off, our Fantasy Football league still has room for more members. Find the thread on LoungeNet, head over to Yahoo Sports and sign up with the VEFL this season. |
GG_Fury | Last year was a surprise final, let's see if this year will be just as interesting. |
GG_Fury | As most of you know, I haven't been around much thanks to my real life job and the poor internet I get on the road. So, I hope to ease some of that by trying to release products into the store more often. |
GG_Fury | This week, the Army gets a new close support TIE model, based off of a concept sketch by LucasFilm. |
GG_Fury | As time goes on, I hope to get to your infinities and requests, particularly for a new naval support craft. |
GG_Fury | Stay tuned. |
GG_Fury | Alright, as for the army.... |
GG_Fury | COL Rizzit kicked off an army-wide AWOL check and I asked the squad leaders for anything they need from us to do their jobs better. |
GG_Fury | In sum total, we at least got access rights and the rosters a bit cleaner. |
GG_Fury | We also have some promotions to announce. |
GG_Fury | Rogueboy has jumped in and has given us some reasons to smile in this low activity period. For his efforts he is promoted to Lance Corporal. |
GG_Fury | Buy him a cold beverage when next you see him. |
| * PFC_Typex3 Steps foward. |
GG_Fury | Another of our new troopers has been literally all over the place since joining, asking what he can do to help. |
GG_Fury | Typex3, you are promoted to Lance Corporal for pitching in when and where you can. |
GG_Fury | Congrats. |
| * GG_Fury salutes |
| * PFC_Typex3 Returns the Salute |
GG_Fury | Alright. |
GG_Fury | As most of you know, the next chapter of the Vast Empire story is coming soon. |
GG_Fury | I encourage you to wrap up whatever stories you are working on, or to at least find a way to shelve them for awhile. |
GG_Fury | I'd like to give Talon the time to manage the chapter before ducking underwater again. |
GG_Fury | As for the rest, as usual I am open to ideas. I know we've got some revamping of some of our processes so let's keep that up. |
GG_Fury | I wish I could say I'll be around more, but the schedule doesn't make that look likely soon. |
GG_Fury | I'm off again tomorrow and may work on another IC side story just to amuse myself if nothing else. |
GG_Fury | Unless there are other comments, I'll turn this over to Shazam. |
GG_Fury | Alright, let's hear from the Navy. |
CMD_Shazam | Alrighty then |
CMD_Shazam | since the completion of the ESC a little over a week ago the activity really hasn't dropped in terms of whos around and posting |
CMD_Shazam | While summer makes people surprisingly busy, and yes- people have lives, we have kept up a remarkable amount of activity and for that I applaud all the leaders |
CMD_Shazam | Of note in the advent of all this activity are the awesome contributions Arturus has been making to the VEN. He's basically collected the total number of story post for each person in the Navy and because of that we're able to branch off and create some pretty cool things, one of which would be the career medals |
CMD_Shazam | I believe there are a total of seven, starting with bronze and working up to diamond, but you receive in accordance with how many total post Art has counted for you- along with that is a massive overhaul of our records, in particular individual pilot records of who has what and who's been where |
CMD_Shazam | That's all occuring on the wiki which is showing time and time again how beneficial it can be |
CMD_Shazam | Besides that, Art, Japheth and myself have been talking quietly about some improvements in the Navy, especially in terms of fluid speed, quality and the use of somewhat overlooked positions like 'Flight Leads.' Basically, we want every position to have an exact purpose so its not vague at all for those who are in them |
CMD_Shazam | Art had suggested speeding up the academy because a week long course is pretty long for anybody, and instead of automating everything we're going to go with a system, once approved by Japheth, where we hire out 'Operaters' and 'Trainers.' |
CMD_Shazam | Operaters will have some specifications and requirements of course, but they'll basically sign up for any type of media they can like MSN, AOL and IRC so new recruits can get in contact with someone immedietly |
CMD_Shazam | Trainers on the other hand will actually okay assignments and pass people along in the Basic Training Department |
CMD_Shazam | They will be a pilot first, an operater second- although extra pay will be provided and a nice looking commendation for promotions |
CMD_Shazam | I'm still working out the exact details, but it looks like the adjutant system will basically become extinct and an actual command line will be created |
CMD_Shazam | As for individual squadrons, they're either working on finishing ESC stories, starting new ones linked to those stories or starting vacation stories |
CMD_Shazam | I haven't really been filled in on whats going on with the next chapter, so I'm certainly going to have to get in contact with Talon and Japheth to see what's going on. This way we can atleast know what to expect and not have it sprung on us in the middle of three on-going missions |
CMD_Shazam | Also, I'll be seeing about some extra promotions that I didn't get the chance to supplement due to my absence throughout the last couple of weeks |
CMD_Shazam | Thanks for taking the time to listen folks- rock on. |
GG_Fury | Thanks Shazam. |
GG_Fury | That's it for this week. Have a good one. |