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Not bumping... But it sounds like the threat's back. I don't know whether or not to actually believe that this stuff is gonna happen or not. But I may be gone for some time once more... Expect the worst and hope for the best, I guess. =/ If I don't show, then assume I'm gone. I'll be back eventually.

Introduction [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: All righty. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get started. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: You maaay want to turn off avatars [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: . [18:02] Dralkanen Hextall: Hi Dr.nick! [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Before we get started, as usual, I do need everyone to be quiet and only interrupt when given the opportunity. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Out of turn talking will be ignored. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Having said that, let's get started. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Welcome, everyone! Glad you all could come. We've got a few topics to discuss this evening. First off, the weekly report from me: Imperator's Report [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: We're currently sitting at 221 active members; no unexpected disappearances this week. Three new invites into the main group. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: 19 apps last week. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Of which . . [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: 14 denied [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: One currently sitting in review. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Combat activity is up. Tons of raids this week. Damn good work there, for all of you. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: We had our first joint operation mission with the AN since 2006 a couple days ago. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Which brought back a firm victory against the 39th. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Currently, we're eyeing a few new groups on the combat scene: a Russian military group, called "DTK." [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: RoG has splintered into two groups: Ion, and the roG remnants. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Ion is still based in Zoha, whereas RoG has moved to Angel Haven. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: RoG is closed currently for rebuild. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: As a flurry of IMs noted to me: GR is currently allied with Ion. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Foreign policy is steady. No new incidents to report; Ordo is still clear on all regions, spare Sparta. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Kudos there. Divisional Reports [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Having said that, let's move on to division reports. Volunteers? [18:10] Sosarin Demar raises his hand. [18:10] Lestat Umarov: me [18:11] MikeMurdock McMillan raise a hand Astra [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Sosarin, for Astra. [18:11] Sosarin Demar: Astra's focus this week has been incorporating new pilots into the fold. I'd like to give a warm welcome to Trevor Russell and SirNick Alonzo. A lot of free time practice took place in addition to training sessions. I would like to thank those who helped to organize those. [18:11] Sosarin Demar: Decurion Desereck Creeggan has been stirring up some air drill concepts that may become a trend within Astra. Details are on the forum. Essentially, Astra will divvy into two teams to simulate air attacks -- particularly air to air engagements that will not disrupt daily operations. [18:12] Sosarin Demar: Air support responded adequately during combat. Our efforts will continue to concentrate on getting our newer pilots situated as well as toying with division specific event concepts. That concludes this week's report. [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. Thank you. Terra [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Lestat, for Terra. [18:12] Lestat Umarov: I'd like to start off by saying it's been a bittersweet week for terra. We're down two officers, Jayce Iredell and Soulbinder Wolfstein who are both on an extended leave of absense. I spoke with Legates Xiao recently and found he will likely not be returning for some time do to difficulties irl. During this time I'd like to ask the senior NCO's to step up the game, if you think you can do anything to better terra by all means either bring it up to either myself or whoever's in your chain of command. [18:13] Lestat Umarov: Bad news aside lets move onto the good news. [18:13] Lestat Umarov: Terra training has been happeing daily, with 7 fresh graduates as of last night. I'm impressed with each and everyone one of you, instructors and graduates alike. It's rewarding to see something that started out as a suggestion in full working order. Keep up the good work Instructors. I look forward to seeing more graduates before next weeks meeting. [18:13] Lestat Umarov: Terra training has been happeing daily, with 7 fresh graduates as of last night. I'm impressed with each and everyone one of you, instructors and graduates alike. It's rewarding to see something that started out as a suggestion in full working order. Keep up the good work Instructors. I look forward to seeing more graduates before next weeks meeting. [18:13] Lestat Umarov: On the Academies front, Praetorian Tretiak has been working on advanced mortar tactics for soldiers E-3 and above in Terra. If you're interested in attending read the forum thread for information. Altho I believe the classes are full up at the moment. [18:14] Lestat Umarov: To report on Antesignani, from Agares: "We're working on our training course and familiarizing all members with equipment and my command style. Things look bright. The Venerator is almost done with testing." [18:14] Lestat Umarov: On another note we're currently evaluating 3 different tanks, most likely only one of which will be chosen. I don't have any information on which will be so you'll just have to wait and see. That concludes my report for terra. [18:14] Gulliver Carpool raises his hand. [18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent, thank you Lestat. To add: we are situating replacements for the two officer's in question. Their presence will be missed, but their legacy will continue. Soulbinder has pledged to return eventually, when life allows. [18:15] Aryte Vesperia: In the mean time, Praetorian Agares Tretiak has stepped up to fill the role of Antesegnani CO. [18:15] Aryte Vesperia: That has taken some weight off the short-handed staff. [18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Mikemurdock, adding to Terra? [18:16] MikeMurdock McMillan: Yes sir. [18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Go ahead. [18:17] MikeMurdock McMillan: As of now Guardsman Tretiak has appointed me to assist with administrative duties for Astesignani. As of now I gave him some notecards for training ideas and obstacle courses for these training ideas. I also talked to him about leading alpha squad raids in the near future [18:17] MikeMurdock McMillan: For training I am still scheduling times for how many alpha squad members are on [18:18] MikeMurdock McMillan: as for raids I'm planning to see for joint operations with astra/navis and other alpha squads. that concludes my report sir. [18:18] Sekonda Huet raises a hand. [18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Well spoken. Navis [18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver, for the boys in Navis? [18:18] Gulliver Carpool: I have a prepared statement from Ethan on behalf of Navis. [18:18] Gulliver Carpool: "Navis has the following to report for this week: Firstly, Thanatos is beta testing is progressing well. While I would have liked to have had it ready for issue today, a problem was found with the rockets. While we're not quite sure what's causing it, the rockets have been reportedly leaving some targets alive after explosion. This, of course, is clearly a problem when it comes to purging heretics, so Syl is looking into it. Secondly, I've gotten with Sera, and had her install a new Training mode on the Navis firearms. This training mode will allow the Navis firearm line be used on the firing range, so they can be used to qualify for Marksman awards. The only remaining step for the guns is for Tenaki and Sera to get together and get the animations sorted out. After this, they'll be packaged up into the keycard vendor and sent off to Aryte. [18:19] Gulliver Carpool: "Thirdly, I'm noticing new members begin to trickle into our ranks. This delights me greatly. To those of you who have been putting the word out and sending people our way, I thank you. Those of you who have friends who are interested in Navis but who have questions, feel free to send them my way, or to Keystone. On a related note, I've been considering a new recruitment campaign for Navis. I'll have more on this later, but those of you who are skilled in Photoshop will likely be tapped for the creation of posters and other Navis advertisements." [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Anything further, Mr. Carpool? Armatura [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Sekonda Huet; Terra, Armatura? [18:22] Sekonda Huet: I was going to add to Terra for Armatura, we're 7 cadets out this week thanks to two raids. There's been a polciy chang ein which it is now required to be Armatura Graduated if you wish to participate in Alpha Squadrony things. Most Terra will be automatically invited to Armatura but if you aren't please nudge on eo fthe Instructors, me, Endra, Keller, Tandem, Zrazor etc. Thanks to the Imperator for approving two Raids and again thanks to th instructors who have contniued to work. That's me :3 [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Academy/Praetorians [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Any further unit reports this evening? [18:22] Agares Tretiak raises his hand. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Agares Tretiak. [18:22] Agares Tretiak: Thank you, my lord. [18:23] Agares Tretiak: The Academys are open! I will hold another mortar class wednesday. there are 4 open slots. I will put up the post after the meeting. Sign up if you think you can make it. [18:24] Agares Tretiak: Also, the RPaetorians would like to offically announce and welcome Syl Kiranov and Intus Infinity into our sacred Brotherhood. e are glad to have them among us. [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Anything further? [18:25] Aelus Janus raises his hand. [18:26] Agares Tretiak: Oh. uh. No, that's it, my lord. [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Frumentarii [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Janus, of the Frumentarii. [18:28] Aelus Janus: As most of you are currently aware, there has been a subtle shift of power--You will now come to me with any information you feel is necessary to report. The Frumentarii is watching, always. [18:28] Aelus Janus: That is all. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: . . [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Hahaha. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Any further reports? [18:29] Sera Otoro: raises... [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: . . Oh, and Tiridates. Aelus has replaced Intus. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Tiridates can stop IMing me in surprise. [18:29] Tiridates Mikadze: I know sir. [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Sera. [18:30] Sera Otoro: antesignani... expect the venerator to be out soon... as of now it is currently in the testing stages... myself... agares... and lestat are helping with that... [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Great, thank you. [18:31] Sera Otoro: that is all... [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: It's an impressive machine, so I'm sure we all look forward to it. Keynote Discussion [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: All right, on to keynote topics this evening. Old Topics [18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Any old business to bring up?\ [18:32] MikeMurdock McMillan raises hand [18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Mike? [18:33] MikeMurdock McMillan: After some thought I have decided to get my foot into animating to help the minitorium and there need of animators. [18:34] MikeMurdock McMillan: I am still a novie though ,but I will do my best to get better and help out my fellow ordo in future projects [18:34] MikeMurdock McMillan: that is all I have to say sir [18:34] MikeMurdock McMillan: *novice [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Thanks. Any further old business? [18:35] Dragon Massiel: *Raise hand* [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Dragon. [18:36] Dragon Massiel: I just want to give a shot out to all those old school people. That got all this started with the AN 2 so many years back. I know we are few but just give your self a pat on the back. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Hah! Yes. [18:36] Dragon Massiel: cant get much older then that [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: I remember you much taller. And. Still goofy. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Commendable. New Topics [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Ooon to new business. I'll start. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: First topic. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: I want to take the opportunity to brush up on OIC expectations while you're all my captive audience. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: As anyone who's been in a couple defense ops know, there's the usual cry of "who's OIC?" [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: The term "officer in command" goes a lot further than drawing the short straw to wear the daddy pants for a while. It's a necessary responsibility. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Not only officer level, but, sometimes, NCO. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Any individual, at any time, should be able to ask on com "Who is OIC?" and receive an answer within short accord. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: None too often, that isn't the case. Now, I don't know if we're just our of practice, or folks just don't read. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: It is the reponsibility of the OIC to: [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: a. Command defensive manuevers. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: b. Make critical decisions on visiting personnel. (IE: do we shoot them?) [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: c. Insure the continued security of the base, and answer concerns of present members. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Any laxity immediately hinders our entire operation. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Assuming OIC is simple, after a bit of practice. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Let's assume you're an O-2. Upon logging in, entering the map, going un-afk . . whatever the case may be. It is courtesy that you'd first ask "Who is the OIC?" [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Verify the current commander. Let's say theur Consider . . are they in the heat of command (controlling defense)? Are you planning on sticking around? [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Er. [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Verify the current commander. Let's say they're an O-1. Consider . . are they in the heat of command (controlling defense)? Are you planning on sticking around? [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: The most important aspect is being as fluid as possible, while being as visible as possible. Assume command overly, relinquish command overly. [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Overtly, rather. [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Announce yourself on com and on Ventrilo. [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: "Centurion Bob taking over for Optio Joe." [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: "Optio Joe relinquishing command . ." [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: So on and so forth. [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Do not assume because you're a superior officer that you're immediately in charge: take command before crossing wires. [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Communicate, communicate. Talk to the current commander, don't just shove him or her aside. [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Same principle applies for all situations. Let's say no officers are around (or Praetorians). [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Senior NCO can take charge of guard operations. [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: In the late hours, hell, it is not uncommon to see an E-7 as ranking. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: It's pretty simple. It just takes a little effort. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Remember: announce, communicate, and cooperate. All there is to it! I know I am guilty sometime myself. [18:47] Euro Zapatero raises hand. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Euro? [18:47] Gulliver Carpool raises his hand. [18:48] Euro Zapatero: I know this isn't possible, but it can. What if there isn't any NCO on, do the E-3 below still have to do the OIC principles? [18:49] Desereck Creeggan raises hand. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: In an extreme case, yep. Someone is always accountable, always in charge. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: If there's five E-1's and one E-3, that E-3 better own up. [18:49] Euro Zapatero: Ok, just wondering sir, thank you. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Very welcome. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver? [18:51] Gulliver Carpool: I'd just like to add that I've been very frustrated with communication over coms lately. Too often I'll ask who is OIC and I won't even get an "I dunno." This extends to all sorts of other things. Then I look around, and people are bullshitting about all sorts of things. I suppose it's a minor annoyance on my part, but it's indicative of the whole problem, I think. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: It is. But, easily solved. [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck? [18:52] Desereck Creeggan: Wasnt this brought up several months ago about officers not taking OIC roles and causing mayhem? [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Mm'hmm. I like to remind over and over and over. Dragon can attest. [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Practice makes perfect. [18:52] Desereck Creeggan nods, [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions before we move on? [18:52] Dragon Massiel: Yes Sir! [18:52] Dragon Massiel: Yes Sir! [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic, then. [18:53] Scientific Waffle raises hand. [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Wait your turn, breakfast. I'm not done! [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: As some of you have noticed, there are threads popping up in the division forums. [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: "Standard Policy" threads. [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: These are essentially places for the officers to collect up and post all of the folkways and regulations of your individual units-- division specific rules that, although we follow, aren't necessarily always on paper. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: I hope that this will increase understanding and efficiency. Navis, you still need to make one. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: If you see anything that may need to be added, just give your officer's a nudge. They'll take it from there. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: For those interested: [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?showtopic=2073 [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Terra's. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: And: [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?showtopic=2076 [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Astra's. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:56] Sera Otoro: raises... [18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Sera. [18:57] Gulliver Carpool raises his hand again. [18:57] Sera Otoro: whilst divisions are in mind, i want to address my concerns of what would be, 'division bashing'. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Hold that thought [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: . [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Stay on topic. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver? [18:58] Gulliver Carpool: Just wondering what you want out of the Navis SP--being that we're sorta a work in progress. [18:58] Gulliver Carpool: Just wondering what you want out of the Navis SP--being that we're sorta a work in progress. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Standard operating procedures, weaponry/gear distribution rules. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Stuff like that. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: The general rules you know and follow. Put it on paper. [18:59] Gulliver Carpool: I'll whip something up. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Thanks. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Sera. You were saying? [18:59] Sera Otoro: ok. [19:01] Sera Otoro: now... im not going to point out names or anything... but the fact that our own comrades would even think of this... disgusts me to say the least. ESPECIALLY when this is also being done in front of cadets. we are supposed to be like a family here, treating everyone equal, as it states in the handbook. [19:02] Sera Otoro: to put this simple, it needs to stop, not not be brought back up again [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: I wouldn't call it necessarily anything major at this point. The distinction is the balance between jest and seriousness. "Hah, Invictus is cooler than Antesegnani!" is fun and all fine. [19:03] Sera Otoro: we all serve a purpose in the ordo, bashing each other just because theyre in a different division or an alpha squad, its not excuse to do it [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Spraypainting Terra logos on Sosarin's desk. Not so much. [19:04] Niiya Narayan raises her hand [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: I haven't noticed a large issue in the way of divisional bashing. But, good reminder. Be sure to keep yourself civil. Remember, not everyone takes jokes the same way. Sosarin may cry. [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Niiya? [19:04] Niiya Narayan: i'd like to say that spraypainting anything won't be tollerated, the offending items will be returned and the offenders will be reported to curia. this is a military base, not a ghetto [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: . . That was a joke! [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: No one has spray painted Sosarin. [19:05] Sekonda Huet: ...Yet. [19:05] Niiya Narayan: oh >_< [19:05] Fermi Torok: *cough* [19:05] satogu Furkel should go grab his cans... [19:05] Desereck Creeggan hides the spraypaint. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: . . Hahaha. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Shhh. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Shhh. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Focus. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Sera. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic for me: [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Platforms. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: I decided to take a dive off the moon base. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: I saw several. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: I will be flying up there to find them. They will be destroyed. If you have anything on them, it will be destroyed too. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Don't clutter my sky. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Don't give the enemy bases to use. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: That is all! [19:07] Anlysia Gregoire raises her hand. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Couple more, then on to Waffle. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia, question? [19:08] Anlysia Gregoire: Sir, what should we do for a designated building area if we're building items that may be distracting and/or noisy? Underneath the classroom is iffy because of training; and using the firing range usually the same because generally training goes directly from the classroom TO the range. I experienced this the other day. [19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Moonbase. [19:09] Phillip Hultcrantz rasies hand [19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Phillip? [19:09] Aryte Vesperia: No. [19:09] Anlysia Gregoire: Sir, is there another method to reach the moonbase aside from av-flying or catching a ride with someone? [19:09] Tiridates Mikadze raises a hand [19:09] Phillip Hultcrantz: Can I paint your new office? [19:09] Phillip Hultcrantz: :( [19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Not currently. [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Tiridates? [19:11] Tiridates Mikadze: I'd like to say that I think I see a great deal of promise on the horizon. We've picked up our offensive activities, been actively developing new weapons, and refining the Squad system. we have the new Academies coming up, and I would like to thank everyone for their hardwork and dedication in these fields. Thank you so much. [19:12] Silver Meridoc raises hand [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. I agree, without a doubt. [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Hold. Let me finish before further comments or topics. [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Only two more topics for me. Next: [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: In tandem with the comment made by Tiridates, I'd like to extend my gratitude to all of the Ordo's instructors. You've been working overtime and really making things turn out quickly here. Thank you for sticking to it. And, thank [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: And lastly from me: [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: A couple days back I posted a regulation on the forums that prohibited the use of more than two firearms at any given time. [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: This was to ensure we didn't wind up experiencing any CATI situations with Ordo triple or quad wielding. [19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Effective immediately, the use of more than one active firearm at any given time is prohibited. For example, you may not use two handguns at the same time. You may, however, utilize an assault rifle while having your handgun inactive (holstered). [19:17] Aryte Vesperia: You may also utilize one firearm and one melee weapon. [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [19:19] Sosarin Demar raises his hand. [19:19] Desereck Creeggan raises hand. [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Sosarin? [19:19] Blameux Scribe raises hand. [19:20] Sosarin Demar: Just need clarification. Let's say I am using a dual wield pistol/smg package (IE, dual wield fairlight pistols, fairlight/rapture mp5k's). That applies to those as well, yes? [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Yes. [19:20] Sosarin Demar: So I use only one of those. Thanks. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Correct. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck? [19:21] Desereck Creeggan: How exactly could we make it feasable to use both a melee weapon and a firearm? As to my knowledge there is a way to make it so theres one button that fires the gun and another that swings the melee, but also to my knowledge all ordo melee is swung when you fire a weapon. In laggy situations the melee killprim can kill you too. [19:21] Keller Teichmann raises his hand. [19:21] Desereck Creeggan: Would there be a way to make the method above? (melee one button, firearm another) [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Invictus SMG uses something to that style already. Yes. [19:21] Phillip Hultcrantz: A+D [19:21] Desereck Creeggan: Thats melee on the weapon, Phillip. [19:22] Phillip Hultcrantz: I know. [19:22] Desereck Creeggan: I'm talking like powersword and something like the Mp5-k [19:22] Phillip Hultcrantz: I was suggesting that we modify the melee weapons to use that command [19:22] Anlysia Gregoire: Sir, may I comment? [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Wait your turn. [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Can be done; Desereck, Phillip. [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Blameux? [19:23] Blameux Scribe: Policy in regards to wearing more then a single melee weapon, sir? [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: . . Within reason. [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Haha. [19:23] Blameux Scribe: So, Duel wristblades=fine? [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Dual wrist thingers, cool. A-ok. [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Aye. [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Keller? [19:24] Blameux Scribe nodnodnods. [19:24] Keller Teichmann: Was answered. D: [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia? [19:25] Anlysia Gregoire: Sir, more of a comment than a question. The issue with firearm + weapon is that it requires a whole different set of animations to be added to the weapon, as well as requiring an unscripted melee weapon. To be honest, it's a lot of overhead for scripter + animator for something that in the end is merely an aesthetic difference. Hence probably why we don't have it more widely available. [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Correct. And, most of our weapons have melee attached to them. [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Any further questions? [19:26] Phillip Hultcrantz rasies hand [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Phillip. [19:26] Desereck Creeggan raises hand again. [19:26] Phillip Hultcrantz: Any idea if there will be a meeting to discuss the new weapons wielding policy? [19:26] Phillip Hultcrantz: Amongst the upper staff that is.. [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: I didn't intend to. What would the need be? [19:28] Phillip Hultcrantz: The fairness of the practice. If I may be so bold as to suggest. I like to use my 2 Fairlight pistoles. Single fire alternating trigger mode. I could understand such a policy if we had issues with people running arounda busing weapons, but as it is, we practice weapon controle quite well. [19:28] Desereck Creeggan puts his hand down, content irrelevant. [19:29] Phillip Hultcrantz: 2 pistols seems fair in all manner. 2 MG's I can see as abuse, but that is somthing we never see happen amongst our ranks. [19:29] Jayce Iredell coughs..... [19:29] Agares Tretiak: ... [19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Presentation. Easy to claim control, not easy to prove. Running in to the same problem we experienced with the "goto" issue. [19:29] Phillip Hultcrantz: ..Gunau dosn't count... [19:30] Jayce Iredell: Seen a few people dual wield light machine guns before. [19:30] Aryte Vesperia: The rule could be examined again, however. [19:30] Tiridates Mikadze: Gunau made an avatar with Miniguns attached to every point on his body... [19:31] Phillip Hultcrantz: Dual LMG's are abuse and easy to spot, but 2 Pistols are not abuse of privilage. [19:31] Phillip Hultcrantz: Perhaps we can possibly consider writing the policy to not include Pistols, and possibly SMG's to some limit? [19:31] Aryte Vesperia: Becomes an issue of "how do you classify this as a pistol?" "How fast is too fast for a pistol?" Etc. [19:31] Aryte Vesperia: But, we'll look at it later. I don't want to bog down this meeting any more than it already is. [19:32] Phillip Hultcrantz nods [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Thankee. [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Okay. Opening up to new topics. [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: I'll take a couple. [19:32] Silver Meridoc raises hand [19:32] Scientific Waffle raises hand [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Silver. [19:32] Keller Teichmann raises his hand. [19:32] Silver Meridoc: let Waffle go first sir, he rose before me earlier, ill go after him [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Waffle, then. [19:33] Scientific Waffle: Just a quick reminder: as many of you may have seen, there is now a weapon display screen in the armory. However, one thing I want to remind people is that I still can't read minds (working on it), so if there are any new weapons issued, or a signifigant visual update to an existing weapon, please contact me so that I can get to updating the system. That is all. [19:33] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you! [19:33] Aryte Vesperia: Silver. [19:34] Silver Meridoc: i just wanted to say tha there has recently been an addition of a literature section to the forum [19:34] Silver Meridoc: i wish to write a monthly manuscript for ordo, its for those that wish to post poems, short stories, or anything they wish to rite on this tabloid [19:35] Silver Meridoc: i woint be starting it soon, but id like to see something done in the future, so id like to toss any suggestions to stuff in it and when its finished id post it on the Ordo forms [19:35] Aryte Vesperia: Oh cool. Thanks. [19:35] Silver Meridoc: im sure there are many people here who want to do some writing of anything, so im gonna cobble together manuscirpts and writings into a monthly paper [19:35] Aryte Vesperia: Sounds good. [19:36] Silver Meridoc: though there will be deadlines for different things like comics, stories, or just info on projects/ideas people want to share [19:36] Silver Meridoc: thank you sir, anyone wishing to get in touch with me, im me here , on the forums, and we can talk about it [19:37] Silver Meridoc: i will be giving my e-mail later to those who wish to plan to submit to the first issue which may or may not be for next month, i need to organize time [19:37] Silver Meridoc: that is all sir [19:37] Aryte Vesperia: I look forward to it. Thanks. [19:37] Aryte Vesperia: Keller? [19:38] Keller Teichmann: Alright. Some have already heard from me about this, and others still have seen me wearing an early version of it. But after hearing some voices about the current armor and its age, I've taken it upon myself to try and put together a new set of armor for Terra, and possibly other branches (I'm not sure about Navis' uniform project, or if Astra has anything similar)... basically just saying this at the meeting, as I want to gather as many opinions as I can on what people would like to see in the new armor. [19:39] Keller Teichmann: That is pretty much it. If anyone's got any ideas or feedback, feel free to send me an IM or talk to me in vent. :D [19:39] Jayce Iredell raises a hand... (Additionally) [19:40] Keller Teichmann promptly goes deaf from the dinging. [19:40] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce? [19:40] Jayce Iredell: I know a few people also are looking into it, atleast in passing conversations both with Niiya and Demo, they mentioned it. [19:41] Aryte Vesperia: Aye. It's a collective effort. Not assigned to any individual, really. Promotions [19:41] Aryte Vesperia: Okay. Going on to promotions. This meeting is super long. Need to wrap up before people die off. [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: After the promotions are announced, it'll be 30 or so minutes until everything is updated. [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: Keep in mind, you may have been recommended, but we are heavily enforcing the minimum time requirements. [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: And, there's always next week. [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: So, never fear! [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: In no order: [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: Tandem Destiny - [E-6] [19:42] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rozenstrauch - [E-6] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Endra Ashbourne - [E-6] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Lunus Ferraris - [E-4] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Fermi Torok - [W-1] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: (Will get with you.) [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck Creeggan - [E-7] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Euro Zapatero - [E-3] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Hunter Graysmark - [E-2] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Karkal Gurbux - [E-2] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Kronus Gaffer - [E-2] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Samia Perun - [E-3] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Melna Milos - [E-2] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Mikael Khalamov - [E-4] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Silver Meridoc - [E-2] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: Sekonda Huet - [E-7] [19:43] Aryte Vesperia: And that's that for this week. Well done, everyone. [19:44] Dragon Massiel salutes [19:44] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for coming, I really appreciate it! [19:44] Samia Perun salutes [19:44] satogu Furkel salutes! "Sieg im Namen der Imperator." [19:44] Aryte Vesperia draws up his arm, snapping a fist to his chest to provide a salute. [19:44] Cyphre Iredell salutes! [19:44] Tandem Destiny salutes,"Heil dem Imperator." [19:44] Kraa String places his fist on his chest in a salute. [19:44] Diablos Korobase: *Snaps to attention and salutes* "IMPERATOREM HONORATE, CONFLICATOR LUBIDO SUA" [19:44] Intus Infinity presents a salute. [19:44] Agares Tretiak salutes sharply, intoning, "We shall Prevail" [19:44] Lunus Ferraris salutes! "In Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiriti Sancti" [19:44] Karkal Gurbux salutes! [19:44] Zero Itamae salutes! [19:44] Endra Ashbourne salutes. [19:44] Kronus Gaffer stands attention and salutes [19:44] Heather McKay salutes. [19:44] Niiya Narayan salutes! [19:44] Keller Teichmann salutes! [19:44] Desereck Creeggan presents a sharp, clean salute, "Veneratio quod Palma ut Imperator!" [19:44] Hokusai Otsuka salutes! [19:44] Krow Ames salutes! [19:44] MikeMurdock McMillan salute [19:44] Dralkanen Hextall: OH GOD [19:44] Lestat Umarov snaps to attention, delivering a clean salute! [19:44] Silver Meridoc salutes [19:44] Mikael Khalamov salutes. [19:44] FireFox Breed salutes! "Hail To The Imperator, Baby!" [19:44] Williamca Zenovka Salutes! "Hail To The Imperator, Baby!" [19:44] Daffee Vita Salutes. [19:44] Sekonda Huet salutes! [19:44] Blameux Scribe salutes. [19:44] Scientific Waffle sallluuutes [19:44] Desereck Creeggan: ELSPAM [19:44] Machiavelli Biondetti salutes! [19:44] Gulliver Carpool salutes Dismissal [19:44] Aryte Vesperia shouts: Dismissed! Spread out. Don't be surprised if I am super spacey with IMs. D: [19:44] Aryte Vesperia shouts: Dismissed! Spread out. Don't be surprised if I am super spacey with IMs. D: [19:44] Euro Zapatero salutes! [19:44] Anlysia Gregoire salutes! "We march to the Hymns of the Ecclesiarchy!" [19:44] Tiridates Mikadze salutes crisply. [19:44] Sekonda Huet shouts: ARYTE I GET YOU FIRST FOR INDUCTION >:O [19:44] satogu Furkel shouts: happy V-Day all btw [19:44] Kono Kestenbaum salutes! [19:44] Desereck Creeggan: GOGOGO [19:44] satogu Furkel says through com. "Go go go!" [19:44] Cyphre Iredell: Yes, Happy You're Lonely Day [19:45] Desereck Creeggan shouts: DAMN YOU DRAGON [19:45] Sera Otoro: yup, mine was lonely too [19:45] Blameux Scribe: If anybody would like to do an Armatura phase three, I'd love you forever. [19:45] Lestat Umarov: >:O [19:45] Sera Otoro: anyway, night! [19:45] FireFox Breed: :D [19:46] Krow Ames: omg hay sos Thanks to Kono for supplying me a couple logs that I missed in a crash.

You'll be sorely missed, Optio Iredell. You did well serving as the leader of Antesignani. ): Wherever you may happen to go, I hope things go well for you. I wish you good times often and bad times never... See you someday, Jayce.

Introduction [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: All right. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get started. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: I do need everyone to quiet down at this time. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Dascede will be handling the log for this evening. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: We'll keep this as quick and routine as possible: combat will follow a short time later. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you new to the meetings, we have a pretty simple format: [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: First, I give a short report about the general state of the Ordo. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Secondly, the division leads report on each respective branch. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: After which, we open up to keynote discussion topics. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Finally, we close with promotions, merits, etc. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: So let's get to it. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: First up. Imperator's Report [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: This week in the Ordo has been pretty balanced. Our membership number stands at 215, with a high of 220. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Five are unaccounted for on account of me becoming OCD and ejecting a couple alternates. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Another individual vanished (account disappeared from search). [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: And one honourable retirement from Navis. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Let me pull the application list real quick. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Since Februrary 1st we've had . . [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: 16 new applications. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: .. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: MAke that 26. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Aryte can't count. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: 16 of which were denied. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Eight approved. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: The remainder are under Curia approval. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Combat's been a little off and on, mostly due to some foreign policy shifts and recent sim rebuilds. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: CATI is redoing their region; upgrading to a full sim. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: 2142 is all but quiet and off the chart. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: 39th has increased their attacks on us. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: GR has taken a few shots at us. We're due to pay them back. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: TCG's been pretty quiet. We need to visit them soon. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: RR's been active; few raids there this week. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Several defensive manuevers to note. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Interestingly enough, several were in Elshout. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Politically, we've made some achievements in relations abroad. Especially with the Alliance Navy. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: To date, we are still not banned from any military sim-- aside from Sparta. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: We're currently expanding our horizon of combat. CS, the Order, and Dominatium are joining our hit list. [18:10] Keystone Gray: Sparta's a military sim? [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Likewise, Zrazor has provided an interesting approach to scraping up some new foes. That'll be addressed after the meeting, in combat briefing. [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: All in all, everything is going quite well. [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Our general activity is steady. No complaints. Divisional Reports [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Division reports? [18:12] Sosarin Demar raises his hand. [18:12] Ethan Schuman raises his hand. Astra [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Sosarin, for Astra. [18:12] Kytec Switchblade: /meraises his hand aswell. [18:12] Lestat Umarov does the same [18:12] Sosarin Demar: The Apostles, which is now an educational group, are situated much better now than at the start of the week. I am pleased that we have two new certified instructors within the Apostles as well as more potentially on the way. They have all worked hard to get to where they are at and have helped out with Astra training for a long, long time already. Congratulations, Duplicarius Fermi Torok and Heather McKay. [18:13] Sosarin Demar: We've had a pilot go, but shortly thereafter Daffee Vita stepped up and returned to Ordo. We welcome you back. Another pilot has returned to active duty. We're doing well on manpower. [18:13] Sosarin Demar: Training queue is at one person who popped out of the woodwork. We hope to get him situated, but his schedule is limited. I hope to see Astra focus more on events, crazy and otherwise, when there are no pilots to train. Combat activity on behalf of Astra seems to be at desirable levels. That concludes this week's report. [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Sosarin. Navis [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan? [18:14] Ethan Schuman: Navis has the following matters to report on this week: [18:14] Ethan Schuman: Firstly, I'm sorry to announce the departure of josey Bingyi from the Ordo Imperialis. His departure, combined with general inactivity due to other circumstances, has created a vacancy in the position of head trainer which must be filled. Over the next few weeks, I myself will be assuming an increased role in training where I can in order to attempt to compensate for this loss until the position can be filled. Keystone Gray is also hereby granted clearance to run field training of his choosing, effective immediately. Those of you in Navis looking for an opportunity to advance are strongly encouraged to see this opportunity for what it is, as we need quality people to step up now more than ever.[18:15] Ethan Schuman: Secondly, I have an announcement regarding the much anticipated Navis firearm line and how they will be distributed. As a departure from the usual system of distribution, all Navis weapons will be handled through a single vendor. Instead of being issued a weapon directly when you qualify for it, you will be given an access keycard. This will allow you to go to the armory vendor and directly access the specific weapon yourself. This system has multiple logistic advantages, not the least of which is the ability to delegate tiers of armory access to specific members without having to deal with full permission versions. This will hopefully allow for faster issuing of weapons to those qualified. The script for this system is already finished, and merely needs to be implemented. [18:15] Ethan Schuman: Thirdly, the Thanatos beta has taken longer than I originally anticipated, due to interference from real life on my end. I have plans for more extensive testing to be conducted this week, and hope to have it in general issue as soon as possible. My apologies for this delay. On another related note, I'd also like to congratulate Invictus on their acquisition of the new drop pod. While I'm not personally familiar with the system, I have been told that it is both simple and effective, and will finally allow us to work with Invictus the way we always intended to. While the pod is still in beta, I'm going to see what I can do about getting some joint training scheduled up with Invictus and work on Admonitor drop pod training. [18:16] Ethan Schuman: This concludes the Navis report for this week. [18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Ethan. Praetorian Guard [18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Kytec, for the Guard? [18:18] Kytec Switchblade: Praetorian training have been rescheduled to twice weekly, and have been sucessfull. Reviews of the new schedule seemed to fit perfectly with everyone. Agares has been working tirelessly to involve the entire group, and has earned a gold star sticker. Later he will be allowed to pick a toy from the box, tho karl has already claimed all of the purple crayons. [18:18] Kytec Switchblade: s* [18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. [18:18] Aryte Vesperia: That's my elite guard. Terra [18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Lestat, for Terra? [18:19] Lestat Umarov: My report for this week will be brief. Terra training has picked up and is taking place on a daily basis with Sekonda huet enforcing the schedule. Aside from that it's really been a slow week in Terra. This coming week i'm going to check on the progress of several projects for antesignani as well as hold a division meeting to take any questions, concerns, ideas that anyone may have. [18:19] Kytec Switchblade: The incentive program really works wonders doesn't it? [18:19] Lestat Umarov: That is all, unless anyone has anything else to report? [18:19] Agares Tretiak: Err. Venerator is moving along nicely. [18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Very good work in Armatura as of late. I am happy to see how well it is progressing. Kudos to all of you involved. Armatura [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Any further reports? [18:21] Sekonda Huet: Armatura has a quick input Sir. [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Go right ahead. [18:21] Sekonda Huet: Just that were holding talks about integrating it with the requirements of Alpha Squad Entry. More details will come and probably be submitted to the Terra forums so those interested should keep there yes on it. My extended thanks again to those who have been helping Armatura become an Active department again. That's about it. :3 [18:22] Sekonda Huet: Eyes c.c; [18:23] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: Good God, is it seriously standing-room only in here? [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Yep. [18:23] Kazeryu Severine: Only if you don't have a seat. [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: All right. [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on. Shh. Keynotes [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Usually, I have a slew of topics to bore you with for a few hours. This evening, I'd like to focus on member-born keynote discussions. As such, I'm holding off on bringing up any new business generated from the administration. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: If any of you would like to bring up a topic to discuss--any concern, policy or otherwise, now would be the opportunity! Simply raise your hand. I'll take them in order. [18:24] Dralkanen Hextall raises hand. [18:24] Agares Tretiak raises his hand. [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Dralkanen. First up. [18:26] Dralkanen Hextall: I am currently in the production of another, yes, another, Ordo Mellee weapon and would be greatly appreciative for donations of time for Script and animation workings. Once the weapon is approved, im hopeing this new weapon will be issued as another All Squad inclusive weapon, open to anyone wishing to get in someones face dureing a raid. [18:26] Lilium Supermarine: :3 [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Very good to hear. Thank you for undertaking the project. Does anyone have any questions? [18:26] Kono Kestenbaum raises his hand. [18:26] Tandem Destiny smiles [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Kono. [18:27] Kono Kestenbaum: I'd like to mention the Velox squad. Well, it's not a squad. But it's advanced training. Either way. As a few of you know, Dasc, myself, and quite a few others have been working to breathe life into the Velox. [18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Oops. I meant questions, not a new topic. [18:28] Kono Kestenbaum: Ohshi- my bad, sorry. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: We'll come back to you shortly, Kono. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Agares, go ahead. [18:28] Agares Tretiak: As dark overlord and twisted task master of the Academy system, I have a few things to remark upon, so that all of you curious souls may ahve more to ponder. [18:29] Agares Tretiak: The first consistant academy for Artillery support will be finished, by Feburary the 15th, if not sooner. [18:29] Agares Tretiak: There will be three levels of training. Basic, Advanced, and Officer. [18:29] Agares Tretiak: Advanced and Officer have strict limitations. [18:30] Agares Tretiak: I will soon open an enrollment thread on the forums. Enrollemts will only be considered if posted there. DO not contact me in SL about enrollment. [18:31] Agares Tretiak: I also will have a system in place to propose and help develop new academies. It is a serious task, so be prepared to work, if yuo suggest anything. [18:32] Agares Tretiak: Aslo, I am hoping to link academy trainign and qualification with certain weapons and merits, in order to help expand our current system of training and will work any and all branches interested in some integration with the academy system. OF course, some of this needs to be ironed out still, but it will be in the works. [18:32] Agares Tretiak: That's about it. [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. Questions from anyone? [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Great. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: And back to Kono. [18:37] Kono Kestenbaum: Anyways, as I was sayin'. I, and others, have been attempting to breathe life into the Velox. Which, despite its dusty aged... Ness is still a viable weapons platform. Now it's a bit early on in development, but I need bodies for the first wave of Velox trainees. I need at least three more, and I wish to keep this a volunteer project. Forgive me for the lack of impromptu speech- but I can give a damn moralizing one after the meeting. If anyone's interested, even vaguely, I can give you more information after the meeting- like I said. Just chuck me an IM. That is all. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Perfect, thank you. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic? [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Anything at all. Just raise your hand. [18:38] Desereck Creeggan raises hand [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Anything at all Ordo related, I add. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck? [18:39] Keystone Gray raises his hand as well. [18:39] Desereck Creeggan: Would Titan Industries be some way ordo related? [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Definitely. [18:39] Agares Tretiak: :D [18:39] Desereck Creeggan: Are there still positions open? [18:39] Desereck Creeggan: I missed out on the initial threat on the forums due to my recent inactivity. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Very much so. Head on over to the forums and check under the main thread. [18:40] Desereck Creeggan: Ah. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Just drop a comment there, it hasn't been processed just yet. [18:40] Lestat Umarov raises hand [18:40] Desereck Creeggan: Mkay. Thank you Sir. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Very welcome. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Questions about this topic? [18:40] Lestat Umarov: Is there a deadline on when the decisions on staff will be made? [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Not in particular. Probably in waves. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: It's a "as soon as I can humanly manage." [18:41] Agares Tretiak raises his hand. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: I am hoping to start picking at it tomorrow, but that depends on how the day goes. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Agares? [18:41] Agares Tretiak: I was wondering if there was anything you wanted me to change in the main shop, sir. [18:42] Endra Ashbourne raises hand. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Not currently. The set up is sufficient as of the moment. We'll be able to see what needs shifted when the vendors are lined out. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Endra? [18:43] Endra Ashbourne: I was just curious - how are the Schola updates going? Are they almost complete? [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: As I understand, Kristian Kit is still hammering away at his outline to submit to me. It's still in his hands. [18:44] Keystone Gray raises hand again. [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. Keystone? [18:44] Keystone Gray: I'd like opinions, from anyone, as to how Navis can step up recruitment. Any ideas? [18:44] Kraa String raises a paw [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: The Thanatos will likely help quite a lot there [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: . [18:44] Keystone Gray: Kraa? [18:45] Tandem Destiny raises a candle [18:46] Kraa String: How about giving a speach in one of the Schola lectures, a spokes person from each group giving a speach on the groups. Showing them a few of the "toys" and a demonstration [18:46] Keystone Gray: That sounds great, actually. Tandem? [18:46] Tandem Destiny lowers his candle in deperssion. [18:46] Tandem Destiny: He had my idea. [18:46] Tandem Destiny: D= [18:46] Kraa String: How did you steal my Candle D: [18:46] Kraa String: Evil! [18:46] Tandem Destiny: MINE [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: You are actually more than welcome to do that. [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Any division is free to have a representative at Schola phase 4 to give a spiel on their unit at the end. [18:47] Krow Ames raises a cheeseburger [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Shh. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Any other suggestions for Keystone? [18:47] Kraa String: I have another [18:47] Krow Ames: o/ [18:47] Tandem Destiny raises the candle again [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Go ahead. [18:48] Kraa String: How about putting a cap on the number of people on the divisions [18:49] Agares Tretiak: ...that would restrict natural growth of the group. Certain units in a branch, maybe, but not per branch. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: I'd like to avoid forcing folks into divisions they're not interested in, etc. [18:49] Desereck Creeggan raises hand [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Krow? [18:49] Krow Ames: Invictus + Navis epic posters. Waffle could shop some up real quick. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Oh yeah, definitely. [18:50] Tandem Destiny waves the candle. [18:50] Anlysia Gregoire: "Fly the cool kids into battle. It's like coolness by proxy. Join Navis!" [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Propoganda up the base, so as long as it is quality. [18:50] Tandem Destiny: D= [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Tandem? [18:50] Tandem Destiny: This actually is sorta listed with the first depressing suggestion and is sorta cliche but, A video demonstrating what Navis can/will do. From ground and Aerial views. [18:50] Zrazor Rozenstrauch raises a hand. [18:50] Lestat Umarov raises hand [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: That'd be interesting. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck? [18:50] Desereck Creeggan: I has epik recruiting skill... Ask Sosarin how i got like 5 people in one week to join Astra.... [18:51] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: I was gonna suggest what Tandem just suggested. Make a cool video. ;O [18:51] Aryte Vesperia nods. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Lestat. [18:51] Tandem Destiny thumbs up [18:52] Lestat Umarov: I was wondering if one of the rooms in the outpost could be used as an office room. So I don't have to chat with people up in the moon base anymore :( [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Possible, yes. [18:53] Anlysia Gregoire: Unfortunately they're not soundproof... [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: But the base is pretty compact, so the privacy issue won't really . . [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Right. [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: I'll take one last topic for this evening. Anyone? [18:54] Zrazor Rozenstrauch raises hand [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor. [18:55] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: Shortly before Dagger was removed, he turned me on to the idea of kickstarting Offensus, and he made a very convincing case for it. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Offensus, as in the war council? [18:55] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: Yes. [18:56] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: It's my opinion that the group could use a bit more objective direction so we don't spend all of our time fighting quad-weilding Brazillians. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you who didn't recall, Offensus was essentially Terra's strategic planning group. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: It handled all of the design for combat and deployment concepts. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: It never really saw a great deal of use. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: It is possible to reform a rendition of this, if you so wish. [18:59] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: That's what I'm aiming to do, yes. [18:59] Kono Kestenbaum raises his hand. [18:59] Sekonda Huet: ]] [19:02] Kono Kestenbaum: About this Offensus thing. I know I'm only E-4. But if they need people for it, I'm willing to offer what I know of stragety and tactics. For what it's worth, n' such. [19:04] Xayvien Rau raises his hand. [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Xayvien? [19:05] Xayvien Rau: Sort of the same as Kono, Offensus sounds interesting to me as well. As the EX-Assault Overseer of the Merczateers' I came up with tactics and taught people them. Most of which worked quite well and gave birth to some mighty Grunt's. So if it goes into work I'd like to be part of it. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Great then. I could definitely see the Offensus role as being an opportunity to determine new targets, exercise strategy plans, and develop detailed briefings for assaults. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: I know Steff'll be interested. So there's some officer backing. [19:06] Agares Tretiak: If I amy, my lord? [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Yes. [19:07] Agares Tretiak: Offensus is strategic, not tactical. Tactical training willb e ahndeld by the Academies and various branch training protocols. Strategic thinking and such might be an academy course, though, that I'll offer to Officer class Ordo members. [19:08] Akurei Sieyes: ( http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?showtopic=2019 ) [19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Correct. [19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Any questions? [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. I'll get with Zrazor and see how we can iron out the Offensus idea, then. [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: \ [19:10] Agares Tretiak: I'd love to help, too. [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Perfect. [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: All right then. Let's move on to promotions. Promotions [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: I received a lot of promotions this round for folks who were recently elevated. [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: I'm going to more strictly monitor the minimum time requirements, to keep the rank tree more stable. [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: So, please keep those folks in mind and resubmit at a later date . . if you notice they've been passed over. [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: I was too lazy to alphabetize it this week, so it's a surprise: [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Sekonda Huet - [Ordo Achievement Merit] [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Nogardknim Perth - [E-2] [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Sera Otoro - [Merit of Honor]; [Ordo Achievement Merit] [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Endra Ashbourne - [Comrade Support Merit] (Like his third.0 [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Tandem Destiny - [Comrade Support Merit] [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rozenstrauch - [Comrade Support Merit] [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia Gregoire - [E-4] [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Scientific Waffle - [Architect of Eternity] (Which I accidentally gave him last week.) [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Lilium Supermarine - [E-5] [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Heather McKay - [Ordo Achievement Merit] (Oo all achievementy.) [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Niiya Narayan - [W-2] [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Dralkanen Hextall - [E-5] [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Kraa String - [E-2] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Lupus Mielziner - [E-2] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Raymond Donat - [E-3] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Teron Gray - [E-3] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Vitani Gullwing - [E-3] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenovka - [E-2] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Xayvien Rau - [E-6] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Alex Velinov - [E-2] [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Samia Perun - [E-2] [19:17] Aryte Vesperia: (Fanfare music, Xayvien.) [19:17] Sekonda Huet: c.c [19:17] Mizar Korobase: Confirmed. [19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Hahaha. [19:17] Sera Otoro: XD [19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Congratulations. [19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Well done. [19:17] Sekonda Huet: lol... [19:18] Aryte Vesperia: I am proud of you all, as always. [19:18] Sekonda Huet: Group hug :D [19:18] Anlysia Gregoire: \o/ [19:19] Zero Itamae: >_> Dismissal [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for attending this evening. Rank emblems (Tenaki plz) and so forth should be handed out within the hour. [19:19] Tenaki Kupferberg yapyaps! :D (amid salute spam) [19:21] Aryte Vesperia shouts: All right. You're all dismissed. We'll be assembling for combat here in a short bit. Don't wander too far.

Jessie War Journal - Dominatium Declares War I just thought everyone should see it, seriously. I hope it doesn't spawn a whole lot of drama on our own forums. I believe it's pretty laughable, and good luck to them trying to stand up to so many of us... Oh well, we can use some gunfire on new people.

[21:08] DamionStJames Webb (COM): Alright awesome, I have tapped 3 praetorians [21:08] Agares Tretiak (COM): ... [21:08] Keira Skytower (COM): ................. [21:08] Keller Teichmann (COM): ... [21:08] DamionStJames Webb (COM): Lmao [21:08] Keira Skytower (COM): What the hell [21:08] Dascede Aluveaux (COM): . . . [21:08] Surreal Gothly (COM): ........ [21:08] Agares Tretiak (COM): Pardon? [21:08] Keira Skytower (COM): You said four last night [21:08] Faril Iredell (COM): WAH [21:08] Dascede Aluveaux (COM): Quoted. [21:08] Euro Zapatero (COM): Wait what? [21:08] Endra Ashbourne (COM): He actually... you were right Agares. [21:08] DamionStJames Webb (COM): I tapped you on the shoulder

The termination date has been apparently pushed back a day or two; I think there's a better chance now that I'll have another month with the internet. As for the offer, Sera. I appreciate it very, very much, but no thank you. I will do it on my own, but your offer is very nice.

Introduction [17:59] Aryte Vesperia: Alrighty. [17:59] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get to it. [17:59] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you here who've never experienced one of these meetings: [17:59] Aryte Vesperia: We hold weekly gatherings, most every Saturday, at 6:00 PM SLT. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: During which, we basically recap on the week, bring up topics to discuss, and announce promotions. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: To begin with, I usually give a short report on the status of the organization. After which, all of the divisions report in. [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: We then move on to keynote business and discussion. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Finally, of course, we announce promotions. See what I did there? You have to sit through it to find out. [18:01] Karla Jigsaw: Damn [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: I do ask that everyone remain quiet until given the opportunity to interrupt. [18:01] Keystone Gray: I see what you did there [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: If you comment randomly, answer my rhetorical questions, gesture emote, talk out of turn . . [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: I'll have Tiridates kill you in your sleep. [18:01] Agares Tretiak: Or me. [18:01] Karla Jigsaw: :( [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Now that we have that out of the way! Imperator's Report [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: On to my weekly report. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: I'm happy to say we're up to 219 in membership-- not counting Eazy, whom is still banned, magically, for owing LL 5 dollars. Three or so re-apps are pending currently, with six . . seven new folks this week. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: We're down two. Underdog Sonic was ejected by me for being ridiculously inactive. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: The other was a membership termination, to which you can all view on the forums. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Combat this week has been pretty solid. We didn't engage as frequent, but, what fights did occur were fairly entertaining. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: We did have several enjoyable battles with the Republic of Germany, who are pretty new targets for us. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you with us today for the first time: welcome! Kraa, Willamca, Surreal, Lupus. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: I probably missed a couple! Divisional Reports [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Moving right on to division reports. Volunteers? Navis [18:06] Ethan Schuman: I'll go first, if you please sir. [18:06] Lestat Umarov: I'll go [18:06] Lestat Umarov: bah [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan, go right ahead. For Navis. [18:06] Ethan Schuman: Navis has the following matters to report this week: [18:06] Ethan Schuman: As most of you know, Syl Kiranov has been working tirelessly upon a new ship for Navis. The Thanatos bomber, as it is now named, is a physical flight sit vehicle not dissimilar to aircraft currently fielded by most military organizations. Armed with a 3m rocket launcher for the pilot, and a chaingun turret with 10m bombs for the gunner, the Thanatos has been designed from the ground up to increase Navis deployment viability. While this may seem like a greater than standard amount of firepower for an aircraft, the ship's weapon systems were carefully selected for a multitude of reasons. One primary reason is to keep a Navis focus on teamwork and coordination with multiple seat vechiles. Another is so that we may still maintain our traditional role of air to ground fire support while still not stepping on Astra's toes. I should also mention that the Thanatos weapon systems are atttachment based, so this will allow for modular upgrades. [18:07] Ethan Schuman: Beta testing on the Thanatos will be conducted over the next few days, with full deployment coming soon after. I will also be taking this time to develop a new weapon vendor system to make use of our specialization system, so you Navis guys and girls can finally start to see your new weapons. Once this is completed, Josey and Kanaki will begin training in ground tactics as well. Hopefully we'll be training people regularly in the Thanatos, Admonitor, and ground combat by next week's meeting. [18:08] Ethan Schuman: On a final note, the early designs of the Navis underarmor textures are taking longer than expected. I have no ETA on when these will be ready for review and approval by the Imperator. However, I have discussed with a few people over Ventrilo, and it is possible that upon completion of the uniforms (assuming they are approved), the uniforms will be made available to the entirity of Ordo for the sake of uniformity. [18:08] Ethan Schuman: That is all Navis has to report for this week. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Terra [18:09] Lestat Umarov: The Terra report for this week will be brief. Sekonda Huet has been appointed as the NCOIC of the Armatura training group. This means we will be handling the schedules from now on. I advise you to look at the forums and contact him if you cannot make a particular class so that he can change the schedule to someone that can. Training has been happening more frequently. It's still not daily but it's getting there. [18:10] Lestat Umarov: Aside from that I know there development continuing for Antesignani involving new mechs and the tank. [18:10] Lestat Umarov: That's all I have to report really sir. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Astra [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Astra? [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Astra? [18:10] Sosarin Demar: Astra performed well over these past two weeks in dealing with aerial threats, both in defensive and offensive instances. Things have been rather quiet when it comes to pilot training. The immediate (active) queue has been cleared out for some time. Our newer pilots seem to be situated quite nicely. As for our Astra structure, things seem to have settled well after our consolodation of active personnel into tight knit flights. [18:11] Sosarin Demar: Our present project of importance is still the Apostle reform. Centurion Kristian Kit has completed the Apostle Charter. Now is a question of filling the group with a few more staff members. Flight Instructor Evaluations are underway and have seen some progress over last week. Decurion Fermi Torok has completed his trials and others are close in tow. Triplicarius Nivanglus Aya is poking around to see if anyone else may be interested. [18:11] Sosarin Demar: When it comes to off time, our future really begs for events and practice sessions to keep us occupied and up to par. A full compliment of Apostle staff will see to these needs in an official capacity. In the meantime, pre-approved events will be hosted by volunteers. Special thanks to Praetorian Karlhockey Forte for his challenging ring course and Sesquiplicarius Lunus Ferraris for his upcoming event. Karlhockey is working on another ring course for Astra -- one that will prove more challenging than the last. [18:12] Sosarin Demar: That concludes Astra's division report. [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome, thank you. Curia [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Do any of the special divisions wish to report this evening? [18:12] Kitsy Bunnyhug: Sure [18:12] Agares Tretiak: I do, sir. [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Kitsy, go right ahead. [18:13] Kitsy Bunnyhug: Curia is performing well a few hiccups on a members conduct [18:13] Kitsy Bunnyhug: we have noted a problem with CIR's being submitted by members for some reason or another as outlined by the forum post [18:14] Kitsy Bunnyhug: Certain curia members are also being targeted by a disgruntled former member that had contact in his case. [18:14] Kitsy Bunnyhug: that is all [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Academy Project [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Agares? [18:14] Agares Tretiak: As leader of the Academy Project, I do have some news. [18:15] Agares Tretiak: I know many of you are eager to particpate in the Artillery Support School. The good news is that I'm almsot finished with that! Just remain patient, and you'll all be lobbing high explosives at heretics in no time. [18:15] Karla Jigsaw: \o/ [18:16] Agares Tretiak: Also, the Praetorians seem to be keeping a high profile and are always eager to help out where we can. Manyof us are involved in various projects. [18:16] Karlhockey Forte: I am working hard with Astra, as Sosarin stated. Frumentarii [18:18] Agares Tretiak: The Frumentarii, I'm told, are working hard after the retasking of the Externus portion. [18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Anything further? [18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other divisions wish to report? Schola [18:20] Lestat Umarov: Schola :O [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Go ahead. [18:21] Lestat Umarov: Schola is doing phenominal currently. Recruitment is up and lately classes have been held in numbers not seens sicne early 2008. I'd like to thank all the instructors for thier hard work and dedication. [18:21] Lestat Umarov: That is all [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. Keynote Discussion [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on to keynote discussions. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Any old business to bring up this evening? [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Even better. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Moving right along. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: I only have a few topics myself this evening. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: First, I do want to give everyone a little heads up on the projects I am currently working on, or preparing to work on. [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: There are several "long term" projects that have been hinted at, some of which are actually underway. [18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, as we've mentioned before, a Schola revamp is being undertaken. Currently, Schola Commandant Kristian Kit is preparing a rough outline, detailing specific parts he'd like to add. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: It's a bit too early to say what the end result will look like, but the overall idea is to increase the complexity and length of Schola to a more fulfilling and encompassing level. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: After Kristian gives his input, I'll be picking up the outline to carry it forward. A forum post will likely be tossed out there, providing volunteers the opportunity to drop their own input into the process. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Secondly, I am looking to massively overhaul the way unlocks and gear distribution is handled within the Ordo. [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: At this point, the system is a bit dated and redundant. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: As noted, Terra suffers heavily with a "here's a gun, shoot stuff" syndrome. Partially because of the unlock routine. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: The idea of rewarding promotion with gear sounds like a good idea at first glance, but promotion is not intended to always be a reward. It's responsibility. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: As such, encouraging people to seek rank to get more gear is just backwards. [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: I have not reached any level of definitive change up, but you'll probably see this tied more heavily into the class and training opportunities. [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Rather than encourage rank seekers, we'll encourage education and betterment. [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: I see no reason why an E-1 who takes it upon himself to educate and work their ass of . . shouldn't be able to earn new technology and weaponry. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Questions thus far? [18:34] Agares Tretiak raises his hand. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Agares. [18:35] Agares Tretiak: From what you've stated about gear unlocks, it sounds like this may fit closely for some of the things I hope to achieve with the academies. Am I wrong in that assumption? [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Not at all. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: It's something commonly faced in organizational theory-- do you reward productive employees with rank, or do you reward them with merit? Merit being "gear" in this case. The problem with rewarding generally productive employees with rank is, well, someone may be very productive, but lack displays of leadership potential. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Our current system advocates, subtly, "promote, promote, get more crap!" [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: As we continue to grow, this is becoming more and more detrimental. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: ? [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Very good. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Two more projects to announce: [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Titan! Yes, we're still working on it. I intend to start phasing over the Titan servers to our new set up tomorrow. After which, an aggressive removal of older technology and phase out of old employees will begin. As promised, a hiring spree will begin. We will be focussing on supporting the Ordo. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: And lastly. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: This is a topic we've really been picking at for ages. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: It is my intention to pursue the replacement of all of our current attire. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Although our current gear is pretty awesome, it is dated. After some fact finding and planning, it will be determined what portions are salvageable and which parts are due to be replaced entirely. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: By salvageable, for example, I mean something to the effect of replacing prims on a dress uniform, etc. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: I don't bring this up as a subtle hint to any of our current builders. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Don't worry, I'm not expecting you to become any more over-worked. Our method will be figured in due time. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:41] Sosarin Demar raises hand. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Sosarin. [18:42] Fermi Torok raises hand. [18:42] Sosarin Demar: So I'm guessing replacing the collar on the dress uniforms with a sculpted item would be something you mean? [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Yes. [18:42] Sosarin Demar: Gotcha [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Unless we replace it entirely. [18:42] Agares Tretiak raises his hand. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Fermi. [18:43] Akurei Sieyes hates ties. >:C [18:43] Fermi Torok: If I drew some concepts, would something like parts like those on branch armor be subject to replacement with the possible better? [18:44] Fermi Torok: Could perhaps gather approval from the mass on the concepts on the forum...? [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: I am not sure I understand what you're asking. [18:44] Karla Jigsaw: he's saying should the armor concepts be subjected to a vote? [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: The initial design schemes will probably be done privately. Although I enjoy input, we'll narrow it down to a select idea before proposing it to the group. [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Why? Because not everyone is ever going to be happy, and I don't care to have 219 people posting pictures of their favorite anime characters, etc. Heh. [18:46] Akurei Sieyes: http://www.foureyesjokeshop.com/ProductIma...hic_top_hat.jpg <- go big or go home. :| [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Right. [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Agares? [18:47] Agares Tretiak: I take it during this overhaul on equipment will also mean an effort to ensure that everything meatches up with the up and coming Munitorum COuncil standards? [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Uniformity under standards, correct. Taking a lot of folkways and norms in the group and turning it into reality. [18:48] Agares Tretiak: :D Thank you, sir. [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions before we move on? [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Very good. Next topic for this evening. [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: I want to take a moment to address something that pertains mostly to myself and other administrators. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Sometimes it may appear that development within the group, especially large policy changes, occur slowly. Most of the time, yes, they do. This isn't on reason of being lax, or putting it off. Keep in mind there is a constant balance being mantained. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: For example. Every day, my job entitles a great deal of busy work and maintanence of the status quo. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: I answer questions, assist commanders, conference with Curia, give my input, etc, etc. On top of that, there is an expectation of a reasonable level of entertainment from the general members. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Entertainment usually means combat. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: That is another time sink for us. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Combat is upkept at the cost of spending time on projects and the likes. [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Although a lot of things can be delegated out, in the end, the upper administration, myself included, are still experiencing a great deal of upkeep efforts while attempting to move on to progression. [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: In short, just be mindful that progress will be slow for some large projects. It is irresponsible to ignore the current, present issues, in lieu of spending all your time moving on to the next. [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: All right. Moving on. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: On a more cheery note, I'd like to address the Ordo at large and recognize some of the progress we /have/ made over the last couple of months. [18:56] Aarya Gothly salutes! [18:56] Aarya Gothly: i cant even see anyone yet @_@ [18:56] Aryte Vesperia: The Ordo is not, nor do we ever expect to be, perfect. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: You should, however, be pretty damn proud of what we /are/. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: As I have said to some members privately, I've always been pretty scared by the thought that the Ordo isn't "matching up" with other organizations. I don't get out much, so my perception is based upon assumption. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Over the last month, I took the opportunity to do some snooping and investigation on my own. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: A lot of conversation with former members, things of that quality. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: A lot of conversation with former members, things of that quality. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: And I was really quite impressed with what I found. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: I've always considered us to be, well, pretty damn awesome. That feeling is pretty shared. We have a reputation, although not always a good one--heh. [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: We've come quite a long way. We've developed friendly, progressive atmosphere, that promotes growth and membership relationships. [19:02] Karla Jigsaw: cant be the best without blodying a few noses. [19:02] Karla Jigsaw: *bloodying [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: (IM spam, yay.) [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: As I was saying: [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Quite possibly our most vivid enemy is, well, ourselves. As we grow, we continue to raise the bar-- we continue to raise our own expectations for finery. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: It is important that we all--myself included--sit back and look at how far we've come. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Every new face contributes something new to the group, as part of a continuing legacy and a constant cycle of progress forward. [19:08] Aryte Vesperia: For a volunteer, unpaid group, who spends their time here out of leisure-- you should really be proud. [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: It never ceases to amaze me that not but a couple years back, we would've been happy with being able to get through a day without folks mowing eachother down in arguments. [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Yes, Second Life is a game. Yes, we're definitely here to have fun. The difference is, we derive our fun by putting that effort forward, developing a professional team. [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: I would say, without a doubt, in our respective community, you are definitely "professional." [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: So, continue doing what you do. You guys make everything worth it. [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: You guys just want me to get to promotions so you can leave this room, haha. [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics to bring up this evening? [19:15] Diablos Korobase: No Sir please continue [19:15] Ethan Schuman: Just one, sir. [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan. [19:15] Karlhockey Forte raises hand. [19:15] Ethan Schuman: Not so much a question as a comment. Normally I'd make this in private chat, but I think the whole Ordo could benefit by hearing it. [19:16] Karla Jigsaw raises a hand [19:16] Ethan Schuman: Two and a half years ago, when I told Shadow Keegan to put you in charge of the the AN II, I had absolutely no idea just how far you would bring things. [19:16] Ethan Schuman: Every week, you sti here and we have these meetings, and you commend people and promote them. [19:17] Ethan Schuman: Well today, I'd like to announce in front of everyone here just how damned proud I am, of you, and how honored I am to be your comrade and your friend. From then till now, and from now till whenever this whole show outgrows me, I am thankful for your friendship, and will stand beside you 110%. [19:18] Diablos Korobase: Here Here [19:18] Lestat Umarov: Same here [19:18] Heather McKay: Agreed. [19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, I really appreciate that. It's been one hell of a ride. I count my blessings; you're all among them, without a doubt. [19:18] Kraa String: Aye [19:18] Agares Tretiak: here, here. [19:18] Vinnie Lei: Hear hear! [19:18] Aarya Gothly nods. [19:18] Kono Kestenbaum: Hail the truth as it is spoken, I concur. [19:19] Keystone Gray: Hail! [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you very much! [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Okay! [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Promotions! [19:19] Karlhockey Forte: >.> [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Crap! I'm going to be late, haha! [19:20] Blaze Wiles Nods "Bonds of blood and honour,it's truely an honour to be here every hour I am with every single person here, you are all brother and sister to me" [19:20] Karlhockey Forte: I had a question. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Ech, go ahead! :) Heh. Karl. [19:20] Karlhockey Forte: I have been noticing the newer logos everywhere. Unless I missed it somewhere(I did have a few week where I was unable to check in with things reguarding ordo), did the old logo get replaced? [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Old logo is still all right. New logo is just the new release issue. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: I'll pop one out over notices. [19:20] Karlhockey Forte: Thank you. Promotions [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: All right! [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Now for the fun part. [19:21] Keystone Gray fears a Phillip pop. [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: We do promotions and merits weekly, typically. If you did not get recommended, don't worry, there's always next week. [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: So, no ":( why no promote" faces! [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: I'm going to rattle these off quickly, because I noticed my friend is tapping his watch. [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Haha. [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Alex Velinov - [Combat Prowess] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia Gregorie - [E-3]; [Combat Prowess]; [Comrade Support Merit] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Blaze Wiles - [E-3] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Cheeso Syldowjksjanska - [Good Conduct Merit] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: (Wth) [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Diablos Korobase - [E-7] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Endra Ashbourne - [E-5] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Euro Zapatero - [E-2] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: (Discens hotpants.) [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Faril Iredell - [E-4] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: (wrrry.) [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Fen Fouroux - [E-6] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Fermi Torok [E-7] [19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver Carpool - [Good Conduct Merit] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Gunau Sodwind - [smelly Army Guy Merit] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Heather McKay - [E-7] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Hokusai Otsuka - [E-5] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Hunter Abrams - [Good Conduct Merit] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Karla Jigsaw - [E-3]; [Ace Pilot Merit] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Keller Teichmann - [E-5] [19:23] Karla Jigsaw: Oh wow! [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Keystone Gray - [Combat Prowess] (is it II?) [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Kono Kestenbaum - [E-4] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Kraa String - [Combat Prowess] [19:23] Keystone Gray: (Yes) [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Lunus Ferraris - [Combat Prowess] [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Scientific Waffle - [E-3]; [Architect of Unity]; [Combat Prowess] [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: (Epic) [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Sekonda Huet - [E-6] [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: (Not because he's Irish.) [19:24] Sekonda Huet: :D [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Syl Kiranov - [E-7] [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Tandem Destiny - [E-5]; [Corona Vallaris] [19:24] Euro Zapatero: :D [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: (He flipped over a trench and destroyed a tank. With a rifle. Not kidding.) [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Tony Zadoq - [E-2] [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor Russell - [E-3] [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Zero Itamae - [E-5]; [Combat Prowess II] [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: (Agares would like me to say he loves you.) [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rozenstrauch - [E-5] [19:24] Agares Tretiak: >_> [19:25] Zero Itamae: XD [19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Aaand that's that. [19:25] Endra Ashbourne: Awww. [19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Congratulations! [19:25] Euro Zapatero: Sweet, Discens Hotpants. [19:25] Tandem Destiny: Woot. [19:25] Diablos Korobase: Congratulations everyone [19:25] Karla Jigsaw: Congrats to everyone, i feel awesome myself! Well done [19:25] Kraa String: :D [19:25] Akurei Sieyes: (Hotpants not included) [19:25] Sour Lemon: Grats! [19:25] Krow Ames: You need to take us out to dinner before you start saying you love us, Agares. [19:25] Hokusai Otsuka: Aye, congrats. :D [19:25] Kytec Switchblade: Great jobs, well deserved. [19:25] Surreal Gothly: Grats everyone :D [19:25] Keystone Gray: Congratulations to everyone, I love all of you. [19:25] Euro Zapatero: Hey, at least some will remember. [19:25] Kono Kestenbaum: Gratsi to all, and to all a merry Xmas. Or Valentine's day. Whichever is better. [19:25] Agares Tretiak: Tsk, Krow.I knwo you're not the dinner type really. [19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Well done, all fo you. :) [19:26] Euro Zapatero: Congratulations. :D [19:26] Euro Zapatero: Congratulations. :D [19:26] Keller Teichmann: 'gratz. :D [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Okay! Promotions and merits won't be handed out for a few hours, on account I have to run like a little girl not to be late. [19:26] Agares Tretiak: Krow is more the "Breakfast in bed" type. [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Unless Tenaki wants to be really nice and do it for meee. [19:26] Karlhockey Forte: I can send out textures [19:26] Kytec Switchblade: You can also run like a man, more effectively like a kenyan man i suppose. [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Perfect, thank you. I'll handle merits when I get back. [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for coming! I appreciate it. I'll see you all in a couple hours. :) [19:27] Agares Tretiak: I can chase people out of the Room and get them back to work. [19:27] Euro Zapatero: Powerthirst! [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: We'll probably raid when I get home! [19:27] Aarya Gothly: women have stonger legs. [19:27] Agares Tretiak cracks his knuckles. [19:27] Diablos Korobase: *Snaps to attention and salutes* "IMPERATOREM HONORATE, CONFLICATOR LUBIDO SUA" [19:27] Williamca Zenovka: Uhm i might run... [19:27] Keystone Gray: Have fun, Aryte. [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Dascede's positng the log, it'll be up shortly. [19:27] Agares Tretiak cracks his knuckles. [19:27] Diablos Korobase: *Snaps to attention and salutes* "IMPERATOREM HONORATE, CONFLICATOR LUBIDO SUA" [19:27] Williamca Zenovka: Uhm i might run... [19:27] Keystone Gray: Have fun, Aryte. [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Dascede's positng the log, it'll be up shortly. [19:27] Aryte Vesperia draws up his arm, snapping a fist to his chest to provide a salute. [19:27] Vinnie Lei salutes. "Oderint dum metuant." [19:27] Tandem Destiny salutes,"Hagel der Imperator." [19:27] Zero Itamae salutes! [19:27] Sekonda Huet sal [19:27] Keller Teichmann salutes! [19:27] Heather McKay salutes. [19:27] Williamca Zenovka salutes! [19:27] Kytec Switchblade: lets just hope Aryte doesn't get deported back to kenya [19:27] Aryte Vesperia shouts: Dismissed! [19:27] Euro Zapatero salutes! [19:27] Agares Tretiak: .os [19:27] Aarya Gothly salutes! [19:27] Blaze Wiles salutes! [19:27] Kytec Switchblade salutes! [19:27] Hokusai Otsuka salutes! [19:27] Karla Jigsaw salutes! [19:27] Keira Skytower salutes! [19:27] Agares Tretiak closes his fist and brings it to his chest smartly in salute. [19:27] Surreal Gothly salutes! [19:27] Akurei Sieyes: Hail! [19:27] Endra Ashbourne salutes! [19:27] Scientific Waffle salute spams [19:27] Dascede Aluveaux presents a proud salute. [19:27] Syl Kiranov salutes! [19:27] Syl Kiranov salutes! [19:27] Kono Kestenbaum salutes! [19:27] Aarya Gothly salutes! [19:27] Sour Lemon salutes! [19:28] Euro Zapatero: DEPORTED BACK TO KENYA! D:<

I hate to admit it... but. Sigh. It sounds like there's a great chance that I will likely be losing my internet connection by the beginning of February. Which means the end of my existence on the Internet, for some indefinite period of time. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it back.. lately, it just hasn't been affordable. I have family to visit tomorrow, and will not be home until Monday afternoon, and chances are, the connection will be gone by then. So this is, likely, goodbye. For a while. I'm sorry, guys. >.< If it isn't, then I can reply to it on Monday with a sigh of relief and be spared another month to keep the connection...

Okay. :D

As did I. My question is.. when exactly will we be notified as to whether we passed or not?

My calico. Who is overweight, unfortunately. She's got a hell of a lot of attitude too. xD

Yes. :D

It is not a question of who has some influence.. it is who has the most. I haven't been around a lot of militaries, but I'm really willing to bet that no military has as much sway and loyalty in its members as the Ordo Imperialis does. Aryte.. does not realize fully just how much respect he merits, I don't think.

Rofl. That's my only comment. Just rofl.

I'm also looking to grab a spot as an Instructor. I'm an E-4, promoted a couple weeks ago. I've been serving as command of an octet since as long as Endra, not long, but the job proves to be a responsibility I enjoy having. I'm also a newly-transfered member of the Antesignani squad, and I hope to serve to expectations in that range. As far as Curia goes, I haven't had anything related to that in any past events. I'm clean. I've been around since mid-November. I'm not the most wizened person here, but I know my way around and I have a good idea of the general workings that any cadet would need to know. During regular weekdays, I'm around from about 3-3:30 pm to 9:00 pm SLT. On weekends, I'm available from 10 am to 10 pm. All day on weekends, practically. This is a usual schedule; there will of course be weekends where I'm not able to be on a full 12 hours, and days during the week that I'm around much earlier to stay later. That's the general idea, however. I'd like to be an instructor because I'd be an experience to give the newbies on the doorstep of our organization the proper equipment to excel and teach them what they need to know. I'm also fueled by the desire to quicken and streamline the process. I want to see cadets pulled through their training as fast as they want; due to my own schedule when I was in Schola and the lack of hardly any willing instructors active at that period of time, my own class sequence seemed to take a hefty bit of time. I'd like to cut that down by being around to help when I can.

I volunteer gladly.

Promotions/Merits List: Ars Torok: E-2 Faril Iredell: E-3 Gulliver Carpool: W-2 Kanaki Hornet: Instructor Merit Karla Jigsaw: E-2 Kathryn Bisnovat: E-2 Keller Teichmann: E-4 Keystone Gray: E-7 Kono Kestenbaum: E-3; Comrade Support Liana Pera: E-2 Razi Soyinka: W-1 Scientific Waffle: E-2 Syl Kiranov: Combat Prowess; Ordo Achievement Merit; Merit of Honor; Comrade Support Merit Trevor Russell: E-2; Good Conduct Merit Trinity Heckroth: W-1 Virulent Fhang: E-2 Zero Itamae: E-4; Combat Prowess Merit, Combat Support Merit

Introduction [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: All right, let's get started. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Any volunteers to take minutes this evening? [18:03] Dascede Aluveaux: Me. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you! [18:03] Kathryn Bisnovat: I can. [18:03] Nevin Korobase: I'll post it on the forum Sir. [18:03] Kathryn Bisnovat: Er, nevermind. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you joining us for the first time this evening. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Our meetings work like so: [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: We begin each time with a short report from myself, over the general scope of the Ordo. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: After which, we hold a branch report session where an appointed commander speaks on behalf of their units. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Unit, rather. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Then, we move on to our keynote discussions, during which I bring up any new buisness for general discussion. After, anyone may propose a topic. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: We close with promotions and final comments. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: As usual, I do expect an orderly process. Please do not interrupt me without being given the opportunity. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: The more times I have to pause, the longer this becomes. Imperator's Report [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Moving right along to this week's report. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Current member numbers up to 215; Eazy still unaccounted for. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Several new accepted applications-- I didn't pull a total number, something close to five? [18:07] FireFox Breed: in the last week? [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Correct. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: A few resignations this week, of which all were inactives . . likely folks none of you have even met. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Nogard, as well. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Their spots were promptly filled by new entrances: Karla, Scientific, Kathryn, to name a few. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: (Haha.) [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Welcome to all of the new members-- I probably forgot a couple. [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Seb Yakan, a long time Astra officer, has gone into retirement/reserve. He'll still be around on occassion, however he has resigned his commission. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: He'll be missed. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomacy abroad has been fairly light and courteous; we're currently not banned from any region, aside from Sparta. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: But to be fair, who isn't banned from Sparta? [18:10] Sera Otoro: me... [18:10] Mikael Khalamov: rofl. [18:11] Tandem Destiny: Tandem >_> [18:11] Keystone Gray: Me. [18:11] FireFox Breed: me [18:11] Kono Kestenbaum: Me, sir. [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: . . [18:11] Zero Itamae: Me too [18:11] Kathryn Bisnovat: I shouldn't be. [18:11] Tandem Destiny: shh [18:11] Sera Otoro: heather... [18:11] Nogardknim Perth: I don't even know what sparta is, so I'm guessing I'm not banned. [18:11] Karla Jigsaw: i dont wanna hang around oily greek men anyway [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Rhetorical question, people. [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Quiet. [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: I meant group wise. [18:11] Aryte Vesperia laughs. [18:11] FireFox Breed: sparta themself? [18:11] MikeMurdock McMillan: finnaly I made it no thanks to linden labs retardation [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on. [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Offensive manuevers are up and stable; a damn good array of assaults this week. [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Defensive, same. No issues to report. [18:12] Aryte Vesperia: We are experiencing an increase in void-related problems. For example, when engaging CATI and other militaries based on a void region. [18:13] Aryte Vesperia: If they're able to field more than ten at defensive posture, we immediately become disadvantaged based to void region restrictions. [18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Troublesome, but, thus far, hasn't been too noteworthy. [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: On to division reports. Divisional Reports Terra [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Volunteers? [18:14] Lestat Umarov: I will [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Lestat; for Terra. [18:14] Lestat Umarov: Before I begin I'd like to state that I will be reporting on Terra as well as Schola today. The Schola report will follow the Terra report. [18:14] Lestat Umarov: Things have been going well in Terra from all fronts. Alpha squad enlistment is up and individual squad based training has been underway. Antesignani is slated to get some new equiptment soon. A tank, some new mech, and a couple weapons. Release date will still be determined but expect to see them soon. Fulminata has a new jump pack which functions very nicely, and Invictus is working on drop pod training. I'd like to thank Syl for her work in updating the ordo Arsenal through her scripts and models. Another thing to note is the mortar has been updated and is available in the armory. [18:15] Lestat Umarov: On training, it's important that all Adiutors and instructors look at the schedule on the forums and tell me if you can or cannot make a class. The sooner Terra training is happening on a regular basis, the sooner I can move on to work on the NCO school. If you need the training material send me an IM, altho I should have sent it to everyone. Also, when someone qualifys hawkeye you are allowed to issue them the badges if you observed. It's important that you take a screenshot and vouch for them when they go to the Imperator for their unlock. Have them message me for the Marksmanship merit. [18:16] Lestat Umarov: And lastly, I'd like to bring up the status of the Adiutors. It has come to my attention that some of you believe that it is not in fact an Alpha squad. This is not the case. It is indeed an alpha squad, and it geared towards being much like the Praetorian Guard of the Imperator, but for the Legates. Aside from assisting the legates many of the adiutors are dual enlisted in other alpha squads, bringing thier expertise and a variety of skills to the table. A program called Adiutor Tactical Immersion has been put underway for those who wish to be affiliated and train with an alpha squad, but not actually dual enlist. The adiutors are also required to assist with training and be knowledgeable of the ordo regulations. [18:17] Lestat Umarov: And questions before I move on to schola? [18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Lestat. Your work has been commendable, to say in the least. Go ahead. [18:18] Lestat Umarov: No questions? Schola [18:18] Lestat Umarov: Moving on then... [18:18] Lestat Umarov: Recuitment has been going very well. I actually got 7 applications today which I will be handling after the meeting. Training has been happening frequently, with a high graduation rate for cadets. A mentioned by the imperator there is going to be a major update soon to the outline. Much of the Communist undertones will be removed, and more Roman themed material will replace it. Those of you who have im'd be about being an instructor need to contact me after the meeting. Normally Kristian would handle new instructors but I will be taking on a small number due to his absense. [18:19] Lestat Umarov: That is all I have for my division reports, thank you. [18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Any questions? [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Next division? Astra [18:20] Niiya Narayan raises her hand [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Niiya; for Astra. [18:20] Niiya Narayan: It looks like Sosa is unable to make it so i can put a word in: [18:20] Niiya Narayan: Not alot to report... the stucture of Astra's been consolidated to try and improve efficiency, with one main active squadron and a reserve squadron for inactive people. Hopefully it'll allow us to work more efficiently and the prospect of being transferred to the inactive squadron might give people more motivation to participate. But as far as I'm aware that's all the news of importance regarding Astra. [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Appreciated, thank you for filling in for Sosarin. [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Navis? Navis [18:21] Ethan Schuman: Navis has the following to report for this week: [18:22] Ethan Schuman: Firstly, Navis has a new resource sergeant. Due to his exceptional dedication to the group and his ability to keep track of information while acting as a communication hub, I have appointed Keystone Gray to this position to replace Razi Soyinka, who will be moving up to other responsibilities. The resource sergeant is responsible for the dissemination of crucial information to the enlisted ranks of Navis, and acts as a sort of First Sergeant for those of you familiar with the term. I have no doubt that Keystone will execute his duties to the highest standards. [18:22] Ethan Schuman: Secondly, development on a new Navis ship has begun under the skilled talents of Syl Kiranov. Unlike traditional naval vessels, this new ship is designed to be a low prim, physical flight craft which is sit based. We have taken this approach for a multitude of reasons, but the most significant of these is a desire to increase Navis deployment capabilities. This craft has two seats available, one for a pilot and one for a gunner. Currently, the pilot is armed with slow firing air to surface rockets, while the gunner has a rotatable cannon turret. [18:23] Ethan Schuman: To alleviate concerns of Astra pilots, even though this is a physical flight craft, it does not have the ability to maintain air superiority. In fact, without a gunner, the ship is as good as defenseless against enemy air assets. As far as control is concerned, multiple schemes are being tested. Currently, the prototype has the ability to fly in either decoupled (normal) or coupled (Praeda/Ferox style) mode, and can also use either standard hover turning, or bank turning. Weapons are attachment based, which make it possible for modular loadouts. This is all, however, subject to change during development. Again, I will emphasize that this aircraft is meant STRICTLY for ground attack/support roles, to keep in line with the goals of Navis. [18:23] Ethan Schuman: Thirdly, regular training sessions are in the process of being scheduled. While we have had mixed success with sort of impromptu training classes, scheduled sessions are of vital importance. I am aware of the general desire to start scheduled training, and I am working with Navis instructors to make this a reality. Enough of Navis has submitted availability schedules that we can work towards this, and it is my hope that by this time next week, regular training classes will be scheduled. This will also allow us time to finish and incorporate the new ship into training. Once this is done, we can begin to sort people out into their fields and get upgrade weapons issued. [18:24] Ethan Schuman: This concludes the Navis report for this week. At the Imperator's descretion, I will now take any Navis related questions. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Congratulations, Keystone. As for the bomber, it is truly amazing, as with anything Syl seems to make. Ha ha. The new approach of including strategic level bombing into Navis via-physical/smaller craft is very feasible and valid. Very good work Ethan, as always. [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Open to questions at this time. [18:25] Karla Jigsaw: I have one [18:25] Ethan Schuman: Karla. [18:26] Karla Jigsaw: If they have this new super duper Joint Strike Fighter, is that going to mean that us flygirls are going to be able to spend less time defending Navis directly and work on agressing enemy air capability in an offensive rather then defensive role? [18:26] Karla Jigsaw: as in, do your ships have more teeth now/ [18:27] Ethan Schuman: Negative. While the gunship has a cannon for air to air defense and is more maneuverable, its primary task will be to use its weapons against ground targets. While the gunship is faster than the Admonitor, it will still require clear skies to be fully effective. [18:28] Ethan Schuman: This may, however, change during prototype development. [18:28] Karla Jigsaw: AHr right, I see. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: You can consider this new vehicle comparable to the A-10, in some ways. [18:28] Mikael Khalamov: Or an Apache? [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: It is not intended to fight other aircraft. [18:28] Lestat Umarov: Warthog [18:28] Cyphre Iredell: tank pwner [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions? [18:28] Ethan Schuman: The long and shortof it s, you won't ave to defendus directly, but you will need to keep air assets surpressed. [18:29] Karla Jigsaw: Right oh, that makes more sense now Keynotes [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Let's move on to the keynotes this evening. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: I've got a few to discuss. Several of which are short, so this shouldn't take long. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: First up: [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Civilian Overseers. It has been a really long time since we've appointed any new NCO's to manage the civilian group. I will be posting a forum topic taking volunteers after the meeting. I'll need about five people to join and help manage invites, ejections, etc. [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: The task is pretty simple: you manage civilian clearance, revoke it, clean it up when necessary. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: It's not an incredibly difficult job, but a decent responsibility. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: It's your job to ensure we're not passing civilian invites to enemies and so forth. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Among your duties include combing the group regularly to ensure none of the civilians have moved on to other groups, etc. [18:32] Aryte Vesperia: If you have any questions, feel free to drop them into the forum topic when it is up. I'll probably take the first five folks, or, the senior most if there's a huge interest. [18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Any questions at this time? (I'll take a few. Please don't volunteer at this time.) [18:32] FireFox Breed rises a hand [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Firefox. [18:33] FireFox Breed: If needed I can make somethhing on my php system for better managment of the civy group. That way we know who asked for them to be invited along with other info about them. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: That'd be . . [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Yeah. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: That'd be great. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions on this topic? [18:34] Scientific Waffle raises his hand. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Waffle. [18:34] Karla Jigsaw raises hers too D: [18:34] Scientific Waffle: What are the requirements for volunteering for this position? [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: I prefer NCO level members, so, E-4 and above. [18:34] Karla Jigsaw lowers it D: [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Jigsa-- [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Unjigsaw. [18:35] Karla Jigsaw: haha, damn you clairvoyent breakfast product! [18:35] Karla Jigsaw: you foiled me again [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: As mentioned, there is an ongoing effort to update Schola and expand it. At this time, I'm pretty behind on making this a reality. The probability is I will form a council of folks, including Lesat (lol volunteered) and other instructors to come up with a new approach before finalizing it. The idea is to expand Phase 1 into two exams, effectively covering more of the handbook. Likewise, Phase 3 will be made less dry. It is probable Schola will eventually reach "5" phases, rather than four. Look forward to this within two weeks or so (to be explained why in the next topic). [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Anyone will really be open to participating. I'll be especially interested in hearing from former members of other groups. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:37] Gulliver Carpool raises his hand. [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver. [18:38] Gulliver Carpool: I'd be happy to write up the curriculum once all the ideas and what not are submitted. Tests and stuff like that. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Oh perfect, thank you. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: I do appreciate your help. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: We'll definitely open up a expanded council/group think tank on it. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: All right. Next topic: [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: I will be out of town beginning next Thursday, until the following Monday. 22nd to the 26th [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: . [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: I will have limited access, but will have my phone on me at all times. I will likely check in nightly (and throughout the day when bored) to answer any critical questions and so forth. [18:40] Lestat Umarov: I'll text the shit out of you sir :D [18:40] Keystone Gray: Let's ALL text him a great big "I love you" wave. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Operations will continue without much incident while I am away. Officers will be spoken to on Wednesday about authority to assault and so forth. Also, expect an evening meeting on Wednesday so I can lay out my usual message. [18:40] Aryte Vesperia: (Feel free.) [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Not much to note, aside from I won't be here to bitch at all day for a weekend. Your general day to day won't be effected. :) [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: More on that on Wednesday. Just a heads up. [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:41] Kenji Solvang: me Sir? [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Kenji? [18:41] Karla Jigsaw: have a nice trip \o/ [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Thanks! [18:42] Kenji Solvang: Will I be able to say hi to you during the time that your gone? [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Sure! [18:42] Kenji Solvang: since I am leaveing too? [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Haha! Yes. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: I'll send you my number. [18:42] Kenji Solvang: ok, then I shall try:P [18:42] Blaze Wiles nods "just to say have a nice trip sir and I'm sure we'll be able to keep this place from exploding in the mean time" [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. I'm sure you all will. Hasn't been a problem in the past. :) [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: We'll talk more on it on Wednesday when I give my usual :( BYE spiel. [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Agares was handed control over design of the academy program last week. If you have not done so, and are interested in assisting, please contact him. He has a forum topic up currently for any party to check on. Please do volunteer your assistance if you're in the least bit curious. The academies will provide a wide array of unique skill practice for the Ordo. With Agares at the lead, I expect it to go forward a lot faster than being forced to sit on my backburners. [18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:45] Karla Jigsaw raises a hand [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Jigsaw. [18:45] Karla Jigsaw: Just for curiousitys sake, whats an example of 'unique skill practices' [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you new: [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: The academy system is an idea I proposed some time ago, under the idea that a series of unique classes should be offered at rotation/semi-routinely. For example, air defense acadamies for infantry. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Or, classes designed around teaching about the internal design and ranks of other militaries. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Acadamies will be open to everyone, providing advanced education outside of the general training routines. [18:47] Karla Jigsaw: oh like, extra curriculam activities [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Exactly. [18:47] Karla Jigsaw: ohhh [18:47] Karla Jigsaw: that sounds fun actually, ill sign up [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Heh heh. :) [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: ? [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: A little update on Titan progress: [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: The staff change up is a little late on account of me heading out next week; I expect to actually be on schedule when returning. It's been a challenge to balance the new class load offline. All in all, no major setbacks. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: As for Chronus, as some have askeD: [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: The void region was cancelled for a few reasons. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, the $95 dollar tier payments will make thw $250 credit pointless. We've decided to drop the sim, under the expectation it'll take about two or three months to comfortably situate Titan. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Furthermore, when purchasing a new class 5, you receive a 30day credit. $300 value. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: It just seemed to make no sense to upkeep Chronus as a void at this point. It, however, will return as a full region. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:52] Ethan Schuman raises hhis hand. [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan. [18:53] Ethan Schuman: Chronus was excellent for training and building. With its departure, have we begun to look for a new isolated void or sandbox where builders can retreat to to escape lag, or are we just going to go back to the area under the VV bridge? [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: For the moment, there is no designated location. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: The VV is slated for summary destruction within a very short amount of time. [18:55] Niiya Narayan raises her hand [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: To alleviate the need, we'll probably open a platform or use the existing moon base a few thousand meters in the air (yes, moonbase). It's currently housing our servers. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Niiya? [18:56] Niiya Narayan: i might suggest that the outpost hanger is the best place for people if they want to build at the moment, with the imminent removal of the VV. however they should pick up all items before leaving the area and make sure not to get in the way of Ordo operations. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions? [18:57] Aryte Vesperia nods. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: The last topic I have for this evening . . [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: I know this is going to spark a lot of questions. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Please bear with me, however. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: It is a very new idea at this point. I am introducing it so ideas can begin flowing. Please don't get too shocked or start throwing hands up, haha. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: It has been proposed to me that Terra has the tendency to be a bit bland. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: I do not intend for a class system to replace the current body of troops, but I plan to offer special "class" like unlocks where people can undertake specialized training or a series of tasks to unlock a title/perk. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: The class will be intended as an augment, to provide Terra extra dynamics. [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: Think of it like . . prestige opportunities. [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: Participation will be not mandatory. [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: This will /not/ be like the Merczateers. [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: The idea behind this will be giving specialized training, to earn a piece of equipment, a title, a merit-- an unlock, and so forth. [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: There'll be no limit to the amount of clases you can partake and so forth. [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: As I said, it'll be a way for Terra to augment and keep interest. Rather than there being a linear "you're an infantrymen." [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Infantryman, rather. [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Long ago, we offered specialized Punisher training to earn the Punisher. [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Along with, you'd earn a "Mechanized Merit." [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: This system will be a more permanent/routine version of the academy system, specifically for Terra. [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: The classes/training have not been worked out at this time. I simply wanted everyone to be aware: we are working on a new unlock system, to better diversify and keep Terra dynamic. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: This should erase the "lol here's a gun, shoot shit." Coupled with Terra's new basic training routine, we'll better be able to shape the overall division to a more elite standard. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: I will open this up to questions-- I'll only take a few. [19:06] Jayce Iredell raises hand. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: (I want to add: this won't effect anyone who doesn't want to participate. It is opportunity, not restriction for others.) [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce? [19:06] Jayce Iredell: So is this like, wargear, essentially? [19:06] Keller Teichmann raises his hand. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: . . [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Yes actually. Sort of. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: For example, maybe I'll offer a "Commissar" specialization and Terra can run around touting an epic hat or something (no). [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Keller? [19:08] Lestat Umarov: ((Good, cause only I can have an epic hat :|)) [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: The specific head of the program has not been determined (I haven't picked a name from the hat yet--it'll probably be me). [19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions? [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Like I said . . very initial phase on this. I haven't even informed the Terra staff yet. [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Ha ha. [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: We'll have more on it later. [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics to bring up this evening? [19:11] Endra Ashbourne raises paw. [19:11] MikeMurdock McMillan raise hand [19:11] Karla Jigsaw: I have one [19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Endra. [19:12] Endra Ashbourne: I have a series of questions. Is the relocation of the war room and classroom to the bunker permanent? Will they be moved to the new ship when it is complete? Further, what's the status on the new ship and the decommissioning of the VV? [19:12] Aryte Vesperia: The relocation is not intended to be permanent; Niiya has undertaken moving all of our integral pieces into the bunker to make removing the current VV easier. [19:13] Aryte Vesperia: As for a new ship: that's still up in the air. Keno is questioning whether or not he wants to build a new one. I believe he misunderstood moving the items down here as a reason not to have a ship. At this point, if Keno does not make a new VV, I already have a volunteer to pick up the slack. [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Does that answer you? [19:14] Endra Ashbourne: Yup! Thank you sir. [19:14] ShadowFang Blessed raises hand [19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Mikemurdock. [19:14] MikeMurdock McMillan: Well I want to bring up something that been a bit bothering me, Now I will want to thank our builders in the monitorum with moving Ordo into a new generation. Though I know many are proud with Syl's work hell i'm proud of the work, but I would like you all to please remember there are other brethren in the Monitorum and without there support as well. So for people like Sera Otoro Who scripted the tank and build/scripted the new mechs along with out projects she is currently working on I thank her for making replacement for the aging punisher walker. I also want to thank Mizar Korobase, In which he is currently making plans for the rebuild of our sim to something of greatness. Keno for working on the replacement ship of the aging Vae Victus. I also want to thank the other builders. Though I don't know who you are or what project you are working on for ordo I greatly thank you for all your doing for us. I hope my message shows you all that we should give thanks to every one of our builders from working on larg [19:14] MikeMurdock McMillan: large and known projects to small and slient mini ones.So when you see our brothers or sisters working on a project for ordo please give them thanks for what they are doing. Even a single thank you will really brighten there day :D That is all I would like to say for ths evening. [19:14] MikeMurdock McMillan: damn sl text limits [19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Definitely. The joint efforts of our design staff is extremely integral to our group's progess. Everyone's contributions are highly valued. [19:15] Blaze Wiles raises paw [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, everyone. Very much so! I do hope you all realize how important your efforts are. [19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Karla? [19:17] Niiya Narayan raises her hand [19:17] Karla Jigsaw: Raven Raiders... alright what do we view them as? At first they jsut came across as a little band of noobs using rubbish weapons, but now they have their own armor, their numbers are growing and most disturbingly they now have an air force. Granted, its a rubbish air force that myself and Niiyah picked apart in seconds, but they are growing and getting more advanced [19:17] Karla Jigsaw: and plus they attack us every damned day [19:17] Mikael Khalamov: lol [19:17] Karla Jigsaw: are they just a bunch of marauders still or are they becoming a credible force to us? [19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Raven Raiders are a standing hostility. To date, the only military we've faced with numerical credibility would be that of the Orks. [19:18] Aryte Vesperia: It isn't really my nature to rate someone as "more dangerous" or "less dangerous." [19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Every hostility should be treated with the same respects. [19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Their efforts are commendable, but, we've never really had a huge issue with dealing with them. [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Some of their members are . . very questionable. [19:19] Karla Jigsaw: guided missles >.> [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Others, are decent guys who are evolving quickly. [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: They are comprised of a lot of new faces to the community. [19:19] Aryte Vesperia: In most occassions, I have found RR very receptive. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: It's a matter of learning, for the most part. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Unfortunately, not everyone is open to learning. Hell, we weren't two years ago. Haha. [19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Does that answer you? [19:20] Karla Jigsaw: ok cool, long as we are aware they are getting bigger and better [19:21] Karla Jigsaw: yus \o/ [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Shadow. [19:21] ShadowFang Blessed: i know this is kinda random but, do we have a name for the new ship? [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Which? [19:21] ShadowFang Blessed: the new VV [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: No. [19:21] ShadowFang Blessed: :o k. [19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Blaze? [19:22] Blaze Wiles: Will we be having a full decomissioning ceremony for the VV when it is removed, I likr the old Hulk it's be a shame to wake up one morning and find it being slowly deleted without a good send off [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: The VV will be honorably retired in ceremony, yes. [19:23] Keystone Gray: (Phys-delink will crash the sim. Lol.) [19:23] Aryte Vesperia: (Avoiding that.) [19:23] Keystone Gray: (k) [19:23] Blaze Wiles: thank you sir [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Niiya? [19:24] Niiya Narayan: On the topic of equipment contributions i would like to highlight the importance of efficiency... it's very important that items for the group do not create server stress or excessive graphical slowdown. if you have any questions regarding this please contact myself and i'll be happy to help. [19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Definitely. Niiya, your attention to detail and efficiency is awesome. Thank you. [19:25] Keystone Gray: 1024x1024 images = wtf u doin? [19:25] Niiya Narayan: exactly [19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics this evening? Promotions [19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. And on to the final thing this evening: promotions! [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: A few brand new folks got some pretty good reviews, so don't be surprised if you see your name here. [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Ars Torok - [E-2] [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Faril Iredell - [E-3] :( [19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver Carpool - [W-2] [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Kanaki Hornet - [instructor Merit] [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Karla Jigsaw - [E-2] [19:27] Karla Jigsaw: oh yay \o/ [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Kathryn Bisnovat - [E-2] [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Keller Teichmann - [E-4] [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Keystone Gray - [E-7] [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Kono Kestenbaum - [E-3]; [Comrade Support] [19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Liana Pera - [E-2] [19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Razi Soyinka - [W-1] [19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Scientific Waffle - [E-2] "His avatar makes me hungry." (The recommendation said thus.) [19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Syl Kiranov - [Combat Prowess]; [Ordo Achievement Merit]; [Merit of Honor]; [Comrade Support Merit] [19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor Russel - [E-2]; [Good Conduct Merit] [19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Trinity Heckroth - [W-1] [19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Virulent Fhang - [E-2] " I think Virulent's a pretty cool guy. eh kills n00b's and doesn't afraid of anything. [Pretty Cool Guy Merit]" [19:29] Aryte Vesperia: . . [19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Zero Itamae - [E-4]; [Combat Prowess]; [Combat Support] [19:29] Sera Otoro looks in the merit list for that one... [19:30] Kathryn Bisnovat secretly wants that merit as well. [19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Well done, all of you. [19:30] Aryte Vesperia: You should be proud. [19:30] Mikael Khalamov: Grats all :O [19:30] Karla Jigsaw: yay, candy all round \o. [19:30] Niiya Narayan: congratulations [19:31] Tandem Destiny: Gratz. [19:31] MikeMurdock McMillan: congrats [19:31] Kathryn Bisnovat: Thanks, and 'grats to everyone else as well! :D [19:31] Keller Teichmann: Congratz. :D [19:31] Lestat Umarov: Grats to trintiy who is not here :o [19:31] Euro Zapatero: Congratulations. [19:31] Kono Kestenbaum: Grasti as well. [19:31] Lestat Umarov: trinity* [19:31] Keystone Gray: \o/ [19:31] Kono Kestenbaum: Gratsi, even. [19:31] Aryte Vesperia: It'll be about an hour before everything is issued. :) [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Give or take . . a long time, dependant on SL. Dismissal [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: On that note: thank you all for coming! You're dismissed. Have a great evening. [19:32] Keystone Gray: Night. [19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Please post the log, Dascede! [19:32] Keystone Gray salutes. [19:32] Aryte Vesperia draws up his arm, snapping a fist to his chest to provide a salute.

Neheheheh.

I've been in apartments before to visit. I live in a house right now.. but uh. No. This guy is just.. weird. The apartment I was at was nice, well furnished, had a balcony and nicely-done interiors. No camera bullshit and the windows weren't barred. There was no wake-up or lights-out time. And the outdoors had a playground rather than an... exercise room.

... This is real? Holy fuck. Sounds like prison to me. And he has no idea. e.e

If you couldn't post on the forums... you should probably IM Intus... o.o

Start [18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get started. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Lighter gathering here today. I would say that has a little to do with SL being wonky and asset, but that's all right. [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for coming. Imperator's Report [18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get right to it. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: First off, my weekly report. [18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Currently sitting at 214, with (surprisingly enough) two unaccounted folks with locked accounts. Bruce . . I don't want to ask. Eazy still owes LL 5 dollars. [18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Truth be told, I have not taken a moment to look over the Schola numbers. I know we accepted fourish applications and denied twice that. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Combat activity was up much higher than the last couple of weeks, back to our pre-holiday norms. [18:04] Aryte Vesperia: No complaints there. All deployments were very enjoyable and well fought. Diplomatically, we've seen the entrance (or at least, awareness of) several new enemy forces. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: CATI, the disgruntled Brazilians in Eagle Nebula, are a prominent target. [18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Most recently, TCG, a very old enemy, has returned to the visible scene. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: TCG's leader, Griffith Benelli, formerly led MDF. [18:06] Aryte Vesperia: As anyone who reads their history should know: we annihilated the MDF. [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Er. . Griffin Yeats. Benelli is his alt, I believe? [18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Too many "G" names. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Another group has made an appearance in the region of Eon. [18:08] Aryte Vesperia: "Knights Sentinel." [18:09] Aryte Vesperia: It is . . essentially, ex-VG, ex-Sparta, and other quasi-griefers (Maza Rau) making out for try #49230 of being "cool kids." [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Uhhm, let's see. [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: I'll save the rest of diplomacy for the keynote. Divisional reports Astra: [18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on. Division reports? [18:10] Fermi Torok raises his hand, "I've been appointed to speak for Astra this week." [18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Fermi, go ahead. [18:11] Fermi Torok: There were two goals set at the beginning of the week. The first was to finish the reforming of the Apostles, which included concluding the new flight instructor evaluations and testing. Progress has been made in that regard, but this goal remains unsatisfied. Kristian, who heads the Apostle reform, is absent with schooling, so changes may be a little slow. [18:12] Fermi Torok: The second was structure discussion and revision. Some debate took place in the forums and in ventrilo. We've decided to cramp the most active individuals into one squadron, while the rest are put into another. This other squadron will serve as the "Training and Reserve" squadron. So, it will also include trainees. Details are in the Astra forum, and a new Astra roster draft should be completed soon for review. [18:12] Fermi Torok: What preoccupied many of us this week was an influx of new pilots. We received six new pilots in the span of roughly a week, which has to be a new record. Three were Schola graduates, while the other three were transfers. We welcome your presence graciously. [18:13] Fermi Torok: On the subject of trainees, We'd like to proudly announce that we've gained two graduate pilots; this week, who are now wearing their well earned wings. Hopefully in the coming week we will see more faces of Astra work their way through training regimen and earn their mark as a certified pilot. [18:13] Fermi Torok: Next week Astra will continue to work on the Apostles and its new instructors as best as it can, in addition to settling into a revised structure. [18:13] Fermi Torok: That is all... Navis: [18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Next? [18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan. [18:14] Ethan Schuman: I will go, sir. [18:14] Ethan Schuman: Navis has the following to report for this week: [18:14] Ethan Schuman: Firstly, our new weapons are finished. I'd like to extend a special thanks to Keystone Gray and Sera Otoro. It is my hope that these weapons will serve us well on the unfortunate instances where we cannot use our ships. [18:14] Ethan Schuman: Secondly, training has begun. The first session of orientation occured last night, with more to follow this Sunday. Numbers were decent, with many non-Navis personnel in attendance. Thanks to all who came. More of these sessions, as well as small arms familiarization, will likely happen later in the day (likely around 8:00PM SLT). Speak with me after the meeting if you wish to know more about the Navis training regiment. [18:15] Ethan Schuman: On that note, those of you in Navis who have not turned in your schedules need to do so. Make sure Keystone has them. I won't be making promotion recommendations until the majority of the group has turned in their schedules (unless you've already turned yours in). [18:15] Ethan Schuman: Get on it, people. [18:15] Ethan Schuman: Thirdly, Navis is in dire need of a new ship. I know we have a lot of scripters, and those of ou with capital ship experience are requested to notify myself or Centurion Rei Kuhr. The Admonitor is old and outdated, and can only serve us as a primary ship for a little while longer. We have frames and concepts, all we need is a team to work on them. [18:16] Ethan Schuman: I cannot stress this last point enough. We're coming down to a wire. I'm asking ANY of you with naval experience or engineering expertise to step forward. [18:17] Ethan Schuman: This concludes the Navis report for this week. Terra: [18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent, thank you. [18:17] Aryte Vesperia: With Lestat's absence, I will cover the Terra report. [18:17] Aryte Vesperia: A few primary notes of interest. Foremost, two octet command roles have been replaced. Knightblade Fayray and Dralkanen Hextall have fallen into idleness. [18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Their replacements will be announced during the promotionary session. [18:18] Aryte Vesperia: All of the Terra officers will be approached today and tomorrow about giving spot-progress checks, in order to get a feel for the progress and understanding of their expectations. As Terra's size continues to be a situation we're grappling with, the need to keep a dynamic, effective Terra has become more pressing. [18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Heavy emphasis has been placed onto elite squads as the flagship, tip of the spear. However, the remaining 80+ Terra will see a change within the coming weeks as gear allocation and training begins to take full steam. [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Terra's new approach will be to move further away from "here's a gun, shoot shit," to elite and combat intensive. [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Although Terra combat performance has always been quite remarkable, the desire to achieve greater heights will push all levels of Terra, regardless of alpha-squad status, to a new level. [18:20] Aryte Vesperia: More on that within the next week or so. [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Any other reports to make this evening? [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Outstanding. Moving on. Keynotes [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Several keynotes this evening, most are brief. So we'll make this quick! [18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost. EU update. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: I have lifted the ban on Ordo personnel in regards to visiting EU. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Roo Tenk, the commander of EU, promptly ejected Dezno and the other questionable individuals. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: If you get the opportunity and see Roo, be sure to thank him. His commitment to the values of the IS are commendable. [18:22] Aryte Vesperia: In short: feel free to visit EU's base in Vadoo Reef. [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:23] Mikael Khalamov raises his hand. [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Oh. [18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Mikael? [18:23] Mikael Khalamov: Who all was in the EU that were copybotters or whatever anyway? [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Dezno Parx was the only one we implicated. Dezno is formerly Ulrick Umarov, among other names. He was responsible for copying our Punisher, among many other gear pieces. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: The Merczateers has a couple individuals they protested on as well. [18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Had, rather. [18:24] Mikael Khalamov: Alrighty, cool. [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Each of the accused has some involvement in overt theft of gear, etc. [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: \ [18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Aye, next topic. [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, Ethan Schuman. It's really quite refreshing to see a power movement in Navis. You've got a great team in the division, but they really needed someone to step in and give the political/authority backing to make it move. [18:26] Ethan Schuman: Thank you, sir. [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Keystone Gray, Gulliver, Kanaki, Josey-- all of you Navis junkies. [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Good work. [18:26] Aryte Vesperia: (Razi, etc, etc.) [18:27] Aryte Vesperia: I also want to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated to the Chronus fund thus far. [18:27] Mizar Korobase: I'll be donating soon. I forgot to pickup my paycheck today. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: It's awesome to see interest in the project. Anything helps. Even Gunau's dollar. I want to underline, however, you doooo not have to donate. Please do not if you're like "WELL I CAN EAT TODAY OR SPEND IT ON CHRONUS." [18:28] Sekonda Huet: (a439;a380; a377;) Exchange rate is shitty atm. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: The region will come regardless of donations. This is simply speeding up the process and alleviating stress. [18:28] Aryte Vesperia: So, thank you! [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: (If you're wondering "wot donationz" go look at the topic in the main thread on the forums.) [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: In light of the fact Astra has magically absorbed six people in the last week, I am temporarily [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: . . hitting enter prematurely. [18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Let me try again: [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: In light of the fact Astra has magically absorbed six people in the last week, I am temporarily freezing transfers to Astra. [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: The instructor capability of Astra will otherwise be overwhelmed and the delicate process of molding pilots will be damaged. [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: This freeze will last until next week's meeting. Simple as that. [18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:31] Jester Spearmann: none [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Moving right along. [18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:32] Aryte Vesperia: I hope to make some major changes to the handbook by Wednesday. School starts for me on Monday, but I have a few days off. The changes will include an expanded and tailored regulations, cutting out some old ones, while adding in some more pressing matters-- such as making the spawn req's part of it. [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: My question to you is: what else do we need to add? We have a lot of norms in the Ordo that may or may not be written down. If you can think of any off the top of your head, I'd like to hear it. [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Do any of you have anything on mind immediately? Otherwise, a form topic will be opened after this meeting. [18:33] Ethan Schuman raises his hand. [18:33] Trinity Heckroth raises her hand [18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan. [18:34] Trinity Heckroth: (pft nvm) [18:34] Ethan Schuman: OIC command regulations and protocol, specifically the transfer of command. [18:34] Ethan Schuman: That needs a greater emphasis. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia nods. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Will do. [18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Anyone else? [18:35] Trinity Heckroth raises her hand [18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Trinity. [18:35] Trinity Heckroth: Was thinking forum protocol. Make it official. Generally it's been good, but might as well have something in hard copy inworld. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Ooh, good idea. Yes. [18:36] Phillip Hultcrantz raises hand [18:36] Anlysia Gregoire raises her hand. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Phillip. [18:36] Phillip Hultcrantz: More emphesis on vent protocol... [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: I added that in the same line. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Vent/Forum protocol. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Aye. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. [18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia? [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: (Same line in my notes, that is. I'll take a picture of it. You should see my notebook of doom.) [18:37] Trevor Russell raises hand [18:37] Anlysia Gregoire: Sir, are the additional notecards we're given in Schola available anywhere besides the instructors? If they're not, maybe we should put them in the classroom. [18:37] Jester Spearmann: (I can do that if need be) [18:37] Aryte Vesperia: So folks can reference them later? That'd be fine, we could do that. I'll create a quick list or something. [18:38] Keller Teichmann raises his hand. [18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor. [18:39] Trevor Russell: do the spawn regulations include the protocol for handling suspected alts, particularly with regards to the understood exception regarding hubcamping suspected alts? [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Yeah. [18:39] Trevor Russell: k [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: I will keep the expanded form, but have a clean cut regulations version in the handbook. [18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Keller? [18:40] Keller Teichmann: Perhaps something could be added concerning Titan Industries, especially since there's a concerted effort to revitalize it from inside Ordo? [18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Gimmie an example? [18:42] Keller Teichmann: Perhaps something along the lines of who to talk to, or clear set guidelines to keep the two entities seperate? Like... an Ordo member can't go around boasting about being linked to Titan if he's not part of the actual staff? [18:42] Aryte Vesperia nods. [18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Noted, thankee. Will do. [18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Anyone else? [18:45] Jester Spearmann: nope [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. [18:45] Sekonda Huet: Epic lengthy silence. c.c? [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Let's see here. [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: On the topic of Titan: [18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Hiring and employment should be worked out, god willing, by Wednesday as well. [18:46] Keystone Gray: (That means Aryte-willing, for those of you who are new.) [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: There will be a forum notice dropped out to make it apparent, so just keep an eye open. [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: (. . Hahaha.) [18:46] Sekonda Huet raises a paw. c.c [18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Sekonda? [18:47] Sekonda Huet: Is Titan actively looking for new employees to take up the many roles that aren't done by more than one person then? [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: The full listing will be issued during the forum post. There will be a wide variety of positions available. [18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Pretty much, I have to fire a bunch of inactive people. [18:48] Sekonda Huet: Awesome :3 [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions? [18:48] Jester Spearmann: no [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. [18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Tier of succession. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: With the next handbook update, the succession tier will be modified to reflect the current commanders. [18:49] Aryte Vesperia: I will base it off of time in office, so it will look something like . . Terra, Astra, Navis. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: So all the Terra junkies will be happy to wave their flags over Astra for the first time in two years. [18:50] Jester Spearmann snickers [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: This will be formal upon the handbook update. [18:50] Mikael Khalamov waves his flag over Astra. [18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:50] Keystone Gray narrows his eyes at Mikael. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Very good. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Agares, are you with us this evening? [18:51] Hokusai Otsuka behaves like he should. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: That's a negative. [18:51] Mizar Korobase: Agares had to do something IRL [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: All right-- well, I can't address the topic very far without him. [18:51] Aryte Vesperia: I will bring it back up next time, or this week. [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: But, expect an academy council to be formed. The basic function of this group will be to design and figure the method of implimenting the dozen or so academy ideas that were drafted ages back. [18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Academies, for those new, will basically be semi-routine class/practice programs designed to teach a specific (or general audience) special skills. [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: It is sort of an "advanced training" that rotates. [18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Including topics like: [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Air defense, latency/graphic efficiency, foreign ranks/general education on other militaries. [18:54] Aryte Vesperia: The idea behind acadmies is that running twelve individual training programs constantly would be difficult/near impossible for an online world, but if they're offered in rotation, eventually, the skills will spread out among the troops. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Teach one, teach another sort of thing. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: I'll have more on that after I tell Agares he's been nominated (forced) to lead the council. [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: [18:55] Anlysia Gregoire: \o/ [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? [18:55] Trevor Russell raises hand [18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor. [18:55] Trinity Heckroth raises hand [18:56] Trevor Russell: how will the members of the council be chosen? [18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Volunteer basis. [18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Agares will have pretty wide discretion on who. [18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Trinity? [18:56] Trinity Heckroth: That was my question. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Oh, perfect. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: I guess that's our first two volunteers. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Heh. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions? [18:57] Sirus McMahon: same [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Good. [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Any other business to bring up this evening? [18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Oh, I . . do, hah. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Intus wanted me to let everyone know the forums are in the process of being updated. [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: From his forum post: [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: "Bought IPB yesterday, IPB offices were closed at that time (after hours). They like to review and accept all purchases to avoid fraud. They accepted my transaction today, downloaded the software, began updating, and the converter they supply didn't exactly work 100% for our version of PHP Fusion (Converter converted everything correctly but avatars and our passwords). Thankfully, they provide a free conversion service due to a current promotion on their website. I have activated the conversion service, they'll fix it up." [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: " I have no idea when the person will do the conversion, so be aware that any data you will post on here from this point forward may not be converted (depends on when they do the actual conversion)." [18:58] Aryte Vesperia: So just be aware. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: We'll soon be kicking it on IPB, which are massively better than our current. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Now then. Anything further? [18:59] Lestat Umarov: I'm late D: [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Glad you noticed. [18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Any other business this evening? Promotions [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: On to promotions. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: As usual, please give me an hour or two to update everything after the promotion list is issued. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: If you don't have it by tomorrow, then you can bug me. [19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Oh, another disclaimer. [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: If you have like fifteen of the same merit, blame your officers and those recommending you. Rei has like six ace merits, so don't feel bad. [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: No, you can't wear more than one. [19:01] Keystone Gray: He can give one to Kekken then, no problem. [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: On to the list: [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: (HAHa.) [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: (Only like 7 people in this room got that. You should all feel old.) [19:01] Aryte Vesperia: (Only like 7 people in this room got that. You should all feel old.) [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Niiya Narayan - Comrade Support Merit, Good Conduct Merit [19:02] Jester Spearmann: (speaking of kekken, he's back in MC) [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Fermi Torok - [E-6]; Comrade Support Merit, Good Conduct Merit [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Heather McKay - [E-6]; Comrade Support Merit, Good Conduct Merit [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Trinity Heckroth - [E-6]; Comrade Support Merit, Good Conduct Merit [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: (.. . Wth E-6.) [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck Creeggan - [E-6]; Comrade Support Merit [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Sour Lemon - [E-2] [19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Syl Kiranov - [E-5] [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Mizar Korobase - [E-6] [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Mizar Korobase - [E-7] [19:03] Jayce Iredell: ?? wth? [19:03] Sekonda Huet: Fastest promotion on record [19:03] Mikael Khalamov: He was already E-6. [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: He was already E-6. [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Hahaha. [19:03] Jayce Iredell: XD [19:03] Syl Kiranov: I'm already E5 too. [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: ... [19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Are you? [19:04] Jayce Iredell: lol [19:04] Jester Spearmann: hahah [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Fff. [19:04] Cyphre Iredell: (yeah, since like two meetings ago) [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: One moment. [19:04] Mikael Khalamov: Well done, sir. [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: You can tell my notecards don't save correctly. [19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Gah . . okay. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Syl, E-7. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: wAIt [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: NO [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: E-6. [19:05] Syl Kiranov: hahaha [19:05] Jayce Iredell: XD [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Oh shut up. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on. [19:05] Keystone Gray: Sir, do you need a break? [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Dascede Aluveaux - [E-4] [19:05] Liana Pera snortlaughs. :x [19:05] Anlysia Gregoire: >.> [19:05] Vitani Gullwing: (call starbucks) [19:05] Phillip Hultcrantz: Quiet down please. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Dascede Aluveau has assumed command of [COHORS A; CENTURY 1; OCTET 1]. [19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rosebush - [E-4] [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Endra Ashbourne - [E-4] [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Endra Ashbourne has assumed command of [COHORS A; CENTURY 1; OCTET 2]. [19:06] Aryte Vesperia: I'll be speaking with you, Dascede and Endra (who'll read this log) sometime tomorrow, hopefully. [19:06] Dascede Aluveaux: Alright, sir. Thank you. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: That's the list this evening. Thank you for the recommendations. [19:07] Aryte Vesperia: In light of pointing out I've made an error somewhere in my promotions, please check the roster and let me know if you note a discrepancy. [19:07] Mikael Khalamov: Congrats all. [19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Congratulations all of you. [19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Now check the damn roster. [19:09] Mizar Korobase: YAY! [19:09] Mikael Khalamov: