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~ORDO IMPERIALIS~
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
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**********Meeting Report**********
NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux | W-1; Triplicarius | Terra
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DATE: 21 November 2009
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SUBJECT: General topics.
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SUMMARY: Ordo gathered and discussed.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining me for this week’s meeting.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Tonight we have a few topics to touch on, so let’s get started. Remember to keep quiet and to hold comments, questions, emotes, happy faces, Vincentmakingcommentsoutofturn, until provided the chance.
Imperator's Report
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: First up, the statistics for this week:
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Members: 275
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Cadets 16.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Applications, 18 received. 7 approved. 3 in Curia. The rest denied.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 3 additional apps awaiting review.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Combat this week.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Mercury reports 85 defensive pings, 30 of which were full combat reports.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 9 offensive deployments-- lot of good ones in there, too.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomatic updates this week are fairly notable. First up, let’s recap on the Chaos delegation.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: As mentioned a couple weeks ago, we have been pursuing the removal of the blockade on Chaos in hopes of opening up combat with the group. To say in the least, this has been going miserably. The double-talk from Chaos has become . . . all too obvious.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Although the group has claimed interest in seeking a “legitimate” status, their actions over the past week have demonstrated staunchly otherwise. Early this week, I was notified from 2142 that their attack on the Chaos headquarters in Maliae was met with by Chaos’ leader . . . bombing the spawn point with their artillery over and over, laughing it off as “I am having fun.”
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: [15:40] xx: Would you please stop bombing the exit of the hub so we can come out and also have fun
[15:40] Dark Svenska‧: bUT IM HAVING FUN, AREN'T YOU?
[15:40] Dark Svenska‧: Oops, caps.
[15:40] Dark Svenska‧: Hell Cannon ready, aim, fire!!
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Pleasent lad.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: This sort of raised a considerable “uhhhhh . . .” from me, but I persisted with the intent to make communications with Chaos. That is, until our raid on Lincoln Heights this week was marked by a team of Chaos led by a Chaos “Apostle” (essentially their version of Kytec) attempting to interrupt us.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: The battle included this “Apostle” meleeing Ordo in the spawn over and over. Although it was particularly amusing to watch Chaos flounder and Ordo hold off both Chaos and the SF personnel, it really underlined one point: Chaos is apparently a bunch of punks, still. Soooo we’ll see how this will pan out.[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining me for this week’s meeting.
[18:00] Detox Exonar (Channel 1): sling
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Tonight we have a few topics to touch on, so let’s get started. Remember to keep quiet and to hold comments, questions, emotes, happy faces, Vincentmakingcommentsoutofturn, until provided the chance.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: First up, the statistics for this week:
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Members: 275
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Cadets 16.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Applications, 18 received. 7 approved. 3 in Curia. The rest denied.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 3 additional apps awaiting review.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Combat this week.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Mercury reports 85 defensive pings, 30 of which were full combat reports.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 9 offensive deployments-- lot of good ones in there, too.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomatic updates this week are fairly notable. First up, let’s recap on the Chaos delegation.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: As mentioned a couple weeks ago, we have been pursuing the removal of the blockade on Chaos in hopes of opening up combat with the group. To say in the least, this has been going miserably. The double-talk from Chaos has become . . . all too obvious.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Although the group has claimed interest in seeking a “legitimate” status, their actions over the past week have demonstrated staunchly otherwise. Early this week, I was notified from 2142 that their attack on the Chaos headquarters in Maliae was met with by Chaos’ leader . . . bombing the spawn point with their artillery over and over, laughing it off as “I am having fun.”
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: [15:40] xx: Would you please stop bombing the exit of the hub so we can come out and also have fun
[15:40] Dark Svenska‧: bUT IM HAVING FUN, AREN'T YOU?
[15:40] Dark Svenska‧: Oops, caps.
[15:40] Dark Svenska‧: Hell Cannon ready, aim, fire!!
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Pleasent lad.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: This sort of raised a considerable “uhhhhh . . .” from me, but I persisted with the intent to make communications with Chaos. That is, until our raid on Lincoln Heights this week was marked by a team of Chaos led by a Chaos “Apostle” (essentially their version of Kytec) attempting to interrupt us.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: The battle included this “Apostle” meleeing Ordo in the spawn over and over. Although it was particularly amusing to watch Chaos flounder and Ordo hold off both Chaos and the SF personnel, it really underlined one point: Chaos is apparently a bunch of punks, still. Soooo we’ll see how this will pan out.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: In other news, multiple new groups have popped up that warrant our attention on the battlefield. We faced one of them this week—Vox Aeon—which is essentially the remnants of Urramaich Union blended with a break-away schism of TCG. We faced them earlier today in defense.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: On both occassions, strong victories for the Ordo.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: All in all, operations have been solid this week: deployments and defense have been routine and quality.
Divisional Reports
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Unit reports, please.
[18:08] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar.
Astra
[18:08] Sosarin Demar: Astra received a strong flux of fresh faces over the past week or two. It has been a pleasurable sight and experience to work with new folk! Efforts were concentrated in getting them trained and efforts will continue to be concentrated in that area. Heather continues to get more Apostles under the Thanatos teaching liscense, so to speak. Wolfshaman is still working on dropship oriented material.
[18:08] Sosarin Demar: Speaking of Wolfshaman, Euro Zapatero is going to be stepping down from flight lead due to his up and coming two month leave. As such, Wolfshaman Warrior will be replacing him in his stead. Congratulations to Wolfshaman ... and Euro -- we'll miss you man.
[18:09] Sosarin Demar: Next, congratulations to DeathAvenger Bade for winning this week's tournament. Thank you all who participated -- it was toe to toe. I would expect nothing less. Further opportunities to come up each week every Friday.
[18:09] Sosarin Demar: Next week I hope to see more training to get done and to see the Apostle development reach closer to a conclusion. Additionally, if our active levels stick with our new members I will strongly consider reinstating a third flight, which means another flight leadership opportunity. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:09] Lestat Umarov raises hand
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you very much.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov, for Terra.
Terra
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: All in all it's been a slow week for Terra. Most likely due to the release of Modern Warfare 2, but we expect this to fix itself shortly. Strategically things are looking good. Deployments and combat on Titan has been frequent. Centurion Carpool and I are looking forward to the new rifleman mandate going into effect. Now, onto unit reports.
[18:10] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "Invictus has continued to contribute to raids and as of this report, still has one vacancy which should be filled shortly. Nothing else to report."
[18:10] Lestat Umarov: From Zerowinged for Antesignani: "Slow week, school and inactivity are causing a hinder on things. Few changes in development, most of which has been put on hold or is stuck in limbo. Planning a Alpha Squad Meeting after the bombardment of tests that I am going under with (Basicially it is TBA date wise)."
[18:10] Lestat Umarov: For Fulminata: "Zrazor on vacation. Meeting scheduled for Fulm command after he returns."
[18:10] Lestat Umarov: From myself for the Adiutor Staff: "Very busy in terms of restructuring with Terra high command and the Imperator. Expect to have some progress shortly."
[18:11] Lestat Umarov: From Jester for Cohors B: "Both reports were very well compiled, addition of new cadets noted and more members contacted. I'm please to note Lupus is trying to really push for activity. I've mentioned to let me know who will remain constantly inactive to move them down to C."
[18:11] Lestat Umarov: That concludes my report for Terra. Any additional reports may be given at the discretion of the imperator.
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you very much.
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report at this time?
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Very good, then. Thank you. Moving right along.
Old Business
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Is there any old business to bring up this evening?
[18:14] Agares Tretiak raises his hand.
[18:14] Gulliver Carpool: ((Thanks, Karl.))
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Tretiak (Trebek).
[18:15] Agares Tretiak: PRaetorian Guard is, despite appearances, still making changes! Expect to see visible changes sooooooon!
[18:15] Agares Tretiak: That's all.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, good sir.
[18:16] FireFox Breed wakes up n rises his paw.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Breed.
[18:16] FireFox Breed: Just a reminder that Trevor is on leave right now. so if you need help with your auto merit block contact me directly.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: .
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business?
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Very good, moving on then.
Keynote Topics
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: First topic I would like to bring up this evening: welcome all of you new members. Over the last couple of weeks, we have had a pretty solid fluctuation of new blood.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: It is great to have you all with us and we look forward to seeing you continue to expand and grow within the group. The first few weeks are always rough, for everyone, as you feel out the new position and experiences here.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: You’ll pick up our norms and practices soon enough, so stick to it and I hope you all have a good time. If you have any questions, speak up and nudge any of your comrades. We’re all quite willing to make sure your experience here is good. There are tons of folks here who are pushing a year or more in membership. I hope you’ll all be in their shoes some day, hah!
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Here are a few helpful links on the forums, that . . well, everyone should know:
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/3556-ordo-standing-orders-25oct09/
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: The standing orders page is a sort of living addendum to the rules. Reference this for orders that are essentially "executive orders" or amendements to protocol.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you in Terra:
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5715-ordo-terra-structure-and-command-expectations-08nov09/
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: This is essentially the Terra bible, with full details on unit/command structure.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Perfecto.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: As school slowly reaches a more manageable position, I am able to dig in to some of my longer projects. The promotion requirement system, alongside the Guard revisions, is currently at the top of my list.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: On the administrative side of the promotion system, we will be opening up a new position—sort of a “Master of Exams” role, who will be responsible for managing and maintaining a checklist of progress for individuals in the Ordo who are pursuing promotions.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: It’s a very deeply administrative role. One can imagine a good deal of micromanaging, paperwork, and auditing duties. However, this will be a very strong opportunity for a senior NCO (or officer) looking to pick up additional duties that would translate to a lot of experience in management.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: This will be the first major position under the new Imperial Education Administration, reporting directly to the Imperator until an IEA commander is appointed in the future. The individual filling this role will work closely with the Schola, Armatura, and Ludi offices.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia glares at Dempster; erases his promotion.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: In addition to which, their interactions and upkeep will be crucial to ensure all members are given fair and appropriate chances for promotion. A full list of expectations will be released soon, with an available recruitment option for interested parties.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia . . also erases Firefox's Good Conduct merit.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Those who are interested, start thinking about it now. You will be expected to provide a short explanation as to why you’d be fitting for the position, along with a brief overview of current roles you are partaking in. I will primarily be looking for an individual who is at least an NCO with some experience in the group, as a lot of confidential information will be entrusted to the position.
[18:29] FireFox Breed: ¯\(º o)/¯
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Goody.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Moving right along.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: As it had been discussed last meeting, additional perks have been included with the merits available. A full list is available here:
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5847-new-merit-awards-etc/
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: The intent is to ensure folks are being rewarded properly, as well as to promote the necessity of officers/personnel to be attentive of awarding merits for performance within the group. At this time, merits previously awarded will not backdate to include the additional perks.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Neeext topic, and last from me:
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: And lastly from me, I would like to cover the element of finding work/duties and so forth. I would like to remind everyone that, in reality, the opportunities in the Ordo are pretty limitless.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Your path is dependant on you. I can tell you there are high commanders in this room who sat down and made it their goal to be where they are . . . oh so long ago. There’s others who designed entire divisions that we use today. So stretch out, don’t be afraid to try. Worse thing you’ll get is “no, sorry.” Unless you're Xayvien, in which I'll stare at you blankly and procrastinate for 3 or 4 months.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:36] Agares Tretiak coughs.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Most excellent. Opening to general topics at this time.
General Topics
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Would anyone like to bring something up this evening?
[18:37] Jayce Iredell raises hand.
[18:37] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Iredell.
[18:38] Sosarin Demar lowers his hand, actually don't mind him.
[18:40] Jayce Iredell: Many of you probably know Gunau, and the fact he is in the ROTC at his college. The army has pretty much consumed him and this means he cannot complete the NCO Academy as he had planned. I was helping him with it, but all he ever gave me was an outline of the course and his expectations. I would like to see his work completed but I lack knowledge of military function to get it done. Anyone with military background in leadership I would be grateful for your assistance.
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: I do intend to help weigh in on the NCO academy . . right after I do all the other things I am promised to. SO hopefully you'll be done before I get there.
[18:40] Jayce Iredell: Hopefully sir.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: But thank you, and let me know if there's anything I /can/ help with.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Any questions for Jayce?
[18:41] Nohime Runner sent an IM
[18:41] Trinity Heckroth raises hand for volunteering her time to help
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. Any other discussions to bring up this evening?
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Perfect. On to promotions and PRFs.
Promotions
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: I kind of went off the deep end tonight. THERE IS A S HIT TON.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: PRFS: if you expected to see yourself on this list, attack your commander politely.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: [PRFS]
Bradyn Halcali
Czyrek Essel
Foxers Fhang - unlock II
Garion Lowenhardt
Jason Backer
Jayce Iredell
Jinxy Fluffball
Plops Magic
Shadowfang Blessed - unlock
Teron Gray
Vix Venera
Williamca Zenovka - unlock II
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Promotions.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Alu Scorpio - [E-2]
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Bradyn Halcali - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess] + 25 (for the merits; quality points, etc)
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Braeden Maelstrom - [E-2]
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Corsi Mousehold - [Homeland Defense]; [Combat Prowess] + 50 [uNLOCK awarded]
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Czyrek Essel - [E-5]
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Dash Flaks - [E-2]
[18:45] Bradyn Halcali: My pardon sir
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: DeathAvenger Bade - [E-2]
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Dempster Duncker - [E-5]
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Dio Umbarundu - [E-2]
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: (not the band)
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Disraeli Calderwood - [E-2]
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Firefox Breed - [Corona Argentum]; [indoctrination]; [Custos]
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [Good Conduct]; [Recruitment] +25
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Jason Backer - [Operation Thorn]
[18:46] Jason Backer: YES
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: (He was on the AN's side.)
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: (lol)
[18:46] Keller Teichmann: (WAT)
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce Iredell - [Homeland Defense]; [Ordo Achievement] +75
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Karlhockey Forte - [Corona Argentum]
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Kirshak Clarity - [E-4]
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Liana Pera - [E-6]
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Marsh Bellic - [E-2]
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Plops Magic - [E-3]
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Ron Bleac - [E-5]; [Homeland Defense]; [Good Conduct] +25
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Rygads Hax - [E-6]
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Shadowfang Blessed - [Homeland Defense] +25
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Sykes Foxclaw - [E-5]
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Trinity Heckroth - [Diplomacy]
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor Russell - [Good Conduct]
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Vix Venera - [E-6]
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Phew. OK. Wow. That was a shit ton.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Remember, no q.q. There's always next week.
[18:48] Tokeli Zabelin: ;.;
[18:49] Agares Tretiak cracks his knuckles.
Meeting Closer
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: COMBAT TONIGHT: I have to go. AS OF LIKE TEN MINUTES AGO. When I get back, I will host a raid. An officer may if they'd like, they know the drill.
[18:49] Xayvien Rau offers Agares flowers.
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Other than that, thank you very much for a great meeting.
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Aaaand thank you Dascede for probably doing a log of this.
[18:50] Agares Tretiak sighs and takes the flowers.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: I will hand out merits quickly, an d then run off. I'll be back this evening. PLEASE do not IM me unless it is critical.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Love to you all. Good night and be good. :D See you in a bit.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux | W-1; Triplicarius | Terra
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DATE: 14 November 2009
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SUBJECT: Groupwide meeting.
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SUMMARY: Discussion of topics held.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for coming, those of you who dragged your--lol Endra, nice sit pose--selves on.
[18:02] Kirshak Clarity: sling
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: I'll start with this week's stat run down.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Membership totals. 265. Plus fifteen cadets.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 18 applications, 9 denied, 5 approved, 4 in review. An additional 5 are new as of today and awaiting review. Total at 23.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Mercury reports 109 defensive pings. 37 of which were reported as full fledged battles on the forums.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: There were nine offensive deployments this week.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Some updates in the diplomacy field. Remnants of the Broken Cross has aligned with us in an allied state. Kratus Mepita had a schism and a small break-away, whcih is currently attempting to form a new military. Name not yet known.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: CATI has reopened with their newest region build. Delta Force is rebuilding. SK and Chaos slated as hostile groups against us. Still awaiting talks with Dark Svenska -- will attempt to get that hammered out this weekend. Very interested in getting blood flowing on that field.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Internally, growth has been stable and solid. Terra revamp has provided some good insights into structural revisions and provided a lot of chance for officers and future officers to stretch out.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: There is some confusion on the transmission of reports, but that will be puntucally solved. Lestat "got dis" handled.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: From my perspective, a significant stride has been made in streamlining the overall efficency. I will be addressing further plans in my keynote.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Weekly reports?
[18:07] Lestat Umarov raises hand
[18:07] Anlysia Gregoire raises a hand.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov.
Terra
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: Another good week for Terra. Everyone is settling in still after the restructure, a bit of confusion regarding reports but I suspect it'll be sorted out shortly. Combat has been frequent, and development has been moving along. Now, onto unit reports.
[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "The squad was active as usual, joining up with Fulminata and Antesignani to stomp a few heretics over the course of the week. The Terra revamp has settled in, and Invictus has filled up one of the vacancies in the squad. Nothing else to report this week."
[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From Zerowinged for Antesignani: "Not much has happened. Our development is going along nicely. Getting used to the whole Terra restructure. Going to get everyones uniforms within standards. One raid held. That's about it." (He called me over the phone, lazy nigra.)
[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From Zrazor for Fulminata: "I was too drunk to submit a report."
[18:08] Lestat Umarov: From myself for the Staff: "This past week was largely uneventful. Gearing up this next week to get standardized unit inspections finalized. Also going to be reworking the position of the Adiutor staff in regards to the new Terra restructure in terms of duties, personell, etc. Revolver is on a momentary hiatus while I contact the creator. Masks, I have no idea, up to Keller."
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia golf claps.
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: That concludes my report for Terra. Any additional reports may be given at the discretion of the Imperator.
[18:09] Gulliver Carpool raises his hand.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Carpool, for Cohors A, Terra.
[18:10] Gulliver Carpool: What has been talked about in regards Alpha squads the last several months is now official. Here's the full version: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5811-cohors-a-strategic-doctrine-111409/
[18:10] Gulliver Carpool: The TL;DR version is this: Train for and expect to be riflemen primarily. The reasons for this are that it will allow the different squads to operate more efficiently when together, and...
[18:11] Gulliver Carpool: because the opportunities for deploying our specialized weapons and tactics are very limited. As such, they should be seen as necessarily secondary.
[18:12] Gulliver Carpool: Basically, when in need of those doodads, the particular squad should get dibs.
[18:12] Gulliver Carpool: That's a long TL;DR version.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Carpool.
[18:13] Gulliver Carpool: You're welcome, sir.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Gregoire?
Munitorum
[18:13] Anlysia Gregoire: Another quiet Munitorium week, as we have quite a few things in the wrap-up stages right now. Sera's Eversor has gone through its' (hopefully) final round of testing.
[18:13] Anlysia Gregoire: Side bonus: All the fun bug-fixes that went through it are going to be rolled back through all the other Ordo energy weapons. And -- happy joy joy for all you Astra people -- the MP5K may actually finally be getting an update, yay~
[18:13] Anlysia Gregoire: Speaking of the MP5K...if anyone's interested, this is probably the next thing that needs an update. Talk to Sosarin to talk to me to get the ball rolling. The MP5K is currently the oldest thing in the armoury that hasn't been updated, so, let's make things happen.
[18:14] Anlysia Gregoire: What else...Ethan's continuing to pound at the Predator, and you may have seen a demo of the neat...what did you call it, Ethan? NavCom? Flying in formation ftw. I believe it was Poon that fixed up the last little issue he was having with that.
[18:14] Anlysia Gregoire: Other than that, I think we have a lot of basically-complete projects waiting on final decisions from Aryte, like the tanks and the lasweapons.
[18:14] Anlysia Gregoire: Next week I'll be out of town so there likely won't be a Munitorium meeting, unless some other poor soul decides to run one out of the grace of their heart and the emptyness of their head, so when I come back from my trip I hope lots of fun, exciting things have happened while I was gone though I doubt it.
[18:14] Anlysia Gregoire: And that's about it for me this week.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Your administrative optimism is refreshing, ha ha. Thank you.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
[18:15] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar.
Astra
[18:15] Sosarin Demar: A good week for Astra. We received some fresh faces who completed training in short order. Training and combat participation this week was excellent.
[18:15] Sosarin Demar: On another note, Heather and I would like to see development continue on Thanatos and Dropship oriented stuff in the hands of the Apostles. If you are a fighter instructor and need to be qualified to teach Thanatos material, contact Heather. In addition, Heather is looking for individuals interested in becoming an Apostle, or flight instructor. For E-3 and above, it is a prestigous position that entales great responsibility. Again, send her the word.
[18:15] Sosarin Demar: Finally, we have two trainees who are still in the queue that we can wrap up. So, on top of impromptu activities and our weekly tournament, let's see them through next week. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Demar.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report this evening?
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: All right then, moving right along.
Old Business
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Would anyone like to bring up old business before I start rambling?
[18:19] Anlysia Gregoire: Guess not.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: All right. On to my bit.
Keynote Topics
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: I have a couple topics to cover this evening. Starting with: my to-do list. For those of you new, I try to maintain a list of what projects I am currently working on here:
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5128-imperators-to-do-list-14nov09/
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Although I am still battling keeping up with school and maintaining the status quo around base, I will be focussing on two parts of my list for the next couple of weeks: the promotion system, and the Praetorian Guard.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: It would be suicide for me to try to put a completion date on either, as I have an impeccable knack with getting caught up in something off topic. I do, tentatively, want to have the promotion system revisions completed within a few days.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: I know by just saying that I have somehow invited that to be an impossibility.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: The Praetorian Guard, compliments of Agares Tretiak, only requires my input and some finalizing. After which that will be good for a roll out. The biggest hang-up we currently have there is the training procedures.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: As for the officer seminars/officer training programs, I have written two of the eight planned classes.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: I will likely begin scheduling and administrating the lessons as I make them.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:28] Anlysia Gregoire raises a hand.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Gregoire.
[18:28] Anlysia Gregoire: Is there a list of the topics the lessons are going to cover?
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: . . Uhhr, yes. I think that was before your time, it is in the officer section of the forums.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Let me grab it.
[18:29] Anlysia Gregoire: I can look myself, if I know it's there. Thank you.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: I tailored it down.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: One second.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Ah hah, there she be.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: They are:
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: I. Definition of an Officer, II. Combat Tactics, III. Preparing for Battle, IV. Ethical Decisions and Avoiding Bias, V. Delegation, VI. On Behavior: Dignity and Foolery - Command for a Virtual World, VII. Exercising Discretion, VIII. Conflict Mitigation.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: All righty.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: (I, and II are done-- I am going in order. Durp.)
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: All right.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic (sorry, IM spam).
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: PRFs.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: As I mentioned last week, we are expanding the point distribution for unlocks to merits and such. But I would really like to hear some more feedback on PRFS, since they've been around.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: I am curious how people perceive the PRFs, their use, validity, etc.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Do you find them to be useful? Are they effective?
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Feel free to speak up. Anyone.
[18:38] Corsi Mousehold: I would need more time to see them working sir. Give me a month and I would say something constructive.
[18:38] Tokeli Zabelin: I like pie.
[18:38] Vinnie Lei: Ehm... forgot what PRF's are again? :< *tired mind*
[18:38] Corsi Mousehold: Performance Review Form
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: That's a great sign, Vinnie.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Lol.
[18:38] Anlysia Gregoire: Whoever's giving them to you should actually discuss why they said what they said on them. Just being handed the form back is kind of worthless.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: (Disraeli is my guest. TPing them.)
[18:38] Tsume Xiao: What exactly happens to them. Is there anything they are used for besides unlocks?
[18:38] Vinnie Lei: Hey, I can't help you have meetings at ungodly hours :<
[18:38] Anlysia Gregoire: Especially since there's no space for comments on most of the questions.
[18:38] Williamca Zenovka: They give me something else to do as a flight lead, just people not wanting to use them..
[18:39] Corsi Mousehold: If you asked me in the long run it lets your commander be able to tell you how well you are doing or on the contrary how poorly you are.
[18:39] Gulliver Carpool raises a hand.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Carpool?
[18:39] Nohime Runner raises a hand
[18:39] Gulliver Carpool: Who has to approve them? Exactly?
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Once a PRF is originated, it doesn't need to be approved, per-say. It can be audited, if for example, you, Gulliver, look at a PRF one of your officers filed and find fault with it.
[18:41] Gulliver Carpool: Hrm... Ok.
[18:41] Nohime Runner raises her hand
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Runner?
[18:43] Nohime Runner: I understand this is a virtual military and all, but having listened to my superiors talk. We had semi anual versions of these in the military and as it was being filled out the superviosr and subordinate were togeather. They talked through each line and showed room for improvement, getting a paper back saying "your a bozo, fix your uniform and shoot better" doesn't exactly tell you where all yoru fields of weakness are, nor does it give yout he warm and fuzzy of knowing you did something good. So perhaps a more direct Supervisor, to subordinate relation when filing these out is in order. I know thats how we do them in my police department as well. As an FTO we correct you ont he spot but still file these reports with you to show you your glories and your faults, and how to improve each even more so.
[18:43] Nohime Runner: just a suggestion
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: I am not exactly sure what you're suggesting. That a direct superior should be filling it out? That is the intent and purpose of a PRF. The individual command element is supposed to be looking at their subordinate's progress and offer both data and feedback.
[18:45] Corsi Mousehold raises her hand quickly.
[18:46] Nohime Runner nods "What I mean is, it should be done with the individual present, so they can talk through each line to ensure a more sufficiant gain in productivity"
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: That would be preferable.
[18:47] Corsi Mousehold lowers her hand
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Anyone else care to weigh in on it? Your feedback is very important here. PRFs effect everyone.
[18:47] Corsi Mousehold raises her hand again.
[18:47] Kraton Foxtrot: :P
[18:47] Vinnie Lei raises hand
[18:48] Anlysia Gregoire: That's kind of what I said earlier. That whoever writes the review should go over it with you.
[18:48] Tokeli Zabelin: TURN OFF MIC.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Lei?
[18:48] Vinnie Lei: Can one could like raise his hand in the air and go like "Yo! Can I haz PRF? :<"
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: (Noted, Anly, Nohime. I agree. Will address it.)
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: You are supposed to be doing that, Vinnie.
[18:49] Vinnie Lei facepaws >.<
[18:49] Gulliver Carpool: If you ask to have your PRF filled out *with* your direct supervisor, and they decline, then you should go to their supervisor. I think we all have open door policies.
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: I'll send you the note on PRFs. I think you missed it.
[18:49] Vinnie Lei: Probably.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Aye, Gulliver. Especially in Terra, the two major B units will probably have some problems keeping up. This may see more involvement of Cohor B staff in helping them be filled out in a timely manner.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Anyone else?
[18:51] Tokeli Zabelin: WHO IS WHISTLING >:C
[18:51] Corsi Mousehold raises hand
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Mousehold.
[18:52] Kraton Foxtrot: ?
[18:54] Corsi Mousehold: I think what Nohime was really getting at was a thought I was having. To do the entire review with the person present. Go over everything they had done since the previous review in the short form and mention places to improove and places of commendation in that way. Getting the most out of the review. It wouldn't take but maybe ten minutes. Just a short talk before the review is submitted.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Most of the questions are structured with the intent that conversation would occur. But as this does seem to be something you and others are interested in, I will approach it and see if we can't make this an expected practice.
[18:54] Nohime Runner nods in agreeance as is actually doing one with a rookie as she sits and monitors this meeting =3
[18:55] Kraton Foxtrot: I don't hear whis--wait my VC is off :P
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Any final comments on the topic?
[18:55] Kraton Foxtrot: wow lag
[18:55] Nohime Runner: (I get it my mic was open, thanks!)
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: All right then.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for that, I will put it to use in revisions.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Last topic from me this evening.
[18:58] Kraton Foxtrot: none from me, sir. and I agree with all that was said so far :)
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: :)
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: As part of the promotion revision, we will also be puting heavier emphasis on a more wholeistic review of considering someone for a promotion/reviewing them for a promotion. It is probable that I will begin sectioning off parts of the weekly officer meeting for discussing progressive folks in the group, pinpointing potential candidates and generate officer-staff born recommendations.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: With the "promotion system," it will be also more apparent as to who is actually interested in pursuing authority and rank ups. Thus we'll have a running list/pool of candidates.
[19:02] Gulliver Carpool: ((Gotta go, dammit. Sorry.))
[19:03] Aryte Vesperia: (byeee.)
[19:03] Aryte Vesperia: That way, consistency will be increased, and the application of promotions will be a whole lot less arbirtrary. Happiness for all, etc, etc.
[19:03] Kraton Foxtrot waves
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Lost my train of thought there, durp durp. As I was saying.
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Until then (and after the revisions, I am sure), please do make certain to submit those personal recommendations for your comrades.
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: It does help us catch elements of an individual or success from an individual we may have missed.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: With that said, does anyone wish to bring any other topics up for the evening?
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Great, then.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: On to promotions and such.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: First up, PRFs. A couple of you under Williamca's command will not see your name on the list-- no worries, I will tally you after this meeting (Williamca, send me totals).
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: If you do not see your name, and you were expecting a PRF, please bug your direct command.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Corsi Mousehold, Endra Ashbourne, Merk Thor, Nohime Runner, Plops Magic, Totenstille Aeon, Trevor Russell, Williamca Zenovka.
Promotions
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Promotions/merits:
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Corsi Mousehold - [E-2]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: DeathAvenger Bade - [Marksman]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [instructor]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Genesis Ronmark - [E-7]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Kristian Kit - [Good Conduct]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Lupus Mielzner - [E-7]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Syndall Jansma - [E-2]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Tokeli Zabelin - [Corona Vallaris]; [Architect of Unity]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Zabimato Outlander - [E-3]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Zanndor Aeon - [Corona Vallaris]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Zanndor, you were quite the hero on a raid a few days back. Good work there.
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you not on the list: always next week! :]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Unless you're Firefox.
[19:12] Lupus Mielziner: ha ha
[19:12] FireFox Breed: ¯\(º o)/¯
[19:12] Kraton Foxtrot: lol
[19:12] Lestat Umarov: Why I no promote ;o;
Meeting Closer
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Before we dismiss for the evening, I would like to quickly touch on combat for this evening.
[19:12] DeathAvenger Bade splats.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you on the CS attack earlier (good job). We will call up a raid . . albiet a bit later in the evening than usual.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: After the meeting I will quickly be clearing up IMs and running off to type a paper. I should be back within a couple of hours.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: So please hold any IMs to me unless they are critical, until I return.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Aside from that. Thank you for a good (although smaller than usual) meeting.
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Have a good night. Dismissed.
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux | W-1, Triplicarius | Terra
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DATE: 07 November 2009
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SUBJECT: General topics.
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SUMMARY: Ordo members gathered for weekly discussion.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Wait.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Time to start.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Didn't realize that!
[18:01] Vincent Lucerne: SYRIS OMG
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Okay! WELL. Tonight is going to be a fun challenge. I am going to see HOW QUICKLY I can hold a full meeting.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: So pardon me if I type 900 mph and rush. I have plans after the meeting, haha.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: With that saaaid, let's get started.
[18:02] Vincent Lucerne: [o murr]
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for attending. Please hold comments and questions until you are provided the opportunity to speak.
Imperator's Report
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: First up. Weekly stats.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 267 main group, an additional ten caddets.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Sixteen applications, thirteen (wow) denied.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 105 defensive pings according to Mercury--phew. 42 of which were full fledged reported battles.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Seven offensive deployments, all of which turned out to be rather huge, gloriously epic fights. Kudos there.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomacy abroad. Dark Svenska finally got back to me. He and I are scheduled to chat about the ban lift on Chaos. Just waiting for a time when he isn't play Aion and I'm not busy.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Otherwise, the only other major note to make is there seems to be internal turmoil in Kratus. They experienced a sort of rebellion earlier today, that largely failed. The group seems to be on the rocks at the moment.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Other than that, overall diplomatic standards have been fairly level.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Unit reports?
Divisional Reports
[18:06] Lestat Umarov: me
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov, for Terra.
Terra
[18:06] Lestat Umarov: Nothing much new to report for Terra as a whole. The terra revamp is going into effect shortly and with it some significant changes will happen to the group as a whole and unit wise. Combat has been frequent for both raids and defense as well as some sporadic training events including armatura sessions. On a side note I'm kindof getting out of a rut with the new job and starting to direct my focus back to Ordo so I should be more active and on base more. Less stress=a happy Legates. :V
[18:06] Lestat Umarov: Now, onto unit reports.
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "The squad's all set and good to go for the Terra revamp. The dropship had its first real big test in combat during the counter-attack on 2142's new sim, where it was put to liberal use and allowed Ordo to basically throw down a squad wherever they were needed. In short it was a big success and will be used more often!"
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From Zerowinged for Antesignani: "Week has been pretty slow, no one added and nothing changed in development. Slooow-Mooo" (From Lestat: :| )
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From Zrazor for Fulminata: "Fulminata is down one member due to the resignation of DamionStJames Webb. We intend to begin combing through potential squad candidates at the beginning of the upcoming week. The flamethrower now has a build and is partially scripted, but is currently only in the beta stage at the moment. Beyond that, nothing new to report."
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From myself for the Adiutor staff. "Nothing much new to report for the staff, altho there is significant changes planned for after the Terra restructure which I'll be touching base on with the rest of the staff at a later date."
[18:08] Lestat Umarov: This concludes my report for Terra. Any additional reports may be given at the discretion of the Imperator.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Umarov. Do any other Terra units wish to add?
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Very good.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
[18:08] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar, for Astra.
Astra
[18:08] Anlysia Gregoire raises hand.
[18:08] Sosarin Demar: Astra received some new blood after a long dry spell. I give a warm welcome to plops and Syndall. A slew of training exercises occurred throughout the week, as well as some further (and more extensive) testing of Ethan's new aircraft, the Predator. We attempted to hook up with Kratus and Mercz to have combat exercises with them, but they both fell through. We opted to play in house, instead. I've talked to Heather about strengthening our core of Thanatos trainers, as well as working with Wolfshaman on dropship related material. Next week I hope to see more flight training, combat exercises, as well as development of a more effective Apostle team for bomber and dropship training. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Demar. To add, very good work to Astra-- especially in today's battle with 2142. The dropship was integral to our ability to score huge gains on their base.
[18:10] Anlysia Gregoire: I do.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report this evening?
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Ms. Gregoire, for the Departmento Munitorum.
Munitorum
[18:10] Anlysia Gregoire: (Wall of text inc.)
[18:10] Anlysia Gregoire: A bit of a slower week in Munitorium compared to the blitz we had last week. Though I suppose that's a good thing, since it shows we have a good number of projects on their final wind-downs.
[18:10] Anlysia Gregoire: Infantry weapons: The Imperial Lasweapons are waiting on Aryte's decision on where they're going. The Negev needs final textures, hopefully from Keller tonight. The Eversor is moving along and being tweaked. The Praetorian items are still in testing, I know the Halberd has already gotten a small update. The Invictus rifle is in the modelling stages and probably should be getting a name soon.
[18:10] Anlysia Gregoire: Vehicles: Last tweaks are going in on the Veritas and Intimidator and they should be ready. I haven't had my hands on an Aequitas yet, since I think Aryte is terribly afraid of it. The Predator is also being tweaked. Mind me not being as up to date on this because...well...I just got one. (Yes, be afraid.)
[18:11] Anlysia Gregoire: Structure: The policy for testing and testers is going over a bit of an overhaul soon, which will result likely in me actually making use of that thread I opened for testers some time ago. As well I'm going to be working on a new beta distribution method with the first scripter who has the unluck of being the one I get my claws into about this.
[18:11] Anlysia Gregoire: Other than that, I think that's about all for Munitorium this week.
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for the update. I do have a development matter (adjunct) to bring up at the keynote.
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report?
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Very good. Moving right along to old business this evening.
Old Business
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Does anyone have any old buinsess to bring up this evening?
[18:12] Vinnie Lei raises hand...
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lei.
[18:13] Vinnie Lei: I have realised there's a new SRAW out for a while now. Who are authed for it, or is it publicly available to begin with... curious.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Ahaha-- oh yeeeah.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: I will be adding that to the "pilum" box. The SRAW is an anti-armor rocket, where the Pilum is anti-personnel.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for reminding me.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia makes a note.
[18:14] Vincent Lucerne: >:D
[18:14] Vinnie Lei: No problem sir.
[18:14] Garion Lowenhardt raises hand.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lowenhardt.
[18:15] Garion Lowenhardt: With the SRAW, does it function against both armor and personnel, or does it strictly damage armor?
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: It does damage personnel as well.
[18:15] Garion Lowenhardt: Thanks.
18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Good question.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business this evening?
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Yay. Moving right along here.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: On to my portion of discussions this evening.
Keynote Topics
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: I have four topics to cover, and then I'll turn it over to general keynote.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, I would like to take the opportunity to refesh everyone's memory on a regulation that Curia has layed out administratively.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: And that is: purposeful team-killing / "friendly fire" will result in a happy trip to [E-1] land. Or, provided you are an [E-1], ejection.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Pleeease be more mindful. I know I am guilty of this myself (lolkillingFirefox). But it's just poor practice.
[18:19] Vincent Lucerne: That Ruin jerk should be an e-1 >:O!
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Haha, shh.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Any questions?
[18:20] Vincent Lucerne coughs >_>
[18:20] Desereck Creeggan: More of a statement.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Go right ahead.
[18:20] Euro Zapatero raises hand.
[18:20] Desereck Creeggan: A friendly reminder that flashbangs /are/ considered friendly fire, and will be treated as so (lolI'mguilty too)
[18:21] Vincent Lucerne: [fin* euro]
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Yeees, that is correct.
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Euro?
[18:22] Euro Zapatero: What about setting the five-sevens to practice and wacking people, aka melee-ing them, even if it doesn't kill them?
[18:22] Garion Lowenhardt: Good question.
[18:22] Euro Zapatero: training-mode*
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Within fair play and the situation. As in, if you're goofing off and not disrupting anyone, (like, Dempster chasing Ruin with the watergun), that won't be a problem.
[18:23] Euro Zapatero: Alright! \o/
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Good question.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic!
[18:24] plops Magic: draw
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: As mentioned some weeks ago, the gentleman who made our dress attire is now working on three projects for the group.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: He has begun work on the first two at this time: a heavy trenchcoat/combat trenchcoat, and special ornamental uniforms for high command/Guard.
[18:26] Vincent Lucerne: :O
[18:26] Karlhockey Forte: :D
[18:27] Vincent Lucerne: We can has Commissar nao?
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Quiet.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: After which, he will begin working on the third project. New BDUs, compliments of Josey Bingyi. In this style:
[18:27] Vincent Lucerne: :x
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Firenze.Carabinieri01.JPG
[18:28] Czyrek Essel raises paw (what does bdu stand for)
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Battle dress uniform.
[18:28] Intus Infinity: Basic Dress Uniform
[18:28] Intus Infinity: .. It's battle dress
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:29] Czyrek Essel raies paw again
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Czyrek?
[18:29] Czyrek Essel: when would such uniforms be worn?
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Leisure time, duty wear, etc.
[18:30] Czyrek Essel: ah ok, thanks
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Next topic.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Overall school stress is starting to dwindle down nicely for me. My major projects are all but over. Thus, I now will have a lot more time and focus to finish Ordo projects.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: The Terra restructure will be rolled out and issued within the next couple of days. Sorry for the delay, Firefox is off saving the world (convoy deployment) until Monday.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: We will be issuing new unit designations and sending out a new roster.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Most folks will be grouped in relatively same collections-- as in, if you're in an octet with someone, you'll likely be in the same unit with them in the revamp.
[18:34] Salandras Adamant: sling
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: We want to avoid major shift-ups, so folks aren't shaken too much.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: All of the elite units won't be changed at all, but the overall centurion responsibility structure for the individual Cohors will shift.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: So just keep an eye open for the roster and ensure you're reporting to the right person after the shift!
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Excellente. Moving right along.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Last topic from me this evening: on recommendations, unlock points, etc.
[18:37] Garion Lowenhardt: Gah. Is it too late for a question on the revamp?
[18:38] Garion Lowenhardt: Oh, nevermind.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Sure?
[18:38] Garion Lowenhardt: Yeah, I was gonna ask about recommendations and promotions and such.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Haha.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Oh.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: The reason I bring up this topic is twofold:
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: First off, recommendations is a strong way to provide feedback and give reward to comrades that you see performing, or requiring recognition. Recommendations likely make up about . . eh, seventy percent of the promotion and merit awards.
18:41] Aryte Vesperia: The reason we like recommendations is that it puts emphasis on the command/personnel relationship. Commanders, remember to take responsibility for the recommendation of your personnel (not to say recommendations in general aren't acceptable--all are accepted).
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Secondly, I would like to retouch on the idea of the new unlock system and the presence of using unlock points/quality points as reward. I very briefly touched on it when the new system was rolled out, so let me emphasize.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: As unlocks are no longer given per rank up, you may utilize unlocks as incentives, reward, and so forth. If you see a feat particularly impressive, or someone's commitment--whatever the case may be--you may directly suggest the award of unlock points.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: The acquisition of gear has slowed down with the presence of the "no unlock 4 rankz!"
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: So I would like to see some more attention paid toward providing unlocks to members. I myself will make sure to award them for special events, outstanding performance in battle, so on and so forth.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Simply, keep in mind this is an avenue open to everyone when considering "well, what should I recommend/award (in an officer's position) this person with?"
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:45] Garion Lowenhardt raises his hand.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lowenhardt.
[18:45] Lestat Umarov raises hand.
[18:45] Garion Lowenhardt: Will there possibly be unlock points tied into the more prestigious merits under the dress uniform merit system?
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: I need to do that. Yes, they will be.
[18:45] Garion Lowenhardt: That's it then.
[18:45] Garion Lowenhardt: Oh
[18:45] Garion Lowenhardt: Wait
[18:45] Garion Lowenhardt: One more.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Aye?
[18:46] Garion Lowenhardt: Retrograde points for merits earned after the point system came out?
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: That would be a nightmare. Probably not.
[18:46] Garion Lowenhardt: Or some other form of retrograde point awards for those of us who've already got a bunch of merits?
[18:46] Garion Lowenhardt: Aight.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: To the second part of the question: maybe-- I am not really sure how that would be worked out. But possible.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov?
[18:48] Lestat Umarov: I was curious who would have the authority to actually award unlock points. And under what conditions.
[18:48] Lestat Umarov: Maybe a notecard could be written up?
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: I would say officers in general would be fine. If you'd like a guideline, I can definitely write one.
[18:48] Lestat Umarov: Thank you, that would be helpful
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Sure thing.
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: All right. Open to general topics.
General Topics
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Intus?
[18:50] Intus Infinity shouts: Website activity has decreased [-8.93%], this is most likely due to exams. Current ordoimperialis.com website statistics for the week of 11-31-09 to 11-06-09: There was a total of 2212 visits (10.67% were new visitors), 367 absolutely unique visitors, 18,389 pageviews, and the average time on website was 15 minutes, 54 seconds. Most visitors are from the US(1392), Canada(227), and the UK(226). For a more detailed analysis, please see PDF document: http://intus.ordoimperialis.com/wrd110709.pdf
[18:50] Lestat Umarov: Heresy D:<
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Wow, UK is catching up. JASON HAS RETURNED.
[18:50] Intus Infinity: Must be jason!
[18:50] Keller Teichmann: Haha. NOT ENOUGH TO SURPASS ME AND MY CTRL+F5.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: LOL.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you Intus.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics to bring up?
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Iredell.
[18:51] Jayce Iredell raises hand
[18:51] ShadowFang Blessed raises paw :c
[18:51] Jayce Iredell: Rememberance/Memorial day is coming up this week, and I wanted us to take the time for us as a group to recognize the event, and pay our respects. As such I am trying to organize a brief vigile for the date of the 11, any help would be appreciated.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Definitely. I will help.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you!
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Blessed?
[18:52] ShadowFang Blessed: when can has new simbuild :C?
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Uuuuuh. Let's see.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Aryte: Called Kenodoesn'thavetorepayme$70ifhefinishesthesim Program.
Keno: wow really
Aryte: LOL.
Keno: what a coincidence
Aryte: wut
Keno: just so happens my name is keno, I owe you $70 and building ur sim
Aryte: LOL.
Aryte: WELL THAT IS SURE DANDY.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Oops, I missed the kicker line.
[18:53] Vincent Lucerne: ....
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Aryte: Did you know the government instituted a new debt release program?
[18:53] Vincent Lucerne: i lol'd
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: IE: working on it. You know Keno.
[18:54] ShadowFang Blessed: heh
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:54] Vladimus Nikolaidis raises his hand.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: No.
[18:54] Vladimus Nikolaidis waves hand urgently.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: WHAT?
[18:54] Lestat Umarov: NO!
[18:54] Vladimus Nikolaidis: Where can I get a freaking octopus AV?!?!?!
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: LOL.
[18:54] Intus Infinity: lmao
[18:54] Lupus Mielziner: ..
[18:54] Williamca Zenovka: ...
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: MOVING ON TO PROMOTIONS.
Promotions
[18:55] Keller Teichmann: . . .
[18:55] Garion Lowenhardt: Hi5!
[18:55] ShadowFang Blessed facepalms.
[18:55] Zabimato Outlander: Spaztic Hi10!
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: I did not add any of my own this evening, and I know there's a few folks who are due: so recommend your comrades! And, officers, keep your eyes open!
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: On to the list:
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: PRFS: If you do not see your name on the list, notify your commander!
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Ron Bleac
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume Xiao
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Tokeli Zabelin - Unlock Awarded
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Czyrek Essel - Unlock Awarded
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Shadowfang Blessed
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Hunter Abrams - Unlocked Awarded
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Now for the promotions/merits. Remember, there's always next week!
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Ron Bleac - [E-4]; [Comrade Support]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Rendy Miles - [E-5]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenovka - [Corona Vallaris]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Zanndor Aeon - [Combat Prowess MK2]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Nohime Runner - [E-2]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Plops Magic - [E-2]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Rhianna Dezno - [E-2]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Behemot Branner - [E-3]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Scarlet Flaks - [E-3]
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Zabimato Outlander - [Combat Prowess]
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: There we go.
Meeting Closer
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Well.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for a good, and quick meeting.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: It is traditional for me to host a raid after the meeting on Saturday.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: I shall do so, but it'll be later this evening--couple hours. I have some things to do offline.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Otherwise, have a good evening everyone.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for a good week.
[19:00] Sera Otoro salutes...
[19:00] Desereck Creeggan salutes sharply.
[19:00] Blaze Wiles salutes "The emperor, our father and guardian"
[19:00] Rendy Miles salutes!!!. Hail The Imperator.
[19:00] Intus Infinity presents a salute.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Dismissed.
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DATE: 24 OCT 2009
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SUBJECT: General discussion.
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SUMMARY: Ordo gathered to discuss topics; Aryte absent.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:00] Lestat Umarov: Thank you all for coming this evening. Unfortunately, tonight's meeting will be a little different. Namely, Aryte will not be here to join us! He is currently emoing at a family reunion. He wishes you all to know he misses you. And he is emoing.
[18:00] Vincent Lucerne: \o/
[18:00] Lestat Umarov: I will be conducting this meeting for him. So please stay on topic and remember not to interrupt.
Imperator's Report (Legate's Report)
[18:01] Lestat Umarov: First up we'll take a look at group statistics.
[18:01] Lestat Umarov: 264 (or should be); down one inactive. Resigned yesterday.
[18:01] Lestat Umarov: Cadets: 16 (not included in the above number).
[18:01] Anlysia Gregoire: Down 2. Another left.
[18:02] Lestat Umarov: Thank you.
[18:02] Lestat Umarov: Defensive operations: 18; a fairly sharp drop on account of the griefer attacks. This will be covered shortly.
[18:02] Lestat Umarov: Offensive operations: 9; a nice increase from usual weeks!
[18:02] Lestat Umarov: Trainings: 4; group-wide trainings, multiple more unit trainings.
[18:02] Lestat Umarov: Allied assistances: 2; helped out the AN several times.
[18:03] Lestat Umarov: In terms of diplomacy abroad... currently, the Ordo's diplomatic status has remain level across the board. No major incidents to note. Combat itself has been sort of slow, on account of some happenings abroad.
> MBC is dead/closed.
> Black Mamba is dead/closed.
> 2142 is rebuilding their sim.
[18:03] Lestat Umarov: On the up side, we did find a new group to assault, in Lincoln Heights. GATE/SF. New Brazilian army groups.
[18:04] Lestat Umarov: Moving on to unit reports. Before I take them I'd like to remind everyone to send your PRF notices to Aryte.
Divisional Reports
[18:04] Lestat Umarov: Any volunteers?
[18:04] Anlysia Gregoire raises a hand. :v
[18:05] Lestat Umarov: Anly for Munitorum.
Munitorum
[18:05] Anlysia Gregoire: Munitorium had our bi-weekly meeting just before this one, where I went through a lot of information and had a lot of interruptions as usual. Uh, of note, Tsume finished off like ten things that explode for Agares, and the Negev is in testing currently. Also, Vincent made this pretty Lasgun you can see in my hands right now.
[18:06] Vincent Lucerne: \o/
[18:06] Anlysia Gregoire: That's about it.
[18:06] Lestat Umarov: Next?
[18:07] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: Mr.Demar, for Astra.
Astra
[18:07] Sosarin Demar: On Astra's end, a new roster has been compiled reflecting one active and cohesive squadron. Combat participation has been excellent. We've had a slew of Astra specific exercises, a small (but great) tournament, and at least one Astra air offensive which was very pleasant. Thank you all who've invested their time in making that stuff happen! Which includes (but probably isn't limited to) Detox and Euro.
[18:07] Sosarin Demar: Aryte has received the dropship, so now we await its placement in the armory. Once that is done it can be distributed among the pilots. If you're qualified to fly fighter aircraft, then it should be an easy piece of machinery to get a grasp on. In that vein, introduction to the aircraft and its uses shouldn't take longer than a few minutes of informal ventrilo discussions and live application. Real practice will involve using it in conjuction with Invictus or Terra personnel and that is fun stuff.
[18:07] Sosarin Demar: As I've mentioned previously, active numbers are lower than the norm. Measures are being taken to draw more attention to Astra in Schola, as we haven't received a single recruit in over a month. Add in a few fresh and active faces and then we can sit back content. Astra has its downtime seasons, so this stuff isn't an unknown occurance and shouldn't be too much of a cause for worry.
[18:08] Sosarin Demar: On the note of activity levels I want thank Astra members who have been proactive. Because we are a small part of the whole, each participant is extremely valuable in accomplishing our mission. You make it happen and don't think twice about guessing just how important you all are.
[18:08] Sosarin Demar: A word from Ethan Schuman: The Predator fighter aircraft is practically done. All that needs doing is a fix on its weapons core as well as some texturing on part of Niiya. Ethan predicts that it should be done sometime next week earliest. Personally, I want to thank Ethan for his efforts in making this aircraft come alive.
[18:08] Sosarin Demar: Next week I hope to see more exercises and activities. Hopefully we'll draw in a Cadet or two and the Apostles will have something to chew on. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: Thank you sos. Next volunteer?
[18:09] FireFox Breed rises paw for Terra
[18:10] Lestat Umarov: Mr.Breed, for Terra.
Terra
[18:10] FireFox Breed: Not much new to report for terra this week. A couple new members and some combat and training throughout the week. Armatura has now "Officially" been revamped and is considered a standalone division from Terra, altho Terra and Astra are expected to provide input and suggestions. Now, onto unit reports.
[18:10] FireFox Breed: For Keller for Invictus: "Scripting for the battle rifle has been completed, and it's performed admirably in a few test runs in training exercises and against the occasional heretic. Our droppod tactics are being rewritten to take advantage of the new dropship's capabilities, and the squad took part in several rapid deployments to Elshout to assist the Alliance Navy. It was a good week."
[18:10] FireFox Breed: From Zerowinged for Antesignani: "In-house projects are moving along, most notably, the IWI Negev Commando is now in the beta stage ( FINALLY >=| ). We are also /openly/ looking for a modeler(s) for the Galil ARM and Galil Galatz (IM 'Trevor Russell' for more information). Numbers are down one, we are now sitting at three open slots. One training preformed, Dersereck being a potato as usual (Love you xD), etc. All good broski."
[18:10] FireFox Breed: From Zrazor for Fulminata: "Training going smoothly, joint ventures with Antesignani proving fruitful. Flamethrower is still in development, waiting for to finish the scripts and Mizar to get the model done. Nothing to report otherwise."
[18:10] FireFox Breed: From Lestat for the Adiutor's: "Couple things to note. Jason backer has replaced Scientific Waffle as the Cohors A Liason. Scientific served the staff well and has moved on to bigger and better things. We will be missed and I wish him luck in his future ventures. In terms of development the M62 Emancipator is moving along, and Keller expects the masks to be completed after midterms(monday or tuesday) as he just completed the Negev."
[18:11] FireFox Breed: Also for Terra the revamp is on the list to be compleated next week. That is all for Terra.
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: Thank you Firefox.
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: Any other reports?
[18:13] Lestat Umarov: Alrighty, moving along to old business.
Old Business
[18:13] Lestat Umarov: Does anyone have anything to bring up?
[18:13] Anlysia Gregoire: (Nobody ever does.)
[18:14] Lestat Umarov: I'll take that as a no. Moving right along to new business/keynotes.
Keynote Topics
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: All right, a couple topics Aryte wanted me to cover this evening. And then it'll be open for everyone.
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: First up, let's cover the griefer attacks. As we've been making notices, and for anyone who's been here, it's been pretty obvious: we've been under pretty constant botter attacks. This has resulted in some annoying sim lock downs to avoid the content theft. On the downside, this has resulted in some decline in our defense ops. On the up side, this is allowing us to focus more on offense! Heh.
[18:16] Lestat Umarov: We know who is responsible and are pursuing legal actions against them, as are the Merczateers and other effected parties. So hold tight. Aryte says thank you all for your diligence and ability to overcome all this crap. You've all really done extraordinary. I appreciate it, and so does he. Keep to it!
[18:16] Lestat Umarov: Any questions?
[18:16] Williamca Zenovka raises his hand.
[18:16] Lestat Umarov: Williamca?
[18:17] Williamca Zenovka: Why do we not just keep the sim locked afterwords...to prevent them from getting anything they do not already have? I am sure the persons in question will find themselves in a hole deeper then they can fill fast enough.
[18:18] Williamca Zenovka: As we had a praetorian AFK once in full praetorian gear. One botter try to fly up to Aryte and get his stuff, and several numeriis and principales who are idle at the time aswell.
[18:20] Lestat Umarov: The answer's simple really. At the time the sim is griefed it makes sense to lock it down to prevent any further damage. Once the threat is dealt with we reopen. I'm sure Aryte and the rest of the officer staff agree with me that keeping the sim locked down is giving them what they want. We will not submit to griefers and those who wish to harm us. We'll continue to operate as normal in the face of adversity.
[18:21] Lestat Umarov: Does that answer your question?
[18:21] Williamca Zenovka: Yes.
[18:21] Lestat Umarov: Any other questions?
[18:22] Jayce Iredell raises hand.
[18:22] Lestat Umarov: jayce?
[18:22] Jayce Iredell: Exactly how many militaries and groups have been affected, or is this targetting a very narrow field?
[18:23] Vincent Lucerne raises hand as well
[18:23] Lestat Umarov: Most of the major militaries have been hit. Ordo, VG, Mercz. The griefers are attacking pretty much the whole community.
[18:24] Lestat Umarov: Vincent?
[18:24] Vincent Lucerne: I noticed Aryte's post ont he forums mentioning we were opening combat with Chaos as some point, when can we expect to see that happening?
[18:24] Vincent Lucerne: at*
[18:25] Lestat Umarov: Shortly. I'll be touching base on that in a moment.
[18:25] Vincent Lucerne nods
[18:25] Lestat Umarov: Anyone else?
[18:26] Lestat Umarov: Moving along.
[18:26] Lestat Umarov: Next. The decline in defense will be addressed. Aryte has a couple plans to remedy this. He posted them: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5483-plans-and-absence-23oct09/
[18:26] Desereck Creeggan: I have something to state about the chaos thing.
[18:27] Lestat Umarov: Hold your questions for a moment please.
[18:27] Lestat Umarov: Essentially, a major diplomacy event will first occur: Chaos will be unbanned, as planned for some time now. They were ever unbanned (officers ratified it, but . . it fell through the cracks) on account of lack of time to work out the diplomacy. This will be hammered out. Combat with Chaos will likely be pretty bitter and extravagant: they really want to "get at us." So we'll give them the full fury of our group. You will all be given ample notice before the unbanning occurs, so we can launch a major attack to kick off the battle.
[18:27] Lestat Umarov: Secondly, Aryte will be including a "Opposing Forces" freebie in the spawn. When the Mercz did this, they were swamped with random attackers. So we'll encourage enemies by throwing free toys at them. This will likely occur next week.
[18:27] Lestat Umarov: Questions?
[18:28] Desereck Creeggan: o/
[18:28] Desereck Creeggan: More of a statment than a question though.
[18:28] Lestat Umarov: Desereck.
[18:29] Desereck Creeggan: I was in New Jessie earlier today trying to get a griefer banned on one of my alts.
[18:29] Desereck Creeggan: As soon as I walked up to the usual crew hanging around (chaos, vg, randoms), Maza stated that Takkun had been banned.
[18:29] Desereck Creeggan: I caught this statement:
[18:29] Desereck Creeggan: Dark Svenska: Takkun is making people leave Mercz and join Chaos, he can keep up the good work.
[18:30] Vincent Lucerne: ...
[18:30] Lestat Umarov: Disregard.
[18:30] Lestat Umarov: He says a lot of things...
[18:30] Lestat Umarov: Anyone else?
[18:31] Lestat Umarov: Next topic. Armatura and Schola. Both of those units could use a hand when it comes to instructor personnel. The development of new members and existing members is one of the most crucial and rewarding jobs. Please see Zero Itamae if you are interested!
[18:32] Lestat Umarov: Any questions regarding this?
[18:33] Lestat Umarov: All right. Just a few more from me. Next: builders. Please be sure to pick up your builds after you are done working on it for the day. If you do not, it will be returned. No exceptions. Please only build in the first floor hangar. goto:outpost. That area only. Thank you!
[18:33] Lestat Umarov: Aaand next: Please give this http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5482-non-us-timezone-peeps/page__pid__44409__st__0entry44409 thread a look. Those of you in non US timezones, please try to be about in the early day if you're looking for some blood. Aryte will be hosting raids from the 26th to 29th. We're going to shake off this fugue and give the early birds some good fighting.
[18:33] Lestat Umarov: Last topic from me, I want to thank everyone for their patience. We will be finalizing the Terra restructure next week. If you are a unit commander, be sure Aryte gets a copy of your unit activity ASAP. Thank you!
[18:34] Lestat Umarov: Any additional topics for this evening?
[18:35] Anlysia Gregoire: NO >:O
[18:35] Lestat Umarov: Alrighty, moving on to promotions.
Promotions
[18:35] Lestat Umarov: Aryte has assured me he will have promotions handled Sunday night/Monday morning. He apologizes, and reminds you he is being emo right now at a family reunion. As a kicker, feel free to send any additional recommendations and make sure he has all PRF forms. Even if it's late now.
Meeting Closer
[18:36] Lestat Umarov: Combat this evening: either an officer will lead a raid momentarily, or we will have a massive group training.
[18:37] Lestat Umarov: For those of you intertested there will be a team deathmatch sortof thing in new jessie. I myself will be attending so if anyone else is interested stop on by.
[18:37] Tsume Xiao: \o/
[18:37] Lestat Umarov: Thank you all for a good meeting!
[18:37] Lestat Umarov snaps to attention, delivering a clean salute!
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux | E-7; Duplicarius | Terra Antesignani
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DATE: 17 October 2009
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SUBJECT: General Ordo topics.
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SUMMARY: Ordo gathered and discussed!
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Quiet please.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: First up, let's touch on stats this week.
Imperator's Report
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: 266 members; no change in personnel.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: 14 applications, 12 denied, 2 approved. 0 awaiting review (wow).
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: 36 defensive operations; a steep decrease, but I'll touch on that shortly. 7 offensive operations. 1 allied assistance deployments. 5 major group trainings.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomacy and matters abroad: oh my, okay, where to begin?
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, a major fallout has occured with the BNT estates. Financial issues has resulted in the firesale of regions. Among the groups effected are the Merczateers and 2142. Thankfully, the Merczateers secured their regions and are good to go. 2142 has not been so lucky just yet.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: This has dramatically put a kick in the go-nads to combat. In addition, we have been subject to major griefer assaults. "Us" being Ordo, Merczateers, CS, Vanguard-- possibly mpre.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: More, rather.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: To quickly touch on that: as indicated in the notice a couple weeks back, we were hit by the 'Fire' and 'Ice' character names. As such, standing order remains: any blank characters who somehow evade the spawn detector should be treated with extreme hostility.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Merczateers and Vanguard lost parts of their regions due to prim spam. We were fortunate to avoid that, thanks to . . well, we live in a giant desert and have a lot of prims.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: On the downside, it is quite possible our gear was nabbed from the attackers. If that is the case, we'll be having the excitement of gathering up all the copies.
[18:06] Woofie Khandr: sling
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: * I am told 2142 has secured a new region; they should be up and running again once rebuilt.
[18:06] Woofie Khandr: crashed.. sorry
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: So, where does that leave us? Short on defense work, as the region was secured and locked several times for security. This may occur on and off for the foreseeable future. Thank you all for your diligence and professionalism during these incidents. I was especially impressed during the last incident, during which the OIC had everyone out of gear and secured the spawn within minutes.
Divisional Reports
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: On to unit reports. Volunteer to begin?
[18:08] Lestat Umarov raises hand
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov, for Terra.
Terra
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: There's been some good progress for terra this week. The handbook is almost completed aside froma few small changes and the first Armatura class was held since forever ago. Onto unit reports.
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "The new dropship made its debut in training on Thursday, and the squad loves it. Hoping to put it through more tests and continue training with it so that we can make the most out of it. A scripter has volunteered for the battle rifle, and in short, a good week for Invictus."
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: From Zerowinged for Antesignani: "New XO is doing his job; All in-house projects moving along nicley, expecting the squad to be equipped with it's first squad-specific rifle soon (A while from now still); One Fulminata/Antesignani training held which turned out to be more of a orientation and suggestion stage. All good here."
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: From Zrazor for Fulminata: "Fulminata has been slowly but surely adjusting to the new training schedule, and the new training schedule will likewise continue to be adjusted until a perfect fit has been found. Training events held thus far have gone smoothly and been effective."
[18:09] Lestat Umarov: From myself for the Adiutor staff: "Things have been moving along for the staff. I've been discussing changes to the SOP with the staff and the senior members of Terra command to fit with the Terra restructure when it's released. The masks are still hovering around 99% complete, no idea when the final 1% will be finished. I do have some news on the as of yet unnamed revolver. Sculpt work has begun on it, by Syris, not keller as Anly put >:o, andthe weapon itself is going to be named the M62 Emancipator. That about wraps it up for the staff."
[18:10] Lestat Umarov: That concludes my report for Terra. Any additional reports can be given at the discretion of the Imperator.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you!
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
Munitorum
[18:11] Anlysia Gregoire raises a hand. :v
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: MR. Gregoire, for Munitorum
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: .
[18:11] Anlysia Gregoire: :P
[18:12] Anlysia Gregoire: Thanks to Trevor for getting my subforums up and going, you can see that I've rapidly filled up what space we had for the forum database with Agares' list of projects, so if the forums break you know who to blame. Other than that, I'm keeping that list of people who volunteered for testing in mind for upcoming stuff. S'about all.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
[18:13] Trevor Russell raises hand.
[18:13] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:13] Tsume Xiao raises hand
[18:13] Trevor Russell gives the floor to sosarin first.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar, for Astra.
Astra
[18:14] Sosarin Demar: I have a huge wall of text for this evening, so I apologize in advance. (Gaw trevor will hate me ;.;)
[18:14] Sosarin Demar: Levels of Astra combat participation were nominal this week. Training queue is still empty and we haven't received new blood for some time. I feel that it may be prudent to promote a recruitment drive in the near future. Dropship testing took place and yielded very positive results. I've left a message for Garion and hopefully it'll be in the armory for distribution in the near future. I thank Terminus personnel for being patient.
[18:14] Sosarin Demar: For the past week or two I have been reviewing Astra's active roster at all tiers closely. While Astra may be a division larger than most small armies, its combat active member base for the past year has its maximum plateau of around 20, with upwards to 25 being the most we've ever had of a member base of 60+. Right now in our down season we face upward to 15 combat actives including a limited yet appropriate amount of officer staff to give oversight.
[18:14] Sosarin Demar: What this means is that Astra by numbers isn't fit to maintain large and seperate units effectively, both because of the threat of spreading the peanut butter too thin as far as leadership goes and the small number of combat active members we're able to maintain. Astra has always had little to work with, but that is fine. It has always been our way. We attempted to experiment with seperate units over the past few months to see how it would go with what numbers we had. Even though things may not have been as efficient as they could have been, ultimately no harm was done and I feel good that we tried.
[18:14] Sosarin Demar: In light of this, I've discussed integrating both Astra's Fighter Squadron and Terminus into one unit among some of Astra's Administratio and we've come to an agreement. In this manner, leadership will be more focused and Astra will be more efficient in deploying necessary assets. This new squadron will designated as a Tactical Squadron, which will go by the moniker of "Paragon." I thank Keystone Gray for coming up with a name for us.
[18:15] Sosarin Demar: To wrap this up, I'll shed a little more light on this on the forums. Euro is switching his Astra tournament day to Friday, so keep that in mind. Ethan Schuman continues to work on his aircraft scripting and Vincent Lucerne has been working on some aircraft models for both a gunship and a jet. Finally, I hope to see that and more Astra specific activities next week. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Very good. Thank you, Mr. Demar.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Russell?
Tactica
[18:16] Trevor Russell: Tactica is moving along nicely! We have a couple new members, welcome to Kastrenzo and Genesis! For those that don't know, Elshout, home of our allies the Alliance Navy, has a spawn for IS to aid in defense. Unfortunately, its down in the bottom corner of a very convoluted base! No longer an issue, thanks to Tactica member Jayce Iredell, in short order we will have a handy-dandy guide for getting there. All we are waiting on now is Rector Rozenstrauch to finish studying for his midterms so that he can take a look at it; expect it soon! For the new members, tactica is a think-tank that works on a variety of reports and projects related to combative engagement. Any members interested in joining may contact myself or Zrazor Rozenstrauch.
[18:16] Trevor Russell: That is all.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Russell.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Xiao?
Munitorum Cont.
[18:19] Tsume Xiao: A bit of a subset to Munitorium, but two large scale projects have come to completion. As of 15 minutes prior to th starting of this meeting, the C6 MK.3 "Ballistae" Heavy Siege Artillery has been completed and is only waiting for a manual (agares is on it). The heavy missile tank, the Veritas MK.3, was tested in an exercise last night attacking Titan. It is now awaiting only the Imperator's approval.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:19] Vincent Lucerne: >:D muahahahahaha
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report?
[18:19] Desereck Creeggan raises his hand.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Creeggan?
Armatura
[18:21] Desereck Creeggan: For those of you who have not found out via the forums, Armatura is back up! If you need an invite to the group you can contact any Magisters such as myself or the Commandant Zero Itamae.
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you!
[18:21] Desereck Creeggan: Classes are held on the Magister's discretion, so don't be afraid to hit me up with an IM asking for this-and-that phase.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Any final reports?
[18:22] Intus Infinity raises a /human/ hand.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Infinity.
Website
[18:22] Intus Infinity: Website activity has decreased--quite a bit [-15.88%]. Current ordoimperialis.com website statistics for the week of 10-10-09 to 10-16-09: There was a total of 2,187 visits (10.20% were new visitors), 362 absolutely unique visitors, 18,594 pageviews, and the average time on website was 15 minutes, 31 seconds. Most visitors are from the US(1,478), Canada(215), and the UK(202). For a more detailed analysis, please see PDF document: http://intus.ordoimperialis.com/wrd101709.pdf
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: It was up 20% last week, correct?
[18:23] Intus Infinity: Two weeks ago!
[18:23] Intus Infinity: No idea why <_<
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Odd, hm.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Jason is back, so the UK has a fighting chance again.
[18:23] Intus Infinity: That's correct.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Canada better step it up.
[18:24] Keller Teichmann starts hitting Refresh over and over.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Hahaha.
[18:24] Jason Backer starts hitting Keller
[18:24] Vincent Lucerne: .____.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: All right, moving on to old business topics.
Old Business
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Does anyone have any old business to bring up this evening?
[18:25] Jason Backer: May I have a moment?
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Of course. Go ahead, Mr. Backer.
[18:28] Jason Backer: Hello everyone. I've recently come back after a fair time away, and before that I had left the Ordo for the Alliance Navy. I understand how things may have looked but I would not have left for any other reason, the AN as a group was very close to my heart and I was saddened at recent events. I would not have left for any other reason, had situations have been revered I would have done the same for the Ordo in a heartbeat. I have learned from my mistake and look forwardto spending the rest of my time on SL. I hope I lost no respect in any of your eyes.
[18:28] Jason Backer: Thats all.
[18:28] Jason Backer: Rest of my time in the Ordo*
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Aw. It's very good to have you back. So thank you, Mr. Backer.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: I appreciate that. I am sure everyone here does.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Does anyone wish to comment before we move on?
[18:30] Anlysia Gregoire: I <3 U Jason. :v
[18:30] Intus Infinity: I would like to say that I'm very pleased that Jason has returned to us.
[18:30] Crash Silverfall: </3 Backer, but good to have you back
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Hahah.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: The people have spoken. Let's move on.
[18:31] Jason Backer: Thank you everyone, you've all been so good to me.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Does anyone else have any old business to bring up?
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: All right.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: I have a few topics to bring up, so let's get to it.
New Business
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, on the topic of tanks and armored units.
[18:33] Vincent Lucerne: >:D
[18:33] Tsume Xiao: :D!
[18:33] Vincent Lucerne: shhh copycat.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Xiao, as mentioned, has finished our first fielded armored unit. It will be reviewed for allocation to Antesegnani shortly. Several other armored vehicles are in the pipeline--such as the Intimidator.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: As the prominence of armored vehicles increases, their distribution will equally increase, with Antesegnani serving as the spearhead/pinnacle of armored units.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, we are exploring gunship/helicopters. A model has been completed. Scripting and schematics are not yet planned.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: But it is likely that the Ordo will be seeing slow moving, armored gunship-like helicopters joining the aresnal in the near future.
[18:35] Vincent Lucerne: >:D!
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:35] Tsume Xiao raises hand
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Xiao.
[18:35] Vinnie Lei raises hand
[18:36] Tsume Xiao: Just a note on flying armored vehicles. They are usually able to fly through /anything/ because of how they work. Also due to how they detect collissions, if they become more prevelent, I will design special missiles for use against them.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Very good.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lei?
[18:37] Vinnie Lei: As such armored gunships have limited heightceiliing.. will such fall under Astra, or Terra... just a curiousity.
[18:38] Vincent Lucerne also raises hand for after rezbuddeh
[18:38] Agares Tretiak raises his hand
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Large gunships will be slated for Astra. It will open doors and policy to consider (in regard to Astra's current status: if you can't fly a Praeda/Nemesis, can't be Astra, etc).
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lucerne?
[18:39] Vincent Lucerne: With the increase in armored vehicles [notably tanks] has a decision been reached in regards to the formation of an actual division specifically to handle them?
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: It could potentially spurn the creation of a division of Terra that focusses on armor at a larger size--such as an armored Cohors. Thus far, the Ordo standard is to treat Astra and Terra like "army and airforce." So ground vehicles will still fall under Terra's jurisdiction.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Simply. Terra - Mechanized.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Tretiak?
[18:41] Vincent Lucerne: Okay! Thank you ^^
[18:41] Agares Tretiak: Will the gunship have a light troop transport capacity, for a covered insertion? This is not for rapid insertion (I.E. Drop ship), but rather to increase the impact of an aerial assualt by being able to directly move troops to a contested location with soem protection, at low altitudes?
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: The current model is a pure gunship. But we'll explore that after we get the first version flying. No HINDs just yet. ;)
[18:42] Agares Tretiak: :<
[18:42] Vincent Lucerne: Um :o
[18:42] Agares Tretiak: THank you sir.
[18:42] Vincent Lucerne: I could redesign to support that if you'd like :o
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: I wouldn't turn down a version of that quality, Vincent. Feel free.
[18:42] Vincent Lucerne: \o/
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Any last questions before we move on?
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic: handbook update.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Between clients I've been toying with the handbook over the last week. I have made a significant formatting change, cut down, cleaned up, added new unit descriptions, etc.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: It is back to fitting in a single notecard (yay).
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Between clients I've been toying with the handbook over the last week. I have made a significant formatting change, cut down, cleaned up, added new unit descriptions, etc.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: It is back to fitting in a single notecard (yay).
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: I'll have that released this weekend (unless I forget--I so will). Major, notable additions:
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Unit wise:
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: ----- [The Agentus in Rebus]: The AiR is an elite internal security unit, responsible for the safety of Ordo technology, electronics, and information. Agentus manage the integrity of Ordo databases, review incidents, and interview personnel in cooperation with the Officium Curia.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: The AiR has been added underneath the Office of the Imperator.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: I have added / renamed the High Council, adding it as the second tier/highcommand level:
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: It is currently named "The Office of the Senatorium." That is subject to change. I kind of put that there on a whim.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: [The Office of the Senatorium]: Senatorium is a blanket term for the supreme commanders of the individual units. Senatorium is an infrastructure denotation, specifically for high command. Members of the Senatorium are responsible for the large scale administration of most Ordo operation.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Tactica was added to the list of divisions, as: [Tactica]: Tactica is an advanced battlefield intelligence unit, responsible for maintaining a comprehensive database of information and tactical analysis. Tactica is explicitly restricted to overt reconnaissance: they are the pathfinders and strategic design for battle plans.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Designers, rather.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: I have also added the three major educational units:
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: I have added / renamed the High Council, adding it as the second tier/highcommand level:
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: It is currently named "The Office of the Senatorium." That is subject to change. I kind of put that there on a whim.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: [The Office of the Senatorium]: Senatorium is a blanket term for the supreme commanders of the individual units. Senatorium is an infrastructure denotation, specifically for high command. Members of the Senatorium are responsible for the large scale administration of most Ordo operation.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Tactica was added to the list of divisions, as: [Tactica]: Tactica is an advanced battlefield intelligence unit, responsible for maintaining a comprehensive database of information and tactical analysis. Tactica is explicitly restricted to overt reconnaissance: they are the pathfinders and strategic design for battle plans.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Designers, rather.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: I have also added the three major educational units:[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Aaand a blanket administration above it:
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: ----- [The Imperial Education Administration]: The IEA is responsible for the development of Ordo-wide educational programs. All departments that deal in group-wide instruction fall under the jurisdiction of the IEA, including Schola, Armatura, and the Imperial Ludi. Specialized training, such as Astra or individual Cohors training is not within the scope of the IEA.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: ------- [The Imperial Ludi]: The Ludi serves as the administrative element underneath the IEA that focuses on the development of Imperial academies. Academies are advanced training programs that are volunteer basis participation.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: ------- [Armatura]: Armatura is the part of the IEA that administers post-Schola education, including HUD familiarizing, combat tactics, and squad work.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: ------- [schola]: Schola is the entry-level induction education for all would-be Ordo, as headed by the Schola Commandant.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: The IEA is subject to change and not currently active. It will essentially be a council of the commandants, in collaboration.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:51] Trevor Russell raises hand
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Russell.
[18:52] Trevor Russell: From the sound of it, you are moving armatura out of the jurisdiction of terra, and putting it on par with schola in terms of independence. Is this accurate?
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Armatura has been largely independent for some time. This is just reassuring that. Armatura is designed for /all/ members and will play a role in promotion requirements.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: It's essentially a paper move, for something that already happened.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Good question.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Anyone else?
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: All right then.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Sooooo, we have a new HUD. It has been in beta for the last week.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: No major concerns have arisen.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: I will be releasing it this evening. Please keep in mind it is a "BETA" model. Report any bugs (or presumed bugs) to Anylsia.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: This will be a MANDATORY change. Be sure to move to the new HUD when it is released.
[18:56] Anlysia Gregoire: (The old and new HUD's coms aren't compatible.)
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: The new HUD uses tiered security.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, the HUD com channels are living and shift regularly.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: This dramatically increaes the probability that our communications will be secure.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Keep in mind that /2 is still visible within chat distance, if someone is snooping.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: New grenades, grapple, barricades, radar, goto.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: It's redone from the ground up. All thanks to Syl Kiranov.
[18:58] Anlysia Gregoire: There's also a coms relay with Chronus, again.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Aye.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: The barricades actually stop bullets, by the way.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: It's kind of magical.
[18:59] Johann Wilberg: :o
[18:59] Desereck Creeggan: The old ones do too, you just have to back up.. a lot
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: The grenades are dramatically more accurate and fun to throw. All in all, it's a major upgrade.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[19:00] Crash Silverfall: raises hand
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Silverfall.
[19:00] Crash Silverfall: What size are the grenades, for use in Nj?
[19:01] Vinnie Lei raises hand
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: 7.
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lei?
[19:01] Vinnie Lei: Is the grid COM integrated or will it be integrated in due time?
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: It isn't.
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: And I may be wrong, the grenade smay be 10.
[19:02] Tsume Xiao: 10 Diameter? O.o
[19:02] Anlysia Gregoire: 7m explosive, 10m flashbang.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Ah ok.
[19:02] Anlysia Gregoire: 7 second reload on both.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Any final questions?
[19:02] Trevor Russell raises hand
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Russell.
[19:04] Trevor Russell: over the past few months we have felt an unspoken trend for our explosives to decrease in size. The old hud made with 7 m grenades was made in an era where navis used 32 m bombs. Now are munitions are much smaller, is a 7 m grenade a bit...big, compared to the current arsenal?
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Not at all. 7 is what we've been using.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: And we'll continue to.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: One final topic from me.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Combat this evening will be a bit different than the usual post-meeting raids. As things are a bit shaky abroad from the recent happenings, I would like to take the opportunity to use the manpower tonight to personally host a massive training exercise. All Ordo are invited and encouraged to attend. We will be grouping up in the hangar directly after this is adjourned.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: The more who can attend, the better. We haven't done a training on the "huge" scale in a while.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: I intend to make this more frequent. Although raids are wonderful, we need to spend some more time focussing on large scale preparations. It's rare we can field forty folks at a time and have that kind of excitement.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: I'll discuss objectives and battle plans during the group up.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: On that note, any further topics to bring up this evening?
[19:09] Vinnie Lei raises hand for just a small comment :>
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Lei.
[19:09] Vinnie Lei: I was craving for such trainings as these for a long while and I'm jumping in joy in this news.. though too tired today.. I'd love to see more.. n maybe for euro folks friendly? :>
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Haha, definitely, whenever I can manage to. Other officers and NCOS are more than welcome to host sessions themselves, I add.
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Now then. On promotions this evening.
Promotions
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: You'll all hate and love me for this. But as per my "to do" list, I am due to conduct a review of current ranks and align folks before introducing the revisions: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5128-imperators-to-do-list-01oct09/
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: As such, I will have promotions posted this evening. I received an impressive amount of very well written recommendations. I will be adding my own in to the batch and have them all out tonight. I apologize, but it happened to work out in my schedule that tonight would be a good night.
[19:13] Czyrek Essel raises paw
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Essel?
[19:14] Czyrek Essel: what do you mean by aligning us?
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: As in, adding additional promotions to fill in any vacancies in the command tree, in addition to giving folks some movement into the NCO brackets.
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent.
Meeting Closer
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all for a good meeting. Dascede will have the log posted (yey). We will begin combat activity at 7:30. Head to the outpost hangar if you would like to participate. If you do not want to participate, loiter somewhere in the floors below.
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Dismissed. Have a great night.
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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Naaahhh. I'm thinkin' that was her own hand at writing. Maybe she just did it in a hurry.
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She has guts... that much I can say. But I cannot and will never forgive her for all that she made happen.
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I be the royale75
Add me.
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux / Triplicarius / Terra Antesignani
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DATE: August 15 2009
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SUBJECT: General topics
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SUMMARY: Ordo gathered.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: All right, let's get started. Please be certain to hold comments and questions until I provide you with the opportunity. You will have a chance. Do not interrupt me. Do not make off hand comments. Do not try to be coy.
[18:00] Vincent Lucerne: niiiice x3
[18:00] Tiridates Mikadze: Of course, the entire issue gets a bit crazy from the-
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: You only delay the meeting by doing so.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: We will keep this as brief as possible. Pardon me if I am curt this evening. I have a miserable cold and are grumpy.
Imperator's Report
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: First and foremost, my brief summary of the week.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: 264 members at the moment. Up from last week.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: 19 new applications. 7 approved. 9 denied. Remainder are under review.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: 4 additional applications have been added and are awaiting attention.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: 7 offenses, 49 defenses (dayum) last week.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Overall activity has remained rather high. Some dips on account of school and the likes-- that'll be covered in the keynote. Diplomacy is steady. No major changes, aside from RSG requesting a truce/alliance. Negotations will commence when my hand-dandy French translator (Foxers) returns.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Some combat issues-- multiple regions under rebuild, whereas others are seemly dead/slow. MBC and RR, notably, have been very quiet.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: We did assault RR yesterday with some turn out, otherwise they seem to be on the decline.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: SH are in an odd rebuild phase. They do enjoy our presence and are welcoming further combat.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Activity with CS is high. CATI high.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: 39th currently closed for rebuild, as is TCG.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: I'd recommend giving the article a read. Very informative.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Politically, one only needs to read the New Jessie War Journal to see the recent shit-storm. Merczateers published a major article against VG. 130+ comments in a day.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: That say: good week! Unit reports?
Divisional Reports
[18:06] Lestat Umarov rasies hand
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov, for Terra.
Terra
[18:06] Lestat Umarov: IT's going to be a bit impromptu this week, I do appoligize.
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: Straight into unit reports.
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "Invictus once again has a vacancy, which we are looking to fill. I'm also looking into assigning trainers to help get some training going at a regular pace once again. Aside from that, nothing to report."
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From Gulliver for Antesignani: "Status quo in Antesignani. Expecting imminent delivery of Negev LMG from Keller. Have an animator lined up for it. One training session held--Bullet Tango. Excellent turnout. Had a brief meeting with the squad preceeding training. See Antesignani forums for chat log. "
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: From Xayvien for Fulminata: "As usual I don't have an incredible chunk of information to share. Training at this time was attempted twice but even with a high number of Fulminata online they seemed to be doing their own thing. I haven't gotten much feedback for making training better or even fresh ideas, so I'd imagine the squad is at the same area of gray I am. In the mean time we have started using our heavy SMG and it was passed around accordingly. I suppose this ends my report for our rather slow week."
[18:07] Lestat Umarov: I have nothing new to report for the Adiutor staff. Everything is moving along as planned.
[18:08] Lestat Umarov: That concludes my report for Terra.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Astra?
[18:09] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar.
Terra
[18:09] Sosarin Demar: Another pilot earned his wings this week. In addition, the group Terminus, Astra's dropship squadron, was officially formulated and its roster is being consolodated. As far as air opponents go, CS and CATI still seem to be our best bet for action. 39th's sim is still closed and under construction. I'll be meeting with TCG with Trevor Russel's help to gauge their AD and their perspective on air combat (been missing Heavy666 the past few days). Tomorrow (Sunday) we have the sparring session with AN at 3PM SLT, so Astra should be ready. Next week should see more growth and activity in Terminus, as well some more political spiel with other groups.
[18:10] Sosarin Demar: Special thanks to Imperator Vesperia for leading Astra into a few forays -- notably with CATI. That concludes Astra's report for this week.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: My pleasure. Thank you, Mr. Demar.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report this evening?
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Moving right along.
[18:10] Vincent Lucerne holds his tongue this week.
Old Business
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Any old business to bring up this evening?
[18:11] Intus Infinity raises paw
[18:11] Intus Infinity: hand^
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Infinity.
[18:12] Intus Infinity: Website activity took a highly steep dive [-15.58%]. Current ordoimperialis.com website statistics for the week of 08-08-09 to 08-14-09: There was a total of 1,929 visits (13.06% were new visitors), 379 absolutely unique visitors, 16,719 pageviews, and the average time on website was 15 minutes, 02 seconds. Most visitors are from the US(1,257), Canada(250), and the UK(156). For a more detailed analysis, please see PDF document: http://intus.ordoimperialis.com/wrd081509.pdf
[18:12] Intus Infinity: To all personnel: When formatting the topic title and description of a defense report please follow the guidelines in the readme thread in the defense report forum. Thank you.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: UK not holding it's weight, haha. 100 down this week. Thank you, Intus.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business?
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Last call.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent.
Keynote Topics
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: On to primary business this evening. I have a few topics to touch on. After which we'll open up to general business.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: I. As it was mentioned on the weekly schedule, there was a ‘possibility’ of another extended series of deployments this evening.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Unfortunately, as I had predicted at the time of writing the schedule, it will not be feasible this evening. I apologize if anyone was particularly looking forward to it.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: As a consolation, however: tomorrow at 3:00 PMSLT we will be having a full scale, mock battle with the Alliance Navy. All personnel are invited to intend: it will include a full range of munitions and vehicles. Everyone is encouraged to show up—we will be proving out mettle against a formidable group on friendly terms.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Again, that is at 3:00 PMSLT on Sunday. I will be leading the Ordo side of operations. I believe that the AN’s forces will be headed up by Nadav. I expect that it will be an entertaining and unique experience: Iron Symphony vs Iron Symphony fights are designed to be respectful, invigorating, and clean.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Again, that is at 3:00 PMSLT on Sunday. I will be leading the Ordo side of operations. I believe that the AN’s forces will be headed up by Nadav. I expect that it will be an entertaining and unique experience: Iron Symphony vs Iron Symphony fights are designed to be respectful, invigorating, and clean.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: So please drop on by tomorrow, we’ll be fighting as long as the AN wishes to throw themselves at our defenses. When the AN’s region is complete, it is probable we will return the gesture and make a habit of visiting one another under controlled, friendly terms. Allied, but sparring.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:19] Ethan Schuman raises his hand.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Yes, Astra.
[18:19] Detox Exonar: Sir
[18:19] Anlysia Gregoire raises a hand.
[18:19] Detox Exonar: What will be the objective - do we know at this time for tomorrow's run?
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Just combat, really.
[18:19] Detox Exonar: OK thanks!!
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Ethan?
[18:21] Ethan Schuman: If this goes well, could we possibly see an extended skirmish stage, perhaps similar to what we had with MC without calling it actual war?
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Very possible.
[18:21] Jayce Iredell raises his hand.....
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: We want to keep it light and scheduled, to avoid . . well, overwhelming.
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia?
[18:22] Anlysia Gregoire: Is there going to be any attempt to balance numbers? Having a general "Show up! Fighting!" muster call might end up with like...30+ Ordo against whomever the AN can pull up. Which might be a bit...well, like you just said, overwhelming.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: There's no way we can control who show's up on Titan. AN expects that, they're fine with it.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: They just want combat.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, we will be permitting them to utilize stuff that's not ususally kosher here-- HP tanks, etc.
[18:23] Tiridates Mikadze raises a hand
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce?
[18:24] Jayce Iredell: I was just going to point out, I thought when we fought Militant collective that it was anything but 'friendly sparring' I found it to be quite ruthless and open warfare.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: MC was open warfare.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: This is a scheduled event.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: And. Well. It's war. :)
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Tiridates.
[18:26] Tiridates Mikadze: Yes, well, what are we planning to do if something nasty breaks out during our little clash?
[18:26] Tiridates Mikadze: Just by way of my general morbid curiosity :<
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Define nasty? Drama?
[18:27] Tiridates Mikadze: Aye, drama, arguments, cheating
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: I'll be here. I'll deal with it. Otherwise. It's like any other battle. We shoot eachother and have fun.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:27] Detox Exonar: sir
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Detox.
[18:28] Detox Exonar: I just found out yesterday - so to benefit for other's that did not know - Elshout totally rebuilt to a city scape - should be some interesting combat
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Aye aye.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: All right, next topic
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: II. Standards.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: a. Kudos to everyone—everything’s been pretty awesome as of late. No major incidents to note. However, I do want to reinforce and remind everyone on some key expectations. Defense: all individuals on map are expected to participate and be attentive.
[18:26] Tiridates Mikadze: Yes, well, what are we planning to do if something nasty breaks out during our little clash?
[18:26] Tiridates Mikadze: Just by way of my general morbid curiosity :<
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Define nasty? Drama?
[18:27] Tiridates Mikadze: Aye, drama, arguments, cheating
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: I'll be here. I'll deal with it. Otherwise. It's like any other battle. We shoot eachother and have fun.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:27] Detox Exonar: sir
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Detox.
[18:28] Detox Exonar: I just found out yesterday - so to benefit for other's that did not know - Elshout totally rebuilt to a city scape - should be some interesting combat
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Aye aye.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: All right, next topic
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: II. Standards.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: a. Kudos to everyone—everything’s been pretty awesome as of late. No major incidents to note. However, I do want to reinforce and remind everyone on some key expectations. Defense: all individuals on map are expected to participate and be attentive.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Please secure the OIC’s approval if you are in the midst of something else. In addition, if you are the standing office/ncoic on map, be sure you do not leave or go inactive within transferring command first. It is critical that we have a seamless transfer of power.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: During combat and during defense, allow for your commanding presence/oic/ncoic/sog to do the ordering and weaponry issuance. Do not bog down or intermingle into the conversation. “Can I use my supar rocket???” detracts. Keep it simple, keep it clean, and keep it civil.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Always, always keep it civil. Be sure not lose your head. The moment you start going “OMG *MIC BREATH, GRR*,” you’ve lost. Controlled, professional antics maximizes your skill and potential.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: b. Behavior: the Ordo is successful because we are an orderly, professional group. Mind yourself so someone doesn’t have to do it for you. No amount of administrative oversight can substitute inherent desire to behave and control one’s own self.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: To everyone’s credit . . you really do! So keep it up. You really contribute to the group by simply being mature and respectful.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: c. Use the chain of command. There are people in place to assist you: do not allow for an issue to go unannounced or unspoken. Simply sitting around griping isn’t going to fix anything: bring it up!
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Respectful commentary and suggestions are valued. The Ordo is great, not because Aryte and his staff think of everything, but because we listen to the input from you, the members.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: All right, moving on.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: III. Summer. :( I am sure you noticed . . but summer is kind of rather close to ending. I personally will be starting classes on the 24th. I am a senior and have a full schedule atop of my normal work hours.
[18:36] Vincent Lucerne: ;-;
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: I don’t know how busy that’ll make me—but I’ll still be here, as always. The point is, I realize many of you are suddenly going to become a lot more busier. Don’t worry about it. We’ve been doing this for years: in the summer week days are off the hook. In the fall, late evenings and weekends turn into super-active times.
[18:37] Jayce Iredell will be here still :|
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia reminds about comments.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: We’ll still be here, we’ll still be active. Do not worry if you have to cutback to focus offline, we all will be! Even so, the Ordo will continue to go on and continue to grow. For those of you who haven’t been around for a school year in the group, just keep in mind the normal hours of activity will definitely shift. It happens every year.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Otherwise, we had a wonderful summer. We’ve expanded over forty members. We’ve dramatically increased our influence on the grid. We’ve gone through some rough spots and some even greater heights. So thank you, everyone, for making this a wonderful summer. Now let’s make it an even more awesome fall, ha ha.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Tiridates.
[18:39] Tiridates Mikadze raises a hand.
[18:39] Tiridates Mikadze: Will we have an "Epic Summer 2009" merit :D?
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Operation V ivec. Serious questions, please.
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:40] Jayce Iredell raises his hand
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce.
[18:40] Jayce Iredell: How are the revamps of the guard, frumentarii, and Terra coming along?
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Guard and Frumentarii underway. Frumentarii nearing completion. Terra untouched.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Moving right along.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: IV. I am sounding like a broken record, but I want to give everyone an update on the promotions, unlocks, and NCO stuff.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, unlock system: I will be forcing myself to crawl out of bed early to sit down and set up the lockers with Inoue. We should be good to go system wise after that.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Promotions into the E-4 and beyond levels are still a bit stagnant as we work out the requirement system and strive to shove the unlock revamp into operation. I am sorry that it’s taking so long.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Playing IM tag with Inoue due to timezones slowly gets things worked out. Thank you guys for your patience, I really expect that the unlock change will help set a great precedence for the Ordo. In addition to unlocks, we will be introducing more rigid promotionary requirements.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: It is my hope that by doing this, every rank—E-1 to I-1 will be valued inherently, rather than “I need E-4 so I can get my new gun!” Each rank will correspond to tiers of authority. Enlisted personnel will have increased value, providing longevity to all positions.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Our NCOs will truly be NCOs, rather than simply a step to a new level. So I really ask: please, please be patient and stick through this interlude and slow ascension period. When everything is ironed out, I promise you far better levels of operation and structural integrity.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: A few periods of “>:( I hate u aryte, no promo 4 me?” will be offset by the rest of your career with us. I really, really hope to reinforce the importance of /every/ rank. I want people to really sit down and go “fuck, it took me a long time to get here, but . . wow, it was worth it.” I want people to look at other groups, laugh, and realize they may be an “e-4” but an “e-4” has more value than group x’s “generals.”
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: All righty!
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: V. There is an immense amount of projects sitting about, most of which I am probably . . involved or supposed to be involved in. Please nudge me if you’ve not heard from me lately. Chances are, I have either lost track or are just working down the queue to you! In addition, for anyone generally bemused (or for anyone who simply wants to drown in information), get your butts onto the forums. We post tons and tons of communications, polls . . . everything on there! It’s fun and not very time consuming. Use our poor webpage.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:52] Tsume Xiao raises paw
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Xiao.
[18:52] Tsume Xiao: For those of us working on projects, if there is one waiting for you, would you rather we wait on it for you, or would you rather us work on the next project?
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: . . well, nudge me first so I can see if it's something I can help you wrap up.
[18:53] Tsume Xiao: The obvious upside tha that more gets done, but the downside is that we start a queue... and hat i there was a change to be made itwould ave tobe made to all the other projects too.
[18:53] Tsume Xiao: ok!
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Chances are, truthfully, it's probably on my monstrous list of 'to-do,' but I want to ensure I didn't forget anything. I hate, hate, hate not following through with something I promised to help with.
[18:54] Xayvien Rau: </3
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Next question?
[18:54] ATR Vasser raises hand
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: ATR.
[18:54] ATR Vasser: I heard something about some Russians hacking into forums, whats going on with that?
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Ahh.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: On that note, let's move to general topics.
General Topics
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: In re hacking;
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: A Russian group hacked the Vertical Sim forums, which we hosted for Nexii. The same group, same pattern of hacking, same background image and style, hacked the Vanguard webpage.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: It was promptly blamed on us by Vanguard. Since, well, that's apparently the cool thing to do.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: When in reality, it's . . because they use free forum software that is highly vulnerable. The same software we used on the VL forums.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Our actual forums are secure, on account if it being an IPBoard.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Any topics to bring up/questions in general this evening?
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Nothing at all, ooh?
[18:58] Jayce Iredell raises his hand....
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce.
[18:59] Jayce Iredell: I was recalling a funny rebuke you made to Black talon when you said "I have to finish building the Death Star." today. Then I had an idea for a montage of Ordo done to the Imperial march as our next sort of video project....
[18:59] Vincent Lucerne: I second the motion.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: . . I think the time for that joke to be entertaining has passed.
[19:00] Jayce Iredell: Indeed.
[19:00] Vincent Lucerne withdrawls >_>
[19:00] Melna Milos raises hand
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Melna.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics this evening?
[19:01] Melna Milos: So, My question is directed toward, Ethan actually, I apologise to anyone if we went over this subject already, I got in late, Please just skip it of we already did, Anyway, So Ethan, Rostok is going bye bye, what of Verticle sim? Wheres it going and how close to completion are we?
[19:03] Ethan Schuman: Rostok is indeed going away.
[19:03] Ethan Schuman: VerticalSim is being built in a full class 5 now, by myself, Syris, Nexii, and a friend of Syris.
[19:04] Ethan Schuman: The first VerticalSim will be an RP area with a focus on generating profit, so we can buy another class 5 to build VerticalWar
[19:04] Vincent Lucerne: Keep us updated!
[19:05] Melna Milos: Please do, sounds interesting.
[19:05] Melna Milos: Been looking foward to Vertsim since I heard about it, Thats all for me :>
[19:05] Ethan Schuman: One more thing.
[19:05] Ethan Schuman: We're looking at August 31 as our launch date. We're still hoping to hit that.
[19:05] Ethan Schuman: So it'll be soon.
[19:05] Melna Milos: Awesome can't wait.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics?
[19:07] Priest Foxley raises a hand.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Foxley.
[19:08] Priest Foxley: My unit finally finished standing up, so I am no longer staying at the company until seven in the afternoon, so I will be around Titan.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent. Great to have you back with us.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for the heads up.
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Final call. Any last topics?
[19:10] Sera Otoro raises
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Sera.
[19:10] Sera Otoro: just a little one here... blaze asked me to tell everyone that he will be MIA until wednesday as he is down in london...
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for the heads up. :)
[19:11] Sera Otoro: that is all
Promotions
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: All righty, on to promotions and merits. Decent little list here. Uhrm, as mentioned, promotions light. Especially beyond E-3. So hold your horses. Otherwise, hold applause until I have my final words at the end.
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Without further adieu.
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: ATR Vasser - [Marksman]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [E-4]; [Comrade Support]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Furry Thor - [E-2]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Garry Tiratzo - [E-2]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Genesis Ronmark - [E-5]; [Ordo Achievement]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Hikari Magic - [E-2]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce Iredell - [E-7]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Jinxy Fluffball - [E-6]; [Marskman]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Joseph Hoxley - [E-5]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Karmyn Maurer - [Homeland Defense]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Keystone Gray - [Corona Argentum]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Kytec Switchblade - [Corona Argentum]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Melna Milos - [E-7]
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Plops Magic - [E-2]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Rageki Finesmith - [Combat Prowess]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Ruin Nefarious - [O-Awesome/Totally Cooler Than Ribena]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Salandras Adamant - [E-3]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Scientific Waffle - [W-1]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Sykes Foxclaw - [E-3]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Syris Andel - [E-3]; [Architect of Eternity]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Theidareiks Autothahhdjhehjthks - [E-3]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor Russell - [E-7];[Diplomacy]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume Xiao - [E-6]
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Uildiar Kuhn - [E-3]
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Vex Naxos - [E-5]
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenova - [Corona Vallaris]
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Zanndor Aeon - [Combat Prowess]
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Zerowinged Vasiliev - [Marksman]
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rozenstrauch - [Crown of the Preserver]
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: And I have . . another seperate list of merits someone who will remain nameless sent me late.
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: So let me dig that up.
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: . . lol, he recommended someone who isn't int he Ordo for a merit.
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: blobby Homewood, apparently, now has Homeland Defense.
[19:15] Bob McKinley: FAIL!
[19:15] Vai Tyran: Is Ribena
[19:15] Dexhen Helios slips the Imperator -two- Linden to disclose the name of the person who failed.
[19:15] Renji Bikcin: -_-
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor Russell - [Homeland Defense]
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: (I know.)
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenovka - [Combat Prowess]
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Wolfjoya Furse - [Combat Prowess MK2]
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Bob McKinley - [Combat Prowess]
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Garion Lowenhardt - [Combat Prowess MK2]
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Jinxy Flufball - [Homeland Defense]
[19:17] Jinxy Fluffball: (i already have that one XD)
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume Xiao - [Combat Prowess MK2]
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Dan Wardark - [Homeland Defnese]
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Defense, too.
[19:17] Joseph Hoxley: lol
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Karmyn Maurer - [Homeland Defense]
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [Combat Prowess]
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Jordan Cannoli - [Homeland Defense]
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Syris Andel - [Homeland Defense]
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: ATR Vasser - [Homeland Defense]
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Plops Magic - [Homeland Defense]
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: (If you can't tell, this is the "wow you defended a lot this week" merit list.)
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Tyro Gutter - [Combat Prowess]
[19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia Gregorie - [Good Conduct J/K, no.]
[19:19] Joseph Hoxley: i lol'd
[19:19] Aelus Janus: Aelus Janus - [ETHICAL ANOMALY MERIT]
[19:20] Joseph Hoxley steals that merit.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Shh.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you everyone. Very good work this week. I appreciate you making this a good meeting as well. I will be about and handing out merits/ranks for the next half hour or so. After which, I will likely be running off to go pass out. I'm hopped up on cold medicine and have two days to magically get better before Monday. Hahaha.
Meeting Closer
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Have a great night.
[19:20] Desereck Creeggan: SHORT LIST. REALLY.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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Welcome.
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux / Triplicarius / Terra Antesignani
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DATE: 08 August 2009
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SUBJECT: General Topics
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SUMMARY: Ordo gathered and discussed.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Allll righty.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get started.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Ladies and gentleman. Midgets and overly tall people.
[18:00] Detox Exonar: thanks Des
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for joining us this evening.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: If this is your first meeting: welcome!
[18:01] plops Magic salutes!
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Please remember to keep your comments to yourself. Raise your hand when I provide the opportunity.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Otherwise, shush and listen. The meeting goes like so:
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Brief summary by me, unit reports, old business, new business, promotions, final word.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: It will take about 90 minutes, on average. Dependant upon how many questions there are.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: So sit back and relax.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: To begin:
Imperator's Report
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: 259 members currently; 1 AWOL (account vanished!)
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 23 cadets, not included in above number.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 22 applications last week. 14 denied, 5 approved, 3 in review.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 1 new application as of an hour ago.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Last week we held . . 10 offensive operations.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: And, get this, /42/ defensive operations.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Not including several multi-stage defenses, in which the enemy returned over a period of time.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Defensive combat has seen a sharp spike, up . . gosh, from 26 last week.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Two reasons for this: higher volume of reports, thanks to Mercury's new logging system that verifies attacks. This has increased the number of reported incidents involving combat.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: And secondly, a new string of attacks by a reborn/remade "CSL" group.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomacy abroad has been stable-- a few changes to note.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: First, Sparta has disbanded. The remnants are scattering about, most have been pointed toward CS.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Secondly, combat with 2142 will be heavily examined and reopened. Our primary cause for not visiting them has . . well, been shown the door. :D
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: I do want to mention: thank you everyone for last week. You kept activity up and kept combat up, even while my activity time was pretty low.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: No major incidents to note. We did serve a Curia incident-- feel free to check it out on the forums. All Curia matters that are processed and safe to post, will be posted.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: All in all, a good week.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Unit reports?
Divisional Reports
[18:10] FireFox Breed rises his paw for terra
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Firefox.
Terra
[18:11] FireFox Breed notes "Everything in Terra is going well. The new unlock system is something we are looking forward to. Side groups as follows.
[18:11] FireFox Breed: Antesignani: Nothing new to report. One CQB-type training held. Keller is still building us the Negev (aren't you, Keller); Galil's... we need. Howitzer is coming along nicely. No raids.
[18:12] FireFox Breed: Invictus: Not much to report from Invictus. The new squad handbook is almost ready, and with it, new training exercises to run through.
[18:12] FireFox Breed: Fulminata: This week has not gone through many changes. Due to the routine inactive members this time of year I am having trouble with getting people together. I am opening suggestions for the squad and what members wish to do for training, alongside that I am working on the original ideas from before. In short for this week, nothing amazing has gone on within the squad unless I wasn't informed. One thing I am proud to announce is the addition of our newest member Jester Spearmann, who brings our squad once again to a completed size. We welcome him with open arms and Thunderhammer's.
[18:13] FireFox Breed: Lestat will be MIA for a while as his monitor is broke. He is using a tv as a temp replacement but its not a high rez one so.... poor dingo. That is all
[18:13] Detox Exonar: thanks Sosa
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for handing the report, Firefox.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
Astra
[18:13] Sosarin Demar raises his hand for Astra.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar.
[18:13] Sosarin Demar: We welcome back Crash Ashdene from his Vacation and I give special thanks to Wolfshaman Warrior for helping to maintain flight functions in his absence. In light of Blaze Wiles' elevation to W-1 last week, he will be bumped into the W-1 slot for the dropship squadron to help bolster the brass there, while Williamca Zenovka will assume command over First Flight. Defense and combat participation this week ranged anywhere from nominal to exemplary -- kudos to those who bore vigilance and performed well. Training continued as normal -- our newest addition almost through the retinue of phases. That concludes Astra's report for this week.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Sosarin.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report this evening?
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Very well. Thank you.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: On to old business.
Old Business
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Any old news to touch on this evening?
[18:17] Crash Silverfall: Sir i dont no if this is old
[18:17] Crash Silverfall: a question about the mercury reports
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Go ahead.
[18:17] Crash Silverfall: I was wondering how those reports work, who can get them?
[18:17] Crash Silverfall: Is that only officers?
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Mercury generates a report based upon the entrance of a hostile party into Titan. The server intelligently determines who was here, how long, how far they got, reinforcements, length of battle, casualties . . etc.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Mercury is only accessible by officers with a login, so only officers can actually pull the reports.
[18:18] Crash Silverfall: Ah ok, thx
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: They are not intended to replace actual combat reports for defense. They're intended to supplement or fill in blanks when someone does not post a human-generate report.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Actual eye witness is far more valuable to me than our Skynet--er, Mercury generated ones.
[18:19] plops Magic: lol
[18:19] Crash Silverfall: True
[18:19] Crash Silverfall: Just wanted to know, thx sir
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Welcome.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business this evening?
[18:20] Tsume Xiao raises hand paw thing
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume froze.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Short version: the new Ordo sniper rifle, thanks to Syris taking care of the rails, is basically good to go.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business this evening?
[18:23] Jayce Iredell raises a hand.
[18:23] Vinnie Lei raises hand thingie on that last thingie
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Vinnie. Yes you will get it if you unlocked the G3. Otherwise, yes?
[18:24] Vinnie Lei: lol, I was more wondering if the G3/Censure will get decomissioned if this new gets released :)
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: G3 will be.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce?
[18:24] Desereck Creeggan raises his hand.
[18:25] Jayce Iredell: I just wanted to add, we iontroduced some of our guest to the Subjugator early in the wee hours of the morning, it was quite comical.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Good to hear.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck?
[18:25] Desereck Creeggan: On the same note of sniper rifle: Will this be scripted to have faster than normal bullets like the G3 is, since I notice G3 fire reaches targets in Chronus much faster than other bullets on 250 settings?
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Yes, correct.
[18:27] Intus Infinity raises hand.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: It will have a hyper-velocity round.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Intus.
[18:27] Intus Infinity: Website activity is on the rise at [+7.23%]. Current ordoimperialis.com website statistics for the week of 08-01-09 to 08-07-09: There was a total of 2,285 visits (11.95% were new visitors), 418 absolutely unique visitors, 20,379 pageviews, and the average time on website was 15 minutes, 09 seconds. Most visitors are from the US(1,513), Canada(275), and the UK(257). For a more detailed analysis, please see PDF document: http://intus.ordoimperialis.com/wrd080809.pdf
[18:28] Intus Infinity: To all personnel: When formatting the topic title and description of a defense report please follow the guidelines in the readme thread in the defense report forum. Thank you.
[18:28] Jayce Iredell raises a hand.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: That is good to hear. Thank you. Jayce?
[18:29] Jayce Iredell: I am confused here, to my knowledge the G3 that we use now only goes 250, compared to the one from novmber 2007 with a hyper fast, self correcting it can shoot down aircraft round. Am I mistaken or mixed up somewhere?
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: The G3 has hyper velocity rounds.
[18:30] Jayce Iredell: ((Damn ethan laugh gesture, sorry >.>;))
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: It does not auto-correct and hasn't for eons.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Vlad rescripted it . . year or so ago.
[18:30] Jayce Iredell: Yeah :)
[18:31] Desereck Creeggan: How fast exactly is hyper-velocity?
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: 430ish.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: 430m/s.
[18:31] plops Magic: 0_0
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions about sniper rifles?
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business?
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: On to new business-- well, actually, some of it is ongoing and old. But I like to act special and fill up the keynote section.
New Business
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: I only have a couple topics this evening, after which I'll turn it over to general session.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost. Let's talk about Vanguard. dun dun.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Let me provide you all with a clip from their recent meeting.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: [15:47] Van Valeeva shouts: Vanguard has emerged as the saviour of what real grid combat should be. Rarely do we in any life have the opportunity to fight tyrants.
[15:47] Van Valeeva shouts: I am personaly commited to opening all sims to Vanguard Combat and will not rest until this is accomplished.
[15:48] Van Valeeva shouts: I urge ALL of you to spread the word of the NEW Vanguard and our commitment to fair, equatible combat. Encourage friends in Ordo, Mercz, AN, 2142 and CS to ASK for VG conflict.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: [15:48] Van Valeeva shouts: Tell them...their leaders dishonor them. Tell them the truth is...they use what VG WAS as an excuse not to face us.
[15:48] Van Valeeva shouts: Tell them...their leaders...make them look like cowards.
[15:48] Van Valeeva shouts: Use your voices like weapons...in the battle to end the tyranical role play of a few, that ruins true war play for the rest.
[15:49] Van Valeeva shouts: All glory to the Fuhrer.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: I'll give you a moment to read that.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Yes. Yes. Saviors of the grid, Heil Hitl-- errr. Christoph.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Let me be pretty blunt: fuck no.
[18:36] Christoph Batra: <-------(not me naumova)
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: When Vanguard was "reborn," I said the following:
[18:37] MikeMurdock McMillan: Permission to speak sir after your done
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: "The Ordo will be willing to talk to you, provided the Mercz are as well."
[18:37] Salandras Adamant: Birth doesn't come from when you sit on the toilet?
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: The Merczateers essentially went "lol no."
[18:37] Salandras Adamant: Sorry c_c
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Shh.
[18:37] Intus Infinity: Stop alking.
[18:37] Intus Infinity: talking^
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: The current claim from VG is: why ban us for the action of one man?
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: To which we reply: that 'one man' is your leader.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Christoph has a very long history of actions directly against the Ordo, her allies, and others. Intent to harm structurally, monetarily.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: The Ordo will not, under /any/ circumstance, give the VG battle, so as long as Christoph is in command.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: The Merczateers sent VG a letter, offering negotations . . provided VG does the following: depose Christoph, control Dagger and Takkun.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: The latter of which, Takkun, left.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: VG is, instead, attempting to "run the blockade."
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Their official policy is to try to get as many VG banned as possible. They developed a strategy, to sneak someone into Badnarik (or Titan), and then mass TP VG beyond the hub to "attack us."
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: "[15:48] Van Valeeva shouts: I urge ALL of you to spread the word of the NEW Vanguard and our commitment to fair, equatible combat. Encourage friends in Ordo, Mercz, AN, 2142 and CS to ASK for VG conflict."
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Vanguard will never be "new" if Christoph is in command.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: "[15:48] Van Valeeva shouts: Tell them...their leaders...make them look like cowards."
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: It is not cowardly to refuse to participate with griefers.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: It is not cowardly to refuse to give Christoph the opportunity to propogate damage to others.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: So, Van. Fuck you.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: "[15:49] Van Valeeva shouts: All glory to the Fuhrer."
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: That speaks for itself.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: The Fuhrer.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fuhrer
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Something rather wrong with that picture.
[18:43] Uildiar Kuhn: [3:40] Christoph Naumova: Hes my foxxy :O
[3:40] Christoph Naumova: rar
[3:40] You: mein
[3:40] Christoph Naumova: MIENNN
[3:40] You: CHOW MEIN
[3:40] Christoph Naumova: rawrr
[3:40] You: he's mine D:
[3:40] Christoph Naumova: noep!
[3:40] You: yep
[3:40] Christoph Naumova: Nope :p
[3:41] Christoph Naumova: you can be mean some other night, not wwhen a snowmew is sleep deprived
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Do not comment out of turn, please.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: If anyone within the Ordo would like to do battle with Vg, I'll try to find a group that you can join. It'll be kind of hard, honestly. I think there's like three left.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: One of them is TCG-- oh wait, they already told Christoph if VG interrupts another raid on them by flooding, they will be on the ban list.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Hell. Even Chaos banned them.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: That's impressive.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: I have not heard a grand sentiment anywhere that fighting VG is the "right thing to do." So I apologize for my tone. But I want to make it very clear when I say: hell no.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:45] MikeMurdock McMillan raises hand " permission to speask
[18:45] MikeMurdock McMillan: *speak
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Mike.
[18:46] MikeMurdock McMillan: I feel Van and Christoph N is blantely talking out of there ass... Saviors is not what I would call them... I agree with the decision of theIS and not giving them combat. They banned us from there sim the first time around and the rebirth of the group doesn't count for a get out of jail free card... I also agree that they are greifers... Plus there comment of "make them look like cowards" Will not win them any support that isn't VG... I'm sorry ,but this group should of been dead and stay dead.. and not be bury with normal Soil ,but with concrete surrounded by a metal box, and bury to the deepest part you can dig in the earth's crust. I'm sorry ,but I won't participate in any combat with the VG nor join a group to fight. I'm giving a zero tolence policy to them. the rest I can fight ,but never VG... ever.
[18:46] Teron Gray raises paw
[18:47] MikeMurdock McMillan: that's all i have to say sir
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Teron?
[18:48] Desereck Creeggan raises his hand.
[18:49] Teron Gray: I'm sure everyone is well aware, VG views NJ as their personal sim to engage with orces that have them banned, and is likely where you wil hear them try to goad you into fighting them there. Something we all should avoid doing if possible. Also, a good response to such claims of 'Cowardly Commanders' could easily be turned around to the fact that while supposively few hold back the fight, infact it would take the action of only one individual, Christoph himself, to step down to open the grid to them.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Honestly, we do not need NJ to survive combat wise. Our offensive levels have continued to grow. We've gone from 4 raids a week, to 6, to averaging 8 to 10. You are free to visit NJ, but I would be wary of giving VG the pleasure of doing battle with you.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck?
[18:51] Desereck Creeggan: While at a store on my alt, I happened to run into a chaos centurion who happened to be waiting for the same lucky chair as me. We had a casual conversation on all the happenings and such when they told me they banned VG, and for these reasons specificly; They lag horribly, and cheat using the lag they generate to their advantage. If Chaos can ban them, I say there is no hope for VG.
[18:51] Zrazor Rozenstrauch raises a paw
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: They do lag horribly, their former sim builder can attest
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: .
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor?
[18:53] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: There have been occasions on which I've fought VG in New Jessie, and from my experience they're absolute scrubs.
[18:53] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: In fact, Garion and I managed to take the entire sim from eight of them while Takkun sat in the hub and whined.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: . . hahaha.
[18:53] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: Fighting them in New Jessie might actually be rather demoralizing.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: It is no surprise. The VG recruitment is literally "anyone." Their attack plans, honestly, are throw 40 people at one army. They hit TCG over the course of three days, just flooding them. It's dirty. There's no skill involved.
[18:55] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: Because from what I've seen, your average Ordo is as good as 3-5 of them and I rather like having the status quo of "You're not coming over to play, but here, let me show you how bad I'd curbstomp you if you were."
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: I will not order that Ordo stay out of NJ, but I'd caution against it.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[18:56] Jayce Iredell raises his hand.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce.
[18:56] Jayce Iredell: I did have an idea I want to pitch to you, when you have the time.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Uhm, ok.
[18:56] Jayce Iredell: it ties into this VG stuff.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: OIk.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Ok.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Unlock system.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: It's done. All that's needed now is Inoue to finish teaching me how to use the interface.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: All of the generic cubes in the armory are vendor test-beds.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: If you click them, they'll give you fake objects. Stop IMing me and telling me they're broken. Lol. They're not. They're cubes that say "JK!" on them.
[19:00] Imperial Admiral: With my awesome muzak \o/
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Hold comments.
[19:00] plops Magic: lol
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: I will be forcing Inoue to teach me when she's next on. We'll be in good shape to begin thereafter. Following the introduction, a forum post will be given to ensure everyone's on the right page.
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: A new handbook release will also be issued, to correct the old system. Annnnd new Schola material, so instructors can groan.
[19:02] Jayce Iredell groans.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Honestly. Hold comments.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Point values, tiers of unlocks . . etc, will be worked out after.
[19:03] Aryte Vesperia: Praetorian revamp and other major structural changes are being moved up and will be worked on again, now that the major hurdle is out of the way.
[19:03] Detox Exonar: damn man - that's dedication
[19:03] Aryte Vesperia: . .
[19:04] Detox Exonar: excuse that please
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: There are currently two open spaces in the Guard. Possibly more over time as the structure is modified.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Recruitment will begin upon completion of the revamp.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Apologies for the brief laxity: I am playing catch up after the week of downtime.
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Very good. Opening to general session.
General Session
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Any topics to bring up this evening?
[19:07] Zrazor Rozenstrauch raises a paw
[19:07] Vinnie Lei raises hand
[19:07] Seb Yakan has a question.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor.
[19:07] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: When are the new formal uniforms coming out?
[19:07] Seb Yakan lowers his hand.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Ahhh, good question. Cam on me. I am wearing it.
[19:07] Aelus Janus adjusts his tie idley.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: A couple changes are being made before the release. The pant stripes are being tailored to look less . . blotchy.
[19:07] Zrazor Rozenstrauch: I've seen it, but I ain't got one, and that's a tragedy >:C
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, cord colors and pant stripe colors are being added. Praetorians will have different color cords/stripes, etc.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Probably just a couple days. Disembodied works fast.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: We have to work out a new image for Schola and all that annoying stuff.
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: But it's basically done. I'd release it now, but then you'll all be redoing it in a couple days. So it's best just to wait.
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Vinnie.
[19:10] Vinnie Lei: Any news/updates for a/the new simbuild? I do like the current simbuild, though it happent too often that av's simpel refuse to load at extreme distance such as from Titan to Chronus..
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: A trick to fix lag: Advanced>Network>Velocity Interpolated Objects.
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: (For double sims.)
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: As for the new simbuild: it's coming along!
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Said builder is supposed to have it done before he goes back to school.
[19:11] Vinnie Lei: it's not lag I was concerned about, av's just simply refused to load and that makes it hard to hit a target :p
[19:12] Vinnie Lei: eg, invisible completely.
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: It is coming along, but I definitely don't have a date.
[19:12] Vinnie Lei: Rightio.
[19:12] Desereck Creeggan: Ctrl 0 to zoom in, ctrl 8 to zoom out. Ctrl 9 to reset view. This loads the avatar at long distances if you zoomin.
[19:13] Vinnie Lei: Doesn't help, but I'll hold my further comments. thank you, sir.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics this evening?
[19:13] Vex Naxos raises hand
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: Vex?
[19:14] Vex Naxos: Are we going ot be changeing the are of the red zone?
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: With the new build? Yes.
[19:14] Vex Naxos: Area rather mrrrrr....
[19:14] Vex Naxos: for the love of fuckign god..
[19:14] Vex Naxos: not again...
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: ?
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: Oookay.
[19:14] Vex Naxos: dam gesture, ok sorry, what i ment was, will the Rez Zone change.
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: With the new build, yes.
[19:15] Vex Naxos: Alright, Thank you sir.
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Aye.
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Nothin' else?
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Yay.
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Hokay.
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: All righty.
Promotions
[19:18] Aryte Vesperia: Promotions this week are a bit light. Never fear, there's a method behind the madness. General lack of recommendations, on top of wanting to: a. generate stability in the tier with all the new folks, and b. stop handing out globs of unlock points that otherwise make the new system redundant. Haha.
[19:19] Aryte Vesperia: One of my many projects is sitting down and doing an examination over current NCO staff and lower end enlisted, to elevate individuals and disperse the ranks out. Please pardon any brief holes in ascension, it isn't that you're being ignored. It's that Aryte is trying to figure out what to do with some major unit changes.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: So stick to it. There's always next week. Remember, get recommendations in before Saturday's at 3:00.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Please do not cheer or salute before I have final words at the end of promotions.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Without further adieu.
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Dexhen Helios - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Fallen Rae - [E-2]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Imperial Admiral - [E-3]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Liana Pera - [E-5]; [Good Conduct] [Recruitment] [Comrade Support]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Nevin Sewell - [E-6]; [Good Conduct] [Recruitment] [Comrade Support]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Rageki Finesmith - [E-2]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Thiudareiks Aurotharius - [E-2]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Totenstille Aeon - [E-2]
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenovka - [E-6];[Good Conduct] [Recruitment] [Comrade Support]; [slept Through Meeting]
[19:22] Aryte Vesperia: (No, that's not a real award. He went to take a nap.)
Meeting Closer
[19:23] Aryte Vesperia: In closing this evening, thank you all for a good week. It always means quite a lot to me when things are stable while I am away (or away ish in this case). The Ordo continues to improve and continues to grow. Please be patient as major alignments are made: there are always a hundred things going on at any given time. So progress may appear slow at times.
[19:23] Aryte Vesperia: I say it often and I'll continue to. The Ordo is great because of people like you!
[19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Tonight's combat will be alike the last few weeks.
[19:24] Aryte Vesperia: We will make several waves, and hit a few targets. . or one target for a long period of time.
[19:24] Aryte Vesperia: We will begin call ups around 8.
[19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Astra has a very special event this evening, right after this meeting.
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia: All Astra personnel are cordially invited to gather up in the hangar in preparation for a unit review. Astra will also lead our first attack this evening, with a massive air assault.
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you everyone. Have a wonderful evening. Stay about if you want blood and mayhem. Faith and fire.
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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Lawl, glad to see someone used my format. Thanks for covering the meeting, sorry I wasn't there. Was at a family get-together.
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Made me wonder if someone got a field promotion to officer rank, because I didn't see 08. XD And then I saw a bunch of old vets at E-2 and knew it must have been a thread from some time ago.
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux / Triplicarius / Terra Antesignani
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DATE: 18 Jul 2009
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SUBJECT: General Topics
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SUMMARY: Ordo personnel gathered and discussed.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining us.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: And, welcome Anthony.
[18:00] Anthony Lehane: Hey.
[18:00] Snowean Avro: Hey Haner
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: I am not sure if I should be thrilled or disappointed that I conider 40 people an unusually small turn out.
[18:00] Tsume Xiao: Hello Anthony! You've taken the first step!
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: Regardless, let's get started.
[18:00] Aryte Vesperia: As in, now is the time you all shush.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: If you have never been to a weekly Ordo meeting, you're in for a treat. Welcome to an hour or so of me rambling, with opportunities to ask questions and bring up topics of your own interest.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Please be very sure to hold your comments and questions until you are given the chance to speak.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: You will be ignored and quite possibly flogged for speaking out of turn.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Trust me, you will have a chance to speak.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Let's begin with my weekly summary.
Imperator's Report
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: We are currently sitting at 253 members within the main group, up from last week. Congratulations on breaking 250 everyone. We will be arranging for some sort of celebratory meet within the next week or so.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, there are 21 cadets in standby within Schola.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Last week, 25 applications were processed.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: 15 denied, 10 approved. There are currently three additional applications waiting for review.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Combat wise, phew. 25 defensive operations and 11 offensive deployments.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomacy abroad has been a bit curious. As those of you paying attention to the forums noticed, the war with the Collective has reached a cease-fire. As such, we've listed them as an allied party again for the time being.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: I will touch more heavily on that during the keynote discussion.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: The Alliance Navy has formally joined our list of alliances, following their entrance into the Iron Symphony last Sunday.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Earlier today, we reopened combat with the 39th by engaging them at their headquarters. We hope to add them to our "frequent visit" list.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: TCG are still in build phase at their region of "Furizona." All in all, anti-IS Coalition activity has dipped significantly.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: This morning was the first we've seen of the RR in numbers for over a week. And, CATI has largely been defensive as of late.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: I do believe this is on reason of said groups being open to assault by Vanguard, as such they're a bit busy fending off waves of bored Nazi roleplayers.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: In short, it has been a productive, good week for everyone. Moving on to unit reports.
Divisional Reports
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Astra, Terra?
[18:10] Sosarin Demar raises his hand for Astra.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Legates Demar.
Astra
[18:10] Sosarin Demar: Air combat eased a little with MC's cease fire. Fighter aircraft training persisted and we moved a few trainees on through. We still have folk who are at the midway mark -- I place emphasis on finishing them within a week if not the next few days. Thank guys. In addition to that, I'd like to see some inter-military or in-house exercises take place next week. Keystone and Kraa are working together on developing the dropship squadron beyond simply concept and wrote up some doctrine (:D). That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Demar.
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Terra?
Terra
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: The unit reports will be a bit lean this week as a majority of the Terra command and squad members are on leave for Summer vacation. In the coming weeks I will be focusing on getting the weekly reports going again on the forums, as well as giving some input to Armatura and pushing to get it running smoothly in a timely fashion. Now, on to unit reports.
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "Little to report on Invictus' behalf. Aside from a few trips to New Jessie, the squad has been quiet with three members on vacation or leave (or simply unable to log on). The new SMG should be handed out by the end of this meeting however (if not before!), and some work has begun on rewriting the handbook and squad rules. (The original version was written by Cheeso)"
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: From Gulliver for Antesignani: "One very good training held. One wave combined with Terra on MC. Progress made on howitzer. No news is good news"
[18:13] Lestat Umarov: From Xayvien for Fulminata: "This week's report is going to be short compared to my usual ones. Fulminata is back in working order and a couple of our members have been volunteered into training exercises. We have one open spot due to a member of ours who stepped down from Second Life militaries. We'll be hopefully filling this shortly as a few people have already shown interest. Our golden rule about zero tolerance for drama and boastfulness still remains in place."
[18:13] Lestat Umarov: "For the next week I'll be in Prince George visiting family from early the 19th until hopefully 24th or a day afterward. In my absence I'll be leaving Hokusai as the CO as he's currently my appointed XO for this sort of situation. I have no doubts he'll be able to handle the squad as equally great or even better then I have."
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: For myself for the Adiutor Staff: "There will be some pretty big changes in the staff in the coming week. First off the NCOIC position is being phased out. The main reason for this is the position generally had very little to do and we found that it was unneeded. Aside form that there will be several reassignments, including that of the former NCOIC. This has to do with the fact that we currently have two warrants in enlisted positions and the staff is intended to be a stepping stone for future officers. Unit inspections will be starting as well in short order. I will explain them in detail on the forums."
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: I have nothing to report for armatura. That concludes my report for this week.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Mr. Umarov.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other units wish to report this evening?
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: All right, moving on.
Old Business
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Old business: any other topics to bring up this evening for further discussion?
[18:18] Ethan Schuman raises his hand.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Schuman.
[18:18] Ethan Schuman: Just a brief summation. The USi meeting today collapsed into total chaos, ending with the withdraw of numerous members. I think that's the end of that group.
[18:20] Ethan Schuman: For those of you who don't know, the USi was (yet another) attempt to organize a military community forum. It started out well, but after the vote to include Vanguard, things went downhill pretty quickly.
[18:21] Ethan Schuman: Ironically enough, one of the votes to include Vanguard was cast by Keira Skytower from 2142, who is Dagger Exonar's alt. I found it funny that they voted to include themselves.
[18:22] Ethan Schuman: On a favorable note, it appears that the Birtish Army may be interested in engaging in talks with us after our stand today. That's all from the USi front.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. The BA are the SCS renamed, to add.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business?
[18:23] Foxers Fhang raises hand..
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Fhang?
[18:26] Foxers Fhang: There has been a new military called C-22 which was founded.. It did begin military recruitment and building structures for assault.. Some of you may know about this group, most won't because it was a group that began recently but did have a sizable force and intended to grow. For closure, I just want to say there is no need to worry about this force anymore as they too have destroyed their own base due to drama related issues..
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for the update on that.
[18:26] WolfShaman Warrior raises a hand.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Warrior?
[18:27] WolfShaman Warrior: If anyone needs a copy of the USi Logs , I have it in this prim behind me. just click for a copy.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: And further old business to cover?
[18:28] Tsume Xiao Raises handpaw thing
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Xiao.
[18:29] Tsume Xiao: I recieved the finished model for the Invictus SITES Spectre M4 SMG from Keller last night and will be finishing up the scripting on that. I have also recieved the build for the MK.11 Mod.0 marksman rifle, and have scripted it. it just needs two alterations done to the textures.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent, thank you.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Last call for old business this evening.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent, moving on to keynote topics this evening.
Keynote Topics
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: I have . . a small list here, haha. So I'll roll through them quickly and only take a certain number of questions per topic, so as not to be here all night.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: First up this evening. I have received multiple "is this a good idea?" notecards in reference to the development of a structured tier of combat authority. As in, permitting junior officers to lead combat on "low priority" groups, etc. As suggested a few weeks ago: this is in the works and will be hammered out.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: The idea will be to assist Ordo officers in determining combat targets by classifying each of our enemies on a threat level. For example, high threat groups would require my presence to lead a raid on, whereas low threat groups would require a W-1. So on and so forth.
[18:35] Xayvien Rau: (E-4's for Sparta')
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: Although current provisions already allow for officers to lead raids on other groups, this will give officers more tools and guidance to do so.
[18:37] ShadowFang Blessed raises hand.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: I really do not have an estimation on when this will be completed.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Shadowfang.
[18:37] Kraa String raises an appendage.
[18:39] Kraa String: As in more than it already does and put out waht is classed as "low threat"
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Not currently, no. I would, however, be interested in seeing a threat level system. Devise a scheme as to "how" you will rate a group.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: I will review it.
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: IE: what elements will you look at to determine threat level? Base design, numbers, technology, etc, etc.
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Any final questions?
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Rumor control. Yay.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: For whatever the reason, I keep hearing the circulation of random comments that . . really have no basis or foundation. Most of which aren't malicious, but inspire a sense of wrong. Whether that's assuming you know a regulation, or assuming you know a situation. For example, when Keno showed up on base . . I received a veiled concern in a notecard about "some members are apprehensive about him rejoining." That's fine and dandy, but I have a few problems with that. 1: he isn't rejoining, 2: "some members" should be speaking formally about the matter so their concerns can be noted.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: We're all adults here. Please don't assume you know something. If you're in the least bit unsure, ask. I promise I won't hurt you for asking questions. I'd prefer you be informed than to make something up.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, if there ever /is/ a concern: bring it up! Don't murmur under your breath about it. You'll only be disgruntled when nothing is done because it isn't brought up.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Simple as that. Questions?
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Good, moving right along.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Terra staff.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: A few changes will be made within the weekend, arranging for a replacement of inactive positions.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: There will likely be two octet roles opening up, so those of you in Terra going "oo! me me!" keep your eyes open.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: I will do much like I did the last time, and post a topic on the forum asking why you want the position, etc, etc.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: One of the spaces opening is on account of the current holder receiving a promotion. The other is on account of Mizar Korobase needing to focus offline for a bit. So any octet leader in here can stop worrying if they're being axed, haha.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. Next topic
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Rule enforcement. Dum dum dum.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: The concern was raised to me that "D: things seem a bit more lax than usual!" I don't agree! I do agree that it appears that way, on account of there being . . gosh, 10, 15 new people in the last week. This is a pretty normal routine of a lot of fresh faces dropping in, while all the old fogies shake their fists claiming the "old days, arr!"
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: But I do want to underline: please pay close attention to routine and regulations. I haaate incident reports, and I hate ejecting people. I don't have to do that very often.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: In the event that there /is/ an incident that you feel requires the attention of an official, report it. That's what your officers and Curia are here for.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: I can assure you, every incident report is reviewed and action is carried out. Not every report will result in a baton beat down, but it does add to a case.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: If someone messes up once, they're usually given a slap on the wrist-- unless there are aggrivating circumstances. We look at all the angles.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: That's not to say you can expect not to be punished if you get reported the first time. Don't tempt fate, haha.
[18:55] Kraa String coughs and remembers his first days..
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: But my point is, if someone is genuinely here to cause problems or simply just doesn't give a damn about the regulations . . well, they'll be sent packing in short accord.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Some suggestions for new and old folks alike: read the forums! Especially topics like . .
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/3942-ventrilo-combat-pertinence/
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: The more you're involved, the more you know. And knowing is half the battle. (GI Joooe, etc.)
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: I'm starting to wonder if you're all just nodding and waiting for me to finish. Haa. Next topic.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: I've reviewed the possibility of introducing some more hard-defined promotion requirements.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Minimum requirements, that is.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: The idea would be to ensure everyone is provided necessary information before moving up, while also giving guidance to all the wee-E-1's wondering "how I promote? :("
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Completion of these minimum requirements /do not/ mean you automatically become the next rank. They simply make you eligible.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: I have not finished or really fleshed out the idea, but it'd look something like (not final, or probably anywhere close to this when I am done):
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: [E-1]
a. Completion of the Schola induction process with a satisfactory score.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: [E-2]
a. Demonstration of desire to be active and present on base; routine visits and participation.
b. Present and participant in at least one combat function (training, offensive, or defensive).
c. Enrollment on the forums, Ventrilo (if capable), database, and Armatura (or respective alterative, such a flight training) complete.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: [E-3]
a. Minimum time requirement met in position of [E-2].
b. Some progress made within Armatura, at least [2] phases of the routine complete.
Or some progress made within respective alternative, equivalent to [2] phases of Armatura in time elapsed and detail.
c. One documented sit-down with commanding officer of respective unit assignment to examine opportunity to contribute, express concerns, and to discuss routes of improvement. Transcript/meeting notes must be provided to Imperator.
d. Completion of [E-3] preparation exam.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: (Note they become progressively worse! :D)
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: [E-4]
a. Minimum time requirement met in position of [E-3].
b. Completion of Armatura or respective equivalent training routine.
c. [1] completed 250 word minimum letter to Imperator, detailing experiences in Ordo, offering [1] suggestion as to improvement or [1] possible area of expansion in a field of the Ordo.
d. Completion of NCO primer and affirmation.
e. Completion of [E-4] preparation exam.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: [E-5]
a. Minimum time requirement met in position of [E-4].
b. ??
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: (MISSING SOMETHING THERE.)
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: [E-6]
a. Minimum time requirement met in position of [E-5].
b. [1] documented participation within an extra-curricular position, such as: Tactica, Schola trainer, Munitorum, Armatura trainer, Astra trainer, Curia, etc. Or [1] documented instance of progressive contribution to the Ordo, such as: policy documentation, unit improvements, policy improvement, gear (accepted) contribution, unit morale improvement documentation, or structural improvement.
c. Completion of [E-6] preparation exam.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Etc, etc.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Again, I kind of made those up on the fly. So please don't go "AHHH!" just yet.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: This will really go hand in hand with the new unlock system.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: This way, folks who are E-4 and such are genuinely there to be an NCO, not because they wanted a new gun.
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: Hopefully this'll increase the accountability and expertise of the NCO staff.
[19:01] Aryte Vesperia: In theory, you could basically (if you were bored) do all the pre-requirements from E-1 to E-7 and just ride the minimum time requirements.
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: That way we could, in theory, have E-1's who're super ambitious and just sitting there going ":D"
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Which, I'm all for.
[19:03] Aryte Vesperia: The exams would be on different elements of the Ordo, or based upon command powers, etc. I mean, the hope would be by the time you've reached E-7 you're ready to be an officer.
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: So we don't really have to worry about the burn-out, where an E-7 is ":D I WANNA BE OFFISAH" and then reaches W-1 and goes "nm this sucks."
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[19:04] Kraa String raises paw
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Kraa!
[19:04] Mathieu Oller raises his hand.
[19:04] Kraa String: NCO acadamy?!
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Someday!
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Maybe.
[19:05] Kraa String gets out a stick
[19:05] Kraa String: Would be good for tansition to e-3 to e-4
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Xayvien was given the project when Mizar vanished, so let's hope.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Mathieu?
[19:06] Mathieu Oller: When would the exam for each rank be handed out?
[19:06] Mathieu Oller: (If applicable)
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: I haven't figured that out just yet. My first idea would be expanding the Armatura department to include handling these. Or assign an officer to do it.
[19:06] Mathieu Oller: Ok.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Then again, I am afraid of giving Vas all the exam powes.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: But we'll see.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Any last questions?
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Oookay, almost done . .
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: As pledged: Curia has been revamped.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: The final document is posted: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/3921-ordo-officium-curia-documenta-15july09/
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: As part of Curia's revamp, it has been expanded. We will be picking up two additional Consuls.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: A Consularii.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: And likely more Lictors.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: So those of you wanting jobs in Curia . .
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Start sending Justice love letters.
[19:10] Jayce Iredell: We ❤ you Justice.
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: And . . as pledged, my next goal is to redo the Praetorian Guard.
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Over the last year, I've largely left the Guard left untouched. That's kind of forced some of my oldest members into some boredom suffering (SORRY TENAKI).
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: The Guard has always been precarious. It's had various assignments and been used in weird applications. Such as a catch-all, with taking assignments in other units to keep stability-- currently a few Guard are in Terra.
[19:12] Karlhockey Forte waves hand
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: But I really don't feel like that maximizes the potential of the unit.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: I will be putting my focus on changing that, gathering a consensus from current Guard, while developing elite programs based on developing administrative, combative, and other unusual skills for the unit.
[19:13] Aryte Vesperia: It is my hope to tailor the Guard into a more proactive, entertaining force, so as to utilize the material that's been placed into it.
[19:14] Melna Milos: Gonna install TVs for defence into the walls? :D
[19:14] Aryte Vesperia: As part of the revamp, I will be offering all of the current Guard the opportunity to receive high grade promotionary reassignments.
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: In other words, if any of the current Guard cares to change jobs, I will arrange for their transfer into fitting positions.
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: for example, if Karlhockey wished to retask himself, he would be able to assume an [O-2] role in Terra.
[19:15] Aryte Vesperia: In the end, we will finish the design and fill any vacancies.
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: I should have more information on this within a week or so. Any questions?
[19:16] Karlhockey Forte raises a hand
[19:16] Aryte Vesperia: Yes?
[19:17] Karlhockey Forte: WOuld that mean I would be out of guard, in terra, or still in guard and working as a O-2 in terra due to the lack of a current Centurion?
[19:17] Aryte Vesperia: You would be out of the Guard, if you wished a reassignment.
[19:19] Aryte Vesperia: Simply, providing anyone in the Guard the chance to branch out if they wish.
[19:19] Aryte Vesperia: As recognition for their services.
[19:19] Karlhockey Forte: I will speak to you about it after the meeting.
[19:19] Aryte Vesperia: There will be a forum topic up on it for the Praetorians specifically!
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Any last questions?
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Only a couple more.
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Phew.
[19:20] Kraa String: D:
[19:20] Aryte Vesperia: Operation Vivec.
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: Vivec, as mentioned, formally began with the attack on MC . .
[19:21] Aryte Vesperia: That war has summarily ended in a few days.
[19:22] Aryte Vesperia: I will be rewarding the merit to all current Ordo members, as per custom. Vivec will continue, however, with large scale deployments against multiple targets.
[19:22] Aryte Vesperia: This evening's combat, for example, will be a bit different.
[19:22] Aryte Vesperia: Rather than calling up 30 people in 3 teams, we will call up multiple raids and beat up on multiple groups over the course of the evening.
[19:22] Aryte Vesperia: That way everyone will have a chance, like last week.
[19:23] Kytec Switchblade: Praetorian line dancing?
[19:23] Aryte Vesperia: But it'll also be more relaxed, to spare the need for 30 people to sit here going "me next plz."
[19:23] Aryte Vesperia: In short, if you want war, stick around after the meeting. I'll be calling up teams after 8ish (depending on when this ends).
[19:23] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[19:24] Ethan Schuman raises hand.
[19:24] Aryte Vesperia: Schuman.
[19:24] Ethan Schuman: Any chance of the war with MC resuming after they get their reorganization finished?
[19:24] Aryte Vesperia: That is our hope.
[19:24] Anlysia Gregoire: Si vis bellum, para meetings.
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia: It's simply hard to tell when they're going to be prepared again.
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Any other questions?
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Are there any /very/ pressing topics to bring up? If not, we're going to move on.
[19:25] ShadowFang Blessed raises a bunny ear. and a leg, and a fish on a stick. And a sail boat, with a pirate.
[19:25] Aryte Vesperia: Shadowfang?
[19:26] ShadowFang Blessed: I would like to annouce the start of (hopefully) a Jet Pack accademy, you can read more about it here http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/3965-ordo-jetpack-academy/ i would love to hear any idea's Thank you.
[19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Perfect, thank you.
[19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Any other pressing topics to announce?
[19:26] Aryte Vesperia: Perfect. On to promotions.
Promotions
[19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Oookay.
[19:27] Aryte Vesperia: As usual, hold applause and such until I have had my final word at the end.
[19:27] Aryte Vesperia: This week's list is a lot smaller, since . . well, last week's was huge.
[19:27] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, I focussed on lower end promotions.
[19:27] Aryte Vesperia: Next week I would like to focus on merits: so get your recommendations in, everyone!
[19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Don't forget all the pretty simple-to-recommend merits--Homeland Defense, etc.
[19:28] Aryte Vesperia: As usual, if you're not on this week's list and are :(ing, chances are you'll be on next week's.
[19:28] Aryte Vesperia: So no :(ing.
[19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Without further adieu.
[19:28] Joseph Hoxley: :(
[19:28] Joseph Hoxley: :>
[19:28] Aryte Vesperia: Alexi Ayres - [Combat Prowess]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Athren Askham - [E-2]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Blameux Scribe - [E-5]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Chase Quinnel - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Cyric Paine - [E-5]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Dex McGill - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess MKII]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Euro Zapatero - [E-5]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Heather McKay - [Merit of Honor]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Garion Lowenhardt - [Recruitment Merit]; [Good Conduct]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Joseph Hoxley - [E-3]; [Combat Prowess] :( that.
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Kandria Coba - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Karmyn Maurer - [E-4]
[19:29] Aryte Vesperia: Kaz Ceriano - [E-3]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Nightgazer Silverspar - [E-2]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Nikolai Thorkveld - [E-3]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Ragerat Sands - [E-4]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Shadowfang Blessed - [E-4]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Shermie Eames - [E-4]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Snowean Avro - [E-4];[Combat Prowess]; [Comrade Support]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Tenichi Yohkoh - [E-7]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Thatguy Andel - [E-2]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Theodore Belgar - [E-2]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:30] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume Xiao - [Corona Vallaris] no
[19:31] Aryte Vesperia: Ty Zucker - [E-4]
[19:31] Aryte Vesperia: Vex Naxos - [E-3]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:31] Aryte Vesperia: * Instructor merit given to all current instructors in Schola and Armatura.
Meeting Closer
[19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Congratulations to everyone. Uhhh, hm. Okay, let's see here. I'll be quickly passing out things after convening this meeting. Keep in mind I will be swamped. Unless there is something huge, please hold off on IMing me. We will be heading out/calling team sup around 8. So simply stay on Titan if you want blood! Otherwise, thank you all for an awesome meeting and a great week.
[19:32] Aryte Vesperia: Dismissed and good tidings.
[19:32] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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This type of procedure and conduct goes as much for the coms as it does for Ventrilo during combat. If we're in Titan defending, the random comments should be light at best, and should go away when a reminder is given to stay pertinent. I have been ignored before. e.e
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On the means of abuse, however, Cyphre does have a point. Perhaps the rep system here is becoming a little out of hand, and I would like to ask that it be shut off, Intus. It's becoming a problem with people trying to compete with Aryte (as the Imperator, he naturally is rather popular) and Desereck at really negative number. I honestly feel as though it's become pointless. That would put a stop to one problem right there.
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They lasted all of... two months. Wow. >.>
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I am rather certain that we haven't had any new exams. And despite people hating to do them, I really believe we're due for a refresher.
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux / Triplicarius / Terra Antesignani
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DATE: 11 Jul 2009
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SUBJECT: General Meeting
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SUMMARY: Ordo gathered and discussed main topics.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Before we get into it, please remember to keep your comments and questions pertinent and held until the appropriate time.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: I will provide you all with an opportunity to speak. So, don't interrupt.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: For those of you new: the Ordo holds a weekly meeting every Saturday (spare special events--like last Saturday, July the 4th).
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: During which, we go over date, discuss recent events, raise any pertinent concerns, allow for general business to be brought up, and announce promotions.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Each meeting lasts anywhere from an hour, to two hours. Typically about 90 minutes.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Let's begin with my summary of events.
Imperator's Report
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: Sitting at 248 members currently in the main Ordo group, with 24 additional cadets in Schola. 5 of which are post phase IV.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: 10 new applications last week, two of which were accepted, eight denied.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: 8 more applications are currently awaiting examination (hint).
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Over the course of last week, we experienced 26 defensive operations.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Six offensive operations were carried out.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomatically, the Ordo has added one major organization to the hostility list: the Militant Collective.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: As per Iron Symphony regulations, please note that MC personnel may visit Titan provided they are unarmed and wearing the "Iron Symphony" tag above their head. Otherwise, treat as hostile and dispense of accordingly.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Abroad, Vanguard activity has resulted in a strict blacklisting of their operations . . by about everyone. 2142, CS, and Sparta have joined the blockade on Vanguard. For reference, a Merczateers member went rogue, returned the Mercz base (fixed within 30 minutes), and promptly joined Vanguard as an officer.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: Currently, the list of groups Vanguard is able to assault can be counted on one hand. Chaos is a common target.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: A significant portion of the UU has begun to erode, notably several of their founders have ditched the Urramaich to join Vanguard-- Iccarus and Dralkanen among them.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Activity at the UU base has turned rather shallow.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: The Alliance Navy will be present during the Iron Symphony weekly meeting tomorrow.
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: It is expected that we will be negotiating their terms of signing the IS pact.
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Politically, Ordo status has remained stable. Rapport with all hostile groups remains high.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: All in all, this week has served to be productive and pretty darn good. A great turn around after the vacation period last week.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Unit reports?
Divisional Reports
[18:13] Lestat Umarov raises hand
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Legates Umarov.
Terra
[18:14] Lestat Umarov: There's not a lot of new developments for Terra as a whole this week. A majority of the Command staff, myself included, is still getting back into the swing of things after AnthroCon. I expect everything to return to normal shortly and will be holding a meeting with the entirety of the Command staff early next week. I also expect all units to be ready for the ongoing war with MC. This means training, training, and more training. I cannot stress this enough. Now, onto unit reports.
[18:14] Lestat Umarov: From Keller for Invictus: "Due to AC perhaps, there is not too much to report from Invictus this week. One of our men has resigned honorably, so we are back to searching for candidates once again! Training continues, and trainers will be appointed shortly to lead the squad through training more regularily. The Spectre SMG will be distributed in the next couple days after a few more bugs are ironed out."
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: From Gulliver for Antesignani: "Two trainings, one maybe two raids immenent. Howitzers in production, Negev in production. Builder found for Galils. Things are back in swing now that everyone is back from the big furry party. Rough draft of Handbook submitted to Aryte and Lestat for approval.
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: From Xayvien for Fulminata: "During the week of AnthroCon I took a brief leave due to stress and circumstance of real life. I returned shortly afterward and noticed that the group was still holding strong. With my XO returning and a majority of the Fulminata being quite active, I intend to start hosting the daily New Jessie beatings again shortly. I have spoken with Keller of Invictus and we have come to the agreement that if more members are needed our squads can be combined for training exercises. It's a good compromise until more organization is implemented."
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: "Many of our members have been getting along and speaking about the weapons allowed to be used, what's going to be practiced, and have been open about their concerns. I'm glad to know that they're willing to give me the information I need to ensure their squad experience is of the highest calibers. While I write this report I also plan on inserting two brief training exercises that turned out exceptionally well. It's not incredibly vital to the weekly report but a good example of what's to be expected in the future as we leave our mark on the battlefield. Just a small taste of what Fulminata has already achieved and intends to surpass throughout their teamwork with other members of the Ordo Imperialis."
[18:16] Lestat Umarov: From myself, for the Adiutor Staff. "Not a lot of changes from what was discussed previously in terms of equiptment. A meeting was held recently to discuss policy changes in the staff which will be going through soon. I expect a slight roster changeup to occur which may open up some positions. Aside from that the Adiutors have been doing a fantastic job with their duties and I only expect them to get more effecient."
[18:16] Lestat Umarov: From Dascede for Armatura: "Armatura has good news to report. The new structure has been put into place, and teaching has begun to resume with the new outline. I'd like to thank Vas Kendall for contributing a huge amount to this change; nearly all of it happened because of his assistance and leadership. Keep it up, Vas!"
[18:17] Lestat Umarov: That concludes my report for this week. Any additional reports can be submitted at the discretion of the imperator.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Any further reports for the Department of Terra?
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. Next?
[18:17] Sosarin Demar raises his hand for Astra.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Legates Demar.
Astra
[18:18] Sosarin Demar: Combat participation was excellent this week. Since hostility with MC began, Astra has performed admirably in confronting a new opponent -- an opponent who, thankfully for us, enjoys using air assets oh-so-much. The aircraft training queue has been rather quiet. Congratulations to WIlliamca Zenovka for becoming the newest addition of the Apostles, our group of Flight Instructors.
[18:18] Sosarin Demar: Astra should bear a heightened sense of alert on base in light of MC. So far the reports I've seen and the observations I've made reflect positively on people's air performance where base defense is concerned. Keep it up!
[18:18] Sosarin Demar: Astra-specific meeting takes place tomorrow, Sunday, at 4PM SLT. It's been months since our last face-to-face meeting. It'll be great to catch up on things, talk of our present state, and talk about our future. As far as next week goes, we should expect more air combat from MC and continue to train the rest of those who are on the instructor candidacy list. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, Legates.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent work to Astra-- I have to say, yesterday during the MC assault, the air power in the Collective's sim suddenly vanished when the Nemesis was authorized.
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Over the course of a few minutes, their resistance was reduced to LordBob zipping around spewing out blue bullets.
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: It remained that way until we left. Very well done. Your training has paid off.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Any further reports this evening?
[18:22] Emma Roy raises hand
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: A report on behalf of what, Emma?
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Proceed.
Development
[18:23] Emma Roy: bleh, refer to comm
[18:23] Emma Roy: Eternity is back up to date and ready for distrobution once a group of people are ready to recieve them
[18:23] Emma Roy: aka training
[18:23] Emma Roy: thats all
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Any further reports?
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: On to old business this evening.
Old Business
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Any topics to bring up?
[18:25] Justice Capalini raises hand
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Capalini.
[18:28] Justice Capalini: Just about calls for re-enforcments and the activity in the early mornings, i know there isnt as much people online but i do see quite a bit on my friendslist who've added because of just being ordo, when we call for re-enforcements do to an attack if you aren't busy then you should respond. also the amount of people just AFK standing inside the building is becoming unfavorable, for example the other morning there were 3 defenders one enlisted one praetorian and one cadet but there were 10 ordo on the sim.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you. A good reminder, especially on account of recent large-scale assaults by the Collective.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Any further old business this evening?
[18:30] Justice Capalini: Yes you were right about them trying to capitalise on our low numbers in the early morning
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent, on to new business.
New Business
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: I only have a couple topics to cover this evening, after which I'll pass it over to general session.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, a status update on projects in the pipeline.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Unlock system: Inoue and I will be sitting down to go over some technical things; essentially done. Almost theeere.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Curia revamp: 40ish percent done with the new documentation. I will polish some more of it off and post a beta look on the forums for everyone.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: Group wide technology: we'll be rolling out a rocket designed specifically to deal with armored vehicles-- such as half of MC's armory.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: This should cut down the need to waste swathes of virtual ammunition on their HP vehicles, ha ha.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Terrain in Titan: if you haven't noticed, Chronus is now flat.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: It will be turned into the "footstep" for Titan, as our entry sim-- much like Salamis is for Badnarik.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Titan's major rebuild is still in the list of things to do. In the mean time, we will be making terrain changes to increase combat field and provide more enjoyment here in Titan.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: I intend to flatten out the slope and have trenching added, as well as some more concrete platforms for artillery and the likes.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Enemy will be teleporting into Chronus when completed, so latency in Titan will be dramatically cut down.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: So, lots of good stuff!
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:39] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:39] Jayce Iredell raises a hand
[18:39] Emma Roy: Will there be a runway?
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Sosarin.
[18:40] Sosarin Demar: What's the quality of Chronus as a sim? Void?
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Homestead.
[18:40] Detox Exonar: raises hand
[18:40] Sosarin Demar: Cool. Thanks.
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Void>Homestead>Main region. In relation to resource, power, etc. Salamis is also a Homestead.
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce?
[18:40] Jayce Iredell: Isn't crossing a sim border from one sim to another the same as teleporting, unless the two sims are on the same server?
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: It will generate latency, but no where near the effect of 20 CATI Tping into our hub at once.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, we can pick them off from this region as they approach.
[18:41] Karlhockey Forte raises hand
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: IE: Geodan will >:|.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Emma: not intended.
[18:41] Aryte Vesperia: Detox?
[18:41] Gulliver Carpool raises hand.
[18:42] Detox Exonar: Can anything be done to improve the bounce or offworld hit we experience when flying from chronus to Titan?
[18:42] Detox Exonar: reduce the bounce in other words
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Nemesis shouldn't have a major issue.
[18:42] Karlhockey Forte: I can suggest soemthng for that.
[18:42] Aryte Vesperia: Praeda will, however.
[18:43] Emma Roy: talk to linden labs on that one
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Hold comments.
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Karlhockey?
[18:44] Karlhockey Forte: Will there be somewhat of a covered area for the sim cross point, so people don't cross sim and die without even being able to make a move?
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: There will be relative cover, yes.
[18:44] Karlhockey Forte: And for sim crossings, wear as little prims as possible, it helps.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: An open field with gravestones. :D
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Not really. But yes, cover.
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver?
[18:44] Alexander Stawberry: Ha ha~!
[18:44] Gulliver Carpool: Karl asked my question. I was going to ask for a berm so people didn't just get wasted.
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Great. Other questions?
[18:45] Blaze Wiles raises hand
[18:45] Aryte Vesperia: Blaze?
[18:46] Blaze Wiles: will this mean our patrol zone will be increasing or will it be remaining as it is?
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Initially, likely remain reminiscent to what we have.
[18:46] Annalee Broek raises hand
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: I may extend it upon review.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: I don't want to make a call until seeing how combat is.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Annalee?
[18:47] Annalee Broek: I haven't been here for a while so I'm not refreshed on news. Do we know why the Collective is attacking, and how long have they been attacking like this?
[18:47] Kytec Switchblade: I can explain it in ims.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Cheers.
[18:48] Annalee Broek: okay. =)
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: All right.
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: On to my next topic.
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Summer operation: as we've been gossiping about, it was hoped that we'd begin large scale manuevers this summer. The debate on Tactica's forum in regards to who essentially came down to "well . . how about everyone we're against?" after realizing no single target can really withstand our numerical advantage.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: The Militant Collective has kindly given us a focus for the operation. As such, I formally acknowledge this evening that the MC will be the focus of our summer operations, merit grade.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Although we will continue combat with our other traditional enemies, long-term and major operations will be targetting Nerva and any other MC strongholds.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: After this meeting, we will be launching an extended combat bout.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Any individual who wishes to participate will be given the opportunity: we will attack in waves, cycling teams out to give everyone a chance, and to keep our forces fresh.
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: It will be extended over several hours, so the inactive teams will need to be patient and maintain defense. Those interested need only stay on base after the meeting is dismissed
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Briefing and gathering will be conducted after merits handed out. I have coffee and I gave my girlfriend my credit card to go shopping (:|).
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Sooo I'm in for the long haul!
[18:53] Jayce Iredell: I think we're in for some loses, atleast your credit score might be sir... :(
[18:54] Jayce Iredell: ❤
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: What I ask from those of you interested: after the meeting, form up on defense. We will organize from there, and assign teams. Officer staff has volunteered to assist with combat rounds.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Yes, it means staying up late. But sleep is for losers anyways (:| arytewantssleep).
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Questions? Please don't ask about briefing, etc. That'll be handled then.
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome. The battle will work like so:
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: Teams will be assigned. The first group and all respective officers will be briefed. After which, the respective officers will brief their groups while the first team deploys.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: We will cycle out and call more as needed, elapsed over several hours.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: After the battle, we will form up for defense, defeat any counter attack, and then cake will be served.
[18:57] Lupus Mielziner: raise paw
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: More people who stick around, the better. If you're bored, I promise you'll get a shot!
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Lupus?
[18:57] Lupus Mielziner: is the coffee supply saved yet ?
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Of course.
[18:57] Lupus Mielziner: \o/
General Topics
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: All righty. On to general session. Anyone?
[18:58] Intus Infinity raises hand.
[18:58] Vinnie Lei raises hand on previous subject D:
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Vinnie.
[18:58] Vinnie Lei: Define several hours? I'd love to partake, but yes... I dont want to eat brains in public tomorrow XD
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Haha-- as I mentioned, teams will be cycled to keep the groups fresh.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: As in, first team will attack, then return. Second team will replace.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Although first team will be needed for defense, I think we can stomach if you need to go sleep!
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: That does not mean the rest of whatever team coming back should leave. >:|
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Or you'll spoil the fun for the other teams who stayed back to defend for you, etc.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Intus?
[19:00] Intus Infinity: Current ordoimperialis.com website statistics for the week of 07-4-09 to 07-10-09: There was a total of 2,376 visits (12.75% were new visits), 490 unique visitors, 20,421 page views, and the average time on website was 9 minutes, 32 seconds. Most visitors are from the US(1,606), Canada(276), and the UK(157). For a more detailed analysis, please see PDF document: http://intus.ordoimperialis.com/wrd071109.pdf
[19:00] Intus Infinity: Blah blah.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Canada in the lead. Dayum. Britain's down.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics?
[19:00] Jayce Iredell: You're next amurricans
[19:00] FireFox Breed rises paw thingy
[19:00] Xayvien Rau: Britain dropped the soap.
[19:00] Jayce Iredell: :>
[19:00] Aryte Vesperia: Firefox.
[19:02] FireFox Breed: Just so everyone knows I will be missing from tuesday until the 1st of next month. The army wants me to play soldier boi again so... Just means Lestat gets more work :D
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: So you'll only be on 8 hours a day, instead of 9. Got it. Thank you.
[19:02] FireFox Breed facepaws >.<
[19:02] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic?
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Awesome then.
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Oookay, now for the fun part.
Promotions
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: Merits and promotions: I have like a billion.
[19:04] Aryte Vesperia: A couple things to note here. I may have missed some of the recommendations on account of sheer volume. If that is so, please resubmit so I can clear it next week.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: Otherwise, I bit the bullet and opened up the flood gate for E-3 and above promotionary. Lots and lots of rank changes.
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: As always: there is always next week, so no q.q. Etc.
[19:05] Lupus Mielziner: q.q
[19:05] WolfJoya Furse: :>
[19:05] Aryte Vesperia: After I finish the list, do not applaud and cheer. I have final comments to make.
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Remember where I said to hold comments, etc?
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Yeah. I meant it.
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Without further adieu:
[19:06] Intus Infinity: Intus Infanyu -> O-9002
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Aelus Janus – [Ordocon]
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Alexander Stawberry – [Ordocon]
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: (34124423423 of these.)
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Alexi Ayres – [E-3]; [Corona Vallaris];[Comrade Support]
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia Gregoire – [Homeland Defense]
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Aradaiah Boa - [E-2]
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Blaze Wiles - [Corona Vallaris]
[19:06] Aryte Vesperia: Bob McKinley – [E-4]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Chip Millhouse – [E-2]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Crash Silverfall – [E-6];[Corona Vallaris]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Cyric Paine – [E-4]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: DamionstJames Webb – [Homeland Defense]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Dax Aycliffe – [E-3]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Desereck Creeggan – [Homeland Defense]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Detox Exonar – [E-6]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Dex McGill – [Combat Prowess] <- a cadet, wtf. Lol.
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Dominic Zapotocky - [E-4]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Faril Iredell – [E-6]
[19:07] Aryte Vesperia: Fen Fouroux – [Ordocon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Fermi Torok – [Extended Service]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Firefox Breed – [Ordocon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Garion Lowenhardt - [E-4]; [Comrade Support]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Genesis Ronmark - [E-4]; [Combat MK2]; [Comrade Support]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Gulliver Carpool – [Extended Service]; [Combat Prowess]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Heather McKay – [Corona Argentum]; [Corona Vallaris]; [Homeland Defense] <- wow.
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Hokusai Otsuka – [Ordocon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce Irdell - [Homeland Defense]; [Wallcon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Icedphoenix Seferis – [Ordocon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Joseph Hoxley - [E-2]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Karlhockey Forte – [Ordocon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Kaz Ceriano - [E-2]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Keystone Gray – [Ordocon]
[19:08] Aryte Vesperia: Knightblade Fayray – [Ordocon]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Halfway there . .
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Kraa String – [E-6]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Kytec Switchblade – [Ordocon]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Lestat Umarov – [Ordocon]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Liana Pera - [E-4];[Ordocon]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Lupus Mielziner - [E-6]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Melna Milos – [Good Conduct]; [Ordocon]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Nevin Sewell – [E-5]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Nikolai Thorkveld – [Corona Vallaris];[Comrade Support]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: I am going to be handing these out until I am eighty.
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Ribena Homewood – [E-6]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Ryker Kitsune – [Ordocon]
[19:09] Aryte Vesperia: Sam Troell – [E-5]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Seb Yakan – [Ordocon]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Sera Otoro – [Ordocon]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Settezin Zabelin - [E-3]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: If you haven't seen the Ordocon merit, it is literally \o/. Lol.
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Shadowfang Blessed – [E-3]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Sly Axon – [Ordocon]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Snowean Avro - [Homeland Defense]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Teron Gray - [E-6]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Tresia Beck - [E-4]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Trevor Russell – [Ordocon]
[19:10] Aryte Vesperia: Tsume Xiao – [E-5];[Ordocon]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Vas Kendall – [E-5]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:11] Ordo Utility HUD v1.4: New contact: Dynamic Drinkwater
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Vex Naxos - [E-2]; [Combat Prowes ss];[Homeland Defense]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: ALMOST.
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Vincent Lucerne - [E-6]; [Ordocon]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Vinnie Lei – [E-6]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Wasaac Hax - [E-4]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Williamca Zenovka – [E-5]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: WolfJoya Furse - [E-6]; [Homeland Defense]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Wolfshaman Warrior – [E-5]; [Homeland Defense]; [Corona Vallaris]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Zatuichi Bosatsu – [E-4]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Zero Itamae - [E-7]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Zerowinged Vasiliev – [Ordocon]
[19:11] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rosebush – [Ordocon]
Meeting Closing
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: PHEW. Okaaaay. Well then. Closing commentary here.
[19:12] Zatuichi Bosatsu: thank you! sir.
[19:12] Aryte Vesperia: Foremooost, thank you all for coming this evening. I will be handing merits and promotions out for the next . . 30 or so minutes. Please hold IMs to me until then. Mobilize on defense and await orders.
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LOL Desereck.
And yeah, trying to beat Aryte in post count without breaking rules is like dividing by zero, like licking your elbow, or rhyming with the word orange. It just doesn't work.
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Is it possible to get a complete list of all the Ordo personnel that attended?
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No u, Desereck. You're fat. ):<
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Imperator's Address - Jul 7 2009; post-vacation.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Let's get started.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: This will be fairly brief.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Essentially, just a mini-weekly meeting, since we missed last week's.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: I would like to take the time to recap events, congratulate some folks, and address recent events.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: After which, I'll resume doing battle with notecard hell.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: To begin, I would like to thank everyone for allowing me to have a fantastic vacation. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, thanks to the individuals who remained behind and held down the fortress. I have nothing but admiration for the efforts of all of you.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Sosarin Demar, beyond all else, your command and control over the group in my absence was exemplary.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: You have infused a faith in me beyond my expectations.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: During my absence, Titan was attacked over twenty times, by various levels of sophistication, at various times. The assaults ranged from outright griefing, to large scale raids by talented foes.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: All incidents were dealt with in a timely manner and properly recorded for my review.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you all, very much, for being steadfast.
[18:08] Aryte Vesperia: I will be working on promotion and merit arragements for the proper meeting this Saturday, in order to recognize those of you responsible for the excellent standard. I would encourage anyone who was present to provide some help in the way of recommendations.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: At this time, I would also like to recognize all of the volunteers who have stepped up to provide Schola and Armatura a continued presence. Without you, we'd degress back into the stone age pretty quick. Keep up the good work there.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: I have a couple major events to announce-- bad and good news, really.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Foremost, the Iron Symphony's charter is being reinforced to explain the identity and original intent of the IS: we are not a military alliance, but a system of thought.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: As such, all IS groups are not required to maintain an alliance-- they never were. To exercise this, the MC and the Ordo will be going to war in the coming days.
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: This is likely no surprise for many of you, as relations with the MC have been dire.
[18:11] Aryte Vesperia: The Merczateers and the Ordo have affirmed, beyond the Symphony, the strength of our allegiance to one another. In addition, the prospects are high that the Alliance Navy will be joining the IS envelope.
[18:12] Aryte Vesperia: Earlier today, Jason Backer assumed command of the Alliance. He was formerly an AN admiral, prior to joining the Ordo. With my blessing and with full knowledge of his intent to provide an opportunity for the Ordo and AN to prosper together, I've bitten the bullet and married off one of my favorite British people back to his group of origin. Haha.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: As mentioned in the post I made:
Although I must say it is with great regret that I see him leave, I am thrilled and infused with a sense of relief to see the AN now under his watch. Jason is one of the finest, most diligent individuals I have ever met. Beyond that, he has presented a sense of loyalty and honor to the Ordo Imperialis, without pause. It is now a new era, one that has erased years of history and a tendency for xenophobia between the AN and Ordo.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: The Ordo will be providing military, intelligence, and if necessary, developmental support to the Alliance.
[18:15] Aryte Vesperia: It is our hope to ensure their success, in the face of bold threats from groups like Vanguard.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Earlier today, Vanguard leader Christoph made the bold claim to the AN "we should ally, so I don't have to send 80 people to your sim all day to destroy you."
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: I have to commend him for his . . uh, clever diplomacy.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Yesterday, Takkun Gray, Merczateers . . went rogue and returned the Merczateers regions.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: He promptly joined Vanguard and has pledged to do anything he can to destroy the Merczateers. If you've forgotten: Takkun's been making that claim to the Ordo for over a year now.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: We can thank Takkun for sealing Vanguard's death.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Sparta and 2142 reportedly have blacklisted and banned Vanguard.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: CS has approached and requested negotations.
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: AN has already given VG the "fuck you."
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Merczateers, MC, and Ordo concur.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: VG just sealed itself into a corner.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: In the most peculiar of ways, VG has served as the catalyst that has launched the very idea of what the IS has tried so hard to be.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Through their flagrant disrespect, and obvious disregard for reality . . . they’ve propagated the success of the IS ideal. A more closed circuit, controlled, respectful combat routine.
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you Christoph-- who, by the way, told a member of the Ordo that "VG attacked Ordo and took over the sim since all the Ordo were at AC."
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: I guess he didn't know we can check Mercury to see when VG was here. :|
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: It's with a certain, almost cynical glee that I am able to high five Christoph and say "thank you for proving to the community what none of us want to be."
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Now that the majority of the Ordo has returned, and I am refreshed after a week of running around complaing how tired I am, I intend to launch full out into the projects I've promised. Curia, Frumentarii, Guard are first up for revision. Prior to which, we will finalize the unlocks (or beat Inoue with a stick).
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: I will stress accountability, not only to myself, but to all command staff.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: It is now our time to ensure the success of the Ordo, and provide for the future of the IS and the community. If it is necessary, command positions will be shuffled.
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: The first formal, weekly IS meeting is scheduled for this Sunday at 3:00. I look forward to reporting to you all our discussion and the findings of the gathering.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: I don't look forward to somehow having a billion meetings in the same day, but that's ok.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: We are at 249 members. We have ten new applications on file, most of which seem to have high prospects for acceptance.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Over twenty cadets.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: If we're not at 250 by the end of the week, I am going to strangle Anlysia.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: (That's what she gets for snide comments on Ventrilo.)
[18:27] Anlysia Gregoire: \o/
[18:28] Kytec Switchblade: I'll do it for you. Would be my pleasure.
[18:28] Jayce Iredell: (Gives us a reason to try and prevent our member count from hitting 250)
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Shh.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Set-backs are really unavoidable. I know that bumps will continue to show up on our path.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: I know that many of our goals, pledged or otherwise, may take a lot longer than intended to reach. If ever, really.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: But beyond that, the presence of hope, faith, and intent to provide are greater than any single feat. We cannot afford to lose our hope, nor our faith. As a group, we will succeed. Even if that means we do so alone. But I don't think that'll be the case. The list of people on "our side" of the fence is suddenly growing a lot larger.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you for coming. There will be a combat raid organized within the next hour. Aside from that, please check the weekly roster. Do note the "huge fucking battle planned for Saturday" comment.
[18:32] Aryte Vesperia: Ah-- to add, I will be rectifying the issue of officers being gunshy at leading raids without my presence. I plan on taking any interested field officer out, and provide them with practice.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Any quick questions?
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: You are dismissed. Dascede has volunteered to handle the log. Thank you.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.
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Dammit Garion, why did you post the answers only? Now I have to scroll up and down through the long list to see the answer compared to the question. :C
Ordo Meeting - 28NOV09
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NAME/RANK/DIVISION: Dascede Aluveaux | W-1; Triplicarius | Terra
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DATE: 28 November 2009
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SUBJECT: General topics.
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SUMMARY: Ordo gather as routine for discussion.
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CHAT LOG:
Meeting Opener
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Okay, remember to hold comments until give the opportunity to speak. Avoid random smilies, blah, blah, etc.
[18:01] Aryte Vesperia: Good evening everyone. Thank you all for joining me today. We have several topics to cover this evening, so let’s get right to it.
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: First off tonight, this week’s statistics:
Imperator's Report
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Members: 274
Cadets: 24
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: Applications:
Received: 20
Approved: 9
Denied: 9
Curia: 3
New: 1
[18:02] Aryte Vesperia: 9 approved, wow. Cyphre hasn't been doing apps, you can tell.
[18:03] Arc Vyper: sling
[18:03] Lestat Umarov: ao off
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: 59 documented defensive manuevers. 12 offensive manuevers.
[18:03] Aryte Vesperia: Diplomatic situations this week have been fairly interesting. The most major event that occurred was . . . well, Chaos Decretum essentially disbanded.
[18:04] Aryte Vesperia: As we understand, earlier this week a significant portion of Dark Svenska’s (head of CD) command staff rebelled and took with them the means to pay for the region. Svenska was really backed into a corner and opted to quasi-revise/destroy Chaos, rather than try to salvage it in its current form.
[18:05] Aryte Vesperia: Currently, it is believed he intends to recreate a group into a sort of quasi-militia mob form, without ranks, formal organization, etc. The break-away group has formed a Chaos-lite group named “Blood Fist.” We have opened diplomatic channels with them and will be facing them in combat.
[18:06] Aryte Vesperia: Other than that, overall growth grid wise has been inspiring. Several groups have popped on to scene, ready for some bloodshed. We have seen some sort of rendition of a new “Echelon Union;” under a new regime and pretty extravagantly different than the last. Synteka, comprised of some MC remnants, has also been doing some combat. I will touch on some diplomatic events in detail during my primary discussion.
Divisional Reports
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Unit reports?
[18:07] Sosarin Demar raises his hand.
[18:07] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Demar.
Astra
[18:07] Sosarin Demar: Astra combat participation has been good. Heather has got as many Apostles (flight trainers) as she can incoporated into Bomber teaching. Wolfshaman has also completed an outline detailing proper dropship function. Among training our new blood I hope to see time spent in group-wide activities more-so next week as the queue clears. That concludes this week's report for Astra.
[18:09] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Next?
[18:10] Lestat Umarov raises hand
[18:10] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Umarov.
Terra
[18:11] Lestat Umarov: This weeks reporst will be a bit sparse compared to the usual. This was mainly due to the thanksgiving holiday, Modern warfar 2, etc. I will be having a meeting shortly with the Terra command to discuss some things. Now, onto unit reports.
[18:11] Lestat Umarov: From Keller from Invictus: "A rather slow week (final projects and what not for myself and presumably other school types are starting or have already begun) by Invic standards. Looking forward to people getting bored with MW2. D:<"
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: I have no reports from Antesignani, or Fulminata. *Glares*
[18:12] Lestat Umarov: And from Garion, for Cohors B: "Overall a gerneral improvement in activity has been seen with new faces coming and going and always finding it fun to be working with a group of open and smiling faces. The team work has been under constant growth and everyone is always lookign for ways to interact or improve among themselves and the group as a whole."
[18:13] Lestat Umarov: This concludes my report for Terra. Any additional reports may be given at the discretion of the Imperator. Terra command, contact me after the meeting.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Mark it for the record, please.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: Any individual, regardless of their position in Terra, who fails to submit a report henceforth, will be relieved of command.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: First offense.
[18:13] Aryte Vesperia: There is absolutely no excuse.
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: All command have a staff for a reason.
[18:14] Lestat Umarov: If I may interject?
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Yes?
[18:14] Aryte Vesperia: Do any other divisions wish to report this evening?
[18:15] Lestat Umarov: To all staff. You may be required to put together a report if your command fails to do so. So don't be surprised if it happens. Be knowledgable of the happenings in your unit.
[18:16] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Final call for any other reports this evening.
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you, moving on.
Old Business
[18:17] Aryte Vesperia: Does anyone have any old business that they would like to revisit this evening?
[18:18] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on, then.
Keynote Topics
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: The first topic I would like to cover tonight is in regards to, well, a phenomenal display of combat expertise.
[18:19] Aryte Vesperia: Yesterday, a challenge was put out by New Jessie: every military group was invited to deploy five-man teams, all with the same challenge to take on over twenty Vanguard personnel. The task was to fight one another, while battling to capture the building Vanguard occupied. Victory meant a massive advertisement space allotted to the winning team.
[18:20] Aryte Vesperia: Keller Teichman, Intus Infinity, Ruin Nefarious, Anlysia Gregoire, and Kytec Switchblade represented the Ordo. The Alliance Navy, the Merczateers, and the Ordo opted to unify as the Iron Symphony.
[18:20] Vincent Lucerne: *loads*
[18:21] Aryte Vesperia: The results were extraordinary. Over the course of the battle, the combined IS teams pinned Vanguard into the building, while fighting over numerous other enemy groups. The timer ran out after over an hour of combat, with both flags securely within Symphony control.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: Vanguard cried rape. Allegations were quickly thrown that the game was “fixed.” Hell, Vanguard even claimed they had a video of me cheating with a “goto:cam” feature that . . hasn’t existed for over a year. They’ve yet to provide proof and have backed down from the allegations. It was a resounding victory.
[18:22] Aryte Vesperia: To sweeten the deal, there will now be a giant Iron Symphony poster adorning the side of the building we captured from VG. Featured behind me.
[18:23] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:23] Czyrek Essel: raises hand
[18:23] Czyrek Essel: pawthing
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: Czyrek?
[18:24] Jayce Iredell raises a hand....
[18:24] Czyrek Essel: Does the IS poster advertise the ordo or any of its members? or is it just a scriptless thing
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: It features Nada, Anthony, and I.
[18:24] Aryte Vesperia: With all three of our group logos and names.
[18:25] Czyrek Essel: ok, thank you sir
[18:25] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce?
[18:25] Sykes Foxclaw raises hand.
[18:26] Jayce Iredell: Just a comment, you looked like the only one on that poster not weighed down by an excessive amount of gear.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Indeed.
[18:26] Aryte Vesperia: Sykes?
[18:26] Sykes Foxclaw: Was any of this amazing battle frapsed or otherwise recorded?
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: VG supposedly recorded it.
[18:27] Jayce Iredell raises hand.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: About it.
[18:27] Aryte Vesperia: Jayce?
[18:27] Kytec Switchblade raises hand as well
[18:28] Jayce Iredell: According to a source, they recorded 6 gigs of footage, but yeah, don't really think they have a second.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Aye.
[18:28] Aryte Vesperia: Kytec?
[18:28] X-Flight, Carbon Rod X: All Go
[18:28] Kytec Switchblade: Apparently Revenant was the one to spred rumors of Goto:cam from Ruin, misinterpriting the use of the random spawn which is well documented. Daiza recorded it, and upon review, said it likely wasnt Ordo at all.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: Curiously enough, Revenant was claiming he saw it from the video, but used "it's 6 gigs, Daiza recorded it" as an excuse not to have it uploaded to prove it.
[18:29] Aryte Vesperia: So apparently Revenant has an amazing connection.
[18:29] Kytec Switchblade: He used excuses of "Its low resolution" and its too big
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: .. lol.
[18:30] Scientific Waffle head asplode
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Anyways, not to dwell on thaaat.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic.
[18:30] Aryte Vesperia: As mentioned last week, I have been putting some work into the design of the Master of Exams position. I have prepared criteria and will be posting the job for consideration tonight. The “application phase” will remain open for several days.
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: A little excerpt: "The Master of Exams position is designed to act as an administrator of the promotion
requirements system. The individual holding this position will be directly responsible for maintaining a comprehensive outline of progress for individuals seeking rank increase within the Ordo. In addition, it will be among their enumerated powers to administer examinations to determine eligibility for promotion opportunities. "
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5979-master-of-exams-descriptionapplication-28nov09/
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Give it a look at your leisure and dig in.
[18:31] Bradyn Halcali raises his hand quietly
[18:31] Aryte Vesperia: Bradyn?
[18:32] Bradyn Halcali: Just an update on the work I was doing. I have finished a version of the Astra flight jacket, Legate Demar has looked it over and likes it, it remains to have some tweaking done, but I think I can finish it relatively soon, to await your final approval
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Ah, thank you.
[18:33] Bradyn Halcali: Yes sir
[18:33] Bradyn Halcali: :)
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: Next topic from me.
[18:33] Aryte Vesperia: . . It occurred to me that it would probably be rather helpful for everyone if there was a list of unlocks available and the “tier” they fall within. As such, I will have one typed up and prepared for everyone here soon. This will help the whole, “wot I spend unlock on??” questions.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: And then I'll probably make Waffle make a pretty graphic for it.
[18:34] Aryte Vesperia: That'll change often and become outdated often.
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Questions on that?
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: Next, then:
[18:35] Aryte Vesperia: I just want to take a quick moment to extend an apology to those of you waiting on any specific projects that I am assigned to.
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: I have a dozen or so items waiting perming and distribution. Tsume and Vincent have me on a death list, I am sure.
[18:36] Vincent Lucerne: >_>
[18:36] Vincent Lucerne: <_<
[18:36] Aryte Vesperia: In addition, lots of paperwork to do. I am trying to motivate myself to get it done; I have been experiencing some burn out. But I’ll get back into it. I hate having things in ‘limbo,’ as I never want to make a promise that I can’t keep.
[18:36] Sera Otoro: kill them both for treachery...
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: So I reassure: I will get to it. Just bear with me, even Imperators need a break.
[18:37] Aryte Vesperia: Questions?
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Moving on, then.
[18:38] Aryte Vesperia: Combat this evenin’. We will be deploying, most definitely. Right after the meeting I will be handing out merits, and then we’ll organize combat missions. I am not sure on the target(s?) just yet, but I’ll give it a look around. So please hold non-critical IMs to me after this gathering.
[18:39] Aryte Vesperia: Opening up to general topics at this time. Anyone?
General Discussion
[18:40] Scientific Waffle raises hand.
[18:40] Nohime Runner raises a hand
[18:40] Aryte Vesperia: Mr. Waffle.
[18:41] Scientific Waffle: In terms of Curia approvals... I've noticed a good number of requests for personal head gear. Beyond modifications of our official helmet etc, are approval threads neccessary for things like helmets and masks which are (in my estimation) equivalent to hair or eyewear?
[18:42] Scientific Waffle: ala http://forums.ordoimperialis.com/index.php?/topic/5962-mask-and-beret-request-deano-kharg-281109/page__pid__47222__st__0entry47222
[18:43] Deano Kharg: \o
[18:43] Deano Kharg: smoke
[18:43] Aryte Vesperia: Hm. I don't find that particularly necessary, but it is a proper courtesy and the safest route.
[18:43] Scientific Waffle: Alright.
[18:43] Nohime Runner raises paw again
[18:44] Aryte Vesperia: Nohime?
[18:44] Nohime Runner: More of an FYI than anything. I have completed the tank training curiculum, as soon as I move it to note cards later tonight, it will be ready for final approval and implimentation into training.
[18:45] Nohime Runner: thats it from me.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you.
[18:46] Aryte Vesperia: Any other topics to discuss this evening?
[18:47] Intus Infinity raises hand.
[18:47] Aryte Vesperia: Intus.
[18:47] Intus Infinity: Forum will be undergoing an upgrade and some patching. Expect downtimes this week!
[18:47] Intus Infinity: (that is all)
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Thank you!
[18:48] Aryte Vesperia: Anything else, anyone?
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: Excellent.
[18:49] Aryte Vesperia: On to promotions, then.
Promotions
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: Let's see-- I received notice of one PRF this week. If any are missing, please see your commander and have them transmit it appropriately.
[18:50] Aryte Vesperia: And that PRF is: Corsi Mousehold
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Anlysia Gregoire - [Diplomacy] * participation in the combat presentation yesterday; represented Ordo.
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Bradyn Halcali - [Marskman] +25 QP / +1 Unlock
[18:51] Aryte Vesperia: Dio Umarundu - [Corona Vallaris] +1 Unlock
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: DeathAvenger Bade - [Combat Prowess] +25 QP
[18:52] DeathAvenger Bade: :D
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: (Actions during Thorium raid; saved the day. Good work.)
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Drasamax Python - [E-2]
[18:52] Vincent Lucerne: \o/
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Eriksson Foxtrot - [E-2]
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Foxers Fhang - [E-6]
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Heather McKay - [Extended Service]
[18:52] Aryte Vesperia: Heavy666 Bolden - [E-2]; [Marskman] +1 Unlock/+25 QP
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Intus Infinity - [Diplomacy]* participation in the combat presentation yesterday; represented Ordo.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Keller Teichmann - [Diplomacy]* participation in the combat presentation yesterday; represented Ordo.
[18:53] Aryte Vesperia: Kytec Switchblade - [Diplomacy]* participation in the combat presentation yesterday; represented Ordo.
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Liz Yifu - [E-2]
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Nohime Runner - [E-3]; [Recruitment] +25QP
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Teron Gray - [Extended Service]
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Wolfe Hardin - [E-2]
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Xayvien Rau - [Extended Service]
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: ZeroNightmare Kaventipovic - [E-2]
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Zerowinged Vasiliev - [Extended Service]
[18:54] Aryte Vesperia: Zrazor Rozenstrauch - [Extended Service]
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: * There are probably others nearing their 1 yr. Please be sure to give me a heads up.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Oh wow. Dascede Aluveaux too.
[18:55] Vincent Lucerne: Congrats Oldo Imperialis :D
[18:55] Johann Wilberg: :x
[18:55] Sly Axon raises hand for a late 3 year
[18:55] Vincent Lucerne: Senior coffee is yours.
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Dascede Aluveaux - [Extend Service]
[18:55] Wolfe Hardin: Thank you Aryte, sir. <3
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: ..ed
[18:55] Aryte Vesperia: Lol.
[18:55] Johann Wilberg does the same, kinda hides.
[18:55] Vincent Lucerne: xD
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: EXTENDO. Anywaaays.
Meeting Closer
[18:56] Aryte Vesperia: All right. All set there. Very good work this week, everyone. Lots to do next week. OH. Before I forget.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Tomorrow night we will likely be sending out a "challenge" to Opposing Forces.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: So expect some mayhem.
[18:57] Nohime Runner: \o/
[18:57] DeathAvenger Bade: \o/
[18:57] Dio Umbarundu: Hi5!
[18:57] Heather McKay: Time?
[18:57] plops Magic: Hi5!
[18:57] Vincent Lucerne: ¯\(º o)/¯
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: Not sure yet, Heather.
[18:57] Aryte Vesperia: I'll notify asap.
[18:58] Deano Kharg: Raises hand
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: Deano?
[18:58] Deano Kharg: You missed me ouit :(
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: ?
[18:58] Deano Kharg: E-2 :P
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: For whatever reason you were already listed as E-2.
[18:58] Aryte Vesperia: But yes, you are an E-2. Lol.
[18:59] DeathAvenger Bade: \o/
[18:59] Nohime Runner golf claps
[18:59] DeathAvenger Bade: Hi5!
[18:59] Bradyn Halcali: Hi5!
[18:59] Deano Kharg: :)
[18:59] Vincent Lucerne - E-7 3/5ths
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Now then: dismissed. Break off and grab your drinks or what not. We will deploying shortly. Those of you with current issue tanks, report to moonbase please.
[18:59] Zatuichi Bosatsu sighs
[18:59] plops Magic salutes!
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia: Have a good night, the rest of you.
[18:59] Aryte Vesperia clasps his fist to his chest, presenting a salute.