by OOC: Thought of this after the fact and will correct this for next week. May be weekly or Bi-Weekly, SW:WT makes me want to play FL again and stay for the long haul.
I will post my Commander's log here on Fri or Sat for Admiral Chronic's review before posting on SW:WT's RP board on Sundays. /OOC
Day 1: Personnel; this included everything from Staffers to patrol roster review. I have a good strong compliment of Squadron Commanders so this portion should be self contained. Contacts and Liaisons were also covered, management of the operatives on other “stations” within Liberty is my responsibility too and I think there are more of them than pilots sometimes.
Day 2: Pretty much covered the base and our lack of funding. Hmm let me see running operations in which the average folks of Sirius can’t/don’t know about, I wonder why we have a funding problem. I happen to resolve some of this issue on day 5 and will cover that later.
Day 3: Fly along with a handful of “my” short range patrols and a meeting with our eyes and ears on the Arizona. This seemed like the longest day of my life. The Cult is embedded just about every where in Sirius, I saw fighters from every house and a few pirate factions I am aware of and ship makes that I am not sure where they are from. The trip out to the Arizona was an even bigger eye opener; I have never had to fight my way on to a Liberty Battleship until that day. I thought the group was just being funny when they brought a dozen fighters to escort us out there, the Arizona is almost constantly being attacked by the Nomads. After talking with my contact and the Captain of the Arizona we will be sending a weekly assistance wing out to relieve the Pilots there for 24-48 hours (off the record).
Day 4: Commander Alexander’s retirement ceremony and a normal run through of what is soon to become my daily routine for the most part. It was a very quite day and actually somewhat relaxing.
Day 5: Escorted Commander Alexander to Manhattan and met his family and our contact there. I guess rank has his privileges as his son-in-law is our contact there. Learned that the Cult presence in Liberty is not coincidence and they are making a big push to gain ground in Liberty and Bretonia space. As we parted Commander Alexander handed me a sealed envelope, “This will help you a little with the one duty I haven’t covered and is all on you regardless.”
On my way back to Maine received a distress call from a long range patrol passing Norfolk, Jumped in the TL and flipped on the comms.
Fantom13: “Omega 6: I am on my way 30 K out and closing.”
Secure Channel, Fantom13 to all Order pilots in space converge on Norfolk Ship Yard top speed.
Omega 7: “Fantom13, we just lost 6 we need help FAST!!!!”
Fantom13: “Roger 10K and closing fast others en-route.”
I was greeted by 14 Cult Specters trying to cut down the remaining three Omega Squadron Members.
Fantom13: “Targeting scanners locked engaging enemy.”
Omega 7: “Two more down, 2 of my weps and shields are down try and cover me.”
Gamma Squadron: “10K out and closing fast”
Fantom13: “Gamma push to 110 output we need you here 5 minutes ago. Omega 7 as soon as Gamma is within 3 K bug out and get home for repairs. ”
Gamma 6: “Hostiles in range engaging, Gamma 4 and 5 cover Omega 7.”
We took out 6 more with the arrival Gamma and Beta Squadron came out of the West point TL, at that point the remaining Cult Targeted and took out Omega 7 and attempted to bug out.
Fantom13: “Omega 4 and 5 return to base, Gamma and Beta, let’s take these guys down.”
We took the rest out and were actually able to capture 2 that were unconscious and couldn’t take some kill pill the others had taken. I let the interrogators have their way with them and got some usable knowledge. 1. Cult pilots like to fight in debris/asteroid fields to give them an advantage, in open space they are not the greatest fighters except when they out number you. 2. They rely on their numbers and are constantly finding new ways to grow including brainwashing tech.
The remaining Squadrons and I took out the rest of the Cult trash and I had Omega 4 and 5 meet us on Newark. I had them all get out of Uniform and bought them a handful of rounds at the bar to honor the fallen seniors of Omega Squadron.
While there I met an old InterSpace Commerce Miner/Trader that had just been forced to retire by the company most of his crew left with him. He introduced himself as RockCrusher and said I looked like I needed a drink. I let him buy me a couple of rounds and long story short I “hired” him to generate some income for the base, our engineers and facilities need the money and he had nothing better to do now. I transferred 2 of our younger members to him as banking and contact Liaisons as they weren’t cut out for fighter pilots but great with Admin duties. He said he would be in touch as he may have a pilot or two that could replace them on the fighters.
Day 6: Spent the day on normal duties and thinking about how to write to a next of kin about an enemy that doesn’t exists and how there Son and Wife/Mother died.
RockCrusher was a good “investment” as he has already brought in 50 Mil not including what he paid his crew, which I here he increased due to the “dangers” of their new jobs.
Day 7: Opened the sealed envelope from Commander Alexander. It was 2 example next of kin letters and a brief letter explaining why he did not cover it before. In the end it stated if you need this after the end of your first month is out it has been a good month, if you need it before that I wish you the best of luck as I can only infer the they enemy is growing stronger. Build your troops and their trust as you are going to need them. Get the R&D teams working on all they can as quickly as they can; this is our only defense against the coming storm.
Letters have been forwarded to the Wing Commanders for delivery. I have requested that they inform me of the delivery date for Major Windhouse’s (Omega 6) letter to her family as I want to accompany the Wing Commander. I only met her briefly after taking command but, she was one of the most determined Majors I have met.
This week has been like jumping into the fires of Cerberus and I can’t see it getting any better any time soon. I have realized my Partisan won't cut it here after my trip to the Arizona (No wonder my Wing Commanders thought I was insane) and placed it into one of my storage pads. Time to learn how to make the Anubis work for me.
Off to the rack before the start of the next week. I can only hope I can make a difference sooner rather than later.
All Reports Forwarded to Admiral Chronic.
I will post my Commander's log here on Fri or Sat for Admiral Chronic's review before posting on SW:WT's RP board on Sundays. /OOC
Begin Recording: Commander's Log Week 1
Today marks the close of my first week as a Commander of our Maine Base and I think I have learned more in the last week then all my years so far. Commander Alexander (retiring) stayed with me until the middle of the week showing me the ropes and the basics (what an understatement!) of what I needed to know. Day 1: Personnel; this included everything from Staffers to patrol roster review. I have a good strong compliment of Squadron Commanders so this portion should be self contained. Contacts and Liaisons were also covered, management of the operatives on other “stations” within Liberty is my responsibility too and I think there are more of them than pilots sometimes.
Day 2: Pretty much covered the base and our lack of funding. Hmm let me see running operations in which the average folks of Sirius can’t/don’t know about, I wonder why we have a funding problem. I happen to resolve some of this issue on day 5 and will cover that later.
Day 3: Fly along with a handful of “my” short range patrols and a meeting with our eyes and ears on the Arizona. This seemed like the longest day of my life. The Cult is embedded just about every where in Sirius, I saw fighters from every house and a few pirate factions I am aware of and ship makes that I am not sure where they are from. The trip out to the Arizona was an even bigger eye opener; I have never had to fight my way on to a Liberty Battleship until that day. I thought the group was just being funny when they brought a dozen fighters to escort us out there, the Arizona is almost constantly being attacked by the Nomads. After talking with my contact and the Captain of the Arizona we will be sending a weekly assistance wing out to relieve the Pilots there for 24-48 hours (off the record).
Day 4: Commander Alexander’s retirement ceremony and a normal run through of what is soon to become my daily routine for the most part. It was a very quite day and actually somewhat relaxing.
Day 5: Escorted Commander Alexander to Manhattan and met his family and our contact there. I guess rank has his privileges as his son-in-law is our contact there. Learned that the Cult presence in Liberty is not coincidence and they are making a big push to gain ground in Liberty and Bretonia space. As we parted Commander Alexander handed me a sealed envelope, “This will help you a little with the one duty I haven’t covered and is all on you regardless.”
On my way back to Maine received a distress call from a long range patrol passing Norfolk, Jumped in the TL and flipped on the comms.
Fantom13: “Omega 6: I am on my way 30 K out and closing.”
Secure Channel, Fantom13 to all Order pilots in space converge on Norfolk Ship Yard top speed.
Omega 7: “Fantom13, we just lost 6 we need help FAST!!!!”
Fantom13: “Roger 10K and closing fast others en-route.”
I was greeted by 14 Cult Specters trying to cut down the remaining three Omega Squadron Members.
Fantom13: “Targeting scanners locked engaging enemy.”
Omega 7: “Two more down, 2 of my weps and shields are down try and cover me.”
Gamma Squadron: “10K out and closing fast”
Fantom13: “Gamma push to 110 output we need you here 5 minutes ago. Omega 7 as soon as Gamma is within 3 K bug out and get home for repairs. ”
Gamma 6: “Hostiles in range engaging, Gamma 4 and 5 cover Omega 7.”
We took out 6 more with the arrival Gamma and Beta Squadron came out of the West point TL, at that point the remaining Cult Targeted and took out Omega 7 and attempted to bug out.
Fantom13: “Omega 4 and 5 return to base, Gamma and Beta, let’s take these guys down.”
We took the rest out and were actually able to capture 2 that were unconscious and couldn’t take some kill pill the others had taken. I let the interrogators have their way with them and got some usable knowledge. 1. Cult pilots like to fight in debris/asteroid fields to give them an advantage, in open space they are not the greatest fighters except when they out number you. 2. They rely on their numbers and are constantly finding new ways to grow including brainwashing tech.
The remaining Squadrons and I took out the rest of the Cult trash and I had Omega 4 and 5 meet us on Newark. I had them all get out of Uniform and bought them a handful of rounds at the bar to honor the fallen seniors of Omega Squadron.
While there I met an old InterSpace Commerce Miner/Trader that had just been forced to retire by the company most of his crew left with him. He introduced himself as RockCrusher and said I looked like I needed a drink. I let him buy me a couple of rounds and long story short I “hired” him to generate some income for the base, our engineers and facilities need the money and he had nothing better to do now. I transferred 2 of our younger members to him as banking and contact Liaisons as they weren’t cut out for fighter pilots but great with Admin duties. He said he would be in touch as he may have a pilot or two that could replace them on the fighters.
Day 6: Spent the day on normal duties and thinking about how to write to a next of kin about an enemy that doesn’t exists and how there Son and Wife/Mother died.
RockCrusher was a good “investment” as he has already brought in 50 Mil not including what he paid his crew, which I here he increased due to the “dangers” of their new jobs.
Day 7: Opened the sealed envelope from Commander Alexander. It was 2 example next of kin letters and a brief letter explaining why he did not cover it before. In the end it stated if you need this after the end of your first month is out it has been a good month, if you need it before that I wish you the best of luck as I can only infer the they enemy is growing stronger. Build your troops and their trust as you are going to need them. Get the R&D teams working on all they can as quickly as they can; this is our only defense against the coming storm.
Letters have been forwarded to the Wing Commanders for delivery. I have requested that they inform me of the delivery date for Major Windhouse’s (Omega 6) letter to her family as I want to accompany the Wing Commander. I only met her briefly after taking command but, she was one of the most determined Majors I have met.
This week has been like jumping into the fires of Cerberus and I can’t see it getting any better any time soon. I have realized my Partisan won't cut it here after my trip to the Arizona (No wonder my Wing Commanders thought I was insane) and placed it into one of my storage pads. Time to learn how to make the Anubis work for me.
Off to the rack before the start of the next week. I can only hope I can make a difference sooner rather than later.
All Reports Forwarded to Admiral Chronic.
End Recording
