3 hours ago, Norsehound said:

Until requisition gives us a craft with intel, Jumpmasters are the only source of Intel.

Meh. You only need 'Intel' if you are trying to avoid combat with an enemy squadron.

This does not seem like a thing a Truly Loyal Imperial pilot would consider doing! Instead, just destroy all the enemy squadrons, and then you are free to navigate your bombers around without issue.

15 minutes ago, xanderf said:

Meh. You only need 'Intel' if you are trying to avoid combat with an enemy squadron.

This does not seem like a thing a Truly Loyal Imperial pilot would consider doing! Instead, just destroy all the enemy squadrons, and then you are free to navigate your bombers around without issue.

Or, as I was fond of saying back when I played Warmachine: "being dead is the ultimate debuff."

37 minutes ago, Snipafist said:

Or, as I was fond of saying back when I played Warmachine: "being dead is the ultimate debuff."

I am shamelessly stealing this line right now.

1 hour ago, Mikael Hasselstein said:

After a preliminary screening, @Darth Lupine, @ImperialCaptain2017, @Norsehound, @Snipafist, and @BrobaFett are deemed sufficiently loyal to join the Imperial Academy.

Both @GiledPallaeon and @Ginkapo strike Imperial Intelligence as certainly sufficiently competent, but the ISB has some loyalty concerns and requires more time to verify the record. Were more evidence of loyalty to be entered into the record, that may sway the screening committee.

@Alzer is still being screened. For him also more evidence of loyalty being entered into the record may sway the screening committee.

If the committee were to perhaps disclose what exactly we would be doing (for example, writing more treatises as Snipafist, Ginkapo, Brobafett and I have been at other points in time), we could provide the credentials you desire.

OOC: Yeah, actually what are you planning for this group to do? Write a how-to manual for Imperial players to reverse the (actually hilarious) trend of Imperial under-performance per capita at tournaments?

95% of Rebel Pilots went to the Imperial Academy.

I am a dedicated Imperial commander; I’ve never fielded Rebel technology in combat. While far from the most experienced commander, I have achieved numerous victories against the Rebel filth plaguing my sector in the past year. I have participated in two three-round tournaments, always against Rebels, with a 3w-0l and a 1w-2l. If accepted into the Imperial Academy, it would be my pleasure to contribute when I can and an honor to learn from some of top naval strategists of the Empire.

@Destraa

I have to say, that my experiences as admiral are almost entirely as an Imperial, having played rebels I believe only 2 or 3 times. I have rarely run fleets without the magnificient source of firepower that is the ISD, and run several of them using them exclusively, or alongside Interdictors, and most times I use squadrons they are bombers, and are used to decimate and tear apart the rebel scum that is infecting this galaxy...

NERDS!!!!!

We here on the light side may not have cookies but we do have pop sickles and a higher dude to chick ratio...

Winning...

18 hours ago, Mikael Hasselstein said:

Dear fellow Imperials,

The Regional competitions of the past month have been an embarrassment to the Empire. Despite numerical superiority, we have allowed the Rebellion to walk away with the most victories. This is unacceptable.

To this end, I have I felt a calling from the Emperor (who, I presume, is the voice in my head) to found an Imperial Naval Academy in order to turn this Rebellious tide and return peace and stability to the Galaxy under an Imperial banner.

Therefore, I call on all loyal Imperial commanders to apply for a position within the Imperial Naval Academy in order to develop doctrines to defeat the Rebels once and for all. All applicants will be screened for their loyalty, and, once approved, they shall be polled for their competence and doctrinal insights. These shall be brought together and developed into a winning doctrine to spread among one another and to approved recruits of the Naval Academy.

Loyal commanders of the Empire,

Your applications shall be public (below), where you shall attest to your loyalty (how you have not commanded fleets for the Rebellion), and your victories in the name of the Emperor. What have been your standings at tournaments, how regularly do you destroy your Rebel opponents on the casual asteroid field, etc. Also, what extra-curricular activities have you engaged in for the greater glory of the Emperor and His Empire?

You dare to question my loyalty to the Emperor and his divine wisdom!? Clearly if the unthinkable happens and he is lost, then clearly the Imperial Navy should come under the command of Grand Admiral Thrawn! Not a bunch of fools that simply lose the Empire in 1.5 years after Endor! That is insufferable and unrealistic!

The sector I control is fully under Imperial rule and obeys Imperial laws. Grant my fleet is not as large as I like, but it is effective when used properly to the doctrinaires of the Imperial War College on Anaxes.

"I don't fight for glory, only results for my Emperor." ---Grand Admiral Thrawn

47 minutes ago, Space_Cowboy17 said:

NERDS!!!!!

We here on the light side may not have cookies but we do have pop sickles and a higher dude to chick ratio...

Winning...

Traitors and scum...using coward tactics and hiding in the shadows...May the Emperor deliver his divine justice on your soul!

1 hour ago, Space_Cowboy17 said:

NERDS!!!!!

We here on the light side may not have cookies but we do have pop sickles and a higher dude to chick ratio...

Winning...

Dude, gross.

9 hours ago, Mikael Hasselstein said:

@Alzer is still being screened. For him also more evidence of loyalty being entered into the record may sway the screening committee.

If you peruse my records you will find that all of my active service has been loyal to the Empire, the only time i have logged on non-sanctioned vessels is in recruitment training scenarios and scant seminars on pirate tactic analysis ordered by my sector commander.

I play Empire in the shadow of Alamo City Fleet Command, which means I fight against a huge number of Rebel fleets.

It also means I fight losing battles against Brickhouse and Classic Ben.

Any help or advice would make for a stronger imperial presence in this viper's nest of Rebel strength.

14 hours ago, Mikael Hasselstein said:

After a preliminary screening, @Darth Lupine, @ImperialCaptain2017, @Norsehound, @Snipafist, and @BrobaFett are deemed sufficiently loyal to join the Imperial Academy.

Both @GiledPallaeon and @Ginkapo strike Imperial Intelligence as certainly sufficiently competent, but the ISB has some loyalty concerns and requires more time to verify the record. Were more evidence of loyalty to be entered into the record, that may sway the screening committee.

@Alzer is still being screened. For him also more evidence of loyalty being entered into the record may sway the screening committee.

And what about me and my posts of being a true friend of Imperials? This is just an excuse to exclude those of us Imperials with beards, this is bigotry at its worst*!

*In that it targets me.

46 minutes ago, geek19 said:

And what about me and my posts of being a true friend of Imperials? This is just an excuse to exclude those of us Imperials with beards, this is bigotry at its worst*!

*In that it targets me.

12 minutes ago, Mikael Hasselstein said:

30 minutes ago, geek19 said:

I bet you've never even felt the power of 3 red 2 blue 3 black! Swine

5 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

I bet you've never even felt the power of 3 red 2 blue 3 black! Swine

I've often felt the power of 3 red - 2 Blue - 3 Black! When i work my magic under Ack-(coughing fit) under Ensign Ackran and I fire all those dice out the FRONT of my STAR DESTROYER, I use them all the time!

32 minutes ago, geek19 said:

I've often felt the power of 3 red - 2 Blue - 3 Black! When i work my magic under Ack-(coughing fit) under Ensign Ackran and I fire all those dice out the FRONT of my STAR DESTROYER, I use them all the time!

Mm-hmm...yes, we know about Ensign Ackran, or should I say, Jesmin Ackbar. The Wraith Squadron mission transcripts were intercepted by Naval Intelligence some time ago, and the codenames they used are now common knowledge (besides, I read the transcripts myself to learn how to defeat the Wraiths someday).

via Imgflip Meme Generator

You are clearly not as loyal as you say you are... I suggest you cooperate fully with the ISB when they arrive.

3 minutes ago, ImperialCaptain2017 said:

Mm-hmm...yes, we know about Ensign Ackran, or should I say, Jesmin Ackbar. The Wraith Squadron mission transcripts were intercepted by Naval Intelligence some time ago, and the codenames they used are now common knowledge (besides, I read the transcripts myself to learn how to defeat the Wraiths someday).

via Imgflip Meme Generator

You are clearly not as loyal as you say you are... I suggest you cooperate fully with the ISB when they arrive.

14 minutes ago, geek19 said:

You can run, but you can't hide, rebel scum...

17 hours ago, Mikael Hasselstein said:

Both @GiledPallaeon and @Ginkapo strike Imperial Intelligence as certainly sufficiently competent, but the ISB has some loyalty concerns and requires more time to verify the record. Were more evidence of loyalty to be entered into the record, that may sway the screening committee.

What if I was to share this one neat trick for beating rebels everytime?

4 minutes ago, Ginkapo said:

What if I was to share this one neat trick for beating rebels everytime?

Rebel commanders HATE it? Just click here?

I imagine your tip involves rolling dice at them before they can roll dice at you, but you do you

I should like to put myself forward for the important role of Imperial Happiness Officer. Morale of the troops and we who command them is ever in the Emperor's mind. Defeatism and rumours of Rebel victories even from within our own ranks can be more disruptive than the loss of a squadron of Star Destroyers.