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Ghastly
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  Reporting for Duty
November 1, 2013 4:44:37 PM    View the profile of Ghastly 
Crewman Ghastly reporting for duty.
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November 1, 2013 4:45:55 PM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
Welcome to the Vast Empire Naval Academy, Ghastly! I'm Training Officer Gurlanin, and I'm in charge of guiding you while you are in our Orientation program.

As you've probably noticed, we here in the Vast Empire do play-by-post roleplaying. As a new Crewman, you'll start out in either Flight School or Fleet School. Graduates from Flight School become members of a squadron in the Starfighter Corps, while graduates from Fleet School become bridge officers on one of the Navy's warships. Higher positions, some of which require you to take leadership over other members, will open up as you advance through our ranks.

That concludes Imperial Initiation, the first part of your training. You are now free to begin working on the second part, located on the Vast Empire's wiki: Basic Training. Basic Training is designed to familiarize and prepare you for the privileges and duties of a typical member of the Vast Empire Navy.

Upon completion of Basic Training, you may proceed to either Flight School or Fleet School on the wiki and begin working on the first chapter, 'Character Development'. It will guide you through the process of creating a biography and ID line for your character. Please note that any and all references to the Force or related concepts such as lightsabers are strictly forbidden. All in-character posts, including your bio, should be written in third-person past-tense unless otherwise stated. Please post a reply to this thread with both your biography and ID line, so I can review them and offer corrections if necessary.

I am here to help, so if you have any questions please contact me in one of the following ways:
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  •  Reply to this thread

If for any reason I do not reply to any of the above within two or three days, contact any other member of the Navy and they should be able to help.

Again, welcome to the Vast Empire! Good luck in whatever path you follow!

Regards,

Training Officer Gurlanin

Here are some useful links:
  •  A look at what we do here in the VEN
  •  The Vast Empire Naval Academy wiki page
  •  The wiki page for Basic Training
  •  Flight School: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3
  •  Fleet School: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3
  •  How-to-create-a-wiki-page Tutorial
  •  Java-based IRC chat
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  RE: Reporting for Duty
November 1, 2013 6:27:51 PM    View the profile of Ghastly 
Physical:
He is 5' 11'', with a well rounded musculature, with clearly defined lines of muscles beneath his skin, a residue from his days as a shockboxer. His head is coved in criss crossing lines of scars, except for his face, which only has one, bisecting his nose. He has no hair, and his eyes are a pale blue.

Emotional profile:
Upon first impressions Ghastly is cold, calculating and distrusting. Upon being greeted he will give you a small nod, or a Greetings, before turning back to whatever he was doing. However if you manage to become friends with him he is fiercely loyal, agreeable and good natured. He is often seen reading some sort of manual, or playing Holo-chess against himself, or various AIs. He has a deep appreciation for technology and likes take things apart to see if he can put them together again.

History:
Tycho Avan was born on Reuss VIII, and grew up as an orphan being cared for by Zolf Vulpine, a Devaronian Shockboxing coach, who taught Tycho to box as soon as he could walk. As the young human grew up, he soon realised that living on a planet entirely controlled by organized crime syndicates left few avenues to pursue honest work. Fortunately, the skills his Devaronian 'father', gave him the option to become a professional shockboxer in the planet's popular sport.

Ghastly, as his ring name became, soon rose in fame within the Reuss VIII shockboxing curcuit, attracting the attention of the numerous crime syndicates. Returning to his regular bar, after one particularly nasty fight against a Gamorrean, he found the entire place in an uproar, focused at a young Mandalorian who refused to be shaken down by local gang members. To start with, Ghastly stood back and watched as the Mandalorian held his own against numerous opponents. However, when several of the patrons started to draw blasters, Ghastly jumped in and beat them soundly. Between the two of them, they put most of the bar's patrons in various states of hospitalisation. The Mandalorian thanked the boxer, and walked away.

A week or so after, Ghastly was in the ring again. This time, however, his opponent was a gang member. Having not forgotten the events that took place in the bar, the Torel Vorne, the most notorious crime lord on the planet, instructed his gang to rig the fight, turning the shockgloves up from their standard 'stun' setting. Incredibly, Ghastly still managed to win the fight, however, due to the extra energy needed to stay alive during the fight, the human boxer was unable to resist when the rest of the gang members pulled him from the ring, and into a side room. Tied to a chair, and barely concious, one of Torel Vorne's lieutenants set a deranged and malfunctioning barber droid loose on the boxer, to give him a 'hair cut'. Head sliced open in several places, that would later result in the scars, the lieutenant left a parting 'gift' of a deliberate cut from one cheek to the other, across Ghastly's nose.

Ghastly stumbled out of the shockboxing establishment, bleeding heavily, and struggling with his respiration mask, he was amazed to find the same Mandalorian from the bar brawl waiting for him. After explaining what had transpired, Ghastly watched in shock, as the Mandalorian disappeared inside the building, and dragged out the squealing lieutenant, forcing him to apologise to Ghastly, before his breathing mask was cast aside forcefully. The Mandalorian took the boxer to the nearest hospital, leaving the lieutenant gasping for breath on the floor. Ghastly's rescuer then revealed himself to be a Squadron Commanding Officer of the Vast Empire's Navy, and offered Ghastly a chance at escaping the crime ridden planet. As soon as he was well enough, the former shockboxer packed what little belongings he had, and boarded a shuttle with his new friend, bound for the Cappadocious.
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  RE: Reporting for Duty
November 1, 2013 6:31:29 PM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
That looks good, Crewman. I can't possibly imagine who that SCO is .... >.>

Make sure to get your ID line sorted, then you can progress on to creating a wiki page for your character.
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  RE: Reporting for Duty
November 1, 2013 8:34:31 PM    View the profile of Ghastly 
I have got an ID line and my Wiki page is done now.
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November 1, 2013 9:25:27 PM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
Indeed it is. Well done. You are cleared to progress to the next stage of your training: writing your first story post.
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  RE: Reporting for Duty
November 2, 2013 2:29:44 PM    View the profile of Ghastly 
I have completed the Raptor: Disarster story post.
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  RE: Reporting for Duty
November 2, 2013 3:21:43 PM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
Noted. Unfortunately, I have been asked not to mark it, but another Training Officer will be along soon, and they will mark it.

In the meantime, I'm clearing you to write your report. Send me a copy, and post a copy here.
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November 2, 2013 4:54:37 PM    View the profile of TosthAaaiser 
Combat looks good. Not a pilot myself, so a bit uncomfortable grading that portion.

However. I've noticed two sets of problems. There's a few grammatical errors. Doesn't affect the post too much, but if you could fix those up, that would be great.

And the other problem I've noticed... Located here:
Ghastly wrote:The screen went black, with lines of red text scrolling across listing my performance. It turned out that I had killed someone on friendly fire. I sighed heavily willing for my heart to calm. I closed my eyes and stepped out of the booth, wandering over to the already dead. Looking over to count the still active booths, I made it out to be about half. Glad I hadn’t died early; I sat back and opened up a book on my data pad.

You've done well up until this point, where you switch into the first person. The standard rule here is to write in the third-person, as it allows for a bit more flexibility when it comes to posts. And secondly, the switch of tenses doesn't make sense in the post. It does not appear to be a mental thought or other such thing.

So if you can fix the few grammatical errors and the point of view in that last part, I'd say you've passed.
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  RE: Reporting for Duty
November 2, 2013 4:55:09 PM    View the profile of Ghastly 
Activity:
I have posted once in Raptor Disarstar and have created my wiki page.

Upcoming Plans:
I plan on starting (and hopefully completing) the skill Vehicle Mechanic, as well as possible staring Infiltration in preparation for the first teir of Special Warfare Combatant.

Questions/Suggestions:
Strill Sqn. please?
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November 2, 2013 5:07:43 PM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
Report received.
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November 2, 2013 5:25:54 PM    View the profile of Ghastly 
I have now made the requesting perspective changes for my Raptor story piece, however the grammatical errors have remained elusive and I cannot find them
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November 2, 2013 5:40:05 PM    View the profile of TosthAaaiser 
Ghastly wrote:Then the opponents Interceptors tore through the squadrons lines, and chaos reigned.

It's in here. There's lack of an apostrophe for the possessive form of 'opponents'. But, as I had said before, it's not a huge problem.

I'll go ahead and give you a pass on the post, Crewman. Good work.
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November 2, 2013 7:13:09 PM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
Aaaaaand that does it! Congratulations, Crewman. Please wait whilst I talk to my superiors regarding the completion of your training.
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November 3, 2013 10:45:45 AM    View the profile of DeepSix 
Congratz Leading Crewman, you've finished your training and have now been placed in Strill Squadron. I'll leave it to Gur to further reward you with the Star of the Academy reward as well as welcome you into your new squadron.
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November 3, 2013 10:57:45 AM    View the profile of Gurlanin 
That's right: you're still not rid of me yet! Proceed to our squadron topic, which can be found here, and we shall continue the formalities (i.e awarding medals, your flight position and number, etc.).
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