Max Fagron
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New guy here for training
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June 11, 2007
9:52:57 AM
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I have signed up and now want to start my training.How?
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RE: New guy here for training
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June 11, 2007
11:21:30 PM
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Howdy there- I'm the training officer (TO) of the Vast Empire Naval Academy (VENA). Our staff, the VENA-S, is composed of trainers and operators, all who can be seen at the following website:
http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=VENA_Staff
Now that you've posted here on the ComNet, you've actually completed the Imperial Initiation (II) phase of Basic Training (BT). BT's second phase is called Flight School (FS), which is made up of three chapters and an exam. The first chapter, and probably the most important aspect of our system, is that of Character Creation- the bio. In order for your character to exist in our club, our universe if you will, you need to create them in written form, detailing their stories, their personalities and the physical aspects that we may be aware of with a glance or perhaps things we can not see with the naked eye. Either way, you're going to tell us how to describe you're character in a more detailed fashion than you're probably used to, but that's part of the fun
So, if you'll follow the link below, you'll be able to see the entirety of Flight School, the portion of BT I was referring to above. BT is, essentially, training and thus, once you've passed through it, you're going to be placed in an Active Squadron, in 'Active Duty'. So, depending on how well you do here against the recruits currently training here, you'll receive a rank at the end of your training and receive certain recommendations or promotions. You'll want to go to Chapter 1- Character Development. So, lets get off to a good start and get you goin- Rock On!
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Max Fagron
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RE: New guy here for training
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June 12, 2007
2:30:30 PM
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Name:Maxian Thron Fagron
Birthplace:Coruscant
Family Status:Mother: dead;Father:unknown;siblings:none.
Characteristics:Dark blonde hair,sharp blue eyes,one long scar on right side of his face.
The Early Years:
He was born Maxian Thron Fagron,in the lower parts of Coruscant,BBY 16.From the beginning,his parents knew he was a quick learner.From an early age he was learning and questioning all that he saw.Inquisitive and playful,he amazed his teachers with his intelligence and sharp mind.
When the clone wars started Max was still an infant.His father left the house to serve with the allied forces.However,the stint was brief,as he was expelled for heavy drinking of corellian ale before the battle of Geonosis.When Max's father returned,he found that his wife was very ill,a victim of the area's outbreak of plague, and unable to console himself, he returned to the drink.After five months of struggle,Max's mother went to the grave peacefully.Max was now almost ten,a very hard age to lose ones mother at.Looking back now ,all Max can rememberof his father is a drunken violent man.Many beatings left him with a large amount of cuts and bruises.One on his face,running from beside his right eye down his cheek has left him with a permanent scar,a reminder to himself and to other people why Max is sober. It was after he received that wound that he decided that he was going to leave home.One early morning,Max walked out of the door for the last time,and never looked back.
Life on the streets:
Two nights after he left home,outside a lower city bar,he found a young,deserted massiff,by itself,still blind and defenceless.He took it upon himself to protect it.After a couple of weeks of care and love,the massiff began to treat Max as its mother.However,now Max had two mouths to feed,as if feeding himself wasn't difficult enough!The only thing Max could turn to was thievery but his love for his masssiff and his own rumbling stomach made him do it without delay.Luckily,he had a vibroblade that had been given to him by a distant relative on his eighth birthday.He was told that it would come in useful someday.For years max lived in one of the lower streets,holding them up but never killing them.The Galactic Civil War barley touched his life.When the Empire took control,he grumbled and moaned with everyone else and when they were overthrown he smiled and laughed.But that aside,he never thought about the empire.
Although dark,secretive and sometimes easily annoyed,Max very rarely ever became vicious.But when he did he became violent and aggressive(perhaps a streak of his father in him.)Never was this more apparent than when he encountered a person that would decide how he would live the rest of his life.
One day,a Rodian who had become lost in Coruscant wandered into the street that Max was living in.The jangles of coins in its pocket brought Max running.The Rodian was not aware of what was happening until a seventeen year old boy smashed into his back and knocked him over.Apart from having money though,the Rodian was also well armed.He whipped out a blaster pistol faster than you can say 'Hairy Wookie' and aimed it at Max's chest.The Rodian forced Max against a wall and drove the barrel of the pistol up underneath Max's jaw.He started to curse and taunt in Rodian.Slowly,Max slipped his hand down to his pocket and slipped his vibroblade out of its sheath.As fast as lightning,Max jammed the knife between the creatures ribs.Blue blood spurted out all over Max.He thrust again,into the neck of the Rodian this time,and then into its chest.It screeched in pain,and then fell silent.After looking through the creatures pockets,Max took its money.It was only when he was half-way down the road that Max realised he was covered in warm,sticky blood.The reality of what he had just done began to set in.He had just killed someone in front of a horde of witnesses.Everyone would know it was him that did it.He could never show his face again.Apart from that,he had just killed something living,that could feel pain,love,fear.He barley made it back to his dwelling before he got sick.And even after he was finished,he kept wrenching and wrenching.
Cause for joining:
For two days,he curled up and did nothing.At first he tried to eat but it just came straight back up.He spent his eighteenth birthday in is own filth.Sometimes his massiff would come and nudge him,but when he got no response he went to the other side of the room and curled up in the corner.After two days one of the people Max knew from the street came and told him that there was not only a warrant out for his arrest but that there was also a bounty hunter looking for him.It turned out that the Rodian that Max had killed owed money to the Hutt family.And the Hutts had held him responsible for the loss and declared that he either give them the money or die.Obviously,Max didn't have enough money(10,000 credits to be exact) so he decided to flee.He knew of a ferry company that would take him and his massiff somewhere where he could hide.The cheapest route he found was to Naboo.On the ferry journey Max did nothing but stare out the window.When he arrived in Theed his first stop was to somewhere that he could get something to drink.After ordering a glaas of water(remember,he never drank drank ale or joori juice) he proceded to an empty table.After only a few moments,a man who had been talking to people at different tables came over and sat nex to Max.Max made no response but just looked at the man hardly.Unnerved by the cold stare,the man quickly whispered that he was recruiting troops in secret,to rebuild the army of the Empire that had been crushed during the Civil War. During this conversation,Max said nothing.When the officer had finished however,he said
'Where is the training camp?'
The officer explained that he could not do that.But he did say that it was to be an outerworld,so as not to come to close to people.However,it was not loyalty that drove Max to the service.In fact he planned to desert as soon as he could.He just planned to leave Coruscant and get away to somwhere remote,perhaps an outer world.
When he enlisted,his keenness of vision and lightning fast reactions built up over years on the street, landed him in the Navy,training to fly TIEs.But his thoughts of desertion soon left him after he met the other people in his squad.For the first time in years,Max was laughing and joking.And his massiff was allowed to stay with him,which made him happy to stay.In training,Max found that he had a skill for piloting a TIE and that,coupled with the friendships he had built up,cemented his view of staying.
Emotional Motivation:
If you say 'Hello' to Max Fagron,you will probably be greeted with a 'Sod off,leave me alone,'or possibly
something worse,or maybe nothing at all.The memory of killing something for money has left him with a scar more permanent han the one on his face.Sometimes,Max is often seen with his head in his hands,making no noise at all and sitting still.But if you take time to get to know him,you will find that he has an affectionate personality and smile that is unresistable,that will make you think the world of him.In the TIE cockpit he is deadly,but he is also a good friend to have.
After all,there is something more than loyalty motivating Maxian Thron Fagron.Friendship.
Max Fagron
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RE: New guy here for training
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June 12, 2007
11:52:22 PM
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Introduction
(Unnecessary, I know, but I'll get to that later...)
Hrm- I was a bit worried when I saw the way you presented your bio, but you're actually a pretty decent writer, Max. A few suggestions of course:
Body: Suggestions
First off- we need to reformat your bio. The main thing is making the paragraphs work so that they're in block form as they are in my posts. This means no need for indentions (whatever you were typing in before might not have re-acted well when you tried to copy and paste it here). Anywho- that and re-reading your bio to make obvious corrections you may not have caught just writing it.
Also- this is the Star Wars galaxy we're writing in- the Cholera epidemic doesn't exist. Or atleast not under that name  Furthermore- the Mastiff, (this is a breed of dog, correct?), would have to be re-named and simply given dog characteristics. We try and seperate ourselves when possible. Obvious items like cigarettes, alcoholic beverages- we just have to give them new names but they stay the same.
Finally- the way you brought yourself into the VEN. I suppose an introduction to the organization itself would be good? In short- when the Empire was 'defeated' it separated into various groups or 'factions,' many of which remained to fight over the throne. The Vast Empire is one of those factions except that it lies in the unknown regions and has changed numerous qualities. For instance, in the original Empire, pilots were given numbers rather than names, never assigned to the same fighter twice, and certainly not allowed to create attachments of any other kind. These were all to make them more machine-like, less-questioning. The VE has given that back to it's men and more, as you'll see with the protective measures they take with their fighters. Point being, anyways, that your character would have to find his way off planet to meet someone willing to take him in. Note that you can edit your post by clicking the little pen and paper button in the upper right hand portion of your message.
Closing
Hopefully that all makes sense to you, and if not- drop me a line. I'd just like to mention that certain areas of your bio could be separated and given headings, like those that were shown here. You can create these by putting in <.b> text <./b> without the periods and then just making gaps between text. Some headings might include appearance, emotional description (reactions as you mentioned at the end of your bio), and history. Below are some good examples of 'wiki' bios which we will produce shortly. Glad to see you found our way to the academy- keep rockin
http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=TheStrangler
http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tomas
http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Shazam
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RE: New guy here for training
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June 13, 2007
1:58:05 PM
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Alright- that's quite a bit better. The heading thing- don't worry about it because it'll come up when we build your wiki profile. The next section of training before your test is that of 'Pilot Procedure' - Chapter II on the website that I gave you originally. There is an assignment there, so make sure to complete it and post it here. Once that is complete I'll run you through making a wiki profile, your pilot proficiencies and assign you to a squadron. Keep up the good work, pilot. ----------------------- *Flash Was Here...*
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RE: New guy here for training
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June 14, 2007
3:25:10 AM
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Offensive:
The Sandwich
The Sandwich is very useful,and probably one of the best tactics, for TIE pilots to use,considering that they fly in two man wings.If a lone fighter attacks one of the TIEs in a wing,that TIE pilot flies out to his left if he is on the left or vice versa.
Hopefully the bandit will pull after him.If he does,then the other TIE pilot comes in behind him and fires his cannon,hopefully destroying the enemy fighter.Missiles are no to be used,as they may lock on to your wingmate instead.And even if they don't,if the bandit is up close to your wingmate,the explosion may throw him of course or even destroy him.Max Fagron is an advocate of the Sandwich technique,as it favours his doctrine of a team of two,that he has picked up since he began training.Max is now a firm advocate of teamwork also.
Defensive:
The Split S
The split s is where,if you find yourself with an enemy on your tail,you make an inwards turn,then turn upside down,and then pull up on the stick to dive.This especially helps shake the enemy off.This can also be employed offensivley against an enemy coming towards you,below you.You merely turn over and dive onto his tail.This is also another of Max favourite moves,as it is useful if your squadmate is killed,and therefore the sandwich technique is no longer viable
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RE: New guy here for training
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June 15, 2007
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Pretty good, Max. I'd like to point out that you called the two man groups 'wings'- though that might apply in other groups, we usually call them 'elements.' A group of three is a trio, four is a flight, three flights is a squadron, 3-4 squadrons is usually a wing, so on and so forth
And, though you used the 'sandwich,' I'll give it to you for the sake of time. See, the purpose of these is not necessarily to show that you know some tactics, but is to show you can describe what you're doing. It's useful in both areas obviously, but I put primary emphasis on people's ability to describe it- that's why I didn't quite understand why you needed to 'turn' before inverting (flipping over), and then pull up on the yoke (stick). That's what I'm analyzing. But overall- very good. What you and I are going to do now, before we place you in a group, is build your VE Wiki profile. It looks pretty complex at first, but it's a whole lot simply than you think. What I'd like you to do is go to vastempire.com/wiki and find the button that allows you to register. You'll need to make a log-in so that you can edit pages. If you're not familiar with the 'wiki' already, it's basically an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. What we're going to do it is put you in that encyclopedia. Once you're logged in and ready to go, I'd like you to take a look at my character profile- yours doesn't have to be anywhere near the length or other complexities but another of things will be the same.
http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Shazam
Alright- notice on the right hand side, that box with the image inside of it- that's part of the character template. If you're logged in, you can push the 'edit' tab on the top of that page there and take a look at the little section of code they have there. Essentially, you're going to be copying and pasting that into you page and then editing the information. The same goes for some of those headers- you'll just re-write them to say what you want your headers to say and then copy the information from your bio in there. We'll talk more about the pilot proficiencies when you get that part finished. If you have any questions whatsoever- lay 'em on me  The following is where you'll be able to find your name in red text - click it and it will be a blank page- you'll copy and paste into there.
http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Recruit_Starter_Pages ----------------------- *Flash Was Here...*
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 1, 2007
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Yeah man rock on as Shaz says. I think he is being unusually hard on you. Probably because your good. Fix up what he says and you'll be a senior crewman like me before long.
Come on Shaz, he's better than I was when I first started. Give me a demotion, but give him a break. ----------------------- Grammar, mechanics, punctuation, spelling, diction, effectiveness in the science, and larger elements are the facts at hand. The Harbrace College Handbook edited by JOHN C. HODGES
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 1, 2007
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I dont know evan.Thanks all the same.Shaz is just doin his job and I cant question his authority(yet!).Once again though,thanks
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 1, 2007
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Just trying to compliment you. Hope you join our squadron. ----------------------- Grammar, mechanics, punctuation, spelling, diction, effectiveness in the science, and larger elements are the facts at hand. The Harbrace College Handbook edited by JOHN C. HODGES
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 2, 2007
3:43:44 AM
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I wasnt meaning to be ungrateful.If you thought that way im sorry.Just saying i better do as im told untill im free of training(at least) Im happy to see that everyone is friendly here.
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 4, 2007
4:26:20 PM
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Im goin away for a month and a 1/2 tomorrow so i wont be able to join a squadron untill apreil
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 5, 2007
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Wait- 'till april? Dude- that's like a year, lol. I just sent you your results back, btw. ----------------------- *Flash Was Here...*
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 5, 2007
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Are you sure April is correct? If you got something confused, you have been assigned to Kaph Squadron. As the Commander of the squadron, I would like to be the first to welcome you to Kaph, you are now Kaph 11. Please check your e-mail. ----------------------- SC/ESN Than Sion/Kaph 5/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE(=A=)(=*SA*=)(=MA=)[LoM][VC:S][CBV](x2)[MC:1][MC:2][GWC]
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RE: New guy here for training
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July 5, 2007
3:42:05 PM
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His other thread says August- gotcha, Max: I'll put you in the reserves. Make sure to update your wiki with the resutls, btw. ----------------------- *Flash Was Here...*
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