/me looks around and notices the new roster. Does a double take and gulps.

Are you serious?!

/me has a small mental breakdown.

Ok I'm alright now. Welcome Doc.

/me is unsure whether she should say welcome or welcome back.

Wow it feels wierd saying that.

OOOh I love investigation and infiltration type stories.

Post Counts from the HSC: (courtesy of Jori)

Jeg - 15
Angel - 10
Jori - 7
Ae - 6
Jager - 6
Bright - 4
Sam - 2
Gio - 0
Wicket - 0

Not bad folks. Not bad at all.

I'm about 10% done with the story, should have it finished tomorrow.

Third place isn't bad considering I was competing against vets...

Report day, people, and I need a copy. Actually, I don't need a copy, but it makes me feel important, so send them anyway. Many thanks.

On a slightly happier note, story is up. Let's get 'er done. (How's that for a motivational speech?)

Little short, and we generally try not to solely rehash events in our posts, or advance the story in some way, but it's a decent start.

I'm about half asleep myself, so we'll talk later on some ways to improve your posts. I may let Angel handle that, actually, as he's the best person to take advice from 'round these parts.

Cheers, though, on posting so soon. Activity is always good, especially from the new guys.

Beta - A couple guidelines to use when writing a post:

1. If you aren't happy with your post, don't hit the submit button. There's always time to write one you like. Someone else's will probably post in the meantime, and that post may give you inspiration for your own.

2. Advance the plot, don't re-hash it.

I'm broken hearted. Doleful. Crushed. Destroyed. An emotional shell. Inconsolable. Distraught. Dismal. Unbelievably upset. Feeling blue. Grief-stricken. Heavy hearted. Lugubrious. Morose. Morbidly depressed. Sorrowful. Troubled. Melancholy. Bereaved. Dejected. Despairing. Cheerless. Despondent. Disconsolate. And Forlorn.

How's that for descriptive writing?

Did I miss a meeting or something... the hell's that about?

Or showing off his Thesaurus skills.

No thanks Bright, it's just not the same!

Yay for madness.

/me passes the rum

Meh, don't worry 'bout it. I bought 5,000 bottles of beer by mistake, so we're good for a bit.

/me slides Bright a cold one

Ok folks, more good news:

- Jester won with a dominating performance in the HSC, 17 points ahead of the 2nd place squad. We get a "special award", but nothing is known about it at this time. Goody.

- The following awards and promotions were given for the HSC:

Senior Sergeant Angel
Promoted to Sergeant First Class
Awarded the Gold Shield [GS]

Corporal Jager
Awarded the Emperor's Shield 2nd Class [ES2]

Gunnery Sergeant Jegora
Promoted to Sergeant First Class
Awarded the Iron Heart [IH]

Corporal Jori
Promoted to Sergeant
Awarded the Cross of Resolve [CoR]

- We have added a new member to the squad: Please welcome back Kiption, the founding member of Jester. He's also known to some as Threeof4, the former HHC and NCC. We're lucky to have him back in the fold so give him a nice welcome.

- Jegora is your new ASL, and Aeos has been "demoted" due to her execution of Frozt (this is for char dev, so no ZOMG posts please :P)

- There is an AWOL check going on for Storm Platoon, so be sure to post HERE, if you haven't already if you wish to remain in the squad.

Any story questions be sure to toss my way. I left it very open ended, so let your creativity flow and feel free to run with the story. Just remember the ultimate goal is to tie this to Thrawn. I don't care how we do it, but we have to make damn sure about it, because once we do: War.

That's all I've got. Congrats to the awarded, and let's have a good week.

shhhhhhhhh.