Thomas Siemens

Hi, Remo! quote: Originally posted by Remo Williams: The Following are the ranks available with-in Prime fleet and how They're assigned. [*]Supreme Commander - (The Main Man) [*]Tacops Commander - (G6 Fleet Leader) [*]Strategic Commander - (G6 Staff Chief) [*]Fleet Commander - (All Other Fleet Staff) [*]Commander - (S6 Wing Leader) [*]LT. Commander - (Carrier Group Leader) [*]Major - (Carrier Group Members) [*]Lieutenant - (Carrier Group Members) [*]Ensign - (Carrier Group Members) [*]Cadet - (Academy Training) Sorry, this makes absolutely no sense to me. It's a break of all traditions. Usually, you have to be a Commander to be allowed to, er, command a greater ship (cruiser, or carrier). Your 2nd in command (on a ship) used to be a Lt. Commander. And the word "Fleet Commander" makes no sense IMHO, if there are five within one single fleet, which is led by a Tacops Commander, and a Strategic Commander. Now we have Ensigns as commanders of our smaller ships?!? Also, there are no ranks left between a fleet, and the higher powers (i. e. GALCOM HQ, and Terran/Military Allicane - not yet fleshed out!). Please reread you old BC3000AD manual for the traditional ranks: there used to be one Supreme Cmdr. (leader of GALCOM), and oneTacOps Cmdr., and Strat. Cmdr. (leaders of the Terran/Military Alliance). quote: Here are the Marine ranks available in Prime [*]Commander - (S6 Battalion Leader) [*]Command Sergeant - (Company Leader) [*]Sergeant - (Squad Leader) [*]Corporal - (Squad Member) [*]Lance Corporal - (Squad Member) [*]Private - (Squad Member) [*]Cadet - (Academy Training) First rank above a Command Sergeant would normally be a Lieutenant, whereas an Ensign is - traditionally - an officer to be. Best regards

Davewave, did you read my PM about adding your system profile to your forum signature? Topic closed until further notice!

GrizLeBar, Add your System Profile Information to you signature, or I hit you hard... Best regards

quote: Originally posted by Remo Williams: I see the DB levels as administrative levels rather than the actual in game fleet member ranks. I may be wrong though. In the Fleet DB, there are ranks, and levels. Ranks are Supreme Cmdr., Tacops Cmdr., ... Levels are Admin, Alliance Leader, ... IMO those ranks, provided by Derek, are the officia├ ranks for the members of the Terran/Military alliance. Thus you, and Marvin, are Fleet Commanders (in your sig.), denoted "Fleet Commander Remo Williams, G6 Fleet Commander (i. e. commander of) Prime Fleet", and "Fleet Commander Marvin, G6 Staff Chief (i. e. co-commander of) Prime Fleet". quote: I pulled the Fleet ranks from the Game appendex under the ranks section. There they are all listed as I posted them. Those are, well, rewards, for experience points. Even if you gather enought EPs to be "Supreme Cmdr." (in MP), there's no chance that you ever become The Supreme Commander[GALCOM]. quote: As far as the forums go I have the rank of Tacops Cmdr. which is a Admin also like the Supreme Commander designation. Strategic cmdrs. are moderators here on the forum so it would be as so. Supreme Commander [GALCOM] Derek himself. Supreme Commander - Admin Tacops Commander - Admin Strategic Commander - Moderator. You are right on that. I stand corrected. Just looked it up in the Control Panel... quote: Anyway now I'm confused about ranks since they vary from database to appendex to forum. LOL! Yeah! And you even brought up another, different type: those of the appendix. Best regards

Looks great. A few remarks: You should differ between jobs, ranks (fleet db), and security levels (two types: forum, and fleet db) more clearly: Jobs: all mentioned above G4 (Logistics) originally had a somewhat different main aspect: providing ships, verhicles, and materials (for warefare), and organize their transport to the various battle ground. Publications (press releases) were part of G5, a calendar would be part of G3. It's like a workflow: G6 delcares some war, G2 looks where (places) to fight, G3 decides (from the info provided by G2) where to fight. G1 provides personnel, G4 provides ships, and vehicles. And G5 is public relations - providing information to the world of the civilians. G5 is more a job outside of war, i.e. before, and after the battles. It's somewhat obsolete during a war. That's why it is often combined with G6 Staff Chief. Official Ranks (Fleet DB - Terran/Military): [*]Supreme Commander - Derek himself [*]Tacops Commander - not in use at the moment [*]Strategic Commander - typically an Alliance Leader, or Commander of a Fleet [*]Fleet Commander - Commander of a Fleet, or Co-Commander of a Fleet [*]Commander - Wing Leader, or "normal" Commander [*]Cadet - Member of The Academy Security Levels (Fleet DB): [*]4 Admin - Can install Alliances [*]3 Alliance Leader - Can install Fleets [*]2 Fleet Leader - Can install Wings [*]1 Wing Leader - Can install Commanders [*]0 None - Is a Commander, or Cadet Security Levels (3000AD.com Forum): [*]Supreme Commander[GALCOM] - Derek himself [*]Supreme Commander - an Admin [*]Tacops Commander - a Moderator Security Levels in the primefleet.com Forum are your property. Wouldn't it be better not to mix them up with the 3000AD.com Forum levels? Best choose completely different ones, like Owner, Admin, Moderator, ... Best regards

Delphidex, Please enter your froum username in your System Profile Information. Thank you

Strike one!

Allen: Read, and follow, this, and then this! Oh, and welcome to our community!

Read, and follow, this, and then this! Oh, and welcome to our community!

It's that (in)famous cloning module, you know? They never let the good ones go... Well, OTOH we can assume that in the year 3000+, one's life expectation (besides combat, or other dangerous things like, say, marriage), will exceed 100 years for sure. Best regards

Yeah - congrats, Ben! Welcome to the team!

Congratulations, Commanders! quote: Originally posted by Most: *Shakes Commander Remo's hand...and awaits the announcement of his future assignment. This is Fleet Commander Remo Williams. You should have learned that by now, or do you need another semester at The Academy? Best regards

quote: Originally posted by porter: I am hoping you can help me.. I have tried looking in the forum for an answer to no avail. I have the most recent patch installed, and when i launch, i get the logo, then a black window opens as if to launch the game. just hangs there... Now, that you have provided your system info in your sig, we can start looking... I see nothing spezial with your specs. My hardware is similar, and I hove no problems at all here with starting The Game. First, make sure that you have a proper installation. If in any doubt, uninstall the game, delete the game directory thereafter, and start from scratch! Installation procedure: Install the game. Get patch v2.00.00, copy it to the game directory, and execute it from there. Then get the latest patch (v2.00.11 at the moment), copy it to the game directory, and execute it from there. Now, start a new game (SNG). If you still get the above described problems, check first, if your downloaded patches are correct. If in any doubt, download them again. Read The FAQ (yeah, with a capital "t"! ). Try other (i.e. newer) graphics drivers. Check www.guru3d.com for ex. for new drivers. Try starting the game with the option "-n" - read The FAQ how to set it (using properties...). Good luck!

Firenight21: Read this, or... Best regards

Now, read this, or... Oh, and welcome to our community!

Read this! This thread will self-destruct within 24 hours (or so)... Oh, and welcome to our community! Edit: Okay, we let it live somwhat longer... [ 06-19-2004, 05:57 AM: Message edited by: Gudihl ]

quote: Originally posted by Marvin: Prime Fleet Academy Grading Sheet CHECK RIDE -- Cadet Patrik Vanda [...] Note: Failed to insure "weapons safe" after instuctor called a cease fire (knock it off), resulting in fatal damage to instructor's ship. LOL quote: 11. Attack Starstation for Capture. _X_ Cloaks prior to jumping. ___ Disengages PTA prior to jumping. -- Not observed. ___ Jumps to supply station (arrives closer to starstation). -- Not observed. _O_ Successfully destroys station's shield. _O_ Successfully forces station to transmit SOS. _O_ Captures station. _O_ Destroys station. _O_ Retreats. Note: Starstation capture isn't as easy as it used to be. Student fired a missile at relatively close range. As seen from TacOps, it looked as if the student's CC then decloaked for a couple seconds ... just long enough for the station to lock on and destroy the craft. The cadet insists he never de-cloaked. Works as designed. If you fired a weapon, you become visible for a short time. Enough for modern station defense systems to fire a few shots on you. If they (the shots) hit you, you stay visible (for another short time)... quote: Final Grade: Passed. Congrats, Cadet! Best regards

quote: Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Just to show how SERIOUS I am about this and to show my anger, at 12 noon EST, I am going to pick a random profile to delete, if it contains ANY links to the dead server. My first candidate is your profile Remo. So, God I hope you read this before noon. Remo, as fleet leader, you are 100% responsible for this and I'm goddamn sick and tired of this. When I browse this server on my PDA, I don't want my connection to time out waiting for images to download from a dead server. And it is NOT fair to dial-up users either. Sorry, Boss. AFAIK, Remo is in school over the day, so I took the freedom to edit his profile. I don't want to loose him... Best regards

Remo's doing updates... And, by Murphy's Law, what goes down, keeps there much longer than expected...

quote: Originally posted by Shingen: Do I get to organize this thing anyway I want? Heh, all your ideas are subject to overruling by the SC, as usual. Do you know KISS? Keep it simple, keep it small. quote: I noticed in the DB that there are also Empirian, Gammulan, and Vesperon Raider Alliances. Are there going to be seperate fleets for each race?Yes. Different races, thus different organisations! quote: I think I want to add three wings for this fleet. An intel/covert ops wing, a raiding/ general carnage wing, and a command wing. IMO a special command wing is not necessary. The commander, and co-commander of a fleet both usually have at least security level 2. A wing is IMO a part of a fleet, wich can operate on its own. Would you send your command wing (including yourself) into a combat/war all on its own? quote: I haven't had time yet to work out the details, but exactly what powers do I have, and what am I limited to. (yes I read the fleet faq) Read this! I made you fleet leader, because at this moment, only one fleet per raider / trade caste is allowed. [*]Set up a structure. Maybe two wings: Intel/Covert Ops, and Raiding/General Carnage are a good start [*]Present this structure, if ready, to the SC for approval [*]Set up some rudimentary web page for your fleet, providing some info about your fleet, the structure, and some means to contact you, or your co-commander [*]Recruit people. If your fleet keeps extremly small (say: one member, you), it neither will survive in MP, nor in the DB... [*]Engage in MP Best regards

quote: Originally posted by Shingen: why no apostrophe?? I get some SQL error. And I have no intention to try tricks with escape characters in this situation. Okay, I just have created a new fleet "The Devils Hand", and you can register in the Fleet DB... Best regards

quote: Originally posted by Shingen: What else to I need to do with this fleet? Write a charter? Website? Chain of Command? Yes, yes, and yes. quote: I've never organized a fleet before so I'm playing this by ear. You will do fine. This is not a military organisation, so there is no need to provide some full fleged Chain of Command at the moment IMHO. That's the advantage of being an Indie... Best regards

Hmm, got problems with the apostoph ' Would "Hand of The Devil" do, too?

quote: Originally posted by SoulTaker: Now this is out of the way i was wondering,is it possable to make/build a base? I wouldnt mind haveing my own base. No. Siddown. (Wrong thread. Wrong subject. And wishlist questions are a sure way to get yourself direct to the airlock and though it w/o any space suit. Be advised - you have been warned...)