Oxen

Loved this one, it was something I was not expecting and enough elements to keep us interested! SOLID 9/10

I liked this event even helping with it. The progress of a possible role-play to shoot out was perfect. The end never ends the way we expected, still seemed to work well. 8/10

I was Keller when he was Lucas, after shooting at my Keller Units during a tryout that he was not part of. Bacara at the time (Gene) banned him after I asked him to do it. Blades stated correctly, I am all about giving another chance and two years is alot of time for many people who are in their younger years. +1 Let us see if he can be more serious and remove this ban.

Because of the late night event, I am going to make the score higher. I have rarely seen late night events (PST player now). Showed some great insights to roleplay options at first, some elements of disarming bombs and clearing base tactics, sniping of others and finally a deployment to Mustafar. 8/10

Love the two part story arc during the late night. Great job 7/10

This was a quick event, some great points and enough options to engage multiple player bases. Overall Good Job. 6/10

Enjoyed this one, even those the two shot guns are crazy.... Enough activity and plenty of options to play. 7/10

Oxen’s Plan of Action for 21st: First and foremost the plan of action for 21st I had envisioned initially: Three Commanders below Bacara GM – Commander / SO-Commander / KU –Commander All three are equal to each other. No Executive Officer required as the commanders will appoint their second in command. Each commander will establish their own requirements and trails for their branch. A trooper who first comes into NC will have to train in the basics (set by the three commanders) to move into the GM job. At this point the trooper can decide to go for a GM jobs like Heavy or work on the requirements for SO. Once the trooper gains that skill set, they are white listed and start their journey for greatness. At some point in time KU will be coming to look at the GM and SO for those interested in being part of that unit. Trials will commence and appoints will be made or hearts will be broken. The daily operations will be done by the commanders of each section, guidance, support, mentorship and direct leadership training will be commenced by me to them. After the three months is up and my term is over, one or all of the commander will be ready to lead the entire 21st battalion forward to whatever fate has in store. That is my plan. For those that do not know me well enough, I will put this out there. 45 years old, Masters degree in Project Management, two Bachelors in Personnel Management and Leadership. I have worked in the Intelligence community since 1994 and I am currently teaching Intelligence to Army AIT soldiers. I have four kids 25,22,20 and 13, married 26 years and I have no reason to want or care for this game. I found it years ago while in Afghanistan supporting Special Forces and it got me away from the death and destruction. I feel attached to this server as I came over here with Joah at the launch of it. I only feel compelled to run for Bacara because there has not been a Bacara or active Keller since I came back. The state of 21st is something I care about regardless if I should. When I said I would only do the job till I find someone capable that is what I meant. I will train and mentor 21st entire battalion to be better players and people, of that I have no doubt. The how and why I am going to fix something is not something that needs or should be stated as it is not clear, but I have my suspicions.

Good stuff, enough to keep it going on both sides of the wall, the over amount of droids in tight places was interesting. I would like to see another level of story telling. I understand we had giant bananas that came on base, but the issues were not clear to the standard trooper. Overall 7/10

The way I assist with the battalion is for 21st and only 21st. It is not for others outside the battalion, extended LOAs, Legacy members who are not active or putting in the effort to the battalion to know about. "many members of the batt directly oppose it" I already stated and I will state again. "The requirement for Legacy could change or stay the same, again depending on the voting of the SO members. " You saw me do little for the jedi's. I literally went through Padawan to knight with all the recs required to get there with 3 or 4 more than needed, yet I did little for the Jedi, yeah ok! Yes... I got my discord tags because I knew I would be active in trooper once again, which of course would require me to be more active the 21st discord. Which is why it happened the day after I put in for Bacara.

I am done explaining what I am going to and not do in accordance to the 21st staff I have online and active. If you are not part of the 21st, your say has little sway if any over anything we decide as a Battalion. I am not a dictator nor am I making changes because I want them, changes will come about with direct expressed approval of the majority of SO,GM,KU. I am done with this back and forth thing. As far as tags, I already stated I got on day with with Oxen, made it known I was interested Jedi and played them up to the point of me deciding 21st needed me. The graphic shown is Discord for Oxen, not for my jedi return and activity since early August.

I thought this event showed some good elements. The time frame and duration was about right. MAUL was captured too easy without a real or clear reason for his presence. Overall 6/10

@Dennis and @TheGoodOatmeal Just so you both are tracking, I have been on the sever playing and very active on my 21st Jedi Persu ChiMar for the past nearly 2 months. I have stayed in contact from nearly the very first day with 21stNC. I got my KU MAJ tag back on day one, after going through CC training just to be sure I was up to speed with the basics on this server. I even went through some additional training to ensure I still had this servers basics and advanced training like EOD, ENG and medical. I am not some child or young adult who has no clue what is going on and clueless as to how to present ideas and options to fix something. I look forward to seeing where the leadership within 21st can take the battalion with some specific guidance and mentorship from me, as they will ultimately make the decisions that will move this battalion forward. If everyone has an opinion on how to run GM and how the old or legacy members are obsolete in their ability to be successful on this server in this days and age, why didn't ANYONE step up and apply for Bacara? Why did I have to watch GM without an active BCMD and KELLER for the entire time of nearly 2 months? I am done sitting on the sideline wondering and judging. I acted, even tho I was not interested when I came back to play.

@Slak To be clear, nothing right now is set in stone on how things are going to go. I have a vision and a plan ready to go, but it will be modified as needed. My biggest issue with SC is that there is no F4 jobs for SC, we have NC, GM, KU and SO. Leaving that title for Legacy members is a compromise that makes sense. The requirement for Legacy could change or stay the same, again depending on the voting of the SO members. Guidance is supposed to be from those within the unit NCOs and from the officer staff within the Unit. As for your favoritism in your eyes, I do not know why you think that. Besides you already -1 from a previous post .. fyi.. :)

Clarifications for those interested. @Chaseman @Slak SC is not going away, SO is not going away. Changes will occur as needed to fit the times. A glimpse of how I think it will work. A trooper will enter 21st as a NC, once trained with some qualifications (dictated by entire officer staff and agreed upon), they will be promoted to GM. They can now train for a specific job within GM, get qualifications and attempt for KU or SO. There will be no holds or stops of movement between all three (GM/SO/KU) as long as they have the qualifications and have approval of that branches commander. KU will be ran by Keller, GM will be ran by GM XO and SO will be ran by Blackout. SC will remain in place but it will probably only be for LEGACY members and those that acquire that level. Requirements for Legacy has not been nailed down but will be discussed between the various branches. Activity, as stated previously, I have been very active on my Jedi Persu ChiMar, if you don't think so, reach out to some that play Jedi and ask about that name. I am not stuck in 2018 and again I expect some growth and changes to myself as well as those that are within 21st. I was never more than Bacara, I never moved up to another Commander or higher level clone positions. I am not sure what you were saying about "become commander" ...

All interested, I understand that times has changed and the player base are different than before. I have and will continue to have an open dialect with members within 21st. We have and will continue to discuss issues and solutions that we as a battalion feel will work. I have no magic ball nor do I know the future. What I am good at is leading, mentoring and teaching others. How many battalions out there want to air out their dirty laundry and discuss things about people and positions outside to other battalions. It is not a good thing nor is it any business of others. The only ones that need to know how and what I am going to do about the changes are those within the Battalion and Senior Leadership. Should I expect to know what is happening in 501st and how they are going to fix their issues? I answered the questions (with modifications) to the questions on the form. I am not going to lay out the plan on fixing the issues, in which I am still working on learning the issues. I am still right now as I write this response having by discussions with 21st members and officers in hopes of moving 21st forward.

Johnson, Unless you are part of 21st, I will not be discussing dirty laundry. It is not for you or anyone else's ears on how I and the rest of the 21st (yes every member from Bacara to the PVT) is going to fix the issues. I have always been a person of open communications without reprisals, we will work together as a team, as a unit as a battalion and as brothers to fix our own, from our own, with our own.

Conrad and to all else with that question, Let me make this very clear. I did my time as Bacara and as Director and as a Trooper. I came back to enjoy the Jedi side. I have been playing on this server full time on my Jedi (Persu ChiMar). I joined 21st with my Jedi and made sure they knew I was NOT interested in coming back full time on my trooper. I have tried to be patient with the position of Bacara and watched as NOONE PUT IN FOR IT from any battalion. After many conversations with the leadership inside of the 21st, we decided it would be a help to put in for Bacara. I decided I would do so, with the intent of mentoring, training and coaching the leadership within the 21st and if possible after the 1st term, step down for a new qualified candidate that is ready to keep it moving. I would love nothing more than to return to my jedi and experience this side of Synergy, but to be honest with myself ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE.

Steam Name: Oxen RP Name: Oxen RP Rank: 21stKU AT MAJ or JEDI Persu ChiMar Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:18216564 Battalion or squad you are applying for: 21st BCMD Experience: Probably Too Much to be honest, but it is needed at this time: Previous Bacara, Keller, and executive officer of GM since server start of Synergy (modified: Since the start of the server till just over a two years ago, I was online running GM(21), as a trooper, executive officer, keller and finally bacara until I was deployed as a contractor. I worked through staff from new admin to Director additionally, holding down the position, keeping my activity high and all staff duties.) Why should you become a Battalion Commander?: Right now it is needed, and I am the only one online as much as I am to do the job. (Modified: I did not seek this position once again, but the need of 21st is greater than my personal roleplay of my Jedi. Once a Marine always a Marine) Do you understand the lore of your battalion or squad?: Yes Availability: PST: 6pm to Midnight Estimate of how long you've played on Synergy Role-play?: Since start of server, except deployments to Afghanistan. I am no longer deploying now. Do you have a microphone?: Yes Where do you want your battalion or squad to be at the end of your term?: I am only interested in running my trooper until one of my troops is ready to take the mantle of Bacara, as I have always done. I am going (modified: to ensure 21st, KU and SO are running as an overall team and individual leadership trees. That means Blackout will run SO as they see fit, Keller will run KU as they see fit and a 21st XO will run it as they see fit. The only one they answer too and gain guidance will be from Bacara. I am looking to ensure that 21st is running again with respectful leadership, mentors and roleplayers) Do you understand that if you go inactive that you will be removed from your position?: I expect it as it should be. Do you understand that your position has a three month term limit and you must reapply after three months to maintain your commander rank?: I understand and I expect to step down by the end of that time as long as there is one within 21st is ready to take the mantle. (Modified: The relationship of 21st throughout the server, qualified role-players, leaders and mentors will be developed and promoted within 21st. Serious roleplay will be a common endeavor and expected level of maturity presented in game at all times.)

RP Name: Oxen Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:18216564 VIP (Y/N): Y Age: 45 Timezone: PST What was your previous staff rank?: Director (worked from NA through HA) Are you currently staff on a different server?: No Why did you leave the staff team?: Deployment to Afghanistan Why do you want to rejoin the staff team? (3 sentence minimum): I consistently see no admin support late at night my time zones for support on trials dupes spawning. This alone is going to be a huge help on keeping my duties as a Jedi Sentinel Manager and possible Battalion Officer once again. How do you feel your previous time as a staff member went? (3 sentence minimum): Very good, no issues. but since it says 3 sentences minimum. I worked very hard at ensuring I was up to code with the server rules and how admin worked. I worked through the ranks with no penalties or bad feelings towards anyone. I will continue to use the power of Admin for official use only and only when needed or when I can not get the support from other staff members. Do you understand by re-applying to get your previous rank back that you will be tested on your knowledge of the server rules and practices?: Sure I would expect it.

Loved the multiple moving parts, the time frame of spawns was good, the built up of pressure and worry as the waves of CIS droids did the job. Spawning on top or near troopers is the only concern I had, besides some of the droids having some serious armor and hit points. 8/10

Great tempo, great use of massive droids in a variety and cloaked threat. Solid event in time spent... 7/10 Would have been higher if there were more of a plot/storyline that went before, during or after.

Loved the multi parts of the mission/event. Great job on the time spent, not too short or too long. Enough for all forces to enjoy it. 8/10

Liked the wide spread of systems and multiple types of threats. Good stuff for troopers and Jedi. 8/10.. Time on it was well spent, not drawn out or too short. Some additional role play maybe in some spots.

Loved the Idea, the event jobs like BOOM BOOM SCIENTIST was pretty good. Needs some work but overall pretty solid. 6/10 I am looking forward to the next one.