Music is king. I have a wide array of what moves me, personally. I also make fairly regular podcast-style mixes that I share here. These may or may not be of your preference but feel free to download from here. :)

If any tune that hits home with me today, it's this suite (sorry for the ad):

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Thanks for sharing!

Sorry to hear you're stepping down, Hal! You know, you could always come back to STO *hint hint* :P

Congrats to you, Elquin! I've noticed the hard work that you've put in via the forums. Well deserved, I say!

My best to Vanguard,

~Andrew :cheer:

Thanks for your service to the community, Halish, and a big congrats to you, Elquin on the promotion!

One of these days I'm going to make good on my promise to my GW2 friends and roll a toon there, and it's nice to know that I'll be greeted by familiar Stonewall faces!

Cheers!
Dave.

As someone who's fallen victim to RL pulling me away from gaming in general, I want to say thanks to you both.

To Elquin - I've been in game more recently and I've noticed the leadership role you've taken on. Thanks for keeping SWVG going and for all you're going to to do.

To Halish - Thanks for getting us through waves of beta tests, unannounced stress tests, launch day (woot), and all the months afterwards. Not only did you provide leadership with in-game events, you helped establish an environment for us to enjoy the game as ourselves, reminding us why SWVG exists and keeping true to the spirit of what Nic has created with the StoneWall family of guilds.

Town hats off to you both!

Christopher/Kerstov

Very cool :D

Congrats Elquin! :woohoo:

Even though I don't play GW2, I'd like to thank you for giving your time being a leader for the guild. *big hugs* Best of luck to you, Elquin, and the rest of Stonewall Vanguard ^^

Thank you Halish and Stonewall Vanguard for all of the dedication you've put into our community.

I believe we are part of one of the BEST communities in Tyria and it's only possible through the support of our strong and kind members. Halish put in a lot of work to build up our community and continues to do so. I hope that I can help him out as much as possible by taking on leadership of our guild.

I'm no good at these things so I'll keep it short, but I just want to let everyone know that I am here for you guys and will dedicate my time in GW2 to the community as much as possible. I have spent some time getting to know quite a few of our members through questing, missions, WvW, etc. and I want you all to know that I am here for you and wish to keep communication open. We have a strong core that has gone through struggles over time, but our core is growing and I see a bright future ahead of us. There are many events for us to look forward to and countless fun and laughs to be had. You guys are all very wonderful people and I'm happy to call you guys family.

Thank you Stonewall Vanguard for having me as your leader,

~Elquin

Don't know if you watch the Snake Pit, but a thread just started in the Fed 'Yards about using a HEC as a boomer. Consensus seems to be leaning that it's possible to do it a couple different ways, in both hybrid and pure methods, on escorts and sciences. If you can get a cruiser to tap dance...

Over the past several months my ability to lead Stonewall Vanguard has continued to fade. Mostly due to my flagging interest in Guild Wars 2 and also the hindrance of being on the wrong side of a large amount of H2O.

A couple of weeks ago I decided the only thing I could do, for the good of the guild, is to step down and thus I sent my resignation to our community leader, NicholasJohn, and after some discussions (and a couple of fist fights) he decided to accept my withdrawal and the issue turned to who would take over.

This was a much quicker and easier decision to make. Elquin, as the most active Commander, has been running the show for a while now and his dedication to the guild is showcased in his bi-weekly guild missions and continued desire to push Vanguard up to the next level and beyond. I’d like to formally announce his promotion to Leader of Stonewall Vanguard, thanking him for his service as a Commander, and wishing him the best of luck in the big chair.

As for myself, I’ll be dropping down to the Commander rank where I will continue to assist the guild in anyway I can and support Elquin in his new role. I have been very proud of what we've accomplished with Vanguard so far and I am humbled to have lead such an amazing group of individuals. I’d like to thank each and every one of you for your support given to me and my leadership team.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact myself or Elquin and we’ll see you in Tyria.

Thanks,

Halish Medi

I ejoyed the episodes, it had a good bunch of guest roles which was a plus. I'm not too sold on Clara yet, there is something with her that keeps me from liking her at the moment, it might change, but it might stick.

But the preview for next week look amazing, it seems really exciting and I can hardly wait for it. I love when it is really thrilling and a bit "scary".

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I loooooooved this one. Well, the alien face caresses were a bit weird. But other than that, loved it. Very nice thriller atmosphere.

Moffat tends to do his best work when the episode is a thriller, so it's not surprising this episode was stronger. And with that in mind, I can't wait for next week's episode, Hide. That seems RIGHT up Moffat's alley.

Come check out the fantastic screenshots of fellow fleet members participating in the PvE department Crystalline Catastrophe event runs!

I'm positive they are studying the explosives and how they were made. It's an effective way to narrow down the type of madman responsible.

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I liked this episode better than the last as well. Yeah, it was faster paced, but I actually enjoyed that. The pacing was more consistent in this episode and it kept the tension up.

I think this episode actually benefited from being a one-off with no obligation to tell more about the Doctor or Clara. It was just a good romp where Clara got exposed to the more dangerous side of traveling with the Doctor.

It blows me away though that the Doctor STILL hasn't put some kind of remote control on the TARDIS...

Ok I have to agree with you. :-P

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Overview

Welcome to the office of the Fleet's PvE Combat Operations Department! Here you'll be able to find information about the department and it's responsibilities within the fleet, as well as a calendar of scheduled events being hosted by the department. The department consists of one Admiral and three Fleet Captains, when fully staffed. Further information about the organizational structure of the department can be found in the welcome center portion of the website.

Roles and Responsibilities

The department's core responsibility, is organizing player versus environment (PvE) events within the fleet and providing tutorials for end-game missions, to those fleet members who are new to them. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Fleet Actions
• Reputation Missions
• Special Task Force Missions (STFs)

Additional, shared responsibilities include:

• Welcoming new members
• Assisting membership with general questions
• Inviting and processing new characters into the fleets
• Monitoring fleet areas for breaches of the Code of Conduct

Fleet members seeking assistance with PvE content are encouraged to reach out to any of the department staff:

• Traull (@Joogoo) - Department Chief
  
• Keston (@betazoidhalf) - Fleet Captain
  
• Colby Thompson (@Captain_Thompson) - Fleet Captain
  
• Mikial (@Dax_Aussie_Boy) - Fleet Captain
  
• War Games (@RainbowWarGames) - Fleet Captain
  

PvE Department Scheduled Event Calendar

The following calendar indicates large-scale, scheduled department hosted events. This calendar will be updated monthly or as needed throughout the month.

Please be aware that though the calendar represents officially scheduled events, the department staff continue to host unscheduled, daily PvE missions and tutorials.

*All times indicated are in Pacific time.

This is only a portion of what the department has planned for you all in the months to come! We're happy and proud to provide you with top-notch service, and look forward to seeing you all in-game.

Should you have any questions or concerns about the department or our performance, please don't hesitate to contact me through the website.


Admiral Traull (aka Julien)
Chief of PvE Combat Operations

Wow... thank god some didn't go off. Perhaps they can lift some information from the duds.

I loooooooved this one. Well, the alien face caresses were a bit weird. But other than that, loved it. Very nice thriller atmosphere.