Session Start: Sun Jul 02 18:25:16 2000
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<Werdna_LB> hello
<CPT_Vexie> here i am
<Werdna_LB> thanks
<Werdna_LB> I hope this isn't too early in the morning for you
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<CPT_Vexie> no it is 11:30 am here
<Werdna_LB> good, I'm terrible with world times and I wanted to make sure
<CPT_Vexie> oh OK
<Werdna_LB> I'm sorry to hear about your sister, btw
<CPT_Vexie> it was terrible, she is OK
<Werdna_LB> well, I hope she gets well soon
<Werdna_LB> anyway, on with talking all about you...
<CPT_Vexie> she is still in the hospital right now
<CPT_Vexie> OK
<Werdna_LB> forgive me if my typing may be slow
<Werdna_LB> I know that you have been in the TC for just less than five years, but you were in other groups before that...
<Werdna_LB> ...how long all together have you been in the EH?
<CPT_Vexie> No only the IW and EH
<CPT_Vexie> I joined in Sept 1995
<Werdna_LB> so, if your 14 now, plus my bad math skills, how old were you when you joined?
<CPT_Vexie> I was 9
<CPT_Vexie> my dad taught me to fly X-wing then so I joined the IW
<Werdna_LB> cool, it's no wonder you so good a pilot now
<Werdna_LB> sorry - "you're"
<CPT_Vexie> I am not real good just consistent
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<Werdna_LB> you've been in quite a few groups, such as the IW, Tau, Typhoon to name a few, but which did you enjoy the most?
<CPT_Vexie> there are lots better pilots than me
<CPT_Vexie> I love typhoon the best because of Calli, and COL Domi, they are like my brothers and sister in typhoon
<CPT_Vexie> plus the other pilots in Typhoon are really nice to me
<Werdna_LB> you're not just in Typhoon though, what other groups are you in right now, and do they come anywhere near as good as Typhoon?
<CPT_Vexie> I am only in the DB right now plus Typhoon. I belong to House Tridens or Tarentum\DB-it is not as active as Typhoon
<Werdna_LB> on to something completely different, you were mentioning before that quite a few free missions are not very realistic? have you made, or have considering makeing your own missions?
<CPT_Vexie> No, I am learning the IWATS mission building course. I can use TMB for mission making but I haven't learned how to make battle1.lfd's yet. I need to learn that
<Werdna_LB> the XWA platform is begging to have some missions made for it, have you considered doing missions for that instead?
<CPT_Vexie> I have trouble playing XWA, it seems like it is different than Tie fighter
<CPT_Vexie> I have played some XWA missions though
<Werdna_LB> in what way is it different?
<CPT_Vexie> it runs slower on my computer than TF and is kind of jerky even if I turn the graphics and stuff down
<Werdna_LB> so it's not the game itself, just it's requirement for a monster of a machine?
<CPT_Vexie> I guess so. I have to use level 1 for the graphics and turn off the music and high details and then it runs OK
<CPT_Vexie> I like the eye candy of the higher graphics--I love to see stuff blow up--hehee
<Werdna_LB> have you not begged for a better computer to see these explosions in all their glory?
<Werdna_LB> god knows I did
<CPT_Vexie> hehee, i do have a Pentium 3 450 My dad bought it just 6 months ago for me so i could have a better comp just so I could do EH stuff and flying
<CPT_Vexie> it is better than my pentium-150 I had
<CPT_Vexie> he is always buying Star Wars stuff for me
<Werdna_LB> that's not fair, my dad tells me to get all my SW stuff myself :(
<CPT_Vexie> guess my dad loves me--hehee
<Werdna_LB> ...and mine doesn't
<CPT_Vexie> no I didn't mean that--:)
<Werdna_LB> I know, but i mean it :o)
<Werdna_LB> anyway...
<CPT_Vexie> he just knows that eh stuff means a lot to me
<Werdna_LB> I have a little sister who is just a bit younger than you, but no matter what I try I can't convert her to the dark side and play games like XWA and JK...
<Werdna_LB> ...what makes you better than her?...
<Werdna_LB> ...and do you have any tips to convert her?
<CPT_Vexie> my sisters encourage me to do good no matter what I do
<CPT_Vexie> i have 4 older sisters. I am the baby
<CPT_Vexie> I am better because I play more
<Werdna_LB> so your saying I should just give up and let her just do her boring stuff
<CPT_Vexie> i have a sister in Beta squadron and she is real good but doesn't play as much as I do. She won lots of competitions in Tau
<CPT_Vexie> No, encourage her to
<Werdna_LB> encourage her to do her stuff, or good EH stuff?
<CPT_Vexie> or help her in what she is interested in
<Werdna_LB> hmm...she likes learning about boy bands, so that may be some trouble
<CPT_Vexie> 3 of my sisters don't care about Star Wars at all. they do their own things
<Werdna_LB> so why is Star Wars your thing?
<CPT_Vexie> I like boy bands to
<Werdna_LB> I wouldn't mind boy bands, but once I had to get her an N-Sync album and the attendant gave me a funny look
<CPT_Vexie> Star Wars is just something I liked when I played my first games, I got x-wing and then tie fighter and I like d flying so it was fun to play them and then be in a club of starwars fans like me
<Werdna_LB> so did you enjoy the games before the films?
<CPT_Vexie> no I saw the films first and it was fun
<Werdna_LB> do you collect the books, comics and all that stuff too?
<CPT_Vexie> I am from George Lucas hometown of Modesto California and my dad knows the Lucas family
<Werdna_LB> WOW!!!
<CPT_Vexie> He was born and raised there and went to the same high school as Lucas
<Werdna_LB> cool
<CPT_Vexie> my dad was 7 years behind him
<Werdna_LB> so how does he know the family?
<CPT_Vexie> he knows some of them from when he went to school with some of the Lucas's
<Werdna_LB> ah, right
<CPT_Vexie> cousins and stuff
<Werdna_LB> what was I asking before, oh yes, do you collect the other SW things too like books, and comics?
<CPT_Vexie> I get all of the books but not so many comics, I have all of the games
<Werdna_LB> even Pit Droids?
<CPT_Vexie> I don't have that one yet but I have the rest. Rogue squadron 3d is the last one I got
<Werdna_LB> I wanted that, but the demo didn't like my computer, is it any good?
<CPT_Vexie> Tie fighter is my very favorite though
<CPT_Vexie> yeah but you have to complete each level before you can go on. It has lots of ground attacking in it and blowing up AT-At's
<Werdna_LB> there's another game you reminded me of, what did you think of the terrible Fo:Co?
<Werdna_LB> stuff it - "force commander", I can never remember the proper shorting of it
<CPT_Vexie> never played it yet, but Rebellion sucks
<CPT_Vexie> Wing commander rocks
<Werdna_LB> is it as good as the X-Wing series though?
<CPT_Vexie> I think so
<Werdna_LB> would you just buy a game because it was SW even though you knew it was rubbish?
<Werdna_LB> ...like Force Commander
<CPT_Vexie> no, I check the reviews first. I don't want to play it if it sucks--hehee
<Werdna_LB> I've completely strayed from my notes now :o)
<CPT_Vexie> hehee
<Werdna_LB> where I am up too?
<Werdna_LB> ah, here is a good one...
<Werdna_LB> what would it take for you to ever leave Typhoon?
<Werdna_LB> such as a particular promotions and such
<CPT_Vexie> I don't think I want to leave Typhoon, I am having to much fun there but maybe some day I will consider being a CMDR but not now
<CPT_Vexie> i feel to loyal to Typhoon right now
<Werdna_LB> if your CMDR ever left (unlikely as it is), how many nanoseconds would it take for you to ask for the job?
<CPT_Vexie> hehee about .00003 nanoseconds
<Werdna_LB> that slow!!!
<CPT_Vexie> hehee, there are better qualified pilots but I would ask for the CMDR spot
<CPT_Vexie> I could never replace Callista though
<Werdna_LB> it's similar with me and my squadron...only the bit about there being better qualified pilots out there though
<Werdna_LB> the rest has nothing to do with my situation
<CPT_Vexie> I just completed the squadron CMDR IWATS course, I have had other WC's try to get me to transfer as a CMDR to their ship but I turn them down
<Werdna_LB> i saw, you got a better score than me I think
<CPT_Vexie> I studies real hard for it
<Werdna_LB> actually as I was looking through your rosters, I noticed that you don't have renegade at the end of your name like your sister does...
<Werdna_LB> ...did you do that on purpose, or did you just not realise?
<CPT_Vexie> I still go by Renegade, I just don't use my ID line as much as she does. I just sign everything Vexie cause everybody knows me. I do use Renegade on my official ID
<CPT_Vexie> My sister does it so everybody knows she is pappy's daughter. I don't try to live on my dad's name
<Werdna_LB> yeah, that's what I meant when I asked the question
<CPT_Vexie> I try to make it on my own. People are always trying to give me stuff because of my dad. i want to work for it on my own cause I get better satisfaction by doing it myself
<Werdna_LB> I honestly think that everyone knows that now though
<Werdna_LB> I've been asking people about you, and that's what usually comes up
<CPT_Vexie> My dad did his own thing in the EH and I want to be know as doing my own thing. I am glad people think my dad is a legend. I have always know that but I am me and want to be know for me.
<Werdna_LB> once this interview is published, hopefully you will be your own legend :o)
<Werdna_LB> actually, after the first interview, I really do respect you a hell of a lot, and that's no sucking up
<CPT_Vexie> I don't want to be a legend, I am just a pilot who loves to fly and that is why I do so many missions all the time. And I do want to prove to myself that I can be #1 one the FCHG list more than I want to prove it to the EH
<CPT_Vexie> thank you for the kind words
<Werdna_LB> actually, to show how much I listened I asked for a demotion from my FL position too!!!
<CPT_Vexie> it is MY goal I set, not because I want medals and stuff. I feel embarrassed that I have 6 bronze stars now
<Werdna_LB> that was a good idea and I wish I had thought of it sooner myself
<Werdna_LB> oh, that must be terrible for you !!!!!!
<Werdna_LB> tell ya what, I'll swap you them for my one PC and handful of ISMs :o)
<CPT_Vexie> No it is just that my uniform is getting to heavy to wear with all the medals I have been getting--hehee
<Werdna_LB> I thought you Wing Xers just wore your flight suits without medals?
<CPT_Vexie> I think that if a pilot gets way to many medals of the same kind then it cheapens the value of the medal
<CPT_Vexie> no we still display them
<Werdna_LB> what about your GoE though?
<Werdna_LB> are you not proud about that medal?
<CPT_Vexie> our wing-X WC gives medals for the amount of missions we fly in a week. I usually do over the amount to get a BS and this makes it seem like they just get handed out willy-nilly
<CPT_Vexie> some pilots however struggle to get just an ISM or PC
<Werdna_LB> like me
<Werdna_LB> stuff this, I'm off to wing X
<CPT_Vexie> It doesn't come easy for me, but I have an advantage in that I have the time to spend on flying. Some don't. I am only 14 and out of school for summer vacation and I get bored so I fly.
<CPT_Vexie> some pilots have jobs and still have school and stuff to do and don't get to fly as much
<Werdna_LB> and here I am failing exams for the EH
<Werdna_LB> yeah, I know what you mean, I had to retire from my job as TET in a DB house today
<Werdna_LB> I don't have much time left actually, coz I have to tell my group that I'm leaving them in 10 mins
<Werdna_LB> so, what do you disagree about the rank structure and how would you change it?
<CPT_Vexie> I do real well on exams. I always have. I do have an above average IQ but I don't flaunt it.
<Werdna_LB> ...just in interviews to the whole of the TC
<CPT_Vexie> Well, I can only reach a certain rank because i am only a FM, if I was a FL then I could be promoted to a certain rank but cannot get promoted higher because I am at a certain position. Make CMDR then you can get promoted again but not any higher because you are frozen at the rank until your position becomes higher.
<CPT_Vexie> I know a pilot cannot be a RA and still command a squadron but, in certain cases if a pilot deserves an award then he should be promoted no matter what position he is in.
<Werdna_LB> I think I understand
<Werdna_LB> basically, just don't allow pilots to get frozen into position
<Werdna_LB> sorry - rank
<CPT_Vexie> say for example a LT does a really good job on a web page or scores really good in a comp then he should be able to be promoted to LCM no matter if he is just a FM instead of haven't to be promoted to a FL position before he can get his LCM
<Werdna_LB> i think they can be promoted to LCM, but no higher
<CPT_Vexie> for sure. Promotions can be a better reward than medals--sometimes
<Werdna_LB> as straight away people recognise you as a good, veteran pilot
<CPT_Vexie> That is what I mean--they can only get promoted to a certain rank, but what if the pilot was good enough to be promoted to CM even if he is only a FM
<CPT_Vexie> he might want to promo more than a medal
<Werdna_LB> so do you suggest that for now, FLs who are CPTs should stand down to allow another member become a CPT?
<CPT_Vexie> No, I think the policy should be changed so officers don't have to stand down to allow another to be promoted. Promo the pilot who needs it even if he is only a FM. I did do that myself to help another pilot get promoted in Typhoon. But I did not mind doing it.
<CPT_Vexie> But the other pilot should have been promoted if he deserved it without me stepping down or any other pilot
<Werdna_LB> well, I just done the same thing yesterday after reading what you said. am I stupid or not?
<CPT_Vexie> You have to think about why did you do it. I did it to help out my shipmate so he could get a promo. Some pilots do want to give up there position a FL if they worked hard to get it.
<CPT_Vexie> ..don't want to give up..
<Werdna_LB> well, I done it because I was already pretty respected in my squadron without the position, so I thought I would let some one else have a chance
<CPT_Vexie> That is why I did it...but some do not want to give up their higher position, so change the rules so the FM can get CPT or LCM etc.
<Werdna_LB> have you ever tried to get that rule changed?
<CPT_Vexie> No, but I do let it be known when I talk to people in the club
<Werdna_LB> why not, the change maybe allowed?
<CPT_Vexie> I never really thought about it until you asked my opinion
<CPT_Vexie> opinion..
<Werdna_LB> so do you consider asking for a change now?
<CPT_Vexie> Maybe someone will read this interview and think about it. I know I told my WC and CMDR
<Werdna_LB> so in another 5 years time, where do you think you will be in the EH, and how will things have changed?
<CPT_Vexie> my modem and server is always on--I got a cable modem. it never goes off
<Werdna_LB> another gift from daddy for your EH stuff?
<CPT_Vexie> I can't say where I will be in 5 years. hopefully in college, but if I am still around I may still be in the EH. maybe as a Command officer in 5 years
<CPT_Vexie> I still have 4 years of high school to do
<Werdna_LB> the last couple of years are hard, but you should be happy for a couple of years
<CPT_Vexie> my freshman year will be the hardest I think
<CPT_Vexie> this coming year is my freshman year
<Werdna_LB> I'm British so I don't know what the hell you mean
<Werdna_LB> we just have year 1, year 2, year 3...
<CPT_Vexie> in US high schools your first year is the freshman year, then the 2nd year is your sophomore year then the junior year then the last year is your senior year
<Werdna_LB> I'll have to make a note of that for when other yankies talk school gibberish to me
<CPT_Vexie> hehee
<CPT_Vexie> 9th grade is the first year in high school here
<Werdna_LB> you would think that watching Saved by the Bell would have taught me this
<CPT_Vexie> but some schools only have grades 7 and 8 in middle school and some have 7, 8 and 9 in middle school. depends on where you live
<CPT_Vexie> I never watched Saved by the Bell-sorry
<Werdna_LB> neither did I really :o)
<Werdna_LB> it just remember it being about an American school
<Werdna_LB> do you think the EH will change much over he next 5 years, and do you think it will be for better or worse?
<CPT_Vexie> I think it is getting better. There is new stuff all the time like the new database in the TC that Admiral Kowalski did for example
<Werdna_LB> but with the new E1 games, the way the internet is changing, will it be as fun as it is now?
<CPT_Vexie> I think it will be even more fun. When I joined the EH it was only on AOL and you couldn't be a member unless you were on AOL. now we got people from all over the world which is kewl
<Werdna_LB> what has remained the same in the EH after all of these changes?
<CPT_Vexie> I don't think anything has really remained the same but has moved on, some maybe for the worse but most for the better. Maybe the turnover of people. I have seen hundreds come and go in 5 years
<Werdna_LB> I've been asking you questions for hours now, are you tired yet?
<CPT_Vexie> I never get tired. My mom says I have the strength of Hercules-hehee
<CPT_Vexie> I am kind of hyper-active
<CPT_Vexie> are you tired?
<Werdna_LB> no, but I am running out of questions :o)
<CPT_Vexie> I hope I gave you a good interview. I work on my school newspaper
<Werdna_LB> oh I used to do do that, I was the tea boy
<CPT_Vexie> hehee-I like tea
<CPT_Vexie> rootbeer is my favorite though.
<Werdna_LB> yeah, Brandon mentioned that in his mail
<Werdna_LB> told you to go easy on it
<CPT_Vexie> he hee, they are always buying my rootbeer in the Challenge cantina
<Werdna_LB> that reminds me...
<Werdna_LB> what fiction have you done?
<Werdna_LB> and can I report any of it in Battlecry?
<CPT_Vexie> I wrote a few passages in our squadron run-ons
<CPT_Vexie> you can use it, I don't mind. CMDR Calli has it
<Werdna_LB> great, your article is turning out to be larger than the whole of the last issue put together
<Werdna_LB> I have to go now, sorry...
<Werdna_LB> ...as your day starts, my day ends :(
<CPT_Vexie> I have to go pretty soon, we are going to go by fireworks. Our Independence day is on Tuesday. Maybe i should not bring it up. it is when we kicked England out of the US--:)
<Werdna_LB> we weren't too bothered about losing that war
<Werdna_LB> that's why we wore bright red uniforms and sang loudly
<Werdna_LB> easy targets for you lot
<Werdna_LB> :o)
<CPT_Vexie> England shouldn't have taxes on tea
<CPT_Vexie> hehee--red uniforms were kind of dumb
<Werdna_LB> school papers shouldn't make me a tea boy, but I didn't start a war
<Werdna_LB> sorry, but I really have to go...I'll cya around :o)
<CPT_Vexie> hehee, I never started a war either but my sister started a real war with the rebel squadron against the EH. it was real
<Werdna_LB> thanks for the interview by the way, cya
<CPT_Vexie> she also caused the laserless scoring but I just accept thing as they are
<CPT_Vexie> by by
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