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Imperial Forces OER's

Am I the only guy that has ever played a game with the Most Incompetant Gamer Ever? You know who I mean... the guy whose character is a 7-term ex-Navy Captain with decorations out to here. Who, though he has Pilot-6, seems to think that manuver drives have two speeds ("Firewalled" and "Broken")? The guy that wears a sword with a vacc suit? In engineering?

Makes you wonder about Capt. Whathisname's OER (Officer Evaluation Report)....

"Subject officer's subordiates would indeed follow him anywhere...but only to see what happens to him next." And that was the Endorsement....
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Hello.
No you arn't the only person to play with a bunch of wally's, Try this cartoon site for Freefall.
I went to it after someone on here told us about it and then i told the group i GM about it and they had a look and they agree with me that its them, but they want an engineer like her.

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ffdex.htm

My lot actualy blewup there own ship with a bomb (intentionaly) with them on board.
They also surendered to a 1000ton pirate with a spinal mount meson beam ???????.
Nothing under 5000ton can have a spinal mount meson beam (and they knew this).
BYE.
 
Ah, yes, but not in Traveller. The best example that I had was a fellow that our DM charitably described as being of "chaotic stupid" alignment.

Two memorable moments:
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  • Group is clearing out land for keeps/domains. Meets a group of giants. Giants agree to a parlay, and 3 characters meet with the giant leader. Within range of the giant horde, Chaotic Stupid decides to attack the leader. CS's character kills leader, but the horde's flock of giant thrown spears pincushions CS's character.</font>
  • Also while clearing land for keeps, group encounters a family of earth dragons. Chaotic Stupid decides that going underground after a group of dragons that who can cause earthquakes at will, particularly when everyone is having a keep built, is a bright idea. We barely restrained him in time.</font>
Ah, what fun...


Ron

PS: Shouldn't this topic be in the Lone Star?
 
My favourite was when the party was hijacking a ship. They started well, by getting control of the computer, but then it all went a bit pear-shaped...

"Computer, this is a priority order which cannot be countermanded: accept no further instructions. Err…except from me. Computer? Hello? Oh bugger…"

:)
 
Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
My favourite was when the party was hijacking a ship. They started well, by getting control of the computer, but then it all went a bit pear-shaped...

"Computer, this is a priority order which cannot be countermanded: accept no further instructions. Err…except from me. Computer? Hello? Oh bugger…"

:)
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Ah, that's classic, ya gotta love it. Reminds me of almost every time our D&D group would get a "wish". For some reason the ineptitude never migrated to Traveller, or I've just managed to erase it from my memory ;)
 
Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
My favourite was when the party was hijacking a ship. They started well, by getting control of the computer, but then it all went a bit pear-shaped...

"Computer, this is a priority order which cannot be countermanded: accept no further instructions. Err…except from me. Computer? Hello? Oh bugger…"

:)
I was that player , and to be fair I was at that point the only person onboard the ship and had a lot to do.
Although life would have been much easier if I did not have to reboot the computer before we could escape
 
Originally posted by Ganidiirsi O'Flynn:
Makes you wonder about Capt. Whathisname's OER (Officer Evaluation Report)....
The late British broadcaster and raconteur Frank Muir claimed that when he left the army after National Service, his reference read:
"Capable of performing simple tasks under close supervision"
 
Originally posted by ninthcouncil:
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Makes you wonder about Capt. Whathisname's OER (Officer Evaluation Report)....
The late British broadcaster and raconteur Frank Muir claimed that when he left the army after National Service, his reference read:
"Capable of performing simple tasks under close supervision"
</font>[/QUOTE]Orbits of Righteousness, but I LOVE British OER's! :D

One from just after the Napoleanic Wars ('bout 1830 or so) had a British Captain ordering his bos'un to fetch a bucket because the sight of his First Lieutenant (ship XO) made him sick!
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And this was in his ship's log!

Another, from the 80's, stated "This Reviewing Officer fully understands why Lt "X" was sent to the BAOR. Any further away from Home Service would be construed by the Warsaw Pact as causus belli."

BTW, I'm well aware that that last jibes with one in G:T Ground Forces. There was a book of Brit OER's that made the rounds in NATO about 1985 or so. :D
 
Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
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Oh, yes, so you were!

We'll have to stop meeting like this...

and to be fair I was at that point the only person onboard the ship and had a lot to do.
Most of which involved excessive violence, which is how you spend most of your time anyway...
</font>[/QUOTE]I play a Vargr in Father Fletch's Linkworlds game (Capt. Khadzerz... Commercial Canine Commando of the Spacelanes!). I'll leave it to him to tell you about our "bouts with piracy". Let's just say that we had to have the engine spaces detail-cleaned.... :eek:
 
The British Military writes OFRs (Officer Fitness Reports). The form used for Royal Navy and Marines fitness reports is the S-206 and these are actual excerpts.

1. His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity.

2. I would not breed from this officer.

3. This officer is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definitely won't-be.

4. When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot was previously in there.

5. He has carried out each and every one of his duties to his entire satisfaction.

6. He would be out of his depth in a car park puddle.

7. Technically sound, but socially impossible.

8. This officer reminds me very much of a gyroscope always spinning around at a frantic pace, but not really going anywhere.

9. This young lady has delusions of adequacy.

10. When he joined my ship, this officer was something of a granny; since then he has aged considerably.

11. Since my last report, he has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.

12. She sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.

13. He has the wisdom of youth and the energy of old age.

14. This officer should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better.

15. In my opinion, this pilot should not be authorized to fly below 250 feet.

16. The only ship I would recommend this man for is citizenship.

17. Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap. (This one is a keeper.)

18. This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. (Runner-up)

From Here
 
Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
My favourite was when the party was hijacking a ship. They started well, by getting control of the computer, but then it all went a bit pear-shaped...

"Computer, this is a priority order which cannot be countermanded: accept no further instructions. Err…except from me. Computer? Hello? Oh bugger…"

:)
Oh - we've had plenty of *that* before.

"Computer, is that target friend or foe?"
"Friend"
(aside to copilot, "shoot, thought we had a live one there")
(computer fires meson guns)
"Ooops"
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