Interview: Commander of the Navy VA Jagged Fel

INTERVIEWER: LT Hazledine / Zerek Leader / ISD Nemesis / Imperial Navy

INTERVIEWED: VA Jagged Fel / SecGroup 2 SG-FO / ISD Nemesis / Imperial Navy

HOLONET REGISTRATIONS: <hazledine@empirereborn.net; jaggedfel621@gmail.com>

SUBMITTED ON: 2008.05.19

 

Hazledine: Which of the six Star Wars films is your favourite and why?

 

Jagged Fel: Empire Strikes Back, for what should be obvious reasons.

Height of the Empire, Hoth was a resounding success, and the Rebellion had been struck a significant blow

 

Hazledine: Could you give us a brief background of your GE career?

 

Jagged Fel: I started in the Legion, back before the Army was created, and am actually the only JK officer still active.  Rose through the ranks quickly, transitioned to Army, continued to rise to Brigade CO.  During that time I took over the IDMR, and made the logical crossover to the Navy as the Tactical Coordinator.  After some time there, I was appointed Navy DivComm to where I am today

 

Hazledine: What has appealed to you about the GE throughout your career?

 

Jagged Fel: The GE is a good size; not just a handful of kids running the clan-of-the-week, yet not a ton of people and clones for no apparent reason.  The core officers are also easy to get along with and there's always work for me to do.

 

Hazledine: What defines your leadership style?

 

Jagged Fel: I don't like to micromanage, with the right subordinates I can take a hands-off approach, occasionally guiding when they need assistance.

I will bring the hammer down if need be, but I prefer to let events play out.

 

Hazledine:   What avenues do you think the navy, and perhaps the GE in general, should pursue in the future?

 

Jagged Fel: I would love it if the Navy could steer back towards flight sims.  Most of the activity these days is on EaW, but that appears to be the trend amongst other groups as well, as the new generation comes into EaW and access to games such as XvT and XWA is harder to come by.

 

Hazledine: Is it true you are the youngest officer to reach High Command?

 

Jagged Fel: I can't speak of the old days before I joined, but in recent history yes, I might have been the youngest to get into High Command

 

Hazledine: Could you give eager young Officers any tips on how to get promoted?

 

Jagged Fel: Be as active as humanly possible.  IRC, the message boards, fly a lot and get a couple MoCs, participate in everything you can.  If you make yourself visible (and not in a bad way) then you're already off to a good start

 

Hazledine: What do you do as the Imperial Department of Military Researches leader mainly?

 

Jagged Fel: Most of time is spent creating programs either to help officers modify or edit the games (be it a mission editor, sound extractor, etc), or studying the games themselves to discover how they work so that knowledge can be used to better the programs I work on.

 

Hazledine: Do you have any other comments for NL readers?

 

Jagged Fel: Keep fighting in OuterSectors!