Interview: Commander of the Navy VA Jagged Fel
INTERVIEWER:
LT Hazledine / Zerek Leader / ISD Nemesis / Imperial Navy
INTERVIEWED:
VA Jagged Fel / SecGroup 2 SG-
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
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!