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== Graduation Requirements ==
 
== Graduation Requirements ==
  
Graduating is easy; just complete the following requirements and you're on your way to play EaW with fellow RS members.
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Graduating is easy; just complete the following requirements and you're on your way to play EaW with fellow RS members. A student '''must''' have obtained the rank of '''LJG Rank''' through the [http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/path/ Beginner's Path], or higher, in order to graduate.<br/>
  
1) '''LJG Rank''' - In order to be able to graduate a student needs to have obtained the rank of a LJG through the [http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/path/ Beginner's Path].<br>
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'''Cadet''' - Award: Ribbon.
  
2) '''ITOD Mission''' - Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the results screen to the EaW UG Instructor. The RID ITOD 101 mission can be downloaded [http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/roster/itoddb/files/RID101.zip here] .<br/>
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- Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the results screen to the EaW UG Instructor. The RID ITOD 101 mission can be downloaded [http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/roster/itoddb/files/RID101.zip here] .<br/>
 
Please look below for instructions and help on installation.<br>
 
Please look below for instructions and help on installation.<br>
  
3a) '''Narrative''' - Write a mission [http://vsg.rebelsquadrons.org/academy/narrative.php narrative] for the RID ITOD 101 mission you played. The narrative should have at least 2 paragraphs describing what happened in your mission run.<br>
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'''OR'''<br>
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'''Senior Cadet''' - Award: Medal.
3b) '''MP match with RID member''' - Play at least one multiplayer match with another RID member. To arrange a match use Xfire or go to the IRC channel #RID. Take a screenshot during that match and send the EaW UG Instructor that screenshot. <br>
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- Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the results screen to the EaW Instructor.
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- For the second part of this, you have a choice.  You may chose to:
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a) Write a '''Personal Narrative''', [http://vsg.rebelsquadrons.org/academy/narrative.php narrative], which should have at least 2 paragraphs describing what happened in your mission run (500 words or more).
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b) Play at least one '''MultiPlayer match with another RID member''. To arrange a match use Xfire or go to the IRC channel #RID. Take a screenshot during that match and send the EaW UG Instructor that screenshot. <br>
 
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'''Master Cadet with Honors''' - Award: Medal.
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- Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the restults screen to the EaW Instructor.
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- Write a Personal Narrative (500 word MINIMUM)
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- Play a MultiPlayer match with another RID member and send in the screenshot of the results page.
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Please email all reports and narratives to your instructor for confirmation.<br>
 
Please email all reports and narratives to your instructor for confirmation.<br>
 
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Revision as of 06:36, 12 April 2011

About

The Empire at War Under-graduate Course (short EaW UG Course) is here to make sure that new members have the necessary skills to be able to participate in the Rebel Squadrons' Empire at War unit, the Righteous Indignation Division (short RID).

EaW UnderGrad Course Instructor: LCL Teu Veld

Graduation Requirements

Graduating is easy; just complete the following requirements and you're on your way to play EaW with fellow RS members. A student must have obtained the rank of LJG Rank through the Beginner's Path, or higher, in order to graduate.

Cadet - Award: Ribbon.

- Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the results screen to the EaW UG Instructor. The RID ITOD 101 mission can be downloaded here .
Please look below for instructions and help on installation.


Senior Cadet - Award: Medal.

- Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the results screen to the EaW Instructor.

- For the second part of this, you have a choice. You may chose to: a) Write a Personal Narrative, narrative, which should have at least 2 paragraphs describing what happened in your mission run (500 words or more). OR b) Play at least one 'MultiPlayer match with another RID member. To arrange a match use Xfire or go to the IRC channel #RID. Take a screenshot during that match and send the EaW UG Instructor that screenshot.


Master Cadet with Honors - Award: Medal.

- Play the RID ITOD 101 mission and send a screenshot of the restults screen to the EaW Instructor. - Write a Personal Narrative (500 word MINIMUM) - Play a MultiPlayer match with another RID member and send in the screenshot of the results page.

Please email all reports and narratives to your instructor for confirmation.

After a student's graduation, the RID CO will be informed about the student's graduation. The RID CO will then assign the graduated student to a position in the RID. This may take a few days.
If the student should be interested in joining a certain RID Task Force, s/he should let the EaW UG Instructor know before gradaution.

NOTE: All students who sign up for the Academy are to remain active during their time served. All students who do not report in, in any way, shape, or form, may be placed on an Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) list. The Command Staff reserves the right to remove students at any time for inactivity or misbehavior in the Academy.

Help: RID ITOD 101 Installation and Instructions

To get into action you have to unzip the mission file and save it to your EaW/GameData/Data/CustomMaps folder. (If you have saved the game into its default directory, you should find the EaW directory in the C:/Program Files/Lucasarts directory)

Note: You may have to create a folder in the directory named “CustomMaps” to put the mission file in.

Remember to have the current patch installed which can be found Here
In game choose single player - skirmish - space - custom maps , pick the RID 101 mission and you are ready to go.

Play as Rebels, and put one AI as Empire.

Settings:
- Set the AI difficulty to easy.
- Heroes, starting units and superweapons are all OFF.
- Victory Conditions: Destroy enemy
- Mission to be played on medium game speed. (if you haven't changed it, it should be on medium by default). Forwarding the speed in game is not allowed.

Reporting:
- Take a screenshot of the screen that appears after the battle ends - the screen where you can see your losses and kills. Report your first run!

(A great screen capture utility is Fraps. Screenshots will be taken by fraps into a directory you define. You can get Fraps at this site: http://www.fraps.com/ It is highly recommended.
You can also use the 'print screen' button on your keyboard, and Ctrl+v it into the Win painting programe. )

Fictional background of the RID 101 mission

The RID ITOD 101 mission reflects the "Battle of Blerthmore" in which Imperial remnant forces attacked the homeworld of the Rebel Squadrons. RS Academy students get to replay this mission in a simulator to understand what started the current combat operations the student is going to join after graduation.

The RS-wide ITOD 101 mission narrative can be found here: http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/news/read?id=861

Once you have played the RID ITOD 101 mission, you might want to have a look on the following two narratives: