I want to preface this with a big thank you - thank you to everyone for this fantastic community project that has taken off unexpectedly. We have no ambition to be official, we just want our members to play when they feel like they need an outlet from their stressful lives. We try to be active in terms of roleplay, projects, and missions and most of all empower our members to take the initiative, to see their ideas in action.

In terms of that, we have had an absolute record-breaking Quarter, where we have managed to become the second most active faction in Discovery Freelancer.
What pleases my heart is people taking the initiative in our special squadrons and roleplay goals, be it Bill absolutely smashing it in Vespucci in the remaining days of the Insurgency, James embracing the forum roleplay side of discovery while killing it in-game, VANGUARD dominating Discovery Freelancer's patrols with their Raptors, the many MANY ONI and other secret missions we have run and people embraced - we have restored Willard and it will have an in-game impact, even took some action to the Omicrons. Viper Squadron formation deserves a special mention, it's fantastic how fast it took off, working with factions like SEO, escorting civilians and doing missions is what this is all about.

Most of all, it has been incredibly fun. The flurry of ideas, development, and so many projects open while we all have a great relaxed time, created a place where we can forget about that annoying boss, and the stressful life situation and have great positive fun in our chats. That includes our DJ sessions and sometimes very edgy times in the chat (Hello Kudo ). Of course, with being this active there have been some challenges, but how we dealt with them makes me proud, and the constant stream of new exciting people infusing fresh blood into the First Armada has kept it exciting and optimistic no matter what we faced.

Going Forward
You have been all fantastic, this quarter will forever be imprinted into the very fabric of Discovery Freelancer, and it will be the one that won't be forgotten for a long time. We never know what will happen going forward, new patch, new game, factions rise and fall, and we will dive in with gusto and enjoy all the new stuff the team has spent their hard work working at. But we will never forget our record Q3 830 AS Quarter, and all the people who logged a ship with at least 30 minutes that took part in it, sorted by total log times:

• 1. Bill Curtis
  
  
• 2. Libby Harrison
  
  
• 3. Blake Wayne Van Leer
  
  
• 4. James Silverton
  
  
• 5. Luke Lukas
  
  
• 6. Johan Van Wyk/Kailu
  
• 7. Alex Connor
  
• 8. Natascha Kudo
  
• 9. Luke Cydaea
  
• 10. Robert Sanchez
  
• 11. Miguel Diaz
  
• 12. Knight Black
  
• 13. Jhon Anderson
  
• 14. Jens Busing
  
• 15. Sly Quin
  
• 16. Lewis Petrowski
  
• 17. Lockwood Holloway
  
• 18. Stanley Colt
  
• 19. Lucky Jackson
  
• 20. Jackson Valhir
  
• 21. Mahdi Bakeri
  
• 22. Nineth Legion
  
• 23. Billy Turner
  
• 24. Bryce Walker
  
• 25. Victor Calloitis
  
• 26. Alvin Reed
  
• 27. Lilith Cydeae
  
• 28. Arnold Takeshi
  
• 29. Julius Fox
  
• 30. Preston Cole
  
• 31. Dean Harrison
  
• 32. John Silva
  
• 33. Noel Tizona
  
• 34. Lewis Williams
  
• 35. Sam Meier
  
• 36. Nate Penguine
  
• 37. Jonathan Odgar
  
• 38. Dave Tourmaline
  
• 39. James Dan
  

You are all fantastic, thank you for the wonderful time, The first 5 will have a commemorative award and promotions will come shortly. This quarter made me proud to be part of the First Armada family! It's completely surreal to even fathom that in this quarter alone 39 members have logged at least 30 minutes on at least one ship.

- Van Leer