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NEW

In Memoriam

Detachment Leader

Deployment Office

Merchandise

FISD 15th Anniversary Coin Design Contest

Hall of Fame

Just For Laughs

In the Media

Member Support

Forum Cleanup

 

INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS

Common FISD Acronyms and TK Glossary

Pre Approval Forum

3D Section

Field Exercise Award

Imperial Attaché Program

Fire Teams

EIB & Centurion: What do these terms mean?

Advanced Tactics Awards

Public Relations

Staff List 2020
Follow FISD

 

 

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In May of 2021 we learned of the passing of Stavros Bartzilas (ID-27850.) Stavros took pride as an Imperial Security Bureau officer with the Hellenic Outpost. Stavros was one of the Outpost's most active members and could always be counted on to bring a smile to events. Along with representing the 501st Legion at conventions, Stavros supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation in costume.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

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We have plenty going on in the background presently, that is keeping your staff busy preparing for a huge July.

As you may or may not be aware, July 6th 2021 marks our 15th Anniversary as a detachment so lots of forward planning is in play, so expect plenty of hype when that kicks off.

 

Presently we have the C500 pin run to close out once those are received by Justin. He will start shipping them out to as quickly as possible, so keep an eye out on the sales threads for his updates.

 

Anniversary coin run. Still in the interest phase of proceedings, but we have had a huge response so far. I believe the total interest is around the 700 piece mark already and no doubt that has been spurred on by the fact Celebration looks to be going ahead next year.

 

Make sure you post your interest in the thread before it closes off HERE

 

I can confirm one of our Attache's has stepped up to the call of duty and will be helming the run when it becomes official.

Please join me in thanking TK12953 jsilvius (James) for taking on the challenge of helping his fellow brothers and sisters, we are one step closer to making this all happen.

 

Currently we have had the designs checked with a few manufacturers and with minimal adjustment, these coins can become a reality.  They still require Legion and , Disney LFL approval as any merch item quantity over 250 requires the House of mouse to say yes. We don't foresee any issue here unless we get restricted on quantity, but James and I will keep you up to date once we have final approval and launch the sales thread in the near future. We will get you pricing as soon as possible and will update the interest thread with that.

 

Next it's time to hand out a well earned piece of recognition and an award.

It brings the staff great pleasure to announce this members second 3D contributors award for his continued work and update on E-11 3d files, upgrade kits for the Rogue One variant and an outstanding and most professional set of instructions for his model. All this and it is free for members to download and build for personal use.

Congratulations to TK14082 Bryon trooper96

 

Keep up the fantastic work and thank you so very much for supporting the TK community.

 

Get ready for July folks as things will be happening around the detachment. You don't get to celebrate 15 years of unquestioned loyalty and Troopers helping Troopers every year, but we will have the next 12 months to make a lot of noise. I hope you are as excited as your command team are.

 

Until next month, I look forward to seeing around the forums.

 

Sly11

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Andrew Franke

TK11469 "Sly11"

Detachment Leader

 

 

 

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Hello, Troopers!

On behalf of the Command staff I am proud to announce that we have a new member of the team! 

 

Jose "Chemi" (TK 30173) from the Spanish Garrison will be moving from his position of Imperial Attache to Deputy Deployment Officer.  As a Centurion level TK (and one heck of a nice guy) he will be working with Mario and I and using his TK expertise to approve costumes at the higher levels.

 

I'm sure he will be a great addition to the Staff, so please join me in welcoming him to his new rank!

 

Way to go, Chemi, and I look forward to working with you, mi hermano!  :salute:

 

justjoseph63

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Joseph Pedigo

TK-10963 "justjoseph63"

Chief Deployment Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Mario E RT

TK-48117 "TKSpartan"

Deployment Officer

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Jose Maria Sanchez

TK-30173 "Chemi"

Deployment Officer

 

 

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CENTURION500 PINS CLOSED

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Pins have been manufactured and should be received soon then shipping will be underway.

 You can find the thread here

 

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FISD 15th Anniversary Coin

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Interest thread is now open for the new FISD 15th Anniversary Coin designed by Eric "Etrooper70" TK41970

you can find the thread here

 

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April - May

Sooo encouraging and envious of those getting out to troop safely!
This month’s Trooper to enter the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame has been with us since 2015 and gave this beauty picture in his troop log.

Please welcome TK - 27777 Rudi!
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https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/48232-10-tk-27777-%E2%80%9Ctarok%E2%80%9D-troop-log/?do=findComment&comment=671931

 

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May - June

Hope you all had a safe May the 4th and Revenge of the 5th this year!

Please welcome TK - 91632 David to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame!

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https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/51004-4-tat2trooper-troop-log/

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Aaron Gibson

TK-99725 "Pyrates"

Curator Hall of Fame

 

 

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Bucketheads Episode 1

 

 

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Geeky Pins Fire Restoration Fundraiser "Troopers Helping Troopers"

 

 

Hello FISD legion members,

On April 29, the building across from Teresa Nuthall's (TK-41307 of Badlands Garrison - Crimson Aurora Squad) literally burst into flames. Thinking quickly, she dialed 911. The wind blew the fire and smoke quickly onto/into her own building melting her shop front, burning her chairs, melting her vinyl, and wrecking her sign. Her window frame is ruined and it needs to be replaced along with the window, and there is water damage to the front of the building and deck as well. The fire burned so hot her metal door warped. She cannot properly close up her shop. The front of her shop has literally melted. The door is custom sized and needs a to be custom built to be replaced. Not only that, but the entire front of her shop was full of fabric, papercraft, and inside of her shop that is now irreversibly smoke damaged that needs to be replaced. Even when she removes those items, there is still smoke damage to the basic structure and it needs to be professionally cleaned. The person that was in charge of the building that caught fire is without insurance and will not be paying for any of these damages.

Teresa is the epitome of a "Bad Girl Doing Great". She has spent this entire pandemic sewing tens of thousands of masks, giving them out to her community, to first responders, to anyone who ever even asked both locally and all around the world. As her 501st brothers and sisters, we would like to help HER out in her time of need: Troopers helping Troopers. For this reason, we have created "Geeky Pinks Fire Restoration Fundraiser".
The following items are up for bid:

-1 Temple Armoury Original Trilogy TK bucket from Vincent Vigil Jr.
-1 X-wing bucket from Walt's Trooper Factory
-1 Shadow Guard bucket from Walt's Trooper Factory
-1 Signed book and photo from Lindsey and Brian Muir
-1 Peter Mayhew Foundation memorial coin from the Peter Mayhew Foundation
-1 $100 towards any 3-D Printed Blaster at Premier Props
-1 1 Autographed Helmet stand (any style) crafted by Charles "Woodchuck" Bowman

**With more donations to come!

Raffle Tickets are $25.00 each and buys you one chance to win one of the items below. The more tickets you purchase, the more chances you have to win. We are limited to 200 Raffle tickets, with a $5000 goal (USD).

Drawings will be done live on YouTube and posted to the identical thread on the Legion forums.

 

Important, please read the below carefully.
To enter the raffle, send payment to peternuthall@gmail.com along with your Full name, TKID, Forum Name, Phone Number, and Address.

 After you have paid for your entries  add your your name, PayPal Transaction ID and the amount of tickets you have purchased in a post on the Legion boards. This is required by legion for tracking. The link below will take you to the thread on the legion boards where you need to leave your details.

https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=108700

 

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Jim Platzer TD11029 is in need of a liver

 

Latest on Jim: he is being reactivated on the transplant list. The blood clot in his lung has gone away! Recent scans show that the first tumor is now no longer viable which is wonderful news. However, a new cancerous tumor has been found and they’ll soon be treating it with target radiation. 


Currently Jim’s meld score isn’t high so he’s low on the list. In about 3 months that score will increase because of the cancer. They have to wait a full 6 months in order to allow acceptation points to be added to his meld score and we are only at the 3 month mark. Now, if he can get a liver from live donor he does not have to wait till later this year for the transplant. The longer he has to wait to for these points and a deceased donor the more his likelihood of cancer forming in his liver increases. 


We want to thank everyone who has already reached out to the hospital about becoming a potential donor. We were overwhelmed with the amount of people who are wanting to help. If you’re interested in seeing if you could be a potential donor please message me if you have questions or call Eileen at Allegheny General Hospital at 412-359-6253. 


Please help Jim so he can continue to be the dad, husband and friend for many many years to come. He can’t wait to get back to trooping in his Star Wars costume and putting smiles on kids faces again.

 

 

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Attention fellow troopers

 

During the forum clean up process we have discovered many build threads that are affected by Photobucket watermarks and or broken image links and missing photos. Some of these we have been able to restore to their former glory, but others not so. Many of these build threads are very very good, and the levels of detail excellent for our new members, but due to some having upwards of 40 images, they are far too much work to attempt to restore by us.

 

We are asking that if you have a build thread on the FISD forums that it may well be subject to the issues as mentioned above. If this is the case, you can expect  your thread will be re-located to a temporary holding area called  "Build Threads requiring Maintenance" and will be the responsibility of the original poster to fix the photo and image issues.

 

These build threads will only be held in this temporary area for a period of 6 months, and if not attended to in that time frame will be permanently archived.

 

All threads that are fixed by the original poster, will be returned to their rightful homes under the specific costume designation build threads on the forums.

 

If you value your build thread and its information please attend to it before it is moved from view. Glen and I will start to populate the maintenance sub forum over the next few days.

 

here is the link

https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/241-build-threads-requireing-maintenance/

 

We appreciate your assistance with this, and hope to see at least some of these brilliant builds and history restored.

 

Sly11

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Andrew Franke

TK11469 "Sly11"

Detachment Leader

 

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INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS

For a full list of FISD awards head here

 

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Are you new to the FISD and wondering what the heck all those abbreviations and strange sounding terms mean?  To help you @justjoseph63 has started a list of the most commonly used ones that will give you some insight.  If you have ANY questions about a particular term that is not listed or suggestions for new ones please contact Joseph. You can find the list here

 

 

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Pre Approval Forum allows future Troopers the opportunity to submit photos of their completed build to be reviewed by the Staff, Imperial Attaches and others in preparation for forwarding it to their GML for approval.  Any and all advice/suggestions given will be specific, constructive, helpful and respectful. Please note that this program will NOT take the place of your local GML, as Detachments are not chartered for costume approval and can not override a GMLs decision, but is instead a peer review program designed to help you look your best and offer guidance and positive feedback.  For more information on this program, please visit the link here

 

 

 

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Congratulations to TK14082 (Bryon) trooper96 for earning his second 3D contributors award

You can check out his outstanding work HERE

 

Don't forget to visit our 3D section when next surfing the FISD forums, there is plenty of useful information to potentially help you on your next TK adventure. You might be feeling  generous and share with our community a new TK related 3D file and maybe win yourself a 3D contributors award DGx4MwQ.png  DjQ8bJi.png so check out the details below and be part of the in house 3D community.  Here is a link to the FISD 3D Contributor program.

 


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Don't forget to create a troop log here on FISD and get awarded for your adventures The list of accomplished troopers keeps growing, so get on board and register your troops today Simply start (or update!) your troop log, keep the running total in the title, and post (at least!) a date and name for the official 501st event where you wore your TK! Once you've hit a milestone count, go over to the "Field Exercise Awards -- Post your milestones here" thread to request your profile be updated!  Simple, right?

 

Award Recipients May - June

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     troopaward25.png TK10867 "kekike2002"  Pam - TK99920 "Schraeds"  Matt  - 

 


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Are you an approved TK that spends more time on the boards than the average Trooper?  Do you enjoy using your knowledge to help out future and existing Troopers?  If so, we would like to invite you to join the Imperial Attaché program! Members of the I.A. team are chosen to help out not only those here on the boards, but on a local level as well.  Our aim is to have at least one in each and every Garrison, Squad and Outpost in the entire legion to be the eyes and ears of the FISD on a local level. For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here

Some of the benefits:  Access to exclusive Attaché merch., including patches, IA patch 6PLrnxJ.png,       IA Rocker  dPN7mwd.png

For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here

 

You may also be in the running for an Imperial Attaché Award   7UlPmRQ.png  Imperial Attaché Award for those attaché's who have gone above and beyond [minimum 1 year of service]. You can find a list of prior recipients here 

 

Attaché Ambassador  

 

It's time for another attaché check in, could everyone active please check in on this thread 

 

Frank75139   

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Frank Peranteau

TK75139 "Frank75139"

Attaché  Ambassador


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Want to setup a "Fire Team?  the Fire Team program is completely optional, and is intended to help form a common identity and spirit of camaraderie among 501st Legion stormtroopers in the same geographic area/garrison that troop together. Fire Teams are not officially recognized by the 501st Legion nor the FISD, although they will be able to access a Fire Team sub-forum on the detachment website. You can find more information here 

 

 

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So what exactly are kKf6hGu.png and QrRRhuF.png levels?

These programs were designed for those who choose to take their armor above and beyond the minimum requirements for basic 501st Legion approval.  It gives you the chance to show a level of dedication and pride that takes your armor closer to being as "screen accurate" as possible, without as much extra work as you may realize! You can find more information on the programs here

 

 

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This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both.  FOR  May - June the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate:


Expert Infantry Badge Award:

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Cody  "Code3345 TK11705  EIB 1022

Mark  "higgy71 TK42914  EIB 1023

 

GREAT job on your approval, now on to Level 3!  :salute:

Request your free EIB certificate here

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Centurion Badge Award:

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Outstanding job on reaching Centurion, Troopers!  :salute:

Request your free Centurion certificate here  

 

If you see any of these Troopers around your Garrison or Squad, be sure to congratulate them!

 

 

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Newsletter

 

If you have any interesting stories or photos or something you think newsworthy please send them to me via pm.

 

For anyone interested in having a look through any of the older newsletter they have now been moved to a new archive sub forum which you can find Here 

 

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Glen "Q" Rhodes

TK-85421 "gmrhodes13"

PRO Newsletter


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Social Medi

 

Hey troopers your friendly Facebook PRO here. This coming month is Pride month and Father's day. So lets some of those photos of father's or photos with father's. Also if you've been fortunate enough to be able to troop any photos of your squad/garrison doing Pride events. Look for a post on Facebook soon letting you know where you can send any submissions.

 

Also in addendum to our DL Andrew Franke's entry I would like to thank all that have donated to our troopers in need. It and you make a difference. Always remember troopers helping troopers!

 

Our Instagram account has now been attached to the Facebook and twitter account! That way our PR officers can post simultaneously on the different timelines and even share the most breaking news on Instagram and Facebook "stories" at once. One single post creates content on 3 different platforms. This will make the work for our PR officers much easier and fill up our long neglected twitter page! :)

Thanks to Rat and Teresa for all their efforts!

 

Also here are our mid of the year insights to the social media statistics:


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We've not yet reached our goal of 16.000 followers on the Facebook page, but we're well on the way to that milestone. I'm confident the numbers keep rising when we can report of our members trooping this summer.

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Our Facebook group is still well received with a growth of nearly 200 new members this year! :)

 

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The FISD Instagram account enjoys great attention and could gain 80 new followers since the beginning of this year!
 

 

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Even though our number of followers on twitter has slightly regressed, the profile is developing great with hundreds of profile visits and more than 1k of tweet impressions. With our new attachment to the Instagram profile, we will regain those 10 followers rapidly.

 

 

Rat

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Jim Ferrel (Rat)

TK95970 "Rat"

PRO Social Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Staff List 2021

 

Detachment Leader (DL): Andrew Franke (Sly11) TK11469

Executive Officer (DXO): Tim Waychoff (Dark CMF)

Chief Deployment Officer (DCA): Joseph Pedigo (justjoseph63) TK-10963

Deployment Officer: (DCA): Mario E RT (TKSpartan) TK-48117

Deployment Officer: (DCA): Jose Maria Sanchez (Chemi) TK-30173

Lead Provost Marshal (DCOG): Steven Sheades (starsaber25) TK-10466

Provost Marshal (DCOG): Chris Pearson (themaninthesuitcase) TK-10911

Provost Marshal (DCOG): Dan Branton (CableGuy) TK-42911

Personnel Officer (PER): AC (Novatie) TK-5597

Fire Team Relations (PRO): Mark Ryner (Captsafe66) TK-4584

Content Editor At Large (PRO): Christoph (Danny) Lauber (Ripper_L) TK-55550

Content Editor Support (PRO): Tony Jobe (ukswrath) TK-10116

Content Editor Awards (PRO):  This will be handled by the XO

Newsletter Publisher Forum Clean up Director (PRO): Glen Rhodes (gmrhodes13) TK-85421

HOF Director (PRO): Aaron (Bronx) Gibson (Pyrates) TK-99725

Attaché Ambassador (PRO) Frank Peranteau (Frank75139) TK-75139 

Social Media Relations (PRO): Teresa Nuthall (Soulart) TK-41307

Social Media Relations (PRO): Jim Ferrell (Rat) TK-95970 

Systems Administrator (DWM): Eric Brager (Darth Aloha) TK-9674

Systems Administrator (DWM): Mathias (Locitus) TK-2959

Detachment Founder (DF): Paul (Daetrin) TK-8020

Trading Cards Content Support (IPM): Eric Ho (Hoda) TK 77520

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Brien Edick (Harbinger) TK 92802

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Jeff Salt (wingnut) TK 50297

 

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On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff and the Imperial Propaganda Department

 

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