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History of the Ivy League Navy's Battlegroup 2 - The Big Deuce

Formation

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Creation of The Big Deuce logo

The logo for The Big Deuce was created by Matheus Esp, a former ILN pilot. There were initially a few designs floating around, but the end result for the logo was the face of a Dingo on the foremost card, and the second card contains the image of a Dingo's Skull.

The Big Deuce trend

There is an underlying trend in The Big Deuce which is rarely talked about, but after many months of service members of the battlegroup have a tendency to gravitate towards other PVP corporations as would be expected for pilots interested in PVP. The trend in The Big Deuce is however that they seem to all gravitate towards a corporation known as Agony Unleashed, the reason for this trend is unknown. And those who have succumbed to this trend tend to be close-mouthed about the subject.

Another trend among The Big Deuce is to field "smaller" mixed composition fleets as compared to the other battle groups of the ILN. This can most likely be attributed to a combination of Command team preferences and the membership available within this timezone. Either way, the members of the Big Deuce seem to enjoy flying more advanced ships in small gangs with a mindset towards experimenting with non-standard tactics and ship type/fit combinations.

The Big Deuce and it's Commanding Officers

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The Sto Lo period (2010-08-01 until 2010-10-30)

Sto Lo took office as Commanding Officer from 2010-08-01 until his resignation on 2010-10-30. During this time he set about rebuilding the battlegroup from it's minimalistic state, and with the assistance of his Executive Officer Skylanx they encouraged pilots to go out and lead fleets. This was in particular a success with the FC of the Week program for the weekly patrols. During this period Sto Lo himself spent a lot of his time out in fleets, small gangs or in solo PvP and encouraged others to do likewise and caused BG2 to come to the fore with leading the killboard (and lossboard) for the entire period of his tenure.

Memorable moments/activities/leadership techniques:

• "Fleet warp to Hofj.., beef bork bork" (and henceforth Hofjaldgund shall be known as Beef Bork Bork)
• Frequent small gang/solo PvP in Hadozeko

The Miranda Glade period (2010-11-29 until 2011-01-11)

Miranda Glade stepped up as Commanding Officer from 2010-11-29 until his resignation on 2011-01-11. Prior to this time he spent in a variety of roles in the battlegroup and set up the Training Program in consultation with the other battlegroup N7's. After his promotion he encouraged new pilots to learn and led EVE University into an organised event fight against Agony Unleashed, the nullsec PVP corporation, which resulted in an overwhelming win for EVE University on 2011-01-08. During this period the timezone based Squadrons were disbanded across the entire ILN.

Memorable moments/activities/leadership techniques:

• Winning the fight against Agony Unleashed ([1])
• Organising and creating The Big Deuce training program.

The Yamir Ke'Shark volunteering days (2011-01-11 until )

Yamir Ke'Shark stepped up from his position of Executive Officer to the role of Commanding Officer on 2011-01-11 and set about filling the many vacant positions in the command staff of The Big Deuce whilst running events, teaching, leading fleets, and supervising the training department. Having started off as a victim of the FC of the Week program, he moved on into the command staff as the Intelligence Officer (N2) and slowly moved through the roles and positions up until this point. Having succesfully filled all the command staff positions on 2011-05-08 an event to hunt the CO and XO was planned which involved the loss of approximately 2 billion ISK worth of ships in a constant four hour period of combat against the rest of the battlegroup and any other willing victims/volunteers. After a few more weeks the decision to leave EVE University was made and plans to leave the battlegroup in capable hands were started.

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Staffing History

Past and Present Command Staff Listing

Pilot Name	Joined	Left	Notable roles
Vedenhenki	unknown	unknown	N1
Deran Francks	unknown	unknown	unknown
Thea Infinitas	unknown	unknown	Author of The Big Deuce Pirate Hunting Guide
Mental Mantis	unknown	2010-03-10	N3
Corwin	unknown	unknown	unknown
Luzxz	unknown	unknown	XO, acting CO
Larsen Knight	2010-01-24		N1 until 2010-08-02, N4 from 2011-01-07
Skylanx	2010-02-10	2010-10-30	XO
Shaft Vain	2010-02-12		N1 until 2011-05-03, AN1
Tou Mei	2010-04-05	2011-01-05	N4
Miranda Glade	2010-06-01	2011-01-12	N7, N3, CO
Yamir Ke'Shark	2010-06-20		N2, N7, N3, XO, CO
Sto Lo	2010-08-01	2010-10-30	CO
ToranBrades	2010-09-26	2011-02-24	N7
Seralinna Cayliss	2010-10-13		N3, XO
MrKlepto	unknown	unknown	N3
Cedric deBouilard	2010-12-29		N7
Meynn	2011-01-12		N1
Nicnack Soul	2011-01-31		N3
Megarom	unknown		N2

Other notable members for their stellar service, work and dedication

• Gwenyfer
• Atilla Khan
• Varius Arcturis (Overview Setup guru, his handywork can be found here)
• s4ikotic
• Silent Bruce
• Serenity Goru

and all those who've led fleets for the two weekly patrols, those who have exemplified the intent and spirit of the ILN and it's regulations, and all those who have struggled through their enlistment and training.

Not so notables and bad apples

These are the individuals who have been expelled, requested to leave, or banned from EVE University, more details for them can be found on The Departed list

• Helios Black - The Departed, KOS.
• Dooobles - The Departed
• Skyreth - Banned

Memorable stories from members of The Big Deuce

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