MONUMENT TO VNV'S FALLEN HEROES

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND AND NATION'S GREAT WARRIOR
R3VAN

(Charles Uresti)

OOC: Please feel free to place your remembrances, prose and pictures here. Just post Share not Embed on You Tube material.

Yeah.. lets do like the Irish think, and telling quotes about the one who past..

And with a Dr. Pepper always at hand.

For those of you that remember him, Derreck Longard has also passed, he was mugged, hit on the head and died in the hospital a few weeks later. He was with us for a while at the beginning of VNV. He will be sorely missed by myself an Milady Death as he was her closest friend.

In honour of R3VAN & Derreck and those others that we have lost, I offer you this song. Its words have meant the difference between life and death for me in the past when I felt great loss. I hope they can bring some consolance for those of you that crave it:

VnV Nation: Solitary

last chat that R3VAN and bob did on here its cool check it out........



[01:31:51 02/01/11] R3VAN : You have everything in 1 system and he has a crazy amount of D so thats actually understandable lol

[01:32:33 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I might build some ares and more other ships so I can hit him.

[01:32:53 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : That's probably a month long project at least.

[01:33:32 02/01/11] bob uzzell : took me 200 nukes to knock down christian shannon over here

[01:34:00 02/01/11] R3VAN : One day at a time.

[01:34:51 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : At the least I have to nuke his plasmas. The gauss will still be a killer.

[01:36:17 02/01/11] bob uzzell : only the zuess can rapid fire the guess

[01:38:32 02/01/11] R3VAN : Ares doesnt?

[01:39:25 02/01/11] bob uzzell : no

[01:41:05 02/01/11] bob uzzell : ares = particle cannon and below

[01:41:13 02/01/11] R3VAN : =(

[01:44:15 02/01/11] R3VAN : Im going to miss my D =(

[01:44:27 02/01/11] bob uzzell : allways nuke the decoys

[01:44:51 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Are they still nuking you?

[01:45:04 02/01/11] R3VAN : Yeah those decoys will ruin a whole attack.

[01:45:07 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i didn't get any res cuz i killed all defense and all ships but one decoy was left

[01:46:02 02/01/11] R3VAN : That's happened to me 3 times.

[01:46:14 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Stupid pager.

[01:46:28 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I think if I attack Spricas it won't be that close.

[01:46:32 02/01/11] R3VAN : Na Cosmos but the second I leave dip I'm expecting at least 100 nukes coming at me.

[01:47:22 02/01/11] bob uzzell : feel the love

[01:47:30 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Fireworks to celebrate the tax relief, eh?

[01:47:56 02/01/11] bob uzzell : anything from circle dudes lately?

[01:48:57 02/01/11] bob uzzell : it's going to get interesting again..gulus coming out of dip

[01:49:31 02/01/11] bob uzzell : where is this spricas?

[01:51:35 02/01/11] R3VAN : down the way from cosmos around 43:250

[01:51:48 02/01/11] R3VAN : I think

[01:54:33 02/01/11] R3VAN : Gulu has come along way from getting his fleet wiped every week.

[01:54:41 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : he's got one planet in 261, 2 in 264 and 3 in 265 I think. His D is at 265:1 with a parked fleet and a moon.

[01:54:54 02/01/11] R3VAN : Only wished I could have gone out there to help him.

[01:55:49 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : When I get a Heph I'll head over there and help him out. It will be a while.

[01:56:05 02/01/11] bob uzzell : 25 g away is just too far to support

[01:57:10 02/01/11] R3VAN : with a hep its doable i suppose

[01:57:12 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i wonder if you could attach a gia to your heph and colonize along the way..

[01:57:16 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Aren't gulu and seneca both out there?

[01:57:49 02/01/11] R3VAN : Yeah. Only them though lol

[01:57:56 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Yes, I think you can. I've heard the best way to resupply is find a quiet system and colonize a planet.

[01:58:04 02/01/11] bob uzzell : you would have somewhere to send your ships in case of overwhelming attack on your heph,,,and save the ships

[01:58:26 02/01/11] R3VAN : Yeah you can make pit stop with your hep and seed the galaxies

[01:58:29 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Then you move your Heph around the system until a suply fleet arrives at the colony.

[01:59:15 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Then the heph isn't stuck forever while the fleet is on it's way.

[01:59:21 02/01/11] R3VAN : Moving the hep costs 450K hydro though.

[01:59:21 02/01/11] R3VAN : Ugh

[01:59:42 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Also a good way to send back the ore and crystal you pick up along the way.

[01:59:59 02/01/11] R3VAN : Hep cant move while fleet is going or coming

[02:00:08 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : The point is to have such a large fleet that is a small ammount.

[02:00:10 02/01/11] R3VAN : Unless its a deployment i think

[02:00:19 02/01/11] bob uzzell : thats all i use my zuess for

[02:00:29 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : No, I think even that keeps it in place.

[02:01:00 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : You plant a colony and then send the res from the Heph to the colony.

[02:01:32 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Then the Heph can keep safely moving while the transports move between the planets.

[02:02:18 02/01/11] R3VAN : I remember our 30mil Hep debrie field awhile back.....

[02:02:39 02/01/11] bob uzzell : isn't it past your bedtime R3?

[02:03:31 02/01/11] R3VAN : Im about to hit the hay actually.

[02:03:39 02/01/11] bob uzzell : when i nailed that zuess and fleet i think i got 12 mil in debrie

[02:03:41 02/01/11] R3VAN : Waiting for my bro to get the hell out

[02:04:17 02/01/11] R3VAN : The most I ever got solo was 13mil

[02:04:29 02/01/11] R3VAN : Back when I had my epic fleet.

[02:04:36 02/01/11] bob uzzell : that was my biggest solo

[02:04:41 02/01/11] R3VAN : Never did get a zues though

[02:05:06 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i overwhelmed him with 1000 hades

[02:06:20 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i couldn't believe it was still sitting there after a 2hr flight

[02:06:58 02/01/11] R3VAN : Lol i noticed it was a bit of a flight.

[02:07:32 02/01/11] R3VAN : My farthest attack was a lil over 150 -ystems away.

[02:07:59 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I'm 2.5 hours into my 12 hour shift.

[02:08:05 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : oops 3.5

[02:08:17 02/01/11] R3VAN : Work?

[02:08:19 02/01/11] bob uzzell : most i've done is about 50 systems..takes too long to go further

[02:08:54 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : Yep, I'll get off at 8 am. Sometimes I get time to do things, sometimes not.

[02:09:19 02/01/11] R3VAN : It was 2:45:00 one way for me but the target was too good to pass up

[02:09:41 02/01/11] R3VAN : Welcome Mr. Racacacoon.

[02:09:46 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i couldn't pass the zuess up

[02:10:05 02/01/11] R3VAN : And I couldnt pas 150 Proms up lol

[02:10:10 02/01/11] bob uzzell : morning grabby

[02:10:30 02/01/11] R3VAN : It was like 3am and it just looked like he forgot to frs

[02:11:13 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i think this guy did also...he left about 20 proms and 20 or so hades with it

[02:12:28 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : hey guys hows it goin

[02:12:54 02/01/11] R3VAN : Long time no talk grabby =p

[02:13:04 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : been busy

[02:13:07 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : you

[02:13:43 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I'm at work. I'm going to have to go in a few minutes.

[02:13:48 02/01/11] bob uzzell : he's waiting for his bro to get out of his bed so he can get in it

[02:14:16 02/01/11] R3VAN : Busy with school/work but now school is out so woohoo!

[02:14:16 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : lol I'm about to hit the hay myself

[02:14:38 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : how was everyones new year

[02:14:59 02/01/11] R3VAN : I'm in my bed, my bro is just on my xbox. I'm letting him have 1 last match on black ops lol

[02:15:04 02/01/11] bob uzzell : good,,i worked,,,doubletime and a half

[02:15:29 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i got call to arms..

[02:15:36 02/01/11] R3VAN : I've been sick and worked new years eve/new years day so not the greatest haha

[02:15:44 02/01/11] bob uzzell : can't finish the recruit level

[02:15:59 02/01/11] R3VAN : lmao bob

[02:16:25 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : ouch I quit work at 2 yesterday (the tile guy was gonna lock me in so it was stay for the weekend or come home)

[02:16:37 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I mean on friday

[02:16:42 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i did find out you can shoot your own officers

[02:16:58 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : lol

[02:17:15 02/01/11] R3VAN : bob did you serve?

[02:17:31 02/01/11] bob uzzell : 12 years marine corps

[02:17:32 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I got battlefield bad company 2 couple days ago

[02:17:51 02/01/11] R3VAN : Go bob!

[02:17:59 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : nice bob

[02:18:03 02/01/11] R3VAN : I leave for the corp march 2nd

[02:18:11 02/01/11] R3VAN : *22nd

[02:18:31 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : nice how are you gonna manage to stay with SFC or are ya?

[02:18:31 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I enlisted with the Marines, but I dislocated my kneecap and I didn't get to go to boot.

[02:18:34 02/01/11] bob uzzell : bastard was hiding behind a building telling me to go out there and shoot...so i shot

[02:18:41 02/01/11] R3VAN : You liking it grabby?

[02:19:04 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : My grandfather and mother both served in the corps.

[02:19:06 02/01/11] R3VAN : Then it was game over im sure bob haha

[02:19:20 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : bad company 2 yep I just figured out that to get different weps I had to play ranked multiplayer:p

[02:19:24 02/01/11] bob uzzell : you going to san diego in march?

[02:19:33 02/01/11] R3VAN : Sounds like cosmos needs to keep the tradition going =P

[02:19:39 02/01/11] R3VAN : Yessir Bob!

[02:20:02 02/01/11] bob uzzell : not a sir,,i worked for a living

[02:20:12 02/01/11] R3VAN : Xbox or ps3 grabby?

[02:20:18 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I've been thinking about going for offier, but my wife is against it.

[02:20:28 02/01/11] R3VAN : Sorry Bob, my mistake lol

[02:20:37 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : When I was in cadets the warrant officers always told us that

[02:20:51 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : pc

[02:20:57 02/01/11] R3VAN : 12 years you must of at least been a gunny

[02:21:07 02/01/11] R3VAN : Booooooo pc! =P

[02:21:07 02/01/11] bob uzzell : staff sgt

[02:21:22 02/01/11] bob uzzell : pfc three times

[02:21:31 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I don't use my 360 much

[02:21:49 02/01/11] R3VAN : lmao! Different times back then i suppose

[02:22:18 02/01/11] R3VAN : Get xbl and you will use it soo much more grabby, i use netflix on mine all the time

[02:22:18 02/01/11] bob uzzell : before you leave i'll give you a few do's and DON'T do's

[02:22:20 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : That sounds like my grandpa, he was promoted to corporal with a slew of people in WWII, but was busted back to pfc about 15 mins later.

[02:22:23 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : My grandfather served in the canadian army he never made it past corporal always got busted for something

[02:22:42 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I got netflix on the ipod touch and tmy wii

[02:22:48 02/01/11] R3VAN : I'l be with a grunt unit so Im going to Afghanistan for sure.

[02:22:55 02/01/11] bob uzzell : they don't want you to have any fun

[02:23:29 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i'll tell you now,,you don't know what you will be till they tell you

[02:23:32 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I was supposed to work on planes, but I really want to play with tanks.

[02:23:43 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : My mom was in the navy reserves for a bit

[02:23:54 02/01/11] bob uzzell : fuck armer unless you got a death wish

[02:24:23 02/01/11] R3VAN : Im a reservist so my job is gaurenteed. Just the only reserve unit here is an infantry unit.

[02:24:44 02/01/11] R3VAN : That or admin, but screw that

[02:24:45 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : lol bob I wanted to get in and become a AVNT aircraft mechanic

[02:24:49 02/01/11] bob uzzell : reservist in the crotch?

[02:25:01 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I just like tanks, I can't help it.

[02:25:33 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i love armor myself,,,just know bwtter than to go into combat in one

[02:25:51 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : Tanks are nice especially in bad company 2 :p though I seem to attract rpg like a magnet

[02:26:04 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : I wanted to be mechanic.

[02:26:13 02/01/11] R3VAN : Tanks are fuggin awesome! The reserve unit I'll be in gets deployed at least once every 2 years.

[02:26:26 02/01/11] bob uzzell : if your a reservist then you allready been thru boot camp

[02:26:42 02/01/11] L_Cosmos : gotta go. time to work.

[02:26:52 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : later cosmos

[02:26:54 02/01/11] R3VAN : I meant to say I will be a reservist

[02:26:58 02/01/11] R3VAN : sorry

[02:27:10 02/01/11] R3VAN : by cosmos

[02:27:17 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : Why not regular R3V?

[02:27:18 02/01/11] bob uzzell : 6 month reserve

[02:28:34 02/01/11] R3VAN : I've already started schol and would like to come back and finish it. Plus the job I wanted is also with a grunt unit so I won't miss out lol

[02:28:35 02/01/11] bob uzzell : seen that movie with r lee ermie about boot camp?

[02:28:46 02/01/11] R3VAN : My contract is 6 years.

[02:28:52 02/01/11] bob uzzell : full metal jacket

[02:29:00 02/01/11] R3VAN : Full Metal Jacket.

[02:29:20 02/01/11] R3VAN : I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman your Senior Drill Instructor!

[02:29:28 02/01/11] bob uzzell : it's about as close to real boot camp as i have seen

[02:29:28 02/01/11] R3VAN : One of my faves.

[02:30:07 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : It's been awhile since I watched that one

[02:30:09 02/01/11] R3VAN : Except now they can't hit recruits and must ut back on the cussing.

[02:30:13 02/01/11] bob uzzell : 6 month reserve means 6 month active duty for training then to the reserves

[02:30:26 02/01/11] R3VAN : or else moms and democrats will get mad lol

[02:30:32 02/01/11] bob uzzell : are you in for a surprise

[02:30:34 02/01/11] R3VAN : oooooooo

[02:31:37 02/01/11] bob uzzell : if i remember right,,3 monthes boot camp..2 monthes itr training,,1 month bits training

[02:31:47 02/01/11] R3VAN : 13 weeks boot camp 4 weeks MCT 17 weeks job training

[02:32:12 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i went thru boot camp in 1968 it was a little different

[02:32:44 02/01/11] R3VAN : so 68-80 for you? You go to name?

[02:32:53 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : So you lived through Full Metal Jacket then?

[02:33:02 02/01/11] bob uzzell : but you do get to shoot some really neat stuff

[02:33:07 02/01/11] R3VAN : MCT = Marine Combat Training

[02:33:41 02/01/11] bob uzzell : lived thru that and vietnam,,,,,thanks to my training

[02:33:48 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : only 4 weeks for mct?

[02:34:34 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I watched We were Soldiers last month

[02:34:35 02/01/11] R3VAN : Maybe 5 weeks. It's basically a condensed version of School of Infantry.

[02:34:49 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : ah k

[02:35:11 02/01/11] R3VAN : And sorry I missed you on veterans day bob. My grandpa was a marine in korea.

[02:35:37 02/01/11] R3VAN : gotta continue the tradition for him lol

[02:36:02 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : My wifes grandfather served in WW2 in North Africa her dad has his army uniform

[02:36:02 02/01/11] bob uzzell : a few of us usually get drunk on that day

[02:36:36 02/01/11] bob uzzell : my old man flew off carriers in the pacific during ww2

[02:36:36 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : He was in the british army

[02:36:50 02/01/11] R3VAN : He gets wasted every November 10th =P

[02:36:53 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : nice what did he fly?

[02:37:23 02/01/11] bob uzzell : hellcats,,,helldivers,,,,corsair a few times

[02:37:45 02/01/11] R3VAN : Corsairs are my favorites!

[02:37:51 02/01/11] bob uzzell : liked the hellcat the best

[02:38:03 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : Wow nice P38 is my fave

[02:38:12 02/01/11] bob uzzell : said he flew the bearcat once after the war

[02:38:34 02/01/11] bob uzzell : hellcat is a f6f by grumman

[02:38:59 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : did you ever get to fly in one with him?

[02:39:03 02/01/11] bob uzzell : p38 is the twin engine lightning

[02:39:09 02/01/11] R3VAN : My great uncle fought the germans. Crazy/fun old guy he was

[02:39:11 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : yep

[02:39:15 02/01/11] bob uzzell : he taught me to fly

[02:39:42 02/01/11] R3VAN : bob is like a super human. What can't you do?

[02:39:49 02/01/11] bob uzzell : but sadly i never got to fly one of the old fighters

[02:40:08 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i'll try to think of something

[02:40:47 02/01/11] R3VAN : My gramps was on of the frozen chosin

[02:41:07 02/01/11] R3VAN : fought of the chinese

[02:41:11 02/01/11] bob uzzell : my daughter at age 13 was in control of aircraft when she flew with me

[02:41:22 02/01/11] R3VAN : badazz marines those guys are

[02:41:34 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : One of my favourite things I did in school was do a book report on a book about rescueing the Kee Bird (B29 crashed in greenland)

[02:41:35 02/01/11] bob uzzell : frozen chosin was ugly

[02:41:53 02/01/11] R3VAN : I assume you taught her everything you knew at that point lol

[02:42:11 02/01/11] bob uzzell : had to or my dad would.

[02:42:30 02/01/11] R3VAN : why the hell was it at greenland?

[02:42:33 02/01/11] bob uzzell : he still flew like he was flying fighters half the time

[02:42:41 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : My first Fam flight with Aircadets was in a Twin Otter they let me take the controls

[02:43:03 02/01/11] R3VAN : yeah my grandpa said it was pure hell on earth. You kill 1 man and literally 10 more pop up to take his place

[02:43:11 02/01/11] bob uzzell : it's fun,,,and actually easy

[02:43:23 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : B29 flew waaaaayyyy off course it was after the war they were doing elctrosomething intelligence

[02:43:28 02/01/11] bob uzzell : and damn cold

[02:43:37 02/01/11] R3VAN : I will learn to fly eventually.

[02:44:32 02/01/11] R3VAN : yeah he told me all about the horrible frostbite and bad winterclothes they had. Marines never got the good stuff the army had

[02:45:07 02/01/11] bob uzzell : still don't

[02:45:11 02/01/11] R3VAN : It's crazy how they held out when everyone else turned tail and ran.

[02:45:16 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I still have the books it's called hunting warbirds by Carl Hoffman any way the reason I brought it up was I read how after the war those old war birds went real cheap to buy

[02:45:26 02/01/11] bob uzzell : you'll get used to it :-)

[02:45:58 02/01/11] R3VAN : Did the crew live grabby?

[02:46:15 02/01/11] bob uzzell : whats cheap to us back then was expensive

[02:46:18 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : I think they all did

[02:46:32 02/01/11] R3VAN : And from what I know about marines, they make do with whatever they have and still manage to kick ass =D

[02:46:35 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : True

[02:47:15 02/01/11] bob uzzell : your making me blush

[02:47:52 02/01/11] R3VAN : You guys are also the most perverted bunch in the world

[02:48:04 02/01/11] R3VAN : lmao

[02:48:14 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : lol I gotta go I'll see yas later

[02:48:15 02/01/11] bob uzzell : i remember our ammo was dated 1940's

[02:48:27 02/01/11] Grabby Raccoon : 0.0

[02:48:38 02/01/11] R3VAN : woooooow

[02:48:52 02/01/11] bob uzzell : the navy beats us in perverted dept

[02:49:14 02/01/11] R3VAN : I know marines get army leftovers but that is just bad

[02:49:47 02/01/11] bob uzzell : anyway it's been nice and it's time to hit the rack. see you here about 7pm my time

[02:50:26 02/01/11] R3VAN : Night Bob! Will talk to you tomorrow, nice talkin to ya

[00:32:50 03/01/11] bob uzzell : there's a whole lot of activvity in 49 now..i don't think there will be anything for the rest of the nite

i actually remember that long nite.....way past his bedtime
reading that brought a big smile to my face and a tear

I remember that as well I barged in midway, that was probably the one and only time I spoke to him directly via chat (not leaving messages on forum).

VnV Nation-Beloved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbIxvzk52Bk

My missing Man Formation tribute

You were a great friend and expert mentor to a new player and will be SORELY missed! Peace.

I like this pic...

that's the best pic of him yet

Nice Picture indeed..

For those of you who never friended Charles Uresti on face book, his mom is leaving it up and accepting new friends so we all can get to know him better and as a memorial
Janie wrote:

PLEASE FORWARD ON TO THOSE NOT LISTED IN MY FRIEND LIST WHOM I'VE FAILED TO REACH. THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO KNOW MY SON PLEASE ADD HIM TO YOUR FRIEND LIST TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL PERSON HE WAS. "CHARLES URESTI" MINE IS "JANIE SANTANA" HIS FACE BOOK WILL TO REMAIN ACTIVE AS HE LEFT IT TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE, FOR I KNOW HE IS STILL WITH US. THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. ~JANIE

he was my friend and he is also on the vnv alliance facebookpage

It was nice to acknowledge me as not being hit any more hehe:) R3 will be sorely missed here but i shall continue his legacy!

Noticed his account went into vacation mode. I think that's appropriate. It bothered me to think of anybody and everybody raiding him for the next 20+ days.

It'll be better this way I think.

SELF

Baron Seneca sent a request to Blue Frog and they set it to V mode

Raine Castle wrote:

Nice ...

OOC:
he asked me once to make a character after a star wars figure:" the real revan"
these were my models where i was going to base his character on



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a big salut from my newly formed army
in tribute to= R3VAN and derek Longard

atten-hud
saluuuuuuuuuuuuuut