The Butterfly Squad is a group of individuals (staff, veteran authors, longtime experienced reviewers) dedicated to combing through your ideas and drafts to pick all the nits and make sure your material is looking its Sunday Best before moving forward with the writing process.
Though we all are experts of the basics for what makes a successful site author, we each have our own specializations and skillsets regarding the different kinds of writing you see on the wiki. Using this page, you will hopefully be able to receive crit from a butterfly who is best suited for your particular concept or draft.
GUIDELINES FOR CONTACTING US:
εїз Please include a link to a forum thread, not just a sandbox.
εїз Please make sure to read through our individual profiles to find the best critter for you.
εїз If someone doesn't reply promptly, please don't spam their inbox asking why they haven't replied. A lot of us have busy schedules off the site, so if you've been waiting more than a few days for a response, feel free to reach out to another Roster reviewer.
εїз Please make sure your draft or concept is as complete and polished as possible before messaging us.
εїз Forum Crit members may decline to review material when the basics1 are not met, or for other reasons (such as not being interested in the draft or having real-life commitments/time constraints).
εїз Please be polite! (We're unpaid volunteers here.)
Best of luck, and remember:
εїз εїз εїз All your draft are critique by us. εїз εїз εїз
Waiting for an answer?
Waiting for a reply from a critter, or caught in a low-activity chat time? Why not take a look at this super helpful collection of pages in the meantime? Who knows, they might just have information you needed!
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Calibri Bold ~ Callsign: Tardigrade
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Junior Staff: MAST / Community Outreach
Chat Nick: Calibri_Bold ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ONLY. ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: Concepts, but SCP drafts if I have time. Will not crit anything NSFW.
Strengths: Concepts, comedy, intrigue. Anything involving the Foundation destroying an SCP object.
Likes: Author of the Decommissioning Dept., so I enjoy critting pieces related to it. I like pretty much anything lighthearted, or stuff that focuses on action or adventure.
Captain Cold ~ Callsign: Madagascan Sunset Moth
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Junior Staff: Community Outreach
Chat Nick: CaptainCold ~ Accepts Crit Requests, evenings EST
Preferred Contact: IRC or Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium, usually within a day or two
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, Tales, GoI-Formats, strongest in articles and tales
Strengths: concepts, formating articles, Brainstorming, clinical tone and line by line
Likes: mystery, sci-fi, anomalous buildings or locations.
caspian2 ~ Callsign: Clouded Silver
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Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: caspian2 ~ Accepts Crit Requests. Note that timezone is GMT +8.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM only. ~ Response Time: Fast (within 1-3 days)
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, Tales
Strengths: Line-by-line, language errors, narrative structure, overall concepts, mentoring new writers.
Likes: Horror, sci-fi, anything with a coherent narrative.
CelesteKara ~ Callsign: Discus
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Junior Staff: Forum Crit / Site Crit / Licensing / Community Outreach (Seminars)
Chat Nick: CelesteKara ~ Accepts Crit Requests on all days EXCEPT Tuesdays and Thursdays
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Fast on IRC, medium to slow on Wikidot.
Will Crit: All formats, won't really do mysteries.
Strengths: generally line by lines, concepts, and formatting articles.
Likes: short SCPs and tales. I can do anything from sweet, heart warming stories to gruesome and horrifying ones.
chiifu ~ Callsign: Gray Fox
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Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: chiifu ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, and Tales
Strengths: Worldbuilding, overall review, emotional impact, themes, brainstorming, characterization, working with newer authors
Likes: Short articles (<2500 words), emotional articles, drama, pieces with strong themes
cybersqyd ~ Callsign: Common Clione (Sea Angel)
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Moderator: Forum Crit
Chat Nick: cybersqyd ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast (within ~48hours)
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs mostly; open to GoI-formats
Strengths: Line-by-lines; weird technical knowledge, structural problems
Likes: Any concept; Short/Medium length SCPs; stuff that's fun, kinda weird or a bit horror-esque
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DarkStuff ~ Callsign: Garden Tiger Moth
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SCPs, Tales and GoI-Formats Specialist
Chat Nick: DarkStuff ~ Currently not accepting requests, IRL commitments
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Slow — will take about a week to respond
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, GoI Formats, anything else~!
Strengths: Line-by-lines, characterization, tales, horror (I think), dialogue (I also think). Creator of WWS so will always read those; fairly knowledgeable on Wondertainment.
Likes: Incomprehensible, nonsensical, abstract horror / concepts in general. I also really like cute and wholesome things. I also have different standards for what is considered a "long" or "short" article (all lengths probably fine).
DrAkimoto ~ Callsign: Red Velvet Ant
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Operational Staff: Site Crit / Community Outreach / Internet Outreach
Chat Nick: DrAkimoto ~ Accepts Crit Requests on IRC Only
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: Concepts, Drafts, Tales, some GOI's
Strengths: Narrative development, humor, world-building, clinical tone, brevity, absurd horror
Likes: Short articles (<2000), anything to do with animals, SPC, fridge horror, comedy, good things that do things.
Dyslexeon ~ Callsign: Pillbug
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Junior Staff: Forum Crit
Chat Nick: Dyslexion ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Prefer IRC, Wikidot is also okay ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs and Tales
Strengths: Concepts, New Authors, brainstorming, prose, tone, narrative, brevity
Likes: First attempts, Final Drafts, and everything in between
-G-
gee0765 ~ Callsign: Bullet Ant
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Moderator: Forum Crit / Site Crit / Community Outreach
Chat Nick: Gee0765 ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM and IRC are both acceptable. ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs and Tales
Strengths: Concepts, humour and grammar/line-by-line crit.
Likes: Any concepts, short articles (less than 2000 words), humorous articles/Jokes, and exploration-based pieces.
Grigori Karpin ~ Callsign: Ovis canadensis - Big Horned Sheep
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SCP Articles and Tales Specialist
Chat Nick: grigorikarpin ~ Accepts Crit Requests. Not available on Fridays after 6pm PST or at all on Saturdays.
Preferred Contact: IRC or Wikidot ~ Response Time: Fast if a short piece (less than 2000 words), Medium if something longer
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, tales. Also will review longer pieces, just need more time for it.
Strengths: Story structure, characterization, world building. Focusing on efficiency of story telling.
Likes: Horror, supernatural, historical, intrigue, & character focused pieces.
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Ihp ~ Callsign: Mantidfly
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Concepts and Tales Specialist
Chat Nick: ihp ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC or Wikidot PMs ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, GOI Formats
Strengths: Comedy, character development, brainstorming, dialogue, narrative voice
Likes: Tales, heartwarming and humorous works, competent characters, stories with basis in mythology, stories that attempt to expand on pre-existing and overlooked content on the site.
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Jacob Conwell ~ Callsign: Oregon Swallowtail
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Moderator: Wikiwalk Captain / Site Crit / MAST
Chat Nick: Conwell ~ Accepts Crit Requests when IRL commitments permit. Will decline requests if time is limited.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, GoI Formats
Strengths: Characterization, narrative arcs/tale series, plot weaving, Anderson Robotics articles, prose, Those Twisted Pines canon.
Likes: Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction genre anomalies. Three Portlands articles and tales. Short to medium length articles preffered.
JakdragonX ~ Callsign: Common Picture Wing (or Variegated Flutterer)
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Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Jak ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: SCP's, Concepts, and Drafts (Maximum of 3000 words, or otherwise responses will be slower)
Strengths: Flushed out concepts, line-by-line, simplistic concepts and complex narratives
Likes: All concepts; Short/Medium (sometimes Larger), cyber-anomalies, meta-articles, character progression, and story-based SCPs.
-K-
Kikaider01 ~ Callsign: Desert Locust
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Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: Kikaider01 ~ Accepts Crit Requests on MONDAYS ONLY
Preferred Contact: IRC, Wikidot, and PM are all fine. ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs
Strengths: Narrative, thematic links, SPaG
Likes: Sci-Fi, weird anomalies, body horror, dark comedy, cute, heartwarming, psychological, historical SCPs. I also like SCPs inspired by pop culture (if done right and executed very well rather than a direct rip-off.)
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Laneous ~ Callsign: Owl Butterfly
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SCPs and Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Laneous ~ Not Currently Accepting Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: SCPs
Strengths: Clinical tone, brainstorming, narrative structures/story focus, line-by-lines, horror.
Likes: articles that do a lot with simple concepts, Heavily narrative-based pieces, short-form pieces.
Leveritas ~ Callsign: Crimson Spotted Forester
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Moderator: Forum Crit / MAST
Chat Nick: Leveritas ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Long, due to quarantine. Will go back to green after it ends.
Will Crit: SCPs
Strengths: Clinical tone, line-by-line, Containment Procedures, overall concept.
Likes: Narrative, psychological horror, authors who check their grammar before approaching me. Busy with maintaining 914's logs, so send a PM only if you're sure that it's almost ready, or for greenlighting.
LilyFlower ~ Callsign: Buff-Tailed Bumblebee
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Moderator: Licensing / Community Outreach
Chat Nick: Lily ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Chat PM ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: Ideas, short drafts
Strengths: Biology, short works
Likes: Hard Sci-Fi, weird stuff, body horror, anything with animals.
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N_Aepic_Fael ~ Callsign: House Centipede
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Moderator: Forum Crit / Licensing / Community Outreach
Chat Nick: naepicfael ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales (occasionally), Concepts
Strengths: giving narrative skeletons for authors to build off on, nitpicking when someone hasn't put in enough effort to make their anomalous properties consistent (i.e. scip can remove property A, which is on a spectrum, but suddenly removes property B, which is an entirely different topic)
Likes: fleshed-out concepts, bizarre/amusing scips, non-horror, mythology-based things
Nagiros ~ Callsign: Fiddler Crab
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Operational Staff: Forum Crit / MAST / Tech
Chat Nick: nagiros ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Discord (on weekdays), IRC, or Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Anything
Strengths: Analyzing narrative and characters, keeping critique concise but informative
Likes: Conceptual stuff, layered plots, new ideas
Naveil ~ Callsign: Attacus Atlas Moth
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Operational Staff: Forum Crit / MAST
Chat Nick: Naveil ~ Not accepting requests - IRL commitments
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, Concepts
Strengths: line-by-line critique, article layout, overall feelings, working with newer writers
Likes: Exploration SCPs, strong atmosphere, emotional narratives, lightheartedness
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OCuin ~ Callsign: Red Squirrel
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Operational Staff: Community Outreach / Forum Crit
Chat Nick: OCuin ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC only ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, and tales
Strengths: Line by line, clinical tone, pacing, narrative structure, and working with newer authors
Likes: Short articles, format screws, New Weird stuff, metaphors, and emotive articles.
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PlaguePJP ~ Callsign: Sea Otter
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Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: PlaguePJP ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC and Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast if a short piece (2500 words and less), Medium if longer
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs
Strengths: Overall critique, help with ideation/where to take a narrative, trimming fat, dialogue, clinical tone, and comedy
Likes: Short/medium length works, weird concepts, comedic SCPs, horror, flash-fiction, and character-focused pieces
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REDESERT ~ Callsign: Ulysses Butterfly
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Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: REDESERT ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs (though still rather new to draft critiques)
Strengths: Concepts, narrative structure and development, themes, simplification, character development, pacing and nit-picks.
Likes: Weather based anomalies, anything remotely inter-dimensional, horror, emotive stories, simple concepts, strong payoffs and twists.
RockTeethMothEyes ~ Callsign: Grease Moth
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Moderator: Forum Crit / Vice Captain of Site Crit
Chat Nick: RockTeethMothEyes ~ Currently Unavailable
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast (Estimated response: 1-48 hours)
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, GoI Formats (Finished Drafts Only)
Strengths: Proofreading, line-by-line crit, fluff removal/condensing
Likes: Absurd concepts, dead things, dark comedy, happy endings, sad endings
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Dr Sage Evergreen ~ Callsign: Black Swallowtail
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Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: DrSageEvergreen ~ Accepts Crit Requests on Friday through Monday. Concepts only for now.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium (2-3 days)
Will Crit: Concepts
Strengths: Brainstorming, Conciseness, Dialogue, Descriptive details
Likes: Anything involving Exploration logs/Alternate Dimensions/Otherworldly Experiences. Bizarre/Creepy encounters. Wholesome/Emotional Articles.
Sonderance ~ Callsign: Ichneumonid Wasp
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Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: Sonderance ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium (usually respond within 24-48 hours)
Will Crit: Anything, but does best with concepts and short drafts.
Strengths: Emotional impact of pieces, conciseness/trimming of unnecessary elements, theme
Likes: Anything with a strong overarching theme, an emotionally potent narrative, or a fun hook. I’m also a fan of anything focused on data or math.
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Truc Linh ~ Callsign: Eurema Hecabe
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Junior Staff: Forum Crit
Chat Nick: TrucLinh ~ CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING REQUESTS DUE TO IRL COMMITMENTS
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: Concepts, Drafts, SCPs, and Tales. Will not review NSFW related content.
Strengths: Thorough analysis, identifying plot holes, narrative focus, fleshing out of concepts, SPaG.
Likes: Cute, funny, short, symbolic, and emotionally impactful pieces.
-U-
Uncle Nicolini ~ Callsign: Common Buckeye
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Moderator: Community Outreach / Forum Crit / Licensing / MAST
Chat Nick: N/A ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: PMs ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, GoI Formats
Strengths: Concept Critique, GoI expert, Improving Ideas
Likes: Whimsical oddities and bizarre combinations of things.
-Z-
Zoobeeny ~ Callsign: African Bush Viper
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SCP Articles and Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Zoobeeny ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM, but I'm also active on IRC a lot. ~ Response Time: Fast on weekends, Medium on weekdays
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, and Tales
Strengths: logical consistency within an SCP, narrative tension, dialogue, and scientific literacy
Likes: strong dialogue pieces, mysteries, powerful humanization pieces, and anything that's funny
Zyn ~ Callsign: Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
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Administrator: Forum Crit Captain
Chat Nick: Zyn ~ Accepts Crit Requests on WEDNESDAY through SUNDAY
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast (depends on administrator duties)
Will Crit: Any type of concept or draft, within reason. No drafts over 3000 words, please.
Strengths: Clinical tone, unusual containment procedures, emotional articles, narrative and backstory. NOTE: one of the pickiest reviewers and rarely gives greenlights.
Likes: Short snappy articles, fantasy-genre anomalies, Foundation being portrayed as highly competent, heartwarming-not-horror
If your roster entry is listed here and you would like to be listed as active again, please notify
Zyn
Connor MacWarren ~ Callsign: Poplar Hawk-moth
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Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: (none yet) ~ Not Accepting Requests: On Hiatus
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM or Discord (Vessel#3768) ~ Response Time: Medium; depends on length of draft. Not available on weekends.
Will Crit: Concepts and SCP drafts
Strengths: Conceptual critique and narrative presentation. I can also be nitpicky and point out more flaws in drafts to show which bits need more improvement.
Likes: Articles that have an interesting premise, anomalies based off of unique objects that have yet to be seen in any article, short SCPs, weird and creative SCPs, articles that build upon overlooked lore and establish new lore or content for the site, and SCPs that have a Series I flair.
Francis Scalia ~ Callsign: Red Admiral
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Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Francis ~ Not accepting requests: IRL commitments.
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts
Strengths: identifying plot holes and scientific inconsistencies, as well as assisting with clinical tone and general writing advice.
Likes: locational SCPs (3930 is a favorite of mine) as well as SCPs that need some deciphering (like 2719). Happy to review anything someone thinks is worth exploring.
Flight Officers are reviewers who have successfully participated in the Butterfly Squad's mentoring program, and have been granted honorary greenlighting privileges.
April 2020 Flight Officers:
CR Jenkins,
Truc Linh - ("Dark And Stormy Flight") Commander: RockTeethMothEyes
SharpEmbrace,
Vincent Van Gone - Commander: gee0765
Nagiros,
Veralta - Commander: cybersqyd
rioludoodle - Commander: N_Aepic_Fael
Hexick - Commander: DrAkimoto
May 2020 Flight Officers:
OCuin - ("Malyce's Malignant Malefactors") Commander: MalyceGraves
Naveil - ("The McMadmen") Commander: TheMightyMcB
AlanDaris - Commander: gee0765
The Pighead - Commander: DrAkimoto
r0se - Commander(s): JakdragonX, TheMightyMcB (stand-in for end of Flight)
July 2020 Flight Officers:
chiifu - ("The Random Team of Doom") Commander: CelesteKara
Claudioss23,
Dr Wile - ("Duck Squad") Commander: Truc Linh
Captain Cold,
DianaBerry - ("The Parliament") Commander: barredowl
August 2020 Flight Officers:
Flopmind,
REDESERT - ("O'Critters") Commander: OCuin
Benji_the_Benevolent - ("Crit Flight o' Doom") Commander: CelesteKara
Comrade Waldo,
Dr Sage Evergreen - ("Dark Side of Light") Commander: Truc Linh
forbiddenquest - ("Kaiju Butterfly Ninjas") Commander: Zyn
September 2020 Flight Officers:
Marcelles_Raynes,
Pedagon - ("Team of the Oinks") Commander: The Pighead
Quadraginta - ("Typing Type’a Typos Team") Commander: Truc Linh
Grigori Karpin,
PlaguePJP - ("Flight of the Bumblecrits") Commander: weizhong
October 2020 Flight Officers:
Cerastes - Commander: CelesteKara
Riemann - Commander: Naveil
November 2020 Flight Officers:
EthanHanson - Commander: CelesteKara
TheAlienBaby - Commander: Zyn
forbiddenquest - Commander: Nagiros
February 2020 Flight Officers:
Comrade Waldo - Commander: CelesteKara
Dr Hajovsky,
Impperatrix - Commander: Pedagon