Autumn 2025 was when the welcome channel started to get busy, and when one pilot quietly made himself its unofficial greeter. Here are the arrivals from October to December 2025.
Fartillery: the Icelandic invasion continues
Welcomed: October 15, by Pict1on
Fartillery arrived "proudly repping Iceland and bringing even more Nordic firepower to the TNFED crew." The full story, including MontyGTV's population maths, is in The Icelandic invasion continues.
Malcolm Galora joins the family
Welcomed: November 4, by Motty 007
Malcolm Galora made the move to TNF from elsewhere in the alliance, with Motty asking everyone to "make him feel at home." Marri02 was quick to welcome him "to the icelandic/rds takeover brother!"
A year later Malcolm was celebrating his Sigma anniversary; that story is in A year in Sigma.
Tamanade, the official unofficial greeter
Welcomed: November 7 and 8, by Kloria, Odysemus and Xander Ryn
Tamanade's own arrival was low-key. Kloria tagged him, Odysemus said "Welcome!", Xander Ryn said "Welcome aboard!", and Tamanade answered each with a cheerful "thanks 🙂".
What happened next is the real story. From that point on, almost every new pilot found a message from Tamanade waiting for them: "welcome to the mad house!" for Adama Kanjus, "welcome !!" for oli Padecain, "welcome!" for xXchochiXx, and a year later "welcome to the madhouse !! :))" for Ardagan Fatal.
welcome to the mad house ! 😁
He backs it up on the field too: Tamanade's name sits on some of the biggest killmails of December 2025.
GuardianNomu, a friend of miki
Welcomed: November 22, by Odysemus
GuardianNomu arrived as a friend of miki Terona (who, Odysemus noted, he "can't seem to @"). Odysemus promised help with "moving, getting settled or understanding how we operate."
The welcomes piled in. Motty 007: "glad you're in, let us know if you need any assistance moving." Killjoy Ender went with a pun we will leave to the reader's imagination. And Odysemus had the best advice of the lot:
GuardianNomu settled in fast: by December he had a run of standout hostile-structure killmails on his public profile.
And then came winter
The trickle became a flood from January. That chapter is told in Word gets around: TNF's winter growth spurt.
