Odin Weekly Squadron Report #4
Release Date: 08/03/01
Gonna be two pieces of fiction this week guys, enjoy it! :-)
First, Chapter 3 to Reckoning Force, by LT Brian...
Reckoning Force
Chapter 3
While the three ominous ships traveled through hyper-space, the
pilots of wing thirteen met in the pilots lounge. Some were drinking,most
weren’t because the ship was on full alert, and drinking required breaking
the rules. Others were talking of past battles they had flown, gesturing
with their hands as if they were fighters. No matter what they were doing,
all of them did snap to attention and salute the Wing Commander as he entered
the room.
“Good Morning,men.” Major Azazel continued, “ as most of you know
by now, we are going up against a force to be reckoned with, and we don’t
really know what we’re up against until we face it. The problem with that…”
He never got to finish his sentence. Alarms started sounding all
over the ship. The Grey Wolf and the other two Imperator Class Star
Destroyers were suddenly pulled out of hyper-space three hours from there
scheduled time. Rear Admiral Khadgar rushed from his quarters where he had
been taking his nap and shouted as he entered the bridge,“ Someone tell me
what the hell is going on!”
“Sir, we have been pulled out of hyper-space…” a junior officer
said from the crew pit.
“I know that you mongrel idiot! Tell me why we were pulled out of
hyper-space!” Khadgar said in a still tired voice.
Khadgar looked out the viewport and saw a huge fleet of Rakasha ships
destroying the Calamari Cruiser Sanctuary. Beyond that were the New
Republic Interdictor Cruiser Trinity and several other support craft.
“Aw crap, that INT has trapped us and the Rakasha here!” Khadgar
said to himself.
“Sir, an incoming message from a New Republic fighter. Shall I play
it on the comm.?” Said the comm officer.
“Very well, let’s hear it.” Said Khadgar.
The message pleaded for asylum from the Rakasha forces. It briefly
explained how the fleet had been ambushed by the Rakasha and what they were
doing here. Rear Admiral Khadgar thought for a minute and said to Vice
Admiral Cyric, “I think we should give it a shot, what do we have to lose?”
“Very well,” Cyric said after a moments thought. The comm
officer said to the New Republic fighter, “Acknowledged, temporary truce,
only engage Rakasha fighters, we are launching assistance for you now.”
Odin squadron left the hangar of the ISD Grey Wolf and zoomed
towards the battle that was raging between one immense fleet of unknown ships
and a smaller, half destroyed New Republic fleet. With every minute that
went by, another fighter, or a capital ship would be destroyed. If the ASF
wouldn’t of been caught in the INT’s gravity-well projectors,the Rebel fleet
would be doomed for sure.
“Ok pilots, only engage the Rakasha craft, we don’t want to
provoke the New Republic fighters. Still, keep your guard up. I don’t know
what they might try to pull on us.” Raxis said Odin squadron reached the
outer-most action in the battle.
“Roger that,lead.” LT Brian said as he blew away a Rakasha bomber
as it was attacking anX-Wing.
“Confirmed” LT Andrew said as he vectored in on a Rakasha fighter
attacking a Rebel A-Wing. The brawl continued. In the end the New Republic
forces were decimated. Only nine fighters and one corellian corvette survived
the battle. Damage to the Vanguard was very extensive. Odin lost one pilot,
but he was recovered because he ejected and was E-V for a little while.
Now the question came up as to what to do with the New Republic
ships that survived the battle.
“ I think we should let them go.” Said Khadgar as they Commodores
gathered for an emergency meeting aboard the Grey Wolf.
“Well, the protocols call for us to capture, interrogate, and
execute them. But I don’t think that that is the best action to take right
now. I suggest that we have a meeting where we discuss the Rakasha and
mutually hand over any information that we both may have about them.” Cyric
said. After a brief moment of silence where no one objected to the plan,
Cyric replied, “Ok then, I’ll arrange this meeting as soon as possible. As
for current orders, we will remain here until we have exchanged the necessary
information,then we will proceed towards the Rakasha hyper-coordinates. In
the mean time, let's repair the damage that we sustained during todays
activities.
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And now, Odins Uprising, by LT Andrew...
Odin’s Uprising
by Lieutenant Andrew
“Lets go, guys!” Captain RaxisKrieger said as he came in to wake the tired
pilots for the third time in 15minutes. “We gotta get going…”
“Five more minutes, eh?” pipesLieutenant Andrew. Soon after that comment, a
pillow makes its way toward himfrom Lieutenant Brian’s bunk.
“Lets go, Peters. Hop in theshowers. We gotta go,” Brian says annoyed.
“Okay, okay…” responds Andrew.
As soon as everyone took a showerand ate some breakfast, they all gathered in
the hanger for briefing from theship commodore, Khadgar.
“There is going to be a lot ofaction going on today. Since the recent pirate
uprising, we have to stay alert.So far, intelligence reports a possible
pirate attack on the Grey Wolf, andOdin must defend. At the moment, we do not
know the motive for these attacks,but that doesn’t matter right now. Okay,
everyone, you know what needs to bedone. Make your routine patrol, and report
in if anything out of the ordinary.Raxis, you lead them. Lieutenant Brian?”
Khadgar asks.
“Yes?” replies Brian.
“Cover Andrew’s back, he is theleast experienced here, and we don’t want to
lose anybody, okay?”
Sure. We are all making it throughthis together.” says Brian in a sentimental
tone.
“Okay,” says Khadgar. “Everyone hopinto their fighters and lets get rolling!”
* **
Once everyone of Odin Squadron madeit safely out of the hanger, they moved
into their tight formation. Theyfollowed their scheduled flight plan, until
Lieutenant Andrew spotted somethingout of the corner of his eye.
“2 o’clock everyone. Possible bogeysighting…” says Andrew in an excited
tone.
“Yes, I can make out a lot offighters, at least 20. They appear to be
correlian transports and A-Wings.Also, I think I can see at least 2 modified
corvettes and a few frigates,” saysBrian.
“Brian, Saar, have your flightstake out the A-Wings. Flight I will take out
the transports. Steer clear of thecap ships, save those for later,” orders
Raxis.
“Roger.”
“Copy.”
“Roger that.”
As Raxis reports back to Khadgarabout the sighting, Brian takes out 2
A-Wings, Andrew takes 1, and Saar takescare of 2.
“Alright, Raxis, calm down, wegotta take care of these guys…” he says to
himself. Once he calms himself downand controls the flight stick, he targets
a transport. Once the lock isconfirmed, he fires two advanced concussion
missiles at him. That hit took outall of his shields and a small portion of
his hull. Raxis finished him off withcannons.
By the end of the battle, Raxistook out all but 2 transports. All of the
A-Wings were taken out by Flights Iand II. The remaining to transports and
the corvettes and frigates bugged out.
* **
At the after-battle briefing, Khadgar congratulatedOdin Squadron for their
bravery. They were all rewarded for their exceptionalservice to the ISD Grey
Wolf. Khadgar and Azazel were pleased with theirperformance. Although none of
the craft were undamaged, no one was injured.
“I hope this skirmish isn’t prophesizing the future of this uprising…”
Khadgar whispered to himself as hewalked to his cabin.
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Squadron News:
No sooner than I had sent out my last WSR, We got a new pilot. Lets welcome our 5th Member, CM SCUD. Welcome back from the reserves bud :-)
Special Thanks to LT Brian and LT Andrew for this weeks peices of fiction (i'll get them added to the archives soon!
Theres talk of a new competition being set up by our Commodore for playing XvT Battles and squadrons with the highest average score move on.
Little drop off on activty, but you guys deserved it. You all deserved a break for last months overwhelming activity. Lets see if we can beat what we had last month
The TAC is back from leave. I have about 7 pending BSFs for him. So guys, if you haven't gotten them back yet, you'll get them hopefully by next friday depending on how fast he works (he's got a rather large list of them to do)
Also, Brian has taken over lead with the highest ammount of FCHG points in the squadron, congrats :-)
Squadron Status:
Imperial Storm II battles can occur at any time. Keep an eye out in your email bins and on tc.org's news page. Battle times and dates will be listed there.
Regular Weekly Competition for XvT and XWA (even TIE) are held. Check the combat calendar for more information on these competitions. Flying in these competitions can bring in the medals. LoCs and DFCs are plentiful!
Still many many spots to fill in the squadron, if you know some people on Daedalus who will be an asset the squadron, don't hesitate to reccomend odin squadron to them.
Make sure you fly as many XvT battles as you can. It's good to get these out of the way so we can nab the citations for them as soon as we get a 6th pilot.
Squadron Activity:
Big Increase from last week, keep it up guys
CMDR/CPT Raxis Krieger - Participated in Monday nights Tempest Storm, no victories :-(
FL/CPT Saar - Hope to see you flying again soon my friend
FM/CM SCUD - Welcome back! has flown TC-XvT 5, 6, 10 and 11
L/LT Brian - Once again, Mr.Bringer of work has sent me : TC-TIE 138, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 and ID-TIE 2, and BHG-TIE 2 as well as participated in Monday nights tempest storm with 1 pending LoC.
FM/LT Andrew - Completed TC-TIE 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8. Excellent job Andrew! :-)
Competitions participated in will be announced when COO Gives out the LoCs for them (probaly by next WSR)
Promotions, Medals, Assignments, ect:
RSV/CM SCUD --> FM/CM SCUD
Loc x2 --> CM Saar (from 6/23/01 comp...What happened to the COO then? :-P)
If you won a LoC this week, they should be comming in soon. Depends on the COO. IF you havent recieved your LoCs within the past 2 weeks. Email the COO and ask. Dont bother him too much though.
Communications:
mIRC is a prime way to get in touch with myself or the two Flight Leaders. If you need to downlaod mIRC. it can be found at http://www.mirc.com . I doubt any of us need that since I've seen you all on there, but there it is anyway, and for those who may not know, regular names of the pilots in the squadron are: CPT_Raxis (or `Loki), CPT_Saar, LT_Brian and LT_Andrew
The odin squadron website can be found at http://members.home.net/vesuvius7 and the Flight III website can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/games3/odin/index.html. Give them both a visit sometime!
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Final Thought this week...
July was a fabulous month pilots. Between 4 pilots, we managed 56 battles, 5 multiplayer competitions, and 13 IWATS courses. I am very happy for our squadron. We're progressing very nicely. Let's see if we can't beat what we did last month. I know that we can do at least what we did, let's see if we can do even more. Also, keep up with recruiting, still 7 spots to fill in the squadron!
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ODIN SQUADRON OF WING XIII : Assault
COMMANDER: CPT Raxis Krieger (vesuvius7@home.com)
NICKNAME: Rolling Thunder
BANNER: odin.gif
MOTTO: We are the Blade Thats Cuts down our Enemies
HOMEPAGE: http://members.home.net/vesuvius7/
MESSAGE BOARD: http://pub27.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=2240257306&cpv=1
FLIGHT I - TIE INTERCEPTOR
Nickname: Hidden Fury
Motto: No Warning, No Resistance
1) CPT Raxis Krieger (vesuvius7@home.com)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: Black Aces
Motto: His modis ad victoriam
1) CPT Saar (Ehsaar@hotmail.com)
2) CM SCUD (scudlebutt2002@yahoo.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - TIE INTERCEPTOR
Nickname: Perpetual Darkness
Motto: The Darkness awaits you
Homepage: http://www.angelfire.com/games3/odin/index.html
1) LT Brian (soccerwars10@aol.com)
2) LT Andrew (apeters91@aol.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA
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Total: 5
FCHG Listings | Combat Ratings | Squadron Reports (3)
Respectfully,
CMDR/CPT Raxis Krieger/Odin/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
BSx2/PCx7/ISMx10/MoI/LoC-PSx78/DFC/CoB/OV [PLDN]
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