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-Lot's of promotions all around!
-Nice new Caption competition going on.

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-We lost two pilots this week, LTs Greeko Rojin & Endymion, but frankly, I'm not in tears about it. Greeko got AWOLed, and Endymion took a respectfull leave to the RSVs.
-We have a flying competition going on, from the 4th to the 11th. Battle to fly is TIE-TC 171. So fly it asap! If we have a decent participation ratio for this comp I'm going to go looking for other squads to challenge!
-As for the fiction run-on comp, that's ground to a halt as I had no submissions for the last round.
-But! I have another non-flying competition, one that's very important and is going to go on for quite a while. Here's the story, as posted on the competitions page:
To celebrate Omicron's revival and our excellent performance last month, I've decided (also thanks to LCM Aero Slasher's suggestion on this) to change our Squadron and Flight Motto & Nicknames. All members of Omicron Squadron can submit as many suggestions for new Flight/Squad nick/motto's as they want to.Medals:ISM to those who submit a motto/nick that gets used as a squad/flight motto.
So that means I need 4x2 submissions; 3 Flight Nicknames, 3 Flight Motto's, and 1 Squadron Motto & Nickname. Many ISMs to be won in this comp! That's also why this competition is going on for quite a while. It starts on the 7th of January, and ends the 4th of February.

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I've noticed that many people don't do what these say, so I've taken the liberty of highlighting it all in BOLD so you CAN'T miss it. Please read everything in them, and don't forget to CC your FLs on everything!

Part A: For Everyone:
1) Abide all Colossus standing orders. (to be found on the Colossus web-site)
2) Competitions and other activity's: Everyone must submit something to a competition inside our squadron/ship, as long as they have the required tools needed for it (for flying comps TIE Fighter, for Graphic comps a Graphic Workshop)
3) Leaves: When you go on holiday, you go for a long weekend somewhere or anything that will prevent you from checking your e-mails and participating in any other form of activity for more then 24 consecutive hours, do two things: set your TC profile on Leave status (log in on the site, select edit profile, scroll down until you find Turn Leave Status On, make sure that's checked, and then put the reason of your leave in the textbox, click submit at the bottom of the page and your done.) Second: mail me telling me the exact same stuff you put on your profile (when you're leaving, why, and when your coming back)
Note: This also counts for exams that you really and absolutely want to put yourself 100% for (actually should be all exams :P) and you want to get all distractions away from you, so you're not going to check your e-mails, then also put your leave status on for the duration of your studying+exam and notify me.
4) Semi-leaves: Other hindering RL stuff: If you have other things in RL (RL always comes first, of course!!) to do that prevent you from flying but you can still check your e-mails, you don't have to put your leave status on if you don't want, but do mail me telling me that so I know you can't fly for any comps.
5) Contact: Everyone is allowed and advised to seek out contact with me, using ICQ, MSN Messenger, AIM, IRC or e-mail or even through the MSN Zone. All my contact info is available on my personnel profile.

Part B: For FLs only:
1) Flight Leaders are to make a report of their flight every week, not public like my Weekly Squadron Report, but personal and give recommendations and individual activity reports for your FMs.
2) FLs are also advised to seek out contact with your FMs, through ICQ, MSN Messenger, AIM, etc. and keep contact through e-mail with them and me.
3) FLs are also supposed to be a example for your FMs, and a good example at that. That means, fly when you have to, participate in comps, keep in touch, and abide by all these rules!

Part C: For FMs only:
1) Everything you submit, and that means from tfrs to submissions for a fiction competition etc, go to not only the judge (in a case of a comp outside of the squadron), but also to me, and your FL. You are also advised to seek out contact with your FLs and fellow FMs (especially those in your Flight).
2) There is a certain minimum you need to do to be an active member of the squadron (meaning not getting shipped off to the RSVs for inactivity), namely, fly at least 1 mission a week. One mission is hardly a lot to ask for per week. If your joystick/TIECD/etc. is broken and you can't fly, try to participate in a graphics competition, fiction competition or try to do something. If you need ideas for graphics, just ask me for some examples, I'll always be able to give you some. If you continue to not do any activity, don't give a good reason for not doing so, then you may be subject to be transferred to the RSVs, which I will then discuss with COM Absolut Vodka and WC Drake.

Primary: Fly TIE-TC 171 for Omicron Squadron Competition (deadline 11th December)
Secondary: Submit Squadron/Flight Nicknames/Motto's (deadline 4th February)
Tertiary: Fly! Submit for the Caption Competition! Do IWATS! (and don't say you don't have anything to do >:P)

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CMDR/MAJ Daniel Klivian:
-Awarded 11 LoCs
-Awarded 2 DFC
-Flew TIE-ID 3
-Flew XWA-IW 25
-Got competition approved
-Wrote WSR

FM/LT Ardeth Mordor:
-Flew TIE-TC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
-Completed IWATS Tie Tactics Course
-Completed IWATS mIRC 1 Course
-Awarded PC for 40+ missions in one week
-Awarded CoB
---Great job Ardeth! Keep it up!!!---
---LT Ardeth Mordor is Pilot Of The Week---

FL/CM Alain Dindareanu:
-Wrote CitO report
-Promoted to Commander
---On leave. Congratulations on the promotion!---

FM/LCM Ace:
-Awarded IS-SW
-Flew XWA-TC 11, 12, 14, 9.
-Flew TIE-FREE 152 w/ high score!
-Awarded PC for 40+ missions in a week
---Doing a great job, even though your computer's broken down---

FL/CM Wysseri Arestar:
-Flew TIE-TC 49, 51, 5, 82, 83, 85, 7.
-Awarded Ism for helping Mu with graphics
-Wrote Flight Report
---Good job, Wys!---

FM/LCM Aero Slasher:
-Awarded CoB
-Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
---Having e-mail problems. Congratulations on the promotion!---

FM/LT Rogue:
-Flew XvT-TC 1, 3, 4, 7.
-Flew XWA-TC 15
-Flew XWA-FREE 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 43, 44, 32.
-Awarded PC for 40+ missions in a week
-Awarded ISM for passing 100 FCHG
---Doing a great job as well! Keep it up!---

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-I'm again very happy with all of you, so all I can say is Keep it up!
-One bad thing that I'm forced to point out, the Squadron Standing Orders: they are to be followed! If people continue ignoring them, individual disciplanary action will be taken.
-Two Omicronians promoted this week, a show of what happens when you do consistent good work.

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-Security Officer settling in

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FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Dark Storm of the Empire
Motto: Beware the calm before the storm!
1) MAJ Daniel Klivian (danielklivian@isdcolossus.com) #6439
2) TBA
3) LT Ardeth Mordor (gravis01@earthlink.net)
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: Riders of the Apocalypse
Motto: Nothing is beyond us!
1) LCM Alain Dindareanu (cracky90@tiefighter.org) #5534
2) LCM Ace (ace003_bla@yahoo.com.au) #6136
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: StarLancers
Motto: A Well Trained Pilot is Worth More Than an ISD!
1) CM Wysseri Arestar (wysseri@isdcolossus.com) #4211
2) LT Aero Slasher (lugia6600@altavista.com) #7233
3) LT Rogue (maverick6666@hotmail.com) #7850
4) TBA

Total: 7
Squadron Citations (8):
TIE-TC Battle 1 - Capture Of Zaarin
TIE-TC Battle 2 - Strike At Calamari
TIE-TC Battle 3 - New Dimensions
TIE-TC Battle 4 - Recapture Zaarins Technology
TIE-TC Battle 5 - Pirate Uprising
TIE-TC Battle 6 - Destruction
TIE-TC Battle 9 - Tracking The Defectors
TIE-TC Battle 10 - Battle For The DeathStar
8 citations people!!! Nice!!! Good work to the CitO for giving us the battle numbers to fly, and good work from everyone for flying! Also, it helps now that the two inactive personel have left. Once again, I find myself saying, Keep it up!!!

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Respectfully submitted,
CMDR/MAJ Daniel Klivian/Omicron/Wing VIII/ISD Colossus
BSx3/PCx4/ISM/MoI/IS-1BW/LoC-PSx54/DFC-BWx6/CoB [LGNR]
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