Vortex - Weekly Squadron Report

April 5th, 2002

Useless thought of the week:

"Where did I put that pillow ?" ;)

1. CM TK-6686 is currently Wing XIII's top pilot with 415 points in the ASF:SC IV. Keep it up Trent !

2. Vortex Flying Competition: Fly XvT-FREE #64 http://www.emperorshammer.net/battles/battle.asp?record=697. Highest score gets an IS-BW. I'll award 15,000 points bonus to those who submit a honest review for the mission. First Place get an IS-BW. Ends April 10th, 2002.

http://www.imperialacademy.org/compdetails.asp?ID=1487

3. Vortex Non-Flying Competition: Contestants will write Vortex History, using a mix of fictional and real facts in 250 words or more. Ends May 1st, 2002

http://www.imperialacademy.org/compdetails.asp?ID=1488

4. I'm currently waiting for new competition to be approved. Vortex Top Pilot in the ASF:SC IV gets an IS-BW, and the title of Vortex Ace until next ASF:SC. Hasn't been approved yet, but I hope it will.

5. ASF:SC IV is still running and we need your contribution. By next week, I want everybody to have at least 200 pts. That ain't too much, Trent and I are already over it.

6. Vortex Squadron Flight 3 Flight Leader appointed. Congratulations CM Gilad Pellaeon !

1. RA Azazel on compassionate leave. On behalf of Vortex Squadron, I'd like to extend my condolences to your family. Take care of yourself Azzy.

2. On a lighter note, there is a bunch of new IWATS courses available. I suggest you take a look (IWATS Courses are worth 15 points ;)).

3. Imperial Storm III is near ready to launch. All XWA pilots, get ready to rumble, the main MP event is about to begin !

http://www.emperorshammer.net/wo/is3/

4. Congratulation to the new Wing XV WC, MAJ Ekim Yellek and the new Wing XIV COL Wil Striker.

6. RA Krax Tarnisar new Relentless COM. So Wing IX is looking for a new WC. Applicants must email RA Krax Tarnisar and AD Mell.

5. Wing VI on board the SSSD Sovereign has shut down its operations. This should remind us of how much we rely on activity from all the pilots. The Grey Wolf is counting on you, pilots, to keep it alive. Remember that...

Squadron at 9 Members

Squadron at 9 Citations

CM Mantis completed BitchX Course with a score of 81%.

CM Mantis completed Flash Course with a score of 96%.

CM Ygor Mantis: Flew XvT-IW 12, 29, 30. Flew in Frozen Doom. Submitted graphics, posted on the boards

CM TK-6686: Flew XvT-TC 20, 28. Flew in Tempest Storm and Frozen Doom. Posted on the boards.

CPT Deamon: Flew TIE-TC 173, 175. XvT-TC 22.

The rest...well, latrine is clean enough.

CM Ygor Mantis:   BoP-TC #5-11. Fly MP engagments.

LT Aithne Lajwanti Zwibble: Second Warning, report.

CM Gilad Pelleaeon: XvT- TC #11, 12, 13. How's your joystick Gilad ?

LT Xanathar: Second Warning, report.

CM TK-6686: XvT-TC #11, 19, 21. Fly MP engagements.

LCM Alistair Darksaber: First Warning, report.

LCM Coremy Jertese: I'm greatly displeased Coremy...Second Warning, report.

LT James Benson: First Warning, report.

CPT Deamon: XvT-TC #10-28 as soon as possible. (Except 22 ;))

As always, submit your pilot files to CM Mantis. To speed up the process, include in the mail which battle you have flown and if you've got high scores.

Executor [EXCR] (750 points)

[956] CPT Deamon

Legionnaire [LGNR] (500 points)

[502] CM TK-6686

Paladin [PLDN] (300 points)

[315] CM Gilad Pelleaeon

Gallant [GALL] (200 points)

[216] CM Ygor Mantis

Hussar [HUSS] (50 points)

[65] LCM Coremy Jertese

Lancer [LANC] (25 points)

[32] LCM Alistair Darksaber

Marksman 2nd (20 points)

[23] CPT Deamon
[21] CM TK-6686

Certified (5 points)

[8] CM Ygor Mantis
[7] CM Gilad Pelleaeon

VORTEX SQUADRON OF WING XIII : Infiltration
COMMANDER: CM Ygor Mantis (mantis@videotron.ca)
NICKNAME: The Winds of Destruction
BANNER: vortex.jpg
MOTTO: "Silent Leges Inter Arma"
HOMEPAGE: http://www25.brinkster.com/mantis2100/vortex/vortex.html
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=27

FLIGHT I - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: Silent Death
Motto: Silent Armed Assassins
1) CM Ygor Mantis (mantis@videotron.ca)
2) LT Aithne Lajwanti Zwibble (zwibble@gmx.net)
3) TBA
4) LT Xanathar (Victorf.Copebras@angloamerican.com.br)

FLIGHT II - TIE INTERCEPTOR
Nickname: Lucifer's Hammer
Motto: "In Nomine Imperium"
1) CM TK-6686 (trenton13@hotmail.com)
2) TBA
3) LCM Alistair Darksaber (ertai13@hotmail.com)
4) LCM Coremy Jertese (UCLAbruzin@aol.com)

FLIGHT III - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: Death Watch
Motto: "Live with honour, kill by stealth"
1) CM Gilad Pelleaeon (Thrawn@kc.rr.com)
2) TBA
3) LT James Benson (rcande0@pop.uky.edu)
4) CPT Deamon (e3grossusmc@yahoo.com)

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Well, this will be short. ASF:SC IV is on, plenty of shiny jewels to add to your uniforms. My goal is to have each of you to 200 points by next friday. It isn't hard to do. If you can't fly MP, well, download battles and fly SP. If you can't fly at all, there are plenty of IWATS courses for you to complete. Can't pass any courses ? Submitt graphics and fiction. As you can see, there's no excuses not to have at least a couple of points.

I'm pleased with Vortex's performance so far, and I believe we can truly get the April WC's Own title if we get to work. Think of it, no one is expecting us to get back on our feet so fast. What do you say we prove them wrong boys and girls ? Give me some points, and I promise you won't regret your activity for April...

As for recruitment, it is going well. We might be getting two new cadets soon. I want you all to set a good example for them by being active, and fly. If you can't do any of this, well at least email me once a week to tell me what's going on. If you don't want to stay in the TIE Corps, at least have the courage to tell me before going inactive.

Anyway, I'll stop ranting for now...I got a battle to design and pilot files that wait in my mailbox to be sent...

Pilot of the Week: Again, CM TK-6686. A lot of activity from you Trent. I'm proud you're in Vortex Squadron. First of the GW in the ASF:SC IV so far...

Respectfully submitted,

CMDR-TCT-TCS/CM Ygor Mantis/Vortex/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
BS/PC/MoT-1gh/IS-1BW/LoC-CSx8/CoB [GALL] {IWATS-AIM-BX-FLA-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1-M/1/2-RT-SM/2-XTM-XTT}