Hey Squadron Report #3 for October 1st through 15th 2001.

Hidey ho folks! Time for another Hey Squadron Report. I’ve been quite busy with school for the last two weeks, so we’ve got a lot to cover. Let’s get started!

SQUADRON NEWS

Not a whole lot that I can think of. Activity is pretty good from everyone, if you’re not flying, you’re usually posting on the message board(s) and other stuff. Keep it up.

SL Max Strykeman was declared AWOL after not showing any appreciable activity since joining the squadron or since my becoming CMDR.

It’s always nice to see pilots fly battles and free missions, but any kind of activity is good. Submit fiction, post on the MB and/or send e-mail over the squadron mailing list. It all counts.

WING NEWS
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Daleth Squadron is still without a CMDR. LC Jahan Kalar has recieved several applications for the position. Hopefully Daleth will have a CMDR by the end of the week.

Dark Angel has left Wing III. He recieved a promotion to PREX of the Corporate Division. Congrats DA!

FLEET NEWS
Tuesday · October 16 · 2001

TO Communique 16 mailed out
00:58 - HA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
The 16th TO Communique has been mailed out to all members from Flight Member to BGCOM. If you didn't get it, you can check it out online here.

Monday · October 15 · 2001

Banner bug fixed
18:10 - SA Kawolski [absurefire@aol.com]
A small bug with the banner uploading form not working for members holding more than one position has been fixed.

Promotions
11:19 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
There have been some Flag Officer appointments and promotions recently that I'd like to announce: Congratulations to Major Darksaber who takes over from General Badlands as the new Wing Commander for Wing XI. Congrats also to Major Bevel Leeson, new Wing XV WC (my old Wing!).

Finally, I'm pleased to announce the promotion of Vice Admiral Adrenaline to the rank of Admiral! Adren is undoubtedly one of the hardest working members of the TIE Corps, and this is a well deserved promotion. Congrats Adren!

Banners on rosters
10:05 - SA Kawolski [absurefire@aol.com]
Stop e-mailing banners to myself and the Flight Officer! You can now upload them to the database instead so they'll show up on the roster!

CMDRs, WCs, COMs, and BGCOMs will now see a new administration option to upload a banner for their squadron, wing, ship, or battlegroup respectively. If you have any problems using the form, please report it to Sector Admiral Kawolski.

Sunday · October 14 · 2001

New TCS/TCT sought for XWA
05:29 - FA Striker [striker@tiecorps.org]
With the change in command concerning the XWA part of the Tactical Staff, there is currently a lack of playtesters (TCS) and correctors (TCT) for XWA. Therefore, the Tactical Office is looking for additional Tactical Surveyors (TCS, playtesters) and Tacticians (TCT, correctors) for the XWA platform. Please review the Tactical Manual for the position descriptions. Some requirements for the positions are for Tactical Surveyors (TCS):

have XWA
be able to playtest a battle within a week and to write a beta report (templates in the Tactical Manual)
knowledge in XWA mission design and graduation from XAM not necessary but recommended.
And for Tacticians (TCT):
have XWA
be able to bring corrections to a battle within 1,2 weeks, from the problems noticed by the TCS in their beta reports (guidelines in the Tactical Manual)
knowledge in XWA mission design
must have passed XAM from IWATS
Please review the Tactical Manual before applying, there you will find a complete description of the Tactical Staff. These are auxiliary positions, which means you don't have to leave your squadron. Applications are to be sent to Lieutenant Colonel Marcin Szydlowksi and Captain Gord Darkonian. Nice rewards for all hard working people !

New TCC:XWA
03:32 - FA Striker [striker@tiecorps.org]
Congratulations to Captain Gord Darkonian for being appointed Tactical Coordinator (XWA).

Some BSF problems
03:30 - FA Striker [striker@tiecorps.org]
Some technical problems currently prevents me from processing XvT and XWA high scores (ie zipped files). Hopefully it should be sorted out soon.

Thursday · October 11 · 2001

EH vs. NRN Results
18:48 - RA Brucmack [bjmacken@engmail.uwaterloo.ca]
In my first act as COO I've submitted the results for the EH vs. NRN war held last month. All in all I feel it was a fairly good contest, though we could have used a larger number of pilots flying. Here's a breakdown of the results:

X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
EH: 2
NRN: 0
War Site

X-Wing Alliance
EH: 34
NRN: 29
War Site

As you can see, we got the victory by a fair margin in the area of matches won. However, the NRN put forward 9 more pilots than we did, and won in the areas of player win/loss ratio and kill/death ratio. This basically means that our wins were closer than our losses, and we lost many more 2v2s than we won.

Thanks to all the pilots who flew, your awards are in the mail!

Combat Operations Officer appointed
12:45 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
The new Combat Operations Officer has been selected: Many congratulations to Rear Admiral Brucmack!

SQUADRON ACTIVITY

CMDR Josh Popelka: Flew XWA-FG #2 and TIE-FG #2
CMDR stuff, active on MB and e-mail

SL Max Strykeman: Declared AWOL and removed from roster

LCM Tvan’Oris: Flew XWA-Free #29
TIE-TC 30, 32, 33, 36, 38, 41, 42, 48, 50,
Working on squadron webpage

LCM Dan Jenkins: Active on MB and e-mail

LT Alhana Creed: Flew XWA-Free #29 for Sov Comp

LT Dirk Fireslinger: Flew XWA-TC #1, 2, 6, 8

LT Maw’la Flew XWA-Free #29

SQUADRON ROSTER
HEY SQUADRON OF WING III : Interdiction
COMMANDER: CM Josh Popelka (ehj_popelka@hotmail.com)
NICKNAME: The Demon Guard
MOTTO: Darkness is our element.
HOMEPAGE: http://www.geocities.com/heysquad/news.html
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=26&v=0&s=0

FLIGHT I - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Enraged
Motto: You play with fire, you're gonna get burned!
1) CM Josh Popelka (ehj_popelka@hotmail.com)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Hot Hands
Motto: So good we ought to be illegal
1) LCM Tvan'Oris (tvanoris@hotmail.com)
2) LCM Dan Jenkins (4jenkins@prodigy.net)
3) LT Alhana Creed (vanryan@wp.pl)
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: The Sky Knights
Homepage: http://www.hyperjump.net/rtribal/start.html
1) LT Dirk Fireslinger (Dirk_Fireslinger@qwest.net)
2) LT Maw'la (abxywing@netzero.net)
3) TBA
4) TBA

Total: 6
FCHG Listings | Combat Ratings | Squadron Reports (43)

Squadron Citations (12):
XWA-TC Battle 1 - Avenger Encounter
XWA-TC Battle 2 - First Contact
XWA-TC Battle 3 - The Darkon Mystery
XWA-TC Battle 4 - Privateer
XWA-TC Battle 5 - Show of Force
XWA-TC Battle 6 - Enemy Defector
XWA-TC Battle 7 - Assault on Chimera
XWA-TC Battle 8 - Hammer to Anvil
XWA-TC Battle 9 - Defection of Kusanagi
XWA-TC Battle 10 - The Phare Encounter
XWA-TC Battle 11 - Heroes of the Immortal
XWA-IW Battle 22 - Abyssi Ianua - Gates to Hell

SQUADRON ORDERS

Fly battles to add to our citations

Post on MB and send e-mail over the squadron mailing list

Have fun!

Thanks,

Commander Josh Popelka
Hey Squadron Commander
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