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Tartarus Report # 39 (2004-05-28)

This report was submitted by COL DarkC

       TARTARUS SQUADRON
     WEEKLY SQUADRON REPORT 
             28.05.2004
    CMDR/LC DarkC

Salute
I am sorry for skipping last week’s report, but I had a very busy week and I also went to the country for the weekend.
And these are not the only reasons of the delay.
Read the report and find out for yourself:P

COMMANDER’S OFFICE
In my last report I was talking about planning a 1 month Reunion Tour. Unfortunatelly some of the pilots I wanted back here are now in “enemy” side,so even though I tried to explain what the idea was to Ronin, he simply denied my request:(
There is no need to tell you how dissapointed and depressed I was, as you all know how much I care about all of you and miss my old friends.
I even thought about retirement for one moment, but then I cooled down and realized that I will never be able to turn back time, no matter how much I’d wish to. So the retirement idea dissapeard immediatelly because I realised that at this point, I would kill the entire squadron. The moment I will retire, I’ll have to have a very good pilot to replace me. So I’ll try start recruiting and training the new pilots for this job, so I can eventually retire but leave Tartarus in good hands.:P

Squadron status
We’re now at 8 pilots and 72 citations.

NEWS

  1. Data base crushed. New TC site can be found at www.ehtiecorps.org
  2. I finally bought a digital camera,so you will get weekly pictures from me to witness my growing old process:P
  3. Reunion Tour denied
  4. You will notice some changes on the roster, but they showed up after the new data base was created .

NEWS FROM LUCAS ARTS
Star Wars wouldn't be the Star Wars without its various species and unusual creatures that dominate the screen. No one understands the importance of latex masks, fake appendages and creepy eyes than Episode III Creature Shop Creative Supervisor, Dave Elsey. "We create anything that's not human -- all of the aliens basically," Elsey explains. "This includes anything that has any appendages, horns, contact lenses, teeth, and eyes -- right up to full suits and animatronics." When an actor who must undergo prosthetic makeup first arrives on the Episode III set, he or she will meet Elsey and his team and then prepare the daunting undertaking of being cloned -- that is, having a duplicate made of their faces. "Usually our initial dealing with the actor is when they arrive and meet us for the first time, we shake hands, and then we get them to strip down and wrap them in plastic and put bald caps on their heads," Elsey explains. "Then we take what is called a 'life cast,' which is a plaster cast of their heads. Actually, it's quite a good ice breaker, because the first thing we do is dump a load of gunge on their head and we use a material called alginate, which is used for dental casts. We basically mix up a bucket of that and we completely cover their heads in that material, then we back that up with plaster bandages and open it up and we make plaster casts. These casts have to be very, very detailed for what we're doing -- literally every skin pore has to be in the right place." These casts serve as stand-ins for the real faces during the time-consuming sculpting phase. The artists in the Creature Shop build their material atop the casts, so that when their masks are finalized, they will fit perfectly to an actor's features. When the pieces of prosthetic makeup are ready to go on the actor, he or she will often sit in the makeup chair for hours as Elsey's team carefully place each piece in its exact place. "It's good for the actor, because he gets to sit there and watch the whole thing develop from the makeup chair, right from scratch, because he has no idea really what's going to happen up until that point." In one unusual instance, Elsey and his team were asked to create an exact duplicate of Ewan McGregor as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, which was later nicknamed Foamy-Wan Kenobi. "When the scripts arrived it seemed that Hayden Christensen was going to be carrying around Ewan for days on the shoot, and we didn't want Hayden to put his back out straight away as soon as he started production. So we made a lightweight version that looks exactly like Ewan. It's going to be a very interesting collector's piece by the end of the movie," Elsey chuckles. Aayla Secura: An Expanded RoleAmy Allen is again covered with blue makeup to film greenscreen footage of Aayla in a single day of shooting.

    Hasbro Unleashes Summer LineupHasbro captures Bossk, Aayla Secura and a Tusken Raider in their most electrifying moments for the next assortment of Unleashed figures to be released this summer.

    First Look: Hard Contact CoverTake an exclusive first look at the new cover art from Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact, an official game tie-in novel written by Karen Traviss.

    POD Pen Exclusive at Comic-ConThe CDM company, makers of LEGO Writing System pens, will sell an exclusive Star Wars POD pen at San Diego Comic-Con International this July. 

    E3 Lineup Includes KOTOR II: The Sith LordsLucasArts' E3 lineup features Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, the follow-up title to last year's award-winning role-playing game.

    Comics Update: Panel to Panel and Clone Wars FreebieAn art book spotlighting over a decade of Star Wars art, plus free Clone Wars comics are on their way from Dark Horse.

    Star Wars Weekends 2004 CollectiblesAttendees at Star Wars Weekends at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida will have plenty of limited edition collectibles to choose from including coins, pins, magnets, apparel and more.

    Other recent Star Wars news...
    Mist EncounterBestselling author Timothy Zahn weaves a tale on the origins of one of his most infamous Star Wars characters -- exclusively reprinted for Hyperspace members. 

    Caught on the Cam: Mousy McCallumIf fans watched the webcam closely they may have caught sight of Mousy McCallum, best known by viewers as "Script Girl." 

    Video VillagePull up a chair to he place where the action unfolds in pristine high

Scoreboard

FCHG TRAIN COMBAT RATINGS
[2003] LC DarkC[0788] CPT TK- 6686[0747] MAJ Picard [0552] CPT Leslaw[0583] MAJ Raxis Krieger[0549] CPT Maiko Spince [0027] LT Jon Ardan[0017] LT APanasyukSquadron total = 4964 Squadron average = 620,5 [0086] MAJ Raxis Krieger[0040] CPT TK-6686[0023] CPT Maiko Spince[0021] MAJ Picard [0002] CPT Leslaw[0000] LC DarkC[0000] LT Jon Ardan[0000] LT APanasyukSquadron total = 172Squadron average = 21,5
(1 point for every mission flown; 1 point for every Legion of Combat earned; 1 point for every Iron Star with Bronze Wings earned; 2 points for every mission high score; 2 points x # of missions in the battle for every battle high score; 3 points for every Iron Star with Silver Wings earned; 5 points for every Iron Star with Gold Wings earned; 10 points for every Iron Star with Platinum Wings earned) (1 point for every Legion of Combat earned; 5 points for every Distinguished Flying Cross earned)

Medals
None this week.

Transfers
None, but we plan some special ones:P I need a good replacement soon:P
Well, in fact there were a few transfers,but only inside the squadron and only because the data base was replaced:P
CPT TK-6686 from Tartarus 1-4 to Tartarus 1-3…and
LT Apanasiuk from Tartarus 1-3 to Tartarus 3-2

Competitions

Wolfpack Iron Star Competitions:

FCHG Comp- For the pilot who gains the most FCHG Points in a month
CR Comp- For the pilot who gains the most CR Points in a month
Wolfpack Ace- For the pilot who earn the most Pilot of the Week awards
Trivia Comp- For the pilot who answers the most Trivia questions in a
month
Graphics Comp- For the pilot who submits the best graphics in a month
Beat the COM- For the pilot who beats the COM in head-to-head MP

SQUADRON ACTIVITY
Squadron was relaxing this week:P

TARTARUS ROSTER

FLIGHT I

  1. LC DarkC (#6265)
    2 MAJ Picard (# 2581)
  2. CPT TK-6686 (# 6686)
  3. TBA
    FLIGHT II
  4. LT Jon Ardan (#9884)
  5. CPT Leslaw (#3205)
  6. TBA
  7. MAJ Raxis Krieger (#3887)
    FLIGHT III
  8. CPT Maiko Spince (#7114)
  9. LT Apanasiuk (# 10231)
  10. TBA
  11. TBA

Total: 8

Squadron Citations (72):
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 7 - Betrayal
TIE-TC Battle 8 - Strike Against the Pirates
TIE-TC Battle 9 - Tracking the Defectors
TIE-TC Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TIE-TC Battle 11 - Renegade Battle
TIE-TC Battle 12 - Jedi Hunt
TIE-TC Battle 13 - Finding the Lakul
TIE-TC Battle 14 - Vader Takes Command
TIE-TC Battle 15 - Special Operations
TIE-TC Battle 16 - Dacian Downfall
TIE-TC Battle 17 - Zaarins Missile Boats
TIE-TC Battle 18 - Interception
TIE-TC Battle 19 - The Tethys Honeymoon
TIE-TC Battle 20 - Escort Carrier Missions
TIE-TC Battle 22 - Aftermath
TIE-TC Battle 23 - Daedalus
TIE-TC Battle 24 - Save the Emperors DNA
TIE-TC Battle 25 - Spoils of War
TIE-TC Battle 26 - The Dark Troopers
TIE-TC Battle 28 - Conquest
TIE-TC Battle 30 - Save the Emperors Archives
TIE-TC Battle 32 - Assassinate the Fleet Commander?
TIE-TC Battle 33 - Strike at Incom
TIE-TC Battle 133 - Punishment Tour
TIE-TC Battle 185 - Joining the Heroes
TIE-DB Battle 11 - Black Dragon Rising
XvT-TC Battle 1 - The Verpine Encounter
XvT-TC Battle 2 - Capture of a Murderer
XvT-TC Battle 3 - Preparing for Battle
XvT-TC Battle 4 - Encounter with the Black Sun
XvT-TC Battle 5 - Phoenix Saga
XvT-TC Battle 6 - Wolf Pack Aggression
XvT-TC Battle 7 - The Resupply
XvT-TC Battle 8 - The Loshen Resistance
XvT-TC Battle 9 - The Black Sun Incident
XvT-TC Battle 10 - Abduction of VA Priyum
XvT-TC Battle 12 - Odin's Redemption
XvT-TC Battle 13 - Graduates, Graduate!
XvT-TC Battle 14 - Orion Base Crisis
XvT-TC Battle 15 - The Cattle Groups: The Search for Dodgy Dairy
XvT-TC Battle 16 - Deep strike at K'atalla
XvT-TC Battle 22 - Rebel Cargo
XvT-TC Battle 23 - The ASF Fishing Trip
XvT-IW Battle 1 - Hunt for Fleet #18
XvT-IW Battle 3 - Dar'Telis Expansion: Exterminate the Mechanoids
XvT-IW Battle 4 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Infiltrate Rion
XvT-IW Battle 5 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
BoP-TC Battle 2 - Behind Enemy Lines
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 12 - Imperium Deception
XWA-TC Battle 13 - Hammer to Anvil Part II
XWA-TC Battle 14 - The History of the ISD Immortal
XWA-TC Battle 24 - The History of the SSSD Sovereign
XWA-TC Battle 33 - Operation Sector Cleanup
XWA-IW Battle 1 - Abyssi Ianua - Gates to Hell
XWA-IW Battle 3 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Seeds of Corruption
XWA-IW Battle 4 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship

Contact informations
E-mail us with any comments you may have!

ASFBGCOM/ VA Khadgar – -khadgar1@shaw.ca
GWCOM/ RA Gilad – thrawn@kc.rr.com
WCXIII/ MAJ Pickled Yoda – tomman109@hotmail.com
Tartarus CMDR/ LC DarkC – sweetchrissyro@yahoo.com
Tartarus XO/ MAJ Picard - EH_Picard@advalvas.be

What am I doing wrong?
Starting this report (lol…like I said several reports ago:P) I open this new section where I would like to post your honest oppinions about the way I’m leading this squadron.
Well, i am not necessary expecting all oppinions to be this positive:P
The day i will feel you will realise how much i care for you…i will be a happy CMDR!

FICTION
None this week.

POETRY

…AND WHEN…
by LC DarkC

…And when the wind is softly blowing,
You’ll hear me wisperring your name
And see the trees that will be blooming
You’ll understand the wind is me and this is just a game.
And when it suddenly begins to rain,
You’ll know how much i’m always missing you,
And when you’ll feel my tears and pain,
Then you will understand my love for you is true…

PICTURES OF THE WEEK
Here are 2 pictures of me that I took with my new digital camera a few days ago. I hope you like them and I hope you will prove some less exigency…these are the first ones I made:P
The pictures will be attached to this report and yo w ill get 2 new pictures every report from now on:)

LAST THOUGHTS
This is about all for now.
As I said it’s always worse before it get’s better so keep your chin up and help me make things better around here:P
I hope one day soon I’ll find that loyal LT to take my place:P It doesn’t seem to be too soon though…lol…so…you’re stuck with me:P
Also do pray for the recovery of LCM Ardan. I need my FL back here!
And most important…keep in touch! At least those of you who decided to stick around here with me:P
Btw…it seems you absolutelly forgot we DO HAVE a message board….visit it more often! http://ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=91
And remember Gilad finished the ISD grey wolf history. You can find it at www.isdgreywolf.net
And let’s all hope this isn’t the end of the story:P
I love you all !
Now I love you three times more than when I joined 3 years ago:P

“Never know what you’ve got till is gone…”
Respectfully submitted,
The one guilty for loving you,
CMDR/LC DarkC/Tartarus.

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