MAJ Daisuke Airyu, reporting for the week of 8/7 to 8/12, 2004
THIS WEEK'S GRUDGE MATCH
ECHO SQUADRON
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SAKURA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE
Airyu: As part of the excessive birthday celebration, the pilots of the squadron have graciously offered to take me out to dinner at the Vanguard's Japanese steakhouse, Sakura!
CM Paco: No we haven't!
Yutzka: Sure we have! Now who's up for sushi?
LT Ginji: I am!! *jumps up and down*
Chef: Jeez, calm down *whips up a salmon roll* here ya go!
Yutzka: Don't forget to put plenty of wasabi on it!
Ginji: Of course, I almost forgot *puts a roughly golf ball-sized chunk of wasabi on it* And down the hatch!!
Airyu: Uh...
All is fine for a second or two. Then Ginji bursts into flames.
Airyu: Exactly as I thought. Waiter, give me a beer. *gets an Asahi and pours it onto Ginji, who is sizzling and smoking on the floor*
Ginji: Sa... ke...
Waitress: Your table ready! Come back now!
Paco: Hey, pretty rady, me ruv you rong time!
Waitress: Whatever. *hits Paco with a menu*
The squadron files over to the table and sits down. Within three seconds, a chef droid pops up in front of the hibachi.
Chef: Harrooo!! *whirring noises, as it dispenses all sorts of meats onto the grill*
Paco: Ooh, pretty.
Chef: Watch crosery!! *sprays cooking oil onto the grill, then strikes a match*
The oil catches fire and flares up, burning off Paco's eyebrows
Chef: Ohhh, so sorry! Ret me give you shrimp! *smacks a shrimp with a flipper a few times, and chops it into bite-sized pieces* Ready?
Paco: I still can't see.
Chef: Okay go! *flips the shrimp at Paco*
Shrimp: *lands in Paco's mouth*
Chef: Ohh, too easy! *another attachment begins whirring as he flips a couple of shrimp into a socket on his arm. one piece flies out at subsonic speeds, towards Paco's mouth*
Shrimp: *lodges itself in Paco's trachea*
Paco: mrrrf!! *begins choking*
Chef: Maybe too hard, but you have too many. You Commander man! *flips three shrimp at Airyu*
Airyu: *catches two, but the third lands on his uniform* Damn it, I just had this washed!
Chef: So sorry! You, otha guy! *flips a shrimp at CM Wharfin DeGrooz*
Shrimp: *bounces off of DeGrooz's forehead, who just sits there staring blankly a head*
Chef: I think he dead! I know what you need! *gets out what looks like an onion from under the grill*
Yutzka: Wait a sec... that's no onion...
Chef: *chop chop chop* Yessir, it onion! Onion volcano! *continues chopping the "onion", and forms it into a volcano shape*
Airyu: No... that's a... PROTON TORPEDO!!! AAAAH!!! *dives out of the way*
Chef: *lights a match and drops it in*
Proton torpedo: *explodes*
MEANWHILE, ON THE BRIDGE
Vanguard: *rumbles*
Drax: What was that?
Justin: Let me check... *looks at his watch* oh crap.
Drax: What? What's wrong? Spies? Saboteurs? Norse Stickball?
Justin: No... worse. Airyu's running another of his Grudge Matches.
Waitress: Whatever.
MORAL: Keep all limbs and personal belongings within the ride at all times. Please ensure all chef droids are properly maintained, and thank you for the cantina a splode.
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Cool Stuff of the Week!!!
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More SW:CCG cards are online for your enjoyment/hanging your head in shame-ment. Check it out at www.nate-nathan.net/~echo/week%202.zip
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FLEET NEWS
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I'm going up to Deep Creek Lake with my girlfriend, and this report is a little more rushed than normal.. Actually, not really. But you can see the fleet news for yourself at www.ehtiecorps.org/news.asp.
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VANGUARD NEWS
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TOP DOG IS ON - We're out to an early lead in the competition, thanks to a little too much vigilance on my part. It really isn't hard at all to get some points, just go and fly or take IWATS courses, there's plenty of easy ones.
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WHAT HAPPENS IN ECHO... STAYS IN ECHO... UNTIL SUBPOENAD
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A quick competition result... in the "Sakura Shrimp Toss", MAJ Airyu defeated MAJ Serovich with a score of 4 to 2.
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IF IT YOUR BIRTHDAY WHY YOUR DADDY SO EXCITED?
(more commonly referred to as "orders"
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BGCOM's LEGATE - This is... something. Basically, do lots of stuff :)
XO COMPETITIONS - These have all been extended til the end of the month. There's probably another email for 'em somewhere... One of them is the "real story of the database crash", and the others are simple name-stuff comps, which could possibly give you an IS-PR!!! Platinum is shiny!
TOP DOG COMPETITION - This is a month-long competition for August. Do as much as you humanly can, and you'll get shiny medals. Fly, write fiction, make graphics, make missions, recruit, whatever!
THE AGGRESSOR - Khadgar wants to do some thing... it's a publication of ASF-type stuff :) so make graphics and fiction that can eventually go in it.
STANDING ORDERS THAT AREN'T EXACTLY STANDING... MORE OF "CROUCHING" ORDERS
- All pilots reach the rank of Lieutenant *cough cough*
- All pilots pass IWATS IIC/1 and M/1
- All FLs pass IIC/2 and M/2
- All FLs pass SM/3 with at least a 85%
- Get more citations! Go to the battle board at http://www.gysnet.com/index.php?wing=15&squad=1
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CITATIONS
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Lets' do what we can to fill in these gaps here.
XWA-TC 1-9
XWA-TC 11-12
XWA-TC 15
XWA-TC 21-23
XWA-TC 25-26
XWA-IW 3
XWA-IW 5-6
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ACTIVITY
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I know you can do better than this
CMDR/MAJ Daisuke Airyu
- Flew TIE-TC 153, 154, 215, 137 (for Summer Patrol)
- Made CCG cards (www.nate-nathan.net/~echo/week%202.zip)
- Working on those recruits...
- Participated in XO comps
- Passed IWATS CSS (80%) WPN (95%) FW (100%)
FM/LT Ginji
- Online presence in AIM
- Passed IWATS-TLN (100%)
- Designed IWATS-AIM/2
FM/SL Bran Onathes
NONE. AWOLarity ensues.
FM/MAJ Yutzka Serovich
- Online presence in AIM
- Passed IWATS-WPN (95%)
FL/LC Thom Zack
NONE. Please report in immediately. Ginji saved your butt this week.
FM/LT Thomas O'Deevs
- Flew XWA-TC 14, 15
FM/MAJ Praetorian
NONE. Please report in immediately
FL/CM Paco
- Online presence in AIM
- Passed IWATS-IIC/2 (85%)
FM/CM Wharfin de Grooz
NONE. AWOLarity ensues.
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ROSTER
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ECHO SQUADRON: VIP Escort
NICKNAME: Emperor's Children
BANNER: http://www.ehtiecorps.org/images/banners/echo.gif
MOTTO: "Salute the Dark Lords, Salute the Emperor, Onward to Victory!"
WEBSITE: http://www.freewebs.com/echosquadron/
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=39
FLIGHT I - TIE INTERCEPTOR
1) MAJ Daisuke Airyu (airyu@nate-nathan.net)
2) LT Ginji (espioxx@yahoo.com)
3) SL Bran Onathes (pilot2188@aol.com)
4) MAJ Yutzka Serovich (chris_bishop417@yahoo.com)
FLIGHT II - TIE BOMBER
1) LC Thom Zack (ehzack@aol.com)
2) LCM Thomas O'Deevs (szwed_0@poczta.onet.pl)
3) MAJ Praetorian (prae@ehnet.org)
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - TIE EXPERIMENTAL M1
1) CM Paco (pacojoebob@yahoo.com)
2) CM Wharfin de Grooz (mjacole@hotmail.com
3) TBA
4) TBA
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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Yutzka: time to google you
Yutzka: you dont exist
me: ?
Yutzka: "Phillip Baron Nathan"
Yutzka: no results!
me: ONE L
me: philip
Yutzka: tried that too
me: and
Yutzka: NO RESULTS!
me: TWO Rs
Yutzka: Phirrip Balon Nathan?
Have a good weekend, kids.
Respectfully submitted in the name of the Emperor,
MAJ Daisuke Airyu
CMDR/MAJ Daisuke Airyu/Echo/Wing XV/ISD Vanguard
GSx2/BSx2/PCx3/ISMx9/MoI-BC/MoT-1rh/IS-5BW-4BR-2SR/LoC-CSx6-Rx4/DFC-Rx2/CoB/LoA/OV-4E [GLDR]
{IWATS-AIM-CBX-CSS-FLA-FW-FZ-GFX-HIST-IBX-ICQ-IIC/1/2-LIN-M/1/2-MP-SM/2/3-TACS-TLN-TM/1-TT-VBS-WPN-XML-XTT}
Former Ship Doctor, ISD Challenge, FMC
Former Professor, IWATS-GFX