This report is being sent directly to all the members of the wing, since most of the CMDRs are on leave ...
This week we have a special 'double report', that covers two weeks of news! We've got a lot to go over, so let's get right down to it.
Wing III Stats
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Aleth - 9
Beth - 9
Gimel - 7
Daleth - 9
Hey - 4
Vav - 0 (Inactive)
Flag Officer - 1 ("The Bigfoot Wore Tennis Shoes!")
Total: 39 ( -1 from last report )
Position Moves (7.31.00 -- 8.13.00)
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- FM/LT Mandeep, Beth : Declared AWOL, removed from rosters
- FM/LT Yodabot, Beth : Declared AWOL, removed from rosters
- FM/LT Roy Brown, Beth : Transfers to Beth Squadron
Awards 'n' Stuff
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The Gold Star of the Empire (GS) has been awarded to :
- CPT Jahan Kalar / Aleth
The Palpatine's Crescent (PC) has been awarded to :
- CM Var Zoraan / Beth
- LCM Van / Daleth
The Imperial Security Medal (ISM) has been awarded to :
- MAJ Sequoh Marden / Beth
- LCM Cray Mikalen / Beth
- CM Pete Mitchell / Gimel
- LCM Treb Helfest / Gimel
Wing III News Headlines
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- 'Da Big News' (TM) this week is that the Fleet Commander's Own Award will be given out on the FO's upcoming birthday, August 21st! The FCO will be given to ONE ship in the fleet ... the ship that has consistantly proven to be the best at darn near EVERYTHING.
(*Cough cough* sssd sovereign *cough cough*) ... excuse me, guess my allergies acted up there ...
- Also on the 21st, Commendations of Loyalty will be awarded ... stay tuned!
- Wing Commander's Own for July : Beth Squadron! Beth's participation, in and out of the XWA League, has been nothing short of impressive this month.
- Congratulations to Aleth CMDR Jahan Kalar, who has recently been awarded the very prestigious Gold Star of the Empire for his work over-hauling the Recon Office website, and helping to establish their own server. Great job, Jahan!!!
Recon Office : http://reconoffice.dhs.org
- Speaking of Jahan's web skills, he has added a 'Submit News' function to the Wing III website ... feel free to use it if you have something interesting to report!
- And, while we're on the subject, the Wing III website has re-located due to a faulty redirection service : http://wing3.n3.net
- Wing III Uniform Archive report from LCM Cray Mikalen :
"I have just completed the latest update of the uniform archive. It took me a little over two days, but I have managed to complete the flight suits for Gimel, Daleth, and all uniforms and flight suits for Hey Squadron. All uniforms and flight suits are now up-to-date according to your TC Profiles. The Archive now consists of -80- uniforms and flight suits! Please pass the word to your squadrons so they can check it out. Also, please let me know of ANY corrections that need to be made. Thanks!"
- New Gimel Squadron nicknames and mottos :
GIMEL FLIGHT ONE NICKNAME : Speed Demons
GIMEL FLIGHT ONE MOTTO : "Just Try and Stop Us!"
GIMEL FLIGHT TWO NICKNAME : The Flaming Pavement
GIMEL FLIGHT TWO MOTTO : "We Brake for Nobody!" ;-)
- Thanks to the efforts of LCM Treb Helfest and CM Pete Mitchell, a new Gimel Squadron banner has been created! You'll find it attached for your viewing pleasure. Also, Treb has offered his graphical services to anyone who needs something created.
- New Naval Corps Commander! VA Ralinor Bargon has been appointed as NavCOM after VA Freelancer's surprise retirement.
- New Wing V WC : Congrats to MAJ Fondor, the new head-honcho of Wing V !
- EH Article mention at Daily Radar : http://www.dailyradar.com/news/game_news_4053.html
- This is for all the Wing III "Old School" pilots ... Admiral Havoc, who used to be the W3 WC, has stepped down from his position as Combat Operations Officer (COO) and into retirement. I think everyone agrees that Havoc did a great job with Wing III while he was here, and is a fine officer.
- New Hey Squadron Flight 3 nickname : The Dark Knights
- This just in from Wing V's WC Fondor :
"The pilot that Khaine selected for the Aylin CMDR was denied, I need CMDRs for Aylin and Samekh. To the WC's I submitted: please notify your pilots."
So, anyone with dreams of squadron command should contact MAJ Fondor about these positions!
- Shore leaves ... this would be a horrible time for a Rebel surprise attack, since some of the most important Wing III personnel are all on leave!
CMDR/MAJ Sequoh Marden : On leave until August 27th. LCM Cray Mikalen named as Acting Squadron Commander (A-CMDR) for Beth.
CMDR/CPT Jahan Kalar : On leave until August 16th. LCM Turr named to act with Jahan's full authority in case of emergency.
CMDR/CM Pete MItchell : On leave until August 14th.
- Time's up, and I will now announce the winner of the Wing III Top Gun contest for July. Our winner is CM Pete Mitchell ... since only one other pilot even participated (Daleth's LT Rapper), he had very little competition. Just as I promised, our winner has been awarded an ISM. Here are the compiled results :
CM Pete Mitchell : 17,996 pts.
LT Rapper : 2,643 pts.
Kudos to LT Rapper for taking the time to participate. Otherwise, I might have actually considered this competition to be a failure >:p
Wing III Orders
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- Okay, let's try something new ... it's time for a multi-catagory competition! That way EVERYONE can find something to do. The competition will begin NOW and run until September 10th, which is roughly a month ... PLENTY of time to participate, here. Appropriate medals will be handed out for each catagory. Speaking of which ...
THE CATAGORIES!
TIE FLIGHT : Your mission, should you choose to accept and participate in the TIE Flight catagory, is to fly the attached ORIGINAL Free-XWA mission that has been created by Daleth's LCM Herman. You will find the mission, "The Duel", attached to this report.
GRAPHICS : Should you choose to participate in the graphics portion of the contest, you need to get to work designing and creating some great artwork. I'll make it even easier ... there is no particular theme that your picture must follow. Just as long as it has SOMETHING to do with Star Wars and the EH, then it will count as a valid entry.
FICTION : Attention all budding writers! This is the chance to make yourselves known in the wing. All fiction entries should be no less than 300 words, and preferrably will detail some of the exploits of your fellow Wing III pilots. .DOC format is preferred, but others (.TXT, etc etc) will be accepted.
Participation in more than one catagory is not only allowed, it's highly encouraged!
TIE Flight will be judged according to who has the highest score. There will be an individual winner, and also a top squadron. The top squadron will be determined by averaging the scores of the participants on a squad basis.
Graphics and Fiction will be judged by myself and a panel of judges, probably 3 or 5 judges so a tie cannot be possible. I will be a judge, and other high ranking Sov officers will be asked to fill the other judges spots (most likely the Commodore and some of the other Sov WCs). So let's get busy, people, and give them something to judge! I want this to be as hard for the judges as possible ... in other words, I want to see some really good entries ;-)
Remember, deadline is September 10th. All entries should be e-mailed to me, ZIPped if necessary, and CC'ed to your CMDR. Let's get busy, and prove that your squad is the best!!!
- XWA League ends TODAY. Final results and medal awards will be announced soon! Stay tuned for XWA League II, coming soon to a competition board near you.
- Combat Run #11 of the Sovereign Squadron League (for all pilots who own TIECD/TIE95) has been announced! The battle to fly is TC-TIE #77, "The Verpine Encounter, part 1". You will find the battle attached, deadline is August 15th!
Wing III Quote of the Week (On loan from COL Gallows and MAJ "Quote Goddess" Inkwolf)
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"RPG for 165 hours and not sleeping for 36 hours does more than a ton of crack!" -- CM Var Zorran during a recent IRC meeting, explaining why drugs are not the real enemy ...
Other notable quotes over the last 2 weeks :
" ... I will hold my golden spoon up high with pride (unless you make fun of me, then I will hurl it at your head)." -- LCM Seth Rommel bids a tearful farewell to his friends in Beth Squadron
"Look out for french women!" -- CM Lavos gives some good advice to LT Oasn'gar, who is on vacation ... guess where?
"What NOT to do while I'm away:
- Have a big party and mess everything up
- Fly high (sorry Sas - I had to say this ;)
- fake the MSEs
- Assassinate the WC (That would be VERY bad for your career - Sas)
- resign, transfer (of course you could if you really want to...)
- tortue new SLs"
- MAJ Sequoh Marden leaves a few ground rules for Beth Squadron to follow while he is away ... pay careful attention to rule number 4!!!
"So one week... fine! Enough time to "play" with the pets..." -- Unfortunatly, GN Wolly had access to The Scorpions while he was Acting SovCOM ...
"That's the way, Wolly!!!! Usually, I just let them run wild around Wings II and III . . . >:)" -- ... and COM/FA Kramer didn't really try to discourage Wolly from using his special pets ...!
Misc.
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- The hunt for a new Wing III WC's "assistant" is on! After a horrible lab accident that involved an artificial mohawk, a blow torch, and some highly flammable Windex (don't ask), I'm afraid that my beautiful female Mr. T helluva tough clone had to be put out of her misery.
And that makes me the only WC on the Sov without a hell-raising assistant to keep you guys living in constant fear ... I knew something was missing. MAJ Inkwolf has her ground crew (namely, some rats named Melvin and Squeaker) ... I believe GN Ricardo has a hard drinking, hard partying cat. GN Wolly in Wing I just throws chairs at people ... that's kind of like having an assistant, I guess. And, of course, "Crazy" Commodore Kramer has The Scorpions (*shudder*).
So keep looking behind you, because my new assistant should be arriving soon ... and it's first assignment will be to terrorize anyone who doesn't participate in AT LEAST ONE of the catagories for the Wing III competition >:)
Okay, that's all for now. Here's the part where I say, "fly high and watch your six!"
So, Fly High (directionally speaking, of course) and Watch Your Six!!
WC/COL Sasquatch / Wing III / SSSD Sovereign
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