*Ahem* ... yes, well ... let's get right down to business then, shall we? I promise not to lapse into insanity anymore.
(*Sas crosses his fingers behind his back*)
Wing III Stats
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Aleth - 9
Beth - 8
Gimel - 6
Daleth - 8
Hey - 4
Vav - 0 (Inactive)
Flag Officer ("The Nutty WC") - 1
Total: 36 ( -3 from last week ... "Grrrr" I say! "Grrrrrrrrr!!!" )
Position Moves (8.13.00 -- 8.20.00)
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- SL Tvan'Oris, Hey : Promoted to Lieutenant (Congrats!)
- LT Jaxon Farpell, Daleth : Declared AWOL, removed from roster
- LT Everson, Gimel : Retires to the TIE Corps Reserves
- CM Var Zoraan, Beth : Advanced to CMDR of Asp Squadron in Wing XI
Awards 'n' Stuff
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The Gold Star of the Empire (GS) has been awarded to :
- CPT Jahan Kalar !!!
The Silver Star of the Empire (SS) has been awarded to :
- LCM Cray Mikalen !!!
The Palpatine's Crescent (PC) has been awarded to :
- MAJ Sequoh Marden
- LT Roy Brown
- LT Loor
- CPT Werdna Elbee
- LT Emperor's Shield
- LCM Cray Mikalen
- LCM Cal Sinis
- LT Jyris Felth
The Imperial Security Medal (ISM) has been awarded to :
- LCM Seth Rommel
- LT Quake
- CPT Werdna Elbee
- LCM Treb Helfest
- LCM Cray Mikalen
- MAJ Sequoh Marden
Wing III News Headlines
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- Holy blistering goat cheese, Batman!!! If you have looked at the section above, you probably noticed that we had A LOT of medals distributed throughout the wing. All in all, it was a good week to be in Wing 3! Pay special attention to the first two ... we had both a Gold Star AND a Silver Star awarded to pilots in our wing this week! Let's have a warm round of applause for Jahan Kalar and Cray Mikalen!!! Jahan has been rewarded for his great work with the Recon Office, and Cray for excellent work while beta testing! Also, another special nod to all the excellent pilots of Beth Squadron, who were awarded a Palpatine's Crescent for their excellent second place finish in the XWA League. Those PCs were handed out by none other than AD Sarriss herself! Great work, Beth!!!
- Speaking of the XWA League, here are the final results, as reported by MAJ Badlands :
1 Ranger Squadron 247266
2 Beth Squadron 191931
3 Daleth Squadron 143401
4 Falcon Squadron 108920
5 Phantom Squadron 89093
6 Aleth Squadron 80470
7 Tornado Squadron 69824
8 Demon Squadron 50911
9 Command Squadron 48401
10 Scorpion Squadron 38764
11 Echo Squadron 35064
12 Python Squadron 24655
13 Ghost Squadron 22363
14 Mantis Squadron 18005
15 Gimmel Squadron 14202
16 Hornet Squadron 5873
17 Theta Squadron 3908
18 Vortex Squadron 2553
Look at #15 ... notice how he spelled "Gimel"? ;-)
Great job by Beth Squadron, and excellent work by Daleth Squadron as well, with a very respectable third place finish. Official records from the competition have been posted at : http://members.tripod.co.uk/eh_badlands/co2/league.htm
- The new Sovereign Medical Supervisor (SMS), or "Super Doc", for the Sov is none other than our very own Wing III Doc, CM Lavos! Lavos will still be handling his responsibilities as our Wing Doctor, it's just that he now has even more work! Be sure to drop him an e-mail and congratulate him on his new position.
- New Gimel Flight 3 motto and nickname :
GIMEL FLIGHT 3 NICKNAME : The Ravens of Death
GIMEL FLIGHT 3 MOTTO : "Quote the Raven, 'Nevermore' "
- Beth CMDR Sequoh Marden remains on leave until August 27th. Beth remains in the very capable of hands of Acting CMDR Cray Mikalen until then.
- Commendations of Loyalty will be awarded very soon! CoL's are only given out twice a year, on the anniversary of the founding of the Emperor's Hammer, and on the Fleet Commander's Birthday. The CoL is quite a prestigious award, and only the most excellent pilots are considered to recieve it. A wing can only have three recommendations for pilots to recieve a CoL, and only one can be given per squadron. My recommendations have been made, so hopefully you will hear all about it in the next report ...
- The famous Commodore's Own Award has been given to Sigma Squadron of Wing II ! The COM's Own is rarely awarded, and even then is handed out to only the best squad aboard the SSSD Sovereign. It should be a goal for every squad in Wing III to strive to recieve this award some day!
- COM/FA Kramer is planning a big competition for the SSSD Sovereign ONLY, planned to begin sometime next month. Stay tuned ...
- Gimel's LT Quake has been busy this week! He's submitted several great looking graphics for the Wing III competition, and he's also created the new TIE Corps banner that is being displayed at TIECORPS.ORG! Be sure to surf on over to the TIE Corps homepage and check it out. Quake has also submitted a great looking picture of the SSSD Sovereign, which you will find attached for your viewing pleasure.
Also, be sure to check out the following website to see what else Quake has been up to lately : http://www.ehscript.cjb.net
- While we're on the subject ... a word about attachments on the Wing III reports. After last week's report, which I mass-mailed to the entire wing, I recieved quite a few complaints from people who couldn't access the attachments. All attachments are compressed to save space using WinZip for WIN 95/98. You can download this handy program at http://www.winzip.com . If you just cannot retrieve an attachment no matter how hard you try, e-mail me and I will send it to you uncompressed. However, for the majority of readers, compression of the attachments saves space and time.
- CMDR/CM Lavos is hard at work on the Hey Squad website : http://hey.squadron.org
- Congratulations to TCCOM / FO Sarriss, who has recently been promoted to the rank of Admiral !!!
- Lots of talk this week on the Beth mailing list about the new Beth Squadron award ... the Golden Spoon. The Golden Spoon, while not an 'official' EH award, can still be placed in Beth pilots ID lines by simply adding the text, "Beth Squadron Golden Spoon" to the end. Also, former Beth boy CM Var Zoraan even created a graphical version for Beth's uniforms, which you will find attached ;-)
- CMDR/CPT Jahan Kalar promises to announce a "cool new thing" for Aleth Squadron later this week ...
- He also informs us all to not touch Willie.
- CPT Werdna Elbee, Editor 'n' Chief of BattleCry, reminds us all that a new issue will be released on August 26th : http://battlecry.ehnet.org
- And last, but certainly not least, LCM Cray Mikalen has updated the Wing III Uniform Archive, which now contains 70+ uniforms and flight suits. Be sure to stop in and admire Cray's hard work!
Wing III Orders
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- R E C R U I T ! ! !
All Wing III pilots, remember to ALWAYS be on the lookout for potential recruits. The more people we can get into our wing, the better! You never know when you will run into a potential recruit ... they're everywhere. They are in your classrooms ... in your workplace. You pass them on the street everyday. They are the guy across the room, and the lady working in the DMV. They are the nut in the IRC chatroom with you, and the dude you just bought a hat from on Ebay. Also, remember that if your recruit survives basic training on the TIE Corps platform, you will recieve the Medal of Instruction (MoI) for recruiting them! So let's get out there and find some allies in our struggle against the Rebel scum!!!
- Wing III multi-catagory competition continues to run ... I'm already seeing the first entries show up in my inbox! Remember, catagories in XWA TIE Fighter Flight (mission attached), graphics, and fiction. All major details were given in the last wing report ... anyone who missed it or just needs to see the rules again should feel free to contact me. Deadline is September 10th!!!
- Sovereign Squadron League CR#12, for pilots who own TIE CD/95, is currently active! Battle to fly is TC-TIE 128, deadline August 30th. All CMDRs should have a report for their squads in to me ASAP after the 30th. Report in even if nobody in your squad flew the mission.
Wing III Quote of the Week
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"Our glorious leader, MAJ Sequoh Marden, is on leave until the 27th. I, LCM Cray Mikalen, have been appointed the A-CMDR until he returns. This means I get to pretend to be Seq, only better looking." -- A-CMDR/LCM Cray Mikalen ... wonder what Sequoh would think about that?
Other notable quotes this week :
"VarZor!! Now youre not gonna get to celebrate with us when we get the Fleet Commander's Own! Oh wait, wasnt supposed to release that info! hehe!" -- CM Lavos lets the cat out of the bag
"It's finally happened!!! Var has gone completely nuts!!! The whole leaving of Beth thing has proven it. Not content with being a spoon fighter, he moved onto becoming the "Happy Sniffer" and can regularly be seen as HappySnif in IRC. Now, the final stages of madness have set, and he has proven it by leaving Beth for a CMDRs job in Asp. Congrats on the promotion, kiddo!" -- CPT Werdna Elbee wishes Var Zorann a fond farewell
"Good luck Var! As a going away present, Beth Squadron presents you with this gold (plated), limited edition (cheap) Beth Squadron Spoon! Have fun in your new squad." -- LCM Cray Mikalen comes baring gifts
"Ahem! *Cough* Wheres my Golden Spoon!?" -- CM Lavos is sick of all these forks
"Wow, has it really been two weeks since my last report? Oopie." -- CPT Jahan Kalar always knows the right thing to say
Well, that's all I have for this week, kids. Until next time ... fly high and watch your six!!!
WC/COL Sasquatch / Wing III / SSSD Sovereign
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