Wing VIII Weekly Report

Wing Commander Chei-Ras reporting in,

Happy new year and best wishes with this special Millenium Wing Report ...

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Wing News
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Another year is behind us. With the 1st of January we all expect to start something new and forget about all the bad things of the last year. I wish that the year 2001, the beggining of the new millenium will become the beggining of the new era onboard Colossus. The era of glory, honour, pride and power! Make a step today, insert your own brick in our wall of glory and enjoy the perfect glory fruits tomorrow. I wish the crew best of luck in the upcoming millenium, wish you all will start having even more fun from the TC experience and wish the Colossus will shine again like a supernova.

1. Alright. The "Santa Colossus tales" wing wide competition is over. We had a possibility to fly one Free Tie and to write a piece of fiction. I will say nothing about the participation side not to make this Millenium report grim. Behold the results!

Part1 - Free Tie 119 (taking into consideration the fact I never received a single competition report from the CMDRs I'm judging this one by the TAC approval letters and TFRs for Free Tie 119 found in my inbox as of today)

1. CPT Merlin (Mu) - 88,323 - 10 points (PC)
2. LCM Wap Eal (Eta) - 76,354 - 8 points (ISM)
3. LT Nashaa KamBuel (Iota) - 76,032 - 6 points (ISM)
4. CM Yabbo Wagyx (Mu) - 66,250 - 4 points

Part2 - Fiction

1. LT Nashaa KamBuel (Iota) with his illustrious poetical fiction about the 1st of January onboard Collie! (read it below) - 10 points (PC)
2. MAJ Troutrooper (Eta) with a look inside the man happy without a cause ;P - 8 points (ISM) - 8 points (ISM)
3. LCM Nic Rety (Eta) with a short story about what you get after drinking double dropdowns - 6 points (ISM)
4. LCM Wap Eal (Eta) with a report of a pilot who crashed on the planet Earth and the German telecom ;P - 4 points
(find Eta submissions attached to the report)

Congratulations to all who participated and especially to those who wrote the fictions giving me moments of unstoppable laughs. The total squadrons points go as follows:
Mu - 14 points
Pi - 0 points
Omicron - 0 points
Iota - 16 points and all thanks to the Nashaa KamBuel
Eta - 26 points ... hehe ... I was expecting this to happen ...

And with the end of this Wing Competition I am happy to announce Eta squadron as the squadron of the year 2000. Right from the start Eta was acting actively and always was a very competitive squadron, a true example of the Colossus spirit and just a bunch of friends having fun and willing to help every other pilot and squadron in the wing! Congratulations and now to the Nashaa's poem ...
January 1st: Is There A Doctor In The House? by Nashaa KamBuel


‘Twas New Year’s Day on the big, bad Collie,
And the pilots were sick from last night’s folly.
They had drunk too much, each felt like a louse!
It’s January 1st, is there a doctor in the house?


The fleet doctor came and lent a healing hand.
He could help these men, he was the best in the land!
“This could be quite hard,” he said when he came.
“We’ll have to put out this binge drinking flame!”


“The Colossus’ menus are not very good!”
“We’ll have to clean out the pantries, and put in good food!”
“No more drinking till dawn! No more subsisting on junk!”
The doctor beamed with pride, this would cure this funk.


The pilots did just that, revamping their lifestyles.
They became health nuts and nutritiono-philes!
They got rid of their beer, liquor and wine,
They were clean and sober, and feeling just fine!


It’s January 2nd and things are back to the same.
The doctor was thrown out the airlock in shame.
The Collie subsists on drinking and junk.
So don’t mess with us, we’re all liquored up punks!

2. Due to the New Year holidays your Wing Commander is going to be on the leave until the 7th of January. A week will be spent in meditations and party raids on Carrida (have to try these practical jokes on the stormies). While I'm gone Major Troutrooper will be Acting WC and I entrust him to deal with emergency questions the way he thinks it will better suit the Wing. However I will be back for a couple of hours on the 2nd of January. The MSEs will be processed and I expect all the CMDRs to submit them on time ... i.e. before the 2nd of January.

3. After speaking with some of our CMDRs I figured out that the old good idea of BoW or Battle of the week is a thing that should be revived in the squadrons. Free Tie or a TC Tie, time to fly - 1 week and the shiny minor merit medal for winning like ISM. It would be a good thing to start with BoWs every week next year in order to stimulate flying activity.

4. The new Wing VIII homepage or the Wing Commander's hideout is under consruction already and the draft version of it is already uploaded for viewing online. You can find it on http://homepages.go.com/~eh_ras . The page will be finished in one week and I'll be glad to hear your opinions on what do you want to see there and if any changes in general design are needed.

5. In the last report we all saw the "Cantina advices of the WC" and this week it is time to announce some ...

"Living in Quarters" Advices

1. Keep you room clean and tidy. That means put your clothes in the wardrobe and not on the floor/bed/table/ chair/bathroom/quarters corridor/cantina/bartender's sister room/hangar technican's brother bathroom/Colossus main deck/behind laser turrets controls/outside the Colossus ... etc...

Same rule applies to your own toothbrush/towel/helmet/personal hidden beer six-pack/picture of belowed tie-fighter/picture of Grand Admiral/combined computer picture of yourself in Grand Admiral's uniform/keycard to your room/pet (if you have one)/personal set of highly dangerous explosives/copy of the keycard to the paint remover ... etc ...

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2. Living in quarters mean you live in small communty. When listening to a lovely music from your home planet remember that behind your wall there is another room.
It is reported, that some kinds of ethnical music can wake up, hypnotise and make other pilots dance/cry/wheep/jump/fall down/jump on the ceiling/run away from their room/go to the Commodore's/Wing commander's/Squadron Commander's/ Ship Doctor's room, wake the COM/WC/CMDR/DOC up, complain about the loud sounds in their quarters and receive 10/5/3/30 day toilet duty.

Remember that there are pilots around and some of them want just to relax a little bit alone. Also remember this rule when you fire your aroma sticks (if you use them) and sing songs with your comrades (if are able to sing after the cantina).

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3. All the parties are to be held in Ship's Cantina for the sake of the previous three rules. And anyway are you so sure that your room can hold up around 50 pilots.

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4. It is a well known fact that there is a squadron fridge in every squad's quarters. When using it (you lazy bumhead was *too tired* to go to the cantina) take into consideration the fact that its *cargo* belongs to all squad, not only you. However if you drunk all the beer/eaten up all snacks/found a hidden bottle of Drop-Down/scotch/vodka/rum/medical spirit please go to the cantina/paint remover and replenish the *destroyed* goods.
A good gest will be to add something special into the fridge, just imagine how happy your fellow pilot will be if he'll find an extra beer six pack/bottle of Special Enriched Drop-Down/dead mouse/your nude photo/part of the Rebel pilot's body/rosted Ewok/hidden "I bite your hand off" jaws trap/a stinking, glowing and one-eyed animal/horse/copy of the keycard to the paint remover/your boots/your clothes which previously were taken from behind the laser turrets controls ... etc ...

Chei-Ras's statement #2 "Dont go to the fridge during the night without your clothes on ... the hidden "I'll lock you up here 'till the morning so everybody could see who's stealing the beer" trap can be there"

6. Promotions, assignments and awards/misc.

CM Etras Aglen joins Pi squadron [added to the isdcolossus@egroup.com]

MAJ Troutrooper (Eta) - awarded PC
CM RAF (Pi) - awarded MoT -bh
CM RAF (Pi) - awarded PC

LCM Anthony Starr (Omicron) have completed IWATS Course: SM/2 with the Score of 92% !

7. Officially approved BSFs count for this week - 37 ... and 388 total BSFs from the moment I took the command

8. Top five FCHG pilots -

[998] MAJ Troutrooper ... just two more points until the Gladiator title!
[645] MAJ Chei-Ras
[366] LT Dark Talon
[303] LCM Wap Eal
[272] MAJ Steve Strangelove

9. Membership count: 26 ... slowly slowly we are raising up in our membership ranks

10. Squadrons citations

Mu Squadron Citations (8):
TC-TIE Battle 1 - Capture of Zaarin
TC-TIE Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TC-TIE Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TC-TIE Battle 77 - Verpine Encounter, Part One
TC-TIE Battle 108 - Unexplored Territory
TC-TIE Battle 155 - The Supplies War
TC-TIE Battle 156 - EH Wrestling Extravaganza
TC-TIE Battle 157 - Operation Zupa

Omicron Squadron Citations (5):
TC-TIE Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TC-TIE Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TC-TIE Battle 30 - Save the Emperors Archives
TC-TIE Battle 113 - Raid on Casserine
TC-TIE Battle 123 - Strengthen the Emperor's Hammer
Eta Squadron Citations (18):
TC-TIE Battle 18 - Interception
TC-TIE Battle 30 - Save the Emperors Archives
TC-TIE Battle 32 - Assassinate the Fleet Commander?
TC-TIE Battle 48 - "Ski Hoth" - Star Wars Mercenaries
TC-TIE Battle 67 - The Siege of Maltar
TC-TIE Battle 77 - Verpine Encounter, Part One
TC-TIE Battle 78 - Verpine Encounter, Part Two
TC-TIE Battle 108 - Unexplored Territory
TC-TIE Battle 113 - Raid on Casserine
TC-TIE Battle 123 - Strengthen the Emperor's Hammer
TC-TIE Battle 128 - Operation Yridia Alpha
TC-TIE Battle 138 - Battle of the TIE Interceptor
TC-TIE Battle 152 - Relentless Training
TC-TIE Battle 154 - Spies!
TC-TIE Battle 155 - The Supplies War
TC-TIE Battle 156 - EH Wrestling Extravaganza
BHG Battle 1 - The Hunt Begins
BHG Battle 2 - Eliminating the Competition


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Squadrons summary
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This time I'm not going to evaluate the squadrons as for the MSE time is near and its a Happy New Year (sarcastic once again ;P). I'll just roll over the squadrons giving out my own thoughts on what is have to be done. Mu ... sort out the dead weight bulls, I see you are back in the seat and in a couple weeks of such progress you'll gain the past power and nail the enemies with your horns sending 'em down to hell. Pi ... make up your mind about the FL position and finally request the pilots you want to be back from the RSVs (I'm speaking only about those RSVists who showed activity and will to work in the glory of the squadron). Omicron ... stop drinking! get to work! have fun! and bombard your CMDR with tfrs. Iota ... a special case ... just do the recruiting dance and summor the rain of CTs. Eta ... hehehe ... keep up the good work and make this SL Tyronne work, I have his LT badge in my table but he should earn it first.

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WING VIII OF THE ISD COLOSSUS
WING COMMANDER: MAJ Chei-Ras (cheiras@bigfoot.com)
NICKNAME: Shadow Of Hate
MOTTO: The Devil Ask's Our Permission
HOMEPAGE: http://homepages.go.com/~eh_ras/
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=19&v=2&s=0

MU SQUADRON : Strike
COMMANDER: CPT Merlin (Merlin167@hotmail.com)
NICKNAME: "Guardians of the Fleet"
BANNER: mu.jpg
MOTTO: Service Not Self
HOMEPAGE: http://mu.squadron.org/index.htm


FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Spartans
Motto: We never give up
1) CPT Merlin (Merlin167@hotmail.com)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Morbitude of the Soul
Motto: Hold still while we blow you up
1) CM Yabbo Wagyx (lykspittle@yahoo.com)
2) LCM Mystery Ace (braden@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Imperial Scum
Motto: Nice We Aint'
1) LT Rana Grande (jborths@nmu.edu)
2) LT Dark Talon (dtalon@ehnet.org)
3) LT Alex Rydi (alexrydi@mail.ru)
4) TBA





NU SQUADRON [Inactive] : Close Support
COMMANDER: TBA
NICKNAME: Obsidian Eagles
BANNER: nu.jpg
MOTTO: We Always See You First
HOMEPAGE: http://nu.squadron.org/Nu.html
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?BoardID=105163


FLIGHT I - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: Eagle's Wings
Motto: Death From Above
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Black Talons
Motto: Reaching out to conquer and destroy
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Eagle's Eyes
Motto: We see you,where ever you are.
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA





PI SQUADRON : Long-Range Support
COMMANDER: CM Owen Nivarian (blacklotus99_@hotmail.com)
NICKNAME: The Dragon's Eyes
BANNER: pi.gif
MOTTO: The eyes of the Dragon see only prey


FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
1) CM Owen Nivarian (blacklotus99_@hotmail.com)
2) TBA
3) MAJ Zystem Fryar (zysfryar@ehmail.com)
4) LT Jorfar Danley (jordanfar@yahoo.com)


FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
1) CM RAF (rngdlc@yahoo.es)
2) CM Etras Aglen (etras_fyrewing@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA





OMICRON SQUADRON : Heavy Assault
COMMANDER: CM Devin McCloud (kevin_alistair_jameson@hotmail.com)
NICKNAME: The Winged Horsemen
BANNER: omicron.jpg
MOTTO: We Are Your Worst Fears Brought to Life!
HOMEPAGE: http://omicron.squadron.org
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.egroups.com/group/omicronsquad


FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Dark Storm of the Empire
Motto: Beware the calm before the Storm!
1) CM Devin McCloud (kevin_alistair_jameson@hotmail.com)
2) LT Daniel Stephens (daniellevistephens@yahoo.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: Riders of the Apocalypse
Motto: Nothing is beyond us!
1) LCM Anthony Starr (PVTStender@aol.com)
2) SL Veng (case@clinton.net)
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: StarLancers
Motto: A Well Trained Pilot is Worth More Than an ISD!
1) LCM Dall Star (testme@poczta.onet.pl)
2) LT Crevent Thrawn (son_of_thrawn@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA





IOTA SQUADRON : Escort
COMMANDER: TBA
NICKNAME: Wolfpack
MOTTO: Iota - We Break For No One!
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www1.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?BoardID=113897


FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Obsidian Veil
Motto: If we're not on it, it's not there!
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Howling Shadows
Motto: We?re the personified fear that haunts your worst nightmares...
1) MAJ Steve Strangelove (stevestrangelove@icqmail.com)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Hammerers
Motto: Bloodshed is our anvil and you're right on it!
1) LT Nashaa KamBuel (jjracz@att.net)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA





ETA SQUADRON : Assassination
COMMANDER: MAJ Troutrooper (troutrooper@yahoo.com)
NICKNAME: The Unseen
MOTTO: We ascend to honor through the powers of the body, mind and spirit
HOMEPAGE: http://eta.squadron.org/
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?BoardID=118895


FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Spirit Flight
Motto: Success is the only option
Homepage: http://etaflight1.moonfruit.com/
1) MAJ Troutrooper (troutrooper@yahoo.com)
2) SL Tyronne (pkeely@prodigy.net)
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Body Flight
Motto: Fierce when provoked
Homepage: http://eta2.moonfruit.com/
1) LCM Tyler (james@jptyler.freeserve.co.uk)
2) LCM Nic Rety (plumberbutt@go.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Mind Flight
Motto: Mantis Hunters
Homepage: http://etaflight3.moonfruit.com/
1) LCM Wap Eal (WAldam@t-online.de)
2) LT Alain Dindareanu (cracky90@musician.org)
3) TBA
4) TBA

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Flag Officers - 1
Mu - 6
Nu - 0
Pi - 5
Omicron - 6
Iota - 2
Eta - 6
Total: 26

Major Chei-Ras
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WC/MAJ "BadAss" Chei-Ras/Wing VIII/ISD Colossus
SS/BSx2/PCx9/ISMx6/MoT-1gh-2bh/LoC-CSx8/CoL/CoB/OV
SW Chei-Ras (Sith)/Archanis of Taldryan,
SC/DC-KC/(BNB)