WING VIII Weekly Report
Week Ending 09.04.01
Fleet News
In Brief
As taken from www.tiecorps.org/news.asp
New EH Logo!
Ammendment to Tactical Order #001
Flight Officer promoted to Fleet Admiral
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Relevant
News in Detail
Flight Officer promoted
to Fleet Admiral
The Flight Officer, Admiral Priyum has been promoted to
Fleet Admiral. A testament to the hard work that the Flight Officer
undertakes.
Ammendment to Tactical
Order #001 (By AD Starlion)
It has been brought to my attention that i wasnt clear enough
in defining Bug Report.
A Bug Report shall be filed by the Pilot, in the case that he/she
skipped a mission during the course of that battle, on the TIECorps.org
Battle Board. Reasons attached to BSF's will NOT be considered
Bug Reports.
For specific instructions on bug reports, log in to the database
and click on the link marked Battle Bug Report Information.
New EH Logo!
The new EH Logo competition has been won by LCM Tempest.
He earns a Grand Order of the Empire Medal for his troubles!
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Wing News
Farewell to a loyal friend
Earlier this week, CPT Devin McCloud transfered to the
reserves to concentrate on RL issues. 'Cloudy' is one of the most
loyal pilots I have known and has stuck with the Colossus through
thick and thin. A former Commander, He has always been helpful,
considerate and was keen to help in any way he could. He will
be sorely missed not just in Omicron, but also on the ship itself.
Farewell Cloudy.. Hurry home
Promotions Galore!
As one chapter closes on a peice of Colossus history, another
opens. The monthly reviews went through last week and were followed
up with a string of promotions.
Kyle Katarn of Mu recieved a promotion to Commander,
Alain Dindareanu and Andrew Strinder of Eta
both recieved promotions to Leiutenant Commander. And McCrae,
Kessap and Jacob Racke are no longer known as SL's..
They made full Leuitenants!
There was one other one.. Cheers Mell for that :)
ISDColossus Email Addresses
Last week I told you that if anyone wanted a 'reliable email account
contact AV'.. They then promptly all failed :P
All Email Addresses are know up and there are many more available.
If you want to show the pride for your ship then you can't get
much better than an isdcolossus.com Email Addy!
Nu Vs Eta - The Battle
Royale
Darknyte is so confident of his
squadron that he issued a challenge to the entire ship. Eta
responded and the chosen battle is TC#100. This is really too
close to call. I can't tell who is going to win. Whoever emerges
victorious will have bragging rights for months to come..
Reviews
Egroups
Really not much chat going on. I'll update the list as soon as
I can.
IRC
I finally get my ops back on #ISD_Colossus. Mell gets drunk
as usual, Bradtack is spotted being backwards, LT Mark
gets banned in #Tiecorps for 'Being too like Ramos', Wyldefyre
returns much to my enjoyment and Darknyte continues to
rebuke comments made about his tatoo.
That about sums it up...Become a legend on IRC; Log into #ISD_Colossus
Now!!
Message Boards
ACTIVITY! Andrew Strinder is qualified to kill Rebels..
But not to drive to Wall Mart. And the Eta Limerick contest is
underway! (BTW AS, Did you pass?)
Academics
Colossus Pilots are proving to be the brainboxes of the fleet.
No fewer than 19 IWATS Courses were passed by us
this week! Here is a rundown on who passed what.
| Bradtack | Tie Mission Design, Tie Tactics, HTML 1 and 2, Graphics |
| Alain Dindareanu | Tie Mission Design, Tie Tactics, Rebellion Tactics, ICQ |
| Kodiak Kereban | Tie Tactics, Rebellion Tactics, mIRC 2 |
| McCrea | Graphics, Computer Basics |
| Darknyte | Graphics |
| Daniel Stephens | ICQ |
| Rana Grande | ICQ |
| Daniel Klivian | Tie Mission Design |
| Jacob Racke | Rebellion Tactics |
With all this talent aboard, It's easy to see why we have a secure future. I'm particularly interested in the people that passed Tie Mission Design. I'm looking forward to seeing your work!
BSF's
This weeks BSF report is hampered by the loss of all my Emails when the accounts went down. I'm pretty sure that I BSF'd 4 for Absolut Vodka and half a dozen for Nu which I do not have confirmation for. These haven't been included in the round-up.
Last month we finished the month strongly on 278 BSF's. This month has been quieter, possibly due to the forthcoming holidays. Last week I had on my desk 45 BSF's which puts us on 49 for the month. There is still 2 weeks to go for this month. Lets try our damnest to get at least 150.
Top 5 Pilots
| 1st | LT Kodiak Kereban | (Nu Squadron) | 9 BSF's |
| 2nd | LCM Andrew Strinder | (Eta Squadron) | 8 BSF's |
| 3rd | LT Alain Dindareanu | (Eta Squadron) | 6 BSF's |
| 4th | LT Jacob Racke | (Nu Squadron) | 4 BSF's |
| 5th | CM Absolut Vodka | (Mu Squadron) | 3 BSF's |
No Darknyte for the second week running allows some new recruits to show exactly what they are made of. Kodiak Kereban leads the way just ahead of the ever-dependable Eta pair of Andrew Strinder and Alain Dindareanu. Jacob Racke fights back for Nu and Absolut Vodka proves that being a commander doesn't always mean not getting around to fly..
Kodiak therefore wins himself the title of Pilot of the Week!
Top Squadron
For the first time since I have started doing these tables, we have ourselves a Tie. Nu an Eta are inseperable, The winner of the competiton between the two of them will win the Squadron of the Week title.
| =1st | MU SQUADRON | 18 BSF's |
| =1st | ETA SQUADRON | 18 BSF's |
| 3rd | Mu Squadron | 7 BSF's |
| 4th | Pi Squadron | 2 BSF's |
| 5th | Omicron Squadron | 0 BSF's |
Medals
The following medals were awarded to our brave pilots this week.
My congratulations to them
Commendation of Bravery:-
Kodiak Kereban, Ulysses, Andrew Strinder, Alain Dindareanu,
Night Grue
Iron Star - Bronze Wings:-
Darknyte
Imperial Security Medal:-
Jague Philu
Medal of Instruction:-
Kodiak Kereban
Bronze Star:-
Darknyte
Promotions
MAJ Drake
> LC!!
LCM Kyle Katarn > CM!!
LT Andrew Strinder > LCM!!
LT Alain Dindareanu > LCM!!
SL McCrea > LT!!
SL Kessap > LT!!
SL Jacob Racke > LT!!
Transfers In
LT McCrea Daedulus > Nu 2-2
LT Kessap Daedulus > Eta 2-3
SL Watkins Daedulus > Nu 2-4
SL Endymion Daedulus > Omicron 1-2
Transfers Out
CM Nic
Rety
Eta > Reserves
CPT Devin McCloud Omicron > Reserves
Mu (-) Nu (+2)
Pi (-) Omicron (-)
Eta (-)
Net gain of two pilots....Hurarh!!
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Squadron
Summaries
Mu Squadron are still without the semi-leave of
CM Absolut Vodka. He seems to be more active when he's
on leave :P. Anyway, The newly promoted CM Kyle Katarn
is still acting commander and has set his pilots the task of flying
FT-130. Something which they shouldn't have to much trouble with.
SL Corann Kojo still needs to be promoted, I will mail
him immediately following this report.
Nu Squadron is performing well under the command
of Darknyte and the situation resolves itself sometime
next week. They are becoming quite cocky, challenging everyone
on the ship to a fight... Just what I like to see. Eta
have accepted, let battle commence.
Pi Squadron, no report this week. MAJ Rand al'Thor,
I need to speak to you ASAP.
Omicron Squadron are in combat with Dagger Squadron
at this very moment! The task is to fly FT-1, Uphold the pride
of the Colossus and beat them about with a sharp pointy stick!!
Eta Squadron are not going to lay down against the
rampant Darknyte without a fight and have busy flying the
battle chosen for their encounter. I can't call this one, It's
going to be very very close!!
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Miscellanous
Banned words on IRC
The following words are no longer acceptable on IRC. Please refrain
from using them
"Arsenal, FA Cup, Viera, Pires, Arsene, Wenger, Semi-final,
Old Trafford, Highbury"
Anybody seen using these words will feel my wrath.....
Wing Commander's Leave
I *hope* to be going on holiday during the last week of May/ First
week of June. Consider this a pre-warning. Mell will be
in charge of wing operations until I come back to repair what
damage he did :P
Solaris a wanted man
My brother Solaris is now offically a wanted man for scratching
my Tie Fighter disk so he could play flippin Starcraft on my computer.
I discovered it late on thursday evening on my desk, scratched
so badly that I can no longer play with music or CD Sound effects
and have to polish it before I play it. The only thing saving
him is that I bought him a copy of Tie Fighter as a present last
year...
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