ISD-II Challenge
Tempest Squadron
Blown with the Wind #4
From: CM Honsou
To: LC Denys Elara
CC: VA Silwar Naiilo
Submitted: 2021-08-10
For Dates: 2021-07-27 - 2021-08-09
From the Desk of Honsou Kessen
Unexpected Respite: A Honsou Story. Honsou groaned as he rolled over in his bed in the medical centre of the ISD-II Challenge. It had been almost two weeks since he had led Tempest and the rest of 'his' battlegroup away from Bunduki in Imperial Storm III. Although he was glad, from his glancing around the medical centre, that he and the rest of Tempest had not been required to report to the simulator deck. The Hammer had left their Homeworld completely undefended and Tempest had just taken it without a shred of resistance. Several members of Tempest were here and Honsou felt a surge of guilt, no anger within himself. Had he pushed them too hard? Or were they in need of a harsher training regimen? He would decide later, his thoughts still cloudy, he slipped back toward sleep's embrace. He jolted awake as his communicatior chimed, EchoVII's voice sounded like she was yelling from two feet away but he allowed her to report. 'Sir,' she began 'Uh, the COM wants to see you, urgently.' It was expected... Honsou sat up and began to stretch, 'Fine, advise Sil, I mean the COM that I will be with him shortly.' A full ten minutes later, fussy med droids placated, Honsou stepped out of the medical centre and began towards the turbolifts. 'What crazy move did the 'old man' have in mind now, that only Tempest would suffice?' Honsou muttered to himself...
This past week saw Tempest entering the fray in Imperial Storm III. Taking the ISD-II Hammer's Homeworld of Mokivj with zero resistance!
The Challenge Championship League: Round Robin, concludes this week with a handful of games left to be played Snax Attax lead the pack at the time of writing this.
Squadron Orders
These are three of the missions we're close to earning citations on. Check our status on the Squadron Battleboard.
Flight 1: Storm Knights
With this lance I judge, for he that dies pays all debts
- Communication:
- Email, Discord
- Flight Activity:
- Squadrons PvP/PVE; IS3 contributions; CCL games and training.
- New PvE Rating:
- Gunner's Mate 3rd
- Other:
- Tempest Squadron Admin.
- Notes:
- Been in sickbay myself for a large portion of these past two weeks.
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- Squadrons PvP/PvE; IS3 contributions, CCL games and training.
- IU Courses Completed:
- TCCORE
- New PvE Rating:
- Qualified
- Other:
- none
- Notes:
- Another handful of Legions for LT Akreseus. IU Course added to Academic Record by the SOO : [TCCORE] - 89%
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- Squadrons PvP/PvE; IS3 contributions, CCL games and training.
- Completed Battles:
- XWA-free 40
- New PvE Rating:
- Gunner's Mate 4th
- Other:
- Completed Solohans Crossword Comp month 2; Did 'The Challenge With Words' for this month; Continued to take part in the Trivia Grand Tour.
- Notes:
- Great couple of weeks of activity
Flight 2: Heralds of Maelstrom
The brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm
- Communication:
- Discord, Email
- Flight Activity:
- Squadrons PvP/PvE; CCL games and training.
- Other:
- Rallying of the troops for Imperial Storm III
- Notes:
- Cheerleading for Imperial Storm!
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- none
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- none
- Other:
- none
- Notes:
- On leave for a well deserved vacation.
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- Star Conflict and Squadrons PvE/PvP, racking up another 181 Legions for IS3
- New PvE Rating:
- Ranger 4th, Campaigner 1st
- Other:
- Sigma Squadron Banner + revisions; Random Wing X graphic; Voted and participated in Inferno Signal Scramble; Participated in Spot the Difference: Week 1&2; Drafted Wiki templates for manuals; Updating Wiki pages and templates; Submitted improvements for wiki content-diff display; Created Gonk image and animation; Project Minos Relevancy.
- Notes:
- Another truly inspiring week of activity.
Flight 3: Paladins of Fulmination
You'll see the lightning but will be dead before the thunder
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- Squadrons PvP/PvE; Solid contributions to IS3
- New PvE Rating:
- Gunner's Mate 4th
- New Combat Rating:
- Other:
- Scheduling & flying for Challenge Championship League; Flying with Storm Knights in SFL
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- Handful of SP Battles.
- Completed Battles:
- XvT-CD 2, XWA-free 40, BoP-FCHG 2, XWA-free 40, XvT-FMC 1, XvT-IS 1, XWA-free 40, TIE-free 179, TIE-free 179
- Updated Uniform
- Submitted Reviews:
- BoP-FCHG 2
- Other:
- Completed fiction for the Real Heroes of the Challenge. Updated Uniform. Wrote review for BoP-FCHG 2.
- Notes:
- Another Tempest member in sickbay these past two weeks, we worked hard in the simulators for IS3.
- Communication:
- Discord
- Flight Activity:
- None
- Other:
- None
- Notes:
- Vacation
Competitions
CPT Kalve Ryder, Soon to be Airlocked and/or demoted (read the comp Addendum), invites you to create a work of fiction for the marvels and mishaps of testing our new Spectres.
Imperial Storm is a turn based war-game that pits all three Battlegroups against the others over a map of the planetary systems that we are currently near.
A 3v3 fleet battles league for pilots of the Challenge
Every two weeks LT Xylo Pethel will prompt you into a creative frenzy of poetic genius.
Alright pilots, strap into your fighters and drink your Bantha milk, it’s time to show off your knowledge with a crossword puzzle.
CM Dynamus invites you to create a work of fiction based around your Pilots reassignment to an auxiliary ship in the fleet.
Every week you will be presented with five uniforms. You have to guess to which pilot that uniform belongs to.
Fill in the acronyms from random letter combinations; Google Forms link posted to the Challenge Discord channel
COL Marenta will generate a word search and post the link.
Accumulate the most LoCs or LoSs in Squadrons.
Pilots earn monthly and yearly medals for the most LoCs earned. Squadrons games not eligible.
Pilots earn monthly and yearly medals for the most LoSs earned.
Pilots earn monthly and yearly medals for the most singleplayer missions played.
Squadron Citations: 17 (+1)
- TIE-TC 1
- TIE-TC 10
- TIE-TC 12
- TIE-TC 16
- TIE-TC 19
- TIE-TC 28
- TIE-TC 30
- TIE-TC 76
- TIE-TC 108
- TIE-TC 153
- TIE-TC 168
- TIE-TC 202
- XvT-TC 14
- XWA-TC 8
- XWA-TC 21
- XWA-TC 25
- XWA-TC 42