Vortex Report # 0 (2000-12-09)

This report was submitted by CPT Brucmack


Vortex Squadron Report
12.09.00
CPT Brucmack Reporting
 
Fiction!
That's right folks, the report has fiction now!  Of course, Brucmack didn't write it :)  Here it is, "The Adventures of Tyken Restar - Part One"!  Enjoy!
 
The Adventures of Tyken Restar
Chapter One
“Academy”
 
It was a fine day on Coruscant, if you could call any of the days fine. People were bustling about, everyone in a hurry. There had been rumors circulating that the Rebel Alliance planned to over take the planet. No one could confirm these rumors, of course, but still everyone was unnerved. To young Tyken Restar it seemed that the people were actually scared of the Rebels. He could not understand this. Was not the Empire the supreme power in the galaxy? Surely no one should be afraid of the lowly Rebels. Yet people were, and with good reason. Tyken was not old enough to have remembered the reports of the battles of Endor and of Yavin, yet the average Imperial citizen had seen the reports, and the reports of the other defeats dealt to the Empire by the Rebels. Tyken Restar was one of the few Imperial adolescents that still believed in the grandness and infallibility of the Empire, and he was determined to make others see his point of view. Born into the wealthy class of Coruscant, both of his parents had raised him to be a stalwart and loyal Imperial. He intimidated his peers by regaling them with tales of Palpatine’s power and Darth Vader’s cruelty. His mother, Sirien Restar, was not around much because of her position as an Imperial Intelligence Officer, so he spent most of his time with his father, Lonar Restar, who trained young Imperial cadets in starfighter dogfighting tactics. Often his father let him watch the lessons; sometimes he even flew in them. He was deemed proficient in the TIE Interceptor and TIE Advanced tactics by the young age of 14. Today was a day he would be allowed to fight in the dogfight competition because he had turned 16 not a week ago.
He stepped out of a hover taxi he had ridden in and entered the Imperial Starfighter Academy Training Building. And went to the refresher station. “Hey Tyken! Come here for a sec!” called one of the young cadets. “Hello Kyron. How are you? Ready for the competition today?” Tyken asked.  “Are you flying today?” “Yes, today will be my first competition,” Tyken said. “Well then, I suppose I’m ready to lose! You’re the best out of all of us, Tyken.” “Thanks, Kyron, but I don’t think I can stand up to Lorano over there…he’s always been better.” “Well, I have faith in you, Tyken, I’ll root for ya!” “Thanks, Ky, I’ll remember that.” Tyken left the refresher and made his way to the hangar. Since this was an important competition, the cadets would fly real TIE Interceptors with powered-down lasers. Tyken was excited and nervous. What if I crash? What if I’m knocked out early? I wont! I’m going to win this competition! Just then an announcement came over the PA system. “Attention all participants, attention all participants, make your way to your fighters now, to your fighters now!!” Well, Tyken thought, here I go.
He walked to his fighter with the slow dignified steps of a proud Imperial, and he was not in a hurry as the others were. He stepped into his fighter and made all the necessary checks to his instruments and found everything satisfactory and in good condition. He proceeded to power up his repulsor lifts and slowly made his way to the selected area for the competition. From his comlink he heard the message, “All cadets, set your laser power to 15 percent! Prepare to engage in the 25th Annual Cadet Dogfighting Competition! Do not leave the combat area unless you have tagged to 0 percent hull integrity by another pilot! Do not crash these ships; they are worth more than you! You may now…begin!!” Tyken quickly targeted his nearest opponent and quickly knocked them out with a quad laser blast. One down, he thought. Then he saw green laser fire coming from over his left shoulder. He targeted his attacker and dropped to one-third throttle and proceeded to perform a Corellian Flip, coming in behind his opponent, and dispatched him with another flawless shot. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Kyron go down from a quad blast from two different ships. Too bad, he thought. He was good. But I’m better! Tyken quickly vaped another two ships and noticed there were now only three ships. His, Lorano’s, and an unknown pilot he decided to call Unknown.
In between his fighting he had viewed a spectacular display by Lorano in which he sequentially vaped three pilots in one smooth maneuver. He now watched as Lorano took on Unknown. He was amazed by what he saw. Both pilots executed impossible maneuver and had many near misses. Then it was as if a change came over Unknown. His flawless moves became sharper, and he switched to single laser firing. He proceeded to outfly Lorano with ease and then took him out shot by shot. Lorano had no chance whatsoever. Well, Tyken thought, he may have bested Lorano, but he won’t get the best of me! He engaged Unknown, wary of his skilled maneuvers. For five minutes they performed Corellian Flips, Diameter Rolls, Diamond 5 Point Turns, and each had many missed shots. Finally Tyken received an opening. While Unknown performed a Corellian Flip, Tyken quickly cut to one-third throttle and did a 180-degree turn, giving him a shot that would finish off the pilot. With his finger on the trigger, a message came over his comlink stating, “ All cadets. All active pilots! Return to base immediately! The Rebels have breached the planetary shield! Report immediately! Now! Now! Now! Tyken thought to himself, Damn! Now? I had him! He was mine! Wait…yes, I had him! I would’ve won! Yes! I won!
 He then landed his craft and spied the unknown pilot running up to him. When the pilot took off his helmet, Tyken exclaimed, “Dad! That was you?” “Yes, it was me. Congratulations, but we have to talk about this later. I’m needed to kill some Rebels,” he said with a smile on his face. “Son, here is the remote to my personal TIE Advanced starfighter, Starslayer. If I don’t make it, you can hyper anywhere you wish, and try and hook up with the Imperials. Tell them your lineage and you will be accepted, no questions asked. Okay, Son?” “Yes, Dad, I understand. But you’ll make it! I wish I was up there with you.” Yes, I know, but your time to fight will come.” His father then climbed into the fighter and lifted off. Through his comlink he said, “Son, I’ll see you when I get back!” Suddenly a horrible feeling came over Tyken. Looking outside at the battle, he saw his worst fears realized. His father had just taken off into a slaughter fest. The Imperials were falling like flies…the Rebels had ambushed them…
 
LT Tyken Restar
Vortex 2-3
 
Squadron News
  • A new pilot this week; my old friend LCM Peh has returned from the reserves :)
  • Vortex is Wing Commander's Own this month!  Great work everyone!
  • We got three new citations this week!  They are temporarily misplaced with a new pilot, but they'll find their way home sooner or later :)  We need only a few pilots to fly the XvT and BoP missions for more though, so if you haven't, get cracking! :)  You can always check http://isdgreywolf.stardestroyer.org/corner/ for information on what citations we're close to.
  • Combat Promotions:
    • 3-1 LT Mace to Certified
  • FCHG Promotions:
    • 2-1 CM Achim Schwarick to Centurion
    • 3-1 LT Mace to Dragoon to Cavalier
    • 2-3 LT Tyken Restar to Hussar
  • Medals:
    • 1-1 CPT Brucmack received a Palpatine Crescent (PC), an Imperial Security Medal (ISM), a Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and eight Legions of Combat (LoC).
Competitions
 
ASF Supremacy II
Duration: Monday November 20th - Saturday December 23rd
Platform: Various
Updates:
We have moved into fourth place officially!  However, with increased participation we could do even better!  Let's not wear out Mace and Tyken right away folks, there are lots of things all of you could be doing :)
 
Weekly Competitions
 
Sunday
XWA Zone Sunday
Duration: 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
Awards: LoC for every win, DFC for overall winner.
Description: XWA event on Internet Gaming Zone.
 
NC vs TC
Duration: 2:30 - 4:30 PM EST
Awards: LoC for every win, DFC for overall winner.
Description: XWA event on IRC channel: #Project_Faithful
 
Wednesday
Greenwich Wolf Competition
Duration: 1:00 - 4:30 PM EST
Awards: LoC for every win. PC for overall winner, ISM for second place.
XVT and XWA event on IRC channel: #wingxiii
 
Wednesday ASF Competition:
XWA and XVT event on IRC channel: #wingxiii
Time: 7:00 - 10:30 PM EST
Awards: LoC for every win. 2xDFC for overall winners in both games.
 
Thursday
Avenger Training
Duration: 8:00 - 11:00 PM EST
Awards: LoC for every win. 2xDFC for overall winners in both games.
Description: XWA and XVT event on IRC channel: #avenger
 
Saturday
Euro Competition
Duration: 10:00 - 11:30 AM EST
Awards: LoC for every win, DFC for overall winner.
Description: XVT and XWA event on IRC channel: #euroloc
 
Kampfegemetzel
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM EST
Awards: LoC for every win.
Description: XWA event on Internet Gaming Zone
 
Communications
 
Websites
 
 
 
Internet Relay Chat
 
Wing XIII: #wingxiii
Aggressor Strike Force: #eh_asf
TIE Corps: #tiecorps
Emperor's Hammer: #emperor's_hammer
 
Activity Reports
 
1-1 CPT Brucmack
- Multiplayer Events: ASF Wednesday Comp (4 victories), Thursday Training (4 victories)
- Battles: TC-TIE #47-85
- Medals: PC, ISM, DFC, LoCx8
 
1-2 LCM Peh
- Battles: FREE-TIE #50, 52 <-- Before he was even officially assigned to the squad! Impressive! :)
 
1-3 LT Obi-Wan Kirknobi
Reported in, has been busy.  Hope things calm down soon!
 
1-4 LT Daurathi Ghost
Seen on IRC, but no idea what you're up to.  Report in please!
2-1 Achim Schwarick
- Battles: TC-TIE #54, 55
- FCHG Promotion: Centurion
- Submitted flight report
 
2-2 LT Khameir Sarin
Submitted a pilot file, but it didn't work right.  Keep trying!
2-3 Tyken Restar
- Battles: TC-XvT #1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10, DB-XvT #1, IW-XvT #17, FREE-XvT #3,8,10
- FCHG Promotion: Hussar
- Submitted the wonderful fiction you enjoyed earlier :)
 
3-1 LT Mace
- Battles: DB-XvT #1, TC-XvT #4, TC-BoP #1-3, IW-XvT #10,12,17, IW-BoP #14,18,21,24,25,26, TC-TIE #1-4
- FCHG Promotion: Dragoon and Cavalier
 
3-2 LT Cabal Hustoi
Please report in.
 
3-3 SL Tenchi Masaki
Please report in.
 
3-4 Alex Foley
Still around IRC a lot, fly some battles though :P
 
Flight II Report
 
Again, the citations listing is out of date already... No fault of yours, Achim, it just seems like the time for changes is in between your report and mine :P
 
FL Report 09/12/00
 
 
 
 
======== Squadron News ======================
 
*  Vortex has been selected to be WC's Own!
 
* 12 Citations :-)
 
 
====== Other News around the ASF =================
 
*LCM Xura Verr is the COM Protector for November! Congrats!
 
New Pilots :
 
*CPT Vengeance/Tartarus 3-3 (Vengeance23923@aol.com) from the Naval Corps
 
*SL Greg Emment/Odin 1-2 (thunder_eagle_alpha@yahoo.com) from Daedalus
 
 
=====================ASF Supremacy II ============
 

Squadrons

TARTARUS

1122

CRUSADER

1074

AVENGER

794

VORTEX

585

VALKYRIE

498

PHOENIX

479

ODIN

432

HORNET

388

COPPERHEAD

252

PYTHON

252

ECHO

228

KRAYT

161

ASP

120

VIPER

74

MANTIS

63

COBRA

0

RAPTOR

0

 
 
 
 
============= Citations =====================

Squadron Citations (12):
   TC-XvT Battle 1 - The Verpine Encounter
   TC-XvT Battle 2 - Capture of a Murderer
   TC-XvT Battle 3 - Preparing for Battle
   TC-XvT Battle 4 - Encounter with the Black Sun
   TC-XvT Battle 5 - Phoenix Saga
   TC-XvT Battle 6 - Wolf Pack Aggression
   TC-XvT Battle 7 - The Resupply
   TC-XvT Battle 8 - The Loshen Resistance
   TC-XvT Battle 9 - The Black Sun Incident
   TC-XvT Battle 10 - Abduction of VA Priyum
   TC-BoP Battle 1 - Double Cross at Coronada
   DB-XvT Battle 1 - Jedi Academy

=========================Citation plan (XvT)=========================================

Vortex Citations
X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter

Battle 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 Needed
TC-XvT 1 Y U Y
Y
Y U Y Y
Y Complete
TC-XvT 2 Y U Y
Y
Y U Y Y
Y Complete
TC-XvT 3 Y U Y
Y Y Y U Y Y
Y Complete
TC-XvT 4 Y U

Y Y Y U Y Y
Y Complete
TC-XvT 5 Y U Y
Y Y
U Y

Y Complete
TC-XvT 6 Y U

Y Y Y U Y Y
Y Complete
TC-XvT 7 Y U Y
Y

U Y Y
Y Complete
TC-XvT 8 Y U

Y
Y U Y Y

Complete
TC-XvT 9 Y U Y
Y Y
U Y Y

Complete
TC-XvT 10 Y U

Y Y Y U Y


Complete
IW-XvT 10 Y U

Y Y
U Y


1
IW-XvT 12 Y U

Y

U Y


2
IW-XvT 17 Y U

Y

U Y


2
IW-XvT 23 Y U

Y

U Y


2
IW-XvT 25 Y U

Y

U Y


2
IW-XvT 26
U




U Y


4
DB-XvT 1 Y U Y
Y Y Y U


Y Complete


 

 (from the CMDRs Corner (GW Homepage))

 

==============================FCHG============================================

Archon [ARCN] (1500 points)

Centurion [CNTR] (400 points)

Cavalier [CAVL] (150 points)

Hussar [HUSS] (50 points)

Lancer [LANC] (25 points)

=========================== MP Avents =======================================

 

  a.. Multiplayer Events:
    a.. Sunday:
      a.. XWA Zone Sunday:
        a.. General: An XWA event on the Internet Gaming Zone.
        b.. Awards: LoCs for each victory, DFC for overall winner.
        c.. Time: 1:00 PM EST - 2:30 PM EST
    b.. Wednesday:
      a.. Greenwich Wolf Comp:
        a.. General: An XvT and XWA event in the IRC channel #WingXIII.
        b.. Awards: LoCs for each victory, PC for first place, ISM for second place.
        c.. Time: 1:00 PM EST - 4:30 PM EST
      b.. ASF Wednesday Comp:
        a.. General: An XvT and XWA event in the IRC channel #WingXIII.
        b.. Awards: LoCs for each victory, DFC for overall winner.
        c.. Time: 7:00 PM EST - 10:30 PM EST
    c.. Thursday:
      a.. Thursday Training:
        a.. General: An XvT event in the Imperial Room on the Internet Gaming Zone.
        b.. Awards: LoCs for each victory, DFC for overall winner.
        c.. Time: 8:00 PM EST - 11:00 PM EST
    d.. Saturday:
      a.. Euro Comp:
        a.. General: An XvT and XWA event in the IRC channel #EuroLoC.
        b.. Awards: LoCs for each victory, DFC for overall winner?
        c.. Time: 10:00 AM EST - 11:30 AM EST
      b.. Outer Rim Night:
        a.. General: An XvT and XWA event in the IRC channel #OuterRim.
        b.. Awards: LoCs for each victory, DFC for overall winner.
        c.. Time: 5:00 PM EST - 11:00 PM EST
  b.. Of course, Single player battles and free missions are available at the Mission Compendium for XWA, XvT, BoP, TIE Fighter and X-Wing.
=========================== Communication ===============================


           * Internet Relay Chat (IRC):
 * Channels:
  * #WingXIII - Our very own Wing channel :)
  * #EH_ASF - The ASF's channel
  * #TIECorps - The TIE Corps channel
  * #Emperor's_Hammer - The main EH channel
 * Getting on IRC can be complicated the first time, if you are having
troubles email me about it :)
* ICQ - http://www.icq.com <http://www.icq.com/>  .  Especially useful for
"chirping" our WC when he is asleep.
* RogerWilco - For those with a microphone who desire online voice
communication: http://www.rogerwilco.com <http://www.rogerwilco.com/>
* Firetalk - an even better program for voice communication.  Unfortunately,
it can not be used during games but it is an excellent vocal alternative to
IRC.  http://www.firetalk.com/
* Message Boards:
 * Vortex MB -
http://www.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?Action=Display&BoardID=113718
<http://www.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?Action=Display&BoardID=113718>
 * Grey Wolf MB - http://www1.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?BoardID=115585
 * ASF MB - http://asfmb.tsx.org/ <http://asfmb.tsx.org/>    <--- COM Cyric
is pressing us to use this board.
 * TIE Corps MB - http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/ <-- Also new
 * EH MB - http://msgboards.squadron.org

============ Vortex Roster ===================

COMMANDER: CPT Brucmack (brucmack@bigfoot.com)
NICKNAME: The Winds of Destruction
BANNER: vortex.jpg
MOTTO: "Silent.. leges inter arma"
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=27

FLIGHT I - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: Devil's Flight
Motto: "As swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as a mountain."
1) CPT Brucmack (brucmack@bigfoot.com)
2) TBA
3) LT Obi-Wan Kirknobi (ker369@mail.usask.ca)
4) LT Daurathi Ghost (paladin78@aol.com)

FLIGHT II - TIE INTERCEPTOR
Nickname: Lucifer's Hammer
Motto: "In Domine Imperium"
1) CM Achim Schwarick (Avaris@t-online.de)
2) LT Khameir Sarin (khameir_sarin@yahoo.com)
3) LT Tyken Restar (icestriker@hotmail.com)
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Silent Hunters
Motto: "Live with honour, kill by stealth"
1) LT Mace (mace@stardestroyer.org)
2) LT Cabal Hustoi (savage_tyrant@hotmail.com)
3) SL Tenchi Masaki (shadow_7333@yahoo.com)
4) LCM Alex Foley (alexfoley@squadron.org)

===========================================

Respectfully submitted by,

FL/CM Achim Schwarick/Vortex 2-1/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
BS/PCx6/ISMx3/LoC/CoB [PLDN] {IWATS} 
Vortex - ASF Escort Squadron
Grd Avaris (Sith)/Galthain of Satal Keto 

Respectfully Submitted,

CMDR-COOA/CPT Brucmack/Vortex/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
GS/SS/BSx5/PCx14/ISMx17/MoI/MoT-gh/LoC-PSx560/DFC-GWx20/CoL/CoB [ARCN] [Jedi 3rd]
{IWATS-CBX-IIC/1/2/3-M/1/2-SM/2-RT-XTM-XTT}


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