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* KAPPA SQUADRON REPORT * CPT Tempest * January 18th, 2003 *
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Greetings Kappa fellows.
The Wing II RPG comp has ended with no good result for us... as the
flying activity was generally low in the last few weeks, we didn't
earn enough points for buying sufficient skills for attempting a
fictional mission.
I hope this lack of activity won't become a permanent condition... you
perhaps could fly for the new Sov battle of the month, see orders
section.


Squadron News
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- Algaron is back from leave (with all his bones still intact :P).

- Operation Outrageous Fortune, formerly known as "the comp to end all
comps), begins Sunday, January 19th. Heat up your engines, folks.


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Squadron Orders
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- Fly the Sovereign Battle(s) of the Month:

TIE-TC Battle #194 - Terrorist Attack (attached)
XvT-TC Battle #40 - Leaders of New Republic
XWA-TC Battle #32 - Rebel Resurgence

Submissions go to me (EH_Tempest@gmx.net) and LC Todbringer
(todbringer@poczta.onet.pl), who runs the comp for Proton this time.


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Squadron Activity
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CPT Tempest/Kappa 1-1

- Working on award graphics for the RPG comp winners... will hopefully
be ready later today
- Working on new TC banner graphic
- IRC activity
- CMDR stuff

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LT Zyrax/Kappa 1-2

- IRC activity

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COL Astarosta/Kappa 2-1

01-14-02 Submitted TIE-TC 180
- Mail and IRC activity

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MAJ Algaron/Kappa 3-1

- Mail activity

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LCM Dash Riprock/Kappa 3-3

- IRC activity

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Miscellaneous / TC News
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- Relentless Commodore (FA Priyum Patel)
The position of Relentless Commodore in the TIE Corps Battlegroups
is still open to applications with the following requirements:

+ Absolute familiarity with Fleet Manuals and the Fleet Standing
Orders
+ No serious AoW convictions, and none within the past 12 months
+ Command experience at a Wing Commander level or above, for no less
than 4 consecutive months. Squadron Commanders will only be
considered with 3 excellent references from superior Officers
+ Familiarity with Single and Multiplayer aspects of X-Wing: Alliance
+ Email response time of 24-36 hours.
+ Everything else detailed in the Training Manual

Applicants must possess the drive and motivation to work towards
stabilizing the ship, plan future activities and work with fellow
Flag Officers in the Battlegroup. The position of Commodore is not
to be underestimated. If you have any doubts as to your suitability
for the position, then don't waste our time by applying.
Applications should be sent to Vice Admiral Krax and Fleet Admiral
Priyum with the subject RelCOM. You may include up to 3 references,
two of which must be from current or former superiors. Ensure that
you have their permission before listing them.

- Reporting of Violations (FA Brad)
Remember to use the chain of command first when reporting
complaints. Almost 2/3 of the time complaints are better handled by
your superior officers. They can get them resolved faster since I
have a large number of complaints and each of mine needs thorough
investigations as I send people to the High Court of Inquisitors if
I find them suspect. Also, do not send an entire log file of the
channel. Including some of the log before incidents happened helps,
but I do not need to see logs of several months before (or after) a
violation.

- Skipping missions! (AD Marcin Szydlowski)
Recently, I've noticed that many pilots are skipping missions and
submit battles to their CMDR. Also, CMDR process BSFs even when plt
file shows missions has been skipped. Hear now, loud and clear: This
is not allowed.
Skipping missions is not considered cheating however, battles will
be removed from your profile.
All battles are playable. If you have problem with patches, contact
SCO Ender mBind.

- XWA testers closed (AD Marcin Szydlowski)
I've received so many XWA applications that I don't have spots
anymore. Do not send applications for XWA testers. But you can still
join TIE or XvT/BoP team. But remember about few basic rules:

+ Always include your PIN
+ When applying for TIE, cc TCC:TIE, XvT, TCC:XvT. Also ALWAYS cc my
Command Attache.
+ You must have current mission design course passed (for TIE it's
TM, for XvT it's XTM/1 and for XWA it's XAM). Do not apply if you
don't have this course passed.
+ I don't tolerate slacking in my office. It's not squadron. You
fail to test, you are out.

- COO on Emergeny Leave (VA Kyle Katarn)
Due of catastrophic snow problems in Lower Austria, my Firefighter
Unit is going to be reassigned to another Unit for 1 or 2 weeks to
help them with their problems. I am able to join the Internet in
that time, however I will not be able to do any COO work. For
questions, please address my COOA, Autoris Maximus, LoC's are on
hold till Sunday 20th! On Saturday, I am able to award LoC's and
also to write a report.

- TIE Corps Banner Design Competition (FA Priyum Patel)
As many of you may have noticed, the TIE Corps' current front page
banner, found here, shows the wrong page address. To correct this
I've decided to hold a small competition to design a new banner,
with the correct URL. This competition is open to all TC members,
including Reservists. The size of the banner should be similar to
the current one, but that's not particularly important. All
submissions should be sent to spellfire@btinternet.com zipped and
with the email subject "TC Banner".
You have until 26th January to get your submissions in. The designer
of the selected banner will receive the Iron Star - Gold Ribbon,
with further awards going to other submissions.

- ASF Supremacy Competition (FA Priyum Patel)
The Aggressor Strike Force's major competition, Supremacy V, is
currently underway. Scores and details can be found at
http://www.minos.net/~autoris/.


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Squadron Roster
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KAPPA SQUADRON OF WING II : Escort
COMMANDER: CPT Tempest (EH_Tempest@gmx.net)
NICKNAME: The Dragons of Wing II
BANNER: kappa.jpg
MOTTO: Honor sit mihi lux, et draco sit mihi dux
HOMEPAGE: http://kappa.squadron.org/

FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Wyvern Flight
Motto: Potius mori quam foedari
1) CPT Tempest (EH_Tempest@gmx.net)
2) LT Zyrax (zyrax@freenet.de)
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Gryphon Flight
Motto: Virtute et armis
1) COL Astarosta (astarosta@copetel.com.ar)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Midgard Flight
Motto: Mors ipsa nos refugit
1) MAJ Algaron (algaronx@btopenworld.com)
2) TBA
3) LCM Dash Riprock (dashmon@kweeky.net)
4) TBA

Total: 5


Respectfully,
CMDR-OPSA/CPT Tempest/Kappa/Wing II/SSSD Sovereign
GOE/GS/SS/BSx3/PCx2/ISM/MoI/IS-2BW-2BR-4SW-2SR-1GR/CoL/CoB/LoA/OV-2E
[PLDN] {IWATS-CBX-GFX-M/1/2-SM/2/3-TM-TT}
RSV/WO Tempest/CD [CoL/SoA/BoMx2/CSS/CDMx2]