TARTARUS SQUADRON
WEEKLY SQUADRON REPORT
23.10.2003
CMDR/MAJ DarkC

Salute
Since for the last 2 months you didn’t even seem to have read my reports, this time I’ll just try and write down how I feel about all this. There’s nothing else to write about anyway:(

COMMANDER’S OFFICE
At least for the last 2 months I tried to come up with something different each week, trying to find out what exactly is it you like and what is the secret to make you feel good and have fun.
In one of my e-mails I even asked you what is it you don’t like about me and what you’d like me to change. Unfortunatelly ,as ussual, no one answered.
So I have no choice in this report but to tell you how I feel about all this and hope that IF you’ll read this WSR you’ll see things more clearely.
First of all I want to make some things VERY clear (for those of you who forgoten :P)
- This whole thing is a GAME
- Any game means having FUN
- NONE of Tartarus pilots is here against his will
The conclusion should be very simple :
TARTARUS = GAME, FUN
Unfortunately right now the reality looks more like :
GAME, FUN = NONE
I hope you’re still with me and I didn’t completely confused you , cause there’s more to come :P
What I mean to say is that as any game, this one also has it’s rules. And the basic rule ( that you all seem to have forgoten) is to answer my e-mails once a week.
Well…there ussualy are no answers or in case they finally come they look like :
” It isn't my fault i am getting utterly bored of all the Starwars games, even Jedi Academy is getting bored.”, or
„See, there lies the catch - my time after school has been divided neatly between working, homework, the girlfriend, and volunteering/GSAR. I usually have about one hour to myself.
I'd give you that e-mail if I had the energy to write it. My average day is fourteen hours right now, so my "free" time is usually spent working on the CSMA. I'm dead to the world most
nights. :P”
And this is in the lucky case i get an answer…ussually i don’t.

I am also damn busy in RL, but with a little effort i still do my reports every week.(i apologise if these are not quite masterpieces)
And trust me, this takes time, same as the e-mails i keep sending you almost every day and that you never answer:(
And this isn’t the only thing that bothers me. Yes, you heard me, there’s more.
When i first joined the Grey Wolf and Tartarus, what i loved the most was the atmosphere i found here. I made a lot of precious friends durring my 3 years in TC. Where is everyone? What happened?
A lot of great pilots left the wing and what did we do?
We started blaming them or even call them traitors instead of trying to fiind out what made them leave in the first place and try to avoid that happening in the future.
We were a familly when i joined….we were a TEAM, right now…i don’t know anymore:(
I have pilots who joined the squadron or keep staying in Tartarus only because of me. But as flattered i might feel they love me so much, i don’t think this makes us a real TEAM. And sometimes i’m afraid i won’t be able to fiind that „little something” to keep you together.
I’m not trying to lecture you. I wouldn’t even dare,i don’t think i’m the one entitled to jugde you. What i’m trying to do though is to try and make you understand that without fun, without friendship, without that „Grey Wolf spirit” we seemed to have lost, nothing will ever be the same. And we’ll get more and more bored everyday, until we’ll wake up one morning and ask ourselves „what are we doing here?”
Even though a lot of good people left, there are still great men around here, so i’m sure we could be once again that stoning ship we used to be.
At least i’m willing to try. I swore when i joined that i’ll never leave Tartarus, and even if i had some very tempting offers i always refused them and i don’t regret.
I’ll be here, but i can’t do it alone. I need your help. Prove me you’re still those special persons i always loved and respected.
I know i will be blamed by many of you for saying all this, yet i hope that there will be some of you who will understand i only mean well.
And for those few at least , i think it’s worth risking.

NEWS
1. Channel #wingxiii was registered and got X back:P
2. Avenger Elite Squadron Commander opened for aplications.
AD Darksaber is accepting applications for Avenger Squadron, the ASF Elite squadron. If you feel you can be an active commander and excel at Multiplay, send
your applications to AD Darksaber.

Squadron status

We’re now at 8 pilots and 83 citations. It doesn’t look bad,but it can be much better!
Recruit and fly!
Those of you who will be “responsible” for getting this squadron at 12 pilots and / or 100 citations will be rewarded.:)




Scoreboard

FCHG TRAIN
[1948] COL Wes Janson[1568] MAJ DarkC [0552] CPT Leslaw[0542] LT Miackus [0505] CM Jamiek[0520] CPT Maiko Spince[0027] LT Jon Ardan[0000] LT Reelo Antaan
Squadron total = 5753 Squadron average = 719,125

COMBAT RATINGS
[0208] COL Wes Janson [0023] CPT Maiko Spince[0013] LT Miackus [0002] CPT Leslaw[0000] MAJ DarkC[0000] CM Jamiek[0000] LT Jon Ardan[0000] LT Reelo Antaan
Squadron total = 247 Squadron average = 27,44

(1 point for every mission flown; 1 point for every Legion of Combat earned; 1 point for every Iron Star with Bronze Wings earned; 2 points for every mission high score; 2 points x # of missions in the battle for every battle high score; 3 points for every Iron Star with Silver Wings earned; 5 points for every Iron Star with Gold Wings earned; 10 points for every Iron Star with Platinum Wings earned) (1 point for every Legion of Combat earned; 5 points for every Distinguished Flying Cross earned)


Competitions
Competition Name/Title Tartarus Future
Submitted by: CMDR/MAJ DarkC/Tartarus/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/6/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/27/2003
Parties Involved Tartarus pilots
Missions/Battles Used none
Medals to be Awarded IS-BW for the best fiction
Miscellaneous Information You are supposed to write a fiction about how you see the future of our squadron.The best fiction will be awarded a IS-BW.

Competition Name/Title Tartarus Ace
Submitted by: CMDR/MAJ DarkC/Tartarus/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/6/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/31/2003
Parties Involved Tartarus pilots
Missions/Battles Used All TC battles
Medals to be Awarded IS-BW for the top ace pilot of the squadron.
Miscellaneous Information All you have to do is fly! That one of you who will gain the most fchg points will be awarded a IS-BW and will be declared Tartarus October's Top Ace.

Competition Name/Title Log on Tartarus
Submitted by: CMDR/MAJ DarkC/Tartarus/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/6/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/27/2003
Parties Involved Tartarus pilots
Missions/Battles Used none
Medals to be Awarded IS-BR for the best loggon that will be used for the new squadron homepage.
Miscellaneous Information All you have to do is use your imagination and create a gfx that you think is the most representative for our squadron. The best submission will be awarded an IS-BR and will be used as the new loggon on the squadron homepage.
„Who wants a medal?” Competition
Well,maybe this will wake you up:P
I just wanted to announce you that that one of you who answers this e-mail first will get an ISM if the e-mail contains :
-a short fiction about what you did all this time while i didn't heard from you
- a pilot file for at least a free mission (no high scores needed)
The first one of you who fulfils these conditions will get an ISM.
The others of you,who will participate to this short race, will get a private dinner in the cantina on my account, prepared by me and even served by your CMDR:P
Let me see who wants to miss this?
Get set...ready...GO!
Since no one answered yet, this will continue next week. Don’t miss it!
"How long will Gilad last?" Competition

Held by: MAJ Choosh
Deadline: 4th February 2004
Rules: Place a bet: What day you think our Wing Commander will step down from the spot!
You can win: IS-BR for the closest shoot. If Gilad passes the 4th Feb he'll get the medal.

TIE Corps on-line trivia on #tiecorps

Held by: Somebody chosen by FA Cyric
Deadline: Weekly event held each Sunday night just after IRC TIE Corps meeting (about 22:45 CET)
Rules: Answer 10 questions faster than everybody else. It's easy.
You can win: IS-BR for answering the most questions.

Wolfpacks Recruitment Competition II

Held by: LC Gilad Pelleaeon
Deadline: 5th November 2003
Rules: Recruit some new (or old) members to the Wing XIII.
You can win: IS-SR for the Top Recruiter IS-BR for the runner up
Easter Egg Hunt

Held by: MAJ Vladet Xavier
Deadline: 31th December 2003
Rules: Find a bug in the Vladet's WSR. Mail him with the bug. Do it faster then everybody else.
You can win: IS-BR for the fastest hunter each week.



SQUADRON ACTIVITY
Hmm…I wonder why this section is still here :(

MAJ DarkC: Ussual CMDR stuff,irc and lots of emails.
CM Jamiek : E-mail contact.
LT Miackus: On leave.
LT Jon Ardan: No contact
CPT Leslaw: E-mail contact.
COL Wes Janson : Irc contact.
CM Maiko Spince : E-mail contact
LT Reelo Antaan : E-mail contact.


TARTARUS ROSTER

FLIGHT I
1. MAJ DarkC (#6265)
2 TBA
3. CM Jamiek (#5502)
4. LT Miakus ( # 4157)
FLIGHT II
1. LT Jon Ardan (#9884)
2. CPT Leslaw (#3205)
3. COL Wes Janson (#5356)
4. TBA
FLIGHT III
1. CPT Maiko Spince (#7114)
2. TBA
3. LT Reelo Antaan (#10541)
4. TBA

Squadron Citations (83):
TIE-TC Battle 1 - Capture of Zaarin
TIE-TC Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TIE-TC Battle 3 - New Dimensions
TIE-TC Battle 4 - Recapture Zaarins Technology
TIE-TC Battle 5 - Pirate Uprising
TIE-TC Battle 6 - Destruction
TIE-TC Battle 7 - Betrayal
TIE-TC Battle 8 - Strike Against the Pirates
TIE-TC Battle 9 - Tracking the Defectors
TIE-TC Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TIE-TC Battle 11 - Renegade Battle
TIE-TC Battle 12 - Jedi Hunt
TIE-TC Battle 13 - Finding the Lakul
TIE-TC Battle 14 - Vader Takes Command
TIE-TC Battle 15 - Special Operations
TIE-TC Battle 16 - Dacian Downfall
TIE-TC Battle 17 - Zaarins Missile Boats
TIE-TC Battle 18 - Interception
TIE-TC Battle 19 - The Tethys Honeymoon
TIE-TC Battle 20 - Escort Carrier Missions
TIE-TC Battle 21 - Break the Sky
TIE-TC Battle 22 - Aftermath
TIE-TC Battle 23 - Daedalus
TIE-TC Battle 24 - Save the Emperors DNA
TIE-TC Battle 26 - The Dark Troopers
TIE-TC Battle 27 - (X)-Wings of Glory
TIE-TC Battle 28 - Conquest
TIE-TC Battle 29 - Communications Wars
TIE-TC Battle 30 - Save the Emperors Archives
TIE-TC Battle 31 - Hidden Agenda
TIE-TC Battle 32 - Assassinate the Fleet Commander?
TIE-TC Battle 33 - Strike at Incom
TIE-TC Battle 34 - Encounter at Charybdis
TIE-TC Battle 36 - Weekend Retreat
TIE-TC Battle 38 - Deepspace Syndicate
TIE-TC Battle 44 - Military Complex Operation
TIE-TC Battle 45 - Traitors
TIE-TC Battle 46 - Back to the Basics
TIE-TC Battle 47 - Get That Rat!
TIE-TC Battle 48 - Ski Hoth - Star Wars Mercenaries
TIE-TC Battle 49 - Construct the Sovereign
TIE-TC Battle 50 - Ackbars Trick
TIE-TC Battle 51 - The Space Supremacy
TIE-TC Battle 73 - Cobra Squadron
TIE-TC Battle 80 - Reassignment
TIE-TC Battle 99 - Cleanse the Rim
TIE-TC Battle 106 - Battle in Corellia
TIE-TC Battle 116 - GA Ronin vs. Rogues
TIE-TC Battle 133 - Punishment Tour
TIE-BHG Battle 1 - The Hunt Begins
XvT-TC Battle 1 - The Verpine Encounter
XvT-TC Battle 2 - Capture of a Murderer
XvT-TC Battle 3 - Preparing for Battle
XvT-TC Battle 4 - Encounter with the Black Sun
XvT-TC Battle 5 - Phoenix Saga
XvT-TC Battle 6 - Wolf Pack Aggression
XvT-TC Battle 7 - The Resupply
XvT-TC Battle 9 - The Black Sun Incident
XvT-TC Battle 10 - Abduction of VA Priyum
XvT-TC Battle 11 - Krayt Squadron Training
XvT-TC Battle 12 - Odin's Redemption
XvT-TC Battle 13 - Graduates, Graduate!
XvT-TC Battle 14 - Orion Base Crisis
XvT-IW Battle 1 - Hunt for Fleet #18
XvT-IW Battle 2 - The Miranda Passage
XvT-IW Battle 3 - Dar'Telis Expansion: Exterminate the Mechanoids
XvT-IW Battle 4 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Infiltrate Rion
XvT-DB Battle 1 - Jedi Academy
XWA-TC Battle 1 - Avenger Encounter
XWA-TC Battle 2 - First Contact
XWA-TC Battle 3 - The Darkon Mystery
XWA-TC Battle 4 - Privateer
XWA-TC Battle 5 - Show of Force
XWA-TC Battle 6 - Enemy Defector
XWA-TC Battle 7 - Assault on Chimera
XWA-TC Battle 8 - Hammer to Anvil
XWA-TC Battle 9 - Defection of Kusanagi
XWA-TC Battle 11 - Heroes of the Immortal
XWA-TC Battle 12 - Imperium Deception
XWA-TC Battle 13 - Hammer to Anvil Part II
XWA-TC Battle 14 - The History of the ISD Immortal
XWA-IW Battle 1 - Abyssi Ianua - Gates to Hell
XWA-IW Battle 3 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Seeds of Corruption

Fiction
None this week?
I would like you to think of something...lol..use your imagination:P
And don’t forget this time you can even get yourself a medal :)

POETRY CORNER
DANGER
By MAJ DarkC

Danger, death, sometimes even life
Are things we have to face everyday
Sometimes when we are alone, this might cut like a knife
That’s why I’m here to face it with you , I’m here to stay.
I have seen the worst parts of this life, trust me
And all I did was always trying to be safe, for what?
No matter what the danger will be
We’ll either face it and make it together or not!
As I once told you, I would die for you
I might have been afraid before,
But I changed since the day I met you,
I’m not afraid anymore!
Because this is what friends are ment to be
This is why I am here, couse otherwise what is our frienship for?
So I beg you to believe and trust in me
Because no matter what the problem is we’ll solve it
And I will love you even more!

LAST THOUGHTS
I guess I told you almost everything in the beginning.
I would only want to remind you we have 3 indoor competitions that will end next week. I still have no submission:(
You’re loosing some nice medals there and it would be very simple to get them if you’d only try.
Anyway…I hope this WSR won’t be my last one:P
I really mean well. I hope I’ve been able to express my feelings right, without being misunderstood.
Long live Tartarus!
Long live Grey Wolf!

“Never know what you’ve got till is gone…”

Respectfully submitted,
CMDR/MAJ DarkC/Tartarus.