Vortex Report # 3 (2003-10-03)

This report was submitted by CM Keiran Laserlight


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Wings  of  Death
CM Keiran Laserlight 
reporting:

Vortex Weekly Squadron Report #3 

Today is Friday the 3rd October 2003        
Last report on Friday the 26th September 2003       

 
 
Fiction for a good start:

(Especially for the fans of typical Polish "repair specialists")

Grey Wolf's simulator room

Keiran was standing next to his simulator and watched two mechanics as they worked. The job was preety easy - repair of a broken stick which accidently flew out of the machine when it's owner played a really hard scenario. The workers we're arguing each other every time they had to make even a minor decission. Their tools were everywhere. Keiran was bored. He had to fly in the simulator - to train another defensive tactics. The rest of the squadron was waiting too. They we're losing their temper slowly.

43 minutes later

"It's fixed now Commander" - proud mechanic said after sending his mate to collect the tools. - "If you'll have any problems in the future don't forget to contact us". - he shaked Keiran's hand.

"Oh, I'll remember don't worry, Chief" Laserlight said and entered the simulator. He pressed the Power button.  Few of the lights we're not lit. The steering pedal was broken. There we're also some scratches on the target screen. Howewer the stick looked good.
 
OK Vortex. Load mission 238-12, defensive scenario. After the mission start I want to see a perfect Vic formation. The voices of acceptation came from near simulation chambers. The mission started.

The mission ended.  

"Huh, what hapened?"

Keiran should really watch on the big screen as two TIE Advanced crash each other just after the beggining of the mission. He should see as the fireball takes out also a Missile Boat form the Flight II. He should also see the wreckage of the Missile Boat as it hits the Escort Shuttle - the mission critical craft.
 
 And even he would but all the power on the Grey Wolf was down.

Vortexian Leader's Office:
 
Good Morning Officers! A month ended, another one begun. Let's not talk about September's activity.... Think about what are you going to do in October! And think about closing Supremacy Competition too... The activity shoul rise now - after a lower period. Do your best lads!

Some interesting NEWS:


- Fleet

1. Wing X Wing Commander chosen... The lucky Challenge's fighter chief is COL Master. Good Luck on the spot Colonel.
2. Imperial Storm IV : The Battlegroups Revenge has started! Yay! It's a great SP & MP competition - a simulated war between Battlegroups (TIE, ASF, ATF) and the Sovereign. We have to win it! Ask your CMDR for details! Check the War Office for detailes http://waroffice.minos.net
3. Logistics Office's site have some newsletters mirrors too.
4. You own Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Star Wars Galaxies, Knights of the Old Republic or  Republic Commando ? Don't forget to add it to your TC profile!
5. Project Shield is completed. Download a Mission Launcher from your administration screen. Do it because from November 1st all the battles have to be finnished using it! 
 


- ASF/Ship/Wing

1. The Grey Wolf Top Gun Competition is still around! Participate! Ask me or CM Apophis Kuma for details. Heh... I placed fourth in the Round 2... Now it's time to get the 3rd place.
2. Odin beats Tartarus in FCHG race. I am not suprised.
3. MAJ Pickled Yoda stepped down from the CMDR spot in Odin - CM Apophis Kuma took his place.
4. CM Faliaj Shai is back!  Remember to say hello to him! (Grey Mutt counter at 46+1)
5. Phoenix owns us.... Oh yes it does...(*eye roll)
6. Sarin comes home in January! That's great! You can kick arses in SC:VI!
7. W00t!  I am Grey Wolf's weekly Ace! Go Me! Oh... And I have an award for the best WSR... Great...
8. Our Wing Commander hold on the helm for 2 months... remember to step down near 10th January, OK?
9. September - ended. MSEs - sent. Medals - incoming.
10. Congratulation to Maiko Spince for his promotion to Captain!

 - Squadron

1. LC Kodiak Kereban won EH Racing Trophy! Ermmm.. He won the cup? Or the competition to create one?
2. LC Kodiak Kereban  wins Trivia here and places second there... Nice!
3. We have some roster changes in the Squadron : LC Kodiak Kereban  is with me in Flight I - you're the Executive Officer now - when I am gone you're the A-CMDR. MAJ Hunter goes to Flight II and LCM Coremy Jertese takes command in Flight III. Congratulations.
4. Remember about the competitions (details below). MAJ Hunter won the Fly Like Hell in September with 20 points, runner-up LC Kodiak Kereban with 1 point.
5. Your CMDR has a new joystick - really good stuff (and it's working). Also I have a new kind of connection - ISDN. I played some MP duels yesterday! Even won 2 of them. ;)

Contact info

CMDR/CM Keiran Laserlight, Vortex Leader

IRC and e-mail.

FM/LC Kodiak Kereban, Vortex Two (XO)


Another week in contact with me. IRC and e-mail. Nothing less I expected.

FL/LCM Gruckn Rahn, Vortex Five

No contact for the last 3 weeks!

FM/LT Matsc Remil, Vortex Six

E-mail contact

FM/MAJ Hunter, Vortex Seven

No contact for the last 3 weeks!

FL/LCM Coremy Jertese, Vortex Nine

Dasb0t claims you're on IRC.... I wonder why we miss ourselves...  E-mailed me some BSFs

FM/COL Klick Sabre, Vortex Ten

No contact for the last 3 weeks.
.

FM/CPT TK-6686, Vortex Eleven

IRC and e-mail contact. Awesome.
 
Overall:

3
on IRC 
2 in e-mail contact
3 out of any contact. That's not good...

Tour of duty

CMDR/CM Keiran Laserlight, Vortex Leader

9/26/2003       Submited the WSR #2
9/28/2003       Attended TIE Corps on-line meeting.
9/28/2003       Participated in TIE Corps on-line Trivia (2nd) and ASF on-line trivia (5th)
9/30/2003       Completed TIE-TC 193
10/1/2003        Completed XvT-FREE 84
10/3/2003        Completed TIE-TC 195
10/3/2003        Completed TIE-ID 1
10/3/2003        Completed TIE-ID 3
10/3/2003        Completed TIE-IW 1


FM/LC Kodiak Kereban, Vortex Two (XO)

9/26/2003       Appointed Squadron Executive Officer. Moved to Flight I.
9/28/2003       Attended TIE Corps and ASF meetings
9/28/2003       Participated in TIE Corps on-line trivia (Winner) and ASF on-line trivia (Winner) competitions
9/28/2003       Completed XWA-FREE 63

FL/LCM Gruckn Rahn, Vortex Five

No activity

FM/LT Matsc Remil, Vortex Six

No activity

FM/MAJ Hunter, Vortex Seven


9/26/2003     Moved to Flight II

FL/LCM Coremy Jertese, Vortex Nine

9/26/2003    Appointed Flight III Flight Leader
10/2/2003    Completed XvT-TC 56
10/2/2003    Completed XvT-TC 57

FM/COL Klick Sabre, Vortex Ten

No activity

FM/CPT TK-6686, Vortex Eleven

No activity... You told me about a fiction you're working on... How's the progres?

Overall:

BSF
4 people lacking in activity


Promotions\Awards\Transfers


No promotions

Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon (IS-BR) awadred to LC Kodiak Kereban for winning in TIE Corps on-line Trivia.
Iron Star - Silver Ribbon (IS-SR) awadred to LC Kodiak Kereban for the 1st place in the ASF on-line Trivia.
Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon (IS-BR) awadred to LC Kodiak Kereban for the 2nd place in the ASF on-line Trivia.
Iron Star - Silver Ribbon (IS-SR) awadred to CM Keiran Laserlight for the GW recruiting Competition.

LC Kodiak Kereban transferred to Flight I from Flight II. Appointed Squadron's Executive Officer
MAJ Hunter transferred to Flight II from Flight I.
LCM Coremy Jertese transferred to Flight III from Flight I. Appointed Flight Leader.


Standings

Fleet Commander's Honor Guard:

Imperator       
MAJ Hunter                    3050               in Wing 1st
Gladiator        LC Kodiak Kereban           1323 (+1)    in Wing 5th
Executor
        CM Keiran Laserlight             942  (+27)  in Wing 8th 
Executor        LCM Gruckn Rahn              888               in Wing 9th 
Legionnaire     CPT TK-6686                    745            in Wing 10th
Gallant           LCM Coremy Jertese           218 (+10)  in Wing 23rd
Cavalier           COL Klick Sabre                 181            in Wing 25th
Not Rated       LT Matsc Remil                    0             in Wing 40th


Combat Ratings:

Veteran 1st         LCM Gruckn Rahn              110               in Wing 2nd
Officer 4th           CPT TK-6686                     39             in Wing 7th
Marksman 3rd     COL Klick Sabre                 19             in Wing 11th
Certified                LC Kodiak Kereban                7                in Wing 15th
Trainee               LCM Gruckn Rahn                2                in Wing 19th
Trainee               MAJ Hunter                        2             in Wing 19th
Not Rated            LT Matsc Remil                   0             in Wing 24th
Not Rated            CM Keiran Laserlight            0             in Wing 24th

ROSTER!

VORTEX SQUADRON : Infiltration
COMMANDER:
CM Keiran Laserlight (grociuj@poczta.wp.pl)
NICKNAME: Wings of Death
MOTTO: Run and you will only die tired!
MESSAGE BOARD:
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=78&sid=9f6e01d7d1e0f4ae732a33ba54359ace

FLIGHT I - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The wings of wrath
Motto: Swift death to all
1)
CM Keiran Laserlight (grociuj@poczta.wp.pl)
2) LC Kodiak Kereban (Kodiak_kereban@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The wings of justice
Motto: We shall prevail
1)
LCM Gruckn Rahn (migorka@friko.internet.pl)
2)
LT Matsc Remil (jedimaster1019@wi.rr.com)
3) MAJ Hunter (EH_Hunter@hotmail.com
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The wings of balance
Motto: We are the bringers of destruction
1) LCM Coremy Jertese (UCLAbruzin@aol.com)
2)
COL Klick Sabre (tom.rogerson@ntlworld.com)
3)
CPT TK-6686 (trenton13@hotmail.com)
4) TBA

Squadron Citations: 109

   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 25 - Spoils of War
   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 39 - Up and at Em!
   TIE-TC Battle 40 - Deception
   TIE-TC Battle 41 - Rebel Demise
   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 193 - The Trouble with Harold
   TIE-TC Battle 194 - Terrorist Attack
   TIE-TC Battle 195 - Wing II : Inkwolf's Raid
   TIE-IW Battle 1 - Welcome
   TIE-DB Battle 11 - Black Dragon Rising
   TIE-ID Battle 1 - Intel Joins the Fleet
   TIE-ID Battle 3 - The Bacta War
   TIE-BHG Battle 1 - The Hunt Begins
   TIE-FCHG Battle 1 - The Stalwart Campaign
   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 8 - The Loshen Resistance
   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 14 - Orion Base Crisis
   XvT-TC Battle 16 - Deep strike at K'atalla
   XvT-TC Battle 20 - Mysterious People
   XvT-TC Battle 21 - Project X: "the T-65C A2 project"
   XvT-TC Battle 22 - Rebel Cargo
   XvT-TC Battle 23 - The ASF Fishing Trip
   XvT-TC Battle 24 - Princess Tatoka's Meeting
   XvT-TC Battle 25 - Wing XV: Echo Squadron
   XvT-TC Battle 26 - INT Shire
   XvT-TC Battle 30 - Wing XV: Hornet Squadron
   XvT-TC Battle 31 - Pirate Scouts
   XvT-TC Battle 33 - Wing XV: Python Squadron
   XvT-TC Battle 35 - ASF: Supremacy Comp IV
   XvT-TC Battle 36 - Operation: Dark Hammer
   XvT-TC Battle 38 - XvT Week of War XLIII
   XvT-TC Battle 40 - Leaders of the New Republic
   XvT-IW Battle 3 - Dar'Telis Expansion: Exterminate the Mechanoids
   XvT-DB Battle 1 - Jedi Academy
   XvT-DB Battle 2 - Rascar Political Disruption
   XvT-DB Battle 3 - House Ludo Kressh: Battle for Frondra
   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 10 - The Phare Encounter
   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-TC Battle 15 - Nasty Surprise
   XWA-TC Battle 16 - The History of the ISD Relentless
   XWA-TC Battle 17 - Secrets and Lies: The Exile
   XWA-TC Battle 19 - Evaluation of the ISD Vanguard
   XWA-TC Battle 21 - Ast's Story
   XWA-TC Battle 22 - The Career of Adrenaline
   XWA-TC Battle 23 - The Unknown Regions - Thrawn's Fist
   XWA-TC Battle 27 - Battle of Corellia

Competitions (interesting!)

Vortexian recruitment competition

Held by: CM Keiran Laserlight
Deadline: 1st January 2004
Rules: Recruit new member to the squadron. From RSV or from Daedalus.
You can win:
 IS-BR for each member recruited.

"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. 


Grey Wolf Top Gun Competition

Held by: VA Khameir Sarin, CM Apophis Kuma
Deadline:
Round 3 ends at 2nd October 2003. Round 4 ends at 9th October 2003
Rules: The competition is going to show which Grey Mutt is the best SP player. Each week we participate in one round of the competition. We have to fly XvT-FREE #84 for the Round 3.  Round 4 assigment will be chosen after the round 3 is completed.
You can win:
 IS-SW for the best mission score EACH week, IS-BW for the second place.
The best score is awarded with 10 points,
The second score is awarded with 6 points,
Third place means 3 points for the submitter.
Each week submission is awarded with 1 point.
 
The pilot who will have the most points after all 8 rounds wins the Grey Wolf Top Gun title.

Ban the Vortex

Held by: CM Keiran Laserlight
Deadline: 15th October 2003 
Rules: Submit a new banner for the Vortex squadron. Banners must be no more than 500 pixels in width and no larger than 64 kbytes. The banners should use squadron's ships, squad's motto or/and nickname
You can win: IS-BR for the best submission.

Catch the Vortex in the web

Held by: CM Keiran Laserlight
Deadline: 15th October 2003 
Rules: The competition is to choose a Vortexian webmaster. The pilots have to make a web design of the squadrons webpage - other than SquadFirst of course. The best project gets into web, the designer gets the prize!
You can win:
 IS-BR for the best design.

Fly Like Hell

Held by: CM Keiran Laserlight
Deadline: 1st October 2004 (monthly event) 
Rules: Standars FCHG race rules. Who earns the most FCHG points in a month wins the prize.
You can win:
 IS-BW for the most FCHG points earned each month.

Shield

Held by: CM Keiran Laserlight
Deadline: 15th October 2003 
Rules: To fly the mission : XvTFREE 105 with the highest score you can. The best pilot gets the prize.
You can win:
 IS-BW for the highest score in the mission.

Wolves vs Phantoms

Held by: MAJ Gilad Pelleaeon, LC Thorn
Deadline: 6th October 2003
Rules: The battle beetwen Wings XIII & III. To participate just fly the missions :TIE-FREE #205, XvT-FREE #64 and XWA-FREE #63. And fly them good!
You can win:
 IS-SW for the highest score in the competition in each mission.

Aggressor Strike Force's Mascot

Held by: AD Darksaber
Deadline: 5th October 2003
Rules: The Goal is to create a Mascot for ASF. The Winning Submission will become the ASF Official Submission. Submissions must include a name and description but can also incluse a Graphic/Picture and a fiction.
You can win:
 IS-GR for the most active guy, the IS-SR for the 2nd and the IS-BR for the 3rd place




Vortex CMDR's EH site of the week:

Another week, Another site... Please find time to visit: 

WAR OFFICE  site:

http://waroffice.minos.net



The Imperial Storm has started. we all have to articipate - just to kick the Sovereign's buts! Every interesting and important information can be viewed here. The Battlegroups have to revenge! 



CMDR's Final Notes

The situation isn't good. Some of you are just two weeks from getting AWOLed. The only thing you'll have to do is to send an e-mail once per week! Guys! Is that too hard for you? I don't want to get you all out but it seems I will have to. For the rest... : Be prepeared... The Supremacy Competition is near.


I am really sorry for all grammar, language, stylistic, letter etc. mistakes.

"Run and you will only die tired!"


<SALUTE>

Commander Keiran Laserlight
Vortex Squadron's Commanding Officer
CMDR/CM Keiran Laserlight/Vortex/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
BSx2/PCx2/MoI/IS-2BW-3BR-4SR/CoB
[EXCR]
{IWATS-AIM-CBX-ICQ-IIC/1-LIN-M/1/2-SM/3-TT}

Acolyte Keiran Laserlight
BTM/ACO Keiran Laserlight/Stingray/Tridens/Tarentum
{SA}

"Good looking officer is a good officer"

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