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* KAPPA SQUADRON REPORT * MAJ Tempest * August 10th, 2003 *
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Welcome to the newest Kappa Squadron report.


Squadron News
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- The Sovereign League has moved on into its final stage. So wake up
boys, we gotta kick butts one more time, to bring the third place
home safely. :)

- Also, our comp against Tempest is starting soon. A mission has
already been chosen, see orders section.

- I got an IS-PR for winning the CA:LO's flag design comp for the
fallen heros memorandum.


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Squadron Orders
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- Fly TIE-TC 194 (attached) for the SL. Deadline is August 22nd, and
this will decide if we'll get the third place or only fourth. So do
your best!

- Our comp against Tempest squad officially begins on the 17th.
However, COL Locke Setzer has already chosen a mission, TIE Free
229 (attached), so you can actually start flying already. Comp
details at
http://www.emperorshammer.net/competitions/details.asp?ID=777.
Go kick Tempest's butt. Erm, what did I just say? :P


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Squadron Activity
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MAJ Tempest/Kappa 1-1

08-04-03 Submitted entry for the CA:LO's flag design competition
08-06-03 Received Iron Star with Platinum Ribbon for winning the
CA:LO's flag design competition
- IRC and mail activity
- CMDR stuff

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LT Zyrax/Kappa 1-2

- IRC activity

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COL Astarosta/Kappa 2-1

- Mail activity

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LCM Shimir Sheerelk/Kappa 2-2

08-03-03 Submitted TIE-DB 8 for the GSP
08-04-03 Submitted TIE-DB 11 (incomplete) for the GSP
08-07-03 Submitted TIE-Free 102 and 117 for the GSP
- Mail activity

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COL Jan Wemmel/Kappa 2-3

- Mail activity
- Reported having little time for flying since he has to attend some
courses for work... well, hope those courses aren't as boring as
they sound, and that we'll have you back in your cockpit soon. :)

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MAJ Algaron/Kappa 3-1

No activity reported

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SL Jules Vega/Kappa 3-2

- Mail activity

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Miscellaneous / TC News
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- SquadFirst+ (HA Ari)
SquadFirst revolutionized the way CMDRs produced their websites.
Since its conception over 25 squadrons had chosen to use a
SquadFirst site. But, we weren't satisfied with just making a
squadron management script. So, we began to make a website
management script for wings, then for ships, and for battlegroups.
But, why stop there? Soon enough support was added for the
Infiltrator Wing, the Dark Brotherhood, and the Hammer's Fist.

The end result is SquadFirst+, one of the most ambitious projects
ever created by the Internet Office. For the past month, MAJ Alex
Foley has been developing the next generation of management scripts.
And today, it makes me very proud to announce that SquadFirst+
v2.0.0 has been released. 6976 lines of code. Over 100 man hours of
work. It's the upgrade that a project like SquadFirst deserved.

Also included with SquadFirst+ are 4 new themes. A new theming
system within SF+ makes it much easier to make your own theme,
having to know practically no PHP whatsoever. The new themes
featured are AT-AT for the Hammer's Fist (by Alex Foley), Emperor's
Hammer: Classic Scenes, the new default theme for SF+ (by Alex
Foley), Stonesaber, a great new Dark Brotherhood theme (by MAJ
Xander Drax), and TIE Phantom, a holonet-looking new theme for the
TIE Corps (by MAJ Xander Drax and FA Leeson).

With SquadFirst+ comes a new SquadFirst website located still at
http://squadfirst.minos.net. Besides a new design, the new site also
hosts The Registry, which houses a master list of all SquadFirst+
sites. Gain inspiration, find custom themes, check out custom code;
whatever the end result, The Registry will extend SquadFirst+ into a
community of developers. We hope you enjoy SquadFirst+!

On a side note, SquadFirst+'s release means that there should be no
TC unit without a site, as per the TC Internet Guidelines. Unit
leaders (CMDRs, WCs, BGCOMs, etc.) who do not comply will be
recommended to the FO for removal.

(Note from Tempest: Sounds awesome. However, as I have manually made
the changes I wanted for the Kappa site, I don't really see the
reason why to install/recode it again. So I won't upgrade to
SquadFirst+ at this time.)

- War Office Moves (HA Priyum Patel)
The War Office has moved it's location to
http://waroffice.minos.net. On this site you'll find all the
information you need on wargaming in the TIE Corps and what you need
for your own games.

- Imperial Concourse for XWA! (AD Ender mBind)
I've just released the first version of a patch that should
eventually change XWA into an Imperial game. This first version
includes:

Imperial Concourse
Imperial Cursor
Emperor's Hammer Ranks
Emperor's Hammer Room Names

You can get the patch at
http://www.minos.net/~sco/files/xwa/IMP-XWA.zip (installation in the
same fashion as our craft patches). A screenshot can be viewed here.

- Operations Officer Resigns (HA Priyum Patel)
The OPS, Admiral Khaine, has unfortunately decided to resign from
his position.

Commedations of Loyalty will be still be awarded, so continue to
submit your recommendations. Remember that the deadline is August
19th.

- Vampire Commander Honoured (HA Priyum Patel)
I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to the
Squadron Commander of Vampire Squadron, Major VinDoros. Over the
past several months, the Major has been hard at work on a BGs
project called Top Gun. This required a great deal of effort and
commitment on his part. In addition to this, he not only kept up
with his regular CMDR duties to a high standard, but also lead his
Squadron to the finals of the XWA section of the SSL. All of this is
above the call of duty and with the recommendation of BGCOM/AD Krax
Tarnisar, Major VinDoros is hereby awarded with the Gold Star of the
Empire. Congratulations!

- Wing XIII (HA Priyum Patel)
Congratulations go out to Major Gilad Pelleaeon who has been
selected as the new XIII Wing Commander onboard the Grey Wolf.


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Squadron Roster
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KAPPA SQUADRON OF WING II : Escort
COMMANDER: MAJ 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) MAJ 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) LCM Shimir Sheerelk (pantherjumper@yahoo.com)
3) COL Jan Wemmel (Jan1506@gmx.de)
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Midgard Flight
Motto: Mors ipsa nos refugit
1) MAJ Algaron (algaronx@btopenworld.com)
2) SL Jules Vega (braunjonas@web.de)
3) TBA
4) TBA

Total: 7


Respectfully,
CMDR-OPSA/MAJ Tempest/Kappa/Wing II/SSSD Sovereign
GOE/GS/SSx2/BSx3/PCx3/ISM/MoI/IS-2BW-2BR-4SW-2SR-2GW-2GR-1PR/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]