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| As Wasp
Squadron sat around, their Commander, Vallyn, came up to them. “Well, boys, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news:
We have a job. The bad news: It’s a shipping raid.” Complaints flew up at him like turbolaser fire from a Mon Cal Cruiser.
“I know, I know, but at least we get to use our ships.” With that, Wasp reported to their ready room.
“I’ve always hated this, you know,” said Paco. “There seems something wrong in blowing up stuff that can’t shootback.” “Perhaps there is no honor in the task itself, but what is accomplished is honorable, is it not?” put in Boris, the most philosophical of the group. The rest of the squadron grudgingly agreed this was true. As the mottled blue tunnel of hyperspace faded into starlines, and that into stars, Wasp realized two things: They weren’t supposed to be here, and they were in a lot of trouble. Vallyn stared agape at his left MFD. “We seem to have wandered right into a Rebel Task Force! Everyone, hit that INT so we can get out of here!” CTXclr cracked “Good thing you don’t like to work hard, boss. The heavy rockets you made us take for the convoy should work nicely on that INT too.” Wurth Skidder said to Paco “At least now you don’t have to feel bad about destroying ships that don’t shoot back!” Knowing that for some reason Rebel gunners were adept at shooting down warheads – especially the big heavy rockets – Flights I and III saved some warheads, just in case they were needed. Flight II, in TIE Defenders, made sure that the Missile Boats were unimpeded on their runs. Staneth snap-rolled his T/D behind a X-Wing whose lasers were getting just a little too close to his CMDR’s Missile Boat. The X/W tried to get out of the way, but he had no chance against the superior maneuverability of the T/D. Two quad bursts later, the X-Wing was nothing but debris. “Thanks for the help, Staneth.” “A pleasure, Captain,” he radioed back. Paco found himself flying along the INT’s flank when it’s shields went down. He popped up, and fired a stream of heavy rockets into the bridge. The ensuing blast almost took his MIS with it, the only thing that saved him was the booster engines on his craft. During a hurried conversation, Wasp decided it would be shame to bring all these warheads home. They split into pairs, and each took a different cap ship. In order to make the Rebels job harder, the rockets were “dumb-fired”, that is launched without guidance, into the ships. Finally, out of warheads, they computed a course back to the ISDII Vanguard. As they entered hyperspace, their fighters were lit by the eerie light that only comes from burnt and broken capital ships. Vallyn went to go make his report to the WC and COM. “Sirs, I regret to report that we completely missed the convoy you sent us out after. Ekim thundered “Give me one good reason I shouldn’t execute you and your squadron right now!” “Yes sir,” Vallyn replied. “We were pulled out of hyperspace by a Rebel Task Force. We destroyed the Interdictor that trapped us, then either destroyed or damaged most of the remaining capital ships. I evaluate this Task Force’s combat efficiency at less that twenty-five percent.” Leeson, the COM, said slowly “Give me one good reason I shouldn’t give you and your squad medals for this achievement.” Vallyn replied “Sir, at the moment, no reason comes to mind.” By: Captain CTXclr |
| Real quick, it's a busy time for me and some
of you as well. Congrats on all who received MSE medals. Of particular note, Captain CTXclr received a Bronze Star! Some of
you I haven't heard from and need to. Great job those who are active! 5 pilots on the
FCHG list, 5 on the Combat Ratings list! Keep up the activity everyone! That's all for now.
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| Squadron Activity | Captain Blair Vallyn - 16 points
Commander Argos Staneth - 5 points
Commander Boris - 0 points
Lieutenant Commander Paco - 39 points
Captain CTXclr - 59 points
Lieutenant Stavros - 0 points
Lieutenant Wurth Skidder - 0 points
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Wasp Squadron Commander
VanCOM's Protector, June & October 2001
CMDR/CPT Blair Vallyn/Wasp/Wing XV/ISD Vanguard
BSx2/PCx8/ISMx4/MoI/MoT-1rh-1gh/IS-2BR/LoC-PSx126/DFC-BWx9/CoL/CoB/LoA/OV
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