CMDR/LC Indaro Gallia reporting in for Eta Squadron on the 13/04/02

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COMPETITION NEWS

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1. Squadron of the Month Competition - Fly anything, and fly lots of it.

2. Prelude to Imp Storm III - Fiction, Graphics and Mission Building. For the end of the month.


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NEWS


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Go download mIRC (www.mirc.com), and come online and chat to me or anyone else on the Col. #ISD_colossus on any undernet server. Keep up-to-date with the latest gossip.

*The site problems*
23:03 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
About 12 hours ago, the server hosting the TIE Corps site experienced a hardware failure. As things in IT tend to snowball, there was an issue with the backups. Fortunately, the database is hosted on a totally seperate machine and all the files been restored. On the down side, there is an error with the code responsible for talking to the database. This code will give an error similar to this:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
/rosters/combatratings.asp, line 83

In addition, to this, there is another main error message, which is relating to permissions being denied. I am working as fast as I can to fix these errors. If you encounter an error, do not come on IRC or email me with "it doesn't work!". This wastes my time as it could be literally hundreds of possible things making it "not work". Instead, be useful and include the following items:

The exact error message you got
The URL of the page you were accessing
What you were doing prior to the error coming up
This information allows me to directly target which file could be the problem (and there's thousands on here). Hopefully, I'll have the site up and running in the next few hours.

*Imperial Storm III Starts April 22nd*
16:10 - VA Pel [Palinathas@aol.com]
While the Command Staff is away at a Conference, the BattleGroup Commanders decide they want to take over. Join in the fun and excitement as your team fights to conquer all.

That's right, it's the annual Fleet exercise, Imperial Storm III (IS3). This time it's a little different, basic rules can be found in the War Manual. Details are to be found at the IS3 Site. If you want to know more about Imperial Storm, contact your superior officer, or the War Officer, VA Pel.

Colossus Squadron League I:

Iota 4-0 Pi
Omicron 3-0 Mu
Eta 3-1 Nu
PL W D L GF GA GD P
Wolfpack (Iota) 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13 12
Black Knights (Pi) 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9
Assassins (Eta) 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 7
Winged Horsemen (Omi) 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 4
Silent Stalkers (Nu) 4 1 0 3 5 9 -4 3
Flying Cows (Mu) 4 0 0 4 1 14 -13 0

We've received another new pilot, welcome to SL Chronos who joins from the Daedalus.

Will people please remember to check in with their Flight Leaders at least once a week! And Flight Leaders need to hand in their Flight Reports by Friday night/Saturday morning GMT.


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ACTIVITY

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CMDR/LC Gallia
Awarded ISM
Awarded an MoI
Flew TC-TIE #102
Flew TC-TIE #103

FL/LCM Trowa
Kinda did a Flight Report
Flew TIE-FREE #94

FM/LT Tarrafal

Awarded IS-BW



FM/SL Driftwood

Joined Eta



FL/CPT Phalk Sturm
Wrote Flight Report

Flew FCHG #5

Flew TC-TIE #59

Flew TC-TIE #76

Flew TC-TIE #185

Flew TC-TIE #188

Flew TC-TIE #133


FM/CPT Vuffi Raa
No Contact - Probable MIA

FM/LT Rondo
On leave due to illness
Get well soon

FM/SL Chronos
Joined Eta


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COMMANDER'S CORNER

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LT Rondo - Get Well Soon! (again)

CPT Vuffi Raa - Come Back Soon! (again)

CPT Phalk Sturm - Carry on as normal (again)

SL Driftwood - Get promoted to LT

LT Tarrafal - Fly a lot more

LCM Trowa - Fly more than Tarrafal and do a flight report.

SL Chronos - Complete INPR or fly a battle to get promoted to LT

LC Indaro Gallia - Annoy everyone.


Interesting Facts:

1. SoM goes to the squad which fly's the most missions. These missions can be flown on easy with all cheats enabled for speed.

2. Flying 20 missions in a week earns you an ISM, 40 a PC and 80 a BS.


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OFFICIAL STANDING ORDERS
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Anyone not following these is subject to being removed.

1. I expect all FMs to contact their Flight Leaders at least once a week, either by email, ICQ or IRC etc.

2. I expect everyone to participate in all competitions, except when there is a clash with important RL events, i.e. exams, illness etc
3. I want everyone to fly at least one battle or two free missions a week, alternatively you can create graphics, write fiction or create missions as long as the effort is the same as flying a battle or mission. Competition TFRs count as double, so you only need to fly one free mission if it's for a comp.

4. Flight Leaders - You will report to me at the end of each week detailing which of members of their flight have or haven't reported in and what they've done during the past week. Also, you will pass on to me any TFRs, fiction, graphics etc. you receive from your pilots.

5. Flight leaders - You are expected to be an example to your flight members and should typify what they are trying to become. I expect regular contact from you and input into how the squadron should be run and any changes that could be made for the better.

It doesn't take long to fly 2 free missions, you can even do it on easy if you must, you only need to fly on hard when it's a comp and scores are important.


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ROSTER

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ETA SQUADRON : Assassination
COMMANDER: LC Indaro Gallia (Indaro@isdcolossus.com)
NICKNAME: The Assassins
MOTTO: Live by Honour, Kill by Stealth
HOMEPAGE: http://www.isdcolossus.com/Eta/

FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Dogs of War
Motto: Instant Glory
1) LC Indaro Gallia (Indaro@isdcolossus.com)
2) SL Chronos (franceisgrand@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Destroyer of Bonds
Motto: Pretty, what do we blow up first?
1) LCM Trowa (Trowa@isdcolossus.com)
2) LT Tarrafal (Tarrafal@isdcolossus.com)
3) SL Driftwood (ducttapedave@yahoo.com)
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Mind Flight
Motto: Mantis Hunters
1) CPT Phalk Sturm (rocasantiago@hotmail.com)
2) CPT Vuffi Raa (Vuffi@isdcolossus.com)
3) LT Rondo (SilverEaglePB@hotmail.com)
4) TBA


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Respectfully submitted

Lieutenant Colonel Indaro 'Vermin' Gallia
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CMDR/LC Indaro Gallia/Eta/Wing VIII/ISD Colossus
SS/BSx7/PCx13/ISMx31/MoI-GC/IS-1BW-1SW-1SR/CoB/LoA/OV-2E [LGNR]
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