Tornado Squadron Report #5 - 3rd March 2001


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Fleet News

Only a day or so ago, Grand Master Zoraan, leader of the Dark Brotherhood, has been removed from his position due to him declaring the DB's independence from the Emperor's Hammer. Although he did intend to resign anyway, SA Kawolski (newly promoted btw :P) told Zoraan that HE would be selecting the next GM, going against standard DB policies. I'm not going to go into full details here, you can read Zoraan's side of things at http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/news.asp

However, XO/SA Kawolski has just announced in the EH Meeting that the new GM is to be Fleet Admiral Chi-Long! He will have a tough time fixing the mess Zoraan has left...

As I just mentioned, our Executive Officer, High Admiral Kawolski has been promoted to the rank of Sector Admiral! Congratulations go to him :)

Internet Officer AbsoluteK and Science Officer Kermee have been promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral by the Fleet Commander!

The new PREX of the CD has been chosen....congrats to Vice Admiral Bolitho (a.k.a. MAJ Mini Minkus in the TIE Corps)!

Commander of the Infiltrator Wing, Moreco, has been promoted to Vice Admiral!

The new EH Ladder for XvT/XWA/JK is now up and running at http://www.imperialacademy.org/ladder/


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Corps News

The Command Attache to the Flight Office has *finally* been chosen as Admiral Havoc! Congrats to him.

The new BGCOM of the Aggressor Strike Force has been chosen as Vice Admiral Cyric! Cyric is a long serving ASF member, and he should do a great job as BGCOM of the multiplayer battle group. His appointment left the position of Commodore open on the ISD Grey Wolf...

...but not for long. The new Grey Wolf COM is Rear Admiral Woobee!


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Challenge News

Our beloved Wing Commander (ahem :P), Darklord, has been promoted to the esteemed rank of General! :)

After Colonel Callista's departure as CMDR of Typhoon, the new CMDR has been selected as Commander Daisuke Airyu...congratulations! :)

Wing X membership has taken a drop, to the extent that we are no longer the biggest Wing in the TIE Corps. If anyone knows any pilots that just joined the EH, or are thinking of transferring to another squadron, then get them on the Challenge, and preferably, Tornado squadron!


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Squadron News

As you know, the Infiltrator Wing challenged us a few days ago to a competition, and I have accepted. We're taking the Tornado Supremacy Tour to a new level >:)
The details of the competition will be announced as soon as the IW command staff decide on the mission and deadline.


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Competitions

Operation: Cantina Run III - 500 word+ TC based fiction - [Priority]
So far I have only one entry for this (I'm still writing mine :P), so I hope the rest of you are getting to work on this. I already said that I'm ehere to help any of you that are stuck for ideas, or simply want me to check for any errors, etc. The deadline for your entries is March 7th, and remember; 500 words plus!

Wing X Honor Guard Competition - Fly TC-TIE Battle #167
The details of this competition have been explained previously, but in a nutshell, we're flying TC Battle 167 against all the other pilots in the Wing to get a place in the Wing X Honor Guard squadron of 12 of the wing's best pilots! Awards will be given out, but aren't finalised yet I don't think...TFRs are due by March 14th.


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Activity Reports

CMDR/LC Hicks (1-1)
Flew TC-TIE Battle #23
Flew TC-TIE Battle #25
Updated Tornado website

FM/MAJ TopDawg (1-2)
Wrote fiction for O:CR III
--> Good work Teedy, start on TC 167 now ;)

FM/MAJ Aven Kronn (1-3)
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--> Anybody home? Get to work on the fiction ASAP!

FM/LCM Jerry (2-1)
Pledged to write fiction for O:CR III
--> Hopefully you won't write about Darklord and viagra, a la TopDawg :P

FM/CPT Veers (2-2)
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--> Have a go at the fiction for O:CR III

FM/CPT Fishbone (2-3)
...
--> Get to work on the fiction...

FL/CPT Shakur (3-1)
Flew TC-TIE Battle #165
Flew Free-TIE Mission #27
Created more graphics for O:CR III & the EH Newsletter
--> Nice work Shak...have a go at the fiction too if you can ;)

FM/CM Spaceboy (3-3)
Created graphics for O:CR III
Said he might have a go at the fiction
--> Please, do >:P


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Squadron Roster
TORNADO SQUADRON OF WING X : Strike
COMMANDER: LC Hicks (coho@emperorshammer.ca) - #540
NICKNAME: DeathWind
BANNER: http://www.tiecorps.org/images/banners/tornado.jpg
MOTTO: Before Glory, Loyalty...Before Pride, Honor...Before Self, the Empire.
HOMEPAGE: http://www.btinternet.com/~gehall/tornado/
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=39


FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Missile Magnets
Motto: Fighter Pilots make movies... Bomber Pilots make History
1) LC Hicks (coho@emperorshammer.ca) - #540
2) MAJ TopDawg (topdawg@isdchallenge.org) - #407
3) MAJ Aven Kronn (Kronn@gmx.net) - #2652
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Brylcreem Boys
Motto: Kissing Ass And Taking Names
1) LCM Jerry (kaljerry@hotmail.com) - #172
2) CPT Veers (edmond2000@freeuk.com) - #538
3) CPT Fishbone (fishbone@Caramail.com) - #277
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The High Priests of Love
Motto: We're the Love Commandos and this is a raid!
Homepage: http://www.digiman.f2s.com/flight3/
1) CPT Shakur (eightball08k@aol.com) - #290
2) TBA
3) CM Spaceboy (spaceboy@zensearch.net) - #761
4) TBA




Squadron Citations (9):
TC-TIE Battle 1 - Capture of Zaarin
TC-TIE Battle 3 - New Dimensions
TC-TIE Battle 7 - Betrayal
TC-TIE Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TC-TIE Battle 77 - Verpine Encounter, Part One
TC-TIE Battle 132 - Battle of the Bins
TC-TIE Battle 133 - Punishment Tour
TC-TIE Battle 148 - Secret Clone Project
TC-TIE Battle 156 - EH Wrestling Extravaganza


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Until next week,


Lieutenant Colonel Michael "CoHo" Hicks
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