Tornado Report #1 (19.May.01)

FLEET NEWS

XvT Week of Wars
A reminder to all XvT M-players out there, WoWs has started today! Get out there and start flying!

ISD Subjugator opens
Over the past several months the SSD Avenger has grown dramatically, both in terms of size and activity. This is undoubtedly due to the hard work of not only the pilots onboard, but also the Officers. This success has allowed for a relatively rare event - the opening of a new ISD and Wing! Both myself, and Vice Admiral Firefox decided that the time was right to add this new Ship to the Fleet, so Wing XX and it's parent ship, the ISD Subjugator have been activated. The Subjugator, attached to the Avenger, is a Dark Brotherhood ship - which means that all pilots onboard are also members of the DB.
Check TIECorps.org News Page for application details if interested...

New Star Wars Galaxies screenshots
You can see the brand new screenshots of Star Wars Galaxies! http://www.starwarsgalaxies.com/ ... I just have to say "wow!" This isn't your average post-millennial LucasArts hack!

Vogue Issue #1 Released
Vogue Issue #1 can be found at: http://www.darklord.ukshells.co.uk/mairin/vogue/index.html - A big big BIG thank you to all those who took part in this issue!

That Prequel Movie
The trailer for this looked pretty stupid, but the actual movie had several great hysterical moments that made me laugh! :P The only problem is that their preloader is broken or something and the movie seems to be missing a chunk of it, but if you have a high-speed connection (DSL+), enjoy! http://www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/prequel/index.shtml

ISD Immortal Commodore selected
Many congratulations go out to Rear Admiral Dras Hempor who, with approval from the Flight Office and VA Adrenaline, has been appointed as the new Immortal COM!

TAC on leave
The Tactical Officer is on leave as of this notice and until May 25th.

CEHR.net Radio
http://squadron.org:8000/listen.pls - if you're interested in DJing then contact AbsoluteK at io@absolutek.com

Newsletter #74 Released

TIE Corps Battlegroups Commander Selected
Admiral Jarak's successor as BGCOM has been selected...many congratulations to Vice Admiral Adrenaline!


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WING NEWS

Wing Commander Returns
WC/GN Darklord has returned from leave to take control of the ship... hooray! :)

Tornado CMDR Resigns & Gets Replaced
CMDR/LC Hicks stepped down and went to the Reserves (boo) and got replaced by CMDR/COL Mairin Astoris (yey!)

Wing X Webhunt
The first & second Webhunt rounds have finished, and the third starts tomorrow! Well done to everyone that gained some points, and to everyone else.. there's 7 more rounds to go (including this one) so there's still every opportunity to gain a medal! Keep an eye on http://www.crowd.to/Webhunt for updates!

Wing X Trivia
Still going on - send your answers to Beefment@aol.com NOT the Wing Commander! (I was told to put that in) >:)


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SQUADRON NEWS

Squadron League 2000 (until infinity and beyond!)
Still no results! Obviously maths is not the Sovereign's strong point...

New CMDR
Mairin is still settling into her nice new office ("Ew! What's that picture of a cadet doing in there??? KESSLERRRRRRRRRR!"). Anyway. :P You may send me BSFs and things on a regular basis, cause that's like... nice. :) I'm working on forcing some poor unfortunate Wing X Squadron to take us on as a warm up before we go out and kick arse in the nether regions of the BattleGroups... :P I'll keep you up to date. :)


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ACTIVITY REPORTS - Expect some mild inaccuracies... :P

CMDR/COL Mairin Astoris (1-1)
Appointed CMDR
Awarded BS (woot!)
--> Aren't you meant to like... fly???

CPT Shakur (1-2)
--> Nothing this week... but I could be wrong cause I only just got CMDR. :)

COL Corran Force (1-3)
Flew DB-TIE #11
Flew DB-TIE #12
Completed IWATS GFX Course - 71%
Completed IWATS TIE Tactics - 90%
--> Nice work this week, CoFo. Keep it up. :)

MAJ TopDawg (1-4)
--> Made some comments about Mai getting CMDR but not much else. :P

CPT Veers (2-2)
--> None this week

COL Piett (2-3)
--> Nothing, I'm thinking for this week. :)

CPT Fishbone (2-4)
--> Ditto...

FL/LCM Jerry (3-1)
--> Monged his joystick - fix soon! :P

MAJ Aven Kronn (3-2)
--> Zippiness...

COL Kessler (3-3)
--> Nada...

COL Striker (3-4)
Completed IWATS Rebellion Tactics - 84%
Completed IWATS TIE Tactics - 100%
Completed IWATS X-Wing Alliance Mission Design - 100%
--> Good work, keep it up! :)


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SQUADRON ROSTER

TORNADO SQUADRON OF WING X : Strike
COMMANDER: COL Mairin Astoris (somnia_vacua@yahoo.com)
NICKNAME: DeathWind
BANNER: tornado.jpg
MOTTO: Before Glory, Loyalty...Before Pride, Honor...Before Self, the Empire.
HOMEPAGE: http://www.isdchallenge.org/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) COL Mairin Astoris (somnia_vacua@yahoo.com)
2) CPT Shakur (eightball08k@aol.com)
3) COL Corran Force (corran_force@isdchallenge.org)
4) MAJ TopDawg (topdawg@isdchallenge.org)


FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: L'Oreal Flight
Motto: Because we're worth it
1) TBA
2) CPT Veers (edmond2000@freeuk.com)
3) COL Piett (cbmuir@xtra.co.nz)
4) CPT Fishbone (Fishbone@isdchallenge.org)


FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The High Priests of Love
Motto: We're the Love Commandos and this is a raid!
1) LCM Jerry (kaljerry@hotmail.com)
2) MAJ Aven Kronn (Kronn@gmx.net)
3) COL Kessler (kessler@btinternet.com)
4) COL Striker (EH_striker@mail.com)


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Quote of the Week: "One Ring to Rule them All... Isn't that from Milton's Paradise Lost?" - LC Trevarus Caerick of Intel's DiploServe. (Guess Intelligence isn't their strong point) :P

Love and fluffles,
Mai
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CMDR/COL Mairin Astoris/Tornado/Wing X/ISD Challenge [LGNR], GS/SS/BS/ISMx2/IS-1BW/CoB/OV
"Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..."