Greetings members of Wing X and fellow TC Flags; welcome to the weekly Wing X report. My apologies for the lateness of this report; it should have been sent out on Tuesday but I got sidetracked by work and am only just getting back to it now.

Wing News
Another good week of flying activity in Wing X with many missions flown and many medals being handed out – mostly by and too Tempest Squadron members. Tornado, are you going to let Tempest dominate the activity board forever? I know your CMDR, Major Palermo would like it very much if some of you started getting active and taking part in some things.

I would like to commend both of my CMDR for submitting their MSE reports so punctually, I am quite pleased with the work both of you have been doing, CMDRS; even if the results aren’t quite there yet for Tornado. In fact Tempest has so thoroughly dominated so far, I am wondering why Tornado pilots are allowed in the Cantina. Maybe I shall declare it off-limits to all Tornado personnel pending some activity that would make a trip to the Cantina necessary. I will discuss this with the security staff at our next meeting. :P

There are several competitions going on at this time – including the newly launched Challenge Top Gun. You’ve seen it listed in earlier reports, well bow it’s actually live. The monthly Top Gun will be determined by flight activity alone; whereas the Wing X Pilot of the Week is based on all-round activity. This will include MP activity once that gets sorted out and I start getting timely results on MP matches – timely meaning the week they took place and not a few weeks or months later.

Tempest Squadron pilots also have a pair of running competitions – Tempest Pilot of the Month and Tempest Scholar of the Month. See your CMDR’s recent report fpr more details on those or scroll down to the competition center to see if I remembered to include them.

I was/am working on a competition with the SOO and TAC that may be a Spring version of Raise the Flag to determine a TC Flagsjip and VIP squadron in the wake of the restructure. We were working diligently on this a while back but recent events such as the restructure and the TAC’s outstandingly brilliant work on the TC database have kept it from being finalized. I am hoping to get back on this within the next couple of days (hear that SOO and TAC? Prepare for emails from me. I know you’re reading this. You can’t hide from me. :P)

Anyhow, here is what Wing X has been up to of late:



Wing Activity – 17/02/09 – 24/02/09

Transfers

Promotions

Flight Activity – 25/02 – 02/03
LCM Dunta Polo/Tempest: XvT:Free #5,6,7,221
CM John T Clark/Tempest: XvT:TC #132
LT Sergeyli/Tempest: TIE:TC #154,155,156,157,158
LC Zosite Konstyte Styles/Tempest: XWA:Free #82; XWA:TC #54; XWA:HF #1;
COL Nav’ric Trow/Tempest: XvT:TC #131,132; XvT:Free #1,2,3
CM Vitaru/Tempest:XvT:TC #132

Wing X Pilot of the Week 25/02 – 02/03
LT Sergeyli/Tempest
-demonstrated very high flight activity combined with high online presences on IRC and Wing X mail list.

IWATS
MCBS – LCM Dunta Polo/Tempest: 85%

Medals Earned
IS-BR – COL Nav’ric Trow/Tempest: Winner of first issue of 'I think therefore I lose'
Tempest-only competition
IS-BW – COL Daniel Bonini/Tempest: Highest scorer on XvT-TC 132: Mission 1 for
'The Aftermath of TIE' Tempest-only competition
IS-BW – COL Daniel Bonini/Tempest: Highest scorer on XvT-TC 132: Mission 2 for
'The Aftermath of TIE' Tempest-only competition
IS-BW – COL Daniel Bonini/Tempest: Highest scorer on XvT-TC 132: Mission 3 for
'The Aftermath of TIE' Tempest-only competition.
IS-BW – COL Daniel Bonini/Tempest: Highest scorer on XvT-TC 132: Mission 4 for
'The Aftermath of TIE' Tempest-only competition.
IS-BW – COL Daniel Bonini/Tempest: Highest scorer on XvT-TC 132: Mission 5 for
'The Aftermath of TIE' Tempest-only competition.
IS-BW – COL Daniel Bonini/Tempest: Highest scorer on XvT-TC 132: Mission 6 for
'The Aftermath of TIE' Tempest-only competition.
IS-BR – CM John T Clark/Tempest: Best fiction entry for 'The Aftermath of TIE'
Tempest-only competition!

Reports Received – 25/02 – 02/03
Tempest – Received
Tornado – Received



Competitions
Wing X-Wide
Wing X Pilot of the Week
Starts: 8/2/2009
Ends: 7/2/1010
Details: Each week the pilot who is deemed to have the best participation records, whether it be IWATS, flight activity, MB posting or whatever, will be awarded an IS-BW. The pilot with the best record per month will receive an IS-SW.

Medals: IS-SW for the Pilot of the Month and IS-BWs for each Pilot of the Week (All medals for flying activity).

Challenge Top Gun
Starts:03/01/2009
Ends: 03/31/2010
Details: This one is for the true gunslingers out there. Each month the pilot with the best flight record will receive an IS-SW.

Wing X Squadron Comps
Tornado Squadron
-None at present

Tempest Squadron
Tempest Pilot of the Month - March '09
Starts: 03/01/2009
Ends: 03/31/2009
Details: The first edition of the Tempest PotM series! The pilot with more missions flown on each week will be awarded the IS-BW (at least 10 to count). At the end of the month the pilot with more missions flown (at least 40 to be eligible, 10 for each week) will be awarded an additional IS-BW and the mighty title 'Tempest Pilot of the Month'. BTW, Tempest CMDR WILL NOT participate (he already had his days back in 2007) so feel free to give it a try!
Medals: 4 IS-BWs and an additional IS-BW (maximum)

Tempest Student of the Month - March '09
Starts: 03/01/2009
Ends: 03/31/2009
Details: The pilot with more IWATS Courses passed at the end of the month (at least 2 to be eligible) will be awarded an IS-BR and the sweet title 'Tempest Student of the Month'. Tempest CMDR WILL NOT participate (people say he'd die due to ID line excessive bloating ;P). And yes... it's obvious that nowadays there're not too many Courses to pick but I hope this will get fixed soon. On the other hand, in case of a tie, test scores will be used looking for an average in order to award the medal & title. Already passed Courses count as long as the former score is surpassed.
Medals: IS-BR

TIE Corps Wide
SP/MP Ace of the TIE Corps - September 08
Starts: 01/02/2009
Ends: 28/02/009
Details: The rules are familiar: whoever flies the most missions wins.
Medals: IS-GW – IS-BW

TAC's beta testing madness
Starts: 14/02/2009
Ends: 31/04/2009
Details: Since I got TAC, there's been a 20 mission battle from the deep awaiting testing. It's time to get that over and done with. So anyone who wants to, can go and download the battle and test fly it. And that's where the competition begins. The top 2 bug submitters win medals, and everyone who completes the battle wins an IS-BW. Pilot files, bug list and review must be reported to the TAC via email to qualify for the medals, and must be in by March 31st. This is an XWA battle. Additionally, there's an IS-GR,SR,BR available for the best three reviews. Download the battle here: http://tac.emperorshammer.org/uploads/lykos.zip
Medals: IS-GW,SW,BW,IS-GR,SR,BR

TACcy Quotes
Starts: 15/02/2009
Ends: 31/12/2009
Details: In each TAC report of 2008, there will be a TACcy Quote. First person to let me know from which movie it is wins an IS-BR. If you win a 3rd time, you get an IS-GR.
Medals: IS-BR (sometimes IS-GR)

TACcy Speed Test
Starts: 01/03/2009
Ends: 31/12/3009
Details: A bi-weekly competition, that deals with speed, nothing else. We'll be using one XvT free or XWA free mission each run, to be announced in the bi-weekly TAC report. The objective is to win the mission as quickly as possible. Pilot files must be submitted to the TAC via email, NOT the BSF form (TAC will BSF them for you). The one who flies the mission the fastest, will win the IS-SW. Everyone who flies faster than the TAC will win an IS-BW. TAC time to be announced when the run is over (TAC pilot file available on request if you wanna make sure I'm not cheating)
Medals: IS-SW/IS-BW

The TAC's citation hunt
Stays: 01/03/2009
Ends: 31/03/2009
Details: With the battle boards operational and all squads more than half filled, it's time for a nice citation hunt. The rules are simple: earn citations.
* if a squadron earns more than 20 new citations during March, each participating pilot earns a IS-SW
* if a squadrons earns more than 40 new citations, each participating pilot earns a IS-GW
The participating members of the squadron that earns most new citations earn a IS-SW, runner up squadron gets an IS-BW
* the wing commander of the wing that earns the most citations will earn an IS-GR, with and IS-SR for 2nd place
Final judgement will be based on the kill board citation counts on March 1 and April 1.
Medals: -GW to BW + IS-GR to BR

EH-Wide
Dempsey's Music Video Mania
Starts: 01/02/2009
Ends: 08/03/2009
Details: After successful previous editions, we now start off with Dempsey's Music Video Mania - 5 weeks of 15 music videos each. Weekly winners and overall winners! And even if you don't win, there are still medals available if you get enough of them right! See details here: http://eh.stryfe.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=723
Medal: multiple IS-GR -> IS-BR

Important Links
Wing X Homepage: http://www.isdchallenge.org/
Wing X Message Board: http://eh.stryfe.net/viewforum.php?f=21
Undernet Channel: #ISD_Challenge
TIE Corps: http://tc.emperorshammer.org/news.php


Respectfully submitted,

WC/COL Domi

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