With the introduction of our latest member, we've lost a fair amount of our citations. Unfortunately, your CMDR can't remedy this himself because he's flown most of the battles. In the past, however, he's gotten by with the aid of his pilots, and he'd like to ask for your assistance once more. This is why he's launching Operation Yakside, a two competition project to claim some new citations and have fun in the process during the month of April. The first section will be the "reconnaisance" of the battles, and the second section the completion of them by the squadron. This competition, "A Little Help From My Friends," is the first phase. In this competition, each pilot will select one of the battles listed above and claim it for the duration of the competition (one pilot per battle). After doing so, the pilot should fly the battle in its entirety. Afterwards, the pilot should write a brief summary of the battle and submit it to his CMDR along with his pilot file. The catch is that the summary must be from the first person, essentially a diary of sorts, or a log, of each mission in the battle, detailing what happened during it in a fun, fictitious style, with an epilogue. The Squadron Commander will read the entries and judge them by style, description, and effort. The best work will be awarded an Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon, posted on the Beta Message Board, and published in the fiction section of our website. The battles used from this competition will be reused in "A Grim Pastorale."

Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon to the writer of the best