Flayer Squadron Weekly Report #5
CMDR/LC Kenath Zoron reporting in for Flayer Squadron this week ending May 26th, 2009.

Welcome all to the 5th instalment of the Flayer Squadron WSR. I am your host, the almost unbearably handsome Kenath Zoron.

First things first - I want to again remind you ALL to contact me by email, IRC, carrier pigeon, etc... ASAP. It’s no fun for me or you if I have to continuously hound you for an update on your status. I know many of you contacted me when I initially sent out an email when I first joined, so I have high hopes to hear from at least as many of you this time around.

Squadron News:

• I want to congratulate MAJ Branet on the birth of his 4th child - a daughter! Yet another potential Imperial added to the cause!
• We're still waiting to hear the final scores for Raise the Flag, but I think it's fair to assume we didn't win as both Zosite Styles and Dunta Polo in Tempet both flew over 100 missions during the competition. We still, however had a good result, probably 2nd, and had 3 pilots of the 10 participate - 30%. Not bad, but it could have been better.
• I'm currently looking at a few people who have mentioned interest in taking over the open FL spot and will be making a decision this week. I expect my FLs to be visible leaders - ie, flying/IWATing/writing/etc and posting on the MBs and hanging out on IRC. Just a heads up for anyone else who is interested.
• Golden Tug Awards are coming up over the next few months. Rules have been tweaked slightly in that you now have to have flown the battles that you wish to vote upon. We still have a week to fly them before voting opens (June 1st). The full list is here: http://eh.stryfe.net/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=860 I will be focusing on flying as many as possible, and I think this is a great opportunity for our Squadron to make our presence felt – I’d love to see citations in most, if not all, the nominated battles.
• SOO wants people to upload their uniforms - use Tempest's Tailoring Tool 2 here to make it: http://so.emperorshammer.org/TTT.zip If you submit one, let me know and I’ll be sure to note your activity.
• We did pick up 3 new squadron citations since report #4, taking us up to 88. We're closing in on 100, good work! Let's see if we can get a few more this week - focus on XvT-TC 15, 16, 17.

Squadron Status/Comps:
There are a few competitions running at the moment:

1. Make Flayer look pretty!
   • Basically, we need a banner. Send any submissions to me and earn an IS-BR. Without submissions I'll be forced to try my hand at it... and you don't want that - trust me.
2. Flayer needs a better roster page!
   • We also need some new nicknames and mottoes for the squadron and each flight. Send them to me in sets and earn an IS-BR. Again, if I don't get any submissions, Flight II and III are looking at being the "Pink, Fluffy Bunnies" and the "Prancing Ponies". A little incentive - think about it.
3. TACcy Quotes
• Read the TAC's latest report and email her first with the correct answer to which movie is quoted. IS-BR for 1st. If you win 3 times, you get an IS-GR
4. TACcy Speed Test
• Read the TAC's latest report and fly the free mission and aim for the fastest time possible on the mission. Fastest time earns IS-SW. If you beat the TAC's score you win an IS-BW.  IMPORTANT - DO NOT SUBMIT TO ME FOR PROCESSING! Send to TAC directly (dempsey@slayersrealm.com)
5. SP Ace of the TIE Corps, May 2009
• Fly the most missions to win the title. First gets title and IS-GW; Second gets IS-SW and third gets IS-BW; All earn much love from me if you're in this squadron :P

Activity Reports:

CMDR/Flayer 1-1 - LC Kenath Zoron: Flew XvT-TC 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 116, 118, 120, 121, 125, 129, 130; Uploaded new uniform to database; IRC

FM/Flayer 1-2 - CPT Mad Max: No contact as of yet

FM/Flayer 1-3 - CPT Ric Gravin: Email contact

FM/Flayer 1-4 - CPT Ard Royber: Flew XWA-TC 8, 9, 10, 11 (with a mission hi-score on 9); Completed IWATS M/1, M/2, IIC/2 and XML

FL/Flayer 2-1 - LCM Topace31: No contact yet

FM/Flayer 2-2 - LCM Jaorrus Morraus: No contact yet

FM/Flayer 2-3 - MAJ Earnim Branet: Email contact; "recruited" another potential servant of the Empire ;)

FM/Flayer 2-4 - CPT Viper: No contact yet

FM/Flayer 3-2 - COL Dax Corrin: Flew TIE-TC 240; IRC

FM/Flayer 3-3 - CPT Matt Dante: IRC

Miscellaneous:

• I really love seeing pilots on IRC as it’s a very easy way to get in touch with everyone and also lets us build some squadron/ship camaraderie. For those of you unfamiliar with IRC, this is a perfect opportunity to take some SIMPLE IWATS courses (m/IRC 1 and 2) and learn how to use the programs. The main channels you should be familiar with are #emperor’s_hammer, #tiecorps and #ISD_Subjugator on the Undernet servers. I’m in all three quite frequently under Zoron or LCZoron. Feel free to hang out and chat at any time.
• IWATS courses are coming back up - take a look over there and take a few that you haven't yet. I've taken a handful already and had fun (and learned a few things) and they don't take a ton of time (well, except SM/4 :P) http://iwats.isdchallenge.org/
• I will be preparing the Monthly Squadron Evaluation this weekend, so feel free to hit me with bribes, women or pilot files to impress me.
• Blue Jays are in the midst of a 9-game losing streak. I'm quite depressed. On the bright side, should we sweep the Red Sox this time around, we can regain top spot in the AL East.

SQUADRON CITATIONS EARNED: 88  <- Let’s hit 100!

In service of the Empire,

CMDR/LC Kenath Zoron/Flayer 1-1/Wing XIX/ISDII Subjugator