A Wing Report is never late. It arrives precisely when it means to

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<FA_Mike> GWSOOOM battle, added to database, will be available in few minutes :P
<Yod|Kotor> we love you Mike!
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<Yodsta> no way that im going to play kotor when i could be flying c2c!

One Squadron Commander is to send me his CoL reccommendations.
One Squadron Commander is to send me his MSEs, so I can reccomend those lovely Christmas medals .

Vortex CMDR is open to applications. I'd like to thank Keiran for his months of service as one of the best Squadron Commanders I have seen. Keiran, I salute you.

The Requirements Are :

Must have passed Sm/3 (or 2, if you date back that far )
Mail Reply / BSF processing of 24 hours
Must have a decent IRC Prescence
Active pilot with a decent FCHG and CR standing
Ability to motivate a full squadron of 12 members
Must be able to lead from the front in the upcoming Supremacy Competition
Must be able to recruit for the whole wing

Applicants should include a list of their achievements, previous positions, and goals for the squadron, and respond to each above point seperately.

Again, tolerance of the GWSOoM is a must.

There is no minimum or maximum rank, though common sense would prevail...

Send your apps to Gilad and Yoda

You all know about the Monthly Iron Star competitions, since they have been featured in nearly all reports from CMDR to COM level for over a year now. I will remind you that they fall under the categories of :

Grey Wolf Ace - Pilot of the Month
FCHG - Pilot who gains the most FCHG points in the month and CR - Pilot who gains the most CR in the month.
Beat the COM - Dare I suggest that you will have better luck with Gilad than with Sarin? >:D
Fiction - Best fictions sent in to the flags. Graphics - Ditto, but for pretty pictures instead of creative writings.
Trivia - The pilot who answers the most trivia questions form the COM's report
Recruitment - The pilot who recruits the most members to the ship.

There is a brand spanking new Wing Comp, idea by Caine (possibly inspired by my low low scores in every thing that I do) and its also run by Caine. What a d00de. All I have to do is submit the medals.
The comp is called 'Let the Wookie Win'. Since he has already emailed the ship, I don't really have to give details. Of course, on the off chance that my Wing Report is the only thing you read each week (and lets face it - who could blame you?), the details are as follows.

Week 1 (10/01/2004-17/01/2004)
TIE-FREE 137,180
XvT-FREE 65,66
XWA-FREE 1,2

Fly all the platforms that you want, and the worst (best) pilot wins an shiny. Be the worst overall to get a bigger shiny.

Yoda's Betting Shack is offering up the GW Flags team as warm favourites. Its rumoured that Flags are only qualified to fly desks (which aren't very mobile, or well armed, and in the case of Gilad, not there anymore - something to do with the Ship's reactor, Monks, and firewood.)

Vlad's Easter Egg Comp (was there ever a better competition?) continues, with version two. There may be more than one egg, or, indeed....no eggs (if he is feeling particularly sadistic towards Choosh). With harder eggs, funnier medal reccs and more rewards, the comp should get lots of participation.

Round One Scores :
Gilad - 1 (found both the MoH and COL eggs)
Yoda - 0 (only got the MoH...must beg for half points)

Try to knock the flags off next round.

Wing Commander - Doing Webmonkey work for the GWSOoM, one MP match. Flew Call to Chaos

Big Grats to LC Choosh and LT Fladdy

Transfers -
CT Acid from Daedalus to Vortex 1-4 , (SL now, of course)
CT Fladdy from Daedalus to Odin 2-4, (ditto)

Tiamat is my Ace of the Week, not only did he fly lots of SP, he made me process most of it! According to my FCHG list, he gained over 100 FCHG points this week.

Please, apply for Vortex CMDR, so I don't have to process Tiamat's ludicrous amounts of flying.

Still no "How Long Will Yoda last?" Comp. I think that is a good thing. Of course, as soon I mention this, Choosh says he will make one. I should really crack down on insubordination...maybe later.

I look forward to going through the MSEs and CoLs when I get them all in. You know who you are, those people.

The Wing Newsletter will be out as soon as Gilad does his stuff.

Quote :

* Choosh has an idea....
* `Wil smells smoke

Choosh reckons his motly crew of 11 could outscore the rest of the 53 member wing in an XvT F. Game on, says I

edit - now he wants out. I promised not to tell everyone about his silly bet. Sorry mate.

And now , a super dooper special section, aka SpaceFiller. Yoda interviews JoeyC, on 'stuff'

<Yoda-WWR> now...are you Captain Joey?
<JoeyC> I believe I am yes.
<Yoda-WWR> how sure are you?
<JoeyC> as sure as anyone can be who is as crazy as I
<Yoda-WWR> as a selfconfessed "crazy person" , just how do you get these good positions?
<JoeyC> i dunno, i think it has to do with most of the ship being as crazy as i am
<Yoda-WWR> is that why we get so many loyal pilots? a lot of them havent left for years. some aren't even breathing any more
<JoeyC> yes, well there was some concern about those non-breathing ones, but in the end everyone forgot about them
<JoeyC> as for loyalty, i like to think i inspire everyone
<Yoda-WWR> i believe they were transfered to the Sovereign into command positions..
<JoeyC> well, that WOULD explain a lot
<Yoda-WWR> how important is it to make the weekly reports readable? many of our commanders have that something extra thats always good to look forward to. you tend to use extreme humour.
<JoeyC> i believe that if people read something they enjoy, they tend to hang around. I don't like those long boring monologues that some people write, like our Wing Commander, because they make people fall asleep. With my reports, they have no chance of falling asleep
<Yoda-WWR> you do realise that this is going into my report?
<JoeyC> but of course, this is an attempt to make it even more readable
<Yoda-WWR> not that they were even remotely readable before?
<JoeyC> well most people were either only reading it for the pretty scrolling marques or the fact you would crush them underfoot if they didn't
<Yoda-WWR> sorry, i was distracted by the scrollings.
<JoeyC> yes, well it's evident isn't it
<Yoda-WWR> that appears to be the right length for a space filler. thanks for talking to me, since no one important would.
<JoeyC> yes
<JoeyC> you're welcome, as my esteemed leader and such.

Go and fly Call to Chaos right now. Go on. The roster isn't that much to look at.

Cancel all social engagements in Feburary.
OR
Prepare less drastically for the Supremacy Competition

CMDRs are to make sure that all links on their squadron roster are up-to-date , several MB links still go to theholo.net. Please make sure that you all have up-to-date websites as well.

Oh, and as Vlad likes to say;

"Recruit pilots, will you? Good ones..."