Greetings, everyone! Another pretty calm week draws to a close, though today's shower of late medal awards brought some consolation and ended the week in style. Congratulations to all medal receivers! Now, as you all are aware, this wing is in a bit of a rut right now. Activity levels are low, and our numbers have gone below 20 again. It seems that either people are just too busy with RL right now, or they aren't having fun any more. If this is the case, we must strive to change it!
At the moment, there are three wing-wide competitions going on, plus several intra-squadron comps in some squadrons. The Sovereign Cup 2003 was announced just this weekend and will commence in October, and there are a few new wing-wide events in the works. You see, people, there are lots of activity possibilities available, just go ahead and try! What you get out of the TIE Corps is what you put into it!!
After this rant, I think it's time to get on with the actual report...
Squadron News :
- With the appointment of the new Operations Officer RA Alex Foley, we finally got all the pending medals approved and awarded. So :
Palpatine Crescent (PC) and Iron Star - Gold Wings (IS-GW) to CM Ryan Chi'Cath
Iron Star - Gold Wings (IS-GW) to CM Dvader
Iron Star - Bronze Wings (IS-BW) to CM Nick Chi'Cath
Iron Star - Bronze Wings (IS-BW) to myself
Sweet, ain't it ?-)
- LC Jesseb Skyrauch has left Mem Squadron to join the reserves.
Other Stuff :
- Special orders this week: RECRUIT!! We need new blood to this wing, so get out there and bring in some new faces. There's actually a recruiting competition coming along, so you might get an extra medal for your hard work!
Current Events :
- Don't forget the Wing Commander's Challenge, details below :
Competition Name/Title Wing Commander's Challenge
Submitted by: WC/COL Gen Es'mith/Wing V/SSSD Sovereign
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 7/15/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/15/2003
Parties Involved Wing V and it's assigned squadrons and pilots.
Missions/Battles Used Pilot's choice of free missions from the TIE95, XvT or XWA platforms.
Medals to be Awarded Bronze Wings
Miscellaneous Information This is to be a competition where the pilots challenge the Wing Commander to a scoring duel on a free mission of his/her choice. If the pilot defeats the Wing Commander, the pilot is awarded the bronze wings.
- The Golden TIE is an award given to a squadron for overall highest accuracy with missile weapons during a competition.
There is also an individual Golden TIE award for highest personal accuracy during a competition. My competition is for you the pilots of this wing to design or color in two TIE Fighers/bombers/Missile Boats - with an exterior paint scheme of GOLD. There will be two Iron Stars w/ Silver Ribbons for the winners. One for Squadron and one for individual. http://www.emperorshammer.net/competitions/details.asp?ID=852
-The second competition is to design a new trophy for the Wing Commander's Own award. The prerequisite for this trophy is that it must contain wings. The winner of this competition will also be awarded an Iron Star with Silver Ribbon.
http://www.emperorshammer.net/competitions/details.asp?ID=853
- The Sovereign Cup 2003. You've all received detailed info of this competition. At the moment, myself and CM Ryan Chi'Cath have signed in (plus our WC).
Miscellaneous :
Wing V homepage at http://wingv.stardestroyer.org
Wing V message board at http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=59
FCHG Rankings :
CM Ryan Chi'Cath : Executor [EXCR] - 871 points (+9 pts)
LC Yoman : Centurion [CNTR] - 464 points (+6 pts)
CM Nick Chi'Cath : Paladin [PLDN] - 382 points (+1 pt)
CM Dvader : Paladin [PLDN] - 329 points (+5 pts)
LCM Francis Matheson: Fusilier [FUSL] - 82 points
LT Moldy : Hussar [HUSS] - 54 points
Mem High Scorers :
CM Dvader : Battle High Scores [1] Mission High Scores [8]
LC Yoman : Mission High Scores [4]
MEM SQUADRON OF WING V : Heavy Assault
COMMANDER: LC Yoman (ance@mbnet.fi)
NICKNAME: The Emperor's Vengeance
BANNER: mem.gif
MOTTO: Nostros Vindictatis! - Vengeance is ours!
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mem.squadron.org
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=63
FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Lucky Four
Motto: Don't let the combat cramp your style!
1) LC Yoman (ance@mbnet.fi)
2) CM Dvader (domx@klub.chip.pl)
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Rebelkillers
Motto: Loyalty never dies
1) CM Ryan Chi'Cath (renegade@epix.net)
2) LCM Francis Matheson (FXMatheson@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Hot Shots
Motto: No one hits better than we do!
1) CM Nick Chi'Cath (tmotter@epix.net)
2) LT Moldy (Rob_Moldy@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA
Total: 6 pilots
Squadron Citations (22):
TIE-TC Battle 1 - Capture of Zaarin
TIE-TC Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TIE-TC Battle 3 - New Dimensions
TIE-TC Battle 5 - Pirate Uprising
TIE-TC Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TIE-TC Battle 12 - Jedi Hunt
TIE-TC Battle 30 - Save the Emperors Archives
TIE-TC Battle 49 - Construct the Sovereign
TIE-TC Battle 77 - Verpine Encounter, Part One
TIE-TC Battle 78 - Verpine Encounter, Part Two
TIE-TC Battle 104 - Spam Wars
TIE-TC Battle 127 - Making a New SSD
TIE-TC Battle 133 - Punishment Tour
TIE-TC Battle 163 - Project: Athena
TIE-TC Battle 169 - The Rooster Trap
TIE-TC Battle 171 - Fury of the Colossus
TIE-TC Battle 174 - Jaeger
TIE-TC Battle 185 - Joining the Heroes
TIE-TC Battle 200 - ASCENSION
TIE-FCHG Battle 2 - Shadow of Time
XWA-TC Battle 6 - Enemy Defector
XWA-DB Battle 4 - The Shadow Academy: Dark Fury
As you can see, we lost one pilot and gained 14 citations this week. So it's not all negative news...
That's it for this week. Keep your aim sharp and watch your six!
CMDR/LC Yoman/Mem/Wing V/SSSD Sovereign
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