CMDR/CPT Beef reporting for Thunder Squadron on Febuary 03, 2001.

I found a cool book with cows AND Star Wars together, but I'm too busy to scan some pics right now. You'll have to wait 'till next week. Again.

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FLEET NEWS (for when you're too lazy to go to tiecorps.org)
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FLEET COMPETITION
The Training Office is running a competition creation competition. Outline the best idea for a new competition and win an Iron Star: Silver! Details at www.imperialacademy.org/comps/plotcomp/

EH POLLING CENTER
It's finally back up and has some new questions. www.emerporshammer.ca/polls

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WING/SHIP NEWS
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COL KESSLER RESIGNS!
Tired of TIE Fighter, COL Kessler, CMDR of Tornado, as been transferred to the Reserves. Wing X will miss him. LC Hicks (formerly known as Corran Horn) as taken over Tornado.

NEW CYCLONE CMDR
CM Corran Halcyon as filled the open CMDR position for Cyclone

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SQUADRON NEWS
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THE WEEKLY COW QUOTE! (ok then)
"Cow dung and horse dung, as muck goes, are relatively agreeable. You can even become nostalgic about them. They smell of fermented grain, and on the far side of their smell there is hay and grass."
John Berger (b. 1926), British author, critic. Muck and Its Entanglements, in Harper's (New York, May 1989; repr. in Keeping a Rendezvous, as "A Load of Shit," 1992).
Uh...what? That's rather disgusting! This guy is nostalgic about poop? He must've been dipping his nose in a couple of other things, too!

NEW THUNDER PATCH!
COL Manitsas was kind enough to create a squadron patch for us Thunder people, and we didn't even have to ask! The new patches show off our beloved mascot, Jaegar the Kangaroo! There are two versions, both are attached to this mail.

LCM KRAX TARNISAR ABANDONS US!
Krax was offered the position of Spear Squadron CMDR in Wing IX. He accepted it. But I'm not going to wish him luck because he certainly won't need any. The rest of us poor slobs need all we can get (i.e. me). :P

Any recruiting you want to do would be helpful, by the way.

Arrivals - none
Departures - LCM Krax --> CMDR of Spear


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SQUADRON STATUS
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We are now battling Zayin squadron of Wing IV aboard the Sovereign. Fly FREETIE 137 (made by me!) before Feb 9. This is a short mission (you're more likely to get more bonus goals the faster you complete the goals), so you don't have an excuse not to fly it. The highest scorer in each squadron gets an Iron Star: Copper Ribbon. That equals an extra FCHG point. You can get 4 points from one mission if you get the high score. So now you have -1 excuses not to fly. The mission is also attached.

TO FLIGHT LEADERS: Don’t forget to tell me what you’ve decided about your flight mottos and nicknames. (Does anyone read this part?)


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ACTIVITY REPORTS
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CMDR/CPT Beef
-Worked on fiction for Battlecry
-Approved new Thunder patch created by COL Manitsas
-Worked on updating uniform


FM/LT Stuart
-NO CONTACT (one more week until AWOLed)

FM/LT Wysseri Arestar
-Reported in

FL/LCM Myn Nebers
-New computer STILL two weeks away
-Challenged Beef to Kangaroo of the Week, but forgot he doesn’t have a computer.

FM/LT Xanatos Antares
-Reported in

FM/LCM Krax Tarnisar
-Worked on competition idea
-Offered CMDR job
-Left to CMDR Spear Squadron

FL/LT Wray Muska
-Completed FREETIE-137
-Discussed competition idea with CMDR


FM/MAJ Indaro Gallia
*NO CONTACT

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ROSTER
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Thunder Squadron
Mission: Escort
Nickname: The Eyes of the Storm
Motto: The Clash of Thunder is your Death Knell

FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
1) CPT Beef (beefment@aol.com
2) LT Stuart ( sgeers@hotmail.com )
3) LT Wysseri Arestar ( wysseri@isdchallenge.org )
4) TBA


FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
1) LCM Myn Nebers ( blue1@mobynet.com )
2) LT Xanatos Antares (cal_tess@hotmail.com)
3) TBA
4) TBA


FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
1) LT Wray Muska (wraymuska@jedi.nu)
2) MAJ Indaro Gallia (indaro@isdchallenge.org)
3) TBA
4) TBA



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Respectfully Submitted,

Captain Beef
CMDR/CPT Beef/Thunder/Wing X/ISD Challenge
BS/PCx6/ISMx7/MoT-ghx3/CoB/OV {IWATS-SM/2} [T/D Mad Cow] [PLDN]
}:(:) -moo

DOWN WITH McDONALD'S