FIREBIRD SQUADRON WSR
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 FIREBIRD
SQUADRON WSR #17 (30-JAN-29 ABY) |
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FROM: Colonel Stryker, Squadron Commander
TO: LC Denys Elara
CC: HA Anahorn Dempsey, Firebird Squadron
DATE SUBMITTED: January 30, 29 ABY
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FROM
STRYKER'S DESK
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Prologue
The atmosphere in the briefing room of the Strike Cruiser Hermes
was electric; Firebird’s assembled pilots unaware of where they were
going or why their entire complement of pilots and equipment had been
gathered along with their support craft and maintenance crew. As they
waited for the briefing to begin, Pilots mingled with engineers and
ship’s crew; a motley collection of officers both senior and junior
with a smattering of technical experts from the enlisted crew – though
the Hermes crew was mostly human, Firebird had attracted a lot of
nonhumans among their support crew, and a range of species from Twi’lek
to Duros and Chiss were in attendance.
A soft chime brought the gathered beings, and Stryker entered followed
closely by his black-and-yellow R6 unit and the Hermes’ Captain. Taking
the lectern as the attendees took their seats, he began without
preamble and without any hesitation that the presence of so many former
Admirals might have elicited.
“One week ago, we received a communique from the Redemption; the Modified Strike
Cruiser Deliverance failed to
report following a deep-space aggressor exercise with elements of
Battlegroup Thirteen and the Star Destroyer Kawolski. Two days ago, we received
word that the Kawolski had
been attacked by stealth fighters and that the Star Destroyer Retribution and the Dreadnought Audacity had been disabled and
abandoned.”
The holoprojector sprang to life with an image of the disabled Retribution, the venerable Victory-class cruiser adrift and
trailing debris from several large hull breaches.
“Fleet Command is officially blaming the New Republic for the attack,
but the Security Office managed to salvage this image from the Audacity’s sensor logs.”
The screen shifted to a fuzzy depiction of a Y-Wing, its hull and
astromech droid painted a mottled black with scattered flecks of grey
and white to break up the outline and give the impression of a
starfield. For the veteran pilots of the old Infiltrator Wing or the
budding historians among the pilots and crew, only one squadron
utilised craft equipped as such – the legendary Shadow Squadron, fallen
on hard times since the integration of the Infiltrator Wing into the
TIE Corps.
“We have been tasked by Fleet Command to investigate this attack, to
ascertain whether Shadow Squadron were responsible or simply
bystanders; either way, someone is responsible for this attack and if
Shadow Squadron aren’t the culprits, they failed to prevent it and have
since disappeared without a trace.”
The holoprojector shut off and Stryker leaned heavily against the
lectern, his expression serious.
“Though it hasn’t been explicitly stated, our loyalty is being
challenged here; if we succeed, we will be rewarded. Fail, we and our
comrades in Eagle, aboard the Redemption,
the Renegade, the Fear,
every one of our Infiltrator Wing brothers and sisters will be put in a
very dangerous situation – I do not believe Grand Admiral Rapier will
order summary executions, this isn’t the Astatine-era, but there are
thousands of lives at stake. Let’s not screw it up. We depart in an
hour, dismissed.”
As the assembled pilots and crew rose and departed, Stryker
absentmindedly patted Sparky on the head – the Redemption had once been
his home and he’d known most of the crew aboard the Deliverance,
the entire situation seemed like an elaborate plot from a thriller
holonovel, but Shadow Squadron had always been…odd. They’d never really
appreciated being relegated to a support squadron, and in a way Stryker
was surprised that something like this had not happened sooner.
Still, he had to hope for the best, to hope that Shadow Squadron were
simply in the wrong place at the wrong time; the alternative was simply
too horrible to contemplate…
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SQUADRON
NEWS
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It's
that time again! MSEs are on the horizon (literally Monday) and it's
looking like most if not all of you are due to get something this month, which is
fantastic!
Sadly we had to say goodbye to Lieutenant Zattra; real life prevented
any active participation since their first month. We hope things
stabilise for them soon, and will welcome them back should they choose
to return. His space was not vacant for long, however, and was almost
immediately filled by SL Golf!
Team Foghorn Leghorn (Firebird 1) managed to defeat Inferno's
representatives in the first round of the Chalquilla Cup. Team
Chickenhawk (Firebird 2) face Theta later today. The deciding fight to
see which of us is the true Firebird (aka Firebird 1 vs Firebird 2)
will hopefully take place
during Squadron Training tomorrow.
Flight of the Firebirds: Shadowhunters, aka the February narrative
campaign, begins this weekend!
Chapter 1 of the story will be e-mailed to you shortly. Your
challenges are as follows:
SP: XWA-Free 129 with
50% of High Score or higher.
MP: Squadrons - Dogfight
score of 1000 or more; Star Conflict - Efficiency rating of 1000 or
more (Victories required).
Other: Frogger - score of 2000
or more.
Screenshots of scores to be e-mailed to me by Friday night, Eastern
time. Successful completion of challenges means positive plot
progression. Failure to complete challenges may entail narrative
consequences.
Scores will be tallied, with top pilots per category at the end of the
competition winning some shiny medals!
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SQUADRON
ACTIVITY
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| Callsign |
Honour
Guard
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Combat
Rating
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COOP
Rating
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SP |
MP
(PvP)
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MP
(PvE)
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Comms |
Competitions |
IU |
Medals |
Other |
| 1-1 COL Stryker |
Paladin
(311pts)
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Veteran 2nd
(586pts)
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Private
3rd
(84pts)
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EABF2,
SWS
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EABF2,
SC
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X
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Chalquilla
Cup
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IS-BW. BR
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Wiki & WARD stuff
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1-2 GN Jarek La'an
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Tesserarius
(1,196)
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Veteran 1st
(613pts)
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Qualified
(10pts)
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SC
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X
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COMM stuff
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1-3 GN Elwood the
Brave
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Archon
(3,064pts)
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Top Ace 1st
(4,919pts)
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Top Ace
Ranger
(35,697pts)
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SC
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X
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CA:TO
& DGM stuff
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1-4 COL Ricaud
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Dragoon
(126pts)
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Marksman 1st
(187pts)
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Beginner
(3pts)
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SWS
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X
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Chalquilla
Cup
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IS-SW
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2-1 LCM Turel
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Fusilier
(80pts)
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Officer 3rd
(238pts)
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Qualified
(18pts)
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SWS
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X
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2-2 LT Ein Bowman
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None
(0pts)
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Marksman 4th
(33pts)
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None
(0pts)
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X
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On Leave
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| 2-3 MAJ Jedgar |
Aquilifer
(514pts)
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Officer 4th
(210pts)
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Beginner
(7pts)
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SWS
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X
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2-4 LCM SkyHigh
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None (0pts)
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Marksman 3rd (76pts)
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Beginner
(4pts)
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X
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On Leave
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| 3-1 CM TI-40026 |
Dragoon
(122pts)
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Officer 2nd
(290pts)
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Qualified
(12pts)
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SWS
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X
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Chalquilla
Cup,
Trivia for the Challenged |
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3-2 SL Golf
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None
(0pts)
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None
(0pts)
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None
(0pts)
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Welcome
Aboard!
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3-3 VACANT
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3-4 COL NiksaVel
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Legionnaire
(425pts)
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Marksman 2nd (90pts)
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Beginner
(3pts)
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X
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| SQUADRON
EVENTS |
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Firebird Squadron Training:
Every two weeks, Firebird will assemble for Multiplayer Training! Star
Wars Squadrons, EA Battlefront 2, and others; let's try to get full
flights working together!
Pilots will be awarded an IS-BW for every 3 events attended, IS-SW for
attending the most events in six months, and an IS-GW for attending the
most events in a year.
Chalquilla Cup: 3v3
Multiplayer event using Star Wars Squadrons. Match pairings and results
can be found here.
Flight of the Firebirds
(Shadowhunters): Narrative campaign
starring Firebird Squadron, story progresses each week. Challenges
issued to squadron every Saturday in report, with rounds concluding
every Friday.
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| CLOSING
COMMENTS |
We
survived our initial trial-by-fire in the Chalquilla Cup with Firebird
1's victory over Inferno, hopefully Firebird 2 will be similarly
victorious over Theta.
I am very excited to begin the Flight of the Firebirds (Shadowhunters)
campaign, as it combines the TC's main activities (flying) with one of
my favourite pastimes (fiction). Regardless whether we are narratively
successful or not, it adds to the story of Firebird Squadron. As a
competition, if it does well and there's demand for it, we'll do
another later in the year - maybe working with High Admiral Dempset to
make it a Challenge-wide competition.
COL Stryker
CMDR-WARD / COL Stryker / Firebird
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Wing X / ISDII Challenge
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