Tempest Squadron
Report #19
6.17.2005 - MAJ Daniel Bonini
Tempest Squadron Weekly Report #19 – 17th of June 2005
***~Introductory Note~***
This has been a great week for Tempest, and for Wing X. We have now ten pilots in our squadron. With Typhoon being split in two, we are now the largest squadron in the Wing, but we yet have to prove our valor. Wing X, that already was the largest wing in the whole fleet, is still growing, with the new Tempest pilots and a few more joining other squadrons. Greatest news about Wing X is that Cyclone Squadron has been reopened. It’s nice to see the Wing fully functional once more.
I still have to mention that, despite we are growing, lack of communication will be cause of AWOL’ing, and unfortunately we will loose a pilot or two in the near future. I don’t want to have to do it, but I may not have a choice. As a Squadron Commander, it is my duty to AWOL pilots that doesn’t at least communicate. All pilots are to report to me on a weekly basis, even if it’s just to talk about your dog, or to say that College is killing you, or your boss is driving you crazy, or that you have been hit in the head by an Ewok.....well....that’s very unlikely, unless you are a Jawa. I’ll say what.....why don’t all of you reply to Tempest Squadron Weekly report saying nonsense or anything, like Grandpa Prost....
We have two new Squadron members joining this week.....welcome to SL Krulos Helrond and to SL Red Phoenix, both joining from M/PLT Daedalus. Krulos goes to Tempest 3-2 position, while Red joins us at Tempest 1-4....
One other thing....a competition against newly reopened Cyclone Squadron, led by CM Flyer is on the way... You are to fly Tie-Free 255 until next Friday....check Competitions Center for more details!!!
No news about Imperial Storm this week, but, as usual, I’ll keep the link below, for you to check whenever you wish....But don’t worry, if anything comes up, I will flood your mail boxes.
http://www.btinternet.com/~spellfire/wo_misc.html
***~Squadron News~***
* Two new arrivals this week.....yay, full house!!!!! SL Krulos Helrond joins Tempest 3-2, while SL Red Phoenix joins Tempest 1-4!
* Tempest has now 10 pilots.....that make us the largest squadron in the Wing.....Congrats to LCM Impulse, on doing an amazing job at recruiting!!!
* Competition against Cyclone Squadron in up for this week!!! Fly Tie-Free 255 until Friday, and send me the tfr, cc’ing Coranel...read more in the Competitions Center!
* Squadron Standing Orders: every week I want you to do one of the following:
- Fly something from the Mission Compendium
- Participate on Tempest Tie Fighter Tactics Workshop: pick a Free-Mission and lets get to it
- Take an IWATS Course
- Write some fiction
- Create a graphic
- Submit something for the Squadron Report (Fiction, graphics, garbage, etc)
* Recruitment
Tempest is already the biggest squadron in the wing, but there are still two spots available in the squadron....go recruit, and we will make history in the Tie Corps...and you will also get a medal....
I am offering an ISM per recruit (Cadet and RSV's alike) and a PC per 5 recruits, so there’s a chance for you to get lots of medals and to help not only the squad but also the wing.
***~Squadron Orders~***
* Pick a Free mission you want to fly, and tell me if you want help with it’s tactics
* Fly a FREE mission......or a battle if you dare
* Take an IWATS course
* Participate on squadron and wing’s competitions
* Participate on the Competition against Cyclone Squadron...Fly Free-Tie 255
* Participate on every battle of the Imperial Storm
***~Wing/BG News~***
* Don’t forget about Wing X’s Sunday meetings, at #wing_x, at 06:00pm EST (GMT -5:00). Trivia is going on, show up if you can!!!
* We are the largest and most active Wing in the whole Fleet....and we are still growing!!!!! Congrats to the Flag officers, for doing a great job!!!
* Typhoon Squadron has been split in two. Half of it was reassigned to the reopening of Cyclone Squadron.....Wing X has now all of it’s squadrons active!!!!
* Check the competitions section of this report for wing comps going on...
* Squadron of the Month is Typhoon Squadron (April)
***~Fleet News~***
http://www.ehtiecorps.org/news.asp
http://www.emperorshammer.org/news.htm
***~Competitions Center~***
* Imperial Storm 5
Competition between the Battlegroups. It should be considered a priority!!! I’ll be bugging everybody about this for as long as it runs!!!
* Cyclone vs. Tempest
CM Flyer of Cyclone Squadron has challenged us to a flying competition. I accepted it. The mission to be flown is Tie-Free 255. Deadline is next Friday. Whichever squadron has two of the three highest scores will win the competition. IS-BW’s will be awarded to the winners....Let’s get to it....Tie-Free 255 is attached to this report. Submissions are to me, CC’ing our Wing Commander, COL Coranel Both, who will compile the results.
* Tempest Mascot Tale
For those who do not remember, Zony – the Jawa is the Tempest Squadron Mascot. You are to come up with a story involving Tempest Squadron and its mascot. Criteria will be humor and creativity. Grammar is not to be an issue. Also, there aren’t maximum or minimum word limits. Deadline is the end of June. Winner will receive an IS-BR
* ISD Challenge Sexy Name Comp
It is completely inspired by about 15 minutes of inanity on #wing_x. Coranel thinks it's George's fault, but he is not entirely sure. Anyhow, here's the lowdown. Each of you is to submit to Coranel a list of names that you think are just incredibly sexy. The names that just turn you on. There will be two categories: guy names and girl names. Feel free to submit a list for both categories. Submissions will go to Coranel, and will be "graded" by him, and anyone else he feels like making help him. For each category, an IS-SR to the person with the "best" names, and IS-BR to the runner-up! Deadline is the end of June!!!
* Challenge Letterhead Comp
Your task is to design a letterhead/watermark/symbol/logo/badge for the various units aboard the ISD Challenge. This type of graphic would be something that could be used on all authorial Challenge/Wing X documentation.
Three categories for this: a graphic for the ISD Challenge, a graphic for Wing X, and a graphic for the squads of the Challenge. Coranel is not looking for new banners to go on the TC site.
Best entry into the Ship/Wing category gets an IS-SR. The best entry for each squad gets an IS-BR. The only rule is you can only enter one squad entry. In example, LT Billy Bob can't send in a graphic for three different squads; only to one squad. He could have a max of three entries (ship, wing, and a squad one).
Thanks to CM TK-9780 for this comp idea. Submissions go to Coranel.
* WC Report Template
This is the "Design the WC a sexy report template" comp. Basically, Coranel stumbled across Bubba's neat report when he was doing his wing report this past week, and decided that if Bubba can have a cool looking report, he too needs a cool looking report. As Coranel is fairly unimaginative and uncreative, he is leaving it to you, the pilot people, to make him a neat report format. It should have the categories that his usual reports have. Winning one gets an IS-SR and will most likely be used, with the runner-up getting an IS-BR. Submissions also go to Coranel.
***~The Usual Suspects~***
CPT Daniel Bonini
06/11/2005 – Awarded Medal of Instruction for assisting training of SL Krulos Helrond
06/16/2005 – Completed IWATS Linux Course, score was 96%
COL Sephiroth
E-mail activity: 1
06/11/2005 – Apparently he is not the Wing Commander, and doesn’t want to do BSF’s for me :)
LT Haedaliel Belil-Gaviel
E-mail activity: none
06/xx/2005 – none
SL Red Phoenix
E-mail activity: 3
06/16/2005 – Assigned to Tempest 1-4 position, coming from PLT Daedalus...welcome!!!
06/16/2005 – Had questions about EHBL....well.....who doesn’t...:)
06/16/2005 – Solved problems with EHBL....that was fast!!!!
CPT Rover
E-mail activity: none
06/xx/2005 – none
LCM Mike Keyman
E-mail activity: none
06/xx/2005 – none
LT Gward
E-mail activity: 6
06/11/2005 – Flew TC-Tie 02
06/11/2005 – Flew TC-Tie 09
06/11/2005 – Flew TC-Tie 13
06/12/2005 – Flew TC-Tie 108
06/12/2005 – Flew TC-Tie 123
06/13/2005 – Awarded Wing X Pilot of the Week!!!! Congrats!!!!
06/13/2005 – Awarded Commendation of Bravery!!!!
LCM Impulse
E-mail activity: 5
06/13/2005 – Recruiting
06/14/2005 – Recruiting
06/17/2005 – Awarded Medal of Instruction for assisting training of SL Red Phoenix!!!
06/17/2005 – Awarded ISM for recruiting SL Red Phoenix into Tempest!!!
SL Krulos Helrond
E-mail activity: 4
06/11/2005 – Assigned to Tempest 3-2 position....welcome!!!
06/11/2005 – Had questions about flying custom designed missions...
06/15/2005 – Playing the original battles of Tie Fighter
06/16/2005 – Checking out IWATS.
LCM Prost Varsis
E-mail activity: 1
06/xx/2005 – Thinks Tempest is the looniest squadron of all!!!
06/xx/2005 – And, yes, bugged everyone in IRC!!!
***~Challenge’s Most Wanted~***
TEMPEST SQUADRON OF WING X : Deep Strike
COMMANDER: MAJ Daniel Bonini (boninidaniel@yahoo.com.br)
NICKNAME: Riders on the Storm
BANNER: tempest.jpg
MOTTO: "May the winds blow till they have waken'd death!" - Othello
HOMEPAGE: http://tempest.tcbg.net
MESSAGE BOARD: http://mb.emperorshammer.net/viewforum.php?f=64
FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Cupid's Arrows
Motto: "Mortuus ex Vento" -- "Death from the Wind"
1) MAJ Daniel Bonini (boninidaniel@yahoo.com.br)
2) COL Sephiroth (eh_sephiroth@comcast.net)
3) LT Haedaliel Belil-Gaviel (xxrenegadestarxx@yahoo.com)
4) SL Red Phoenix (qpEHuKC@gmail.com)
FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: "Katayoku no Tenshi" - The One Winged Angels
Motto: We are the Plague of the Galaxy!
1) CPT Rover (eh_rowaasr13@mail.ru )
2) LCM Mike Keyman (fireizgoood@hotmail.com)
3) LT Gward (gward@nm.ru)
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Imperial Monsoon
Motto: "We'll blow you off your feet."
1) LCM Impulse (impulse@tiefighter.org)
2) SL Krulos Helrond (szatarai@tulane.edu)
3) LCM Prost Varsis (thecrazynomad@yahoo.com)
4) TBA
Squadron Citations (3):
TIE-TC Battle 48 - Ski Hoth - Star Wars Mercenaries
TIE-TC Battle 108 - Unexplored Territory
TIE-TC Battle 123 - Strengthen the Emperor's Hammer
***~Dark Lord of the Week~***
The highly prestigious title of Dark Lord of the Week is only given to the person who has most advanced the success of the Squadron, amused the CMDR, or slipped me the most $5 notes in a brown paper bag. This week's winner is:
LCM Impulse, for bringing a lot of people into Tempest!!!!
***~Ewok of the Week~***
Yub Yub!
Every story has a hero, every journey has a first step, every Fleet has a pilot who's about as much use as an ashtray on a speeder bike. This weeks's Prize Ewok is none other than:
Pilots who don’t e-mail me once a week...again.....when will you learn???
***~Quote of the Week~***
Jarek La’an: “you guys seem to get all the recruits... what you done to get Cyric's favours?”
Well.....what can I say....Impulse rocks at recruiting :)
***~Final Comments~***
Competition time!!!! Get to your cockpits and do your very best at Tie-Free 255. We will need all pilots available to fly this, and we have some of the best pilots in the fleet. Let’s show the wing we are not kidding here in Tempest guys, and that we are a force to be feared...
On another note....another two new pilots...we have 10 already......expect more!!! Tempest will be great!!!
Respectfully submitted,
Major Daniel Bonini
ISD Challenge - Tempest Squadron Commander
CMDR/MAJ Daniel Bonini/Tempest/Wing X/ISD Challenge
BSx2/PCx15/ISMx17/MoI/IS-8BW-2BR-4SW-1SR-1GW/CoL/CoB/OV-5E
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