Epsilon Squadron
Report #19
6.21.2005 - CM Firzam Coldsteel
Epsilon Squadron Weekly Report # 19
News
Good Afternoon Epsilon Squadron!
Imperial Storm V – Empire Ablaze (http://www.btinternet.com/~spellfire/wo1.html)
The Wargame began with a bang – swift movement in Turn One saw several planets targeted by Fleets in a bid to capture them at an early stage. Fierce battles were fought over the skies of Mon Calamari between TCBG and Sovereign Forces and for control of Ryloth between Sith and ASF Fleets. The Sovereign emerged victorious in their fight, but only after suffering grievous wounds in return. The Sith pulled off a stunning victory, battering the outnumbering ASF Fleet into oblivion and claiming Ryloth.
After this, the action died down as the Fleets consolidated their hold on planets and tended to their wounds. Various ships were seen scouting out the neutral planets, but no Team took the initiative for several turns. That is of course, until Turn 5. For several turns, the ATF Fleet, a mass of capital ships and fighter Squadrons, had been holding position over Korriban, daring anyone to try and wrest away control of the planet. The Sovereign team answered this bold challenge, and in Turn 5 a massive task force of Sovereign ships pounced on the defending ATF Fleet. In the hellish fighting that erupted, the entire first wave of ATF ships was annihilated, with the Sov taking little damage in return. Deciding that this was a battle that could not be won, the ATF commanders decided a swift retreat would be in order and fled the battle field, leaving a compact rear-guard to fight off the advancing Sov hostiles. The Sovereign team had claimed Korriban in a confident and brutal attack.
No battles have been fought since then, but Planets continue to be captured, lost and taken again. At the end of Turn 8, the Victory Points are as follows:
1st – Sovereign (36)
2nd – ASF (30)
2nd – Sith (30)
4th – TCBG (21)
5 – ATF (12)
As you can see, only 6 points separate the top 3 teams and will several planetary invasions taking place in Turn 8 (see the TC News page), there’s plenty to play for…
~ High Admiral Priyum, War Officer
This is the report for the Imperial Storm so far. As you can see the Sovereign is winning! We must help our beloved ship to maintain the first place, be on the look out when SP battles are launched or if you can participate in MP battles contact VA Stele Pellaeon (tieknt@gmail.com)
In other News, Brin is back and he has released a new comp. Be sure to participate.
Briefing Room
Everybody report in! Always report in. By mail, MSN, smoke signs, screaming or buying your Commander a drink. Some of you are doing it, but not all. Come on, it’s not that difficult.
(Commander Coldsteel just cleaned up this board, but with no fresh ideas he decided to write the same again :P )
Try to fly something. Do an IWATS course. If you can’t do any of these things send me a joke, some fiction, some pictures, anything, but participate in something
Communications
To report, complain or simply to annoy your Commander:
lothar_mcknight@lycos.com
exeter_wallace@lycos.com
firzam_coldsteel@yahoo.com.mx
katar_adler@hotmail.com
Also, if you are not already into the message boards, go and sign in. It’s fun and reliable for information
http://mb.emperorshammer.net/viewforum.php?f=5
The Epsilon Squadron Message Board is done!
http://mb.emperorshammer.net/viewforum.php?f=63
I posted a fiction in there. Does anybody have read it? :P
At least write something in there. If you didn’t like please tell me. I f you like it PLEASE tell me!
Commander’s Corner
I am sorry for the delay of this last reports but I was very busy with RL business. But it’s finally over, and your Commander is FREE! FREE!!! FREE!!! To do anything he wants. Or at least until summer work start… but even with work I will be definitely more free to be in the TIE Corps.
Also my birthday is coming. It will be this Thursday June 23 th to be more accurate. And to celebrate we will have a GREAT Party in the Wing I Cantina (After we get a new bar droid, and the place has been cleaned up) and I will release two competitions:
A) A fiction for the best birthday party
B) A fiction for the best birthday prank
I will have more details soon.
Pilot’s Lounge
Closed until further notice. Accumulating dust and you can see a lone R2 unit just roaming about.
Competitions
http://www.ehtiecorps.org/competitions/details.asp?ID=2019
Competition Title: Wing One Lateral Thinking Initiative
Start Date: Right now!
End Date: 30th June
Parties Involved: All Wing One Personnel
Rewards: (Due to a rather nifty TO, our competition rewards have been
*upgraded* from the link listed above. IS-SR for highest score, IS-BR
for second place.
Huh?: Due to the isolated nature of the fleets in the Imperial Storm
conflict, the Sovereign Battle Group has had to improvise on the intel
front. The Wing One Simulators have proven the ideal platform for the
Sovereign's decryption software, which is used to send coded messages
to the rest of the Battlegroup. Unlock the encrypted messages by
getting as high a score as possible, and include with your screenshot
submission a record of the words you have 'unlocked' in a notepad file
for processing. Please send all submissions to SilencerHQ@gmail.com
Awards
The Iron Star - Gold Wings has been awarded to:
CMDR/CM Firzam Coldsteel/Epsilon/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
The request was made by: COM/VA Stele Pellaeon/SSSD Sovereign on
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Reason given for request: Winner of TIE Top Scoring Pilot division in
May SOV SP Ladder.
IWATS
None this week.
Flight Activity
1/1 CM Firzam Coldsteel
Basic Commander Activities.
FREE of the school!
Flew TIE-TC 77, 78, 79 & 80
Flew TIE-FREE 254, 255 & 256
1/2 LT Valdimore Cozar
Failed to report in. (Second week in a row)
1/3 LT Danel
Reported in :-)
Flew XWA-FREE 121, 122
Flew XvT-TC 116 & 8 (Awaiting BSF)
2/1 LCM Rez Chaser
Somewhere in the Outer Rims.
2/2 LT Trooper Xarn
Reported in :-)
Having some troubles but we await for his return
3/1 LT James Zirus
Reported in :-)
3/2 CPT Gyssler
Reported in. :-)
3/3 CM Eric
Failed to report in. (Second Week in a row)
May you have a great and successful week!
ACES HIGH!
Semper Fi
CM Firzam Coldsteel
CMDR/CM Firzam Coldsteel/Epsilon/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
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