"Another hand.. How does she do it?" A collective groan went through the assembled commanders as Kate grinned and collected her winnings. It had been two days since the prison raid, and Moagim had politely invited Kate to the weekly commander's sabacc game in the Sovereign cantina. But the soviets were fast beginning to regret it. Kate, smoking a foul cigar ("I hardly ever smoke, this is my big chance!") and her feet on the table, had won four hands in a row. "Hey Flyer, I heard that you decked Moagim the other day in the hangar. Wanna tell us anything about that?" "He was being a bantha turd, like every soviet." "Heh, careful Kate, remember where you are." "Oh, I remember where I am," Kate winked and pointed at her winnings..

- Commander Flyer, Cyclone 1-1

Well, it's been another productive week for the Demolition Crew. The Kappa vs Cyclone competition is drawing to a close, we picked up another pilot (welcome Lt. Augustus Meridian!) and Commander Shrike did his usual round of crazy flying and writing. =) I've thus far only picked up four submissions (including mine) for our competition from Kappa, which is a tad disappointing since I know what this squadron is capable of. But on the other side of the leaf, I still believe that we have an outstanding of knocking down the soviets. After we're done with that, Cyclone can expect a friendly citations race and another pilot joining our ranks, which will put us at 11 pilots. Until then, the news..

- The new Cyclone website layout is complete! Go to http://cyclone.ehnet.org to have a look, if you haven't already. It has a new competitions page, as well as revamped banners. Whoohoo.

- Welcome to Lt. Augustus Meridian, who joins us from Vortex Squadron on the mutt! His arrival brings our roster to 10, making us the second-biggest squadron in Wing X behind those Tempest buggers.

- Lt. Phelan has shown the whole initiative thing and started a new runon on the Cyclone message board detailing what happened when our little squadron was reopened. Shrike and I have developed a fun plotline to go along with it describing the recruitment of Fink and how Shrike got his name, among other things. Fun times. ^^

- Citations are Cyclone's top priority. :P Fly your citations assignments for the week, and I recommend you for an ISM. It's just that simple. Fly all of them for the month, and I'll talk to Cor about getting you a PC. Congratulations to Shrike, who once again shouldered the load and flew his citations assignments! I'm in awe of this guy. =P

- Cyclone Squadron is the ISD Challenge Squadron of the Month! And apparently we've been SotM since last June! Whoohoo!

- Cyclone Squadron has engaged Kappa Squadron! All pilots are ordered to fly TIE-FREE-105 and get the highest possible score. As a fun aside, you can also write a fiction and try to get another medal. I know we can win this. =) This is due on Sunday (today!!)

- Wing X meetings are 6:00 EST on Sundays in #wing_x. Join us for amusing trivia and news from around the fleet.

- Wing X is the Flight Office's Own! We flew like 2500 missions in two months. I'm pretty sure that TK and I accounted for 1400 hundred of those. </no life>

- Check the competitions section of this months wing competitions.

- Congratulations to Tempest Squadron, which picked up two new cadets and is now full! Cyclone is soon to join them. =)

- Squadron of the Month is Cyclone Squadron (July)

- Go to http://ehtiecorps.org or http://www.emperorshammer.org for the newest fleet news.

- Imperial Storm V
This is is almost over. I think. Yay. =P

- TAC FCHG competition
Frodo is hosting the annual TAC FCHG competition. 'Cloners with mission creation skilled are encouraged to roll up their sleeves and create a six mission battle. Winner takes home an IS-PR. I'm working on my submission right now. =P

- Cyclone Trivia
Each week, I will be sending out a set of trivia questions to the mailing list. Answer as many correctly as you can, win a prize at the end of the month if you answer the most. This competition is temporarily suspended because I'm just that lazy.

- Training Office Summer Patrol
Want an IS-GW? Then fly the assigned number of missions for the "Training Officer's Patrol" for five weeks straight! Easy, huh? I expect high Cyclone participation for this one, since we are (after all) the best and most active squadron in the Wing. Let's go!

- Cyclone Blogging
Not so much a competition as an ongoing event. Cyclone members are encouraged to maintain a blog on the MB detailing their activity, their thoughts, etc. Coranel apparently likes this idea enough that he's starting his own blog soon. =P

- Kappa vs Cyclone
Participants fly TIE-FREE-105 for a high score and send it to his or her commander, and CC it to the opposing commander. As a fun addendum, they can also write a fiction that would garner them an additional IS-BR. The fics will be judged by Vice Admiral Master. There are no particular topics for the fiction other than it must feature Kappa and Cyclone. The top two out of three scores will be taken for the mission. All entries are due on August 14!

 

1-1 - CM Flyer
- IRC activity
- MB activity
- AIM activity
- Wrote this report
- Updated the website
- Working on battle for TAC competition
- Enacting citations plans
- Posted to Cyclone runon
- Wrote story for Kappa vs Cyclone competition
- TAC beta testing (the new Hammer to Anvil installment!)
- Flew the following - TIE-FREE-105

1-2 - Lt. Phelan
- Computer trouble (new motherboard coming soon)
- AIM contact
- E-mail contact
- IRC contact

1-3 - Cm. Shrike
- E-mail contact
- IRC contact
- Posted to Cyclone runon
- Wrote story for Kappa vs Cyclone competition
- Flew the following: TIE-TC-34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 78

1-4 - Lt. Augustus Meridian
- E-mail contact
- AIM contact
- Joined Cyclone Squadron (welcome!)
- Flew the following: XWA-TC-01

2-1 - Col. Domi
- Totally back today or tomorrow

2-2 - Maj. Fink
- E-mail contact
- Flew TIE-FREE-105

2-3 - Lt. Blenheim
- AIM activity

3-1 - Lt. Commander Marlin
- Will be MIA very soon

3-2 - CM Dulcatos
- Theoretically back, but no contact

3-3 - Maj. Enzo Matrix
- AIM contact
- IRC contact
- MB activity

Every week, I select a pilot who's high activity and excellence served as an example for all Cyclone pilots. The selected pilot earns an IS-BR at the end of the month, and their profile is enshrined for the week on the Cyclone Squadron website.

Congratulations to CM. Alexander Shrike, who managed to fly all of this citations assignments and write a story for the Kappa vs Cyclone competition! This guy's dedication to this squadron is admirable, and he is to be commended! The standings for this month are Shrike - 2

CYCLONE SQUADRON : Heavy Assault
COMMANDER: CM Katherine Cantor Flyer (bail0197@umn.edu)
NICKNAME: The Forever Wind
BANNER: cyclone.jpg
MOTTO: So good, it ought to be illegal
HOMEPAGE: http://cyclone.ehnet.org
MESSAGE BOARD: http://mb.emperorshammer.net/viewforum.php?f=101&sid=73e643
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FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Demolition Crew
Motto: Destruction imminent...
1) CM Katherine Cantor Flyer (bail0197@umn.edu)
2) LT Phelan (Hikaru2083@Aol.com)
3) CM Shrike (Kayvaanshrike@msn.com)
4) LT Augustus Meridian (imperialwarhammr@aol.com)

FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Hellstormers
Motto: We are the Fury after the Storm
1) COL Domi (jondaar_domi@yahoo.ca)
2) MAJ Fink (eh.finko@gmail.com)
3) LT Blenheim (richard@v92.me.uk)
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Close Support
Motto: We're in and out before you know it.
1) LCM Marlin (prkkrusty@hotmail.com)
2) CM Dulcatos (dulcatos@toya.net.pl)
3) Maj. Enzo Matrix (tyr@delakkrennel.com)
4) TBA

<DirtyVader> I'd never forgive myself for winning something for the SOV

So says Dirty Vader after flying on behalf of the Sovereign in the final battle of Imperial Storm. Lucky for him, the Sov was annihilated by the Sith. Amusingly enough, the Sov had none of their own pilots there. =P

Useless Numbers that only matter to me
Battles Flown: 10
IWATS completed: 0
Transfers: 1
Citations garnered: 0
Kappans to be defeated: Many

Projects

New webpage layout:
Status: Done

TAC FCHG comp battle:
Status: In progress (Mission 5/6)

Kappa fiction competition entry:
Status: Done

Developing Cyclone RPG with Marlin:
Status: On hold

Developing Cyclone Campaign:
Status: In progress

Citations count:
Status: 33/100 citations

Commander Kate Cantor "Valkyrie" Flyer

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