The Interdictor Orthanc had dropped out of space, and a TIE Defender had emerged from the belly of the Chi Long. Kate had no doubt that Keirdagh was in that fighter - She put as much energy from her shields into her engines as she could as she sped toward her target. The rest of the battle fell away as she approached Keirdagh's TIE Defender, all of her attention focused squarely on the murderer.
But then it was too late - He had escaped into the Orthanc

- Commander Flyer, Cyclone 1-1

Hiyo Cyclone and Wing X and everybody. =P It's been another successful week for Cyclone Squadron. MSE medals are in, we've flown our Summer Patrol missions and we continue to work on getting our citations count up. This is the fairly lazy period of time before the end of the summer, so I'm glad to see that we've managed to keep busy. My big focus for September is the forthcoming ECR and SSL competitions, which I fully expect Cyclone to excel in. For my part, I'll be spending the next part of the week moving, so I can't say that I'll be that active. But I will do my best to keep the website updated while flying my summer patrol mission. With luck, it'll be a painless move. =) And now on to the news.

- Congratulations to Commander Alex Shrike, who takes up a well-deserved spot at 2-1 as Cyclone Squadron's new XO! Domi has graciously stepped down to 1-3, offering his sage advice to a still newbie commander. =P Nice job also to Blenheim, who has done a nice job as acting-FL in Marlin's absence. Rewards forthcoming for him.

- 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 and Blenheim, who flew their missions like good 'Cloners. Yay for them!

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

- Kappa vs Cyclone fiction results are in, and I have again been foiled by Shmir Sheerelk of Kappa Squadron. This has prompted me to take a hard look at my own writing in an effort to get better. =P Congrats to Shmir, who takes home a well-deserved win (three in a row for him), and thanks for the kind words on his part.

- Many medals this week: Congrats to Shrike on his two PCs and IS-BR; Phelan on his three IS-BRs and his CoB; Fink on his two IS-BRs, CoB and PC; Blenheim on his ISM and IS-BR; Marlin on his three IS-BRs; Enzo on his IS-BR and his ISM; and myself on my Silver Star, Bronze Star, four IS-SRs and two IS-BRs.

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

- Bubba resigned as BGCOM, then selected himself as a replacement. =P Life goes on aboard the Challenge.

- Check the competitions section of this months wing competitions.

- Squadron of the Month is Cyclone Squadron (July)

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

- 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.

- JAG Banner Competition
Fleetwide competition to create a new banner for the JAG Office. Winner gets an IS-PR. Entries are due Sept. 1.

- 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.

1-1 - CM Flyer
- IRC activity
- MB activity
- AIM activity
- Wrote this report
- Updated the website
- Finished battle for TAC competition
- Enacting citations plans
- Flew the following - TIE-TC-222

1-2 - Lt. Phelan
- Computer trouble (new motherboard coming soon)
- AIM contact
- Leave of Absence

1-3 - Cm. Shrike
- E-mail contact
- IRC contact
- MSN contact
- Appointed to XO
- Writing lengthy fanfic series
- Flew the following: TIE-TC-49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 215

1-4 - Lt. Augustus Meridian
- E-mail contact
- Computer troubles

2-1 - Col. Domi
- IRC contact
- Email contact

2-2 - Maj. Fink
- E-mail contact
- Flew TIE-TC-222

2-3 - Lt. Blenheim
- IRC activity
- AIM activity
- Enacting citations plans
- Appointed temporary Flight Leader
- Flew the following: XWA-TC-2, 4, 21; TIE-TC-16, 17; XvT-TC-41, 101; XWA-FREE-4

2-4 - Lt. Erinyes
- AIM contact
- Email contact
- Flew the following: XWA-TC-47 & 49

3-1 - Lt. Commander Marlin
- Lost in Space

3-2 - CM Dulcatos
- 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 Lt. Blenheim, who narrowly edges our newly appointed XO for his first solo pilot of the week reward. I've been quite proud of Blenheim these past two weeks, as he has reemerged to suddenly become one of Cyclone's best and most active pilots! Nice work Blenheim! =) - Standings are Shrike - 3; Blenheim - 2; Fink - 1; Erinyes - 1

CYCLONE SQUADRON : Heavy Assault
COMMANDER: CM Katherine Cantor Flyer (bail0197@umn.edu)
NICKNAME: The Demolition Crew
BANNER: cyclone.jpg
MOTTO: Destruction Imminent..
HOMEPAGE: http://cyclone.ehnet.org
MESSAGE BOARD: http://mb.emperorshammer.net/viewforum.php?f=101

FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Flyer's Flight
Motto: Always ready, always deadly
1) CM Katherine Cantor Flyer (bail0197@umn.edu)
2) LT Phelan (Hikaru2083@Aol.com)
3) COL Domi (jondaar_domi@yahoo.ca)
4) LT Augustus Meridian (imperialwarhammr@aol.com)

FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Hellstormers
Motto: We are the Fury after the Storm
1) CM Shrike (Kayvaanshrike@msn.com)
2) MAJ Fink (eh.finko@gmail.com)
3) LT Blenheim (richard@v92.me.uk)
4) LT Erinyes (eherinyes@gmail.com)

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

[06:41] * `Flyer wonders if Troy knows that THE SWARM was done in a second
season episode of Star Trek Voyager
[06:41] <LT_ThreeWing> i like the reading the books its just the story is
all screwed up
[06:41] <Alex_Shrike> It was the THIRD season Kate :P
[06:41] <Alex_Shrike> Get it right :P
[06:41] <Alex_Shrike> And those guys weren't as scary
[06:41] <`Flyer> oh score. I was just out-nerded ;)
[06:42] <Alex_Shrike> :P
[06:42] <Alex_Shrike> Damn straight >:P

Useless Numbers that only matter to me
Battles Flown: 19
IWATS completed: 0
Transfers: 0
Citations garnered: 2
TO Participants: 5 (still, whoohoo)

Projects

New webpage layout:
Status: Done

TAC FCHG comp battle:
Status: Done

Developing Cyclone RPG with Marlin:
Status: On hold

Developing Cyclone Campaign:
Status: In progress

Citations count:
Status: 19/100 citations

Commander Kate Cantor "Valkyrie" Flyer

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