Wing VIII
Report
4.16.2001 - LC Drake
Fleet
News In Brief
As taken from www.tiecorps.org/news.asp
BREAKING NEWS- Cofo resigns as Challenge
Commodore
New/Corrected Battles Released
Star Wars Mods in trouble..
Iron Star clarification
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Relevant
News in Detail
CoFo Resigns as Challenge
Commodore.
Corran
Force,
Commodore of the ISD Challenge has resigned his post to concentrate
on coding for the new Dark Brotherhood website. He has been in
the post a little over a year. This is a heavy blow to the Challenge
and I wish him well in the future.
New/Corrected Battles
Released
Admiral
Starlion
has released several new battles to the fleet. You can check out
which ones were released at his TAC Report (http://www.tiecorps.org/reports/report.asp?reportid=1845&commandstaffid=3)
Star Wars Mods in trouble..
This week saw the closure of the Star Wars Quake: The Call
of the Force, Half-Life: Imperial Battles and the Unreal
Tournament: Emperor's Hammer Projects. A sad loss to anyone
who was waiting for them. The coding for a SWQ has been posted
on the projects website. http://swtc.telefragged.com/news.shtml.
Iron Star Clarification
(By HA Astantine)
Either via stupidity or just trying to rort the system, a number
of competitions are being submitted that are unacceptable. These
competitions are usually one squadron vs another where the highest
scoring person from each squadron gets a IS-BW. These competitions
will be denied. Similarly, any competitions where the CMDR of
the winning squadron gets an award will be denied. I hope that
clears things up.
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Wing News
Colossus rejuvination marches
on..
Many of you newer pilots will not be aware that the Colossus was
on the brink of closure less than four months ago. Since then,
we have enjoyed a boom in numbers and activity so much so that
we are now one of the largest and most active wings in the fleet.
Everyone deserves a pat on the back for all your efforts.
It is my intention not to stop here though. We must continually
recruit and hone our skills!
Clarification of the
Iota Situation
Many pilots have come to me regarding the single squadron aboard
that remains closed, Iota Squadron. It is my intention
to open Iota when we hit 50 pilots (Which isn't to far
away). This is because I would rather have Five Squadrons of 10
pilots first. The Command position of Iota is NOT open
for applicants at this time.
ISDColossus Email Addresses
If you want to show the pride for your ship then you can't get
much better than an isdcolossus.com Email Addy! Contact Absolut
Vodka for one today!!
Nu Vs Eta - The Battle
Royale
Last week it was announced that Eta were taking on Nu
Squadron in a fight to see who was the greatest. For all there
arrogance, Nu failed to wear down the teamwork of Eta
and lost. Eta therefore got the Squadron of the Week! Title for last week. Night Grue tamed
Darknyte and grabbed the Iron Star for the Highest score.
Read down to see who grabs it this week..
Wing Commander is rushed
off his feet!
Until the 30th of April, I shall be working in Tactical.
This is currently not a permenant move, only a temporary experiment
but it will keep me busy. Things will still be done around here,
just they'll be queued with the rest of the stuff I have to do.
Command Staff Changes
Due to RL problems, MAJ Rand al'Thor has stepped down from
his position of Pi Commander and transfered to the reserves.
His replacement is CPT Owen Nivarian, the former, Rejuvinated
Commander. Niv is more active than ever... which is a good
sign.
Also this week, I made Darknyte's stay at the Helm of Nu
Squadron a permenant one. Thankfully, now he's Commander HE
can do all his squadrons BSF's :P
Colossus grabs Two
Battlegroup awards!
Now be calm everyone.. The Colossus is once again home to the
Battlegroup squadron of the Month! This time, Eta Squadron
picked up where Mu left off last month and slaughtered
the competition.. My Congratulations to them.
To top that off, Darknyte scooped the Pilot of the Month
award! Very well deserved it was too..
Moral of this story? WE ROCK!!!
Reviews
Egroups
Mostly regarding the aforementoned contest. Eta gloating
and Nu crying.
Reminder to all: The Egroup is used for communication to
the wing. I don't mind people posting on there about anything,
just be sensible.
IRC
Lots of activity...apparently. I've been so busy I haven't had
chance to log on for a while. Darknyte extended his lead
over me to 20,000 words... I'm considering quoting the entirity
of 'War and Peace' online..
Message Boards
More Eta limericks.. I haven't seen any Mu or Nu
ones yet :P
Academics
More courses passed this week by Colossus Pilots. 10 in total..
| Bradtack | HTML 3 |
| Andrew Strinder | Tie Mission Creation, Tie Tactics |
| Kodiak Kereban | ICQ, Computer Basics |
| McCrea | HTML 1 & 3, mIRC 1 &2 |
| Maru Ki | ICQ |
| 1st | LCM Alain Dindareanu | (Eta Squadron) | 21 BSF's |
| 2nd | CM Wap Eal | (Eta Squadron) | 17 BSF's |
| 3rd | CPT Owen Nivarian | (Pi Squadron) | 15 BSF's |
| 4th | LT Kodiak Kereban | (Nu Squadron) | 13 BSF's |
| 5th | CM Absolut Vodka | (Mu Squadron) | 12 BSF's |
For the first
time in my tenure as Wing Commander, Double Figures were
required to get on the top five list. Alain Dindareanu
leading the way from his Eta crewmates. CPT Owen Nivarian
proves that flying IS possible in Pi and Kodiak Kereban
maintains his impressive record of staying in the Top five list.
Winner of Pilot
of the Week?
gotta be Alain Dindareanu.. A fantastic acheivement.
Top Squadron
Wowee!.. Just look at all those BSF's.
| 1st | ETA SQUADRON | 48 BSF's |
| 2nd | Nu Squadron | 22 BSF's |
| 3rd | Pi Squadron | 17 BSF's |
| 4th | Mu Squadron | 15 BSF's |
| 5th | Omicron Squadron | 3 BSF's |
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Squadron
Summaries
Mu Squadron now have back their Squadron Commander,
Fresh from his semi-leave CM Absolut Vodka is whipping
them into shape. Mu are looking good to become that fantastically
strong squadron they were when they won the battlegroup squadron
title last month.
Nu Squadron is now under the command of Darknyte
on a permenant basis. They are working well as a team and are
not only flying but taking many courses. Darknyte has institued
a lyric competiton in his weekly reports... dunno where he got
that idea from :P
Pi Squadron, CPT Owen Nivarian only assumed
command on Friday so no report this week. They have a new pilot,
Aidan Pryde has already been promoted in his first week
aboard! Good job!
Omicron Squadron are in combat with Dagger Squadron
at this very moment! The task is to fly FT-1, Uphold the pride
of the Colossus and beat them about with a sharp pointy stick!!
Eta Squadron's Commander, Devlin should
go on leave more often! Night Grue did a splendid job while
he was away and is well on his way to becoming the Baron of the
fleet. Eta Squadron first of all saw off the challenge
of Nu and then went on to submit most of the BSF's through
my inbox this week! The Battlegroup squadron of the month retain
their Squadron
of the Week
status.
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Miscellanous
Wing Commander's Leave
I *hope* to be going on holiday during the last week of May/ First
week of June. Consider this a pre-warning. Mell will be
in charge of wing operations until I come back to repair what
damage he did :P
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