Wing III
Report
4.5.2001 - LC Sequoh Marden
Sas' last report... :/
LC Sequoh Marden
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"Hey, be careful with that!!!"
Frank, the Psychopathic Kung-Fu Ewok and Wing III Wing Commander's Assistant, immediately froze. He was in the process of loading several boxes and suitcases into the Luxury Yacht 'Sunday Money', as General Sasquatch prepared to leave the SSSD Sovereign for the first time in over two and a half years.
Sas stood nearby, having just entered the massive Wing III docking bay. His arms were full of even more boxes and cases, freshly packed and ready to be shipped to ... well, to somewhere. Neither Sas nor Frank had thought that gathering up all the stuff from the wing commander's personal quarters and office would be so much work.
"Yub nub?", asked an exhausted Frank, as he sat down on one of the boxes.
"No, I don't know what I'm going to do with all this stuff," answered Sas. "Somehow I doubt the Frigate 'Phoenix' will have any extra storage space available. The way I understand it, pilots in the Reserves only fly for about two weeks every year. I won't have any permanent quarters on the frigate, so ... I guess I'll have to find room and board in the civilian sector. And until then, the 'Sunday Money' will just have to be my flying warehouse."
"Eeeh nowa jub?"
"Well, I do have a few plans. For the immediate future, I really just want to travel. New worlds, new adventures, stuff like that. And who knows? I might even get the opportunity to be a pain in the Rebels' backside every now and then."
Frank shifted his weight, and as he did, the box he was sitting on began to collapse in on itself. "Hey," Sasquatch protested, "get off that box!"
As the tiny martial arts master jumped aside, Sas quickly opened the box to make sure that it's contents were okay.
"You're lucky you little furball ... nothing seems to be damaged."
From deep inside the box, Sas produced an aging holo-picture disc. He pressed the button on the base of the disc, and an image of a pilot standing beside an Assault Gunboat instantly appeared.
"Nub rinb yub?", asked the ewok.
"No Frank, that's actually -- me. This was taken a long time ago. Actually, it was taken right over ... there," said Sas, as he pointed to Daleth's assigned corner of the docking bay.
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Some time later, the boxes were all loaded and Frank stood at the bottom of a shuttle ramp, preparing to seek other employment wherever his special 'skills' might be needed. He waved goodbye, then turned and bounded up the ramp into the ship.
Lieutenant Colonel Sequoh Marden, the new Wing Commander of Wing III, stood beside Sas as they watched the shuttle depart.
"You know," said Seq, "I really feel sorry for that shuttle's pilot."
The two laughed, and turned to head toward the briefing room, where Sas would be delivering his final Wing Report ...
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Well, I've still got one last report left to do before I am officially, 100% retired. Gather round and let's get this party started, one last time.
Wing III Stats
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Aleth - 9
Beth - 7
Gimel - 0
Daleth - 7
Hey - 7
Vav - 0
Frank the Ewok's Play Thing - 1 (That's you, Seq!)
Total: 31 ( + 2 from last report! )
Combat Response Ratings
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Aleth - CRR Level 4, 01/01 (Expires 05/01)
Beth - CRR Level 2, 03/00 (Expires 06/01)
Gimel - Inactive
Daleth - CRR Level 1, 01/01 (Expires 05/01)
Hey - CRR Level 1, 11/00 (Expires 05/01)
Vav - Inactive
Position Moves (3.15.01 -- 4.04.01)
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- FM/LT Scoser, Aleth : Promoted to Lieutenant Commander!
- FL/LCM Mayk Wolverine, Aleth : Promoted to Commander!
- FM/SL Stone Cold, Beth : Promoted to Lieutenant!
- TRN/CT VinDoros : Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant, assigned to Hey Squadron!
- FM/SL VinDoros, Hey : Promoted to Lieutenant!
- FL/CPT Egg'Foo, Daleth : Retires from active duty into the TC Reserves
- TRN/CT Dagget : Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant, assigned to Daleth Squadron!
- FM/LCM Jan Schneider, Daleth : Advanced to Flight Leader of Daleth Flight 2!
- FM/SL Daniel Sunrider : Transfers to Aleth Squadron!
- FM/LT Merrik Stele, Beth : Transfers to Pi Squadron in Wing VIII
- FM/SL Dagget, Daleth : Promoted to Lieutenant!
- TRN/CT Craydon Bash : Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant, assigned to Beth Squadron!
- FM/SL Craydon Bash, Beth : Promoted to Lieutenant!
- TRN/CT Jadis : Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant, assigned to Daleth Squadron!
- FM/SL Jadis, Daleth : Promoted to Lieutenant!
- WC/GN Sasquatch, Wing III : Retires from active duty into the TC Reserves
- CMDR/LC Sequoh Marden, Beth : Advanced to Wing Commander of Wing III !
Awards 'n' Stuff
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The Gold Star of the Empire [GS] has been awarded to :
- GN Sasquatch
The Iron Star with Bronze Wings [IS-BW] has been awarded to :
- FL/CPT Van, Daleth
Extended Training
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- FM/LT Grzmot, Aleth : Passed IWATS HTML 1 [IIC/1]
- FM/LT Grzmot, Aleth : Passed IWATS HTML 2 [IIC/2]
- FM/LT VinDoros, Hey : Passed IWATS Computer Basics [CBX]
- FM/LT VinDoros, Hey : Passed IWATS HTML 1 [IIC/1]
- FM/CPT Carren, Aleth : Passed IWATS HTML 2 [IIC/2]
- FM/LT VinDoros, Hey : Passed IWATS mIRC 1 [M/1]
- FM/LT VinDoros, Hey : Passed IWATS mIRC 2 [M/2]
- FM/CPT Carren, Aleth : Passed IWATS Computer Basics [CBX]
- CMDR/CPT Osan'gar, Hey : Passed IWATS TIE Fighter Tactics [TT]
- FM/LT VinDoros, Hey : Passed IWATS TIE Fighter Tactics [TT]
- FM/LT VinDoros, Hey : Passed IWATS TIE Mission Creation [TM]
- FM/CPT Carren, Aleth : Passed IWATS HTML 3 [IIC/3]
- FM/LT Dark Angel, Daleth : Passed IWATS ICQ [ICQ]
- CMDR/CPT Osan'gar, Hey : Passed IWATS ICQ [ICQ]
- FL/LCM Loor, Beth : Passed IWATS Computer Basics [CBX]
- FL/LCM Loor, Beth : Passed IWATS ICQ [ICQ]
- FL/LCM Loor, Beth : Passed IWATS VB Script [VBS]
- FM/LT Craydon Bash, Beth : Passed IWATS Rebellion Tactics [RT]
- FL/CM Mayk Wolverine, Aleth : Passed IWATS TIE Mission Creation [TM]
Wing III News and Orders
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- First off, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to all the new members of Wing III : LT VinDoros, LT Dagget, LT Craydon Bash, and LT Jadis. Gentlemen, welcome to the best wing in the fleet. I've credited each of your accounts with a free drink in the cantina, courtesy of the house ;-)
- LT VinDoros has certainly wasted no time in becoming active! Ever since arriving here, VinDoros has been passing IWATS courses and flying missions like crazy. Keep up the outstanding activity, Lieutenant!
- Daleth Squadron won their competition against Ghost Squadron! Here are the final results as reported by Daniel Kamprath :
Ghost vs Daleth comp results
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*Daleth Squadron *Ghost Squadron
CPT Van = 18734 RogueWing = 9007
LCM Jan Schneider = 9405 CPT Braxton = 5178
LC Daniel Kamprath = 7216
LT Dark Angel = 4764
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Total Score : 40119 points Total Score : 14185 points
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average Score(Top 3) 11785 pts average Score(Top 2) 7092.5 pts
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- Thanks to the diplomatic abilities of LT Dark Angel, we have regained the use of our room on IRC chat. Dark Angel reports :
After a discussion with Mr. Fear` I have negotiated with him to get our channel back. Apparently a bug in Silencer made the bot join one of his channels and cause trouble. So Fear decided to cause trouble with us. I have talked to StarLion (Silencer's owner), and he's taken the bot offline until he can find the problem. I will talk to HackSolo (BlueFyre's owner, who has been in #wing_3 for the last while) and see if we can get BlueFyre in our channel. But from now on #Wing_III is our channel!
Excellent work, Angel!
- Aleth's CPT Carren has taken the liberty of creating a new Wing III website! Be sure to stop by and check it out : http://wing-iii.8m.com
- CMDR/CPT Jahan Kalar has left on a short shore leave and should return this Friday. I don't know about you, but I get nervous when I think that another Aleth CMDR has gone on leave ... I hope this one makes it back safely.
- Hey Squadron's competition with Phantom Squadron has begun! All Hey pilots should fly FREE-XWA #10 and get it in to Osan'gar before Sunday.
- CMDR/CPT Osan'gar will also be taking a shore leave, from April 6th to April 14th. LCM Josh Popelka will be acting as A-CMDR for Hey during that time.
- The XWA League is over! Here are the scores for CR#6 :
84072 - Demon Squadron
62105 - Ranger Squadron
56352 - Phantom Squadron
52506 - Teth Squadron
41971 - Beth Squadron
33609 - Falcon Squadron
32837 - Ghost Squadron
30633 - Hey Squadron
28763 - Daleth Squadron
10060 - Kaph Squadron
9578 - Avenger Squadron
9002 - Typhoon Squadron
... And here are the final TOTAL STANDINGS :
397095 - Ranger Squadron
365866 - Demon Squadron
282953 - Beth Squadron
282548 - Falcon Squadron
214142 - Phantom Squadron
208154 - Daleth Squadron
154257 - Ghost Squadron
146965 - Avenger Squadron
115403 - Aleth Squadron
110081 - Hey Squadron
63258 - Teth Squadron
47926 - Thyphoon Squadron
22461 - Kaph Squadron
724 - Valkyrie Squadron
12 - Odin Squadron
As you can see, Ranger Squadron takes it again. Excellent work, however, by Beth Squadron with an outstanding 3rd place finish, as well as Daleth with an impressive 6th place! Aleth and Hey Squadrons rounded out the top ten in 9th and 10th place, respectively. I'm very pleased with the results, and I know we will have the 1st place squadron next year ;-)
- All W3 CMDRs should check their records to see which pilot's completed EVERY SINGLE COMBAT RUN of the XWA League. These pilot's shall be awarded the Imperial Security Medal for their top-notch efforts. CMDRs, go ahead and award the ISMs yourselves.
- And, finally, my retirement became official this week as I was removed from the Wing III rosters. LC Sequoh Marden has been chosen to replace me as WC, and I know he will do a wonderful job. Show him all the support and respect that you had for me, and I know that W3 will continue to grow and become the best darned wing in the fleet.
Seq, you might want to post this report to the online reports at TC.ORG, since I can't do that anymore ...
Also, anyone interested in the position of Beth CMDR should contact Seq!
Wing III Quote of the Week
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"Congratulations on your promotion to WC, Sequoh. It won't be long now until
you're regarded as fairly important and I may even consider calling you
'sir'." - CPT Werdna Elbee 'congratulates' Sequoh on his new position
Other notable quotes this week :
"HEHE , TRIPLE ROUND!!!" -- CM Wolverine learns that someone else is paying for the drinks
"::FA Kramer madly swivels around, trying to find the tail plugged into his . . . umm . . . "port." His dog, sensing incorrectly it is playtime, begins to chase her tail as well::" -- Just a brief glimpse of the everyday activities it takes to keep the Sovereign running ;-)
"Sorry to hear you have to retire, Sas. Finding a WC as good as you is going to be like finding a virgin in a brothel." -- Werdna sure knows how to make someone feel special
"Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die." -- Anonymous
"Black holes are where God divided by zero." -- Anonymous
"Cannot find REALITY.SYS. Universe halted." -- Anonymous; The grand-daddy of all error messages!
"Many people quit looking for work when they find a job." -- ... except for people in Wing III ;-)
Misc.
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- Well, this is it. For the past year or so, it has been my honor to serve as your Wing Commander. I've throughly enjoyed my time here, and I've made many new friends. I know that Wing III will go on just fine without me, especially now that I know Seq will be replacing me. I have full confidence in him, and you should too.
As I've said before, just because I am retiring, don't expect me to disappear. You have not heard the last of me, I assure you ;-)
I'm struggling to find the right words ... just remember that I will be back someday. That's a promise.
Ladies and Gentlemen ... Fly High and Watch Your Six. That's my final order to you.
Take care of yourselves until we meet again,
RSV/GN Sasquatch / M-FRG Phoenix / Reserves
[GS] [BSx4] [PCx11] [ISMx10] [MoT-gh] [CoL] [CoB] [LoAx2] [OV-2E] [IWATS-CBX-GFX-IIC/1-M/1-SM/1-TM-TT] [GALL]
M-T/A 'Silhouette' / LT3000 'Sunday Money'
"Fly High and Watch Your Six!"