TC Report Stationery
Commander Vallyn walked along, boots echoing on the metal floor of the
Imperial Star Destroyer Vanguard. An ensign stepped up to him and said, "Sir,
the mechanics report that the hyperdrives and shield systems have been
successfully installed in your TIEs."
"Very good. Have they been
tested?" Vallyn replied.
"No, but -''
"Have him test them, then. It
would be quite a tragedy if we flew out there and the hyperdrives failed in the
middle of a hyper jump."
The ensign sighed. "Yes,
sir." He turned the other direction and strode off.
Vallyn stopped at a flag
officer's door. The door slid open, to reveal the Wing Commander's spacious
quarters. Vallyn saluted.
"Please Blair, sit
down," Strahd said with a curt salute. Vallyn came in and took a seat.
"I think we'll be
ready to fly the mission today. The mechanic reported that the extra systems are
installed. They haven't been tested, though."
"Good. Is there anything
else?" Strahd asked.
"No, though I thought you'd want to attend my first briefing to make sure
it runs smoothly."
"Sure, I'll be there."
"Thanks," Vallyn
replied. He got up and left. And found a furry Mursetian standing outside
Strahd's door.
"Hello Da'Ger, what's up?" Blair said
Da'Ger saluted and said,
"Hello sir!"
"At ease." Blair said. "What are you doing hanging around Strahd's office
anyway?"
"Oh…nothing…" Da'Ger smiled slightly.
"I don't know what you're up
to, but I want your flight to be ready for combat. I'm betting there's some kind
of Rebel starship hanging around with the pirates, and I don't want it to leave
the pirates in this next mission." Vallyn said.
"Okay Blair. When's the
briefing?" Da'Ger asked.
"Soon, report to the hanger
in an hour. And make sure that lousy mechanic has everything installed in your
TIE Bombers properly. Last time he installed a hyperdrive in a fighter that
wasn't designed for it, the motivator failed after two
lightyears."
"Speaking of hyperdrives, Blair, I heard that General Solo has been
running around to different smuggling groups trying to garner
support."
"Is
that so? Well, we'll have to confirm that. We can't be acting on rumors. Anyway,
I have work to do. If you see Johann, tell him also to make sure his fighters
are prepped."
"Yes, sir," Da'Ger saluted. Blair waved him off, Da'Ger was very salute-happy.
Time to prepare the briefing for the pilots.
There's your hint for bonus points in the
new EIM mission! More about that later :) I know it wasn't very exciting or
funny...you get the funny stuff from Bender, and action is later for fiction
written about the missions...so on with the report!
Wing
News
Our ship is still the largest, let's keep it
that way
Ender did a COM report! He had some very
funny fiction in there, I suggest everyone read it. Also, he released the second
ViB mission for XWA. It's a ship-wide competition for scores and fiction. High
score and best fiction get a Silver IS. Runners-up get a Bronze IS. Let's show
the Commodore how active we are :) Email pilots and fiction to me.
Squadron
News
I appointed new Flight Leaders. They are the
most active members of this squadron.
I was awarded three DFC's for MP
comps.
Also, I've re-engineered the squadron
website. Take a look, it's really cool http://echo.vr9.com
EIM
Ender has selected what he thinks is the
best fiction from the trio he received for the last EIM mission:
"Though CPT Strahd was closest to the
'mission report' idea,
and LCM Vallyn's fiction very funny and well
written, LT Leeson's
missionreport, including screenshots of the
actual mission, gave me the
best idea of the mission atmosphere and
details."
"I'd like to congratulate LT Leeson (now CM
Leeson) with the
best fiction entry."
Congrats Leeson! You'll receive a medal soon
from Ender. Strahd will as well for the high score. Good job guys! (Why is it
they're not even in this squad anymore?? *grumble*)
Before I put Leeson's fiction, EIM mission
#2 is attached to this report. I want all of you to try and play it! It's hard,
so watch out. This time I submitted it to the TO, so high score gets an IS-BW
and best fiction gets an IS-BR. So get to it! I'm participating, too, so I'll
send everything to Strahd and Bender. Good luck! You can also download the
mission at http://echo.vr9.com
Here's Leeson's story:
A lone
shuttle emerged form hyperspace in the Pyrath System. Slowly turned towards the
rendezvous coordinates and accelerated to traveling speed. They silently rushed
towards their destination.
On the horizon the mighty Star Destroyer,
the Vanguard floated silently.
It kept growing bigger and bigger as the
shuttle approached. It's pearly white shell looked like as it could tell
thousands of stories of battles it saw.
- This is
shuttle TY-5204. Requesting landing clearance.
- Shuttle TY-5204 you may
approach. Land in Hangar bay A-5. - sounded the reply through the
comm.
- Shuttle TY-5204, roger.
- You are a bit late. We almost
left without you.
- We are sorry about that.
- No problem. ISD
Vanguard out.
The shuttle
approached the large hangar of the Star Destroyer. They landed without any
problems. When the sound of the engines died the ramp of the shuttle descended
and the door opened. A young man stood in the doorway. He was quite tall with
short brown hair and deep blue eyes. He was wearing the standard navy uniform.
His rank insignia indicated that he was at the rank of lieutenant. On the right
side of his chest few medals hung. On his shoulder he wear the patch of the
Aggressor Strike Force.
His
boots were very well shined. His uniform didn't have any spots on it. He
approached one of the security officers standing near a huge blast door. The
officer saluted and asked:
- Lieutenant
Leeson?
He
returned the salute.
- Yes.
- I'm
here to escort you to your quarters. - the officer said.
- Thank you.
Let us go then.
- Yes sir. Follow me please.
They
took a turbolift up to the crew quarters. They went through some hallways before
the officer stopped.
- Here
we are, sir. - he said.
- Thank you.
- The Vice Admiral is
expecting you. His office is 3 levels up from here.
- Thank you. I'll
see him right away.
The
officer saluted and left. Leeson entered his quarters. "Not bad he thought". He
dropped down his sack in the corner. He arranged his uniform and stepped out the
door. He entered the turbolift with a strange humanoid. He was wearing the same
uniform. His fur was white and was in harmony with the spotless uniform. His
rank insignia indicated the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He got out of the lift
one level before. He arrived alone to the level where the admiral's office was.
He had no problems finding it. He knocked on the door.
- Come
in. - came the reply from the other end.
Leeson
entered. He threw up a swift salute after closing the door.
- At
ease lieutenant. - the admiral said. - Please have a seat.
Bevel
quietly sat down before the admiral.
- So
you are Lieutenant Bevel Leeson, right?
- Yes, sir.
- As I see
from your records you transferred here from the Naval Corps. Why did you change
your Corvette to a small fighter?
- As you know sir, the Naval Corps has
been closed so I had no choice.
- I forgot. Well as you may already know
you have been assigned to Echo squadron. Your commander is Captain Strahd. You
can find him one level below. If you have any questions feel free to ask me
anytime. Dismissed.
- Thank you sir. - Leeson stood saluted and exited
the room.
He
took the same turbolift and went one level down. He searched for the commander's
office. But he got lost. As he was walking up and down the corridor he saw the
same humanoid, he was traveling with earlier in the turbolift, exiting a room,
but before he could ask for directions the humanoid disappeared behind the
corner. "Ohwell, I guess I have to find it on my own." he thought and looked at
the door the creature just exited.
- I
can't be this lucky. - he said as he was looking at the nameplate next to the
door.
"Captain
Strahd, Echo Squadron" was written there. He knocked and entered once allowed.
He saluted and said:
- Lieutenant
Bevel Leeson reporting for duty, sir!
- At ease lieutenant. Please take
a seat.
- Thank you sir.
- You have just missed one of your
squad mates, Lieutenant Commander Da'Ger.
- Oh the fury
guy?
- Yes. - Strahd smiled. - He is a Mursetian.
- Mursetian?
Oh…
- Well let's get on to business. According to your records you were
in the Naval Corps. Which unit?
- I was in Task Unit Argonaut, Task
Force Crusader. I was the leader of the 2nd Corvette Squadron.
- Ah. I
see. As I see you have been doing a good job there.
- Well… yes for the
short amount of time till I was there.
- Well lieutenant. You are
assigned to my Flight. You will be flying TIE Interceptors. The squad's XO is
Lieutenant Commander Blair Vallyn. You can ask him any question you have. If you
don't have any questions right now, then you can leave.
- None this time
sir. I'm a bit tired. Am I dismissed?
- Yes. Dismissed.
Leeson
stood and saluted. Strahd returned the salute. Leeson exited the room and took
the turbolift back to his quarters. He dropped onto his bed and took out his
journal for his sack. He continued where he stopped. He wrote down his arrival
at the Vanguard and the meetings with Vice Admiral mBind and Captain Strahd. He
also wrote down his first impressions about the Mursetian. The announcement
entering real space interrupted his work.
Suddenly the sound of an
explosion could be heard. The alarms immediately went of. The emergency lights
gave a red shade to the room.
- Echo
squadron report to the hangar bay immediately. - sounded from the internal
comm.
Leeson
sighed as he forgot to unpack his flight suit. He quickly jumped on his feet and
began to search for it in his sack. He put the helmet on the table and
finally found the suit itself too. He put his watch on the table and
started the timer. He began to change. When he finished he looked at the watch.
"Damn. I'm slow today." - he said to himself and threw the watch on the bed. He
picked up the helmet and left.
The other pilots were already there when
he arrived. Strahd were giving out orders to them. He turned to Leeson when he
arrived.
- Late
again lieutenant. - Strahd said.
- Sorry sir. Won't happen
again.
- I hope so pilot or I'll be forced to send you to kitchen duty.
- Strahd smiled. - But know you will have the honor to go in the first wave. It
will be a basic recon duty. Your job is to ID all ships in the area. You can
fire when attacked not before. Everything clear?
- Yes
sir.
- Okay pilots. Good hunting. - Strahd shouted. - Make me proud. Oh
and Leeson please don't hit anything on your way out. - he smiled
again.
They
quickly jumped in their fighters and the first four immediately exited the
hangar.
Four
little shiny spots appeared below the Star Destroyer. They were invisible to the
eye from great distance. The four TIE Interceptors turned towards the platform.
- Take
out the escort first. Those 6 Z95 Headhunters won't cause too much problem. -
said Echo 1-1. - Attack formation. Accelerate to full speed.
- Yes, sir!
- came the reply.
The
four TIEs were rushing towards the Z95s. At the first contact they managed to
shoot down 2 of the Z95s.
- Okay. We evened the odds. 2 down 4 to go. Echo 1-3 and
1-4 take out the two on the left me and Echo 1-2 will take out the other
2.
- Roger sir. Echo 1-4 cover me. - said Echo 1-3
The 2 Interceptors turned left to flank the
Headhunters, but they missed and they were forced to turn. The Z95s were trying
to score in a head on attack. After getting into range they began to
fire.
- Echo 1-4 bracket high-low now! - came the
order from Echo 1-3.
The 2 TIEs changed their course. One going sharply
up and the other down, thus evading the enemy fire and letting them to fly
through between them. As soon as they passed 2 two surprised Z95 they began a
sharp turn. This maneuver gave them the advantage. They linked all canons and
fired. One of the Headhunters tried to evade the fire with few luck and with a
direct hit to the cockpit it turned into a big fireball. The other one lost its
wings and the pilot was forced to eject.
Meanwhile the other two Z95s
had better luck. They were chasing on of the TIEs while the other one tried to
get a solid lock on the Headhunters. Echo 1-3 and 1-4 could do nothing as they
were too far. Finally Echo 1-1 managed to get a lock and shot one of the Z95s
down.
- I can't shake 'em! Strahd where are you?! -
yelled Echo 1-2
- Hang on I'm coming … - said Strahd.
But he was late. The Z95 fired and wasted the TIE.
Fortunately the pilot could eject.
- NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! - shouted Strahd - I'll
get you for this!
- Vanguard this is Echo 1-4. Send in the recovery
team. Echo 1-2 was shot down. I repeat. We lost Echo 1-2.
- Roger, Echo
1-4. Recovery team is on its way.
Strahd kept chasing the Z95. The Headhunter was
moving in a crazy pattern trying to evade Strahd's shots. But he made a mistake
that resulted a solid lock for Strahd.
- I love this sound. - Strahd smiled and
pulled the trigger.
The laser shots from the TIE tore the Headhunters
hull apart destroying both pilot and machine. Strahd watched the parts
flying in to different directions for a second. He was interrupted by a message
from Echo 1-3.
- Heads up! 4 new fighters exiting the
platform.
- Attack formation! - said Strahd. - Show no
mercy.
The TIEs charged upon the new Z95s taking 2 down
when they were exiting. The other two split up to confuse them. Strahd chased
one and Echo 1-3 and 1-4 followed the other. The two remaining Z95 was shot down
almost at the same time making another floating pile of junk in
space.
- All right!!! - shouted Echo
1-3.
- Yeah. They are history. - said Strahd. - Echo 1-4.
- Yes
sir?
- Leeson. Inspect that Corvette.
- Copy sir.
Leeson turned towards the fleeing Corvette. Flying
at full speed it wasn't hard for the small TIE to reach the slow Corvette.
Flying within .5 clicks Leeson inspected the ship. The computers showed that
they are trying to escape with imperial armament on board.
- Vanguard. This is Echo 1-1. Send in Wasp
squadron to capture the Corvette and take back the platform. There are some
rebels on it. Till then we inspect the cargo containers and patrol for incoming
enemy fighters.
- Copy Echo Leader. Wasp Squadron is on its way.
An
Assault Transport, a Stormtrooper Transport and 2 TUGs exited the Star
Destroyer's hangar. The Stormtrooper transport quickly reached the platform and
docked with it. The TUGs headed towards the containers that were inspected by
Echo squadron. The assault transport had to fight its way to the Corvette
because it opened fire. They disabled it and managed to dock. In the
meantime:
- Echo Squadron. This is the Vanguard. We
have 3 X-wings emerging from hyperspace. Give cover to Wasp squadron
immediately.
- Roger that Vanguard. They are good as dead. - replied
Strahd. - All right Echo squadron. Let's fry these bastards for
dinner.
The
fight became a 1 on 1 contest. Strahd and Echo 1-3 quickly annihilated their
opponents, but Leeson was having some problems. The X-wing was on his tail madly
firing at him.
- Hey.
Get this guy off my tail!
- Hang in there, we are coming.
The
two TIEs begin the pursuit of the lone X-wing. But he was just firing at Leeson.
He even scored a hit jamming the stabilizations of the TIE and sending it into a
spin.
- Whoa!
Shot him down, Shot him down!
- Alright, calm down. - said
Strahd.
He
aimed and fired at the X-wing, damaging its right engines. Providing an easy
target for Echo 1-3. The X-wing became history and a small cloud of space
dust.
The transports successfully captured the Corvette and took back
the platform. The TUGs hauled the containers of supplies to the Vanguard. The 3
TIEs flown back to the Star Destroyer. But unfortunately Leeson's TIE took too
much damage and it's engines stopped at halfway back.
- Damn
you piece of junk… This is Echo 1-4. I'm having engine troubles please send a
recovery craft.
- Roger that Echo 1-4. The team is on its
way.
The
other two TIE Interceptors successfully returned to the hangar.
Leeson was
sitting quietly in the cockpit. The emergency red lights were flashing providing
some light for him to see the damaged control panel. Burnt out wires were
hanging from it. Electric sparks came out form one.
- Whoa!
Where the hell are you. This thing might blow up till you get here. - Leeson
said.
- Calm down we are coming. - came the reply.
Soon
a transport flown next to the damaged TIE and Leeson could see smiling faces
through the windows.
- It
was time you guys showed up. - said Leeson.
- Some coffee? Shall we
clean the windscreen? - the crew was joking with Leeson.
- Nah! Just
give me a lift back. - he said.
The
transport docked with the TIE and Leeson stepped aboard the recovery craft. The
crew warmly greeted Leeson. The transport slowly turned towards the Vanguard and
accelerated to 1/3 throttle. Getting a bit away of the damaged TIE the locked on
to it with a tractor beam and continued the way back to the Star
Destroyer.
Strahd and the others were waiting for the transport to
arrive.
- I
guess you need to practice a bit in the simulator Leeson - said
Strahd.
- I think so too sir. - came the reply.
- But a job well
done Lieutenant. Your report should be on my desk tomorrow morning. And we will
discuss your training schedule as well.
- Yes sir.
- You are
dismissed. - Strahd saluted.
Leeson
returned the salute and took a turbolift to his quarters. He decided to postpone
writing into his journal to tomorrow and he went to bed. The mission and the
long journey took a lot out of him. He didn't imagine that he would be flying on
his first day on the Vanguard. He immediately fell asleep.
That's it! Good job Leeson :)
Squadron Activity
CM Blair Vallyn - 61 points
LoC for ASF (6/27/01) (3 points)
4
LoC's for ASF (7/18/01) (12 points)
LoC for TNT (7/19/01) (3
points)
Awarded DFC for GWC (6/27) (5 points)
Awarded DFC for TNT
(7/12) (5 points)
Awarded DFC for ASF (7/18) (5
points)
Completed TC-TIE#5 (6 points)
Completed TC-XWA#12 (5
points)
Made uni for self (1 point)
Flew in Tempest Storm (2
points)
Completed ViB#2 (1 point)
Updated squadron homepage (5
points)
Flew in GWC (2 points)
Flew in ASF comp (2
points)
Flew in TNT (2 points)
MP training with WC Strahd (2
points)
LT Kessap - 0
points
None, contact me or I
will be forced to remove you from the roster!
LT Maxwell von Opel - 31
points
IRC contact
Completed
TC-XWA#2 (5 points)
Completed TC-XWA#10 (6 points)
Completed
TC-XWA#4 (5 points)
Completed TC-XWA#5,6 (9 points)
Awarded
CoB (2 points)
Flew in TNT (2 points)
MP training with WC Strahd (2
points)
LCM Da'Ger - 0
points
On leave
LCM Zero Pain - 6
points
AIM contact
Email
contact
Completed TC-XWA#13 (6 points)
LCM Rex - 0 points
Email contact
AIM contact
CM Schitzo - 10
points
IRC contact
Completed
TC-XWA#12 (6 points)
Completed TC-XWA#15 (4 points)
LCM Johann Glorick - 40
points
2 LoC's for ASF (6/27/01) (6
points)
IRC contact
AIM contact
Email
contact
Made Opel's uni (1 point)
Flew in Tempest
Storm (2 points)
Tailored uni for Major Dengar (1 point)
Made
uni for self and Strahd (2 points)
Created new Flight III
website (5 points)
Completed ViB#2 (1 point)
Completed
TC-XvT#11 (5 points)
Completed TC-XvT#12 (5 points)
Completed TC-XvT#13 (4 points)
Completed TC-XvT#14 (6 points)
Flew in TNT (2 points)
LCM Ice Man - 0 points
IRC contact
AIM contact
LT Spawn - 0 points
None,
please contact me or I will be forced to remove you from the
roster!
Squadron
Roster
FLIGHT I - TIE INTERCEPTOR
Nickname: Protectors
Motto: To Serve
and Protect
1) CM Blair
Vallyn (andyl13@yahoo.com)
2) LT Kessap
(kessap@aol.com)
3) LT Maxwell von
Opel (megawierd@aol.com)
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - TIE BOMBER
Nickname: Guardians
Motto: To Protect and
Defend
1) LCM Da’Ger
(assassind@hotmail.com)
2) LCM Zero
Pain (rzero717@hotmail.com)
3) LCM Rex
(t_rex@prodigy.net)
4) CM Schitzo
(pjobling@hotmail.com)
FLIGHT III - TIE EXPERIMENTAL M1
Nickname: Defenders
Motto: To
Defend All Imperial Citizens!
Homepage: http://3flight.vr9.com/
1) LCM Johann
Glorick (Valehope03@yahoo.com)
2) LCM Ice Man
(flyrguy55@aol.com)
3) LT Spawn
(crazy_person_lol@hotmail.com)
4) TBA
Squadron Citations (14):
TC-XWA Battle 1 - Avenger
Encounter
TC-XWA Battle 2 - First
Contact
TC-XWA Battle 3 - The Darkon
Mystery
TC-XWA Battle 4 -
Privateer
TC-XWA Battle 5 - Show of
Force
TC-XWA Battle 6 - Enemy
Defector
TC-XWA Battle 7 - Assault on
Chimera
TC-XWA Battle 8 - Hammer to
Anvil
TC-XWA Battle 9 - Defection of
Kusanagi
TC-XWA Battle 10 - The Phare
Encounter
TC-XWA Battle 11 - Heroes of the
Immortal
TC-XWA Battle 13 - Hammer to Anvil Part
II
TC-XWA Battle 14 - The History of the ISD
Immortal
TC-XWA Battle 15 - Nasty
Surprise
Commander Blair
Vallyn
Echo Squadron Commander
VanCOM's Protector, June 2001
CMDR/CM Blair Vallyn/Echo/Wing XV/ISD
Vanguard
PCx2/MoI/LoC-PSx43/DFCx4/CoB [CAVL]
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