Tartarus Squadron
Report #12
9.21.2001 - CPT DarkC
TARTARUS SQUADRON
WING XIII of ISD GREY WOLF
WEEKLY SQUADRON REPORT
NR.12
by CMDR/CM DarkC
Hello guys once again:)) Hopefully this report will be a bit more cheerfull than the last one...lol
No matter what has happed the show must go on.
Anyway,what can i say...it was a good week for the squadron,you guys gave me a lot of work to do...lol,but i still think things could be better.
I'm sorry i have to write this in an official report,but as you know only half of the squadron was active this week. I really don't think this is the real
spirit of a team durring a competition. Of course , i'm not at all blaming Les,which unfortunatelly is sick. But i haven't heared a word this week
from Jonathan and Nick (fortunatlly for him Jatz finally emailed me...lol). And i will say it once again...i don't think you guys conssider me such a
cruel commander, i always understand other people's problems,no matter what those are, but i really wish i would know about them. Maybe i
won't be able to help you,because unfortunatelly i'm very far from you, but as i recall i'm your commander and i really dislike when my pilots don't
even answer my emails.
Well....i think i won't go any further with this,because this shoud be a funny report, but i won't end before congratulating Tom,Woob,Vulc and Jatz
for this week's activity:) This won't be forgoten.....lol....would a kiss be enough as a reward for now?...hehe
Well folks that was what i wrote yesterday,now i got some news and my whole report has to be changed...lol
RECRUITMENT
Well, as you probably read in our WC's report, Grey Wolf is now at 57 pilots and our WC wants it full. So as i said it before, try to find some new
pilots to join our squadron but on one condition...make sure they join us to help the squadron not to slow it down. The only thing we really need
right now is ACTIVE pilots.
NEWS
1. First of all i want to congratulate the CMDR's of Phoenix and Odin squadrons on their promotion to MAJ.These promotions were really
deserved:)
2.CM Marcin K steped down as Crusader CMDR, so the "new" CMDR is our dear old LC Mike:) I'm not very sure that wishing him luck would be
necesary....lol...we all know Mike too well. Anyway congratulations Mike!
3. The new ASF site can be found at http://www.halstar.f2s.com/asf/. Go take a look!
4. We have a new pilot..SL Mike Pawlowski.Welcome to Tartarus Mike!
FICTION
In the last minute i got part six of Jatz's story...lol...so enjoy:)
KHADGAR’S TEA
Part 6…I think….
By LCM yes, LCM Jatz Crakker!
Jatz coughed and climbed out of the smoking remains of his cockpit. Patting himself down, he checked to make sure he was ok. Satisfied that this was so, he
looked around and tried to get his bearings. Not too far away, lasers were flickering in the sky, and clouds of smoke were being whipped up by descending assault
transports. Above him, Tartarus’ interceptors were weaving and turning through the air in a dogfight with X-Wings.
Looking back towards the turmoil caused by the assault, Jatz spied an Imperial shuttle slowly descending towards what looked very much like the bunker assigned as
one of the primary targets. Arming himself with a rather large stick that had been dislocated from the tree his bomber had just ploughed into, Jatz trotted off in the
direction of the shuttle, hoping to get a cheap trip home.
************
Meanwhile, high above Crakker, Arcadius guided the two craft flight to the drop-point. He squinted through his bombsight and made appropriate adjustments.
Explosions rocked the bombers as the defenses tried to bring them down. Wiping the sweat from his brow, Arcadius called though his comlink to TK-7253. ‘On
my mark TK. Ready?’
‘Ready Sir,’ came the response.
Arcadius set his launch mode to twin fire, and with a finger hovering on the release, turned his attention back to the bombsight. Target Alpha, the power generator
came into view. Arcadius zoomed in on his bombsight, and aligned the crosshairs….
‘Now TK!’ Arcadius shouted to his wingman as he pushed the release button.
Bombs fell from both craft towards their target. There was nothing as the bomber’s ordnance hit the generator, but a fraction of a second later, the structure erupted
in flame.
A cloud of fire flattened the generator, and rose like a mushroom to engulf the area.
Arcadius’ bomber rocked as the shock wave from the blast caught up with the craft.
The defenses in the area stopped suddenly as they lost power, and for a moment there was relative calm despite the pillar of smoke rising from the generator.
‘This is Assault Transport Group Omega; the defenses are down. We’re securing a landing zone…preparing to deploy troops…standby, out.’
Arcadius shot a glance towards the assault transports now flying towards a single point like a swarm of angry wasps. ‘Ok TK, proceed to Target Bravo’ he ordered
his wingman. TK acknowledged, and the bombers sped swiftly towards their final target.
**************
Ensign Douglas shook in his seat. He was sure he would wet himself. He joined the Imperial Navy to avoid getting caught up in the dirty mess that was ground
warfare. Now his seemingly batty commodore was nearly literally dragging him by the ‘short and curlies’ into the thick of it. And all for a cup of tea it would seem.
Khadgar sat up the front of the shuttle, jovially sharing witty little anecdotes with the pilot, who seemed to be as terrified of the whole situation as Douglas was. The
co-pilot, having been ousted from his seat by Khadgar, now sat beside Douglas, praying to some deity or another. The noise was deafening as explosions outside
caused the shuttle to shake violently. Then, as if a switch had been thrown, the laser barrage stopped, and there was relative silence within the cabin.
‘Oh how wonderful!’ Khadgar beamed.
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Woobee noticed the Dark Brotherhood escort shuttles first. ‘Eh? What’s going on here?’ he wondered. ‘This is Tartarus 3-2 to Dark Brotherhood E/S Flight,
requesting status, over.’ Even as he spoke Woobee turned his gunboat towards the shuttles. He noticed Leslaw turn with him. Silence greeted his request. Again
Woobee repeated his request, then Leslaw. Still nothing.
‘I think we should tail these fellows, Woobs,’ Leslaw said.
‘Agreed. Lets go in low.’ He replied.
The gunboats swung in low behind the shuttles, and out of range of their tail guns. Just to be cautious.
NEXT WEEK! Well, I haven’t thought of that yet, but you can be assured it will be every bit as riveting as the drivel I’ve been selling you guys for the past couple of
weeks. At least tune in just for the self-centered satisfaction of seeing what your character is up to!
All that and more, next week, in KHADGAR’S TEA!!!!
POETRY
To be honest i'm not really sure you guys enjoy the stuff i write...lol....but here's another "creation" of mine....no one is forced to read it...lol
" Moments"
There are some moments in your life from time to time,
When not a single dream seems to come true.
Those are the moments when you're afraid you will not cross that line,
You raise your head and only see the rain and feel
the sky is falling down on you.
You're feeling lost but then you just remember you have friends
And you remember there is always sun after the rain
That is the moment when you wipe your tears and your fear ends
You start to smile and think about tomorrow saying to yourself
" I have to win this game!"
Because this is the truth,life isn't nothing but a game,
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,but all you have to do is play
Cause all those scary feelings and your fears are not a shame,
You're only human.But remember you will have to be the winner and
just try to push all fears away.
MEDALS
We have a medal this week....MoT-rh awarded to CPT Tomaas Banys for creating the battle TC-TIE #185. Congratulations Tom!! It's a real nice
battle:)
As i told you i am now updating the report i wrote yesterday...lol...so...here's another medal ...MoI for CPT Tomaas Banys.
Congratulations Tom for both the medals you received, but there is something you'll have to do now...i officially put you in charge of training our
new recruit.We lost a lot of citations...i want them all back...as quick as posible!:)
PROMOTIONS
Unfortunately we only have one single promotion this week and that's mine....lol I wasn't quite sure i deserved it,but so many of you insisted that i
had no other choice but accept to be called CPT...hehe. Seriously, thank you all:)
MP FLYING
We MUST increase our multiplayer activity! It counts a lot in the competition and i know you can do it guys.Tom and Vulcan already
did.Woob,Les,Jatz...what are you guys waitting for? Come on..i'm sure you enjoy it!:)
COMBAT RATINGS
Marksman 2nd - COLWoobee(23)
Certified - CPT Tomaas Banys (7)
Trainee (1) - LCMLeslaw(2), LCM Jatz Crakker (1)
None (0) - CM DarkC,LCM Arcadius Calidus, , LT Tk-7253,LT Song Dynasty,SL Mike Pawlowski
FCHG TRAIN
Not as many changings as last week,but we have one...LCM Vulcan became a Knight. Congratulations!
Legionnaire (500) - COL Woobee (533),CM DarkC (588)
Centurion (400) - CPT Tomaas Banys (443)
Paladin (300) - LCM Jatz Crakker (355),CMLeslaw(396)
Knight (250) -LCM Arcadius Calidus (272)
None (0) - SL Mike Pawlowski,LT Song Dynasty (0),LT Tk-7253 (5)
COMPETITIONS
Graphics and fiction competition
We really need some material for the webpage so we could outshine our mates from other squadrons. ISM for most creative people. The same
applies to the fiction writters. If it's good enough,ISM is yours. Our home page is improving everyday, but we can make it better....come on
guys,use your imagination!!:))
This started to work as i see....lol..keep them coming!
ASF SCIII
These are our results so far:
CPT Tomaas Banys 394 p (FCHG rank promotion included)
CM DarkC 302 p (FCHG rank promotion included)
LCM Vulcan 283 p(FCHG rank promotion included)
COL Woobee 184 p(FCHG rank promotion included)
LCM Jatz Crakker 158 p
CM Leslaw 20 p
LT TK-7253 10 p
We also gained 15 new citations which should bring us 150 points
TIE-TC Battle 20 - Escort Carrier Missions
TIE-TC Battle 27 - (X)-Wings of Glory
TIE-TC Battle 28 - Conquest
TIE-TC Battle 29 - Communications Wars
TIE-TC Battle 33 - Strike at Incom
TIE-TC Battle 34 - Encounter at Charybdis
TIE-TC Battle 44 - Military Complex Operation
TIE-TC Battle 176 - Threshold - Escort
XvT-DB Battle 3 - House Ludo Kressh: Battle for Frondra
XvT-TC Battle 11 - Krayt Squadron Training
XvT-TC Battle 12 - Odin's Redemption
XvT-TC Battle 13 - Graduates, Graduate!
XvT-TC Battle 14 - Orion Base Crisis
XWA-IW Battle 22 - Abyssi Ianua - Gates to Hell
XWA-IW Battle 24 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Seeds of Corruption
In the last minute i just found out that we have a new pilot in the squad...so we lost alot of citations for the moment.To be honest i'm not sure how this will affect our
scores in the competition...i'll talk to Khad and Az about this.
And there are also some fictions (Jatz's and Tom's) which have to ve reviewed by BGCOM Cyric.
I would like to remind you folks that you should send the fiction you write to AD Cyric if you want it to count for this competition.
RECORD OF THE WEEK
Hmmm...music again...lol. That means i have to think of something new and even something that you will like...hehe...to be honest this is quite difficult ,but i'll try...
Why don't you guys try some slow music this time...Richard Marx is great in my oppinion. Some titles?..."Right here waitting for you","Hazard","Now and forever".
CONTACT INFO
Depends on who (or what) you want to contact with. Jusk ask your CMDR:) .
SQUADRON ACTIVITY
This was a good week for the squadron (we're now at 1489 points), a very good week for those who were active,but a very bad week
considerring the percentage of active pilots.You may disagree with me on this, but a percentage of 50 % pilots active in the squad is not what i
call the spirit of a winning squadron. Because this is what we want isn't it?
Tartarus 1-1: CM DarkC (that's me...lol..for those who aren't aware of that) :I completed battles TC-TIE #114,119 & 185. I could and i should have
done much more as you CMDR,but unfortunately i had some problems at work as well as at home.
Tartarus 1-2 : CPT Tomaas Banys: Still the leader of this squadron:)) Flew battles TC-TIE #20, FCHG-BoP #1 , TC-XWA #1 & 19 and IW-XW
#5. He also created a battle (TC-TIE #185...check it out guys..it's great) and therefor received a medal(MoT-rh). Nice work CPT:)
Tartarus 1-3 : SL Mike Pawlowski : Just joined the squad. Welcome Mike...i hope you won't let us down:)
Tartarus 2-1 : LCM JatzCrakker :Lol...finally i got the email i was waitting for. Anyway...he flew TC-XvT # 11,12,13,14 &15 and TC-TIE #31 &32.
And he sent us the next part of "Khadgar's Tea":)) It's great to have you back...lol
Tartarus 2-2 : LCM Arcadius Calidus : Flew Free missions FBoP # 13 - 20,battles TC-BoP #6,TC-XvT #16 and TC-XvT #17 .He also completed
M/2 IWATS course. Good work again Vulc:)
Tartarus 2-3 :LT TK-7253 : Nothing this week.
Tartarus 3-1 : CM Leslaw : Unfortunately Les is sick so he couldn't fly anything this week :( I hope you'll feel better Les...i'm sorry i can't be of any
help with this.
Tartarus 3-2 : COLWoobee: Flew battles TC-TIE #176 & 99 and TC-XvT #11.Thanks colonel sir...hehe
Tartarus 3-3 : LT Song Dynasty : Nothing this week. I hope you'll at least email me Nick and let me know what's going on. We can't aford any
inactive pilots this month.No matter what the problem is,please let me know...i'd hate to lose you.
ROSTER
TARTARUS SQUADRONOFWING XIII : Pacification
COMMANDER: CM DarkC (sweetchrissyro@yahoo.com)
NICKNAME: The Hellraisers
MOTTO: With Death, Comes Supreme Justice
HOMEPAGE: http://www.powerup.com.au/~rbmcd/Tartarus
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=36&v=0&s=1
FLIGHT I - TIE INTERCEPTOR
Nickname: Masters of Torment
Motto: Real Men don't need shields.
1) CM DarkC
2) CPT Tomaas Banys
3) SL Mike Pawlowski
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - TIE BOMBER
Nickname: The Emperor's Shackles
Motto: Sending fools into the pits of Tartarus
1)LCM Jatz Crakker
2) LCM Arcadius Calidus
3) LT TK-7253
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: The Imperial Lunatics
Motto: Wake up and smell the burning rebels
1) CM Leslaw
2) COL Woobee
3) LT Song Dynasty
4) TBA
COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Well guys,i should have said that i'm proud of you guys. After all we still hold the third position in this competition and this is great.
But...i can only say i'm proud of some of you.If only with 4 active pilots we got 1489 points, imagine what we could have done if everyone of you
would have helped ...more or less . These kind of competitions don't happen every day...and last for only one month, so i really think that all of us
could make a little effort. You very well know your activity is rewarded.I hope none of you can accusing me for not repaying your efforts as i
should. But, first of all we're not doing this for the medals or the rewards...we're doing it for the squadron. So if you guys are really loyal to this
squadron (and not necesarily to me),please do something to show it! We still have some time left and i still think we can prove everyone who we
are. I'm sure all those from whom i didn't hear a word lately have a good reason,but i should have known it. That's why even risking to sound rude
i'll say this...if this squadron doesn't end this competition at least on the third position because of the lack of the activity of some of you...trust
me...those responsable will have to pay for this! And i'm not joking.
Oh..well...here goes the sweet ,nice commander:(
CITATIONS
Unfortunately recruitment has it's advantages as well as it's disadvantages....one of the last ones is that we actually had 66 citations
yesterday,but we only have 26 today:(
Squadron Citations (26):
TIE-TC Battle 1 - Capture of Zaarin
TIE-TC Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TIE-TC Battle 3 - New Dimensions
TIE-TC Battle 6 - Destruction
TIE-TC Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TIE-TC Battle 14 - Vader Takes Command
TIE-TC Battle 15 - Special Operations
TIE-TC Battle 26 - The Dark Troopers
TIE-TC Battle 28 - Conquest
TIE-TC Battle 30 - Save the Emperors Archives
TIE-TC Battle 36 - Weekend Retreat
TIE-TC Battle 121 - Battle of Principles
XvT-TC Battle 1 - The Verpine Encounter
XvT-TC Battle 2 - Capture of a Murderer
XvT-TC Battle 4 - Encounter with the Black Sun
XvT-TC Battle 5 - Phoenix Saga
XvT-TC Battle 6 - Wolf Pack Aggression
XvT-TC Battle 7 - The Resupply
XvT-TC Battle 8 - The Loshen Resistance
XvT-TC Battle 11 - Krayt Squadron Training
XvT-IW Battle 10 - Hunt for Fleet #18
XvT-IW Battle 12 - The Miranda Passage
XvT-IW Battle 23 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Infiltrate Rion
XvT-IW Battle 25 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
XvT-DB Battle 1 - Jedi Academy
XvT-DB Battle 2 - Rascar Political Disruption
BATTLES TO FLY NEXT WEEK
All my plans went to hell right now..lol. I'll have to reconsider the whole strategy for the squadron for next week,so i guess you'll have to wait for the
specific orders on monday as usual. But anyway,the most important thing right now is to fly as much as you can. We MUST hold the third position
in this competition by all means.
FINNAL THOUGHTS
Well guys, to be honest i really don't know what to say...lol. yes, it's true...i was a bit dissapointed this morning when i found out how many
citations we lost,you remember one of our declared goals was to reach 75 citations,but i had to calm down and think...lol. Our squadron always
needs some new good pilots,so i'm really happy Mike joined us (of course he will have to prove us he understands our team spirit...lol). After all
i'm sure we'll get those citations back in no time. All that counts now is the ASF SCIII...all we need right now is ACTIVITY from all of the pilots in
this squad.Because if we fail in achieving our goal...that's "at least the third position"...then i'll really get mad!...lol
LAST MINUTE NEWS
I have received some more pilot files late yesterday and this morning.I have included all the battles in my report,but unfortunately there are still
some pilot files i haven't been able to submit because of some problems with the tiecorps page.Anyway,don't worry all your bsf's will be taken
care of.
I just got an email from Les.Unfortunately he's feeling worse and also has some problems with his internet conection, so we won't be able to
count on him next week:( Anyway...at this point all that matters is that you feel better Les, please take care ,we're all thinking of you. Unfortunatelly
it's all we can do...
Respectfully submitted,
CMDR/CPT DarkC/Tartarus/Wing XIII/ISD Grey Wolf
BS/PCx2/ISM/MoI/CoB [LGNR]{IWATS-CBX-M/1/2-SM/2-TT}
WC's OWN for MAY 2001
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