Cobra Squadron
Report #18
4.4.2003 - CPT Blade
Cobra Weekly Report
CMDR/CM Blade/Cobra/Wing XIV/ISD Intrepid
CPT Blade began his walk to the briefing room for his weekly report. It seemed like any other week that he made the same march. He stopped by the squad bay to make sure none of his squadron was still in there. He looked around and didn’t see anyone so he moved on. He stopped in front of the door to the briefing room and could hear the voices from his pilots, he smiled to himself as they tried to be quiet. Blade reached for the controls to open the door, when he activated them they didn’t work. He tried again and the display said locked.
‘Hmm,’ Blade figured that they were watching some kind of porn again and were trying to put it away before he got there. He concentrated on the lock and used his abilities as a Dark Jedi Knight to force the lock open.
“SURPRISE!!!” They yelled. Not only was Cobra in the room but so was the Wing Commander and the Commodore of the Intrepid and a bunch of other pilots from the Wing.
Blade jumped back and by instinct drew his blaster, he reflexively pulled the trigger and… Confetti shot out.
“Ahh crap,” Blade said as he looked over his blaster. Seems his pilots had replaced it with a Corellian Whiz-bang gun.
Blade entered the room and noticed the Cake and decoration about the room. The Banner across the wall said, “Happy One Year in The TIE Corps Blade!” Blade realized that is was exactly one year since he had joined to the day….
CMDRs Ranting-
First off, activity. I seem to say this every week but we need to get going. We have pretty well stagnated on Citations and that needs to change. I want any and all activity that you do for any reason cc’d to me at least so it goes in my records. If you do something and I don’t know about it then it doesn’t get put in my MSE and you do not get rewarded come end of the Month. I have set goals for myself and they are to gain as many FCHG points a month as I can and to at least fly a few MP comps when able. The days that I used to fly a lot of MP are slow right now as my time isn’t as abundant as it used to be. This summer that will change as I am not taking summer classes. What are your goals? I want to hear from each of you. Just a quick email to let me know you are still alive and what you plan to accomplish. We need to get going here. The ASF is an active group, Wing XIV is an active group, so that means that Cobra needs to be an active group. Come on everybody lets get it going and show the rest of the Wing Cobra isn’t a bunch of Lazy Pilots.
TIE CORPS/ EH News-
SO resigns, FA Brad has called it quits, read his resignation letter at this link http://www.emperorshammer.net/reports/report.asp?reportid=9481&commandstaffid=9
New Comp at the MSN Game zone starting today at 2:00pm EST. It’s called TIE Advancement and I figure it features TIE Advanced fighters only judging from the name.
The Training office has vacancies for 3 professors. ASP, Flash and Eggdrop (bot). For a full list of qualifications look here http://www.emperorshammer.net/news.asp
Weekly Squadron/Wing News-
Many comps to keep active with for the wing, including 2 I will have starting on April 12th.
Competitions-
COBRA Ace of the Month Has ended for this month. Due to the lack of participation the comp will be suspended for a while.
Back to Basics Comp- Send the Third training mission in XVT to COM to enter. Must be flown on hard or will not be accepted
Two new Comps come from our beloved WC they are…
-"Wings of Fortune"
http://www.emperorshammer.net/competitions/details.asp?ID=404
-"Scarlet Shade"
http://www.emperorshammer.net/competitions/details.asp?ID=405
My two can be found on my profile. One is a runon competition and the other is a caption comp. They will not start until April 12th so be ready.
Citations report-
We currently have 23 citations. I want to see it go up. I know you can do it, just fly and send me the pilot file. It’s that simple.
Medals/Awards-
None this week, should be some here next week (I hope anyways).
Activity-
CPT Blade- Worked on Comps, flew a bunch of XWA, wrote some fiction, did CMDR-ly things, IRC, Email, abd some other stuff.
CM Kettch- Flew XVT DB 4, email and IRC contact.
LT Nova Killer- Reported in
CM Vessicant- Reported in and flew XVTTC 33
LT Willie- No contact week 2, need to report in to your FL and/or me each week.
Major Kyle- Reported in
CMDRs orders-
1) Be active. This includes flying (SP, MP), writing fiction, IRC, email, whatever.
2) Prepare for SC:VI, we want to keep the Intrepid as the Flagship of the ASF.
3) Have a good idea for a comp? Let me know and we’ll see what we can come up with.
4) Most importantly, have fun.
5) Fly assigned battles, if there are problems then let me or your Flight Leader know.
6) Contact me at least once a week so I know that you are not AWOL
Squadron Rosters-
COBRA SQUADRON OF WING XIV : Special Operations
COMMANDER: CPT Blade (eh_blade2003@yahoo.com) - #8905
NICKNAME: Lethal Scourge
BANNER: http://www.emperorshammer.net/images/banners/cobra.jpg
MOTTO: We're not looking for trouble...We ARE trouble!
HOMEPAGE: http://www15.brinkster.com/acoblade/cobramain.htm
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=32
FLIGHT I - TIE PHANTOM
Nickname: NightHawks [Recon]
Motto: Be it throat or underbelly, our blades shall find a mark.
1) CPT Blade (eh_blade2003@yahoo.com) - #8905
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: The Cleansing Fire [Assault]
Motto: Kick 'em in the teeth!
Homepage: http://www.efaibn.eclipse.co.uk/flight2
1) CM Kettch (kettch@efaibn.eclipse.co.uk) - #5243
2) LT Nova Killer (novakiller01@yahoo.com) - #10183
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - TIE VANGUARD
Nickname: Harbingers of Agony [Superiority]
Motto: Beware, for we watch you with unblinking eyes.
1) CM Vessicant (bofklar@hotmail.com) - #7903
2) MAJ Kyle (eh_kyle@yahoo.com) - #3133
3) LT Willie (Jaswillie9765@yahoo.com) - #10405
4) TBA
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Total: 6
Squadron Citations (23):
TIE-TC Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TIE-TC Battle 3 - New Dimensions
TIE-TC Battle 4 - Recapture Zaarins Technology
TIE-TC Battle 5 - Pirate Uprising
XvT-TC Battle 1 - The Verpine Encounter
XvT-TC Battle 2 - Capture of a Murderer
XvT-TC Battle 3 - Preparing for Battle
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 9 - The Black Sun Incident
XvT-TC Battle 11 - Krayt Squadron Training
XvT-TC Battle 12 - Odin's Redemption
XvT-TC Battle 13 - Graduates, Graduate!
XvT-TC Battle 20 - Mysterious People
XvT-TC Battle 30 - Wing XV: Hornet Squadron
XvT-TC Battle 31 - Pirate Scouts
XvT-TC Battle 33 - Wing XV: Python Squadron
XvT-TC Battle 53 - INT Shire III
XvT-DB Battle 1 - Jedi Academy
XvT-DB Battle 2 - Rascar Political Disruption
XWA-TC Battle 8 - Hammer to Anvil
Combat Ratings-
Veteran 3rd (80 points)
[88] CPT Blade
Certified (5 points)
[5] MAJ Kyle
Trainee (1 point)
[4] CM Kettch
Fleet Commanders Honor Guard (FCHG) Ratings-
• Executor [EXCR] (750 points)
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• [838] CPT Blade
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• Paladin [PLDN] (300 points)
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• [381] CM Kettch
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• Knight [KNGT] (250 points)
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• [280] CM Vessicant
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• Cavalier [CAVL] (150 points)
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• [151] MAJ Kyle
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• Hussar [HUSS] (50 points)
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• [68] LT Nova Killer
Final thoughts-
Starting this weekend I will be expecting to hear from my Flight Leaders at least once a week. This is Wing Policy straight from LC Tissaya Argat, our Wing Commander. Also it is now Squadron Policy. Flight reports are due on Thursday at the latest. They need to contain flight news only. An email will be coming soon to the FLs. I don’t want to come across as mean person, I think that it’s my fault that Cobra has slipped since I took over. I blame myself for the lack of activity going on. I am not going to jump in and say if you don’t do this then you are fired or anything like that but I am going to say that we need to get going and become more active. I had hoped to challenge other squadrons to comps but if I only have one or two pilots participating then we would get stomped, rather badly I should say as my esteemed British colleagues would say. We need to raise our standards some and up the level here.
I don’t know about you all but I joined the TC to have fun, not to sit idly by and watch others participate. I joined to show others that “Hey here I am and here’s what I can do”. I’m sure that Kyle and Vess remember when I first joined Cobra. It was right in the middle of SC:IV. I joined a week after Phantom did and soon I was scoring an obscene amount of points. I ended up getting the most points in Cobra, even though I joined later into the comp. My competitiveness with Phantom helped me out a lot. I was always trying to one up her and she did the same with me. It was evident during the first run of the Cobra Ace of the Month. I won the entire first run under Major Doros run as CMDR, I usually had first and Phantom ended up in second most times. But enough about history here, we need to look at the future of Cobra and see where our place in it will be.
As always any complaints, comments, or anything else, are welcome in my email box.
Respectfully submitted by,
CMDR/CPT Blade/Cobra/Wing XIV/ISD Intrepid
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