• Now the good ones: a new pilot joined our squadron and he has already gained his promotion to LT, congratulations to LT-TK7520, drinks are on you! :P

• Our citations are back! Ranger currently owns 48 Squadron citations.

• Be ready for the upcoming WCs Own. This will be the second part of the Immortal's Own award and it'll be a great chance of revenge for us after the COMs Own disaster.

Squadron Status/Orders:

• Ranger Ace: yes, this week we'll have another round of our internal competition to see who is the Top Gun of the squadron. The mission to fly is FXWA-26 Lost In Space. Your pilot files are due in my mail box next Sunday (26/08/01).

• Shameless Promotion Competition (Copied from TO Report #14)                                                                            Soon, the Training Office will begin a regular mailing to Daedalus cadets, informing them about the TC, events within it, tips for training and profiles on TIE Corps ships, wings and squadrons. The best three of each of these areas will be selected for the first 3 issues of the mailing. Write a short explanation as to why your ship, wing or squadron should be selected. Criteria used will include quality of writing, supporting evidence and if your submission is funny (or not). Send your submission to shameless@imperialacademy.org. Your submission should have the subject line of "Shameless Promotion Competition - Division - Name", where Division is either Ship, Wing or Squadron and Name is the name of your ship/wing/squadron (ie. an Alpha squadron entry would have "Shameless Promotion Competition - Squadron - Alpha" . The body of the submission must start with "I think my ship/wing/squadron is the best because...", then your explanation. Lastly, include your ID Line. Submissions without your ID Line, without a correct subject line or body will be deleted. First placer in each division (ship, wing, squadron) gets an Iron Star-Platinum Ribbon. Second placer gets a Gold Ribbon, while third gets a Silver. The first placing entries will be used in the first mailing, second placer in the second mailing and third in the third mailing. Entries close on 27th August 2001 (that's a Monday). The winners will be selected during the week and notified. Results will be posted on the TO site, TC news and in the next TO report.

This is a great chance to let the Cadets know how good we are so i would like to see some good submissions for this competition. *Note from the COM*: "Please note that all articles you write about your Squadron have to be approved by your
Squadron CMDR, articles about the Wing have to be approved by Badlands, things about the ship by me. This shall not prevent you from getting a medal, this shall only prevent that someone writes something which is not true."
 
• Daedalus Motto Competition: this is another TO competition and another good way to get some merit points (7 points for each submission). Check out http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/daedalusmotto/ for more details.

CM Gidda (6) - Completed TIE 163 (6), helped the SCO with the new Fleet Manual project, created a custom OPT.
LT TK-7520 (5) - Joined Ranger Squadron, completed XWA 5 (5), promoted to LT.

CPT Mark Stephenson (6) - Flew XWA13 for the IAPL (6)
LT Corran Maxwell - No Activity, please contact me or send me some pilot file to BSF :p

LCM Vin Doros - Stays in contact
CPT Banger (6) - Completed XWA 13 (6)

Squadron Roster:

RANGER SQUADRON OF WING XI : Reconnaissance
           COMMANDER: CM Gidda (ehgidda@libero.it )
           NICKNAME: Champions of the Empire
           BANNER: ranger.jpg
           MOTTO: The Elite shall live, the Weak shall perish
           HOMEPAGE: http://www.corellia.de
           MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=22

           FLIGHT I - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
                  Nickname: Nightmare's Reality
                  Motto: Fortuna favet fortibus
                  1) CM Gidda (ehgidda@libero.it )
                  2) LT TK-7520 (bigred_lewis@guitar.com)
                  3) TBA
                  4) TBA

           FLIGHT II - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
                  Nickname: Hellfish
                  Motto: Fly with us or choose your fate and die
                  Homepage: http://hellfish.moonfruit.com/
                  1) CPT Mark Stephenson (lippy1@btinternet.com)
                  2) LT Corran Maxwell (scooterb1234@yahoo.com)
                  3) TBA
                  4) TBA

           FLIGHT III - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
                  Nickname: Shadows of Space
                  Motto: Those who are brave can only succeed
                  Homepage: http://www.shadowsofspace.moonfruit.com
                  1) LT VinDoros (myrlyn29@hotmail.com)
                  2) CPT Banger (bangmon@btinternet.com)
                  3) TBA
                  4) TBA

Squadron Citations (48):
                     TC-TIE Battle 1 - Capture of Zaarin
                     TC-TIE Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
                     TC-TIE Battle 3 - New Dimensions
                     TC-TIE Battle 4 - Recapture Zaarins Technology
                     TC-TIE Battle 5 - Pirate Uprising
                     TC-TIE Battle 6 - Destruction
                     TC-TIE Battle 7 - Betrayal
                     TC-TIE Battle 8 - Strike Against the Pirates
                     TC-TIE Battle 9 - Tracking the Defectors
                     TC-TIE Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
                     TC-TIE Battle 12 - Jedi Hunt
                     TC-TIE Battle 13 - Finding the Lakul
                     TC-TIE Battle 14 - Vader Takes Command
                     TC-TIE Battle 16 - Dacian Downfall
                     TC-TIE Battle 17 - Zaarins Missile Boats
                     TC-TIE Battle 18 - Interception
                     TC-TIE Battle 19 - The Tethys Honeymoon
                     TC-TIE Battle 20 - Escort Carrier Missions
                     TC-TIE Battle 24 - Save the Emperors DNA
                     TC-TIE Battle 25 - Spoils of War
                     TC-TIE Battle 26 - The Dark Troopers
                     TC-TIE Battle 28 - Conquest
                     TC-TIE Battle 29 - Communications Wars
                     TC-TIE Battle 32 - Assassinate the Fleet Commander?
                     TC-TIE Battle 121 - Battle of Principles
                     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 12 - Imperium Deception
                     TC-XWA Battle 13 - Hammer to Anvil Part II
                     TC-XWA Battle 14 - The History of the ISD Immortal
                     CAB Battle 2 - Assault Of Aurora
                     DB-TIE Battle 4 - Baptism of Fire
                     DB-XvT Battle 1 - Jedi Academy
                     IW-XWA Battle 22 - Abyssi Ianua - Gates to Hell
                     IW-XWA Battle 23 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Infiltrate Rion
                     IW-XWA Battle 24 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Seeds of Corruption
                     IW-XWA Battle 25 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
                     IW-XWA Battle 26 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Ambassadors
                     IW-XWA Battle 27 - Rion's Shadow Campaign: Tactical Withdrawl

FCHG Listings:

Executor [EXCR] (750 points)

                       [756] CPT Mark Stephenson

Legionnaire [LGNR] (500 points)

                       [563] CPT Banger

Centurion [CNTR] (400 points)

                       [435] CM Gidda

Knight [KNGT] (250 points)

                       [291] LCM VinDoros

Lancer [LANC] (25 points)

                       [29] LT Corran Maxwell
 

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