Alpha Squadron Report 8
Date Submitted: September 27, 2015
From: CMDR/CM Archenksov
To: COM/HA Anahorn Dempsey

Introduction

Now this is more like it! One new pilot who's already made LT, a returning Alpha legend, and more sorties than you can shake a vibroblade at. I'm so happy with you guys that I've decided not to throw the bottom-place finisher for Alpha Dog out the airlock.

News

There's so much good news that I had trouble waiting until Sunday to send it out. SL SuSaWo joined us and almost immediately moved up to LT, then Talons Pryde staggered back from the Phoenix on Wednesday. Now I know we're a squadron full of young whipper-snappers, but a few of you might remember that name. Talons joined Alpha way back in 1999 and served as our CMDR in 2002, then again in 2006, and for a third time starting in 2007 and lasting until we moved to the Hammer. With these two new additions, and the continued efforts of LT Antu and COL Aznable, we're in a very strong position going forward.

Alpha Dog really heated up this week. LT SuSaWo grabbed the title for the week, but LT Antu and COL Aznable put up a strong fight. Congratulations to SuSaWo for his IS-BR! There's still a few more days for one of you to try to steal Alpha Dog of the Month from him. More detailed scores are available here.

Talons mentioned squadron citations in an email to me. Currently we have none. Since Landon's day this has been primarily a Star Conflict squadron, but the pendulum is swinging back towards TIE and XvT. So I'd like to see us knock out a few citations. The two we're closest to are XvT-TC 2 and XvT-TC 3. If you haven't flown those already, please give it a shot - we only need one more person to get the citation for those. I'm going to talk to people via email this week and see what you guys think about starting a competition along the lines of Delta's Citation Hunt, though probably a little more competitive.

In other news, I did some housekeeping. Not only is our wiki page up to date, but as of this writing we are the only squadron where every member has a wiki page. They're pretty bare bones, so please feel free to make a wiki account and flesh your pages out a bit. Alpha's rapid growth has also stretched Chrome's tailoring skills to the breaking point, but you'll find your new uniforms are ready:

• LCM Neuronmoon
• LC Iceman
• LCM Chrome
• LT Milo Antu
• COL Rau Aznable
• LT SuSaWo
• LCM Drake Thoros
• LCM Hellionexus
• COL Talons Pryde

Transfers:

• SL SuSaWo from PLT Daedalus to Alpha 2-4
• COL Talons Pryde from Inactive to Alpha 3-4

Promotions:

• SL SuSaWo to LT
• LT SuSaWo combat rating from Trainee to Certified
• COL Rau Aznable combat rating from Marksman 4th to Marksman 3rd

Medals:

• CM Archenksov: LoC
• LT Milo Antu: IS-BR, IS-BW
• COL Rau Aznable: LoC x9, LoS x8
• LT SuSaWo: LoC x6; LoS x13

Open positions:

• Flight 2 FL
• Flight 3 FL

Alpha Dog (month/week):

1. LT SuSaWo: 58 (+58)
2. LT Milo Antu: 55(+35)
3. COL Rau Aznable: 51 (+51)
4. LC Iceman: 12(+0)
5. LCM Chrome: 12(+0)
6. COL Talons Pryde: 5 (+5)
7. LCM Drake Thoros: 3 (+0)
and
8. CM Archenksov: 89(+23)

Competitions

• *THIS* is the TIE Corps – Ends Wednesday. Eligible for an IS-PR!
• One Hammer to Rule Them All – Check our beloved COM's weekly report for two assignments, one flying and one not. Mail submissions to HA Dempsey. Last week's assignments (due Tuesday):
  • Round #3 Flying Assignment: Fly a Star Conflict PvE mission on Tier 1: highest amount of credits earned wins. Screenshots to be submitted to the COM for the competition, don't forget to submit them through the website to earn a Legion of Skirmish!
  • Round #3 Non-flying Assignment: Trivia: complete the 10 trivia answers you can find at the given URL (link to trivia questions). Note that:
    
    • you must be logged into the TC database to be able to access the questions or submit your answers
    • Each competitor gets the same questions, but in a different order
    • You can only submit your answers ONCE, but you do not have to leave the window open
    • You have to submit all answers in one go
    • IMPORTANT: you can only submit answers ONE time, hitting the submit button will end your competition
    • Winners decided based on number of correct answers and time needed to complete the trivia, your time begins when you first see the questions!
This week's assignments (due Sunday):
• Round #4 Flying Assignment: Fly TIE free 99. Your score is the laserless score multiplied by the # of warheads fired, divided by the # of warhead hits - whoever gets closest to 3274 points wins.
• Round #4 Non-flying Assignment: The Walking dead - We're shooting zombies today: http://www.addictinggames.com/zombie-games/dead-zed-2-game.jsp - send a screenshot to the COM and the highest score wins.
• Alpha Dog of the Month - Get points from participating in TC activity. The most active Alpha pilot each week gets a IS-BR and each month gets a IS-SR.

Roster and Activity

COMMANDER Commander Archenksov
NICKNAME: Auroran Aces
MOTTO: "The beginning to your end"
REPORTS: http://tc.emperorshammer.org/showreport.php?id=1&nid=7
BATTLEBOARD: http://tc.emperorshammer.org/battleboard.php?sqn=7

For the Hammer and victory,

CMDR/CM Archenksov/Alpha/Wing I/ISDII Hammer
PCx2/ISMx2/IS-2GW-7SW-11BW-4BR/LoC-IS-CSx3-Rx2/LoS-CSx6-Rx2/MoC-1soc-3boc/CoL/CoB [DRAG]
[Marksman 2nd] {IWATS-BFM-EAW-HIST-MCBS-SC-SFW-SM/4-XWAC}