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Corran
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 21, 2002 5:06:32 PM    View the profile of Corran 
As the members of Venom squadron filled into the briefing room aboard the ISD Overlord, Corran could see the confusion on their faces. “OK,” Corran started, “We’ve received orders from Riel. And it looks like we might have got that change of starfighters you were asking for, Swomz. So, our mission is as follows. Nazgul Squadron are going on an undercover mission to Nal Hutta to try to find out some info about this pirate band that’s been causing trouble recently. Because of the nature of the mission they are going in as ground troops as civilians. This is where we come in. We are flying cover for them in Z-95 Headhunters.” “Z-95’s, that’s not what I expected” said Swomz. “Sounds easy!” said Denethor. “Well, our intelligence tells us that there will be nothing more than some outfitted freighters. But I don’t think that a pirate organisation such as this one would risk having such low defences,” explained Corran. “It may be that these freighters have attached loads of concussion launchers on,” pointed out jaded. “It’s possible but that would greatly reduce their manuverability, and I don’t think that they would want to risk that. It’s more likely that they have a couple of small fighters, possibly also Headhunters. So, not too much of a challenge. Due to that fact that we may need some help, or maybe just that we aren’t trusted, there is a Stardestroyer on the outer rim of the system if we need it. But,” continued Corran, “We have been advised that it is only to be used in that absolute of emergencies due to the fact that it could put the Vast Empire in a tight spot with the pirate groups out there.” “Now, do we have any questions?” asked Corran.
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 21, 2002 10:03:48 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
      Everone had already begun milling about when Swomz confronted Corran and began to talk to him about assignments and what his Flight would be doing.  First they discussed routine squadron assignments and their primary mission, and Corran explained little details about their assignment that would take precise timing.  Swomz fired off a couple of preliminary questions, trying to remember his big qestion he had waited the whole time to ask and then forgotten.  He heard Sabre talking about a patrol they had run, and then he remembered the question he needed to ask.       "Sir, I know that these are capable starfighters, but they are not what I expected.  What exactly will we be doing out there in Nal Hutta, and more specifically, what will my Flight be doing out there?  Can we set up patrols, and scouts to keep the air space safe?  And if we do have scouts, I would like to volunteer my Flight.  I know we do not have the normal amount of Flight Members, but I think we would be able to do that better, than patrol because we would be able to run in a scouting mission, but on a patrol you call for help, but stay and fight."         Corran collected his thoughts and got ready to answer Swomz...   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 22, 2002 8:30:12 AM    View the profile of Myrddin-Emrys 
    Myrddin-Emrys was standing outside after the confference, he knew how to fly a Z-95 headhunter, he had one back home that he used to fly all the time back home. He waited for everyone to come out of the confference room, the person he knew as Swomz came out and Myrddin introduced himself to him. OOC guys im stuck maybe ill think of something after someone else posts
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 22, 2002 4:44:22 PM    View the profile of Corran 
  “OK, Swomz, we don’t have any specific objectives,” started Corran “We will mainly be flying scout patrols around the system. We don’t however want to risk travelling too far as we don’t want to enrage any pirates. We could have one or two flights on guard duty, patrolling around a certain point and one flight going out slightly further range to spot trouble. Although, as you say not too far, otherwise help from the rest of the squadron would be unavailable. And since you are volunteering your flight, it looks like you are going to be going out first. And about the Headhunters I think we were given them because they would enable us to blend in with the local population, I expect TIEs would be a tad suspicious.”   “How long till we leave?” Swomz asked.   “About four hours. So get some sleep, it may get busy out there.”
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 22, 2002 7:21:21 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz entered the ISD Overlord's crew quarters and headed to the pilot's section.  He had made sure that Flight Three had roomed together so if called on to fight, he and Sabre would be out at the same time.  He entered the room and began rearranging so that the middle of his and Sabre's quarters would be less cluttered.  He moved the bunk bed against the wall and the table and two chairs on the opposite end near the holovid display.           He began to unpack and when he was done he headed down to the blaster range to blow off some stress.  He began light with his heavy blaster pistol and then moved on to heavier weapons.  He then went back to his cabin to get ready for Hyperspace.  He felt them enter Hyperspace and went to the mess hall to eat.  They would be in Hyperspace for fifteen hous, so he even had time to hit the simulators.           After Swomz finished his meal he went and grabbed Sabre to go to the sims.  He set the simulator for the Dominator Massacre trial, which had been an Imperial Star Destroyer that had been caught by one Mon Cal MC-90 Cruiser and an escort frigate.  They had deployed 72 fighters total and the following battle had been a massacre.  After they finished the Battle, neither winning nor losing because they had lost the Dominator, but had killed all the Rebels.             They then went to the meeting room for Venom where they got their Flight orders.  He and Sabre were to patrol the inner parameters set for the mission until relieved from duty.  He stalked towards his Headhunter, intent on what may lay ahead. To be continued...   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 22, 2002 9:57:12 PM    View the profile of Sabre 
(OOC: This post is just an elaboration of what goes on during Swomz's previous post )         Gathon peered out from around the corner back into the briefing room where Corran had just given Venom Squadron their orders. He had hoped to catch his Flight Leader after the briefing to make sure that their flight was not going to be volunteering to go out on patrols. That seemed something that Swomz would probably suggest to the Squadron Leader. Swomz's voice drifted toward Gathon as his head inched around the corner.     "..-ve scouts, I would like to volunteer my Flight. I know..."     Gathon closed his eyes and smacked the back of his head into the wall. What was the fascination some people had with going to fight pirates and most likely getting killed in the melee? If only he hadn't always been a coward at heart. He peeked back around the corner.     "...since you are volunteering your flight, it looks like you are going to be going out first." Corran's voice seemed to emphasize "first". Gathon sighed.         After standing around just long enough to find out that the Overlord was going to be jumping back into hyperspace in four hours, Gathon sullenly began the journey back to the Venom Squadron lounge. He didn't look up from the floor as other members of the Overlord's crew passed by him in the corridor. Concentrating on the drink he was going to get in the lounge, he didn't even notice Denethor and Jaded sitting at one of the tables playing Sabaac with their new flight memeber, Emon, when he walked in.         Jaded's amused voice suddenly rang out, "Let me guess, good ole Swomz volunteered you for the first patrol duty."         "How'd you guess?" Gathon replied while taking a seat at the bar.             "He came by to give us the good news about..... ten minutes ago." Jaded said after pausing to look at her chronometer. "He seemed as giddy as a first year Academy student." Denethor smirked over the top of his glass. Emon just looked confused. "Care to join us?"     "I'll have to jump in next round," Gathon said spinning around to face the bartending droid that worked in the lounge. "Corellian ale please." He turned back to look at the Sabaac game going on at the table while the droid disappeared beneath the counter. He couldn't see Jaded's or Emon's hand, but Denethor was holding a twenty-one after having finished picking up his cards. On the other hand, Jaded wore a completely rigid expression and was sitting rather straight in her chair. He could tell she was new to the game and also that she was also about ready to win the hand. Turning back around to the bar as the droid set down the glass in front of him, a bemused smile spread across his face as he heard Jaded exclaim, "Sabaac!" Standing up and heading over toward the table, he tossed a few coins into the pot and took a seat opposite Emon. He hadn't played the game in several years but he had always believed that the random chance present in Sabaac was a good indication of how the day was going to unfold. He took another drink as the cards were distributed amongst the four players.     "Ever played before Gath?" Denethor said as he began picking up his cards.     "Once or twice back on Corellia. I was never any good at it." Gathon said mildly although the glint in his eyes obviously revealed the lie. He picked up his cards one by one and sat gaping at the hand, an Idiot's Array. That was a very, very, very bad thing. "I'm out." He said standing up from the table. Draining the last bit of ale, he left the lounge quickly while the other Venom members sat staring.      He collapsed onto the bunk in the cabin he shared with Swomz. "I have a bad feeling about this." Suddenly Swomz stepped into the room and kicked the side of Gathon's bunk.     "Hey let's go do some simulator runs before we head out on patrol." He said after kicking the bunk one more time. "Come on, it'll be fun."     Gathon groaned as he rolled over and into a sitting position. "I have a better idea. Let's get some sleep," he said even though he knew it was futile.     "Overruled, now let's get down to the training rooms." Swomz grabbed Gathon and pulled him to his feet. "Let's hurry up, I don't want to get there and have them all be in use."     "Oh wouldn't that just be a shame." Gathon said, putting as much sarcasm as he could into his voice. Reluctantly, he headed out the door toward the simulators. "Why do I get the feeling this is not going to be my lucky day?"
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 24, 2002 6:31:37 PM    View the profile of Emon 
Emon sat in his cabin, thinking about his last encounter for a long while. He was exitced that he was finally out of retirment. Emon sat on his bed, and pondered. What would his future battles be like? He had not piloted a fighter for a long time. He would find out in the near future.
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May 27, 2002 8:53:17 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz entered the hanger where his Headhunter was docked.  He still had to get used to the slow speed and bad maneuverability of the Headhunter compared to the TIE, but at least he was no longer flying a tin can.  He began his visual inspection of the craft before he flew it on patrol.  He started with the missile launching tubes, which had been outfited with concussion missiles.  After his visual inspection of the outside was completed, Swomz climbed into the cockpit and began a check on all of the Headhunter's systems.  He had dubbed his Headhunter the Natalie II after a woman he loved back on the Naval base.           Swomz completed the check and called up Sabre on the com to make sure he was two green and good to go.  Sabre gave him a thumbs up and Swomz started the engines, drifting up and slowly heading towards space.  Swomz exited with Sabre on his wing to reach the perimeter they would patrol.  He throttled to full power and told Sabre they would practice precision flying since they ought to do something useful out on this patrol.           Sabre groaned, but flew into parade formation off of Swomz's right wing.  They began the perimeter sweep for pirates and Rebels flying precisely with Swomz correcting and making Sabre fly perfectly in formation.  He next told Sabre they would have a shooting competition, to see who could hit the unoperative nav buoy at the edge of their firing range first.  Swomz started and hit it solidly on his first try.  Sabre missed the fiorst time, but then hit it with a full blast from his laser cannons.  Swomz told Sabre he could have done the job with one shot and to remember to conserve energy that you didn't need to lose.            As they were at the edge of the perimeter sweep, Swomz saw a drifting modified bulk freighter.  He told Sabre to get on his wing, but not to close because he was going in for a visual inspection.  Swomz reached the freighter, and began to send a message to it to see if assistance was needed.  Just as he finished his question,  the freighter became a burst of activity, with weapons charging up after shields were raised.  Swomz tried to transmit to the Overlord for assitance, but their coms were jammed.  He told sabre to hightail it and get back to the Overlord for assitance while Swomz kept the freighter busy.  He saw Sabre head off and launched a concussion missile to try and cover his escape. To be continued... (Note: I will begin to post on my own posts if no one is active.)   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 27, 2002 10:05:03 PM    View the profile of Emon 
Emon sat in the cockpit of his Z-95 headhunter, taking in the thrills of piloting again. "How does feel pops?"asked Sabre "Pops?! We will just who's old around here" said Emon laughing Emon started doing the trick manuvers he and his brother Japer had learned when they were pilots for their parents trading co. All of a sudden, Emon saw a shot zoom past his ship. "WHOA! Saber, cover me. I'm gonna show this dude some manners." Emon "Will do" Emon targted the fighter, which seemed to a Star Adder. He had stories of these from his brother Japer, and that they were pretty deadly. Emon fired to shots at him, and connected one. Sabre also hit him twice. All of a sudden, Emon was hit hard, and was trying to repair his shields. " YO SWOMZ! I GOT TROUBLE! Sabre cant hold em!" yelled Emon
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May 27, 2002 10:22:00 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz heard Emon's shout for help and quickly executed a 180 degree turn away from the freighter he had been strafing to get to Emon and Sabre.  He saw a group of enemy fighters, about six of them, heading towards Sabre and Emon to finish them off.  Swomz saw that Denethor, Jaded, and Myrrdin were busy with the other fighters and that Corran and Zero had to stay with the freighter to try and keep it off everyone else's backs.  He streaked towards them, and when he reached Emon and Sabre seconds before the enemy craft, he fired off a concussion missile at a cluster of three fighters.         The missile clipped the wing of one of the fighters, smashing it into the next with durasteel-crumpling force.  Swomz began to target the remaining fighter from that group with his lasers and slowly tracked fire up its starboard wing until he broke throught the cockpit, allowing space to finish the job.  He veered off to help Emon with the remaining fighters and saw that one had already been taken out, but that Emon's fighter was damaged.           He then saw Sabre's damaged fighter miraculously turn towards the fighters trying to finish off Emon who had devoted all power to shields except life support.  A concussion missil streaked from Sabre's fighter, tracking the nearest fighter.  The enemy fighter was getting ready for an attack run when Sabre's concussion missile hit him.  Swomz let out a loud whoop because he could tell from his initial scan that Sabre's targeting was out.  Sabre had actually hit an enemy on purpose and without  targeting data.           Swomz then finished off the final enemy fighter and headed back to help Corran and Zero with the freighter.  As he targeted the freighter, he saw that they had taken out all the weapons systems and most of the maneuverability of the freighter, but it still had shields and engines.  Just as he streaked towards the freighter he saw another turret open up on the bottom, which must have been built in.  Swomz yeeled to Corran and Zero to watch out, but it was too late.  Zero was struck by the burst it let out and was left drifting off into space. To be continued...
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 28, 2002 7:50:51 AM    View the profile of Sabre 
(OOC: Okay, I'm somewhat confused by several discrepancies between Swomz's post and Emon's, foremost of which is the fact that I have Swomz's wing attacking the freighter, but then am magically back with Emon and supposed to take his wing against some fighter. Anyways, here's what going to happen. First, I'm going to start at the same point Swomz's post after my last post begins. Second, I am going to assume that Emon will edit his post so that I'm not in two places at once. This shouldn't be too hard using my story that you're about to read. Thirdly, I'm going to continue on all the way to the point where Swomz's post ends and give some more interesting material for our judges. Finally, this OOC will be removed once Emon has complied. That is all. )     Gathon slowly meandered over to the beat up Z-95 Headhunter that was sitting in the landing area where his TIE fighter would normally be resting. He really was not a big fan of the poor manueverability or crummy armor that the Headhunter boasted, but the ship did have one really nice feature that Imperial pilots appreciate immensely: a pressurized cockpit. The flight suit he was wearing was more comfortable than the standard garb, but the best part of it was the lack of the complicated appartus that maintained pressure inside the suit so the pilot didn't decompress. Brushing his fingers along the nose of the craft, he made a brief visual inspection of the ship before a white-clad maintenance tech handed him the systems diagnostic. Frowning as he scanned down the list at the lack of any stock components, he addressed the tech: "These power couplings are horrible, if I take a hit on the port side, all the electronics will sh-." As he glanced up he noticed that he was speaking to a woman. A rather attractive women.     Her large blue eyes returned his stare amusingly. "Short? More than likely. I guess you'll just have to avoid taking any damage then won't you. Never know what might happen if the main power generator sends a surge through a coupling this horrid. Who knows, it could potentially engage the hyperdrive motivator, now that would fun wouldn't it?"     He turned back toward the ship with a smirk. If he faced the ship she might not notice how the color had completely drained from his face. "I think I'd rather go rancor riding bareback." His voice only quivered slightly.     She turned away with a laugh. "That shouldn't be any problem for Gathon the Master Pilot now should it? Oh, and if I were you, I'd stay away from any asteroids." With another laugh she disappeared behind a supply crate.     Climbing up the ladder and dropping into the cockpit, Gathon began running through the pre-flight checklist. As he finished and brought the craft's power system online, he heard two clicks on the Three Flight comm. Turning to the Flight Leader and giving him a thumbs up, Gathon kicked in the repulsors and felt the ship rise a couple of meters off the flight deck. Kicking the main engines on, he swung around and headed out of the flight deck on Swomz's wing. He stayed in formation as the two craft made their sweep around the outer rim of the system. After a brief delay to destroy a NAV buoy, Gathon began picking up a modified freighter on the sensor panel.     As the two ships swung in for a closer examination of the freighter, gun emplacements became active and the ships shielding went up. Gathon heard some broken static in his headset followed by a brief pause and then an almost familiar voice, "....tail.........he Overlo........tance....", that seemed rather excited. Heeling his ship hard to starboard and away from Swomz  as several laser blasts carved a swath between the two fighters, Gathon diverted all power to the engines in order to escape the range of the freighter's guns. As he came around he noticed a red flash from Swomz's ship as a concussion missile was launched toward the enemy vessel. Coming clear of the jamming field he was suddenly greeted by Emon's voice calling over the comm for assistance. Noticing that Swomz had pulled around, Gathon started to make for Emon's coordinates but a laser blast slammed into the Headhunter just forward of the cockpit. Starboard side.     Pulling up and executing a roll at the same time, Gathon let out a sigh of relief. "That was too close." He came up behind two enemy R-41 Starchasers and took aim at the wingman trailing his flight leader. Squeezing the trigger, two red bolts leaped from the Z-95 and scored a direct hit on the main engine of the enemy ship which began tumbling uncontrolably out and away from combat. Immediately the other R-41 dove and pulled off to port. Dropping the Z-95 back in on the bandit's tail, Gathon glanced out the port side of his cockpit window just in time to see two more fighters bearing down on him. Breaking off from the other ship, he started to pull up and roll his ship to starboard in order to prevent a hit on the port side, but the other ships were faster.         An enemy shot slammed into the port side and penetrated the deflector shield. Suddenly lightning began arccing all over the control console. Beating the console furiously to prevent anything from igniting, he glanced at the damage report flickering on one of the small monitors. The targeting system was down as well as main power. Without warning, Gathon was violently thrown forward as one of the concussion missiles shot from the crippled Z-95. Tracking the missile with his eyes as the ship spun, Gathon saw it smack into the starboard wing of one of the R-41s and blow a rather large chunk out of the ship. Furious, Gathon smashed his fist into the control panel. Slouching back in his chair, Gathon was startled by the hum of the main power generator kicking back in and even more startled as the engines flared back to life at maximum thrust. Turning back around toward the freighter, Gathon saw Zero's Z-95 take a direct hit from extended turret on the underside of the freighter. Directing energy back into shields, Gathon zoomed toward the wayward starfighter. "Next time, I better have the best power couplings in the galaxy, or there'll be hell to pay."
 
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May 28, 2002 3:21:22 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
(OOC:  Sabre went to get Emon and the rest of Venom.  When you came back, you fought with Emon.  Now, Denethor, jaded, and Myrrdin are attacking enemy fighters and Sabre and emon are disabled, but can still fly.  Zero is completely dead in space except for life support.  Corran and myself are attacking the freighter.)     Swomz saw Sabre and Emon head off towards the Overlord while he targeted the laser cannon beneath the freighter’s body.  He let the missile fly and it hit square on, blowing up the laser cannon and then the shield generator, which was situated on top of it.  Corran called to the freighter asking if it would surrender.  The Correlian aboard the ship laughed at Corran and told him he could do something quite nasty with a male rancor.         Swomz saw Corran preparing to ask once again, but then yelled at Corran to look at his one o’clock.  Corran looked and spotted a group of freighters coming out of Hyperspace with fighter escorts.          “Sir, I am almost 100 percent positive that this in some sort of meeting between pirates or some other criminal type,” Jaded said.  Corran immediately ordered the others to fly to Zero’s position, where he was stranded.  Corran’s new orders were to take up defensive positions around Zero until Emon and Sabre got back with help.  Denethor then witnessed the incoming of a rescue shuttle flanked by two unidentified fighters.  When the com opened up and they heard Emon’s voice, they knew that they did not have enough time to dock his ship with the rescue shuttle.         Swomz knew that they would need to use a magnetic grappling hook, and told the pilot of the rescue shuttle.  By the time the shuttle arrived, the fighters were almost on them.  Corran outlined a battle plan quickly.  Swomz and Sabre went to the front of the group and fired off a concussion missile each.  They broke off to port and starboard allowing the rest of Venom to break through hot with laser cannons blazing.  The shuttle started off and the dogfight that followed was amazing.  All the pilots flew as a real squadron, together, being able to tell what their squad mates would do next.  They completely destroyed the first line of starfighters with only minor damages sustained.         By this time the shuttle had reached an undetectable by radar distance and the rest of Venom broke off, preparing to enter Hyperspace.  As Swomz was about to enter Hyperspace, he was swiped by a turbolaser blast.  Somehow, somewhere during the battle, a freighter had made it through the lines of starfighters.  Swomz checked his systems and had only minor damage, except to the Hyperdrive.           “You all get back to the Overlord, I have a Hypedrive malfunction from that last turbolaser blast.  I will lead them on a chase through the ring of garbage around Nal Hutta until I believe it is safe to return to the Overlord.  Good luck,” Swomz said quickly, veering off from the rest of the group.  Corran agreed with Swomz and told the rest to jump to Hyperspace.  After they were gone Corran told Swomz they would meet him back at the Overlord shortly. Swomz double clicked his com to signify an affirmative.  He watched Corran enter Hyperspace and then sped towards the garbage, his home until he could make it back to the Overlord. To be continued…   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 28, 2002 4:20:52 PM    View the profile of Japheth 
(OOC: I'm gonna go ahead and barge in and make a few comments. First, try to make sense. Thats probably one of the hardest parts of a run-on. This goes for pretty much all of you. Second, when you have a mission, such as this, there are several loose guildlines you should follow:   Don't finish the mission singlehandedly.   Don't finish the mission prematurely.   Don't kick everyone else in the squadron out of the area until they need to be gone.   DO NOT cover too much time with one post. On average you can write a good 500 word post that covers about two minutes. I would reference Griffen Sect's DJO posts, if any of you could read them, but I can't, so instead check the main StoryNet under chapter seven, for the navy, about half way through or so. Give the other members of your squadron to participate in all the action as well. I see a lot of going back and 'filling in the gaps' which SHOULD NOT BE NECISSARY. The posts should easily flow from one to the next. ADD MORE DETAIL. That will greatly increase the length of your posts while simultaniously making them make a WHOLE lot more sense. Also, run your WHOLE post through MS Word or some other word processor, have it check your spelling and grammer. That increases clearity by unthinkable factors. I may add more to this if I can think of more...)
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 28, 2002 7:09:03 PM    View the profile of Sabre 
    Gathon watched as the stars suddenly came into focus as distant points in vast black ocean. The Overlord loomed in front of the Z-95 Headhunter as it exited hyperspace. He killed his throttle and waited for Emon to arrive. A short time later he saw the other ship streak out of hyperspace directly in front of him. Goosing the throtle, he brought Headhunter up to speed and dropped in behind Emon. Luckily the comm system was still functioning even after all the damage. Several small cockpit fires had even singed Gathon's flight suit pretty badly. Coming up beside Emon, he toggled the comm.     "Think you can land that wreck Pops?" He chuckled as the other pilot looked over with a scowl on his face.         "I can manage it just fine thanks." Emon's ship pulled ahead and flew straight on toward the Overlord.     "Roger that." Gathon said, as he came around the underside of the Star Destroyer and headed for the docking bay. He brought the Headhunter up into the hangar and through the magnetic containment field into flight deck. Easing in the repulsors, he settled the craft onto the deck and popped the canopy. Sliding down the ladder, he turned around quickly and found himself face to face with the maintenance technician.     "What.... did you do to my ship?" She growled, her eyes not amused in the slightest.     "I got shot, thats what happens when you go fight bad guys. What, you think I was up there joy riding and decided to set myself on fire?" He held up his arms where the flight suit was charred from swatting at the ships controls. "Anyway, the rest of the squadron is still out there and I need to get back. Zero's been crippled so I need a rescue shuttle too? Where's the deck officier?"     "Up there," she said pointing back over her shoulder to one of the upper levels. "Better not let him see the condition you brought this one back in or he might not give you another one." This time she didn't look ready to tear his head off.     Jogging up the stairs to the upper level, Gathon spotted the deck officer at one of the computer terminals where the individual fighter information was stored. Hurrying over, he came up beside the officer and saluted. The deck officer casually returned the salute and inquired as to what the problem was.     "Sir, I need two Z-95 Headhunters for myself and Crewman Emon to return to our patrol area and assist the other members of Venom Squadron with some pirates. Also, Crewman Zero's ship was disabled, sir, and he needs a rescue shuttle."     Turning back to the computer screen, the deck officer thought for a few moments before responding. "Well I can dispatch the rescue shuttle but the Captain ordered that since we have precious few spare Headhunters that they be grounded when not necessary for patrols. Since the entire squadron is out at the moment, I think they have enough equipment to do the job. I'll see to the shuttle."     Gathon caught the officer by the arm as he turned away. "Sir, I really need those two ships. Venom Squad could easily get in over its head with all those pirate bases around Nar Shadda." Gathon stepped around in front of the officer.     "Look, I have to follow orders. The Captain gave me strict instructions to keep those ships here and that's what I'm going to do unless he steps through that door and tells me t-." The deck officer broke off as Rear Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Priest, walked through the door he was pointing.at. The ship captain raised an eyebrow quizzically at the deck officer pointing at him. He dropped his arm quickly and the officer and Gathon saluted.     "I need to speak with the Crewman, please." Rear Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Priest, said, directing his attention toward the befuddled deck officer, who began backing away nervously. Turning back around toward Gathon, Rear Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Priest, directed his piercing gaze on the crewman. "I have a special assignment for you. What you are about to hear is classified and must be kept between the two of us. Intel has just informed me that some of the pirate organizations have somehow obtained information regarding the covert operations teams on Nar Shadda. They do not appear to have any critical information yet, but Intel considers neutralization of this threat a top priority. They believe that a small listening device has been positioned inside the garbage belt around Nar Shadda and that this device is capable of intercepting VE communications. It must be destroyed. Here are the approximate coordinates of the device." He reached into his breast pocket and withdrew a small data disk. "The device is not shielded and must not be in close proximity to any debris since that would distort incoming signals." Turning around motioning the deck officer back over Rear Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Priest, spoke to the pale faced officer. "Crewman Sabre and Crewman Emon are to be given two Z-95 Headhunters so that they can rendezvous with Venom Squadron. That is all." Abruptly Rear Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Priest, turned and walked out the door.     "Aye...sir....," the deck officer glanced at Gathon who merely shrugged in return and walked away mumbling to himself. Gathon turned and jogged back down to the flight deck where Emon was waiting.     Seeing Gathon coming down the stairs, Emon headed over. "Problems?"     "Nope we're good to go." Gathon gestured toward the end of the hangar where the spare Z-95s were sitting. "Let's hurry up and get out of here, and hope the squadron is still intact." Both of the pilots started jogging toward the end of the flight deck. "Blast, I forgot my helmet." Gathon came to a halt. "Go on I'll catch up." Emon nodded and took off. Hurrying back to his own Headhunter, Gathon reached up and grabbed the helmet out of the cockpit where he had left it.     "Going so soon?" An all-too-familiar voice intoned behind him. "I figured you would have learned your lesson by now."     Turning to face the technician, Gathon brought the helmet up under his arm. "I have to get back and save my squadron mates. How long do you think it'll take to fix this hunk of junk?"     Stepping past him she stepped up to the Headhunter. "I don't know. A few days at the minimum just to replace all the electronics that you fried."     "Hey now! I didn't fry anything. It's not like I could shoot myself in the power generator." Tilting his head he saw Emon climbing into the cockpit of one of the other Z-95s. "I gotta go." He started to step past her but she put a hand up against his chest.     "Try not to get killed. Pilot transfers are a real hassle." With a smirk she stepped aside and Gathon began running the length of the hangar bay wondering what the hell that was about. Coming up beside his new ship he climbed into the cockpit and pulled the helmet on.     "This is Venom 3-2 requesting permission to take off." Gathon toggled the ships systems online one by one and went through a rather abriged preflight check.     "Roger Venom 3-2 you are cleared for take off."     As the ship raised off the flight deck on its repulsors, Gathon applied power to the engines and slipped back out into space where the rescue shuttle was waiting for him and Emon. After Gathon and Emon pulled up on either side of the rescue vehicle, all three jumped to hyperspace. Gathon watched the stars become lines that stretched off into infinity and wondered if today was his lucky day. To be continued.....NOW!   ----------------------- FM/SCRW Gathon 'Sabre'/Venom 3-2/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/VEN/VE (=A=) -Bachelor for life.
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 28, 2002 7:44:23 PM    View the profile of Sabre 
    Ten seconds before reverting to realspace, Gathon brought up all the combat systems for the Headhunter. "Alright Emon, once we're back, we'll have to provide a path for the shuttle so stay alert." Emon acknowledged and the three ships dropped back into the fray.         Checking his radar Gathon immediately got a bearing on the Venom ships. They were surrounding Zero's fighter and were keeping enemy fire away from him. Gathon and Emon lept out in front of the shuttle but there was a clear path all the way to Zero's fighter already. The two new arrivals sped toward the Venom Squadron circle, trying to outrace the enemy fighters doing the same thing from the other direction. Corran briefly outlined a plan to push the enemy ships back away from Zero's position. As Gathon reached the other members of his squadron, Swomz pulled up along his port side and the two Three Flight members headed for the oncoming enemy vessels. Switching to concussion missiles, Gathon watched the targeting reticle go red and squeezed off a shot. He then veered off hard to starboard as the laser cannons from the other Venom ships blazed through the void. The first wave of pirate ships disintegrated beneath the onslaught and the remaining ships proved to be no problem. Everything was going just fine....     "...a Hypedrive malfunction from that last turbolaser blast. I will lead them on a chase through the ring of garbage around Nal Hutta until I believe it is safe to return to the Overlord. Good luck.” Swomz's voice cut off as his fighter veered toward the garbage ring. The other Venom members began disappearing into hyperspace. After a moment, Gathon made the jump himself, held it for about 10 seconds and then reverted to real space. Wheeling his fighter around, he plotted a course back to Nar Shadda and leaped back into hyperspace. He reverted right as the other ships disappeared into the trash ring which would hide him from their sensors. Kicking the throttle up to max he crossed the distance to where the other ships had gone in. Pulling the data disk that Rear Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Priest, had given him out of his pocket he brought up the coordinates on the computer screen. Locking the buoy coordinates in, Gathon plunged into the garbage belt.     It was not hard to manuever through the floating debris for the most part but sometimes large pieces would come out of nowhere and Gathon was forced to veer off at sharp angles. As he was weaving his way toward the buoy, an R-41 appeared in front of him. Slowing down, Gathon let a laser barrage go and watched as the blast sent the enemy ship into a large chunk of floating durasteel. "You owe me one Swomzy." He said it with a grin but his smile got even larger as he came around what looked like a piece of a YT-1300 Corellian transport and found the listening device sitting unobtrusively in the center of a small gap.  Gathon centered his lasers on the buoy. "Time to go bye b-"     Suddenly a Z-95 flew around a piece of junk off to Gathon's left and slammed headfirst into the small listening device. The Headhunter's front end collapsed but the ship remained intact and hurtled up and out of the garbage ring. A pirate R-41 appeared right after the Headhunter and took off after it. Gathon pulled in behind the R-41 and switched to concussion missiles. When he got a solid lock he loosed a missile into the R-41 and watched as the rear end of the ship disappeared and the remainder fell away toward the planet. Gathon had fired the missile while still inside the garbage ring so there was no way Swomz could have seen him. Pulling around he went back and made sure the listening device was utterly destroyed. As he re-emerged from the garbage ring, Swomz's Headhunter jumped to lightspeed and was gone. Gathon quickly followed suit. It would be good to be home.   
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 29, 2002 2:11:57 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz entered the Venom briefing room, two days after their encounter with the pirates.  THe other pilots stood around, still talking about their fight.  Swomz saw Sabre telling Emon what he did to turn and fire that missile when he was so heavily damaged.  He started over to talk to Sabre, but before he could start talking, Corran entered the room and began to speak.         "Venom Squadron, our primary mission is now in effect.  We are now going to go help Rogue and the rest of Nazgul with air support.  Here is the message he sent to me," Corran said as he turned on the holovid projector.         "Nazgul to Venom, Corran, I need your squadron to provide that cover. I need you to help Nazgul attack the smugglers moon and help a modified corvette full of information for us escape. Nazgul will be in a modified Lambada Shuttle and a Dx-9 stormtrooper transport that we acquired. I need Venom to pull the raid off exactly two hours from the time stamp from this message. Rogue out."           A low rumble of voices suddenly picked up, betraying the pilot anxiety to get at the pirates they had been attacked by before.  Corran quieted them and continued on with his briefing.  One Flight would enter the system first, followed by Two and then Three Flight.  They would stealthily make their way to where Nazgul awaited them.  If they encountered trouble One and Two Flights would attack, leaving Three Flight to protect Nazgul.           Swomz let out a groan at the same time as Sabre, and Corran paused and looked at him, questioning with his eyes if Swomz had anything to add.  Swomz shook his head, starting to blush.  Corran wrapped up the meeting by saying they would be leaving in one hour.  Swomz quickly exited the room and went to his quarters.           When Swomz got to his quarters, he pulled out a holovid recorder and recorded a message to Natalie, so she would know if he wasn't coming back.  He made the message short, passionate, and went to leave the holo with the Lieutenant on duty at the Flight Deck.  Swomz got into his Headhunter and got ready for another fight...
 
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May 30, 2002 5:32:31 PM    View the profile of Corran 
"OK, flight's check in," said Corran. "Flight 2 here" answered Denethor. "Three flight here" said Swomz. "OK flights, we need to get down there quickly. This mission requires precise timing. Remember, 2 and 3 flights wait for my call before entering the system. Zero, Myrrdin let's go." Flight one left the hanger and accelerated towards the Smuggler's moon. "OK, flight 2 come now," Corran said a minute later., "Now you three flight." As the squadron headed towards the system Zero noticed a lot of laser fire coming from that direction. "Sir, it looks a bit frantic over there." Zero said. But before Corran could respond a call came over the com, "Is that you Corran?" said a voice which sounded like Rogue's. "Rouge, is that you over there. Do you need some help." asked Corran. "You could say that," Rogue reponded, "There's a load of fighters and some modified freighters. We thought you weren't coming." "Actually we're two minutes early, one flight is on the way. The other's will be here in a minute."   ----------------------- Chief Warrant Officer Corran Navy Training Officer Adjutant VE Today Deputy Editor TO:A/CMDR/CWO Corran/Venom 1-1/2/ISD Overlord/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=)(=MA=)(=SA=) [LoC] Thermite 3D Engine :: Thermite Forums
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 30, 2002 10:22:50 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
      Swomz heard Corran tell him to enter the system and he gave Sabre the signal.  Corran warned them it was a hot battle, so they had better come prepared.  They revved up their sublight engines to get to their squadron and help out with the enemy.  On the way, Swomz commed Sabre and told him to power up his shields and lasers.  Sabre powered everything up and said he was good to go.         They were within two kilometers of the nearest enemy flight, and began to fire double laser bursts.  They caught the Hornet Interceptors by surprise, immediately destroying the unshielded craft.  Their two companions turned to meet Swomz and Sabre as they loosed another round.  Swomz caught one of the fighters in the stabilizer, sending it spinning towards Nal Hutta.         The other, which Sabre would have taken care of, took care of himself.  Thinking he was smart, he ran behind a ring of garbage to sit and await Sabre.  Unknowingly, the garbage contained an old, but active mine.  The mine completely destroyed the Hornet.  Their next objective was a group of four X-TIE uglies and four DIE-Wings.  They came in with lasers blazing, first meeting the X-TIEs.  They were able to destroy three on their first pass, and then went at the DIE Wings.  These were much easier kills, and in seconds, they joined the endless garbage ring around Nal Hutta.  The final X-TIE had joined up with a couple of TIE Fighters and a modified Y-Wing, almost making the odds even.         They began with the TIEs, because after the initial confrontation, they would be the most dangerous because of their speed and maneuverability.  Swomz shot a couple rounds of lasers at them, scaring them into a group, where Sabre had launched a concussion missile.  It clipped the first TIEs wing, and slammed into and through the nextTIE, then detonating.  As Swomz came about to go after the Y-Wing, Swomz's fighter gave off a missile warning.           Swomz pronounced an old Corellian slur with much passion and asked for Sabre to take out the missile.  Sabre said he was also locked on and they would have to help each other.  Swomz pulled into a barrel roll, coming out belly to belly with Sbre, laser firing. Swomz brushed the missile, throwing it off target and it exploded because its targeting systems had been hit, not allowing it to reacquire its target.  Sabre's shot had managed to hit the missile straight on, destroying it instantly.           Then, they were attacked by a light freighter, assisted by DIE Wings.  Swomz called in for help, but it looked like they were all alone since everyone else was likewise busy with their own problems.   "Get ready Sabre...on three launch two concussion missiles at the freighter," Swomz said, "One, two, THREE..."   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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May 31, 2002 12:17:00 AM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz launched two concussion missiles and then pulled to the left of the freighter to head after two of the four DIE Wings.  He executed a quick barrel roll and snapped off a shot at the first, taking off its left engine cell.  The pilot, smart as he had to have been, killed power to the engines, reinforcing the strength of his lasers.  He fired again and again at Swomz as Swomz moved in for the kill.  For one second the DIE Wing pilot paused, allowing Swomz the split second he needed to finish him off.         Sabre yelled in over the com that he had one down, but the next one was good.  Swomz easily finished off his second DIE Wing, and headed to help Sabre.  The DIE Wing now had help from a modified X-Wing, whose pilot would fit in any elite squadron.  Swomz pulled through his enemies remains and went to give Sabre a hand.  The DIE Wing had been crippled, but was still like a pestering ant in the fight, so Swomz decided he would have to go first.         Swomz looped around behind the retreating freighter, pumping laser fire into it.  A fire blossomed from the cockpit, and the freighter began to drift through space.  He pulled out behind the X-Wing and DIE Wing, so decided to hit the X-Wing first.  He pumped rounds upon rounds into the fighter, taking out the shields.  The DIE Wing looped around as if toretreat, but came up behind Swomz.  Sabre came in from the side, blasting away at the DIE Wing.  He hit it many times, turning it into a molten tangle of metal and wires.  He helped Swomz finish off the X-Wing quickly so they could assist the others.         They sped towards Corran, attacking a medium freighter, and Swomz had Sabre launch a missile at extreme range.  It impacted against the shields, bringing them down to nine percent and bringing the hull down to eighty-five percent.  Corran came in from below firing at the shield generator and finally blowing it apart, destroying the remaining shield and bringing the hull down to thirty-two percent.         Swomz came in from the top right and Sabre from the top left, blasting away at the bridge.  After two quad bursts each, a whole opened up in the cockpit, venting it t space.  Zero, coming in from the other side did not see this and launched a concussion missile at the unprotected whole.  Swomz almost was knicked by flying shards of durasteel that had been kicked up by Zero.  Denethor's voice came in over the com asking for assitance with two light freighters.  Corran ordered them over while One Flight went to fight a heavy freighter that had entered the system moments earlier.           Denethor's desperate shouts for help were futile, for it would take Swomz and Denethor desperate seconds to make it to a point where they could help. (OOC: YES, I do know I posted on my own post, but what can I say?  I was bored.)
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 31, 2002 6:40:01 PM    View the profile of Emon 
"Ah. The thrill of being in battle again. I love it" thought Emon Emon had a fighter on his target screen when Denthor came on the comm. " YO EMON! YOU GOT ONE BEHIND YOU!" said Denthor Emon put to use the evasive tactics Japer had showed him before. Emon wasn't the greatest on offense, but he was a job to try to take down. Emon started to go to his upper right, then jerked down hard left. "GOT EM!" said Sabre Emon then targeted the same fighter he had been going after. He started firing a couple warning shots at him, then he got series. After awhile, he nailed him hard, and destroyed him. "Lawho Sahir. LOSER!" said Emon
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May 31, 2002 7:21:07 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz finally reached Denethor, whose fighter was being pummeled.  Jaded and Emon were trying to get to him, but they were behing swarmed by DIE Wings.  Swomz entered the fray with his lasers hot and his hand light on his easy to handle control stick.  He came in invincible, being unscathed by any of the enemies lasers.  He pulled into a barrel roll, becooming harder to hit as well as being able to begin his attacks.         He fired off a shot at an enemy on jaded's tail, destroying it and throwing the others following her out and away so as not to be destroyed by the flying bits of debry.  He pulled in behind her remaining attackers, lighting up the swarm of them.  With the time he gave her, she was able to go help Denethor.  Swomz continued destroying fighter after fighter, making his way towards Emon and Sabre.  They seemed to be doing almost good together, but theyt had swarms of Hornet Interceptor's around them as well.           He blew his way through a particularly thick swarm of drone fighters, lessening the gap between himself and Emon and Sabre.  He made a sharp turn to starboard after he got a warning about a missile lock, and this allowed him to break it.  He fired at the fighter that had targeted the lock, utterly destroying his fighter.  The odds had now lessened to about four to one instead of seven to one.  Swomz made his entrance into Emon's and Sabre's fight with a spectacular shot at maximum distance, destroying a Hornet on Sabre's tail.         "Whew, Big Daddy's on fire," Saber joked, "Welcome to the party Big Daddy."         "This parties over," Swomz said in his best impression of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader.  "Let us escort our weak, weak guests to the door, shall we?"         "Yeehaw, sounds good to me Big Daddy," Emon exclaimed with glee, "I doubt we should let them out without a nice hard kick in their soft, fluffy arse, do you?"         They laughed at the joke and got into sync with each other, anticipating the others moves and rolls.  They destroyed fighter after fighter and got to Denethor and Jaded.  They formed a protective circle around Denethor and Swomz asked Corran for Nazgul's current status and then their squadron's current status.  Corran did not reply for a while, and when he did, it was a call for help.   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 31, 2002 8:48:09 PM    View the profile of jaded 
      Corran's call them came through on the com loud and clear to all members of Venom Squadron.       "A heavy freighter has just dropped insystem. This was not entirely unexpected, but we need you help, Venom, and now!"       Corran's call sounded quite a bit urgent, so Jaded was not surprised when she heard Swomz directing the fighters.       "Jaded, escort Denethor to Nazgul's shuttle, then join us in helping Corran and Nazgul Squadron." With that, he, Emon and Sabre took off in the direction of the fighting.       "You all right, Den?" Jaded asked with concern to her wing.       "I'll live. Come on, here's the shuttle."       The approaching shuttle quickly came and collected Denethor, leaving Jaded free to head off and help the other members of Venom Squadron deal with the new threat.       When she got to the battle, Jaded was quite surprised with what she saw. The pirates had pulled in a heavy freighter and had deployed several squads of uglies that were now engaging the fleeing members of Nazgul and the members of Venom.
 
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May 31, 2002 9:16:44 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz headed towards the freighter, immediately deploying his remaining concussion missiles.  Swomz executed a quick barrel roll, bringing him in front of the bridge.  He flew by within feet of the bridge, waving his middle finger (international sign of love) happily at them.  They tracked him with all guns, leaving the others free to attack.  All of their missiles hit the rear of the freighter at once, destroying its shields, most of its weaponry and all engine systems.           Swomz came in for the final blow, taking the kill after once more "flickng" them off.  He pulled around and Venom formed up in escort position behind, to the sides, and to the front of Nazgul's transport.  Corran was aboard their transport, so Swomz took his postition at the head of the formation.  The pilots looked as if they were regrouping for another attack, but when they started boarding their ships, Swomz new it was a full blown retreat.           The pirates who had begun with multiple transports, freighters, and over 40 fighters had lost a heavy, medium, and multiple light freighters, as well as 34 of their fighters.  When they got back to the Naval Headquarters, Swomz decided he would have a surprice in store for Natalie in light of his living through this battle.           Now, with Swomz at the lead of the formation, they headed back to the Overlord, triumphant once again in the face of danger.   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 31, 2002 10:06:00 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        They were about 25 kilometers away from the Overlord when they were greeted by Japheth on the com.  He began to go through his normal greeting routine, but before he could get into his "You did a good job" part of the speech, Swomz cut him off.         "I want to tell you guys that I am proud of you," Swomz said proudly, "You fought well today, and I am sure if Corran and Denethor weren't being fixed up by the med droids they would be here to..."           "I am here, Swomz.  Swomz is right men and women.  We fought as a squadron out there today and we did a good job.  I would have been proud to die out there today with you men, but I did not.  Your teamwork and skill kept ALL of us alive out there today and I coomend you for it," Corran said weakly over the com.           Denethor's voice also came on, "What he said."  All the pilots chuckled at this classic Denethor remark and then Swomz opened the com up to Japheth's channel again where his face was as brillantly red  as a nova from anger.  He still commended the squadron, but said he would speak personally with Swomz when he got aboard.  Swomz laughed at the threat, but made surethe Captain didn't hear.           They reached the hanger and they had Nazgul enter first, followed by the rest of Venom ending with Swomz.  The Captain met them on the bridge to shake their hands and finally pulled Swomz off to the side.
 
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 31, 2002 10:23:48 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
They were about 25 kilometers away from the Overlord when they were greeted by Japheth on the com.  He began to go through his normal greeting routine, but before he could get into his "You did a good job" part of the speech, Swomz cut him off.         "I want to tell you guys that I am proud of you," Swomz said proudly, "You fought well today, and I am sure if Corran and Denethor weren't being fixed up by the med droids they would be here to..."          "I am here, Swomz.  Swomz is right men and women.  We fought as a squadron out there today and we did a good job.  I would have been proud to die out there today with you men, but I did not.  Your teamwork and skill kept ALL of us alive out there today and I coomend you for it," Corran said weakly over the com.           Denethor's voice also came on, "What he said."  All the pilots chuckled at this classic Denethor remark and then Swomz opened the com up to Japheth's channel again where his face was as brillantly red  as a nova from anger.  He still commended the squadron, but said he would speak personally with Swomz when he got aboard.  Swomz laughed at the threat, but made sure the Captain didn't hear.          They reached the hanger and they had Nazgul enter first, followed by the rest of Venom ending with Swomz.  The Captain met them on the bridge to shake their hands and finally pulled Swomz off to the side.   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
May 31, 2002 11:26:47 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Japheth began peppering him with hissed remarks, mad because of Swomz's flippant actions.  He was especially mad because a Flight Leader was making a fool of an Imperial Star Destroyer Captain. Swomz asked for permission to speak freely and Japheth granted it.  Swomz blew him away with his remarks and ideas about what he could do with his speeches and Imperial Star Destroyer.         He then lightened up, saying that they had just been out in space, fighting overwhelming odds to save a fellow squadron.  They had two severely damaged craft and hurt pilots.  Swomz then excused himself to go check on Corran and Denethor.  He arrived at the Med Center and walked in to see Corran first.  Denethor was still in a bacta tank, for radiation treatment and any other ailments.           Corran startedbefore Swomz could by thanking him for his intervetnion into Japheth's speech, but then reprimanded him for misconduct.  Swomz then relayed his conversation between himself and Japheth and got reprimanded for that as well.  Corran laughed lightly and stated that if he reprimanded the Naval Executive Officer much more he would be flying toilet bowls for the rest of his life.  Swomz and Corran chatted for a bit and then Swomz went to see how Denethor was.           Jaded was waiting by the tank, and Swomz saw that they were sharing an intimate moment so he decided to leave them be.  He went back to his room and recorded and sent another message to his girlfriend back at Naval Headquarters.  He gave her a summary of the unclassified parts of the mission and then ended by saying he was alright and would see her soon.  He then fell into a long, deep sleep.   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
June 1, 2002 12:26:28 AM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz woke up the next morning and went to get some medicine for Sabre before he woke up because Sabre had been out late last night drinking.  He was feeling great, but still waiting to hear back from his girlfriend and dropped off the medicine on his way to the shooting range.  He picked up his Officer's Blaster and Heavy Blaster pistols and went off.  He go to the range and first practiced with his Officer's Blaster.  He liked it for longer range shots, so he began at 20 meter range.  He hit the target every time, but he didn't bullseye.  He got bored after a couuple of minutes so he decided to take out his Headhunter.           He pulled out of the hanger and began with some quick easy moves and then practiced coming out of a barrel roll and shooting at small asteroids at the same time.  He was doing this for about 15 minutes when Sabre came out in his fighter and started to practise as well.  Soon they had begun a silent competition of who would be first to hit what.  Swomz swung around after scoring a hit to see another fighter exit the hold.           The fighter turned out to be Emon's, who just happened to be walking by the viewport as Swomz and Sabre began their comp.  Emon pulled smoothly behind Sabre with a quick barrel roll and then a snapped shot at the newest target.  He scored a corner hit, but they continued on the target since it wasn't gone, but was the smallest target in the belt.  Swomz also hit a corner, tearing off a piece, then Sabre finally came through and finished it off.  Swomz asked if they wanted to go practice in the sims one on one on one, so they decided to do just that.           They got into the sims and they began their mock dogfight.  Swomz had taken a TIE Interceptor while Sabre and Emon had both chosen TIE Advanced.  They began to duel and Swomz quickly pulled into the lead.  Finally Sabre and Emon started working together and getting more ponts, soon catching up.  Right after Swomz had been surpassed, he quit and went to take a shower and get refreshed.           He headed down to DownTime and grabbed a non-alcoholic drink to quench his thirst.  Finally, Swomz headed back to his bunk for a luxurious middle-of-the-day nap.   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
June 1, 2002 9:53:52 AM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Swomz woke up and wandered aimlessly through the halls until he got to his quarters again.  Sabre was oddly still not there, but Swomz didn't worry, he knew Sabre was out with his fellow pilots having fun.  He lay down on his bed when his holo messenger beeped.  This message had come from Naval Headquarters, from the apartment where him and his girlfriend lived.         Her message enlivened him, throwing his spirit into a joyous dance.  Just hearing her voice again made him tingle all over with pleasure.  He then found out that Headquarters had been attacked, but Bear had taken care of the pirates with his well-trained Crewmen.  She had sustained minor injuries, but the bacta had already fixed her wounds.  Her brown hair flowed at her sides and her brown eyes were full of light and joy.           He slipped into bed and fell asleep with happy dreams of his girlfriend and getting back to NHQ.                             ----------------------           Swomz awoke with a start, Sabre had just gotten back at 1:30 in the morning, drunk and unsturdy.  Swomz helped him to his bed and waited to make sure he would be ok.  He sat awake for a few more minutes and then returned to his message player and played it again.             "Can't wait to get home, can you Big Daddy?  I can't either, there is this woman that I have thought about asking to dinner when we get back," Sabre said hazily, "Life is full of surprises, maybe she will say yes."  He winked at Swomz and then they both went to sleep.   ----------------------- IA/FL/PO2 Swomz/Venom Squadron 3-1/Wing 2/ISD Overlord/Offensive Fleet/VEN/VE[=A=][=SA=] Flight School Instructor's Assistant Venom Three Flight Leader
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  RE: Story Competition: Venom Squadron
June 1, 2002 2:18:20 PM    View the profile of Swomz 
        Sabre entered their quarters and went and woke Swomz up.  He told him that they were going to go back out to see if they could salvage any of the junk out there.  They were going to be escorting a heavy freighter out and back, but since Corran and Denethor had no ship, Swomz would be taking lead.  They went down to the hanger and checked their ships, making sure that their two laser cannons, missile launchers, and engines were all good to go.         They launched from the hanger, coasting lazily out into space.  They pulled into a loose patrol formation around the freighter and made on short Hyperspace jump, bringing them to the previous day's battle ground.  All of a sudden, a DIE Wing jumped out of the debri dierctly ahead of them, and Sabre fired off a quick shot, destroying him.  They moved through the unsalvageable fighter to the laight freighter.         They moved set up a perimeter, scanning for enemy ships, while the freighter salvaged missiles, engines, and even a whole TIE Interceptor fitted with a hyperdrive.  They moved on to the heavy freighter and medium freighter without being attacked once.         Finally, they made their way home, but on the way Sabre said he thought he saw something.  Swomz ordered Emon to take his wing while the rest continued on, slowly.  There were still many place to hide for the next half of a kilometer, so they had to be careful.  All of a sudden, they came streaking away from the pit, telling the others to run.  Swomz had the freighter go in front and they followed behind.  All of a sudden a group of fighters, X-TIEs, came out after them.            Swomz counted twenty and asked the others if they thought that they could take them.  He recieved many "HELL YEAHs," so he had jaded escort the freighter, and the rest turned and each fired a concussion missile.  The missiles scattered the enemy fighters, and destroyed five or six of their fighters.  They got into dogfights, destroying fighter upon fighter, slowly thinning out their opponent's ranks.
 
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