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 Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:18 pm
"Easy. Since everyone is ranked individually, the scores per person are totaled. You can figure it out from there. I am exempt from the scoring though, since I technically don't have any flight status. Provided I behave well enough, I get to be your brain in the field though, as chief tactical officer. Overall squad leader is not only determined by the individual score though. That cannot be determined until your leadership is tested. Few people realize this, but captain doesn't necessarily mean the best flyer or the smartest person. It is the person that can make the most out of the situation, and is resourceful. Thus, we cannot designate "leader". Only squad position. Any more questions?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:50 am
Jarik raised a hand. "I just want to clarify a few things. will we be using the Hoppers again? and if so, will we be tested on astromech coordination?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:04 pm
"Yes, skyhoppers will be used, but they aren't the only vehicles used in the simulation. But I will not go into detail until later. And astromech coordination is less than necessary for this simulation. Its also not as vital as you may think according to the superiors. I personally agree with them, since most of the ones I've met are cowards, fools, or hotheads. Now, anything else, or shall I actually get to describing the mission? I think that any other questions will be addressed by the flight breifing."
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:13 pm
"None here sir," said Kefka
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:10 pm
The crowd muttered in unison, as Orrin didn't give a chance for them to interrupt with any more questions.
"Okay guys, you're gonna have to follow me really closely. You may want a map to keep this one understandible..."
Orrin took out a laser pointer, and began with the pointer on Jabba's palace.
"First, your skills of land navagation and waypoint capabilities will be tested. Starting out from Jabba's palace, you will head on a bearing of 86 degrees, or ESE, until you reach Anchorhead. If you can't find that... well... you... yea.... Anyways, you MUST! BY ALL MEANS, MUST, DEACITIVATE YOUR ACTIVE SENSORS! If you don't, you WILL fail. Active sensors will reveal your position when you are en route to the next waypoint. This is the stealth portion of the test. You will head anlong a zig zag path, first heading north until you reach Bestine, and then you will follow your waypoint computer and compass to reach Mos Entha."
"It is suggested, that you also fly in linear formation, one right behind one another. This will help put you in a much easier time. We will montior your progress with our own sensors, but you are not allowed to cross into boundaries. If you do, our wonderful friends Ruby Squadron, will use their Z-95's and "shoot you down" and you will lose. So please, please, follow your waypoints to the hundreth of a degree and not use active sensors."
"Any Questions so far? By this time you are halfway finished, and the hardest flying has been done."
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:25 pm
"No, sir," Logar said, along with the rest of the pilots. Sounds simple enough so far, he thought.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:28 pm
"Yeah...we're going to be flying over the lair of a major crime lord and two settled areas trying to be stealthy. thats two squads of fighters screwing around in Tatooine airspace. So what're the imps gonna be doing while this is going on? I know out here they ain't the sharpest vibroblades in the locker but they won't sit still while we put on an airshow."
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:43 pm
"Whoo-hoo... Imps don't know s**t. What little presence they have here is feeble, at best, and isn't based on air superiority. In fact, they don't even have a TIE here. And the Imps are so busy busting people in Mos Eisley, they won't have time to check out this. On top of that, if they had caught on to stupid s**t like an air show, then wouldn't you think 12 guys flying in skyhoppers day in and day out for 6 hours at a time for the last two months was a bit suspicious? Plus, I will remind you yet again, that this is NOT supposed to be "how fancy we can fly", rather can you get it done? Fancy flying will hurt your score, trust me. Any more questions, or shall we quit this squandered babbling over trivial details which I have already thought of. Just to answer another question, yes, the tuskin raiders and jawas know of this too, and they are cooperating on this."
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:35 pm
"How the hell do you get Sand People and Jawa's to cooperate with anything?
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:39 pm
Orrin was becoming irritated. "How is that relevant to the mission? Its already.... 0645, and you're still in here. Daylight is ticking. To let you know, I had to basically tell the jawas where they could jack some Imp technology, and the raiders were given items they could use, provided we get this done today. Any more questions that are relevant?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:51 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:26 pm
Orrin started back on the briefing before anyone could ask any more questions.
"By this time, you have arrived at Mos Entha. No longer do you have to go passive on the sensors. You may go active, but you achieve bonus points if you don't. Head on a course of 0 degrees, till you find the next target. There is a mock convoy out there. Your goal is to bomb them all. There are nine in the convoy, and you each have ten bombs. Each of you must destroy at least one vehicle. All must be taken out. If the convoy is found without using sensors, you achieve bonus."
"After your bombing run, you will fly back to Mos Entha. Heading at a bearing of 270 degrees, you will run into a tight array of pillars. Your goal is to fly through these, and find the target, which is on a hill just on the other side of the pillars. You will each have one proton torpedo for this case. One of you must score at least an 8. Scoring 9 or 10 doesn't hurt either, but it doesn't do extra credit."
"This may sound simple. But there is other things to be worried about. You will notice when you are out in the hangar that there are small black patches on your skyhopper. These are photosensitive receptors that absorb a special light, which will be "fired" from the AA guns located at various points around the pillars. Be forewarned, as these guns will appear on your sensors, and you may be able to see the lasers, provided that the lighting is correct. You will not feel when you get hit either. I will garuntee you that you will be hit at least 10 times. Many of these guns are hidden, and they will chip away at your score. In both sets of pillars, there are obvious guns and hidden guns. Try to spot them, and destroy them. When hit, they will smoke, and bother you no more."
"After you have done the bombing run and the torpedo targeting, you must fly back ASAP to Jabba's palace. This mission will be timed. You may not exceed four hours. I got this run clocked in at 3 hours and 35 minutes. Any questions?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:28 pm
"Yeah. When do we leave?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:38 pm
"After I finish this next part. You will not get to choose your fellow flyers. They have been selected by higher command. However, you do get to pick who is flight leader. Starting down the list..." Orrin started showing a list of flyers in trios. "Oh, did I mention that you guys get to use the new Y-wings if the squadron is formed? Okay, they aren't that new, but freshly painted. Now, ahem... Aww man... oh well..." Orrin stated, as he looked at the matchups... it was quite lopsided.
"Logar, you are in skyhopper one. Your wingmen in this mission are Kefka, who will pilot skyhopper two, and Jarik, who will pilot skyhopper three...." Orrin listed the names in that order.
"Remember, you pick who you want to lead. Each flight will leave one and a half hours after the previous one, to give enough of a lead and cleanup time. Flight number one, Logar, Kefka, and Jarik, will start us off on this nice thing."
Orrin looked at the clock, which read 0830.
"Kefka, to answer your question, your time starts NOW!" Orrin roared, as he pressed a button, sending the room into a redlight haze, as the lights accompianied a small com stating
"All pilots report to your fighters..."
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:27 pm
"Looks like we're together again, my friends. To the Hangar we go!"
Kefka ran for the Hangar, where the skyhoppers were waiting.
"Sorry Icy, but I'm afraid, you'll have to stay here with Gauntlet..."
Kefka jumped into a skyhopper, marked in red and black, and turned on the sublight drive.
He stuck his head out the hatch, and yelped out,
"Hey, who wants to lead?"
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