The Xwing pulled up hard and around. The pilot lightly tapped the rudder
controlls, and swung his targeting grid onto the bombers.
"...annnnddd NOW!!!!!" he exalted.
As he pulled the trigger, red hot lance burst forth from the tips of the
Xwing's s-foils. The space around the tiny imperial craft lit up as hot arcs
singed the solar pannels. Three of them hit come ripping the Right wing off
of the fuelage, sending the bomber into a death sprial leading to a beatiful
explosion. But the kill had not been in time.
"Frigate Rebel Vengance to Red 1. Two more torps inbound. We're not
faring to well out here, please kindly accelerate your attacks, get these
bombers off of us." A nervous comm officer replied.
The Xwing pulled off hard up and to the right to meet another wave of
bombers making a run on the ship with lasers. One by one the Xwing pilot
plucked them all off untill no bombers were left. The pilot let out a large sigh
of releif.
"I lost one to the imps before, not again." Alexander Kerensky said into
the mike.
"Come again Red one?"
A moment of silence passed.
"Nothing Vengance...all hostiles removed, I'm commin' hom..."
Just as Kerensky was about to finish his sentance, his R2 'Talon' let out
an alarming beep.
"Sith spawn!" Kerensky shouted. "Vengance, you copy on 2...no, make that
3 enemy targets?"
"Copy that Red 1, Three enemy Corvetts just arrived."
Kerensky slumped in the batterd seat of the Xwing...head slgithly sagging
to the left. "Could this day get any worse?"
"Oh, I dunno about that Keresnky, looks like your day just got a whole
lot better." Yelled Fion.
"Red 1, three new contacts, friendslies. Y-wings entering the area."


-----PBF News Flash-----

1) BBS Post
As some of you are aware, others may not be. There was a recent post on the
BBS, a petition about many things, mostly against the current HC and FC.
Myself beeing a member of HC, I wanted to know we are in the midst of forming a
responce. We see your concerns as members of the RS, and we are dooing
everything we can. It was decided amongs us that we need to be sure you all know
that we are here merely to serve you as pilots and fighters in general of
the RS. I want each and every one of you in the PBF to know that my door is
open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have concerns for the PBF or RS,
concerns about practices, or policies, or just a simple question, you can come
to me. If it is quarrel or problem the MoJ should handle, talk to your CO.
But feel free to come to me on a one on one basis. I may not get on every
day, but rest assured, I will respond as soon as possible. If I am not able
to, Fion or Spokes will.

2) Squadron Replacements
Ok, All pilots from Silver, Stealh and Wild Card have been reasigned. If
you were a member of any of them, please check the PBF roster and be certain
you know where you now are. All squads now currently have at least 9 bodies.
All squads @ 9 bodies will recieve pilots from the acad first, and I will do
everything in my power to balance them out as soon as I get new recruits from
the academy.

3) Tour 4
Tour 3 is about to wrap up. The CS and I are working with a new mission
builder in the planning stages of TOUR 4. We are coming up with some new ideas
with the help of the PBF Command staff that we think will make this tour even
more interesting then the previous ones. Stay tuned for info as soon as it
develops.



Old News:

1) Missed MRM on 310
Yes, the CS was really busy with a lot of discussions last week people. I
must have missed the email with MRM cadidates in it, I appologize. MRM
winners for 310 were GAd & Tym Angel. Congrats guys.

2) Mmebers of WC
So far I have been contacted by Face, and 2 other pilots for new placements.
I need to hear from you all so we can put you into new homes. please
contact me asap.

3) XOs on PBFCommand
All XOs, wing and squad level have been added to the list so they will be
able to provde their own input.

4) Bad mission copy
Okay, as usual, for whatever reason, the version of 311 that I got and sent
out was the wront one. I don't understand how I keep getting the wrong
versions, but oh well. The correct version is available for download on the
website.



-----PBF Mission Standings-----
311 is out, get flying.

PBF Top Ace:
You have the honor of adding the Top Ace medal to your signoff: [<|=(V)=|>]

PBF Top Squad:
PBF Top Wing:

-----PBF Mission Report Medal-----


The mission report medal for the previous month goes to:


You have the honor of adding the MRM medal to your signoff: [*MRM*]

The current Patriot Battle Fleet mission is:

311

The deadline for the current mission is:

Jan 31, 2002

You can download the current mission at:

http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/pbf/missions.html

Send reports with pilot files attached to:

pbfreports@rebelsquadrons.org
&
RS_Slyder@gmx.co.uk (to be safe), spokes1@mindspring.com and
fion_grell@gmx.net
Plus your own squadron CO.

The rules for flying the mission are:

1) You may run this mission as many times as you like but you MUST
get the MISSION COMPLETE message and have a valid *.plt file in order
to be eligible for the PBF Medal of victory. In addition, any score
not accompanied by a pilot file for verification will NOT be counted
by the PBF Command Staff.

2) Run the mission as "defect.xwi" ( this will place it as X-Wing
X-Wing TOD 1 Mission 1 ) so that your stats will be recorded in your
*.plt file.

3) Make a new pilot file to run the mission. If you fail the mission
and wish to run it again make sure to use a new pilot file instead of
re-running it with the same pilot. Any pilot file found to be
"unclean" will result in the score NOT being counted by the PBF
Command Staff.

4) Destroying "Friendly" craft to pad ones stats is strictly
prohibited. *.plt files containing "Rebel" craft kills will be
considered invalid.

5) You should also include a written report with your score laser/ion
shots and hits, missile shots and hits and kill totals in the email.

6) Pilot files will be manually calculated using the Official PBF
Standard scoring chart for X-wing. Anyone interested in obtaining a
copy of this chart, can email me to do so.

7) No individual scores will be changed after the deadline! If a
report is submitted that is never received at the report address
given above, it will not be added after the deadline. Neither will
the PBF CO accept a late pilot file. The only thing that can be
changed afterwards are errors made by the Command Staff.

8) There is a Fleet Wide competition based on this tour. Every pilot
who sends in a valid report will receive 1 merit point. The pilot
with the best overall score for the mission will be awarded a special
PBF Top Gun medal, along with receiving a 5 point bonus in the PBF
Merit System. In addition participating members from the squadron
with the best overall combined score will receive 5 bonus merit
points in addition to "Top Squadron" bragging rights. Also, the pilot
with the top score for each squadron (excluding the winning squadron,
and Top Gun) will receive 3 bonus PBF merit points. The reporting
members of the Squadrons on 2nd and 3rd places will get 2 bonus PBF
merit points.

*Note* In the even that the Top Pilot for the mission also happens to
be in the Top Squadron he may only receive the 5 bonus Credits for
one or the other. Same thing applies to each squadron Top Pilot and
2nd and 3rd place squadrons.

9) Mail problems including undelivered mail and corrupted *.plt files
are not the responsibility of the PBF command staff. If your *.plt file
becomes corrupted and you do not include a written accounting,
then your score will be counted as "0".

10) If a pilot retires from the PBF at any time during the course of
an active mission after having submitted a report, his report will no
longer count for his former squadron. He will still receive credit
for running the mission, but will be listed as "Inactive".

11) If a pilot transfers from one PBF squadron to another (such as
attaining a squadron CO position) during the course of an active
mission after having submitted a report, his report will will now
count towards the newfound squadron.

-----PBF Information-----

1) IRC---

I'd like to invite all pilots, new and old, to take part in whatever
activities they have running in the Rebel Squadron's Bar and Grill,
on the Undernet IRC network; #RS_Bar_and_Grill is the name of the
channel. The Patriot Battle Fleet has it's own channel as well, #PBF.
I spend a lot of time on these channels, and it's a good way to
contact me if you have problems. It's also a good way to meet new
people and gather information about the RS. Make sure you're
connected to an Undernet server, and if you have trouble connecting
to the Undernet, visit the Undernet homepage at:

http://www.undernet.org

To download an IRC program for Windows PCs, and also learn a lot about
how IRC works, visit the homepage of the program mIRC at:

http://www.mirc.co.uk

To download an IRC program for macintosh, visit the ircle homepage at:

http://www.ircle.com

2) Masters of Combat Tactics---
Do you think you're the best? If so, then ComTac might be for you!
ComTac is a set of missions that you can run to increase your ability
level and gain fame! You can download the ComTac missions at:

http://www.rebelsquadrons.org/academy/postgrad/xwcomtac/

3) Operation Lanvarok---
For anyone who wants to fly a bit more than you are now, there's a
group for you. It's called Operation Lanvarok. This group flies the
Academy missions weekly in a storyline. If you're interested in
joining, contact Lozza McG at: lozza@gmx.co.uk

4) X-Wing Mission Building Academy---
If you would like to learn how to build missions for the game this
fleet is based on, join the X-wing Mission Building Academy You can
find more information at:


--
Colnel Slyder "Ice" McGrath