-= 44:5:9 Winstorm stationed over the planet Haven =-

Sitting in the library, and going over the information of the battle that finished, Josh was wondering just what happened. With all the commotion and fighting, it was very hard to figure out if it was finally over or not. With a sigh, Josh sits down and rubs his temples, most of the information saying the battle is over and Minos is clear. But a small, tiny voice from the back of his mind said it wasn't over yet.

People coming in and out, grabbing technical manuals and other repair books make Josh proud of the people that he serves with. Reports about casualties and repairs are constantly being filed and reported to Josh in the library, which makes his head ache all the more. The battle had been a success, and most of the Imperial ships were destroyed, or abandoned because of damage. The cost was high though. We lost a number of ships ourself and the Windstorm had to enter the fray and took a few shots. Looking back, the gamble worked, and the Imperials were caught by surprise; but it might not have been worth it.

Leaning forward Josh resumes looking over the reports again, when a signal from the bridge claims his attention. "Sorry to bother you, sir; we have a message from Max on the Prometheus giving us an update on the damage reports. Also, we're getting a call from the Ynians sir, they are asking for our help."

"Understood. Transfer the Ynian call down here, and you may as well send the report down. Thank you."

"Roger that Sir, someone will deliver the report soon, and the Ynian leader General Iyuka Porta is ready for you as well. Bridge out." 

With the bridge clearing out, the hologram goes blank to be replaced a moment later by the Ynian leader. "Greetings Admiral Hawkins. As you know we've had limited dealing with the RS, and have enjoyed our friendship. It is because of this I must ask your help. A day or so ago, an Imperial Star Destroyer entered our space, flanked by a Victory Star Destroyer and a frigate. It seems they were in a battle recently and were driven to our borders looking for repairs. We would like to drive them off, but they have just a bit more firepower than we have. I have, reluctantly, come to ask for your help"

During most of this, Josh has nodded and developed a stern and crazed look in his eyes. The battle was not over it seems; the main character escaped to tell the tale of war to another. "I understand your concern General Porta, and I must apologize as well. You see we just encountered those Imperial forces here in the Minos Cluster; that battle they were in was caused by me.  With your permission, I would like to enter your space and finish the job." Josh had a lot of respect for the Ynians; they had a cultural hatred of the Imperials and all they stood for. However, they also like their privacy and liked to be left alone. 

The Ynian leaders eyes grew wide upon hearing that we were to blame for the Imperial presence, but understanding came over him and reasoning calmed the leaders mind. "Provided we are able to help, and these Imperials do not return, you have our permission to enter this space."

"I thank you, General. We have an Immobilizer at the ready; this time the Imperials will not escape. I look forward to working with you Sir. We'll send our information over, and we can work out a strategy while we make our way to your space." Josh is typing away at a datapad, jotting down ideas and thoughts for later use.

"Indeed, I trust we will not have any more unexpected visitors to our space after this?"

"I would hope not, but I cannot be certain. We have removed a large portion of the Imperial presence here in Minos, but I fear it might not be enough. The immediate threat is dealt with and it will be some time before they return, however. After this battle, we must return home. The Imperials and pirates have awoken and we are needed back there."

"Thank you Admiral, we appreciate your intervention in this matter, and your discretion. General Porta out." With that, the screen blinks off. The Ynians liked their solitude, and their pride. It's ok though; Josh was glad to help, since he was the cause of the Imperials being there to begin with. 

"Just one more delay before going home." Josh sighs and goes back looking over the damage reports again. He hits the call button on the communicator and waits for the connecting tone. "Mr. Reagan, report to the library at your convenience. All crews to your stations please. Stand by for further instructions. Josh out."

Now it was the time where we see just how great the members of the Patriot Battle Fleet really are. As preparations for more repairs are made, Josh wonders how many people will hate him for bringing them into battle so soon. His thoughts were interrupted by Eric walking in with the report from Max. "Wow, all in all we're not doing too badly Josh. Lots of burned out shield generators though. So what's up?"

"I just had a short conversation with the Ynian military leader, General Porta. It seems some of the Imperials escaped our battle earlier and have retreated into Ynian space." Josh filters through some more reports hoping all will be ready.

"So we're going in and finishing the job I take it? What will prevent them from running this time as well? And better yet, when are we leaving?" Eric asks while taking a seat and adding his report to the pile in front of Josh.

"As soon as we're able, and make sure the Chains of Justice comes along; we're going to need her this time. These Imperials will not escape again. We'll need to tell the Ynian command what we're bringing into their space."

"So soon after battle...you sure we're up for it?" Eric looks a tad worried, but somehow trusts Josh's judgement, either out of sheer stupidity, or loyalty. One's not sure which yet.

"We'll have to be, cause we're going. The folks here are the best. They'll be up for it. They have never turned down a challenge before. Anyway, I want to go over some of these reports; maybe we can help them along." Josh hands Eric a couple of datapads and they begin to go over the repair schedule for the coming battle.

-= 44:5:10 Windstorm Briefing room, Ynian space =-

"Sorry for making you get right back into battle with no rest, but it seems our enemy is still out there. The ISD Arcanus, has escaped with a VSD and a frigate, and who knows what else into Ynian space. The leader there, General Porta, has asked for our assistance. Since we were the ones who drove the Impies here, I felt obliged to comply with his request."

Josh brings up a hologram of the Ynian space and the surrounding planets. "Some of you might have dealt with the Ynians in the past, some might not. To be brief, they hate the Impies more than we do. So we're going in and firing up the Chains of Justice so they don't escape; and with the help of the Ynians, we're going to surround and destroy. Your mission is simple. If it's Imperial, destroy it. Leave nothing to chance. They are a wounded animal and will use any tactics necessary to win. Be on your guard, and don't worry about kill counts. I want this battle over soon so we can head home. Any questions?"

With that short briefing, the pilots exit to the hangar and begin preflight checks. With luck, this will be the last mission for a while, and they can finally head home for some rest.

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Greetings Pilots! I would like to thank you all for a wonderful tour. At this time I would ask that all squad CO's get me promotion/medal requests as soon as possible so I can award them at the end of this mission. It has been an honor serving with you all!

Now for the good stuff..

Top Squad honors for the XWing mission goes to.. can you believe it? FIRECLAW squadron, with Gold and Red not far behind. Congrats Fireclaw, welcome back to the fray! :)

Top gun in XWing goes to Licah Fox, he's found some time to fly folks, and has just set the bar. Can you beat him next time?

Mission Report Medal for XWing goes to Dacs Helfrump. Congrats Dacs!

Top Squad for TIE Fighter goes to Gold squadron, with Green and Fireclaw behind them. Congrats Gold!

Top Gun for TIE Fighter goes to Gavin Starseeker, who by the looks of things was compeating with Licah for most of the mission. Congrats Gavin!

Mission report Medal for TIE Fighter Goes to Biz, as he was the only one to write.

Fireclaw, Gold and Red have earned the Medal of Activity for having above 70% reporting. Congrats you three!

This mission will be the last one before we start heading into a unified ITOD. We'll have some downtime, to be sure, but not much. When we become part of the Greeop Defense force, I'll be turning over the narrative duties to Dave Trebonious-Astoris. We'll basically become part of his FC narratives, except this time, we'll be able to help him out and fly some of the missions he so nicely writes about.


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The current Patriot Battle Fleet mission is: 

PBF 7.12

The deadline for the current mission is: 

Sunday September 30th 11:59 pm EDT 

You can download the current mission at: 

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

Send reports with pilot files attached to: 

pbfreports@yahoogroups.com 

Plus your own squadron CO and/or squadron egroup. 

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 /*.tfr file in order to be eligible for the PBF/R2F 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. Note: TIE missions have their own Battle file, so you will also be flying tour 1 mission 1.

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. Pilot  files containing "Rebel" or "Friendly" 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. Laser padding in TIE missions is strictly forbidden and will result in a 0 score.

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

9) 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. 

10) 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 now count towards the newfound squadron. 


You may ask, "What is required for the reporting. 

1) A valid mission file and physical report (same as normal) 

2) We know some people can't report in some instances. This will not beheld against squads. If it comes to pass that you could not report for any reason, such as computer issues, you were gone...A properly written narrative will suffice for the flying report. This does not cover, "Oh, I forgot to fly" Or, "I didn't want to fly." These narratives are for the use of people who cannot fly the mission, and need another method of counting a report. 

Guidelines for narratives: 
The narrative needs to be more then "I got in my ship, launched, flew around, shot this and this up, went home and drank beers." A quality written narrative (Under the discretion of PBF command staff looking at reports) needs to consist of some bulk. It can be, however, a report of anything. Since by using this method of reporting, you weren't able to fly for whatever reason, the narrative DOES NOT have to be about the mission directly. You could write substantial narrative about since your hip was damaged, you stuck back to make repairs to join the second wave. Or, since you couldn't fly, you volunteered to join the rescue shuttle to help an EVA pilot. What you write about is up to you. However, we have command people watching these reports, and they need to be involved, decent reports, or they will not be counted to the squad total. 

Also note: If a squad is at say 10 pilots....the 75% rule would apply to 7 pilots minimum...the 12 pilots per squadron will have no effect.The 75% and 100% requirements will be based off of the current squad roster...for those that were curious about that. 

-----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://pbf.rebelsquadrons.org/comtac/ 