/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ The 88th Firebirds "Official" Newsletter Website: http://ftp.sarawak.com.my/org/firebirds/ Volume Three, 5 October 1997 Part A /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ PART A: Atten-HUT! Latest News and Updates Bulletin Board Classified -- Hot Off the Wire PART B: So You Want to be a Marine..... From the Quill Pen Musings of A Guylian-Eating Officer Addresses and Sites /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ <^><^><^><^><^> Atten-HUT! <^><^><^><^><^> I sincerely apologise for the delay in sending you this newsletter. As SPM trials are here, I have less time to devote to the newsletter. Sigh.... if wishes were horses, no one would starve (forgive the morbid imagery). The newsletter is a bit thin this time since we're in a bit of a lull. Still, check out the news as we will be having a command shake-up due to Raven's departure. There's also some news about Joel de la Fuente and Kristen Cloke, as well as the proposed Asian Airwing. There's also an update on the Firebirds Gathering. Plus, we have something special in store for you in "From the Quill Pen". Without further ado, let's go! > Qapla'! Lt. Yasmin "Garuda" M. Communications and Acting Executive Officer > <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Latest News and Updates <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> FIREBIRDS NEWS Command: Raven has recently left to major in Archeology at the University of York. There will be a slight change in the command structure. Effective immediately, Sparhawk will be the Acting Commanding Officer. Garuda will e the Acting Executive Offficer in addition to her Communications post. Raven's new e-mail address is . If you wish to ask for clarification about this reshuffle, please e-mail Sparhawk . Recruits: We are happy to welcome Nurul (Kestrel), Nandang, and John into the flock. Hope you'll enjoy it here, guys! The Firebirds are also proud to announce that Joel de la Fuente has accepted an honourary membership in our squadron. Do check out the Personnel page for his listing, and the guestbook to see his entry. ASIAN AIRWING The Asian Airwing is now officially named 7th Asian Airwing, an alliance of the SAAB squadrons in Asia. It will be headed by a council of the COs of the squadrons that make up the airwing. No other details are confirmed at this time. Sparhawk and Skyehawk (of the 41st) are building a webpage. There will also be an IRC meeting about the Airwing in #saab7 at DALnet, 2200 hours next Friday. Please be there if you can. There is also a ailing list: to sign up, please go to SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND NEWS Actors: Joel de la Fuente's two episodes of ER (When The Bough Breaks, and Good Touch Bad Touch) have wrapped. He did say that the option is there to return for more, but there would probably be a few episodes in between hat didn't include him. We will post the days that his episodes are to be broadcast when the information is made available. An engagement has been announced between Kristen Cloke ("Cpt. Shane Vansen") and Glen Morgan (the writer and producer of S:AaB). However, no details of the wedding is forthcoming. Gillian Anderson and Rodney Rowland are also rumoured to be planning an engagement once Ms Anderson's divorce comes through. Rodney Rowland is currently involved in a new series, Wings of Gold", where he plays a Marine. <^><^><^><^><^><^> Bulletin Board <^><^><^><^><^><^> From Kate Duncan, honcho of the 59th: To anyone writing to UPN, requesting that they revive Space... Lucie Salhany has left the network. The new target for letter-writing is: Mr. Dean Valentine President/CEO United Paramount Network 11800 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 Let's tell him about Space and what a valuable, *quality* addition it ould be to UPN's schedule! __________________________________________________________ From Albatross: HEADS UP!!! So far, only Perry, Garry, Raven, Sparry, and Sparrow have sent in their RPG forms...where are you, lurkers. All those that don't send in by 1200 hrs tomorrow are gonna get a hell of a hard time in boot camp, 'cos I'm gonna *make* the CO (Spar) be real mean to you...;););) Guidelines for filling out the form... 1. Make as if it's a real USMC form...be realistic. 2. No guys under 5'6" and no gals under 5'5" 3. Height in feet and inches, weight in kg 4. You HAVE to be a US Citizen, so if possible, born in the US (wherever) 5. Names - you'll be teased for having wierd names. I don't want any gobbledygook...Tristan Elidon Lawrence is fine, but surnames* are important...you'll be addressed as "Private Lawrence", but if your name were Alfred Kookabura for instance, Alfred is normal enough, but imagine > being referred to as "Kookabura"... 6. Whatever I've forgotten but you should have the common sense to know. __________________________________________________________ From Goshawk: This is the weekly VoteKristen letter. It is sent every week to remind the Firebirds to VOTE for Kristen Cloke, the lady star of Space: Above and Beyond. Cast your vote and let the world know how great Cloke is! Just go to: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/3048 Visit the (frequently updated) 88th Firebirds Nesting Site http://ftp.sarawak.com.my/org/firebirds/ "The Spirit Lives On!" Questions? email Goshawk at huilin@tm.net.my Ask anything! Really! <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Classified -- Hot Off the Wire <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> As forwarded by Raven: __________________________________________________________ > > >From: "Pam Rudd" > >Organization: System Server > >To: adi@pc.jaring.my > >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:22:07 EST > >Subject: 96th Recon Battalion Update: September 2 > >Priority: normal > >X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.32a) > > > > > > > >Salute!!!!! > > > >Here is your Update for September 24, 1997: > > > >Space: Above and Beyond Status: > > > >The new Canadiand cable carrier, Space - the Imagination network will be > >carrying Space: Above and Beyond in its initial lineup. The new channel > will > >begin broadcasting on October 17th, with S:AAB being shown on Thursday > >evenings from 9:00 - 10:00 pm (EST). The URL for the grid is: > > http://www.chumcity.com/space/grid.html > > ---------- > >ORF1, Austrian TV, will be showing S:AAB, dubbed in German. This should > be > >available in southern Germany and Switzerland as well. Broadcast times > will > >start on September 25th after The X-Files on Tuesdays at 9:50pm. > > ---------- > >Christian Sorenson is working on a show called "Soldier of Fortune" and on > > >the "The Visitor" as a military advisor/soldier. > > ---------- > >Joel de La Fuente won 2nd place in a poll for best Asian Male Actor. > It's > >in a recent issue of "A" Magazine, with Chow Yun-Fat on the cover. From > >the article: "Joel De La Fuente > >in second, above and beyond vanished son Russel Wong (3rd place)." > > ---------- > >The bridge of the Saratoga can be seen in the new Aliens movie - Alien > >Resurrection. > > ---------- > >This week's results are out, and Kristen has dropped from #12 to #13 - she > > >had a whopping 20 votes last week. > > > >All Time: #11 - 113 votes > > > >You can show your support for Kristen by voting weekly at the Hottest > >Actress of the Web poll, located at: > > > > http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/3048/ > > > > > >Campaigns/Operations/Fan News: > > > >You are invited to register your S:AAB page worldwide by joining the > SAAB > >Ring. The Ring page is located at: > > > > > >Currently there are 73 members in the Ring, with an additional 21 on the > >Ring's queue. > > ---------- > >Secondly, from the statistics on the Ring, it appears that there are > >S:AABers from all over the world - Sweden, Singapore, Germany, Australia, > >United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada, Indonesia, Netherlands, Poland, Israel, > >Portugal, Denmark, France, Finland, Brazil, Austria, Spain, Korea (South), > > >Philippines, Japan, Russian Federation. A worldwide roster of S:AABers > is > >now being created. You can fill out a survey by going to: > > > > ---------- > >A Morgan Weiser discussion group has just formed. For those interested > you > >can join by sending an e-mail to with SUBSCRIBE > >MWDG-L in the subject and if you like some personal > >information in the body. > > ---------- > >The FOX Boards are about to under go major changes. The new address is: > > > > > >It's going to take a few days before the board really gets up and running > >the way it's supposed to. The Reaper needs to implement the registration > >feature of the board which really unlocks a lot of features, most notably > >the method for telling whether you have read a message or not. When you > go > >to the forum index and see a list of all the forums, and click on the > forum > >of your choice, it will not take you into the forum as it does now. It > will > >take you to a page where you can do 1 of 3 things: > > Register > > Login > > Login as a Guest. > > > >Logging in as guests is what you have been doing since the new boards > have > >gone up. This bypasses all of the features pertinent to you as an > >individual, such as displaying messages posted since you > >last logged on, messages unread, etc. > > > >The way the registration feature works is anyone can register with any > name > >and password they choose, but two people cannot have the same username for > > >logging in. When you register, this is the information needed: > > Login: > > Name: > > Email: > > Password: > > > >The Reaper will have to re-verify this, but the login name is for your > eyes > >only as is the password - both of these are used solely for logging in, > Name > >is what gets posted in your message (as your name, of course) and email > >address is not displayed, but your name is a mailto: link. > > > >Now, when you get to that registration page anyone can register any name, > >and it's first come first serve. So what you as FMU can do, is have one > >person send me a list of all of the FMU members. this list needs to > include > >Nickname, Real Name, and email address. This is for the Reaper's personal > > >use. He will be manually registering all of you, but will need to email > >you as individuals to ask you what you want to use as a password. Email > >addresses will only be used: > > - By the Reaper to email you and ask you what password you would like > > >to use > > - We will take advantage of some feature of the forum to email all of > > >the FMU members > > > >Send your registration information to Disbelieving Bystander at: > > > > > > > >Conventions/Merchandise: > > > >Farpoint '97 on October 10-12 at Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn, Hunt Valley, > >MD. Guests are Jonathan Frakes and Mira Furlan. Individuals interested > > >in staffing the Ready Reserve table and/or speak on the panel can contact > >Kate Duncan at: > > kduncan@planetx.com > > > > > >The 96th Recon Battalion Homepage: > > > >The Homepage URL is: > > > > ---------- > >The IRC server's address is: irc.labas.net. port #6667. For more > >information, get in touch with Larry at: > > . > > > > > >Many thanks to the following contributors: > > Nicole Aaron > > Tina Boyle > > Kate Duncan > > Pam Rudd > > Jan Trotter > > Barry Caldwell > > John Goring > > Larry LaBas > > Matt Staub > > > >SEMPER FI!!!!!! > > > >Admiral Patrick J. Kimble > >96th Reconnaissance Battalion > /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ CONTINUED IN PART B /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ > The 88th Firebirds "Official" Newsletter Website: http://ftp.sarawak.com.my/org/firebirds/ Volume Three, 5 October 1997 Part B > /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ > PART B: So You Want to be a Marine.... From the Quill Pen Musings of A Guylian-Eating Officer Addresses and Sites > /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> So You Want to be a Marine.... <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Always dreamed of wearing those cool Marine uniform? Well, here's a price list of military attire (courtesy of Albatross). All prices are in US$. From : > FLIGHTSUIT G.I. STYLE FLIGHT SUITS. constructed of 65% polyester and 35% cotton, instead of Nomex. Specify Olive Drab, Black, Khaki, or Navy Blue. Sizes: S(34-36"), M(38-40"), L(42-44"), or XL(46-48"). NEW. NX7502 . . . . .$35.95ea. DOGTAGS > (Maximum of 5 lines with 15 spaces or characters per line.) (Only the following symbols are available: / - , ' .) Regulation Tags Require the following in the following order: LAST NAME FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BLOOD TYPE RELIGION Item # DT7007 . . . . .$6.00 per set (2 tags). __________________________________________________________ > From : BERETS Govt Issue 100% Wool American Made Berets Xs-6 3/4 S-7 M-7 1/4 LG-7 1/2 XLG-7 3/4 $14.99 each available in Ranger Black * Special Forces Green * Airborne Maroon __________________________________________________________ From DOG TAG SILENCERS > DOG TAG SILENCERS (PAIR)...................................................................... > ........$1.00 #BTS146 - BLACK RUBBER #RTS147 - RED RUBBER #OTS148 - ORANGE RUBBER #GTS149 - GREEN #BTS150 - BLUE #YTS151 - YELLOW These are to stop the metal dog tags from clanking around. NAMETAPES EMBROIDERED NAME TAPES (set of three) .....................................................$6.00 #ONT152 - OLIVE DRAB TAPE W/BLACK LETTERING (ARMY & USMC STYLE) __________________________________________________________ Malaysian flag patch - from the school uniform shop in Magazine Road, PG RM0.80 [The patches can be found at any school uniform shop]. <^><^><^><^><^><^> From the Quill Pen <^><^><^><^><^><^> > Mission Report by Kingfisher $%^$^%$^&$^& Begin Transmission ^&*^*&( > 1200 hours Briefing Room USS Saratoga It had been another chaotic week on board the Saratoga. A few days ago a Chig Regiment had been caught out in the open, trying to cross a vast expense of alien-like plant life similar to elephant grass on earth, a place not surprisingly called 'The Plain Of Reeds'. It was situated on a small moon of the planet Cerrus. So, gunships and fighters were called from all over the place to the small moon. Firebirds from the Saratoga, Wild Furies from the Yorktown and even the 96th Recon Batalion from the JFK were called to handle the situation. Thus it had been a gruelling week of flying sorties after sorties, supporting infantry units down on the moon, standing Counter Mortar Standby 24 hours. The vengeance from the Earth Forces squadron was quite violent. Many a times, Napalm was dropped on wounded Chigs mercilessly, prisoners were executed where they were captured. It was said that Earth Forces soldiers were getting tired of the war, death was a moment's away, you never knew from where or how or when you're going to buy it. > Adding to this was the failed peace conference on the Saratoga. Rumours > has it that the Chigs violated the temporary cease fire causing the death of 3 Earth Forces finest general during the peace talks. A trap no doubt. > Now on this fine Sunday morning, the Firebirds were assigned for a bombing sortie. The transcripts of the briefing made by Commodore Ross > are as follows; "88th, intelligence has reported of heavy enemy movements near iv Corps > . We believe that the Chigs are moving their heavy mortars and artillery down this > trail and there is also reports of Chig tanks around and near the area.We believe this > buildup has something to do with a new base the Chig is fortifying near that particular area. The 101st Airborne Division christened the area 'Heartbreak Hill' but we know it as Steel Tiger. Coordinats Kilo Tango 199356. The Paras already lost 5 platoons trying to take that Hill. As far as military needs is concerned, that hill must fall. Your main objective for today > is to knock out those artillery implacements and destroy any Chig supply depot, around the immediate area. We already pulled the 101st back a few klicks back, so there is no chance of you hitting frendly troops. But bewarned, the target area is heavily defended, expect 99mm's, 150mm's, and 9.3mm Lidar-guided guns. There is a possibility that the 3rd Chig > Airwing will be *there* to intercept you. You Firebirds will join the Wild Furies from the Yorktown on this particular mission. You will need all the help you can get.Raven, Garuda, Falcon, Sparhawk, and Eagle..you five will fly the bombs. For this, you hammers will be equipped with 500 and 100 pounders, MK56's and assorted CBU's. Use the CBU's on the heavily armored bunkers and the MK's for the tanks. I don't havve to tell you what those 1000 pounders are for. Kingfisher, Albatross, Sparrow, Peregrine and the rest of you, you will be their cover fighters. Protect the fighter-bombers with your life. Draw the AAA's off them and eliminate any Chig bandits foolish enough to come close. Kingfisher will be on lead. Are they any questions ? KF put up his hands. > "What about bail-out when you're in trouble?" asked the Lieutenant. "Try and head east towards the 101st, that's where they'll be. Anywhere else, you'll drop right down enemy held area. The Jolly Greens will only have 20 minutes to get you out, any later than that, Chigs get their hands on you," answered the Commodore 'Any more questions," added the Commodore > There was none. "Watch out for those AAA's Firebirds. Call out those fighters when you see 'em Kingfisher. You're the best dogfighter we have here. Don't take any unecessary chances, you job is to protect the bombers, nothing more..I don't want *any* of you planning to be heroes. Try and come back in one piece. DISSMISS! [For the rest of it, stay tuned to the Firebirds' fan fiction page] <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Musings of A Guylian-Eating Officer <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Because of mailing list problems and RL commitments, Peregrine's usually daily contributions have been severely curtailed. Anyway, enjoy this one: Thought/Verse/Phrase/Funnee/Quote of the day from The Morale Officer: Phrase: Latin: Clam, vi, aut precario Eng: By stealth, violence or entreaty Thought; Winning isn't everything, its the only thing. -Vince Lombardi- Quote: Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting -Finley Peter Dunne- __________________________________________________________ From Raven: "A grain of sand is he That soars in heavens and contains a world Of longing in his heart. Naught will he see Except his inner self, and unpledged is his soul > Unburdened, free; the wide-expanse of life He swiftly doth traverse, its vastness all. In fancy I do call him `Living Stream'. - from the "Javid Nameh" of Muhammad Iqbal Translated by Shaikh Mahmud Ahmad <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Addresses and Sites <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> The following is a list of some of the more informative S:AaB sites: Mission Status: http://www.planetx.com/space:aab/ SAAB Internet Yellow Pages: http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/~vpeng/space/ Fanfic archives: http://www.erols.com/janeh/archives.html and http://sff.net/people/rayhne/saab/saab.htp WildCardMOO (perhaps not interesting, but useful): http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3476/index.html > Kristian Sorensen: http://www.prado.com/~astriark/krispg1.htm Kristian's own site: http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/5088/chighq.htm Morgan and Wong: http://www.pathcom.com/~nooger/flameboy/mw_index.html Doug Hutchison: http://www.vaxxine.com/nfrc/DOUGPAGE.HTM Joel de la Fuente: http://www.joeldela.com Kate Duncan's site: http://www.planetx.com/~kduncan Morgan Weisser: http://pages.prodigy.com/MorganWeisser > Rodney Rowland: http://www-ucs.usc.edu/~tapscott/JSpades.html Tucker Smallwood: http://users.aol.com/tuckerhome/homepage.htm http://webpages.marshall.edu/~ward11/smallwood.html Kristen Cloke: http://www.servtech.com/public/mrs7764/KCLOKE/ James Morrison: http://www.mindspring.com/~louisep/jmdg-l/ __________________________________________________________ The newsletter will be posted every fortnight (hopefully). For uggestions and contributions to both the newsletter and mailing list e-mail Garuda . I will forward any message intended for the whole squadron to the mailing list. If you want your message to be seen y the whole squadron, state it clearly and I will put it up on the Bulletin Board column as well. I am also responsible for Communications, so e-mail me if you have any other problems, except those concerning your embership in the 88th, as that falls under Peregrine's wing. > /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ END VOLUME THREE