/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ "Semarak Api" The 88th Firebirds Official Newsletter Website: http://ftp.sarawak.com.my/org/firebirds/ Volume Nine, 15 February 1998 Part A /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ PART A: Atten-HUT! Latest News and Updates Bulletin Board - Double Celebration Special So You Want to be a Marine.... PART B: Interstellar Chat Radio >From the Quill Pen Birds of a Feather.... Addresses and Sites /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ <^><^><^><^><^> Atten-HUT! <^><^><^><^><^> A hearty "Gong Xi Fa Cai" goes to all who celebrates Chinese New Year, to the Muslims, "Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri". It's been rather quiet on the Firebirds front, so for this fortnight I'm afraid that you'll just have to make do with an Asian Airwing news and a *lot* of S:AaB news. :) The "Bulletin Board" this issue was specially for the Gong Xi Raya celebration, so take a moment to read it. A classic Firebird fanfic piece is featured in this fortnight's newsletter, as well as a resurrected "Birds of a Feather....". Unfortunately, Peregrine is still isn't back, so "Musings" is still suspended for the time being. However, I believe that Albatross' attempt to fill her shoes is very much commendable. And do check out "Interstellar Chat Radio". You won't regret it. ;D Enjoy, and send feedback! Qapla'! Captain Yasmin "Garuda" M. 88th Firebirds Squadron <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Latest News and Updates <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> ASIAN AIRWING NEWS I'd like to welcome Jessi (SeuneAeryk) and Baraa (Wonder Man) to the airwing. May your stay be pleasant, and above all interesting. SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND NEWS General: There is an article on Space: Above and Beyond at the SciFi Entertainment website. Pop over to to read it. For those who are interested in getting their own Chig toy, go to your local toy store and take a look at the LEGO UFO sets. The Chigs can be found in sets # 6915, 6975, and 6999. The latest issue of the australian "Frontier" magazine had follow-ups to last quarter's brilliant "Defending S:AAB" issue. There was quite a bit actually, starting with the editorial , which described how they had had fantastic feedback, quite unexpectedly. Katharine Maxwell, the editor, goes on to give the address of the Space Ready Reserve, and to point out that interest from overseas (from the point to view of a US show that is) can help. Foxtel have just started showing Space again from last Saturday 22nd. (Australia) Cast and Crew: The transcript for a TVGEN/Yahoo! chat with Morgan & Wong is available at . Sightings: a. Kristen Cloke and Tucker Smallwood in "Millennium" b. Harriet Sansom Harris in "The Practice" c. Tucker Smallwood in "Blackout Effect" d. James Morrison in a "Frasier" rerun, syndicated e. James Morrison in a "Quantum Leap" rerun, Sci-Fi Channel f. John-bro Wilkie (Chig #3) will be playing an alien in an upcoming "Star Trek: Voyager" episode ('The Killing Game')... (There's a photo on Kate Duncan's site, linked from her News page. URL http://www.planetx.com/~kduncan ) g. Michael Reilly Burke (aka Shane's old flame, John Oakes) guests on CBS's "Promised Land", h. The guy who played "Mank" in SAAB (the guy who got Shane's Lavatory Card) plays a reporter in "L.A. Confidential". Lanei's character (Ensign Rager) in the New and Improved Star Trek Encyclopedia, and at the very bottom of the article it says "Lanei Chapman later had a regular role in Space, Above and Beyond". (SO they put a comma instead of a colon.) Tucker's TV-movie "Blackout", which was supposed to be aired a couple of weeks ago, has been rescheduled to early 1998. Nothing more specific at this time. __________________________________________________________ The Jan. 12th issue of Broadcast and Cable magazine published a list of one-hour syndicated programs that debuted in 1997 with their rating to date. Pensacola, Rodney Rowland's new series, it at No. 3: 1. Earth:Final Conflict (4.1) 2. Honey I Shrunk the Kids (3.4) 3. Pensacola: Wings of Gold (3.3) <<<<<<---------------------Here! 4. Nightman (3.1) 5. Team Knight Rider (2.5) 6. Wild Things (2.5) 7. Police Academy (2.4) 8. Soldier of Fortune (2.2) 9. Conan the Adventurer (1.7) 10. Fame L.A. (1.6) 11. Due South (1.4) __________________________________________________________ From: Kate Duncan >James Morrison is currently filming episode six ...of a new >sci-fi/thriller series "Prey" ...now in production for ABC and >planned as a mid-season replacement...James plays Lewis, >one of the "new species". Looks like he could be in two or >three more episodes. Addendum on "Prey", from Barry: Prey is a Warner Bros. production and will be on ABC in January. James has finished filming his first 2 episodes, "Infiltration" and "Transformations", and will begin filming his third, "Veil", on Friday, Dec. 5. These three episodes are the 6th, 7th and 8th episodes in the show. At first, they planned on killing him in the 8th one, but now plans have changed and it looks like the door will remain open to bring him back later in the show. So far, ABC has ordered 13 episodes, and will probably run them from January till the end of the season in May, then repeat them over the summer if the show gets renewed and picked up for a full season in the fall of 98. I have had the pleasure of visiting the Prey set several times and a few weeks ago I had the honor of meeting Mr. Morrison for the second time. We had a nice chat as his scene kept getting delayed. :) From what I can tell, the show has the potential to be really good, or really bad. I've read a few of the scripts and have watched them film quite a few scenes, but not having seen a finished product, I can't comment on the quality. I guess we'll have to wait and see. The premise is really interesting. James is the leader of a new species of humans, much smarter than Homo Sapien, and they're all mean as hell. Oh, and to make it real convenient, they want us gone. :) I've started an unofficial Prey webpage at http://users.aol.com/preyfan Fandom: S:AAB RPG URL http://www.algonet.se/~k_sund/saab_rpg.html There you can find rules cores etc. for *Death out of Darkness*, a RPG project from the 57th Crusaders Squadron. For more information please contact: k_sund@algonet.se <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Bulletin Board - Double Celebration Special <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Festive Greetings Hi all FBs, To all celebrating the festivities, here's wishing you all "Gong Xi Fa Cai", "Selamat Hari Raya" and "Happy Eid Mubarak"!! Enjoy the hols, the gatherings and above all, the FOOD! :) Do drop by the 88th's corner of the "Tun" some time, and talk to the rest of us. Semper Fi! Sparhawk Commanding Officer (Acting) The 88th Firebirds -The Spirit Lives On- Hey there Double 8! I have a busy day ahead of me so I'll keep this short and simple for you all. This is just a letter wishing you all a happy Chinese New Year/Eid/Any religious festival any of you will be celebrating. Oh and one more thing...it's okay to get stuffed during the holiday season. Semper Fi Jaeger __________________________________________________________ Gong Xi Raya Cards! >From Captain Garuda: http://www.bluemountain.com/cards/box2237s/th444yjvumhxinz.htm >From Lieutenant Albatross: http://www.maybanlife.com.my/fun/ecard/retrieve/88thfirebirds1899.html >From Private Caracara: http://www.bluemountain.com/cards/box9265/ever3987zkd9656.html __________________________________________________________ [Garuda's note: I know that this is off-topic, but I couldn't resist. :)] >From Lt. Eagle: You have been chosen! It's time for you to learn the truth about the alien/government conspiracy and that insidious TV show, THE X FILES. Your friend drifter@tm.net.my, is aware that THE X FILES is slowly weakening our resistance to the onslaught of alien forces that are preparing to colonize our planet. To get your mail, just copy and paste the URL below into your browser: http://www.xfools.com/XFOOLS/XCards/front.cgi?piyUce715Xcfs After you've read it, check out the X FOOLS WEB SITE to further educate yourself about mankind's impending doom. In fact, you shouldn't stop there. It's urgent that you drop everything you're doing (taking care of kids, working hard at your job, playing Parroty Interactive's wacky CD-ROM STAR WARPED), and procure a copy of THE X FOOLS CD-ROM. The fate of humanity is in your hands! Ciao, Former Agents Mully and Scudder http://www.xfools.com/ <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> So You Want to be a Marine.... <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> The Rules of Combat as contributed by Eagle 1. If the enemy is in range, so are you. 2. Incoming fire has the right of way. 3. Don't look conspicuous: it draws fire. 4. The easy way is always mined. 5. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. 6. Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous. 7. The enemy invariably attacks on one of two occasions: A. When you're ready for them. B. When you're not ready for them. 8. Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at. 9. If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed at you. 10. If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush. 11. Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you. 12. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire. 13. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend. 14. If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid. 15. When in doubt empty the magazine. 16. Never share a fox hole with anyone braver than you. 17. Anything you do can get you shot. Including doing nothing. 18. Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out. 19. Mines are equal opportunity weapons. 20. A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive. 21. Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last and don't ever volunteer to do anything. 22. The quartermaster has only two sizes: too large and too small. 23. Five second fuses only last three seconds. 24. It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed. /~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/~/ CONTINUES IN PART B