Maj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillips's Posts - Battlestar Galactica Fanclub2024-03-29T15:54:06ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillpshttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2535326766?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://battlestarfanclub.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=2wel60vvel7xw&xn_auth=noJust a little update.tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2015-05-27:4960814:BlogPost:1818642015-05-27T04:46:47.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>As you all may recall I have taken upon myself to go back to school and get myself a degree or three. I set myself up with a plan to get to where I really wanted to go in life and I am proud to say that stage one of this journey is almost complete.</p>
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<p>What I was doing was going to a "For-Profit" School to get my Associates in Criminal Justice. By the end of June of this year I will have completed the requirements to fulfill that degree and will graduate with the fall classes…</p>
<p>As you all may recall I have taken upon myself to go back to school and get myself a degree or three. I set myself up with a plan to get to where I really wanted to go in life and I am proud to say that stage one of this journey is almost complete.</p>
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<p>What I was doing was going to a "For-Profit" School to get my Associates in Criminal Justice. By the end of June of this year I will have completed the requirements to fulfill that degree and will graduate with the fall classes sometime in October or November. (Instead of doing a grad class of like 5-6 a month, they do a spring session and a fall session). I will graduate with a 3.96 GPA most likely in the top 10 percent of my class and be eligible for any and all honors not Medical based at the school.</p>
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<p>In September I will start phase 2 of my plan and go back to Brown Mackie College for my Bachelors Program in Criminal Justice and I will keep you all up to date on that progress as well.</p>
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<p>So that is my update, If you need any work done on the Main Raven site (Looking at you Squadron Commanders) leave me a message here or email me personally at j.phillips0328@gmail.com with a subject called Raven Web Site.</p>
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<p>Thanks again..</p>
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<p>CPT. Jeff Phillips</p>
<p>Chief Engineering Officer </p>
<p>Commander, 615th Fighter Squadron "Minotaur"</p>
<p>Battlestar Raven BFC-002</p>Brown Mackie College Criminal Justice Olympicstag:battlestarfanclub.com,2014-04-14:4960814:BlogPost:1587392014-04-14T01:05:40.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>For those of you who do know, I am working on getting a degree in Criminal Justice. Thus some of the postings I have had in the past mumbling about JAG correspondence courses. Well I was chosen to represent my school this past weekend in Louisville Ky. to participate in a practical application competition on skills that are taught in the Criminal Justice program at my college.</p>
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<p>There were 5 schools represented at this years competition. This is the first year that Brown…</p>
<p>For those of you who do know, I am working on getting a degree in Criminal Justice. Thus some of the postings I have had in the past mumbling about JAG correspondence courses. Well I was chosen to represent my school this past weekend in Louisville Ky. to participate in a practical application competition on skills that are taught in the Criminal Justice program at my college.</p>
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<p>There were 5 schools represented at this years competition. This is the first year that Brown Mackie-Tulsa has competed in this competition and due to trying to figure things out and some lapses in communication our teams went in sorta behind the 8-ball.</p>
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<p>There were competitions over the following applications. These are team applications where 2 or more team members participated in.</p>
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<p>Executing a Search Warrant</p>
<p>Performing a Traffic Stop</p>
<p>Crime Scene Investigation</p>
<p>Responding to a Burglary in Progress</p>
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<p>The following competitions were individually scored.</p>
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<p>Writing a Report</p>
<p>Overall Knowledge Bowl.</p>
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<p>So after a long hard day of competition the results came in.</p>
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<p>My team won the silver medal in the Executing a Search Warrant</p>
<p>and My team took home the gold medal in Responding to a Burglary in Progress!!!! Now this is despite the fact that I being the tail officer in the entry was killed due to the fact we did not kick in the door the way we wanted to because they put a Caprica look a like behind the door and we did not want to break her nose upon entry! Next time we will not be so nice!</p>
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<p>I personally took home a silver medal in the overall knowledge bowl.</p>
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<p>And also for being a first time school at the event and being behind the 8-ball placed 3rd in the presidents trophy race for the overall school competition.</p>
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<p>If you happen to know me on facebook right now you will see a picture of me with my medals, I know one looks bronze but it is silver trust me.</p>
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<p>I am proud to say that I loved every minute of this trip with my fellow students and my Criminal Justice advisor who is a Reserve Tulsa Police Officer. It was a great time and cannot wait to do it again next year!</p>So you want to see what I did tonight?tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-09-08:4960814:BlogPost:1395392013-09-08T03:33:20.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>Some of you might know that I live a secret life under a mask and well I figure that I would share this with you all. check out the Squadron Leader of the Minotaur partake in some fun and well fighting. hint hint I am in black.</p>
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<p><a href="http://youtu.be/ER64m3xHvUQ">http://youtu.be/ER64m3xHvUQ</a></p>
<p>Some of you might know that I live a secret life under a mask and well I figure that I would share this with you all. check out the Squadron Leader of the Minotaur partake in some fun and well fighting. hint hint I am in black.</p>
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<p><a href="http://youtu.be/ER64m3xHvUQ">http://youtu.be/ER64m3xHvUQ</a></p>Taking the shuttle back to the Raven.tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-08-05:4960814:BlogPost:1354252013-08-05T22:25:06.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>Sleepy eyed and sore from all of the running around that has been done, Lt. Phillips sees his home ship in the porthole of the shuttle taking him back to duty. A convention of fun on Caprica where a favored band of his was playing. Some of his favorite actors from the holo-net were also there as well. So he signed up to get pictures and autographs of his favorites so that was something he felt accomplished and proud of. He had even participated in a old simulation game. letting the other…</p>
<p>Sleepy eyed and sore from all of the running around that has been done, Lt. Phillips sees his home ship in the porthole of the shuttle taking him back to duty. A convention of fun on Caprica where a favored band of his was playing. Some of his favorite actors from the holo-net were also there as well. So he signed up to get pictures and autographs of his favorites so that was something he felt accomplished and proud of. He had even participated in a old simulation game. letting the other attendees have fun and just only come in second place not to embarrass those that were not of the Colonial Fleet. All and all it was a good time. Now he returns to his beloved Battlestar and to his squadron. After all Fleet created the leave system to allow it members to blow off steam every now and again.</p>
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<p>As the Shuttle sets down and opens the hatch. Lt. Phillips notices that a second shuttle setting down and other members of his crew getting out of that shuttle. Surprised they were all laughing and talking about a good time they had. It appears that they too had been to a convention of sorts. The similar look of having a good time but being totally exhausted was in their faces. He even noticed the Commander of the Battlestar Raven step out of the shuttle, badge from the convention she attended hanging from her neck. Striding over to the shuttle. </p>
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<p>"Lt. Phillips reporting for duty"</p>
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<p>"Gambit it seems you are as tired as the rest of us" </p>
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<p>"Yes Ma'am, tired but ready to go."</p>
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<p></p>Requesting a temporary leave of absence.tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-07-16:4960814:BlogPost:1332732013-07-16T00:16:38.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>Okay, much like all of the wonderful people that put on the supershow Galacticon 3. I help in large part for a convention here in Tulsa called. Tokyo in Tulsa. (<a href="http://www.tokyointulsa.com">www.tokyointulsa.com</a>) So with the show in oh good lords of Kobal, 3 week time. I am going to be super busy. On top of this I am doing my college courses at the same time so a lot of my time and energy is going to be taken up. </p>
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<p>I still check on the messages on here and actually…</p>
<p>Okay, much like all of the wonderful people that put on the supershow Galacticon 3. I help in large part for a convention here in Tulsa called. Tokyo in Tulsa. (<a href="http://www.tokyointulsa.com">www.tokyointulsa.com</a>) So with the show in oh good lords of Kobal, 3 week time. I am going to be super busy. On top of this I am doing my college courses at the same time so a lot of my time and energy is going to be taken up. </p>
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<p>I still check on the messages on here and actually have some snippets of writing that I am contemplating putting into a Battlestar Raven book. </p>
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<p>Thank you for listening and supporting me in my endeavors.</p>
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<p>And on the goofy side of things, working on my third play thru of Xcom Enemy Unknown I am going to be using Characters from this board as part of the teams and Once I am done I will post results of that run thru. Just imagine the aliens in the game being toasters and it works..</p>
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<p>Wish I had the PC version and some people who were good a Mods. That just became a great idea for a computer mod game..</p>
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<p>Sorry for the squirrel moments</p>
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<p>Gambit. </p>My Real Life future self. Or what has been going on with me as of late.tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-06-07:4960814:BlogPost:1272552013-06-07T00:25:02.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>Since I joined up with this wonderful organization, I have had some thoughts and ideas that needed to be fleshed out. In the recent years including this one, I have had several friends or family members finish college degrees and some with advanced degrees. For the longest time I felt uncomfortable around these people for the fact that I spent time in the Military, and after I got out tried to go to school full time, but when working full time at the same time made trying to accomplish this…</p>
<p>Since I joined up with this wonderful organization, I have had some thoughts and ideas that needed to be fleshed out. In the recent years including this one, I have had several friends or family members finish college degrees and some with advanced degrees. For the longest time I felt uncomfortable around these people for the fact that I spent time in the Military, and after I got out tried to go to school full time, but when working full time at the same time made trying to accomplish this goal almost impossible.</p>
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<p>I dropped out of college back in 1999 and now 14 years later, there had been some things that have affected my life. I am not ashamed to say that for the past 2 years I could not find a job, and yes there were times that I did not even look. However with my roommate (Ens. Chronstier) graduating from Law School in 2011 everyone in my household had at the very least a bachelor's degree. Again that feeling uncomfortable started up again. It caused some strife in my house and I was feeling very ashamed and embarrassed about not getting an education. So one night after an argument I sat down and started to look at stuff online.</p>
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<p>Because of the people I hang around with and the interests I have being political in a sense, I started to look at becoming a paralegal due to the fact that I feel there is job opportunities once I got the training. So I found a school that is not traditional in the sense that I have to take multiple classes at the same time. I only take one class a month 3 days a week. To me this allows me to concentrate on that one subject and get it out of the way. I like this kind of deal when Composition I and Composition II come rolling around. But I was still sketchy on trying to attend school, I have pretty much lost a lot of my personal things. Being out of work I could not afford Insurance and keeping up with the Tag on my car. My apartment complex towed my car away due to the fact of that tag. Well that made things extremely hard. Since I could not afford the normal stuff so I could not getting my car out of impound so I cut my losses on that and considered it lost to the ravages of being unemployed. </p>
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<p>Talking with my roommates and then started to talk with the Admissions Recruiter, we saw the fact that we can work things around to allow me to go to school. We looked to Financial Aid, and sure I was in need of student loans. But we saw that it was not a whole lot for student loans and it covered my tuition for the classes. Again feeling sketchy about getting into debt since I could not pay for anything else. I was assured that things will be alright. So I decided to take the plunge and enrolled in school. </p>
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<p>School started this past week and I am enjoying the class so far. Again I am just taking one course at a time. So I am still excited about the whole process. </p>
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<p>In character you will see Gambit sitting in his quarters or in the rec room pouring over the correspondences courses from the JAG corps. He is not going to ignore his duties but his off hours are now nose deep in books and pages of notes strewn across the table.</p>
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<p>Thank you for reading and Thank you for all being of awesome.</p>Real Life Battlestar Galactica. a Live Action Role Playtag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-06-04:4960814:BlogPost:1271222013-06-04T01:55:18.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>Here is an article on our friends across the pond doing a Live Action Role Play of the story in the Re-Imaged series.</p>
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<p><a href="http://kotaku.com/oh-my-god-theyve-recreated-battlestar-galactica-in-rea-511141201">http://kotaku.com/oh-my-god-theyve-recreated-battlestar-galactica-in-rea-511141201</a></p>
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<p>Here a follow up article on how that type of game could cross the Atlantic…</p>
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<p>Here is an article on our friends across the pond doing a Live Action Role Play of the story in the Re-Imaged series.</p>
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<p><a href="http://kotaku.com/oh-my-god-theyve-recreated-battlestar-galactica-in-rea-511141201">http://kotaku.com/oh-my-god-theyve-recreated-battlestar-galactica-in-rea-511141201</a></p>
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<p>Here a follow up article on how that type of game could cross the Atlantic</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4391736/real-life-battlestar-galactica-larp-could-be-coming-to-america">http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/3/4391736/real-life-battlestar-galactica-larp-could-be-coming-to-america</a></p>
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<p>I think we need to have the command staff send out invitations to this crew and see if we can help them along.</p>
<p></p>Action Stations!!!!!tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-04-26:4960814:BlogPost:1238562013-04-26T10:00:00.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p dir="ltr"><span>Above the Colonial Fleet Shipyards, Leonis.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Action Stations!, Action Stations! Set Condition One throughout the Ship!! All Pilots to your craft this is not a drill I repeat this is not a drill!!!”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The alarm and klaxon surprised Lt. Jg Jeff Phillips. Getting out of his bunk and quickly getting into his flight suit. He looks to his roommate and friend Ensign Eric Chronister. “Is…</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Above the Colonial Fleet Shipyards, Leonis.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Action Stations!, Action Stations! Set Condition One throughout the Ship!! All Pilots to your craft this is not a drill I repeat this is not a drill!!!”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The alarm and klaxon surprised Lt. Jg Jeff Phillips. Getting out of his bunk and quickly getting into his flight suit. He looks to his roommate and friend Ensign Eric Chronister. “Is everything ready to go with the Labrys, Storm?”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Sure thing, Gambit everything is locked down tight, do not worry I will help get the kids into the planes.” replies Eric referring to him by his callsign.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Make sure Ogre does not jump the gun while I go and get the brief from the CAG.” Gambit said as he head to the Ready Room.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Running as fast he can down the deck corridors of the Battlestar Raven the flagship of the Colonial Fleet. Gambit turns to the Ready Room where the rest of the Squadron Leaders were also running in.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Standing at the podium stood the CAG, that would be the Commander of the Air Group. Captain Keith Ranson known as “Leonidas” stood grim. Gambit had never seen the CAG look this way he was always kind of a hard ass as most commanders are but this time he looked like he had seen a ghost. This did not feel good. As Gambit sat in his seat noted by the seal of the squadron that he leads the Minotaur, Fellow Squadron Leader Lt. Jg. Roger “Reamer” Barstow of the Flying Tigers noted “Have a clue what is going on?” as he sat down.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Not a clue but the CAG has never looked this way.” Replied Gambit. As the rest of the Squadron Leaders settled down the Commander of the Air Group cleared his throat and spoke the following.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>After Reading The Report Of Ens. Quinn And Examining The Images He Recorded On a Covert Mission On a Possible Cylon Fleet Stalking Us, I felt It Necessary To Do a Follow-Up Recon Using The Second Blackbird, Supported By Two Raptors. We launched from the Raven, Then Jumped to an Intermediate Point Just Beyond DRADIS Range.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>I Ordered The Two Raptors To hold position While I Jumped Ahead To The Last Plot Of the Cylon Fleet. I Managed To get Within Five kilometers Of The Cylon Fleet,Which Then Consisted Of a Resurrection Ship, Two Basestars, And About Two Detached Squadrons Of Raiders. To My Knowledge,They Did Not Detect My Ship. I attempted to Record More details Of The Fleet,But was Unable To Due to a Camera Malfunction. However, I Can Confirm That There Is Indeed A Enemy Fleet Stalking Us, Which Ties in With The Recent Probing Activity, And Also the Suspicious Activity On The Raven.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>It Is My Judgement That this Threat be Eliminated As Soon as Possible. Therefore,Recommend, as A Primary Plan, Co-Ordination With TWO Other Battlestars Due To the Possibility Of encountering Up To FOUR Enemy Basestars, In a Strike To Eliminate the Cylon Fleet Stalking Us.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Oh Frak, this is for real. No more playing tag with other pilots from the other Battlestars, this is the real deal. The Cylons are back. Wow this is very heavy. This time this is for real. Gambit thinks on the fact that while the recruiting is still going strong that I still do not have a full complement of pilots for this kind of operation. We will make due but boy howdy this is going to have a strain on their skills.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Gambit’s thoughts on the matter were shattered when CAG called out attention and wished the leaders good luck and good hunting.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Running down to the flight deck, Gambit takes stock of the pilots that are preparing their fighters. Eric, Shane “Ogre” Coble who is also his assistant Squadron Leader. Then there is Cherie “Dunrite” Leach who is in a new and shiny Mark VII Viper, Laura “Machine” Morris, Don “Dice” Orser, Tifany “StarCat” Oslin, and the nugget Ensign Elizabeth Nicholson. A lot of new faces, and not a lot of combat experience. Even Gambit himself does not have true combat experience, despite his senior pilot status. Taking the time to brief his pilots of what is going on a lot of white but steeled faces. No one responded in the negative when asked are “you all ready for this?”.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Gambit moves over to his Viper Mark III and takes a look at the new modifications that Storm and the Chief of the Deck have put on all of the Minotaurs Vipers. Now being nicknamed the Labrys, these Vipers are currently featuring an ominous looking mini-rotary cannon sticking just a bit outside of the nose assembly this cannon along with some modifications to the reaction thrusters to be more powerful and stable for this armored fighter to be a lethal weapons platform. Seeing all of that time and the hard work putting this design together, and the discussions with the CAG and the Commander of the Raven to get the permission to make these modifications brings a smile to Gambit’s face as he gets into the cockpit of his fighter. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“All Vipers are cleared to launch, All Vipers are cleared to launch!!”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The Minotaur’s Vipers slide into the launch tubes and are shot out of the Battlestar in quick succession. Gambit keys the comm link to check to see if all of his Vipers made it out the Battlestar. “All Minotaurs check in, by the numbers please”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Two here, Lead” says the Ogre.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Three here, Lead” replies StarCat</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Four here as well” acknowledges Machine</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Five here Gambit” calls out Dice</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Six here Sir” the Nugget Nicholson replies</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Seven away Sir” calls out Storm.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>"Eight out in front Lead" calls out Dunrite.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Alright Minotaurs lets show these toasters exactly how we fight. Form up on me and lets take the fight to the cylons.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Various sounds of “Roger” come thru from the entire squadron.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>A full squadron of Cylon Raiders jump in from hyperspace and begin to fire their guns all aimed at any and all of the Minotaurs Vipers. the Vipers break into their pairs of wingmen save for Dunrite as she breaks off with Machine and StarCat. Weaving and sliding around the combat zone the Vipers and their pilots calmly and cooly try to get behind the Raiders and hope to destroy the Cylon threat.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Splash one Lead!!!” Cries out StarCat as an explosion flashes off the Starboard viewport of Gambit’s Viper.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Make that two Lead” calls out Machine who takes out a second Raider with the wing cannons.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Keep it up guys” replies Gambit.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“HEAVY RAIDER OH FRAK IT IS A HEAVY RAIDER!!!” screams out the nugget Nicholson.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Keep calm Nugget, I am on the way” Gambit replies. “Alright Ogre, watch my six and keep the forward gun trained we are going to prove that this thing works.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Roger that Gambit on your six” Replies Ogre.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Gambit Slides in and puts a run on the Heavy Raider getting on his backside or six as it is said in pilot speak. Gambit cooley reaches over and flick the switch and internally hears the miniguns rotor start to hum. Then with a intake of a deep breath and exhale he pulls the trigger.....</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>In a flash of fire and bullets the minigun roars to life immediately punching holes into the back of the Heavy Raider unlike when the wing cannons of the Viper fire the rate of fire from the minigun is compared to a complete stream of bullets....in less than a second the Heavy Raider explodes as the stream punches through the other side. Gambit goes through the explosion and starts to breathe normally again. “Wow that was intense” he thought.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Whoo Hoo Nice shooting LT!!!” calls out Dice.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Lead transmission coming in from the Tigers asking for reports...” crackles Storm</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“You should tell those Tigers that the Minotaur are still going and the toaster are in the maze and will return soon blowing the toasters to all Hades”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Cool it Two we do not boast our accomplishments we just do our job.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Roger that Lead” replies Ogre.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Watch your ass out there Storm looks like you have two on your tail” Ogre cries.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Roger that Two someone get them off my ass please.” Shortly after that transmission two explosions take place as two Vipers swoop in from different directions.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Thanks Dunrite, Thanks Dice that was a little close”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Got your back winger” calls out Dice.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Ogre flips his Viper in a one hundred and eighty degree turn to get into a firing line on a normal Raider and splashes the Cylon into space dust. At the same time the Nugget Nicholson lines up and allows Storm to take out a single Raider as well.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“They are bugging out Lead I just lost a solution when he jumped away!” Cried out the Nugget.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>****ATTENTION TO ORDERS***</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Actual has ordered recall!! Bring em back home CAG! The ship remains at Level 1. Prepare to jump to battlestargalactica.com for further action. Good work everyone!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>XO out.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>“Okay keyup a response and lets go home gang.” calls out Gambit. “Good work everyone.”</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>“Remember Combat Landings and do not dare come in too hot or spend a week in the galley”</span></p>Calling all artist!!!tag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-04-11:4960814:BlogPost:1227532013-04-11T06:52:10.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p>I am calling for an artist who would be willing to do a piece for me. I am looking for a piece depicting the visuals of the Vipers in my squadron the Minotaur. </p>
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<p>What I would like to see is either an in-flight or landed Viper Mark III and Mark VII. The one thing that would make us distinctive is on the tail wing, The wing itself would be red and black checkered. Also on the Mark III in the nose would be a mini gun as you would see on the A-10 Thunderbolt. If you want to get…</p>
<p>I am calling for an artist who would be willing to do a piece for me. I am looking for a piece depicting the visuals of the Vipers in my squadron the Minotaur. </p>
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<p>What I would like to see is either an in-flight or landed Viper Mark III and Mark VII. The one thing that would make us distinctive is on the tail wing, The wing itself would be red and black checkered. Also on the Mark III in the nose would be a mini gun as you would see on the A-10 Thunderbolt. If you want to get some more detail to get ideas please check out our webpage. <a href="http://www.battlestarraven-bfc-002.com/the-minotaur-viper-squadron">http://www.battlestarraven-bfc-002.com/the-minotaur-viper-squadron</a> and read up on our configuration of the Vipers we fly.</p>
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<p>If someone is willing and able to do this for me. Send me a message here or email me at j.phillips0328@gmail.com </p>
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<p>Thanks for listening.</p>
<p></p>What makes the Minotaur Specialtag:battlestarfanclub.com,2013-03-25:4960814:BlogPost:1202802013-03-25T05:00:00.000ZMaj. Jeff "Gambit" Phillipshttps://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/JeffPhillps
<p style="text-align: left;"><span>What makes the Minotaur a special squadron? </span></p>
<div>Well the first thing is the motivation of those that are involved with the squadron. We are on constant recruitment to fill out the 10 spots for the squadron. As of this writing we are at half strength of the roster with 4 of the 5 pilots already Viper certified. Each of those pilots are either already Raptor Qualified or in the process of taking the Qualification Test.</div>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span>What makes the Minotaur a special squadron? </span></p>
<div>Well the first thing is the motivation of those that are involved with the squadron. We are on constant recruitment to fill out the 10 spots for the squadron. As of this writing we are at half strength of the roster with 4 of the 5 pilots already Viper certified. Each of those pilots are either already Raptor Qualified or in the process of taking the Qualification Test.</div>
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<div>The second thing that makes the Minotaur special is the fact that we are taking the forethought and the idea of role-playing the idea of being something more that just the standard Mark II or Mark VII Viper Jocks. We are looking as a squadron to be outfitted not only with a cache of Viper Mark VII but with the Viper Mark III as well. The tactics that the Minotaur employ uses the Mark VII fighter as a bait and chase fighter to make the Cylon Raiders come to the battlefield of choice for the squadron. Once the Chase fighters pass through the kill zone the Mark III's swoop in with the heavy armament and dispatch the Raiders as quickly as possible.</div>
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<div>The main reason is to immolate the current 51st Operations Group which houses both the 25th and 36th Fighter Squadron of the United States Air Force. The reason I chose this Group is to one, find a squadron that is still using the A-10 Thunderbolt which is being used by the 25th upon which we are basing the Mark III Viper on. The 36th are using F-16 Falcons which are one of the fastest fighters in service to the Air Force at this time. The second reason was to find a Squadron symbol of the "past" that was not a Flying Tiger. As such the tail wing of our Mark III Vipers are painted in a Checkered pattern in Red and Black to be our own version of the tail wing that is displayed by these Warriors.</div>
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<div>Why should the Minotaur be selected as the Squadron of the Quarter? One major reason is the fact that until Lt. Jg Phillips put in the time to get his certifications and ask to take over the squadron, the Minotaur seemed to languish in obscurity. Once there, things moved quickly and the Squadron is alive and kicking. Pushing the other squadrons into getting more involved in their respected roles. The Minotaur has been on the forefront of getting new pilots to join up with the Raven.</div>
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<div>The Minotaur is also going to be a breeding ground for new Squadron Commanders. As the Air Group grows the need to have experienced members leading the nuggets is necessary. In the Minotaur due to the Air Wing Challenge will have the required qualifications needed to take over any of the vacant squadron commander posts. This situation is going to be a future requirement for any members of the Minotaur Squadron is to not only Viper Certified but to be Raptor Certified as well. Thus the breeding ground for new commanders and future Commanders of the Air Group (CAG) can claim that they got their initial training from the Minotaur and felt prepared to face the challenges of command.</div>