
As my Executive Officer page, I wish
to pay tribute to many members of Phoenix, who have lent a little bit of themselves
to making "Raider".
Original officers
Viking - The greatest Assault Gunboat pilot ever. Viking
taught me a lot about flying, and "discovered" Raider, recruiting him for Tie
Fighter Alliance.
Desmo - the first officer I knew properly.
Always fair, and always patient, he taught Raider how having fun was more important
than anything else.
Original flight group (FG2
of Phoenix Squadron)
Fjap - the "pigeon man" has always made
Raider laugh. Often the reason for feathers being left around the frigate, Fjap
always has an answer, and a question. Always helped out with story telling with
MeisterP.
MeisterP - the Jedi taught Raider about
patience, and the force. Meister has an uncanny ability of reading Raiders mind.
But then he seems to do that to most people. Also the story teller (except the
stories seem to come true ..) of Phoenix.
Zekk - if there was some bad luck going
around - Zekk got it. Broken flight sticks, faulty engines, and much more! If
an asteroid was to come out of hyperspace - it would come out infront of Zekk's
Tie.
Further Officers
Steeler - Raider and Steeler joined Phoenix
at the same time. Steeler went on to be one of the greatest all round pilots
ever, flying in over 1400 sorties. Raider learnt more than can be written, about
honour, courage and gamesmanship.
Rookie - Raider has learnt many of his
officer skills from an exceptional officer that has risen to the highest peaks
of DJO. The original brewer of "Duvel" on the El Pollo Diablo, Rookie engineered
a "golden age" for the frigate.
Jodokast - Raider always seems to get on
the wrong side of Jodo. Be it in a gunboat, meaning he finds himself ejecting,
or running around in Royal Guard Boxer shorts, meaning demotion. However this
is nothing that a crate of duvel cant fix …
Katarn, Akkon and Apocalypse - The three
Flight leaders in Phoenix are a credit to their Flights. Whenever Raider wonders
why he is XO - he looks at his FL's and immediately draws inspiration.
Amber - Chief morale officer, she always
had a smile and a joke. You could not mope around the Frigate if she was on
watch. Able to have the most fun possible without being thrown in the brig.
Just ask her the name of the seven dwarfs, that keeps her happy.
Trainer
GPZ1 - The ultimate TI pilot - GPZ painstakingly
trained Raider in this fast craft. Unfortunately this is one instance of the
Padwana not out shinning his Mentor. However, if there is any skill left in
Raider, it must surely be attributed to GPZ1!
I have not written all the officers and
pilots I have encountered, but this is a synopsis. My apologies to those who
feel they have been left out, it is not intentional.