July 2004

July 2004

07.21.04

Applications Open for Internet Officer: 07.04.04
As Submitted From: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

Internet Office

Overview
The Internet Officer (IO) is responsible for providing technical consultancy to the membership of the Emperor's Hammer on matters relating to the Internet, such as web hosting, website construction and
other areas. In addition, the position oversees a number of ongoing projects, such as the EH Message boards, Image Archive, etc.

Selection Criteria - Essential

1. Proven experience and knowledge of at least one server side scripting language (ie. ASP, PHP, JSP, etc)
2. Existing general knowledge of a range of computer-related matters
3. Be a member of good standing of the Emperor's Hammer for at least one year
4. Ability to work well with a range of EH members, including the Fleet Commander and Executive Officer
5. High active, online presence, such as IRC, message boards, etc.

Selection Criteria - Desirable

1. Demonstrated application of advanced server side scripting.
2. Proven experience with databases
3. Proven ability in graphic design
4. Good command of the English language

You must address each criteria with supporting evidence. Simply saying "Yeah, I can do that" is not enough. Include specific examples and situations to back up your claims. You should meet at least the essential criteria to be considered for the position. You must include at least three (3) references in your application. At least one of these must be a former or, preferably, current superior. Ensure you have their permission first, as your application will be viewed in a negative light if you have not gained their permission. Applications should be directed to the Fleet Commander ( fc@emperorshammer.org ) and Executive Officer
( xo@emperorshammer.org ) with the subject "Application for Internet Officer".

Should you be successful in the position, you will be expected to perform core duties of the position to an acceptable level. This also includes tasks outlined in the EH Tasks List. You will be reviewed upon
these tasks and based upon that performance, you may be rewarded or punished.

CHS Open For Applications: 07.04.04
As Submitted From: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

Imperial Senate

Overview
The position of Chancellor of the Senate will offer a unique challenge to applicants. Applicants must address the following criteria:

Selection Criteria - Essential
1. Proven command experience, at a level of TIE Corps Wing Commander or equivalent.
2. An acceptable level of online presence.
3. Fast email response time.
4. A clean record.
5. The ability to work with a range of EH personnel.
6. A plan for fixing the Senate.

Selection Criteria - Desirable
1. Member of the Senate.
2. Proven track record in improving a sector of the EH or a subgroup.

You must address each criteria with supporting evidence. Simple saying "Yep, I can do that" won't be enough. You must also include three references - including at least one superior. These references will be
checked. Applications are to be directed to the Fleet Commander ( garonin@aol.com ) and Executive Officer ( jpboyce@indigo.net.au ) with the subject "Application for the position of Chancellor".

Freeworlds In the EH - Current Status: 06.27.04
As Emailed From: Flight Officer (FA Cyric)

Flight Office

Grand Admiral Ronin,

As promised here is the information concerning Freeworlds, it's link to the EH and the steps that I think need to be taken next. On this email I have included those people I feel have some authority/say over the matter. If I've missed anyone out, then please forward this email to them. Important links are included at the end of the email.

Overview

Freeworlds (FW) is a Star Wars based, multi-player total conversion mod for the game Freelancer (FL). It keeps all of FL's game characteristics, but transplants them to a SW universe. Players can engage in combat missions or trading. Combat can be either by accepting missions (which vary in difficulty level and thus reward money) from NPCs which may involving destroying a particular target, or they may involved Player vs Player engagements (something that is particularly encouraged). Trading involves buying particular commodities at one location and selling them at another for hopefully a large profit. Trading can occur between players although this is uncommon. Trading is generally the easiest way of making money but requires several hours of work to get anywhere.

Each player belong to a faction, none as either a member or non-member tag. Non-member tags (IMP, CIV and NR) are for those people that do not belong to PC factions in the game - those people who have just started playing usually. Most EH'ers current use the tag "[IMP]EH_" to show that they are Imperial and a part of the EH. Member tags are PC Squadrons or groups, such as [ScytheSq] or [NovaSq] and again, these will be Imperial, New Republic, Pirate or some form of Corporate group (e.g. Corellian Engineering Corps [CEC]).

Playing the game as a non-member is perfectly reasonable, however, the primary server on which we play, Burnout 24/7 USA, is designed to be more beneficial for those who are a part of member tags. Member tags receive a greatly expanded ship list (fighters, transport that they are allowed to use), they receive a significant amount of starter money (on Burnout, this is currently 10,000,000 plus 2,000, 000 per active member - defined as someone with 8+ hours playtime) and generally benefit from the community spirit more.

Non-member players work from a restricted ship list for their particular tag (IMP, CIV etc), which is generally 4-5 basic ships. The cost of these ships is the same for non-member and member.

Current Status

A new version of FW was released last Friday (1.64) which had some major changes. The prices of ships were increased by a lot, in some cases by 300%. Several new ship designs were added to the game. A large number of ships were removed from the non-member ship list and a few were added (although not enough to offset the change). Some ships, such as the Corellian Corvette, have become severely restricted in their use. Other changes include the addition of a CD check. If the original CD is not in the drive, then the mod will not work. This is a problem for some people using backups, or those who have lost their CD. In addition, there have been some minor and one major stability issues fixed. Overall, for the established FW community these changes are good news. However, for those casual and non-member tag players (such as the EH'ers), it's generally bad news, but I'll go into this later.

Currently there are around 15 EH'ers actively playing FW (I'm sure it's more now), although this number is in slight flux since the latest release. Marcus Caine who I know has been in contact with you, heads up the FW TDA Squadron, which has 12 part-time members. The purpose of this Squadron is to generally play FW, test things out and try to come up with workable solutions for problems. There is also a much-used Freeworlds Discussion Forum on EH boards which contains a lot of commentary, Q&As and other things from the users. It's worth having a quick browse through this board (particularly the announcements and sticky posts). It's a good way of bringing yourself up to speed on the current situation.

In addition, a few weeks ago, SCO/FA Ender mBind secured a mirror download for the mod. So should the FW page be taken offline, we still have access to the mod.

One of the current issues facing us is if FW does become an officially supported platform within the EH, then how to track activity and reward it. This has caused a fair amount of discussion on the board, but no solution so far. I have one which I would like to put forward as a possibility:

Legion of Combat

I believe that the LoC, like for any other MP competition, should be used to reward MP events within the game. However, due to the nature of the game's set-up, it's not quite as simple as your regular XWA match. The problems are:

Deciding how many kills = 1 LoC
Tracking the # of kills and by whom
The time and place of matches

Within the game, you may encounter a hostile (defined by the tags) at any moment...should you engage and kill this hostile, is that deserving of a LoC considering it's an MP kill within the gaming environment?

I think for the sake of simplicity, the answer should be no. I think engagements/duels/matches should be pre-arranged like any other XWA/XvT/JK event. The details of a match (length, # of kills etc) can be arranged by the two or more opponents prior to the match. In addition, the server system of FW lends itself well to hosting small games. The idea is that one person hosts a temporary server on which the match is fought. The server host uses "IONCROSS Freelance Server Operator Mk III" to keep track of the match. This program is very powerful and freely available. It allows the host to keep track of events on the server, outputs logs and allows characters to be modified server side (which is useful if you want specific ships to be used). The host can either act as a 3rd party observer within the game, or take part in the match, whether it's 1vs1 or 4vs4, since everything will be automatically logged. The host sends a report of the match to either the COO directly, or whoever is moderating the competition (of course we can assume there will be multiple matches per event/comp). Each player on the winning team then receives one LoC from the COO, whether he bagged one kill or ten. This is the same as how 2vs2 XWA/XvT matches currently work.

I would also suggest that LoCs from FW kills earn that pilot 5 FCHG points rather than the usual one, and no points be earned from missions. This should offset the fact that XWA/XvT players can earn FCHG points from LoCs and by completing custom missions & battles. It was suggested that 1 FCHG point be earned for completing FW missions. However, the range of difficulty in missions I think makes this unfair. The simplest way would be to hike up the value of the LoC.

Activity Tracking

Tracking activity in a MMORPG can be somewhat difficult, but I think if you go with a simple system, it'll work best. For this I would suggest that all FW players be registered as either a Trader or Fighter. The activity of a Trader can be measured by their time online divided by the amount of money they have (this information is shown on tables on the Burnout site). The activity of a Fighter is measured by the number of kills he has achieved. A screen-shot of the character profile in-game will show all of this information and more.

The CMDR would then add this information as part of the weekly activity report and at the end of the month in Monthly Squadron Evaluations (MSEs). For now, all this information can be kept on paper or on something like a spreadsheet. There is no need for fancy database changes or anything else that may jeopardize the entire plan.

Next Steps

Items that need to be sorted include establishing a system of rules for MP combat and conduct on the server. The server employs it's own set of rules & policies, known as the Rules of Engagement (RoE). The RoEs are pretty straight forward and for the most part, common sense. However, if you're not familiar with them, then it's easy to go breaking them. This then usually leads to a swift banning from the server. There is a system of getting unbanned, but it may take a few weeks, depending on the severity of the offense.

This leads to the important question - is breaking a RoE an automatic violation of the AoWs/CoCs? In my opinion, it depends on what you did - something for the Security Officer to review on a case by case basis. For example, using a cheat mod of some kind is a quick way to be banned on the server. But it's also on par with cheating in XWA. So this may call for charges of Conduct Unbecoming and whatever the cheat one is (AoW 407 I think). Another breach of the RoE may be landing on a hostile planet. Well, that's not all that serious and the ban from the server (which is probably temporary) should be punishment enough. Repeat offenses may warrant further action. I think this is a simple thing to deal with, as long as the SO, or someone from his Office, pays close attention to the ban chart on the Burnout site.

Another important thing is the establishment of some kind of IWATS course to cover all the rules, conduct, how to actually play the game and more. I've been asked to write this, however I think we should wait until things like activity and the tag are resolved (I can't write about things that haven't been decided on :P).

I mentioned above that the recent update is generally bad for the casual player (or EH'er), but only because we do not have a member-tag ([EH]) yet. By having our own tag, we have a ship list which we have a say in and some money to get us off the ground. And most importantly, we become an official part of the FW community. The presence of the EH will shoot up and more people will be interested in knowing who we are. This of course is one of the major objectives - the potential to get new members for the club.

To get our own tag, GA Ronin, either you or someone you designate, needs to speak with the admins of Burnout (such as Zaccarow or Burnout himself) and get the ball rolling. Those of us who currently use FW do not have the authority to negotiate on behalf of the club and so we're currently not moving forward.

I would like to emphasise my strong opinion that getting our own tag is the most important thing right now with the recent update release. The longer you leave it, the less say you have in things like the ship list. All the current issues such as activity tracking can be resolved eventually. Getting our own tag doesn't commit us to anything other than having some active members, which we have anyway.

Important Links

- Freeworlds Site: http://www.free-worlds.com/
- Burnout Homepage: http://usa.assassinsden.com/Default.aspx?tabid=43
- Burnout Server RoE: http://usa.assassinsden.com/Default.aspx?tabid=26 & http://usa.assassinsden.com/Default.aspx?tabid=38
- Burnout Forum: http://usa.assassinsden.com/Default.aspx?tabid=22 (need to be registered to see most forums - takes 2-6 days)
- Freeworlds (EH) Discussion Forum: http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=118&sid=51de3053c5d652670f88b6c756a1b7b0
- IONCROSS Resources for Server Hosts: http://www.ioncross.com/

GA Ronin, hopefully I've given you enough information to start making some important decisions. I have no doubt the others on this list have questions and suggestions which are welcomed.

Thank you,

High Admiral Priyum
Dark Adept, Arcona Consul
COO Assistant, Logistics Assistant
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Newsletter No. 104 Posted to the FLeet: 07.04.04
As Submitted From: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

Office of the XO

Online Viewable: http://nl.ehtiecorps.org/nl104/
Downloadable Zip: http://nl.ehtiecorps.org/nl104.zip (11.4 MB)

NEWSLETTER DESIGN NOTES:

The entire Fleet owes the former Executive Officers SA Compton (ret.), SA Kawolski (ret.) and the current Executive Officer (SA Astatine) a debt of gratitude; their assistance in compiling these Newsletters has been invaluable...!
In addition, Logistics Officer (VA Drax) and Internet Officer (FA Ari) have kindly posted a set of Mirror download sites for the NLs...

Medal of Allegiance Awarded to Zaccarow: 06.30.04
As Emailed From: HA Priyuim

Emperor's Hammer Medal of Allegiance
(Please see Operations Manual for medal descriptions)

Sirs,

I write this email today to recommend someone for the Medal of Allegiance. The description of this medal taken from the Operations Manual states:

The Medal of Allegiance is awarded to individuals who are not members of the Emperor's Hammer or it's subgroups and who have provided a service to the Fleet.

A while ago the Emperor's Hammer became involved with Freeworlds and the general FW community. From day one, an individual from this community has helped us (the EH'ers involved) in getting acquainted with the game and the community itself. Most recently he's been instrumental in getting the club it's own tag for recognition within the most popular FW server as well as setting us up individually with access on the Forums and our own customized ship-list. This individual is Zaccarow ( zaccarascrow@hotmail.com ).

Whatever the outcome of Freeworlds in our club, Zacc has gone above and beyond in his efforts to help us out. I feel that the MoA was created for exactly this kind of situation and I strongly believe it should be awarded to Zacc as a way of expressing our gratitude.

Thank you.

High Admiral Priyum
Dark Adept, Arcona Consul
COO Assistant, Logistics Assistant
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Medal of Communication (MoC) Revisions: 07.11.04
As Emailed From: Communications Officer (AD Turtle)

Emperor's Hammer Medal of Communication (MoC)
(Please see Operations Manual for medal descriptions)

The Medal of Communication is awarded to first-echelon (squadron or equivalent organizational units) unit members by their Commander for an outstanding level of communication in a particular month. Such communication will generally include, at a minimum, e-mail contact with the Commander and the unit in general, a high level of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) presence, and activity on the EH Message Boards. Commanders are authorized to award this medal once per month to one individual in their unit. Subsequent awards will upgrade the Medal of Communication as follows.

Bronze Oak Cluster - For two awards
Silver Oak Cluster - For three awards
Gold Oak Cluster - For four awards
Platinum Oak Cluster - For five awards
Diamond Oak Cluster - For six and subsequent awards

Executive Officer Reports:
As Submitted From: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

Office of the XO

SA Astatine - XO
e-mail: jpboyce@indigo.net.au

XO-FSE/SA Astatine/CS-2/SSSD Sovereign
MoH/ICx2/OoR/GOE/GSx2/SS/BSx3/PC/ISM/MoI-DC/IS-3BR-3GR-2PR/LoC-Rx1/CoS/CoE/CoLx3/LoAx3/OV-6E

XO Report #32: 06.19.04

A bunch of new Command Officers have been appointed. They are:

RA Drako to Training Officer
FA Keldorn to Security Officer
DJM Gelton to Grand Master
VA Aseret to Supreme Director

Given that people are like what they are, I'll be expecting that noone will try to pull anything dodgy with these new appointments, especially with Drako and competition approvals. In addition, the Chancellor of the Senate is vacant. I'll be posting details for applications sometime over the weekend.

Just a reminder about the tasks list. It's in effect and I will be expecting COs to do those tasks listed on it. As a side note, I've heard some grumbling about the lack of FC and XO tasks on the list. Two words come to mind in response to that - "grow" and "up". The structure of the EH is designed so that specialist tasks can be delegated to specific COs and this tasks list only continues in that theme. In fact, a large number of items are simply formal statements of already existing duties that aren't being carried out anyway. The sooner people get over themselves, the sooner they can work on the tasks and actually make the EH better.

As always, I need newsletter submissions. Almost anything can be used - graphics, fiction, reviews. Send them over to jpboyce@indigo.net.au

Lastly, relating to the TIE Corps site. The settings for emperorshammer.net have been changed to point to the new server, so link updating shouldn't be needed.

That's all from me this week.

XO Report 33: 06.27.04

I got a couple newsletter submissions over the past week, which is good. More would be nice. As always, send them to my usual email address. You get a nice shiney Letter of Achievement and if your graphic makes the front cover, you get something special too.

The TIE Corps site seems to be stable now, with only a couple annoying technical issues to work out. The emperorshammer.net domain has been redirected towards the new server and things appear to be functioning normally. I've setup a topic on the message board as a central location for people to post suggestions for the site. The URL is http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2702

There's a few recent surveys running on the TIE Corps site. 263 votes have been placed for the survey relating to the speed of the new TIE Corps site server. A total of 57% responded saying there was an increase in speed. 244 votes were placed for the survey asking about Internet connection. 26% of our members are still on dialup. 28% are on some form of DSL with 34% on cable. The last survey relates to roster-integrated mailing groups - these would be automated groups like egroups, based upon the roster of the time. 89% have voted confirming they would use this feature if it were made available. 105 people have voted for this survey so far.

XO Links
TIE Corps Site Suggestions - http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2702
TIE Corps Site Issues - http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2280
EH Tasks List - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/xo/EHTasks.htm

XO Report 34: 07.04.04

Newsletter 104 is out now. You can check it out online at http://nl.ehtiecorps.org/nl104/ or download it via http://nl.ehtiecorps.org/nl104.zip It's 11.4megs. Part of the size is due to a rather large number of submissions. The other reason for the size is in recent NLs, I've been excluding the roster and medal board. Since this is the NL for June 2004, it includes the roster and medal board from those months, thus increasing the size. There's also some interviews and a little article from myself about the outage of the TIE Corps site. Letters of Achievement (well over 100) have been recommended for both TC and DB member submissions.

One thing that I noted while doing the newsletter was the gaps in CO reports. Reports should be submitted to the other COs via email and posted on the TIE Corps site. This has been a standing rule for years (from before my time as XO). It's not a massive task to do both. On a more positive note, some of the EH task list reports from the COs this week were quite good with some progress being shown. Good job to those who did those reports.

The other important bit of news this week is Freeworlds has been approved as an official EH platform by myself and the FC. Freeworlds is a mod of Freelancer, a game made by Microsoft and Digital Anvil (a developer started by Chris Roberts of Wing Commander fame). The mod replaces the standard ingame craft with TIEs and other Star Wars craft. The game isn't too demanding in the specs department and seems responsive enough on my connection in Australia. If you're interested in finding out more relating to Freeworlds, check out the Freeworlds forum at http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=118

Fans of Knights of the Old Republic might want to check out the sequel website at http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swkotor_sithlords/ There's some more info about the game, plus a walkthrough video (in Quicktime format, about 11megs) of some of the gameplay.

Going back to the newsletter for a moment - there's been a lot of talk about why the newsletters are so erratic. The simple fact is I just don't get enough submissions. To get a NL of a consistant size I use batches of 30-50 emails (each email having usually 1-5 submissions). NL 104 represents the last full batch of submissions I had. That means I need a lot more submissions. Submissions can include written items (articles, reviews, stories, etc), graphics and so on. The best images of the month get a Bronze Star, while all other submissions get a Letter of Achievement. Anyone in the EH can make a submission to the newsletter. Just check out the guidelines at http://www.ehtiecorps.org/xo/newsletters.asp

I'm also running a bunch of competitions for the next month. The first relates to the "true" story of the TIE Corps database outage. The second is to come up with a name for a hosting service that I will provide to the EH. The third is a SWG screenshot caption competition. URLs to each will be detailed below.

For their hard work in restoring the data on the TIE Corps database, I awarded a Gold Star to FO Cyric and OPS Foley this week. Well done to them.

Lastly, application details for Senate Chancellor and Internet Officer have been sent to the FC. Expect to see them in the next EH domain update.

XO Links
TIE Corps Site Suggestions - http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2702
TIE Corps Site Issues - http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2280
TIE Corps Site Update Log - http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=2766
EH Tasks List - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/xo/EHTasks.htm
The True Story behind the TC Database Outage Comp - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/competitions/details.asp?ID=1329
Hosting Service Naming Competition - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/competitions/details.asp?ID=1330
SWG Screenshot Caption Competition - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/competitions/details.asp?ID=1331

Tactical Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Tactical Officer (FA Mike)

Tactical Office

Fleet Admiral Marcin "Mike" Szydlowski
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Tactical Officer
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet
#3203 < pbmike@go2.pl >

Tactical Office Report #143: 06.27.04

Introduction:
Finaly, slower week. A lot of work has been done, but it's much less than last week. So I had time to rest a bit and concentrate on my RL duties.

Mission Creation Wars - 2004 Edition:
Well. If I won't received more sing-ups, I will postpone this competition until further notice. It's sad but it seems no one wants Gold Star these days.

FCHG restoration:
One information for all people. FCHG restoration requests will be rejected after July 1st. I think one month was enough to send a simple mail to your Tactical Officer.

New battles:
We have released even more stuff, and more is coming. I will also be looking into some kind of JA/SWGB mission creation competition, to encourage more mission creation for this platforms. Stay tuned for more info.

Tactical Office Openings:
We are currently looking for Testers and Engineers for all platforms. Apply to me and CA:TAC, cc TCHC.

Tactical Office webpage:
My TACA Justin, sent me some banners and button so I started adding them to the webpage. It looks very nice and first version should be online very soon. As soon as Tactical Webpage is online, I will resume working on Tactical Manual, v3.0

Tactical Roster:
Tactical High Command [3]:
Tactical Officer: FA Marcin Szydlowski #3203 mailto:pbmike@go2.pl
Command Attach� to Tactical Officer: VA Styles #274 mailto:stelerain@comcast.net
Tactical Head Coordinator: COL D.T Hammer #9121 mailto:aburt@tampabay.rr.com

Tactical Command [3]:
Tactical Coordinator (TIE): COL Beef #1639 mailto:Beefment@aol.com
Tactical Coordinator (XvT): MAJ Chris Cox #9354 mailto:dodgygeeza98@hotmail.com
Tactical Coordinator (XWA): GN Master #6252 mailto:capt_master@hotmail.com

Testers and Engineers [28]:
Tactician/Surveyor: MAJ Carl Lost #3635 mailto:cedu98@hotmail.com
Tactician/Surveyor: MAJ Choosh #9357 mailto:mchenry@jefnet.com
Tactician/Surveyor: RA Frodo March #5956 mailto:fcjt914@yahoo.ca
Tactician/Surveyor: CM Bryan #6739 mailto:SHSBryan@yahoo.com
Tactician/Surveyor: FA Ender mBind #2883 mailto:mindb_ender@hotmail.com
Tactician/Surveyor: MAJ Xanatos Screed #6306 mailto:M.Wernsing@web.de
Tactician/Surveyor: COL Gidda #3978 mailto:ehgidda@tiscalinet.it
Tactician/Surveyor: MAJ Justin #5853 mailto:justinmantonico@aol.com
Tactician/Surveyor: LC Zystem Fryar #255 mailto:zysfryar@isdcolossus.com
Tactician/Surveyor: RA Frodo March #5956 mailto:fcjt914@yahoo.ca
Tactician/Surveyor: LCM Thomas Nitecki #6260 mailto:tnnn@poczta.fm
Tactical Surveyor: LC Brandon #509 mailto:balrog_33@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: MAJ Abel Malik #6939 mailto:ezwill@famvid.com
Tactical Surveyor: CM Viper #8293 mailto:FWCJR@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: CM Ace #8292 mailto:szklarzewicz@wp.pl
Tactical Surveyor: CM Atmos Myremod #9903 mailto:gabriel.prado@ip2.com.br
Tactical Surveyor: LC Daniel Goad #7317 mailto:dazexeter@yahoo.com
Tactical Surveyor: CPT Curtis #8425 mailto:Curtis@isdchallenge.org
Tactical Surveyor: CPT Jedi Eclipse #8171 mailto:eh_jedieclipse@fastmail.fm
Tactical Surveyor: COL Daniel "Hobbie" Hanson #42 (IW) mailto:hob15@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: COL Brandon #509 mailto:balrog_33@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: MAJ Kenath Zoron #6377 mailto:fight_the_good_fight91@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: CM Vladet Xavier #10285 mailto:snow_scorpion@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: LCM CrimsonFury #10251 mailto:Crim5on@hotmail.com
Tactical Surveyor: CM Infamus #9652 mailto:hoor@udinbak.de
Tactical Surveyor: CPT Chris McCollum #6690 mailto:ministryisadeity@aol.com

Tactical Assistants [3]:
Honorary Tactical Officer's Assistant: HA Striker #420 mailto:striker@tiecorps.org
Tactical Officer's Assistant: LC Justin #5853 mailto:justinmantonico@aol.com
Honorary Tactical Officer's Assistant: VA Philo #7894 mailto:cnwilde@umich.edu

Tactical Reserves [65]

Websites and links:
Tactical Office Website - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac/
Tactical Manual v2.01 - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac/tac-man/
Tactical Office Plotlines Compendium v1.0a - http://plotlines.minos.net/
Tactical Office Competitions Calendar - http://calendar.minos.net/
Tactical Database - http://www.isdcolossus.com/tacdb/
Mission Creation Forum - http://www.theholo.net/mb/viewforum.php?f=42
TIE Mission Creation Tutorial by VA Philo - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/tutorial_1.htm
XWA Mission Creation Tutorial by VA RogueWing - http://www.minos.net/~immortal/noob/index.html
Philo's 3D Waypoint Utility - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/waytemp2k.zip
CM Lenvik's TIE95 Fix For EHBL Users Running Windows 2000/XP - http://www.minos.net/~lenvik/tie952kxp.htm
Imperial Hangar Patch for XWA - http://www.minos.net/~sco/files/xwa/IMP-XWA.zip

Tactical Office Report #144: 07.04.04

Introduction:
This week was the end of FCHG restoration. Finaly. Now I have time to concentrate on the tasks given by our XO. We will complete them all, so EH will benefit from our work.

Tactical Office Objectives:

Task: How to do it?: % done:

More missions and faster turnaround in relation to testing New orders has been issued with new deadlines. From now on, tester has 1 week to complete his testing assignment, engineer has 2 weeks to perform correction and TCC/TCHC has 1 week to do final check and send the mission/battle for release. TCCs/TCHC will watch over deadlines. N/A

Better attitude/interaction with members regarding EHBL and in general Actualy, I will try to be more helpful/friendly from now on and do not react with emotions. N/A

Revise/update/fix the Tactical Manual I've started updating Tactical Manual, to version 3.0 as soon as I took TAC. But in the meantime there were so many changes, like release of EHBL and other thing, so I had to update/change it all the time. It was endless task, but this time I will try to release it, chapter after chapter. I have chapters 1 and 2 ready (out of 14), working on 3rd. As soon as I finish with 3rd I will release first alpha version of Tac-Man 3.0. 10%

Consolidate Tactical Office resources under a single working website Started working on it already. Made basic layout, added some graphics by my TACA, Justin. Right now I am writing some texts for the page, like roster and history. Justing is working on top banner. I think the alpha version will be released in two weeks, maybe less. 30%

Add EHBL content to the Tactical Manual and other relevant areas Included in update of Tac-Man project already. Will be relased along with chapters. Also there will be EHBL FAQs direcly on new TAC webpage and links to EHBL related materials on webpage. I will try to complete FAQ next week. N/A
More support work relating to new platforms (Jedi Outcast/Academy, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds) My plans are simple. Release SWGB/JA mission creation course, together with TO, and join SWGB/JA mission creation communities to find more tools/hits/idea. SWGB course is ready, just waiting to be released. I am looking for someone to make JA course. I will contact SGCOMs this week and ask for their help/support, because SWGB/JA are not TC platforms. 5% done

Coordinate with Training Office in setting up training resources for new platforms I am still thinking how to do it. I will have to talk with TO. 0%

Restart Project Phoenix and clear out any bug reports currently existing Actualy we are trying to fix bugs all the time. Many of them are invalid. I do not think another special project is needed because XWA/TIE queue is empty so tactical staff is already working of those bugs. XWA is almost clear and they will fix bugs on daily basis. ~33%

Reform the Tactical staff from mission testers into a corps of mission designers I don't think we have to change current system completly, but add new position, Tactical Office Mission Designer. With Core squadron being reintroduced, it's members will be able to serve full time TMDs, and make missions when asked. N/A

Mission Creation Wars - 2004 Edition:
I have to move the date once again. August 1st and wait for more applications. I need at least 8 people to join, and I have

FCHG restoration:
Project has been completed. No more requests will be accepted.

Tactical Roster:
Tactical High Command [3]:
Tactical Officer: FA Marcin Szydlowski #3203 (pbmike@go2.pl)
Command Attach� to Tactical Officer: VA Styles #274 mailto:stelerain@comcast.net
Tactical Head Coordinator: COL D.T Hammer #9121 mailto:aburt@tampabay.rr.com
Tactical Command [3]:
Tactical Coordinator (TIE): COL Beef #1639 mailto:Beefment@aol.com
Tactical Coordinator (XvT): MAJ Chris Cox #9354 mailto:dodgygeeza98@hotmail.com
Tactical Coordinator (XWA): GN Master #6252 mailto:capt_master@hotmail.com
Testers and Engineers [28]:
Tactical Assistants [1]:
Tactical Officer's Assistant: LC Justin #5853 mailto:justinmantonico@aol.com
Tactical Reserves [65]

Websites and links:
Tactical Office Website - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac/
Tactical Manual v2.01 - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac/tac-man/
Tactical Office Plotlines Compendium v1.0a - http://plotlines.minos.net/
Tactical Office Competitions Calendar - http://calendar.minos.net/
Tactical Database - http://www.isdcolossus.com/tacdb/
Mission Creation Forum - http://www.theholo.net/mb/viewforum.php?f=42
TIE Mission Creation Tutorial by VA Philo - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/tutorial_1.htm
XWA Mission Creation Tutorial by VA RogueWing - http://www.minos.net/~immortal/noob/index.html
Philo's 3D Waypoint Utility - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/waytemp2k.zip
CM Lenvik's TIE95 Fix For EHBL Users Running Windows 2000/XP - http://www.minos.net/~lenvik/tie952kxp.htm
Imperial Hangar Patch for XWA - http://www.minos.net/~sco/files/xwa/IMP-XWA.zip

Tactical Office Report #145: 07.11.04

Introduction:
This week we have had one major change. I've changes my HS processing policy. From now on I process them on daily basis to speed up entire process. :)

Tactical Office Objectives:
Task: How to do it?: % done:

More missions and faster turnaround in relation to testing We have new TCC:XvT. Because TIE and XWA queues a empty, we will have to wait and see if Frodo is doing his job N/A
Better attitude/interaction with members regarding EHBL and in general I think this task is done. I do not react with emotions, only cold facts. I try to be as helpful as I can. But I leave the judgement to the XO. N/A
Revise/update/fix the Tactical Manual No progres this week. I have fully concentrate on Tactical Webpage, because I want this thing released as soon as possible. 10%

Consolidate Tactical Office resources under a single working website Pretty good progres. I created news webpage and prepared it for future conversion to automated .asp scripts. I've also started working on history page, and finished 1994/1995. Working on 1996 right now and I'm halfway through it. Also, there were some minor layout and code changes. ETA to early alpha 1 week. 50%

Add EHBL content to the Tactical Manual and other relevant areas No progres this week. N/A
More support work relating to new platforms (Jedi Outcast/Academy, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds) I have talked to TO. SWGB mission creation course should be added soon. Someone is working on JA course already. 10% done

Coordinate with Training Office in setting up training resources for new platforms No progres this week except chat with T0. 0%

Reform the Tactical staff from mission testers into a corps of mission designers I don't think we have to change current system completly, but add new position, Tactical Office Mission Designer. With Core squadron being reintroduced, it's members will be able to serve full time TMDs, and make missions when asked. N/A

Mission Creation Wars - 2004 Edition:
I still need more applications to start this competition. It's sad but it seems people does not want high award. Where is the spirit of competition?

Tactical Staff AWOL Check
Finaly! I have the list of spare members :) No I will send it to the FO!

Tactical Roster:
Tactical High Command [3]:
Tactical Officer: FA Marcin Szydlowski #3203 mailto:pbmike@go2.pl
Command Attach� to Tactical Officer: VA Styles #274 mailto:stelerain@comcast.net
Tactical Head Coordinator: COL D.T Hammer #9121 mailto:aburt@tampabay.rr.com
Tactical Command [3]:
Tactical Coordinator (TIE): COL Beef #1639 mailto:Beefment@aol.com
Tactical Coordinator (XvT/BoP): VA Frodo March #5956 mailto:fcjt914@yahoo.ca
Tactical Coordinator (XWA): GN Master #6252 mailto:capt_master@hotmail.com
Testers and Engineers [28]:
Tactical Assistants [1]:
Tactical Officer's Assistant: LC Justin #5853 mailto:justinmantonico@aol.com
Tactical Reserves [65]
Websites and links:
Tactical Office Website - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac/
Tactical Manual v2.01 - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac/tac-man/
Tactical Office Plotlines Compendium v1.0a - http://plotlines.minos.net/
Tactical Office Competitions Calendar - http://calendar.minos.net/
Tactical Database - http://www.isdcolossus.com/tacdb/
Mission Creation Forum - http://www.theholo.net/mb/viewforum.php?f=42
TIE Mission Creation Tutorial by VA Philo - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/tutorial_1.htm
XWA Mission Creation Tutorial by VA RogueWing - http://www.minos.net/~immortal/noob/index.html
Philo's 3D Waypoint Utility - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/waytemp2k.zip
CM Lenvik's TIE95 Fix For EHBL Users Running Windows 2000/XP - http://www.minos.net/~lenvik/tie952kxp.htm
Imperial Hangar Patch for XWA - http://www.minos.net/~sco/files/xwa/IMP-XWA.zip

Tactical Office Report #146: 07.17.04

Introduction:
Busy week again, but results are visible. Tactical Office webpage is online :) See below.

Tactical Office Objectives:
Task: How to do it?: % done:

More missions and faster turnaround in relation to testing Frodo is doing great as TCC:XvT. Queue should be empty soon. I guess this task is completed, but I will wait a bit more to present the details. N/A
Better attitude/interaction with members regarding EHBL and in general I think enough have been said about it. I say, project completed. Completed

Revise/update/fix the Tactical Manual No progress this week. 10%

Consolidate Tactical Office resources under a single working website My only work this week. But results are visible. Tactical Webpage v1.0a has been released yesterday. I add new things everyday. I don't think I will every complete this project, too many ideas. 75%

Add EHBL content to the Tactical Manual and other relevant areas No progress this week. N/A

More support work relating to new platforms (Jedi Outcast/Academy, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds) No progress this week. 10% done

Coordinate with Training Office in setting up training resources for new platforms No progress this week 0%
Restart Project Phoenix and clear out any bug reports currently existing Some corrections by Tactical Staff. ~35%

Reform the Tactical staff from mission testers into a corps of mission designers Oh hold, until I released fully working webpage, approx. 2 weeks. N/A

Mission Creation Wars - 2004 Edition:
I have received some more applications. MCW 2004 starts August 1st!

Tactical Office Webpage:
Finally. Alpha version of webpage has been released yesterday. You can find it at http://tac.minos.net/. I am working on it all the time, so bugs and errors should be removed on daily basis.

New battles and free missions:
I have released XWA-FCHG #4. Frodo performed some final checks, so I should receive and release more stuff anytime soon. Also, XW-CD #1 has been re-released :)

TCHC on leave:
TCHC, COL D.T Hammer is on leave. No acting TCHC has been assigned.

Tactical Staff Awards:
LC Justin and CPT Marcus Caine have been both awarded with Silver Star of the Empire for their hard work and dedication (75 beta testing pts.). Congrats on them both :)

Tactical Roster:
Tactical High Command [3]:
Tactical Officer: FA Marcin Szydlowski #3203 (pbmike@go2.pl)
Command Attach� to Tactical Officer: VA Styles #274 (stelerain@comcast.net)
Tactical Head Coordinator: COL D.T Hammer #9121 (aburt@tampabay.rr.com)
Tactical Command [3]:
Tactical Coordinator (TIE): COL Beef #1639 (Beefment@aol.com)
Tactical Coordinator (XvT/BoP): VA Frodo March #5956 (fcjt914@yahoo.ca)
Tactical Coordinator (XWA): GN Master #6252 (capt_master@hotmail.com)
Testers and Engineers [28]:
Tactical Assistants [1]:
Tactical Officer's Assistant: LC Justin #5853 (justinmantonico@aol.com)
Tactical Reserves [65]

Websites and links:
Tactical Office Website - http://tac.minos.net/
Tactical Manual v2.01 - http://www.ehtiecorps.org/tac-man/
Tactical Database - http://www.isdcolossus.com/tacdb/
Mission Creation Forum - http://www.theholo.net/mb/viewforum.php?f=42
TIE Mission Creation Tutorial by VA Philo - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/tutorial_1.htm
XWA Mission Creation Tutorial by VA RogueWing - http://www.minos.net/~immortal/noob/index.html
Philo's 3D Waypoint Utility - http://www.emperorshammer.ca/tiemiss/waytemp2k.zip
CM Lenvik's TIE95 Fix For EHBL Users Running Windows 2000/XP - http://www.minos.net/~lenvik/tie952kxp.htm
Imperial Hangar Patch for XWA - http://www.minos.net/~sco/files/xwa/IMP-XWA.zip

Flight Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Flight Officer (FA Cyric)

Flight Office

FA Cyric
CA:FO/FA Cyric/CA-4/SSSD Sovereign
GOE/SSx5/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx5/MoI/MoT-1rh-5gh/LoC-CSx7-Rx1/CoLx3/CoB/LoA/OV-5E [KNGT] {IWATS-AIM-BX-CBX-ICQ-IIC/1-JS-M/1/2-SM/1/2/3-XTM/1-XTT}

Flight Office Report #38: 06.25.04

Flight Officer FA Cyric reporting in on 6/25/04 for the Flight Office

<salute>

Another week another dollar....well maybe not a dollar but a very important change to the way that the transfers will now be handled within the TieCorps. On the Flight Office site the protocols for transfers have been posted for years. Every member should know what to do when requesting a transfer to and from a squadron or wing. Over the past weeks I've gotten quite a few requests sent directly to me, totally bypassing the system. Flags weren't notified, Cmdrs upset over losing pilots and not knowing why...a total mess for me the command officers involved and a nightmare for me and the processing. Well, No more! The transfer protocols are being edited and are effective immediately. For the most part it will remain the same with the following exceptions:

The FLIGHT OFFICER WILL NOT RECEIVE any requests for transfers unless it is sent from the BGCOM's of the outgoing and or incoming Battle Group or any designee there of. Any requests submitted to the flight office will not be processed, unless it comes from a BGCOM. It will be the pilots responsibility to notify his immediate supervisors of their intention to transfer and why, and notify the new supervisors of his/her intent to transfer to their squadron/wing/ship/bg.

Transfers requested by pilots will be acknowledged within three days. If said pilot does not receive an answer from the BGCOM's involved, then I will process the request, by the pilot submitting the request to his immediate supervisor stating that they waited the 3 days, and that they got no response. In this case the COM or WC of the ship shall notify the FO of the request and the process will be allowed.

Exceptions to this rule will be Reserve transfers and Elite squadron transfers. People coming out of the reserves into the active fleet will be processed by me as I receive their requests.

Elite squadrons are invitation only, and can be submitted directly to the FO by the elite squadron cmdr. However, the elite squadron cmdr must make notification to the pilots current supervisors of the pilots intent to join said elite squadron.

Every BGCOM and Elite CMDR has agreed to this change and welcomes it. I hope to have the Flight Office site updated with the new rules by tomorrow

The WO AD Pel has begun preparations for IMPSTROM V. A new WO website is in the works and new rules are being established. More details to follow shortly.

The EH has also seen some new CS appointments:

IO RA Drako
SO FA Keldorn
GM VA Gelton Torr
Supreme Director VA Aseret

MAJ Abel Malik has been named the new Praetorian Elite Squadron CMDR
Wing X Wing Commander position is open to applications

That's all from the Flight Office...

In Service...

Flight Office Report #39: 07.01.04

FA Cyric reporting in on July 1, 2004 for the Flight Office

Cutting right to the chase for this report:

The new transfer protocols are in place and working very well. No requests to me directly from pilots. Good job to those who are taking the time to follow them!

In the past week I've had two members leave their positions earlier than the minimum mandatory time in position. One was less than a month the other two. A reminder to everyone that when you accept a position CMDR or greater within the TC you are signing up for a tour of duty of 4 months or greater. It does no one any good if you take a position and then leave after a month. The squadron/wing/or ship will feel the punch and you can accomplish absolutely nothing if you leave early. Those who do leave before your time is up get a nice little note in the discipline area of your profile stating that you left early and that extreme caution should be made before you are accepted into another command spot. This has been a rule for over 2 years now, its nothing new. So if you plan on accepting a position, make sure that you will have the time to do it. If not, then someone else who does have the time should be given the chance. It is nothing against any one individual pilot, it is the rule...

Wing X WC has stepped down and in his place a blast from the past, Col Wild Bill Kelso has been named the new WING X WC.

Rather recently a banned member, TALON JADE, had slipped through the cracks and was entered into the roster as an active pilot. He has since been removed. I do what I can to keep track of these pilots, but there are a few that were lost in the shuffle due to the Database crash. I've contacted the SO, and he is working to resolve the situation,and I hope to get these banned pilots banned in the roster.

Flight Office Tasks:

IMPSTORM V is in the planning stages. The BGCOM's are hashing out rules with the War Officer, AD Pel. Once finished, they will be the standard for all future IMP Storm battles. I can't stress enough how important this war game is to me, and I Encourage all members to participate. NOW is the time to voice concerns about rules, gameplay, etc and not wait until the game is half over.

The WAR OFFICE will have a dedicated site up very soon. I've also submitted AD Pel's requests for the War OFFICE to the XO. These include moving the War Office to a neutral location (or ship), granting the WO a WOA or two to design missions for the war games. These steps are being taken to ensure a very non partisan approach by the WO and the FO for the war games.

I am also going to write a submission to the XO and the GA for the incorporation of Wing Titles for TC Wings. Taking ideas from HA Priyum's proposal, I think that this will go a long way in establishing identities for the Wings in the TC. Each title will be an earned title, such as membership, accomplishments earned etc. I will give more information when it is finished and approved

That's it from the Flight Office...

In Service...

Flight Office Report: 07.09.04

<Salute>

FA Cyric Reporting in for the Flight Office on July 9, 2004

A fairly slow week for the Flight Office. A few minor roster changes, but other than that nothing much more to report there :)

Congrats to MAJ Andrijas on being named the new WING XVIII CMDR!

I'd like the BGCOM's to go over the lists of squadrons "in Need" on the Flight Office Page under the Cadet Placement tab and make sure those are the squadrons you'd still like to get incoming pilots into. If there are some new squadrons that need pilots, send me the names and I'll add them to the list, conversely, if there is a squadron on that page that doesn't need CT's then let me know so I can remove it.

FO Tasks:

War Office is progressing. I've sent some changes to the Xo and hope to hear soon about them. War Office Site is being worked on by AD Pel and that to should be up shortly.

IMPSTORM rules are still being finalized and I hope to have this war game going very soon.

FreeWorlds is coming! It has been named an official EH platform, and I am working on where and how to incorporate it in the TC world. Looks like the best bet will be an ISD/Wing for the platform. Stay tuned!

Thats all from the FO...

In service...

Flight Office report #41: 07.16.04

A slow week for the TC. Currently I am also in a holding pattern for most of my tasks.

I've sent the XO a mail regarding plans to implement FW into the TC. Looks like the best route will be to open a wing attached to the ASF as FW will be a MP game, and go from there. My other Idea was to open another VSD or use the Aggressor and also house the War Office there, which would make the WO more neutral when doing the large TC War Battles.

I've also sent in the name changes for WING VII to the XO and awaiting for him to change them in the Database.

VA Terrak sent a very good write up on JTL. The game looks incredible and I can't wait to play and see the potential for the TC and the EH.

In closing, I apologize for the shortness of this report. Not much happened this week...

Internet Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Internet Officer (AD Dura)

Internet Office

IO-SOA-PROF/AD Robert Dura/CS-5/SSSD Sovereign
Internet Officer of the Emperor's Hammer
IWATS IIC Professor

Internet Office Report: 06.21.04

-- News --

First bit of news, my active IRC presence will go down from the normal near-16 hours per day to something quite a bit less, I still will however respond to messages, and if I happen to catch something on IRC.

But it seems I caught the SWG bug from my free trial. "First hit is free man!" :P Anyone that plays SWG can contact me thru the character V'Man. Bribes...errr I mean helping a newbie out is appreciated. :P

Just like to re-iterate my thanks to those that participated in the EH Holonet Awards. The medal requests were sent off on sunday. Please be patient for them, the TC side of things I talked to our OPS guy and he said he had 500 additional medals before my little set, not counting re-entering ones from the database.

As a bounus, a neat site for those that have problems picking colors like I do: http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/picker/

-- Poll --

The past week's poll was "Which Input Device". We had a turn out of 35 votes. With Keyboard and Mouse tieing for 1st place with 12 votes each. Second place is the joystick with 7 votes.

This week's poll is:
"Would like to learn:"
* ASP
* PHP
* JavaScript
* Other (explain)
* None, coding is for wenies!

-- Site of the Week --

This week's site of the week is the House Caliburnus site located at: http://www.minos.net/~hcofcsp Congrats to Zeth Durron on his 4 star site and wonderful graphical modification to Squadfirst!

Internet Office Report: 06.27.04

-- News --

Yes, SWG is addictive, but no, I haven't stopped my IO stuff yet and gone completely AWOL. Work on the new Training Office site continues. :P

My apologies to anyone who tried to email me last week, I might have not recived your email. The hosting company that hosts fuzzystatic.net didn't recive an updated credit card information, so they pulled the
plug on the machine. This also effected the CD and HF sites.

Squadfirst 2.0.5 will be released later today, I had hoped for a real bug fix, but I was unable to duplicate a bug that someone had sent in. So all that's changed with this version is updating the Tie Corps site to ehtiecorps.org from emperorshammer.net. Though due to DNS changes, the old emperorshammer.net link will still work.

In COMM related news, just incase ppl forgot Turtle was off jumping out of airplanes and hopefully not going splat. All I got there is that a few new accounts for minos net went thru, and that there were a few moderator changes to the message board.

-- Poll --

Last week's poll was "What would you like to learn?" This time we had a turn out of only 16 people. First place was PHP with 10 votes, Second was "Other" with 5 votes. Thanks to all those that participated.

This week's poll is:
"Which browser do YOU use?"
* Internet Explorer
* Mozilla/Netscape
* Opera
* Netscape 4.x
* Other (explain)

-- Site of the Week --

This week's site of the week is Fleet Admiral Keldorn's new Security Office site, located at the same place as the previous one, http://www.ehpd.org/. 5 stars to the Fleet Admiral because his site is just so much better than the one I had there previously.

Training Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Training Officer (VA Draco)

Training Office

TO/VA Drako/CS-6/SSSD Sovereign
SSx5/BSx7/PCx6/ISMx12/MoI/MoT-2gh/IS-2BW-3BR-4SW-4SR-5GR-5GW-1PR-1PW/LoC-CSx7-Rx1/DFC-Rx1/CoE/CoL/CoB/LoAx27/OV-3E
[EXCR] {IWATS-SM/2-IIC/1/2/3-XTT-XTM-M/1-GFX}

TO Report #1: 06.21.04

>Introduction

At the very beginning I'd like to thank the FC and the XO for appointing me as the TO. I'll do my best to perform my duties well and not to fail you. I also want to congratulate FA Keldorn, who was appointed as the Security Officer and Darth Nocturnus - the new Grand Master.

>News

- Last week 9 cadets received the Ground Training certification from my hands. Congrats to them.

- Restoring the IWATS courses in your profiles is continued. I remind you - I accept only requests for the MP course. Requests for other courses should be sent directly to the course PROF.

- Top Gun Academy project is on hold. I should be back to it within next 2 weeks (when my exams session is over).

- All pending competitions were processed.

- Small note about competitions: I noticed that most of competitions descriptions are like "You have a battle, go and fly it". I want to see more roleplaying in such comps. I'll expect a small fictional background for flying comps as it for sure will make them more interesting for pilots.

- Don't ask me for the CA nor TOA positions. The only answer is "no".

>Projects

Top Gun is on hold. The Imperial University is going forward although slowly. The TO database is currently in works.

I'm going to start a serious cooperation between training facilities of all subgroups. I'm going to work with SG-TO's on recruiting and training matters. Hopefully such cooperation will help us in gaining members and will make the training process easier. I have already seen problems which appears when someone from outside the TC has taken the IWATS course. I suppose that the same problem appears in other subgroups.

That's all for this week.

Training Office report #2: 06.26.04

>News

- Only two cadets passed IWATS Core this week. I hope next week will be better.

- I started an AWOL check few days ago. 10 PROFs still have to report in.

- I've sent an email to training officers of all subgroups about the EH training matters and I'm highly disappointed by the lack of response from BHG, CD, DIR and IW. In order to improve training abilities of the EH we have to work together and exchange ideas. But it cannot be done if persons responsible for training in subgroups ignore every call for discussion. I'll try to contact them again and I hope this time I'll get some feedback. There is no place for ignorance when EH wide decisions are to be taken.

- PROFs are still adding missing courses to your profiles - please be patient.

- I might be looking for an assistant in the near future. I'll post requirements in TC domain as well as EH MB - it will be open for all EH members.

>Projects

Top Gun is on hold. The Imperial University is going forward although slowly. The TO database is currently in works. Due to my exams I didn't have time to work on anything big. I have an idea for something new but it will require to have few highly skilled ppl and everything depends if I find them.

Unfortunately I have nothing more to report this week.

Training Office report #3: 07.01.04

> News

- This week 3 cadets has passed the Core Test, although because of some database bug I'm not sure of this number.

- I've processed 14 competitions this week. Keep up the good work. I remind you to try to add some plot to your comps. I'm sure it will make them more interesting.

- HA Priyum has started works on the Freeworlds IWATS Course. I've already seen some results of his work and I'm very content with them.

- AWOL check in the TO ends tomorrow. Looks like i'll have about 6 vacant PROF positions.

- I'm accepting applications for the TOA position. TOA's job will be checking grammar of new courses and assisting me with various projects.

Requirements:
- Very good knowledge of english language
- Clean HCI record
- Lots of imagination
- Creativity
- Must be active

Optional requirements:
- Basic HTML/PHP knowledge
- Ability to make GFX

Applications please send to to@emperorshammer.org with "Make me the TOA" subject.

- If you still miss any IWATS please send a reminder to its professor and cc me.

> Projects

- Top Gun Academy.
I know that this project was to be completed long time ago but there are some reasons because of wich it takes so much time. The last problem I have to deal with is hiring one more instructor. I have been trying to contact the person chosen for this spot without any success. His email was bouncing my messages. Fortunately lately I got other email address from his CMDR and now I'm awaiting a response. You might ask why I didn't hire other pilot. Answer is easy - Top Gun Academy is to train the best pilots in the Galaxy. That's why only best of the best can become instructors. Four instructors have been carefully chosen by me and AD Sarin and we won't change our decision unless we have no other choice.

- Imperial University
This is a huge TO project started by FA Keldorn. While things start to calm down I will put more and more effort into that project. As soon as I get some materials from Keldorn I will start working on the new website content (website is overally done, I'll prolly need do some coding to make some functions fully automatic).

> Conclusion

Slowly I begin to get used to my duties and many things are much easier for me than at the beginning. For sure it will make my work more effective. Unfortunately the uni semester has ended and I have to leave my uni house and go home leaving my ADSL connection. What does it mean? It means that for about two months my online time will be extremely limited so no more hanging on IRC 24/7 for me. And... that's all. I'll perform my duties as always although my email response time will extend from one hour to 24 hours. There's a good side of that too - I will have more time for coding and to focus on planning competitions.

TO report #4: 07.09.04

<salute>

News

- My 4th Echelon came this week. Yay for me :)

- About 5 cadets passed the Core test this week. Again I didn't recieve some confirmation emails so that number might be little inaccurate.

- I have some vacant PROF positions. Since now I'm accepting apps for ASP, XTT, XML, ICQ, XAM and IIC professors spots.

- A well known JO/JA player has agreed to create a JA IWATS course. I believe he's already working on it.

- This is the last week I'm accepting apps for the TOA spot.

- As the Freeworlds is now the official platform, I'll accept comps for this game.

- Small comps awards reminder:
* Only Iron Stars can be awarded for competitions (unless it is one of the special comps approved by XO and FC).
* IS-BR/BW is a max. award for squadron comps, IS-SR/SW for wing comps, IS-GR/GW for battlegroup comps and IS-PR/PW is a max. award for TC wide comps.
* Think before you submit a competition. Making the BG/TC wide comp doesn't mean that GW/GR/PW/PR may be awarded. Awards should depend on amount of work the competition requires. So, ie. motto/nickname/screenshot comps for IS-GR/PR will be denied.

Projects

-Top Gun Academy
I haven't recieved any respond from the pilot, who was chosen for the instructor's spot. AD Sarin and I are forced to find someone else for this job.

I have started writing a fiction about the Academy's history. I'm also going to make some minor changes on the website and finish some scripts.

Conclusion

I'm not satisfied with the amount of work I did this week, but a good weather and some other things, like my birthday, kept me from sitting in front of the computer :P I hope that next week will be better.

Operations Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Operations Officer (VA Alex Foley)

Operations Office

OPS/VA Alex Foley/CS-7/SSSD Sovereign
GSx5/SSx6/BSx5/PCx6/ISMx4/IS-2BR-3SR-1GR/LoC-Rx4/MoC-1BoC/CoE/CoL/CoB/LoAx2/OV-3E [HUSS] {IWATS-AIM-ASP-BOT-BX-CBX-FLA-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-JS-LIN-M/1/2-PHP-RT-SM/2/3-TM-TT-VBS-XAM-XML-XTM/1/2-XTT}

Operations Office Report #40: 07.02.04

News:

Although the database says the last report I submitted was a good six months ago, I would beg to differ. So, I'm going to skip a few report numbers and put it closer to where it was.

The medal change-over has gone very smoothly over the past few weeks. I have had to deal with quite a few issues via e-mail, but that was definitely to be expected. I'm still processing some recent requests and am waiting on the majority of CoLs to be e-mailed to me. Another reminder, all WCs/COMs should mail me a list of those who are missing CoLs in their wings!.

I would like to take a moment out of this report to comment on the recent "take-over" attempt by Darknyte of the Emperor's Hammer. Many of you may have heard that DN sent a mailing to GA Ronin offering to buy the Emperor's Hammer for $15,000. Now, if I were the FC, I think I would have taken the money, but that isn't the point :) The finger was pointed at many different persons as to who was behind the plot, and unfortunately the blame fell for a short while on HA Ari, former Internet Officer. I was extremely saddened to see that DN's plot had basically succeeded and that a fine and upstanding officer of the Emperor's Hammer was being brought down by the unfortunate actions of an exhiled member. HA Ari, I apologize on behalf of the Operations Office and I should hope the EH as a whole that you were brought into this whole mess. I'm sure more details will be made available by the FC on the next domain update.

A reminder that I'm not seeing enough custom uniforms! Send them in! I've been seeing a few good ones lately - I haven't denied one yet! Keep them coming!

Notable Awards:

The first Medal of Allegiance was awarded this week to Zaccarow for his support of the new Freeworlds gaming platform in the Emperor's Hammer. Congratulations!

Task Progressions:

Medals public relations/promotion of good works
No progress made as of yet. This will become an aspect of every weekly report. Probably of a variable level - including BS+ medals awarded in the report, possibly posting on EH.net.

Coordinate with Subgroup Commanders the upgrading of subgroup uniform systems
In coordination with Tempest I will look into contacting all of the subgroup Operations-type guys to see if they are anywhere along the lines of implementing a uniform system.

In line with the above point, look at porting TTT to other subgroups
Again this is Tempest's department. We had a discussion on this a few months ago and determined that this would take a lot of work, because of the database interaction that Tempest has built into the program. A limited-functionality uniform creator probably wouldn't be that hard to create given a complete uniform set.

Investigate the coding of an online version of TTT
Probably the easiest directive because I could accomplish this myself. Unforuntately, I'm kind of against this prospect, because basically this would turn into the BHG's form of a uniform creator - one that automatically generates a uniform. This completely removes the end-user from the equation, and does not encourage creativity what-so-ever. Instead of coding an online version of TTT I would rather have the Operations Office support a CD corporation dedicated to designing custom uniforms. That seems to me like a much more worthy cause.

More regular processing of medals and online presence
Already started on this one. All database medals that were lost should have been submitted and processed by now - the queue on medals and uniforms is down to zero. I've also started to get on IRC more. I'm expecting this to go even further in the fall when I venture to university.

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

�Frank Tibolt

Operations Office Report #41: 07.10.04

News:

Seems like whatever database problems were outstanding have been resolved.

Unfortunately, I have gotten hooked on Freeworlds. Once you get a tad better ship and learn your way around, the game is quite fun. Look for some great fleet-wide competitions in the future.

I'm still not seeing enough custom uniforms! Send them in!

Notable Awards:

LC Keller received a Gold Star this week for his IWATS course hitting 100 graduates!

Heaps of Letters of Achievement were awarded this week for Newsletter submissions.

Coming in right before this report, Stalker5 received a Silver Star for his excellent efforts while serving on the High Court of Inquisitors.

Task Progressions:

Medals public relations/promotion of good works
See above.

Coordinate with Subgroup Commanders the upgrading of subgroup uniform systems
No change from last week. At this point most subgroups barely have uniforms. We will try and work towards this goal.

In line with the above point, look at porting TTT to other subgroups
The Hammer's Fist has been the first to step forward to receive a TTT for their subgroup. Tempest is in contact with Dante in order to receive some high quality templates for use in the program.

Investigate the coding of an online version of TTT
This goal has been phased out, and will not be completed.

More regular processing of medals and online presence
Medal processing was less than 24 hours the past three days. I'm trying to get on the ball. And I've been on IRC and AIM nearly 24/7.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
�Kurt Vonnegut

Communications Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Communications Officer (AD Turtle)

Communications Office

Admiral Turtle Jerrar
Communications Officer
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet
----------------------------------------------------------------------
COMM/AD Turtle Jerrar/CS-8/SSSD Sovereign (Paladin),
GOE/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx7/MoI/IS-2GR-1PR/LoC-CSx2-Rx3/CoE/CoLx2/CoB/LoA/OV-6E
{IWATS-AIM-ASP-BX-CBX-GFX-IIC/1/2/3-JS-LIN-M/1/2-PHP/1/2-SM/1-VBS-XML}
-AIM: TurtleXIT -WWW: www.ehcomm.net

Communications Office Report #17: 07.11.04

Hello, Imperials.

I returned from leave last Friday after successfully completing US Army Airborne School. I have since been catching up on my Emperor's Hammer duties, and am finally back in the swing of things.

All pending requests have been processed. If you submitted a request while I was gone that has not been completed, please resubmit it. It is possible that a couple slipped through the cracks when Robert Dura resigned as IO, as he had been covering my duties during my absence.

I'll give more updates about specific projects in next week's report.

On a final note, I am proud to have recently received my 7th Echelon Order of the Vanguard for seven years of EH service. I look forward to continued service to the membership in the future!

IRC MEETINGS

The Emperor's Hammer conducts an online Internet Relay Chat meeting every Saturday at 1200 hours (12PM) Eastern Time. Command officers from around the fleet issue reports in a moderated format regarding their respective areas of service. General member discussion and trivia follows. For more information, please see http://www.emperorshammer.net/meetings.asp .

TASKS PROGRESSION

1. Expanded Reports/Meetings archive
Report automation for all command staff, advisors, and subgroup commanders will be handled with the emperorshammer.org automation project.

2. Communications reviews/articles
Initial planning for this is underway, most likely as a joint COMM/IO/SO project.

3. Expand content on the Communications Office site, look into including news about undernet, IRC, etc.
No progress yet.

4. Workable, viable Medal of Communication system
A joint proposal between OPS and myself has been submitted to the FC and XO. The FC suggested a minor change, which has been made and submitted. Waiting for final approval.

5. Expansion of trivia system, more regular trivia events
Several members have inquired about writing questions, and I have provided them with the trivia file format. No other progress at this time.

6. Addition of other bot features
No bot features changed since May; dasb0t may still be operating improperly, and requires a rebuild.

7. Coordinate with Internet and Executive Offices in porting ELS system to ASP
No progress yet.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE LINKS

http://www.ehcomm.net/ - Communications Office
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/ - Message Boards
http://www.ehcomm.net/logs/ - IRC Channel Logs
http://www.ehcomm.net/irc.php - Official IRC Channels
http://www.ehcomm.net/dasb0t.php - IRC Bot Information
http://www.ehcomm.net/request.php - COMM Request Forms
http://www.emperorshammer.org/irc.htm - IRC Code of Conduct

http://www.minos.net/ - MinosNIC
http://els.minos.net/ - ELS Management

Security Officer Reports:
As Emailed From: Security Officer (FA Keldorn)

Security Office

- No reports submitted

Science Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Science Officer (FA Ender mBind)

Science Office

SCO-TCT-TCS-PROF/FA Ender mBind/CS-10/SSSD Sovereign
GoE/GSx2/SSx7/BSx4/PCx7/ISMx16/MoI/MoT-35rh-53gh-6bh/IS-1SR-2GR-1PR/LoC-TS-Rx1/DFC-Rx1/CoS/CoE/CoL/CoB/LoAx2/OV-3E
[CNTR] {IWATS-AIM-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-JS-M/1/2-OPT-SM/2-TM-TT-XAM-XTM/1/2-XTT}

Science Office Report #45: 07.03.04

"As I walk through the hangar where I park my TIE. I take a look at my real life and realize there's nothing left..."

<salute>

Welcome to my forty-fifth public report as a Science Officer, gratuitously late (*cough*, sorry... I'm just not very bureaucratically minded). Onwards
to the news:

Science Office News:

1. With the expiration of the infiltrator-wing.com site we have lost our testing forums for Imperial Alliance AND the place where we hosted EHBL. We are looking into the solutions - please be patient. If you require EHBL, mail the TAC or me and we'll make sure you get it. If you have Imperial Alliance bug reports, for now use its section at http://ortho.minos.net

2. Free Worlds (and Imperial Alliance) have been added officially to the TIE Corps platforms list, also on the database. Furthermore we gained our own [EH] tag in Free Worlds, including our own craft list... AND Free Worlds has been upgraded to a new version. For all details check our Free Worlds forum
at http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=118&sid=9e0551fef896ec1f69dcd3510af60477

3. Imperial Alliance is still heading along fine with basically all of the HUD (except for the optional hologram messages) done and with the craft models being redone in UV mapping. On the Imperial Alliance front we've also made excellent progress on the music part. AD Darkhill coded it so that the game will be able to run, by the player's choice, either CD Audio, selected MP3s (or other digital music files) or event music as TIECD had. (Music changes according to what happens in the mission).

4. This last version of Imperial Alliance now runs mp3's off a "Max Rebo Playlist". Max Rebo is our own simple music player (MP3, OGG, Audio CD and stream (EH channels pre-coded)) and available at http://www.minos.net/~sco/test/MaxRebo.zip Try it out, if you encounter any problems report them at http://hosting.infiltrator-wing.com/phpbb2 so Den can improve upon it and make it again easier/better to make play lists for Imperial Alliance.

5. Because of related trouble within the IW I'd like to point everyone here that is in an SG staff towards the procedures for changing the Order of Battle. I've put these online at http://www.minos.net/~sco/science-manual/orderofbattle.html . As you see that's part of the still unapproved and unreleased "Science Manual", but these rules have already been the same (but unwritten) for years and as such should give you a good idea on how and what.

6. I've re-released the TIE Phantom for TIE95 and CD, this time with its own cockpit. More such updates should be along shortly. This means for example that if you fly a rebel craft, you'll actually see its own cockpit. Finished already are the X-W, Y-W, A-W, Z95 and a R41 cockpit. Patches will be released and/or updated accordingly. I'll also try to put up a tutorial on how to make cockpits, it's not all that hard. Until I do, use the tutorials on the matter at http://www.geocities.com/hal1234_2000/tutorial.html

7. On the matter of tutorials: I've released one on how to have custom large sized graphics in TIE battle files at http://www.minos.net/~sco/guide/tiepalette/bigbattlelfd.html It is a graphical tutorial, so it can be slower to load up.

8. If you want to help out in testing, and perhaps even in building the IA game (missions etc), contact LC Mark, CEO-CMDR of Core Squadron - our test pilots. You will find Core on the CD rosters, so you won't have to move your position in the TC for example. (Yet, the squadron was approved to be added
to the TC roster already.)

9. Thanks to LC Zeth I've updated the graphics of more transports on the Fleet Manual and added the CUV to the selection. Been looking into php'ing the entire thing as well... Having everything .html is just too much *g*. If anyone wants to help in this, feel free to contact me.

10. Additionally, after I heard LCM Blacksun say he's a java coder I've asked him to look into the DXF viewer of the Fleet Manual. Hopefully we'll be able to view all our craft interactively in wire frame 3D soon.

11. I have contacted the XO about adding more craft types to the TC rosters and to update some of the rosters to the Order of Battle. He also said he would look into adding the Patch Archive to the database in similar fashion as the compendium (yay! *keeps fingers crossed*)

Science Office Status:

CA: Admiral Darkhill has been working on a newer version of our IA .exe's. I must say that flying with my own music and being able to control that in-game (volume, next/last song) is tremendously cool.
SCOA: CPT Tim has been UV mapping craft and generally debugging them. (Craft can now fire unlinked shots as well.)

Site: The Science Office site can be found at http://sco.minos.net or via the redirect http://scienceoffice.isCool.net. The mirror can for now still be found at http://www.gimmie.tudelft.nl/homes/blok10b/ender/sco. Fleet Manual has seen updates in craft pictures and types.

Command Staff Objectives:

Continued patch development and platform resource: Made a large amount of custom cockpits for TIE (XW, XvT and BoP are related.). Researched and published on how to have custom large sized images in TIE battle files. Research and published on a TIE editor bug that breaks up all linked orders and its solution. Researched and ported the TIE Demo mission to XvT and submitted that, working on a port to regular TIE.

Get a release candidate version of Imperial Alliance released: Finished HUD graphics, added music tools and controls, made a large variety of needed icons, fixed all changes made by adding MP, redoing all craft, made/ported missions.

Upgrade and add to the Fleet Manual: Updated craft pictures, added craft and researched displaying 3D models some more.

Science Office Projects:

Imperial Alliance: With the release of the freely available source code of FS2, we have started on making a Star Wars game out of it. We can freely distribute a finished game as long as we have all our own data files
(graphics, sounds, models etc). About all craft from X-Wing have been added and most of the interface has been replaced. We're currently making adjustments to the craft models and integrating Multi Player (!). Text to Speech has been added to briefings and radio messages.

Finishing up:

I think that's it - If I've forgotten anything or if you have comments, suggestions or corrections, let me know via email or look us up at #science_office. Don't forget that all the projects are described in more detail on the SCO site.

(Use only mindb_ender@hotmail.com for official SCO mails.) or ICQ (9706474). Preferably do not mail large files to me, but DCC them via IRC - I'm practically always online at #science_office, #emperor's_hammer and
#tiecorps using the nick MindB_ndr (or variations.)

All my SCO reports are available online as well: you can reach them on the SCO site but they are on the TIE Corps site, CS reports, as well.

Until next time, good luck and have fun!

<salute>

Logistics Officer Reports:
As Emailed From: Logistics Officer (VA Xander Drax)

Logistics Office

LO/VA Xander Drax/CS-11/SSSD Sovereign
GS/SS/BSx3/PCx5/ISMx13/MoI/IS-2BW-1BR-1SW-1SR-2GR/LoC-Rx1/CoE/CoL/CoB/LoA/OV-6E
[CNTR] {IWATS-AIM-CBX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-M/1/2-RT-SM/1/2/3-TM/1-TT-VBS}

Logistics Office Report #18: 06.26.04

_Logistics News_

1. Thanks to the tireless efforts of HA Pri, the unthinkable has happened. A copy of the old codex has been located! Now it just falls to us to get the info in it up to date and included in the new codex. Mad
props to Pri.

2. Another part of the EH's history has been preserved and added to the codex. The "Faces of the Senate" section for the Imperial Senate has been added to the Codex. This preserves various layouts of the IS
throughout the years that were created by former M:COMM and CHS Orv Dessrx. Thanks to Orv and Demerzel for putting this into my hands.

3. Members, if you knew someone in the EH that has died, make sure to contact the LO as soon as possible. These members deserve to be added to the EH Memorium, but I cannot make that happen without the help of those that knew them. Make sure they are remembered and send whatever you have to us.

4. As always, the Logistics Office is looking for historical items for the Codex and Newsletter archives. Some people, as mentioned above, have gotten us some of that information and seen it added within a day.
Anyone is welcome to contact us in regards to this project with items
that should be archived.

_Logistics Staff_

LO: Vice Admiral Xander Drax
LOA: HA Priyum Patel
LOA: VA Daniel Stevens
LOA: Major Archangel
LOA: Commander Sirik Xirok

_Logistics Links_

http://logistics.lusankya.org/ - Logistics Office
http://codex.lusankya.org/ - EH Codex
http://www.lusankya.org/mem/ - EH Memorium

Logistics Office Report #19: 07.03.04

_Logistics News_

1. Much that was contained in the old codex has been added to the new incarnation this week. Of that information, almost all of it is up to date with a few exceptions (like the FA list and Acronyms list). For the
most part, everything is current, including the lists of all the EH and SG manuals.

2. I have been contacted by Captain Werdna Elbee from the Tie Corps about some of the old issues of the TC Battlecry and other TC publications. He will be uploading them to my server so I can post them, but being that he is on dialup, it may take a while. Even though this is a major addition to the SGNL archive, it is but a drop in the bucket of what is out there, and I would like to see more.

3. Commander Sirik Xirok has gotten into contact with SGCOM's directly in order to liase with them for the Codex history project. It is my hope that having this officer, who's sole LO duty is working on this area of
the Codex project, on this task will expediate the process of data collection.

4. As always, the Logistics Office is looking for historical items for the Codex and Newsletter archives. Some people, as mentioned above, have gotten us some of that information and seen it added within a day.
Anyone is welcome to contact us in reguards to this project with items that should be archived.

_Task Progression

_1. EH Codex: See above

2. EH Files archive: No progress

3. Mirror of Newsletters: Completed, branching out to SGNL's

4. Restarting and promotion of the EH library: begun to look around the old EH library in preperation for restarting it.

5. EH Memorium: The site is up and data is being collected. In order to post meaningful entries for the people that will be memorialized, we need to get more then just names and dates. We have gotten some
information from GA Ronin and a handful of members in the IW.

_Logistics Staff_

LO: Vice Admiral Xander Drax
LOA: HA Priyum Patel
LOA: VA Daniel Stevens
LOA: Commander Sirik Xirok

_Logistics Links_

http://logistics.lusankya.org/ - Logistics Office
http://codex.lusankya.org/ - EH Codex
http://www.lusankya.org/mem/ - EH Memorium

Logistics Office Report #20: 07.11.04

_Logistics News_

1. New Timeline section added to the codex. This updates the timeline of the Empire, as the expanded universe kinda expanded after the Dark Empire Sourcebook was written. It includes information on the state of the Empire after the death of the Emperor, including the reign of Isard and other events. It also pegs the EH's current in universe date as 7.5 years post-Endor (that's 11.5 years ASW4 for those of you going by that scale). Go check it out.

2. Fourteen issues of the TC Battlecry have been posted to the SG Newsletter archives. Go and look at old newsletters from the TC from when people like Kessler were running the show.

3. Newsletter 104 has been posted to the Newsletter Mirror, so go check out this third thing for you to look at. Thanks to Ast for wowing us with this massive chunk of Newsletter.

4. As always, the Logistics Office is looking for historical items for the Codex and Newsletter archives. Some people, as mentioned above, have gotten us some of that information and seen it added within a day. Anyone is welcome to contact us in reguards to this project with items that should be archived. Email the LO at xanderdrax@lusankya.org.

_Task Progression

_1. EH Codex: Timeline revised.

2. EH Files archive: No progress

3. Mirror of Newsletters: NL-104 Added, TC Battlecry issues added.

4. Restarting and promotion of the EH library: No New Progress

5. EH Memorium: The site is up and data is being collected. In order to post meaningful entries for the people that will be memorialized, we need to get more then just names and dates. We have gotten some
information from GA Ronin and a handful of members in the IW._
_
_Logistics Staff_

LO: Vice Admiral Xander Drax
LOA: HA Priyum Patel
LOA: VA Daniel Stevens
LOA: Commander Sirik Xirok

_Logistics Links_

http://logistics.lusankya.org/ - Logistics Office
http://codex.lusankya.org/ - EH Codex
http://www.lusankya.org/mem/ - EH Memorium

Recon Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Reconnaissance Officer (AD Joe)

Recon Office

-- Reconnaissance Office Staff --

((((((((((((O#O))))))(ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ>
RO/AD "Six" Joe/CS-12/SSSD Sovereign
IC/GOE/GS/BSx3/PCx2/ISMx6/MoI/MoT-1gh/MoC-6BoC-7SoC-4GoC-27PoC-3DoC/CoL/CoB/OV-5E
[DRAG]

CA:RO/RA Shay`la DuKahn Ludsorkim/CA-12/SSSD Sovereign
PC/ISMx3/CoL/LoA/OV-2E {IWATS-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2-M/1/2-PHP-PHP-SM/2-VBS}

ROA/AD Zsinj/SSSD Sovereign
IC/GSx3/SSx6/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx5/MoT-3rh-1gh-3bh/IS-1SR/LoC-IS-CSx4-Rx3/DFC-BW-Rx2/MoC-6BoC-9SoC-6GoC-12PoC-19DoC/CoS/LoAx5/OV-4E [GLDR] {IWATS-CBX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-M/1/2-R-SM/1/2-TM-TT-VBS-XTT}

RO Report #49: 06.27.04

-=Salute=-

Greetings from the Recon Office!

I have been in contact with a representative from LucasFilm over the past few weeks. I have been inquiring about the possibility of myself attending the Press Junket for Episode 3, which will be around next March or early April of 2005. And to be honest, it's looking like a real possibility. The woman I've been talking to stated that the press junket for Episode 2 there were a few Star Wars Club representatives given Press Passes for the event because they were wanting to interview the various actors and actresses and then report that back to they're respective clubs. I will have an update about that as I hear if it's a sure thing or not. But keep your fingers crossed!

VA Manijak will have a report out either tomorrow or Monday concerning the website. FC or XO, if you want to see it, ill fwd it on to you. :)

I'd like to thank VA Ky Terrak for all his help with sending SW sites and things of that nature to keep me on my toes. VA Terrak had fwd myself a website that held a fake trailer for Episode 3, while fake, it was one of the best ones i've seen in awhile. And they way it blended true Ep 3 scenes with those of space battles that included vehicles of a more familiar nature was purely awesome. The site was at: http://p2.hostingprod.com/@slackerj.com/ep3trailer.mov

But I think the powers-that-be got to it before I could show it to all of you. If it comes back, I'll let you all know.

If anyone else has any links to things of this nature, let me know! :)

I am this >l l< close to getting Star Wars: Galaxies so I can join the ever expanding void to which all EHers seem to be in. Hmm maybe I'll be more active ( or at least appear to be) since I'll be on with other EHers.. Heh. Ironic isn't it?

One more thing. FO Cyric, VA Shay'la ended her role as a CA:RO close to 3 months ago. Could you please remove her as such please? Thanks. :)

Anyways, a few good SW News tidbits, other than that I'm finished. Have a good weekend!

STAR WARS NEWS
==================================================
New Battlefront Media

Starting off, IGN has a copious amount of new screenshots, nearly 30 in fact. Then GameSpy has a new two-page preview up , but it doesn't give much new information.

There's a lot of variety in the map types, too. Including the heavily wooded Endor, the frozen landscape of Hoth, the desert planet of Geonosis, and the ancient ruins of Yavin IV, there are more than 12 environments across 10 different planets, all featured in the Star Wars movies (although some more than others). Most of the battles follow the same path, too. Each team has a couple of bases in each level, and the object is to take over your enemies' base. Of course, it's easier said that done. You have to stand in the center of the base until a meter full of your opponents' color empties out, then wait until it fills up with your color. This can take a while, depending on the number of teammates in the base with you, and you are open to attack while waiting.

SWBattlefront also has a preview, which gives a good fan's look at the game.

While the Droidekas were nice, they will probably be the second choice for most playing as the Separatist Battle Droids. The Super Battle Droids are the killing machines that most people will enjoy. These droids only have two weapons: a wrist blaster and a wrist launcher; however, that is all they need to powerfully take out enemies. Both weapons can be used simultaneously, so the combination is fatal if used properly. The rocket launcher is a great finishing weapon.

Galaxies One Year Anniversary

One Year Ago today (June 26th) Galaxies went on sale and opened publicly, and to celebrate they've created an Anniversary Page with several features. They've added a new Gorax Hunt, as well as a third Fan Fest puzzle. But what's really got people buzzing is the new Vetern Player reward for Jump to Lightspeed. When Jump to Lightspeed launches, players who have had a continuous account for six months will get the SoroSuub Personal Luxury Yacht 3000 for free! The yacht, know primarily for being Lando's ship of choice for his Lady Luck will also be the only other multi-passenger ship in the game, outside the YT-1300. Players who stay on for more than six months after JTL launches will also get it free. Another really interesting thing they have are screenshots through the entire beta process, starting at the very beginning all the way to present day. It's really interesting to look at the first menus and user interfaces too!

EP3: Summer Shooting Scheduled

The Official Site updates everyone into the weekend with some new info about specific reshoots and more filming in the months ahead. Here's a clip:

Starting August 23 and running through September 4, Director George Lucas will again roll cameras on Episode III, this time in the UK. "We've got two full weeks of shooting," says McCallum. Among the cast members slated to work in that period are Silas Carson, Hayden Christensen, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Christopher Lee, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman.

Returning from the Sydney shoot, Creature Shop Supervisors Dave and Lou Elsey will be on hand, as will Costume Designer Trisha Biggar and Supervising Art Director Peter Russell. The rest of the small crew will be mostly new hands.

"It will be primarily blue and greenscreen shooting. There won't be any full sets, but there may be large set pieces. This round of shooting is mostly just patching holes and providing transitions," adds McCallum. "We do have a whole new sequence with Hayden and Yoda."

You'll want to note that the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk is mentioned by Lucasfilm officially for the first time later on in the article. Also interesting is the mention of background plate filming, which in the latest issue of the SW Insider is taking place in Thailand, Switzerland and quite possibly China. And we couldn't not mention the stunning new Anakin picture with Vader in the background you have to check out, too.

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That's it from the Recon Office. Till next time..

Non-EH SOTW: Star Wars Technical Commentaries

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/

Yes yes, I know, I used another TFN site. But this site I have honestly never seen before. I was blow away by the in-depth articles that came with the just the ISD description. If you ever have a question about how Hyperspace works ( in theory) check out that site. Wow!

-=SALUTE=-

-- Reconnaissance Office Staff --

Dark Jedi Brotherhood Reports:
As Emailed From: Grand Master of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood (Admiral Khaen)

The Dark Brotherhood of Jedi

Admiral; Lord Darth Khaen
Grand Master of the Dark Brotherhood

Grand Master Report #2: 06.25.04

<Bow>

Greetings Jedi

This is the Grand Master Report #2, dating 25.06.2004

News:

As you probably already read on the news page of the DB site, I have chosen a new Deputy Grandmaster. It is the former Headmaster, Dark Jedi Knight Keldorn Cochrane. Although I already have posted it on the news page I want to repeat the reasons why I have chosen him , so they are written down in a report and thus archived:

"As HM he has a flawless term over one year and also as you know is a former TO. Since the DGM's primary task is dealing with competitions and will help me setting up the demanded Vendetta, I think Keldorn with his competition experience as TO is exactly the right person for the job. He also is long enough in the DB and in the DC that he knows all areas and all facets of the Dark Brotherhood like the back of his hand and therefore could easily handle all the various other tasks a DGM has to take care of."

I know that some of you have shown concern about Keldorn's parallel position as SO of the EH, but I can assure you Keldorn and I have had a lengthy talk about this matter and he asured me there won�t be any problems with his SO work interfering with his DGM work and so far I hasn't be given any reason to not trust his word. As a longstanding CD member he will know what he can cope with and with what not.

With the appointment of Keldorn as DGM the position of Headmaster is vacant. Keldorn and I already agreed unanimously on one candidate whom we see absolutely fit to take over. Should he agree and been approved we soon will be able to present you a new Headmaster for the Shadow Academy.

The Office of the Herald has presented us the first design of the new Grant of Arms. Two threads are dedicated to this event and anyone who hasn't posted his or her opinion about it should go to the DB MB and do so. I won't go into details here, because I want to leave that for the HRLD and his report, I just want to elaborate one point. The presented GoA design wasn't at all the final version, it was only the first version. We put it up to test the reaction of you members to it. Should we have meet too much resistance against this design we would have done another one. But since we got so far in general really great reactions from you members we now consider making this first design already the final one. So if you don't agree for some reason with it feel free to post it since we want an accurate opinion from you.

Projects:

I have started my little one man project "Rogue Resurrection" in which I mailed all 192 Rogues on the Rogue list personally. In the process I found 24 MIA Rogues who have been turned over to the MAA for processing and have meanwhile been dealt with. But I also got quite a few answers in return as well and some of them were favorable so prepare to welcome back some former Rogues in active duty again.
Next step will be from me to contact all Initiates on the Shadow Academy list to offer them a helping hand until a new Headmaster can assume that role.

Ast and I agreed on a new procedure how to work on new DB projects. This will involve the general membership much more than in the past and will give interested people the chance to pour their ideas into projects that will in the end affect all members. This will happen in MB threads dedicated to a given project , so I suggest you start checking the various DB related MBs more often if you want to get involved. I already have several projects at hand I want to get started Keldorn and I just have to decide which one of them is the most important of them and should be started with.

I actually intended to revive the mailgroup think tank as I stated in my first report, however now with testing this new procedure the whole DB will be turned into one big think tank therefore I have decided not to pursue this idea any further so far.

Competitions:

The first edition of my Total Carnage competition happened last Tuesday. The first recipient of the shiny Crescent with Diamond Star was Guardian Tiamat from House Cestus who scored 7 wins. Close behind him with 5 wins is his housemate Protector Axir Aronix who got for his effort a Crescent with Ruby Star. Other paricipants were OBM Scoser (Cestus) JH Paul Shinobi (Caliburnbus), ACO Zeeth Durron (Dorimad Sol) and ACO Woo-Viper Kanulu (Cestus). Congrats to all who got a medal ! Everyone who hasn�t participated the last time and wants to have a run on that CR-D should be there next time Tuesday 5 PM EST / 2300 CET. Remember even DC members can take part.

Sarin and I decided to start hosted Sith competitions in #ehcoc after the example of the Obelisk in order to enhance MP possibility for Siths and to form stonger ties with the TC MP society again. More about that on the Sith board and in the next SHW report.

Grand Master's Acknowledgements:

This is the first one of possibly more new sections I want to introduce into the GM report. Here I will list noteworthy medals and elevations as extra emphasis to the already existing listings in the CHAN and MAA reports and other achievements so you can see that those members mentioned here really did something special for the DB and therefore deserve extra acknowledgement by the Grand Master.

I want to start with several elevations that happened last week:

DGM Keldron Cochrane and KHP J`Lek Archanos both were elevated to the rank of Dark Jedi Master for their excellent work in their positions.
OHC Sirik Xirok was elevated to OBL due to his efforts to improve Obelisk MP culture and other beneficial actions for the Obelisk Order.

For more information about the reasons please refer either to the news posts or the DBMB.

Also one really noteworthy medal was awarded: A Diamond Sword to DJP Astatine for his long service as SCL of the Brotherhood.

Dark Jedi Knight Xander Drax and Sith Warrior Jack Stone showed vast knowledge about StarWars and placed 1st respectively 2nd in the weekly DB meeting trivia and both earned themselves a Legion of Scolar.

I also would like to personally thank three Kraths DJK Linoge, JH Exodus and ACO Detori Oakenshield who returned from Rogues as reaction on my mail and joined the Krath Houses of Alvaak and Arcona bringing much needed membership reinforcement to them.

That are the people I am aware of that have rejoined a Clan. But since I don�t get that kind of transfer mails I might have missed other Rogues who have come back active, my personal thanks to them of course as well.

That concludes my report for this week

In Respect

GM Report #3: 07.02.04

Greetings Jedi

This is Grand Master report #3 dating 02.07.2004.

I) News:

We have a new Headmaster. Last week saw the appointment of the former Praetor to the Headmaster Sith Battlelord Daniel Goad to Headmaster himself. Congratulations once more! He already started to work on several projects, but I won't go into any further details so I won't steal any content from him for his report.

Sadly Obelisk Warlord Mordan Tal'kyra decided it is time for him to step down as MAA after already announcing the need for him to do so. a while ago. I want to thank him personally at this point for his great, reliable and fast work he did in his position. You are a great loss to the DC and I hope your circumstances soon will allow to return to us again.

A new Master at Arms already has been selected and was proposed to the FC and the XO, currently pending approval. As soon as he should be approved I will make a post on the news page or will announce it on the meeting should a decision already be brought to me by then.

II) Competitions:

I want to apologize for not having been able to host my Total Carnage competition last week. I am sincerely sorry about that and promise next week there will be one again.

III) Projects:

this section will be come lengthy from now on, since as requested by Ast I will start adding a progress report on the task list every CS member has been issued by the EH High Command. I think will be the first time that you as the membership will see at least the essence of the often mentioned action plan that so far only a handful of people were able to have a look at. The following will contain virtually everything I am currently personally working on as Grand Master (other projects officially lead by other DC members are not listed) Thus I think you are about to get the deepest insight into the papers of a GM you ever got so far. Have fun:

First the list displayed for my position in the task list sheet:

Grand Master

- Implementation of the Action plan
- Vendetta in the next 3 months
- Sort out varies issues as outlined in the action plan

A) Vendetta:

Works on the Vendetta have started. My DGM Keldorn Cochrane and I have decided that it will be a Rite of Supremacy. Currently the basic idea, the foundation of the RoS and a storyline is being discussed.

B) Action plan:

Since this is a rather big pile of tasks I use the segmentation in the plan itself:

1) Communications:

Promotion of good work:

"The GM shall make news posts and other promotional references on the following:"

- Merit awards of Grand Cross or higher - started with latest report (DS award to Astatine)

- Meeting trivia awards - started with latest report (Trivia winners from the 19.06.2004 meeting)

- All awards for competitions clan size or larger - started with latest report ( winners and participants of Total Carnage comp)

- All vendetta novas - will be done once currently prepared vendetta is over

- Select promotions and appointments - started with latest report (DJM elevati