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June 2003
06.28.03
STAR WARS GALAXIES DUE JUNE 26TH:
06.17.03
As Emailed From:
D-SWG/MS
Compton/Command Staff/The Fringe
IT'S OFFICIAL - STAR WARS GALAXIES DUE JUNE 26TH
LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced today that Star Wars Galaxies,
possibly the most anticipated Star Wars game ever, will be in stores on June
26th, 2003. The entire press release can be read here:
http://www.lucasarts.com/products/galaxies/press5.htm.
What does this mean for the Emperor's Hammer? It means that the long-awaited EH
SWG Player Association is about to be born. The PA will be run by The Fringe,
the EH's official role-playing sub-group. All you have to do to join is e-mail
DCGM Darknyte at darknyte@alltel.net
and tell him you want to join.
Best of all, you do NOT need to use a separate e-mail address to join, so if you
want, you can base your SWG character on your existing EH persona!
We'll need all types of players in the game - from Marksmen (and women) to
Architects, Brawlers to Weaponsmiths, Craftsmen to Squad Leaders, Dancers to
Commandos. SWG has a HUGE range of skills that your character can learn, and
everyone will be encouraged to do whatever it is they like.
TWO IMPORTANT NOTES: to limit the server load during the initial release, you
will need to pre-buy a copy of the game if you want to play it as soon as it
comes out. You can do this online, at
lucasarts.com, or at most of your local electronics stores. You will also
need to make sure your system will meet the minimum requirements, listed at
http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/features/faq.jsp. I've found that
while you can play the game at 256MB, it's REALLY laggy. You'll really need at
least 512MB of RAM to play smoothly.
I've been beta testing the game for the last couple months, so I can honestly
tell you that playing this game is absolutely the closest you can get to living
in the Star Wars universe. So if you're planning on playing Galaxies, join the
EH SWG effort today!
Master Strategist Jahn Compton
D-SWG/MS Compton/Command Staff/The Fringe
...yes, THAT Compton...
Addendum: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
D-SWG/MS
Compton/Command Staff/The Fringe
Now that the NDA's been lifted for Galacrack, a member of the
Fleet has donated some webspace for my early guide to SWG:
http://members.aol.com/imperialgleeclub/swg
If you could add that to the earlier news item when you update
the domain, that'd be great.
C
Executive Officer's Note:
SWG pics: 06.21.03
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jpboyce/swg/
SA Astatine - XO
e-mail: jpboyce@indigo.net.au
EH Poland Meeting III:
11-14 July 2003: 06.17.03
As Emailed From:
Tactical
Officer (AD Mike)
<SALUTE>
Fellow Imperials. I come to you to inform you about 3rd Emperor's Hammer Poland
meeting. It will be the 3rd time when polish community within Emperor's Hammer,
to celebrate together, make friendships, drink beer, watch movies, swim and have
overall fun, during four summer days.
This meeting will be special, cause we expect guests from other countries,
mostly Germany. If they will be able to join us this summer, then it will be EH
Europe meeting. Something, I always wanted to organize. What's more. If our
Science Office, Fleet Admiral Ender mBind will be able to join us, we will have
two EH CS members with us, TAC and SCO so it will be rather strong presence.
How can you join us? First you have to travel to Poland. I know this can be
tricky and expensive, but trust me. It's worth an effort. You have to travel to
city of Bialystok. It's located, 200km east, from polish capital city of Warsaw.
Use train or bus. I know there are direct buses to Bialystok from Holland and
Western Germany. And they are pretty cheap. Once you will get the, I will pick
you up, load on truck and we will travel to Wojszki village, place of our
meeting. What can I tell you about the place? Well. It is great place to rest.
Summer house, located within the woods. Swimming pool, place to locate tents.
River nearby. Really beautiful.
What can you expect? Answer is simply. FUN! You can expect a lot of people.
People from EH and other people. Simple pilots and Command Staff. We also plan
to organize EHPLM 3 multi-player competition so you will be able to learn
multi-player flying and face good EH pilots. We we will have 6-8 computers, so
we will be able to play 3v3 or 4v4. You will never forget that experience, trust
me. We will also drink a lot of beer, probably watch some movie, we will set
campfire, have food from grill and other fancy things. A lot of fun, and once
again fun. So if you have girlfriend, take her with you.
How can you join? First email me and let me know you want to join us. I will try
to find you someone living nearby, who already has been on EHPLM, so it will be
easier for you. And then, check out if you have tent and sleeping bag. And of
course enough of money. Food is cheep here, but you always need some cash. And
then you will be ready to got.
So. If you think you can join us, do it. You won't be disappointed. Wanna meet
Tactical Officer? Here's your best chance. Cya there!
Admiral Marcin "Mike" Szydlowski
EH Poland Meeting Moderator
pbmike@go2.pl
Fleet Commander's Note:
Please check out the
pics from EH Poland Meet II...These are some crazy folks...
"bring out the horses and beer, for tonight we ride...!" :)
MinosNIC Downtime Update:
06.20.03
As Emailed From: Chris Hutton
Bellsouth has STILL not gotten back with Covad, even in breach of the
Bellsouth-Covad contract... new 'guaranteed' time of action on the trouble
ticket (now escalated) is Monday night.
Earliest we will be seeing the server back is Wednesday morning, if all goes
well...
PFC Chris Hutton
248 MI CO, 48 Infantry BDE
Military Intelligence - "Always Out Front!"
Official Star Wars Fan Club Breakfast at
Origins on 06.27.03: 06.16.03
As Emailed From:
ROA/CM Shay`la
DuKahn Ludsorkim/SSSD Sovereign
Press Release Copied From:
http://starwars.paizo.com/originsbreakfast
Official Star Wars Fan Club Breakfast at Origins
Press Release
Fan Club Members and Guests Score Exclusive Boba Fett
Members of the Official Star Wars Fan Club can register to join their fellow
fans, the Fan Club staff, and Star Wars author Michael Stackpole for an early
morning of fun and conversation Friday, June 27, 2003. Fans will gather at the
Fusion Room in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, right in downtown Columbus next to the
Greater Columbus Convention Center.
Not only will fans meet Stackpole and some of the faces behind the Fan Club, but
each registered breakfast attendee will also receive one of the convention
exclusive action figures from Hasbro, a special silver-painted Boba Fett. The
action figure is included in the cost of the breakfast ticket.
Seating at the breakfast is very limited, and tickets are expected to sell out
quickly. To register for the breakfast, Official Star Wars Fan Club members can
go to
http://starwars.paizo.com/originsbreakfast.
Stackpole is the author of many popular Star Wars stories, including the novels
I, Jedi; Dark Tide: Onslaught and Ruin; and the X-Wing series books Rogue
Squadron, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, and Isard's Revenge.
In addition to Stackpole, fans can meet Lisa Stevens, President of the Official
Star Wars Fan Club, and Vic Wertz, Associate Editor of Star Wars Insider
magazine - both world-class Star Wars collectors. Johnny Wilson, Publisher of
Insider, will be on hand, as well as Mary Franklin, the Editor of Bantha Tracks.
All the Fan Club staff members will be ready to answer your questions and hear
your ideas about Insider, Bantha Tracks, and the direction of the Official Fan
Club.
Fan Club members will not only enjoy the camaraderie of their fellow Star Wars
fans, they will get one of the Boba Fett action figures without standing in
line.
Tickets for the breakfast are limited, and will be sold only as seats are
available. Admission to the event is $29.95 per person, which includes breakfast
at the Crowne Plaza Fusion Room and one silver-painted Boba Fett convention
exclusive action figure from Hasbro. Admission to Origins Game Fair is not
included in the breakfast price.
Breakfast registration is limited to members of the Official Star Wars Fan Club
only, but each member may also purchase one ticket for one guest. This guest is
not required to be a member, but must be accompanied by the member at the
breakfast.
To register for the Official Star Wars Fan Club Breakfast, or to learn more,
fans can go to
http://starwars.paizo.com/originsbreakfast.
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ROA/CM Shay`la DuKahn Ludsorkim/SSSD Sovereign
PC/ISMx3/CoL/LoA/OV-2E
{IWATS-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2-M/1/2-PHP-PHP-SM/2-VBS}
"The brave don't live forever, but the fearful don't live at all"
Fleet Commander's Note:
Many new EH Members may not realize the Emperor's Hammer has
conducted an
IRC
interview (08.22.98) and received a club
autograph from him as well...!
Please see out
Articles page for
more notable interviews, autographs and write-ups on the EH !
Tactical Office Report #94: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
Tactical
Officer (AD Mike)
Tactical Office
Tactical Office Report #94
by TAC/AD Marcin Szydlowski
( pbmike@go2.pl )
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Introduction
Hello all. Let me think how can I start this report. Hmmm? Oh, I
got it. So...
Week of great changes. I have hired two new Tactical
Coordinators and Command Attaché (approved by GA Ronin and HA Priyum, pending
approval of SA Astatine). For more information check specified section of my
report. They have already started their working and working at 120% to help me
with TAC3K. Yes, we are closer than ever, only 42 missions to go. I will be very
happy to see, TAC3K achieve in June. No, not July but June. Is it possible? Of
course.
I have also resumed work on Tactical Manual version 3.0. After
reading it again and again, I have decided to completely rewrite it. I am like
5% done and after writing this report, I am going to work on it again. Thanks to
Philo for helping me with grammar and doing additional spelling/grammar check.
Also thanks for giving his suggestions and updates.
Also, we started working on mission creation tutorials. Philo
will work on TIE, I will work on XvT/BoP and RogueWing is already working on XWA
tutorial. I am not sure about his progress, but last time I checked he was
finishing it. So expect AlliED tutorial very soon. What's more, I will create a
set of FAQs. From general ones to mission creation ones. This will allow us to
address most common question asked by membership.
From other news. Well. #tac owner has been changed. Because I am still waiting
for Undernet to revoke my #ehpl owner status (it has been transferred to non-EH
person), my soon to be appointed CA, Philo has taken control of #tac from the
hands of Mark Schueler. I would like to thank Mark for his month of work as
channel manager.
And our SCO is back. I didn't manage to talk to him yet, but I
am sure he will be back to duty ASAP and we will get another package of patches
:) Welcome back Ender :)
Tactical Database back online
Very special thanks to Colonel Absolut Vodka, I have
successfully transferred Tactical Database, to new location. Check Tactical
Message Board for more info, or check this link to visit our database.
There is only one problem remaining but it is not critical and does not affect
testers and engineers. I will try to fix that problem very soon.
CA:TAC selected, pending XO approval
I have decided to appoint LC Philo as my Command Attaché. He was
key player of Tactical Office, serving as TCC:TIE. And he did really great (you
can check number of TIE missions/battles released recently). He is also TM Prof
and experienced mission designer. I will need to teach him some things, but I am
pretty sure he will do great. Congrats Philo.
EH Poland Meeting III: 11-14 July 2003
I have mailed domain article to GA Ronin. You can also check
main EH message board for more info, or wait for GA Ronin to add this article to
EH domain :) Also, you can mail me for more information. Cya there :)
New location of message boards
Minos is still down so our COMM decided to move message boards
to new location. They are available here. Make sure to update your favorites :)
TCCs appointed
With promotion of LC Philo, I have decided to appoint another
CA:TAC candidate as TCC:TIE. Congrats to LC Styles our experienced tester and
engineer. Also, new TCC:XvT is LCM Apophis Kuma. I am sure, they will both do
great and provide us with new battles and missions. With help from me and Philo,
I am sure they will have no problems. After all, Tactical Database management is
not so hard :)
Mission Creation Courses
Here are stats and urls for all mission creation courses:
TIE Mission Creation (TM) - 46 graduates
XvT Mission Creation (XTM/1) - 306 graduates
XvT Advanced Mission Creation (XTM/2) - 111 graduates
XWA Mission Creation (XAM) - 7 graduates
TCC:TIE, LC Philo is also planning next version of Tie mission designing (TM/2).
Vetaran TIE mission designers, feel free to email him with your ideas and
suggestions. :)
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TAC3K countdown!
Tactical Database is not working properly yet, so no new battles this week. We
need only 42 to reach TAC3K! Good work Tactical Staff, keep it up!
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New course proposed to Training Officer
I have proposed new IWATS course to Training Officer. Tactical
Staff course (TAC). It would contain basic and advanced mission on how to be
good testers, engineer, coordinator and head coordinator. It wil also explain
different options of Tactical Database. It will be required when applying on
every Tactical Office position. Right now I am waiting on Training Officer, to
reply and tell me what he thinks about this idea.
Tactical Office Person of the Week:
Congrats to Locke Setzer, on being TAC's PotW. As nominated by
TCC:XWA:
I nominate Locke Setzer for PotW, he is bugging me something shocking about
stuff to test and he does them all well and quick with excellent Beta Reports. I
pray i get more stuff for him to test soon.
Current standings:
Locke Setzer - 2
Tac Office Status:
EH Mission Compendium:
Total missions: 2958 (+16)
Battles: 455
Free Missions: 512
Tactical Database:
TIE Division:
No Report
XvT/BoP Division
No Report
XWA Division:
In Queue: None
Under Testing: 8
Under Correction: 1
Final Check: None
Total: 9
Tactical Roster:
TIE: 14
XvT: 19
BoP: 17
XWA: 13
Mission Creation Corner
Noone submitted anything this week.
Final word:
My office is always open. I don't do any business on IRC, but I
ALWAYS reply to questions and suggestions. What do I mean by EH business. Here's
example: "Mike, please award me my mission MoT-rh", and other things like that.
If you have question and I am not available, try joining #tac
and ask there or use mail. Ultimately you can use Mission Creation Forum :)
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Admiral Marcin "Mike" Szydlowski
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Tactical Officer
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet
#3203 < pbmike@go2.pl >
Internet Office Report #96: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
Internet
Officer (HA Ari)
Internet Office
INTERNET OFFICE REPORT #96
June 20 , 2003
Internet Office News
Alright, let's start off with the most pertinent issue, MinosNIC: Turtle has
been posting on the message boards updates on the status on Minos. We ask that
you bear with us. A new DSL connection was ordered and should have been set up
this week, but due to the incompetency of people at Bellsouth, there are still
problems. We know you need Minos. So do we. Though since it is a free service,
we ask that you just grin and bear it. Turtle is trying as hard as he can to
coordinate the recovery efforts remotely. Asking when it will be up won't do you
any good, because we don't know just how stupid these people can get. We'll just
have to wait and find out...
As you may be aware, the EH Message Boards have moved to
www.theholo.net/mb/. The EHNet links
now point there, so all existing bookmarks/links will still take you to the
right place.
The IO staff is almost done with remaking the graphics on EH.org. Only 4 more
are left, so the new ones should be up within the week.
The new IO-conglomerate project is waiting on CGM Zem to send back some required
information before we can begin developing. Now that I'm out of school,
hopefully we can accelerate the efforts.
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Emperor's Hammer: Site of the Week
This week's SOTW is the Warspite Battlegroup's modification of SquadFirst to fit
a battlegroup at
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com/warspite/index.php. A hearty
congratulations, this is what I like to see! Congrats to MAJ Nicol Bolas (
nicolbolas_iw@yahoo.com ) on a 5
star site!
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Internet Office Poll
Why is Minos down?
-Mynocks were chewing on the power cables
-"NO, Manesh, you CAN'T hump the server anymore!"
-The server got shipped off to Iraq
-The rDB stole the server and won't give it back
-It got SARS
VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE at http://www.ehnet.org!
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[MoH] [GOE] [GSx3] [SSx2] [BS] [PCx3] [ISMx9] [MoT-rh-gh] [IS-3BR-4SR-2GR-1PR]
[LoC-CSx6] [MoC-SoC-5BoC] [CoE] [CoB] [CoLx2] [LoAx2] [OV-4E]
{IWATS-SM/1-IIC/1/2/3-VBS-XML-RPG-CBX-M/1/2-GFX-PHP/1/2-ASP-AIM-JS}
Internet Officer of the Emperor's Hammer
ISD Colossus: FC's Own, 2000
IWATS VBScript Professor
Training Office Report
#15: 06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Training
Officer (AD Keldorn)
Training Office
Training Office Report #15
Admiral Keldorn Cochrane Reporting – 21st June 2003
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/
<SALUTE>
A slow week on the Training Office front-lines, thankfully.
The Training Office’s IRC colloquia project has progressed slightly over the
previous week, and I have been pleased with the general ideas that have reached
my mailbox. The details of the project as it progresses will be found on the
“Projects” page of the Academic NeXus (
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/projects.html ).
The “Apostasy” competition has not progressed much further within the Office
this week, as I am waiting on the feedback from several SubGroup Commanders whom
are (or at least should be) almost finished discussing their individual
intricacies with their own staff.
It appears to be a trend for Officers to submit applications for Command Attaché
posts when they have not been asked for. I concur with Admiral Khaine’s
sentiments in that I do not need a CA; I have an efficient Assistant whenever I
need help with the Office. For the moment this is enough for the current
workload. While I do admire the commitment and ‘gusto’ of such members, please
do not apply when applications are not sought.
The Shadow Academy (
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/sa/ ) is 95% online, the only missing detail
that of the Krath Doctrine which needs to be rewritten with the cooperation of
the Krath High Priest and his staff. We are now waiting on final logistical
implementation before processing of the new Apprentices can begin.
The Imperial University has been moved to
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/university/ and will be gathering pace as an
automated system over the next few weeks. It is intended that it shall be
functioning at optimum performance by the time the new Imperial Senate
interactive database is complete.
The Training Office is now accepting Course proposals. I am open to many diverse
and innovative ideas, these can range from matters of real-life relevance to
those of Star Wars canon (and indeed, our own non-canon). The Courses under
consideration so far are:
Cascading Style Sheets.
Sound Processing/Editing.
General Multiplayer.
Star Wars Galaxies.
Advanced TIE Mission Design (TM/2).
Advanced TIE Tactics (TT/2).
Networking Basics.
Tactical Staff.
Imperial Weapons & Tactics School Staff Roll
· Major Devin Taralis; Training Office Assistant [
Drathoz@aol.com ]
· High Admiral Priyum Patel; Professor, Squadron Management [
spellfire@btinternet.com ]
· High Admiral Ari; Professor, Visual Basic Script [
ari@tiecorps.org ]
· Fleet Admiral Ender mBind; Professor, OPTing Course [
mindb_ender@hotmail.com ]
· Fleet Admiral Aiden Cantor Karias; Professor, Computer Basics [
io@absolutek.ca ]
· Fleet Admiral Darkov, Active Server Page [
Darkov00@aol.com ]
· Fleet Admiral Bevel Leeson; Professor, PHP [
skinner@axelero.hu ]
· Admiral Marcin Szydlowski; Professor, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Mission Creation
[ pbmike@go2.pl ]
· Vice Admiral RogueWing; Professor, X-Wing: Alliance Mission Design [
roguewing25@yahoo.com ]
· Vice Admiral Reb Crush; Professor, Eggdrop [
vpx@corporatedivision.com ]
· Rear Admiral Tomaas Banys; Professor, Linux [
incomtech@wp.pl ]
· Colonel Master; Professor, Rebellion Tactics [
slavelet@iinet.net.au ]
· Colonel Philo; Professor, TIE Fighter Mission Creation [
cnwilde@pacbell.net ]
· Major Lohr Zadash; Professor, ICQ [
LohrZadash@isdrelentless.org ]
· Major Praetorian; Professor, Graphics [
prae@ehnet.org ]
· Captain Alec Qarni; Professor, AOL Instant Messenger [
oneblah2@cs.com ]
· Captain Ace; Professor, Flash [
ace003_bla@yahoo.com.au ]
· Captain Aeolus; Professor, JavaScript [
zexipher@yahoo.com ]
· Commander Gandalf; Professor, TIE Fighter Tactics [
delpieropadova@yahoo.com.au ]
· Lieutenant Tek Selkirk; Professor, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Tactics [
tek_selkirk@hotmail.com ]
· Lieutenant Orrimaarko Reeft; Professor, BitchX [
orrimaarko_reeft@hotmail.com ]
Admiral, Krath Priest Keldorn Cochrane
Training Officer, Dean of IWATS & Headmaster
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IC/GOE/GSx5/SSx5/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx6/MoI/MoT-1rh-1gh/IS-1BR-2SR-1GR/LoC-CS-Rx1/CoE/CoB/OV-2E
SB/GCx2/DC/LSS
[LGNR] {IWATS-AIM-ASP-CBX-FLA-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-JS-M/1/2-PHP-PHP-RT-SM/2-VBS-XAM-XML-XTM/1}
Operations Office Report:
06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Operations
Officer (AD Khaine)
Operations Office
Operations Office Report
21st June 2003.
Welcome to another Operations Office Report, unfortunately late as I have been
rushed off my feet these past few days and and am trying to stay awake long
enough to finish typing this report.
Medal recommendations - Should I deny a medal recommendation and ask for more
details, don't e-mail me an exposition on why you think the person deserves the
award, resubmit it with the details I have asked for. Secondly, I don't mean to
be overly critical, but if you have recommendations being frequently denied,
take note of what I write for the reason, it is there to help you get it right
next time around.
Operations Office Website & Manual - Currently offline due to the troubles with
Minos.net. I am looking at mirroring the manual of a different host, perhaps the
uniforms too. I'll let you know how that pans out.
Heroes of the EH - The page is basically complete, and will be uploaded once the
Minos.net problems have been sorted out.
Wing, Ship and Other Unit Patches - Not permitted on any of the uniform types.
Squadron patches are all that is officially sanctioned. For details on Squadron
patch size and placement, refer to the Operations Manual or ask MAJ Tempest or
myself.
CA:OPS - This position is NOT open for applications, I've simply got nothing for
a CA to do.
That's it for this week,
OPS/AD Khaine/CS-7/SSSD Sovereign
COMM Computer Problems: 06.16.03
As Emailed From:
Communications Officer (FA AbsoluteK)
Communications Office
<SALUTE>
I'd just like everybody to know that right now I am having some issues with my
notebook computer, which for the last few months I have been using as my main
computer. Unfortunately, I cannot access anything on its hard drive due to a
problem with the CPU in the notebook. So until I get a replacement CPU, I will
be unable to respond to emails which were in my inbox. So if you sent anything
important a day ago or more, and haven't received an expected response, please
let me know (I am using the webmail feature on my server now).
Also, until I'm able to compile a decent IRC client on my linux machine, I won't
be on IRC too much (I don't really like being in multiple channels in BitchX).
COMM/FA Aiden "AbsoluteK" Karias
SO Report: 06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Security
Officer (AD Zoltar)
Security Office
<Salute>
Honoured gentlemen,
Once again, a mostly quiet week all-in-all, excepting the resolution of HCI Case
Docket number 191.
I've also gotten a very good response from SGCOMs and senior support personnel
regarding the institution of an emergency security CService account in the major
channels. If you run a channel, and haven't yet spoken with me about this,
please don't hesitate.
That's about it for now, as I've just gotten home from work, and need a nap.
Please, as always, don't hesitate to e-mail me or catch me on IRC if you need
anything at all.
Admiral Zoltar
LO Report #2: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
Logistics
Officer (VA Darknyte)
Logistics Office
(URL to be updated soon...!)
June, 20 2003
Logistics Officer Report
Vice Admiral Darknyte
Here we go again, another edition of the LO's report! No silly humor commentary
this week, let's get straight down to business, shall we?
-=This week's LO report is sponsored in part by Rebel Killer 3000: When you
absolutely must have Rebel scum eliminated and have no time for the fuss of
getting your hands dirty, use Rebel Killer 3000! It's patented formula of
additives and Snij-like ingredients will have the Rebels screaming in pain and
begging for death! Rebel Killer 3000 can be found at all finer retailers, and in
your grocer's dairy case.=-
Biggest news of this week was the acquiring of the EH Codex. It's not as
horribly out of date as I had thought it would be, so that's a great sign for
us. I've already got it online and ready to be viewed. Expect it to be updated
and have the broken links fixed very soon. The Codex can be found at
http://www.cosmicholonet.org/lo/codex Eventually, it'll be at http://lo.cosmicholonet.org/codex
but, for now
I'm having DNS issues with the nameservers used by my domain's registrar that
have prompted me to transfer the domain to another registrar to fix the problem.
For the time being use the longer "absolute" URL of the Codex, I will update
everyone once the subdomain redirect is functional. Shouldn't be more than a
week until it redirects properly.
The LO site is nearing completion thanks to the efforts of MAJ Xander Drax. Drax
has been all over the project since last week and I expect the fully functional
site to be ready for me to break. err...I mean .ready for me to use any day now.
Expect it to contain links to all the LO materials currently online as well as
links to current projects, information on upcoming projects, and just general EH
historical stuff.
The Imperial Historic Society is on the brink of reopening. I've chosen to bring
it back in an effort to organize research on the upcoming EH Encyclopedia
Project. I believe that Astatine himself worked on this project a year or more
ago, so I will be getting in contact with him to see if he has any materials to
get us started. If not, we'll strike out anew and get the project rolling. If
anyone is interested in doing research for this project, go ahead and send out
an email to me (CC my CA) and let me know what you're interested in researching.
So far I've decided we'll include the position histories for every CDMR-level
job and up in every SG. We'll be looking for the names, ranks, and time of
service for each person to hold each job. Already I've got the ATF and ISD Grey
Wolf covered thanks to the early efforts of VA Khaen and VA Khadgar. Also, if
anyone has a topic you'd like to see covered in the Encyclopedia be sure to send
me a message and let me know. I'll include anything that's valid in the
historical scope of the EH, so if you want something in just let me know and
I'll see what I can do. I expect this to be the "LO uber-project" meaning it's
going to take a great deal of time and effort from not just my own office, but
from various members of the Fleet who wish to join the IHS and help out in the
project. The IHS will not be all work, anyone who does help out can expect to be
rewarded for their service.
As I announced last week, I had selected a CA and his appointment was pending.
This week I'd like to officially announce that RA Daniel Stephens is my new CA.
Daniel is a veteran CMDR from the ISD Colossus where he earned great respect and
admiration for his work with Omicron and Iota Squadrons. Incidentally, he is now
a part of a group of ISD Colossus CMDRs who've went on to greater positions in
the EH. Ari, Troutrooper, Daniel, Abs Vodka...the list goes on and on and only
goes to prove once and for all: The ISD Colossus really does train the best
leaders in the Fleet! (Heh, shout out to all my boyz on da Collie!! What's up!!"
Well, that's it for this week...I'll see all again next week for another down
and dirty look into the seamy underbelly of the EH....err...no, that was that
article for the NL that Astatine rejected months ago.....what am I doing...oh,
yeah...see you next week for another edition of the LO Report!
*Cut! Print! That's a wrap!*
In Service to the Empire,
Vice Admiral Darknyte, EH Logistics Officer
LO/VA Darknyte/CS-11/SSSD Sovereign
GSx3/SS/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx3/MoI-BC/IS-1BW-2SW/LoC-Rx3/CoB/LoAx6/OV-2E [GREN]
{IWATS-AIM-BOT-CBX-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-LIN-M/1/2-PHP-RT-SM/2/3-TM-TT-VBS}
RO Report # 13: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
ROA/CM Shay`la
DuKahn Ludsorkim/SSSD Sovereign
Recon Office
<Salute>
Greetings from the Recon Office!
Due to a massive work schedule, I haven't finished the first draft of the
letters to the Actors/Actresses as of yet. All of them will more than likely be
unique to the person I'm sending it to (obviously :P), but one thing I am
thinking about adding is about a 15-or-so question interview. Actors and such
don't have a lot of time, so I thought I'd try a 2-for-1 :)
Anyways, I will finish those first 5 letters hopefully by Sunday night, if not
Monday. Wish me luck. ;P
I will be announcing my pick for CA:RO at the beginning next week (with
approval of course ;) ).
Here is the SW related news for this week:
===================================
CONTEST Reminder: Win a SW Stamp Pack
Answer this week's easy contest trivia question, and a limited edition Star Wars
Stamp Pack from Australia Post could be on its way to you. The pack includes
some pretty cool Star Wars stationery as well. If you're not sure of the answer,
you can always search the TFN news
archives. The contest is open to fans worldwide.
http://www.theforce.net/contest/auspost.shtml
~* Gathering / Conventions *~
Last Minute Registrations for Origins Breakfast
Just a reminder that registration for the Fan Club Breakfast at Origins ends
Saturday, June 21 at midnight PST. Star Wars author Mike Stackpole will be
autographing for attendees. Fan Club Q&A with President Lisa Stevens, and
Hasbro’s convention exclusive silver Boba Fett action figure are included, too!
Go to starwars.paizo.com for more details and to sign up!
Conventions & Events for July
There are several conventions and events taking place in July, with an array of
Star War (and related) guests:
July 4-6: Westercon 56 (Seattle, WA)
July 4-6: CONvergence (Bloomington, MN)
July 11-13: Shore Leave 25 (Baltimore, MD)
July 11-13: ShowMeCon (Earth City, MO)
July 12-13: Sci-Fi Expo - Card, Comic & Toy Show (Richardson, TX)
July 17-20: San Diego Comic Con (San Diego, CA)
July 19: 501st Stormtrooper Legion European Event (Rust, Breisgau, Germany)
July 24-27: Gen Con Indy (Indianapolis, IN)
July 25-26: Big Apple Comic Book, Art & Toy Show (Columbus, NYC)
For more info and details of the guests who will be attendance, check
TheForce.net Conventions & Events section by going at
http://www.theforce.net/cons/
Billy Dee Williams At Dallas Sci-Fi Expo
Hello Expo Attendees, Don't miss the next Sci-Fi Expo!
July 12-13, 2003, Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday 12noon-5pm. Richardson
Civic Center: 411 W. Arapaho Road Richardson, TX (Southwest corner of US-75 and
Arapaho Road)
Get all the details online at
www.scifiexpo.com
Check out their awesome celebrity guest list including: Billy Dee Williams -
Lando Calrissian, Adrian & Neil Rayment - Matrix Reloaded / Revolutions Twins,
Michael Jai White - Spawn, Kill Bill, David Carradine - Kung Fu, Kill Bill,
Jennifer Lien - Star Trek Voyager, and many others!
Join them for a special event loaded with gaming, celebrities, artists, toys,
comics, cards, T-shirts, dvds, soundtracks, and more!
Free movie promos and posters while supplies last!
Get all the details online at
www.scifiexpo.com
Ben Stevens
C2 Ventures, Inc.
PO Box 292066
Lewisville, TX 75029
ben@scifiexpo.com
*Reported by Rebelscum.com*
~* Games *~
Game Releases...
SW Galaxies: An Empire Divided
[PC]
June 26th 2003
SW Galaxies: Collector's Edition
[PC]
June 26th 2003
SW: Knights of the Old Republic
[Xbox]
July 15, 2003
SW: Knights of the Old Republic
[PC]
October 15, 2003
SW: Jedi Academy
[PC]
Fall, 2003
SW: Rebel Strike
[GC]
Fall, 2003
SW: Republic Commando
[PC, XBox]
Summer, 2004
Galaxies Launch Date and Price Rates
Star Wars Galaxies, the upcoming MMORPG from LucasArts has a set release date
now, as well as a fixed price rate for the subscription game. The latest press
release talks about the game's launch on June 26th, a mere few days away.
At launch Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided will offer four subscription
plan options: Month-to-month - $14.99; three months - $14.00 per month; six
months - $13.00 per month; and 12 months - $12.00 per month. By subscribing to
any of the latter three plans, players can expect savings of up to 20 percent
over the month-to-month rate. Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided has a
suggested retail price of $49.95, and includes a 30-day subscription to the
game. A special collector's edition, which includes a book of game-related art,
in-game wearables, pewter figurine, lapel pin and patch, and a signed manual,
will be available for a suggested retail price of $79.95.
KOTOR Video
The official XBox Site has a three minute video of Knights of the Old Republic
courtesy G4 TV. Thanks to Caligula for the find.
Go see it at
http://www.xbox.com/xboxtv/default.htm?t=4064&v=%5cmedia%5cgames%5cg4tv%5cvid-g4-e3-starwarskotorepublic
TheForce.net Games: Galaxies Section
Here is what we can read on their website:
After a deluge of e-mails, I felt inspired to create the TFNGames Galaxies
Section. This section will be similar to the Jedi Outcast section, but not as
extensive. From the index page: "We feel that Galaxies is too massive an
endeavor to try and devote an entire section to. Truth be told, we'd also be
somewhat embarrassed by our lack of ability to cover it effectively, especially
when there are numerous excellent sites out there who are already covering it.
Nonetheless, we had to do something, so we've assembled this section to try and
show you some of the things that we use on a daily basis. "So what will be
cover? As you can see, we will have links pertaining to Galaxies, as well as a
listing of reviews and beta thoughts. We'd love to have more, however, so if you
have ideas, links, thoughts, or reviews, E-Mail US at
games@theforce.net.
~* Books *~
Denning to Scribe New Paperback Trilogy
Tatooine Ghost author Troy Denning is slated to write a mass-market paperback
trilogy to be published in March, July and October 2005. The trilogy will be set
at some point post-New Jedi Order, though the exact time frame has yet to be
determined.
Denning, who also authored the New Jedi Order novel Star by Star and the eBook
novella A Forest Apart, is also currently working on a story about Han Solo and
Leia, tentatively titled "Never Trust a Squib," for an upcoming issue of Star
Wars Insider magazine.
Click here (
http://www.starwars.com/eu/feature/20030303/index.html ) to read a
recent interview with Denning about his latest novel Tatooine Ghost, his writing
influences and why he thinks the Force has more to do with nature than magic.
~* Others *~
Ep III Cast: The O'Reilly Factor
As Episode III bridges the prequel era with that of the original trilogy, many
of the characters and situations will begin to resemble or tie in with those
found in Episodes IV, V, and VI. A character that played a relatively small but
important part in Return of the Jedi will return in a younger incarnation as
actor Genevieve O'Reilly plays Mon Mothma in the next Star Wars movie.
O'Reilly has performed such stage roles as Ruth in Cosi, Veronica in The Ugly
Man and Olivia in Twelfth Night. On television, she has appeared on "Beastmaster,"
"Life" and "All Saints." Her film credits include Avatar, and most recently, she
played Officer Wirtz in The Matrix: Reloaded.
In Episode VI, Mon Mothma, played by Caroline Blakiston, appears during the
Rebel Alliance briefing prior to the attack on the second Death Star. She is the
leader of the Rebellion, and expanded universe publications explain that Mon
Mothma was once an idealistic young Senator during the fall of the Republic --
the era in which Episode III is set.
Check her out here!
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/production/img/oreilly.jpg
Harry Potter to Take SW Twist?
(I thought it was too funny to miss, ~Shay)
The Salk Lake Tribune has been polling people about what will happen to Harry
Potter and it appears fans want it to take a "Star Wars twist" as you can see.
Here's some of the reaction:
The Salt Lake Tribune asked young readers to predict what important news
Professor Dumbledore has for Harry in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
and 402 children and teenagers from Utah, other states and even England
responded.
The most popular theory: One or both of Harry's parents did not really die that
fateful Halloween night. Sixty-one entries made that prediction, with eight more
speculating that Harry has the power to bring his parents back to life.
It's also clear these readers know their "Star Wars": Fifty-two theorized that
the evil Lord Voldemort is Harry's uncle, father, grandfather, cousin or distant
relative; 49 bet on a familial relationship between Harry and Dumbledore.
Twenty-five are guessing Harry has a sister or brother he doesn't know about,
and a handful think Harry is related to snarky Professor Snape, kindly giant
Hagrid or the sinister Malfoy family.
For a classic look at how Harry Potter and Star Wars collide, check out this
archived essay for scores of similarities.
http://www.theforce.net/rouser/essays/harry-potter.shtml
===================================
Well, that's it for me. See you next week!
Wait... I almost forgot.
Here is this week's Non-EH Site of the Week!! ( I remembered! :P )
http://www.starwarsspoofs.com/
Enjoy!
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GM Report #6:
06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Grand Master of
the Dark Jedi Brotherhood (HA Rapier)
The Dark Brotherhood of Jedi
Time for another report and just a couple of announcements
1) new recruit processing should be beginning within the next few days so all
clans should see an influx of new members.
and
2) Announcing my first of hopefully many Grand Master Comps.
Dark Brotherhood researchers have finally determined the reason behind so many
previous Grand Masters going insane.
It is the Iron Throne itself.
Iron residue from the Throne has invaded their blood stream causing a blood
infection that eventually drove them mad.
With this in mind the Iron Throne is being melted down for TIE parts and the
Grand Master needs a new Throne.
Your task is to come up with three things
1) A story telling how this all came about and how the new Throne was chosen
2) A name for the new Throne
3) A picture or graphic of the new Throne
This competition is open to everyone. You are also welcome to work in teams of 2
and both members will be awarded equally.
Rewards have yet to be determined but everyone participating will get something
and the winners can count on something good cause after all I am the GM. :)
This Competition will run for 2 to 3 weeks so get your submissions in soon.
All submissions go directly to me at
gm@darkbrotherhood.org
Now on to the DC reports:
From the CHAN
At my invitation you've come to compete for the the honour of suffering the
final defeat..." ~ Pegasus, Yu-Gi-Oh!
My apologies for the lack of a report last week. Both this week and last week
were quiet ones for my office with little going on except routine medal
approvals. I have processed some medals for profiles missing them, and I have
begun a few updates to the Dark Side Compendium. Premier among those updates
will be a new History section that will include the History of the Dark
Brotherhood, a Fictional Account of Brotherhood Events, and histories for every
Dark Council position. The new medal images should be ready fairly soon.
That's all for this week.
From the MAA
Greetings,
Roster updates continue without many problems. Some people still can't follow
instructions, so for their benefit:
http://www.btinternet.com/~spellfire/maa.html
Some recent Summit appointments:
- Guardian Sirik Xirox: Dorimad Sol Aedile
- Krath Priest Flelmo: Acclivis Draco Aedile
- Krath Epis Frey: Tarentum Proconsul
Still can't process new members...I believe we're waiting on some Shadow Academy
thing to be finalized. A note to existing members missing profiles: If you fill
out the join form at
http://www.darkbrotherhood.org/db/join.asp and then let me know, I can sort
out the details from there (medal additions still go to the CHAN). This only
applies to existing members without profiles!
~ Dark Adept Pri
From the SHW
Dark Greetings
This is my first week as SHW things are relatively quiet, that will soon be
changed :) Oh & i need a cleaner to sort the mess out in this office left by the
previous owner...any volunteers? :D
I've been looking into possible MP comps against other SW Clubs, one of the
clubs who has shown interest in this is
http://www.rebelspecialforces.org/
however before I even begin to get approval & set things up, I want a list of
numbers. Anybody interested in MP comps against non EH Clubs please send me a
email :)
It's time we got some more DB battles out. Anybody who has mission design skills
but lack good ideas & anyone who has good ideas/plots but lacks mission
designing skills please contact me :)
The Apprentice & Order Stuidies are now online
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/sa/
There are a number of comps running & on their way to take part in.
1) Sith Supremacy -
http://www20.brinkster.com/drak18/sith.htm deadline for submisison is
11:59pm EST June 21st.
2) IRC MP comps on #kaiburr, (yes i know it's a Obbie comp :P) Siths you can
participate in this as they use XVT & XWA as well as Oblesik platforms. So go
beta up an Obbie & earn a CLuster of Fire :) The schedule for comps is as
follows:
Monday: The Arena - 3-5 PM Est. (8-10 GMT)
Tuesday: CoG's Eradication - 2-5 PM Est. (7-10 GMT)
Wednesday: Vengeance - 5-8 PM Est. (10-1 GMT)
Saturday: OHC's Rampage - 2-4 PM Est. (7-9 GMT)
3) Upcoming Vendetta comp, be sure to sign up now at
http://www.impstar.net/vendetta/signup.asp you must sign-up to compete
Links:
Shadow Academy:
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/sa/
Dark Compendium:
http://www.darkbrotherhood.org/zedar/dsc/index.html
Roster Procedures & Policies:
http://www.btinternet.com/~spellfire/maa.html
Dark Brotherhood Message board:
http://theholo.net/mb/viewforum.php?f=6
Infiltrate,Subjugate,Eliminate
Improvise,Adapt,Overcome
SHW/DJK Drak/DC-8/Dark Council
And lastly from the OHC
1. I've only got one person on board for my Galactic Battlegrounds project. If
you're interested in helping out in creating custom DB SWGB campaigns, then
please email me to express your interest.
2. I'm in discussion with the Fellowship of the Jedi Council regarding a JK2
tournament against them to be held on the Zone. It will take place towards the
end of June. More details later.
3. The four weekly multiplayer competitions are still running in #kaiburr, with
disappointing participation. The Clusters of Fire are there for the taking...
4. If you'd like to host a weekly tournament in #kaiburr, please email me with
the times that you are available.
Thats all for this week
GM Rapier
Hammer's Fist Domain Report: 06.19.03
As Emailed From:
XO/HC
Tygarin Cypher/GS-2/DREAD Retribution
Hammer's Fist (EH Stormtroopers)
As Prefect Mordred is unable to report due to a busy schedule, I
am reporting in his stead.
1. Member Count (Active Members): 72
Member Count (With Training Platoon): 93
Member Count (With Homeguard - Full): 160
2. A:CS Lt Dingo has begun posting the weekly meetings on his web site (
http://www.geocities.com/pfccypret2001/log.html ) so that those who missed
them can catch up on events. He is also forwarding the logs to the IO as per
your orders.
3. Many new courses in the works for the CMSA but they are still in the write-up
phase so not a lot to report on them yet. LtCol Dante, despite his transfer to
Commander Operations, is still involved with the CMSA mostly as an advisor until
most of the courses are released.
4. The new Company Commander for Vindictive has been chosen. Capt Haztix Vel is
now a busy guy, as he is also our quartermaster and paymaster.
5. On a happy note, our prodigal son Capt Dron, on deployment in Iraq, recently
email the GS to tell us he was still alive and well. He's been coming up with
operations and ideas during his spare time and it will be nice to get him back
in a few months. Lt Teachdaire has finished his move from Japan following his
discharge from the Marines and will be back with us hopefully next month. It
will be a great benefit to the HF to get back too capable and dedicated troopers
with great leadership ability.
That's it from the HF front and as the Prefect may be busy next Friday as well,
I may be reporting to you again.
High Colonel Tygarin Cypher,
Executive Officer, Hammer's Fist.
XO/HC Tygarin Cypher/GS-2/DREAD Retribution [PRG:AGT] =SS, SEA, ST, SN4=
[SoV,DG, IC, IrC, IO, CoO x2, PS, MoDx5, LsA, MoC x5, LoC x2, SM x2, o1S, oPB]
I am 100% pure evil. Not from concentrate.
IWCOM report #56:
06.20.03
As Emailed From:
Infiltrator
Wing Commander (FA NiksaVel)
Infiltrator Wing
INFILTRATOR WING COMMANDER
WEEKLY REPORT #56
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DATE: 20. 6. 2003.
IW URL:
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com
IW ROSTERS:
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com/iw/rosters/
IW COMBAT CENTER: http://iwcom.minos.net
IWCOM OFFICE: http://iwcom.minos.net
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Total Membership Count: 78
Change from last week: +6
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Aboard the MC-90 Renegade, Planet Lears High Orbit, K A R A N A S Y S T E M
Standing from a high stand overlooking the Infiltrator Wing officer summit
assembled in the Renegade's main hangar, Fleet Admiral NiksaVel smiled and began
his address to the fleet.
"Officers and pilots of the Infiltrator Wing, soon we expect to see..." NiksaVel
paused turning back to glance at the Infiltrator Wing command staff standing in
line behind him
"... a dramatic increase in activity of the Infiltrator Wing.
Now is the time to sharpen your skills and tune up your starfighters. For soon
we launch back into Republic territories once again."
"Your commanders will brief you on your missions. Dismissed!"
Fleet Admiral NiksaVel saluted the fleet and all the officers stood up as
one and saluted back.
§ § §
Greetings from the office of the Infiltrator Wing Commander!
We are showing a nice increase in the roster count. Fresh new recruits are
joining the Infiltrator Wing daily. This are most pleasing news. Good work on
recruiting everyone! Keep it up.
Activity on the rise in all sectors
I am most pleased to report that the overall activity of the Infiltrator Wing is
on the rise in every aspect.
Good work EVERYONE!
Warspite Battlegroup Website SotW
The Warspite Battlegroup Website (
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com/warspite/index.php ) has been named Site of
the Week on EHNET.ORG with a five star rating!
Way to go Major Bolas and everyone else that helped make the Warspite site this
good!
New Office for the IWFO
As announced in the Infiltrator Wing Flight Officer's report today, his new
office is up and running. It is located at the following address:
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com/iwfo
IW Manual rewamp
As some of you already know, I am reworking the Infiltrator Wing pilot manual
and rewriting it to be the best manual ever made.
It shall have all the updated info that the current one already has as well as
all the info about the Infiltrator Wing you will ever need. It will be based on
the manual style of the 1999. IW Manual written by the IWCOM, War Marshal Von
Reinthaler.
I am now approximately 15% through the manual and it has 29 pages.
IW COMBAT CENTER
There are always many active IW competitions, check them all out at the IW
Combat Center (IWCC) at:
http://iwcom.minos.net
Squadron of the Week:
Wing II - Enforcer
Wing III - Panther
Pilot of the Week:
Wing II - MAJ VonDoros
Wing III - Brent Tainer
The Infiltrator Wing Echelon Guardian for the Month of June, 2003. is:
MAJ Nicol Bolas (
nicolbolas_iw@yahoo.com ) IWPIN: 34
Congratulations to all!
Reports:
IWFO: Received
IWTO: Received
IWTAC: Received
IWOC: Received
IWSO: Received
COM/Fear: Received
COM/Warspite: Received
WC/Wing II: Received
WC/Wing III: Received
Command Staff/Flag Staff Roster:
Infiltrator Wing Command Staff
IWCOM: AD NiksaVel (
nikola.leder@medri.hr
) IWPIN: 1
IWFO: VA Darkmage ( ehdmaul@yahoo.co.uk
) IWPIN: 2
IWTO: RA Boliv ( iw_boliv@yahoo.com )
IWPIN: 53
IWTAC: LA Sienar ( sienar@gmx.net ) IWPIN: 4
IWOC: VA Malik ( ezwill@famvid.com )
IWPIN: 5
IWSO: LA Astix ( Astix@gmx.co.uk ) IWPIN: 6
Infiltrator Wing Auxiliary Command
IWSE: LA Timmay (
infiltratorwing@swirvemail.com ) IWPIN: 7
IWMD (IW Melee): BA Dolza (
culotta2000@attbi.com ) IWPIN: 23
IW-CG (IW-GRD): BRG Mad Hatter (
MadHatterIW@Comcast.net ) IWPIN: 46
IWPMO (FMC): TBA (TBA) IWPIN: TBA
Command Staff Advisors
RTO: SA Renegade ( gcavitt@charter.net
) EHPIN: 105
CSO: FA Moreco ( talren.moreco@gmx.net
) IWPIN: 9
NIO: AD Trevor Rastyn ( Rastyn@shaw.ca )
IWPIN: 8
MC-90 Fear ( http://fear.fignet.org )
COM: BA Kane Reese ( kanereese@wp.pl )
IWPIN: 22
WC/2: LC Drak ( drak18_uk@yahoo.com )
IWPIN: 12
MC-90 Warspite (
http://www23.brinkster.com/warspite/ )
COM: BA Dolza ( culotta2000@attbi.com
) IWPIN: 23
WC/3: MAJ Orzon ( ma4sbwithu@aol.com )
IWPIN: 44
Respectfully submitted,
Fleet Admiral NiksaVel,
Infiltrator Wing Commander
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Knight of the Warspite
IWCOM/FA NiksaVel/IWCS-1/MC-90 Renegade/IW/EH
[GoE/NDM*2/DSM/LoM*4/SV*4/MoD*5/VC-ebony/CBV/IW/MC1st*8/MC2nd*2/BSx5/PCx5/IS
Mx8/LoC-CSx9/LSM-oc/MoT-17rh-1gh/MoI-bc(8members)/HSM*2/MoC-3BoC-1GoC/CoB/Lo
Ax3/OV-4E/OotW] [PLDN]
{IWTA-SGK-SCC-SRW} {IWATS-IIC/1/2/3-M/1-PHP/1-R-RPG-SM/1/2-TM-XTM} [MA-W
Black Arrow]
DJK Draggore (Sith)/RM-FM/Archanis of Taldryan
"Blood and Honor"
SDIR Report #5: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
Supreme
Director of the Ubiqtorate (VA Mordann)
Intelligence Division (ID)
Report of the Supreme Director #5 - 20/06/03
Roster Count: 66
(UBIQ/INTORG/BOO/ANLY/PLEX/PRAE)
1. Academy of Tactics Update
There’s still a backlog of tests at the AoT. I believe Raith’s
last guess was that there are around a 100 different submissions still to mark.
Marking tests isn’t fun at the best of times so please help him out -
a) Only send in tests once. VA Raith has received your tests.
Sending him another copy of your answers every couple of days is not helpful and
it’s very demoralizing for Raith.
b) Only submit one test. If you're waiting for your General test
to be marked possibly the LEAST constructive thing you can do is to then go
through the AoT and submit as many of the other tests as you can - if a trainee
sends 6-10 tests in while he waits for the General test to be graded the only
effect it will have is that it'll take 6-10 times longer to grade them...
c) If you've submitted the General test then please email me -
sdir@ehintel.org - and I'll assign you to
a Bureau, where I assure you there is plenty of work to be done.
2. Agents Com-link
I have loads of stuff lying around which could be assembled into
a reasonable looking Com-link (Intel’s newsletter) so hopefully a new edition
will be released before the month is out. If you have anything which you feel
would make a nice addition to the Com-link (please feel free to produce new
stuff too) send it to me at
sdir@ehintel.org
and you’ll receive something delightful and shiny (also known as a medal).
3. Plexus Bureau
Plexus Bureau is very low on numbers and may have to be closed
down. If you’re interested in this aspect of Intel (html, graphics etc) get in
touch with me.
4. Recruitment
The Intelligence Division is still actively recruiting. If you’d
like more information about the Intelligence Division please go here:
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=6690 or alternatively email me at
sdir@ehintel.org. If anyone already within
the Division can think of someone who they reckon would make a great agent then
please recommend them to me and I’ll get in touch. (Don’t approach them yourself
unless you’re a BUDR or above though).
5. INTORG Recruitment Season
INTORG is looking for new members. We will be recruiting until
30/06/03. You can find my initial requirements here –
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=6989. Of course INTORG is elite and
we’re very fussy – so even if you meet the requirements you may not get in. But
if you’ve been a good loyal member of the EH you never know…
6. Applications are now being taken for Executive Director
Yep, I’ve finally got to the point where I’m willing to appoint
an ExDIR. You’ll need to be a seasoned member of the Intelligence Division,
having held the post of BUDR or higher (preferably UBIQ). You’ll need to have an
impeccable security record and be willing to work closely with Ronin and Ast.
Work will involve various odd and ends that need doing, plus covering for me
(i.e. submitting weekly reports to Ronin and chatting nonsense with Zoltar on
IRC) when I’m on leave. The successful applicant will be promoted to the rank of
Rear Admiral (RA).
Vice Admiral Mordann Tal'kyra
Supreme Director, EH Intelligence Division
SDIR/VA Mordann Tal'kyra/UBIQ/DGN Lichtor V, [AoT-***TTDR***]
[HoI][VM-FB][GMoF][FoEW][MoAx4][MoPx3][IMCx2][PoC-bl][OE-2D][CoLx2][SHU:
Hellequin
CGM Report:
06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Chief
Gamemaster of the EH Fringe (Zem)
The Fringe - EH Roleplaying Game (EH RPG)
Fringe Report from Chief Game Master Zem
Report of June 20, 2003
Report #8
Sirs:
Well, the biggest Fringe news is in Galaxies, namely it should be out next week.
In response to this DCGM Darknyte and I have selected former XO Compton to be
the D-MMORPG, and the head of the EH PA. He is of course a long-time EH member,
and is a beta tester for Galaxies. We expect to be fully ready to go as soon as
we have the game. For now Compton has released a guide, it can be found at
http://members.aol.com/imperialgleeclub/swg/
Our Registrar has announced an RPG game, WEG d6 style. If you
are interested please let us know. I had also planned to run an RPG game, format
TBA, so if you don't like d6, let us know, and I can run the game d20 or Email.
A few personnel changes going on in the MUD, we've lost a builder, and will
replace him. No other news this week.
Let me take this opportunity to remind you all that the Platform Directors
(D-MUD, D-RPG and D-MMORPG) are in charge of their respective platforms, that
they hold equal authority to each other in the Fringe, and that they all answer
to the DCGM and myself, who in turn answer to the XO and FC of the EH. Please do
not take it upon yourself to by-pass the chain of command in the Fringe, or to
make decisions that you have no business to make.
A few new members to the Fringe this week, thanks to Galaxies....and I expect to
see more in the next month.
The Fringe Manual is undergoing editing, I will try to get up in time to release
it at/after the EH meeting.
CGM Zem
CHS Report #26: 06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Chancellor of
the Senate (Kallath)
Imperial Senate
— News –
Orv has been busy with project deadlines, I have been busy with last minute
assignments and finals, so overall this wasn’t a productive week. On top of that
we had the fiasco with two Senate dissidents who apparently contacted the rDB
shortly after the secession occurred. I have concluded that there is no
immediate threat facing the Senate, however (though I suppose only the SO or
Intel would know that). But, from my own perspective, I find that the rDB
doesn’t care about the Senate or any other EH subgroups. Security measures are
still in place, but I don’t foresee any problems. We don’t know who these
dissidents are, but the rDB apparently shot them down when they approached them
about creating an official Senate. They haven’t heard anything from the two
since, so whatever it is, I’m sure it doesn’t even have rDB approval. We will,
however, find out who these two individuals are (assuming Intel doesn’t
already).
In case you didn’t look at last week’s report, I’ve appointed former Liberal
Party Leader Goersase to the position of Minister of State and reinstated
Keldorn to Minister of Education. Keldorn has already relocated the Imperial
University to the Academy Nexus:
http://emperorshammer.ca/university/. I’m not sure if everything is working
(exam submission), but since Minos is down, it’s better than nothing. News can
also be posted, I think. Minister Goersase will be on leave for a while, though
since we don’t have our database yet, it’s not of dire concern. He intends to
write lots of planetary issues while he’s gone anyway. :)
— Projects –
-Senate Manual (online)
-Senate Database (45% completed)
-Systems Manual revisions (approved)
-Senatorial Address reformat (completed)
-Senate Core Exam Revision (completed)
-Senate Medal/Award Guide (completed)
-Senate History Exam (on hold)
-Imperial University Relocation (completed)
-Basic Argumentation Exam (online)
-Advanced Argumentation Exam (online)
-Moderate Ideology Exam (completed; waiting to be uploaded)
-Senate Leadership Exam (75%)
-Other exams (50% completed)
-Temporary site (online)
-Database (30% completed)
-Manual updates (On hold)
-New Senate Procedural Exam (50%)
— Competitions –
None.
— Additional –
None.
Chancellor Raziel Kallath
CHS/DRC Kallath (Kathel)/HC-1/Moderate {IU:PhD-ARG/1/2}
[DSS][EoS][MoP][ICLx2][CPx8][AoI-A][SS-B-S-G][AS-PR][STx12][CoKx9][CoSx2][MoC-GoC]
(CRV/M-CRV/MDTR/ESHU/SHU/LXY){IWATS-AIM-CBX-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2-M/1/2-SM/2-TT-VBS-XTM}
HI Report #8: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
High Inquisitor
(HA Royal)
Only one news :
Case 191 is over with the following sentence :
1) THREE (3) rank demotion to Sub-Lieutenant (SL)
2) DEMOTION in POSITION to FLIGHT MEMBER
3) NO possibility of rank promotion for TWO (2) months (18/08/2003)
4) NO possibility of POSTION promotion for FOUR (4) months (even to Flight
Leader) (18/10/2003)
5) BAN from ALL EH IRC channels for TWO (2) months (18/08/2003)
6) ONE (1) year PROBATION (18/06/2004)
-----------------------------------------------
HI / HA Royal / VSD Stalwart
http://www.emperorshammer.net/?PIN=803
"To be undead or not to be?"
COO Report #39:
06.21.03
As Emailed From:
Combat
Operations Officer (AD Katarn)
Combat Operations Office
COO/AD Kyle Katarn is reporting in for the Emperor's Hammer on
06/21/2003
COO News
I am the longest lasting COO ever. Congratz to me! :p
I got 1st responses regarding the Parallax War. It seems that 2 clubs are
already interested in this war. If everything goes right (and Minos.Net is not
down), it will start on 06/01/2003. However if Minos Net is not up till 1st
July, I will have got a problem in hosting the Comp, cause nobody can host 24
hours or more!
Competition News
Regular Comp activity is great.
I will make a poll regarding the comps soon!
Bot News
DarkFyre is offline. Dunno how long! WyldeFyre is taking over. For more
questions, please ask COOA Mell
In the service of the Emperor's Hammer!
Admiral Kyle Katarn
Combat Operations Officer
==============================
COO/AD Kyle Katarn/VSD Aggressor
SSx2/BSx7/PCx7/ISMx11/MoI/MoT-4bh/IS-4BW-5BR-2SR-1GR/LoC-IS-CSx3/DFC-Rx1/CoB/LoAx22/OV-2E
[EXCR] [Veteran 4th]
IWATS-AIM-ASP-BOT-BX-CBX-FLA-GFX-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-JS-LIN-M/1/2-NS-PHP-PHP-RT-SM/2/3-TM-TT-VBS-XAM-XML-XTM/1/2-XTT
Lord Ambassador Report #2: 06.20.03
As Emailed From:
Lord Ambassador
(RA Destavol)
EH Advanced Guard
Destavol had just gotten back from Carridia II, visiting his
sick father who was slowly slipping away from him. Walking into his office he
saw the stack of papers on his desk. "My god, there must be at least one hundred
of them." Destavol sat down and opened his lap top and began to write his second
report.
<SALUTE>
Greetings everyone.
Firstly I would deeply like to say I am sorry for my almost 0% activity for this
week. But that little piece of fiction pretty much says why. I had only planned
to be gone till Tuesday, but my father's cancer has gotten rather bad and I went
to the hospital and stayed with him until he was let out. So if you men can find
it in your hearts to let me pass on this one I would be very grateful. I cant
stop the unstoppable. How ever a few gentlemen did keep things running and I
would like to thank them personally in this e-mail. Lieutenant Colonel Nightmare
(Magister Equitum) and Major Delak (Envoy). Your activity and dedication have
been noticed and will be rewarded. Now on to the AG news. Well this week has
been rather slow, but thanks to the efforts of the Magister and Envoy's we have
a few comps being prepared. The FES has still not gotten back to me on the comp
with them. So I when I go into there channel I will be talking to there leader.
I hope they will participate. Nothing pleases me more than clubs working hand in
hand and having fun. I am also planning an alliance between the Imperial Order
and the Emperors Hammer. I will keep all of you AG peeps updated. Mr. Ronin and
Mr. Astatine will get an e-mail when its official. Now beginning Monday there
will be an AG Run On. I will start it on the AG message board. The only thing I
ask about it is that we dont bring in Dark Jedi and stuff. That turns every Run
On into a total disaster. Next off I want a site. Major Delak has already said
yes to making the new AG site, but I want more people to help him work on it. If
you got web skills than chip in and I will reward you. The reward will be judged
on the quality of the new site. You have plenty of time. So if you want to work
on it get back to me. Also I want to write some AG courses for IWATS. I am going
to write the "Basic Diplomacy Exam". But if anyone else has some ideas than let
me know and I will tell ya if its ok to submit it. Also AWOL check is over and
every one reported in. Good job guys. Anyway, once again sorry for my lack of
activity. I really am trying but its going to be a rough month for me. So please
cc Magister Nightmare on all official stuff incase I cant get back to you in
time. Well that's about it. Thanks for reading.
Rear Admiral Destavol Atreyu Gin
Lord Ambassador of the Emperor's Hammer.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LA/RA Destavol Atreyu Gin/DREAD Tranquility
BS/MoI/OV [GREN] {IWATS-M/1}
06.21.03
MinosNIC Downtime Update:
06.15.03
As Emailed From: Chris Hutton
Hey guys, just a brief report on the MinosNIC downtime to fill you in.
Basically, the connection from Bellsouth went down on Friday and has been down
since. I've had somebody at the house trying to fix it, but to no avail. I've
had this problem before (the DSL equipment syncs with the central office, but no
data is being passed... consequently, DHCP fails renewing the IP), but never for
this long before. We're going to continue resetting the server periodically,
hopefully it will come back up soon. I'll also get on the phone today or
tomorrow with the dreaded Bellsouth techs, who have the collective IQ of a rock.
There is hope on the horizon, though - the new business feed from Covad ought to
be going in place soon. The router and associated equipment will arrive in the
mail tomorrow. After that, we're waiting on when Bellsouth completes the
physical data line connection at the central office. This might occur Monday or
Tuesday.
PFC Chris Hutton
248 MI CO, 48 Infantry BDE
Military Intelligence - "Always Out Front!"
IWCOM AD NiksaVel Promoted to Fleet Admiral:
06.16.03
As Recommended By:
IWOC/VA Abel Irek
"O Mally" Malik/IWCS-6/MC-40 Ark Royal
(Please see the
Training Manual
for rank descriptions)
<salute>
GA Ronin, I come before you to humbly ask for a promotion for
the IWCOM AD NiksaVel to the rank of FA. Niks has led us well and fairly. In
fact he has served longer than most others in the position, I should know since
I've been on the IWCS as long as Niks himself nearly (about 2 years now and
we've both served under the former IWCOM's FA Moreco & AD Rastyn as well). AD
NiksaVel personally keeps the IW Combat Site up-to-date and has rendered all the
IW medal & ribbon images (even new ones upon request if necessary) plus his
regular IWCOM duties.
http://iwcom.minos.net/
(here's Niks IW Comp center site). I hope you will consider my request, I don't
make these sort of inquiries often or without cause.
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Operations & Communications Officer,4th Knight of the Fear
IWOC/VA Abel Irek "O Mally" Malik/IWCS-6/MC-40 Ark Royal/IW/EH
[BCI/NDM/DSMx2/LoMx5/SVx11/MoDx24/ESC/MC-1x30/MC-2x27/DHI/VC-ebony
trim/VC-silver
trim/CBVw5Stars/CBVw5Stars/CBVw5stars/CBVw1star/WRCx22/IWSwGW-IE-BC-SS-DE-SI-PS-DS-SF(523)
/MoI-bc(8)/SLA/HSMx13/EG/GCM/LSMwOC/ISC/LoAx11/MoCx2/MoC-BoCx2/MoC-SoCx3/MoC-GoC/BS/CoB/CoL/SotWx3/PotWx13/OotF]
[MPS 5.9: Expert][IW-BB:Imperial Infiltrator-1764]
{IWATS}{IWATS-AIM-M/1/2-IIc/1/2-SM/2/3-GFX-R-RT-ICQ-CBX}
{IWTA-AFS-AW-BBC(Auth)-BW-CGK-EW-FRW(Auth)-GRD-HSP-IWT-MPF-MSE-REC-SCC-SDT-SGK-SRW-XW-YW}
{CoMEx grade A}
[Modified YT-2000: Starspinner]
[Modified E-wing: Zephyr][R7 TzR2]
"Discontent and disorder are signs of energy and hope, not despair."
Fleet Commander's Note:
I agree completely...NiksaVel has been an outstanding SGCOM,
keeps up the IW site and keep his Subgroup motivated and lively. Not only
that, he gets in his weekly reports in on time ! :)
Thanks and congrats, FA NiksaVel...!
NEW EH Gear for Wings I,
II and V: 06.16.03
Images Created/Donated By:
FL-TCS/LCM Luca Fett/Psi 2-1/Wing II/SSSD Sovereign
Thanks to the hard work of LCM Luca Fett and his kind donation
of these images for EH use "for sale on EH merchandise", the
Emperor's Hammer Imperial Store
can now offer EH Gear for various Ships, Wings, Subgroups, etc.
Therefore, over the next several weeks, you should see more and
more unit-specific EH Gear !
Grand Admiral Ronin
Fleet Commander/Founder - Emperor's Hammer
FC/GA Ronin/CS-1/SSSD Sovereign
MoH/IC/GoE/OoR/PC/MoI-dc/ISM/MoT-rhx2/MoT-ghx8/LoC-CSx5/DFC/CoS/OV-8E/LoA
DC/[DJP(Sith)/Overlord of Alvaak, SL] {IWATS-Core}
http://www.emperorshammer.org
Tactical Office Report
#93: 06.13.03
As Emailed From:
Tactical
Officer (AD Mike)
Tactical Office
Tactical Office Report #93
by TAC/AD Marcin Szydlowski
( pbmike@go2.pl )
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello Emperor's Hammer and welcome to 93rd Tactical Office report, by yours
truly, AD Mike. We have week of milestones. Or actually one. I have been TAC for
almost 6 months and during that period of time, I have managed to approve and
process over 2000 high scores. I can't compare that to any other TAC, cause I
don't have any data about it. But I guess it's not that bad :)
Another issue is Tactical Database. It have been transferred to
new location, which will be addressed in separated paragraph.
I have also started looking for my Command Attaché and opened
this position for applications. So far I have received only two mails. I know
requirements are high, but I need someone real good. I think I will choose
someone next week and send it for approval.
And I think that's enough of this short introduction.
Tactical Database back online
Very special thanks to Colonel Absolut Vodka, I have
successfully transferred Tactical Database, to new location. Check Tactical
Message Board for more info, or check this link to visit our database.
There are still some issues with our database. I don't know what causes them,
but it acts like 'read only' database. I guess AbV will have to check this out.
I expect TacDB to be fully operational within next few hours. After all we must
achieve TAC3K ASAP.
CA:TAC open for applications
Check Tactical Message Board for all details. I am looking for
someone solid, with loyalty towards EH and my person. Someone with fresh mind,
new ideas, but also bag of experience. Remember, maybe someday you will replace
me on this position. I am not ethernal. So, good luck to all who applied. I will
make my decision very soon, so don't wait till the last hour.
Mission Creation Courses
RogueWing agreed to send me weekly stats. So I guess he will do
it next week:
TIE Mission Creation (TM) - 46 graduates
XvT Mission Creation (XTM/1) - 306 graduates
XvT Advanced Mission Creation (XTM/2) - 111 graduates
TCC:TIE, LC Philo is also planning next version of Tie mission designing (TM/2).
Vetaran TIE mission designers, feel free to email him with your ideas and
suggestions. :)
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TAC3K countdown!
Tactical Database is not working properly yet, so no new battles this week. We
need only 58 to reach TAC3K! Good work Tactical Staff, keep it up!
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Mission Creation Corner
Noone submitted anything this week.
Tactical Office Person of the Week:
No PotW this week. Noone really stood out.
Tac Office Status:
EH Mission Compendium:
Total missions: 2942 (+0)
Battles: 453
Free Missions: 509
Tactical Database:
TIE Division:
Tactical Database Offline
XvT/BoP Division
Tactical Database Offline
XWA Division:
Tactical Database Offline
Tactical Roster:
TIE: 14
XvT: 19
BoP: 16
XWA: 14
Final word:
My office is always open. I don't do any business on IRC, but I
ALWAYS reply to questions and suggestions. What do I mean by EH business. Here's
example: "Mike, please award me my mission MoT-rh", and other things like that.
If you have question and I am not available, try joining #tac
and ask there or use mail. Ultimately you can use Mission Creation Forum :)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Admiral Marcin "Mike" Szydlowski
Tactical Officer
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet
#3203 < pbmike@go2.pl >
Flight Office Report: 06.10.03
As Emailed From:
Flight Officer
(HA Priyum)
Flight Office
Greetings all and welcome to this week's report from the Flight
Office.
News -
SSD Avenger Commodore Retires, Position Open To Applications
Rear Admiral Charles "Demosthenes" Spencer was called up for active service in
the US Army earlier last week, and so unfortunately had to retire from duty in
the EH.
The position of SSD Avenger COM is now open to applications with the following
requirements:
-
Must have held the
position of Wing Commander or above for no less than four months and hold the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel or higher
-
Passed either SM/II or
SM/III and be intimately familiar with all EH and TC regulations.
-
No HCI convictions
within the past 18 months.
-
Be familiar with all
three primary game platforms (TIE, XvT & XWA).
-
Must be a member of
good standing in the Dark Brotherhood (command position not necessary).
-
Be able to deal with
members at all levels, from the Flight Officer to Flight Members.
-
Be able to constantly
monitor and motivate all members of the Ship.
-
Have plans for the
long term activity of the Ship and Fleet.
Applications must be received by Thursday 12th June and should
be sent to High Admiral Priyum & Vice Admiral Khaen. The application should have
the subject "AvCOM" and you are permitted to list up to 3 references, 2 of which
must be current or past superiors. Good luck if you choose to apply
ISD Grey Wolf Commodore Promoted
Many congratulations go out to Rear Admiral Khadgar, the Commodore of the ISD
Grey Wolf, who has been promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral in recognition of
his work to date. The second time he's earned such a promotion, I'm sure it's
routine by now ;)
TIE Corps Meeting
#TIECorps, Undernet every Sunday @ 9PM GMT / 4PM EST
Thanks to all for attending last Sunday's TC meeting. The trivia was hosted by
LC Kereban and won by CM Choosh.
Future Plans
Recently I submitted a number of changes to the Fleet Commander and Executive
Officer for implementation in the TIE Corps. Once these are in place, they
should bring an interesting facet to the TIE Corps, and help stream line certain
aspects, in particular our training system. With any luck this won't take long,
and I can reveal all.
Respectfully,
High Admiral Priyum
------------------------------------
Flight Officer & TIE Corps Commander
Master At Arms
Training Office Report #14: 06.14.03
As Emailed From:
Training
Officer (AD Keldorn)
Training Office
Training Office Report #14
Admiral Keldorn Reporting – 13th June 2003
http://www.emperorshammer.ca/
<SALUTE>
Huzzah! A full contingent of IWATS Professor is once more a reality – and a most
pleasant one at that. My commendations go out to all the current Professors for
their exemplary (and timely) service; I am pleased to that that on several
occasions this week there have been no submissions pending grading – previously
a rare occurrence that now I expect to be a regular.
The Training Office (under the sponsorship of the Imperial University) is going
to launch a series of IRC (Internet Relay Chat –
http://www.mirc.com and so on.) colloquia – individual events that serve to
educate and discuss matters of importance to our role as members of the
Emperor’s Hammer and the internet community. Think of these events as ‘online
conferences’ whereby anyone may attend and, under the direction of at least one
applicable professional, ask questions and discuss topics of relevance to the
subject at hand. I have many ideas for these events but am eager to get a
diverse variety, hence I am calling for proposals for these events to focus upon
(such topics can span Star Wars canon to matters of real-life relevance;
literature, popular culture, music – the possibilities are essentially endless).
I hope to be able to invite professionals from the more distinct topics to come
and talk to us about their field – therefore, these events should prove to be
both hugely entertaining and pedagogically valid… In other words; a good thing.
Ideas should be sent to me at
to@emperorshammer.org.
This time of year is a terribly daunting one for many members of the Emperor’s
Hammer due to the dreaded exams. I am not so far-gone that I have forgotten what
these are like, and to that end I would like to wish a hearty good-luck to those
of you that are in the midst of these trials – and to those that have now
completed them, enjoy the calm before the returning storm, and I do hope they
went well.
The Training Office is now accepting Course proposals. With stability now
re-established within IWATS, and a full compliment of IWATS Staff now a reality,
I have decided to re-open the Office to proposals of new Courses to be included
in the IWATS repertoire. There are a few restrictions upon proposals; I am open
to many diverse and innovative ideas, and would like to encourage the proposal
of specifically non-programming Courses at this time. The Courses under
consideration so far are:
Cascading Style Sheets.
Sound Processing/Editing.
General Multiplayer.
Star Wars Galaxies.
Advanced TIE Mission Design (TM/2).
Advanced TIE Tactics (TT/2).
Networking Basics.
Imperial Weapons & Tactics School Staff Roll
· Major Devin Taralis; Training Office Assistant [Drathoz@aol.com]
· High Admiral Priyum Patel; Professor, Squadron Management [spellfire@btinternet.com]
· High Admiral Ari; Professor, Visual Basic Script [ari@tiecorps.org]
· Fleet Admiral Ender mBind; Professor, OPTing Course [mindb_ender@hotmail.com]
· Fleet Admiral Aiden Cantor Karias; Professor, Computer Basics [io@absolutek.ca]
· Fleet Admiral Darkov, Active Server Page [Darkov00@aol.com]
· Fleet Admiral Bevel Leeson; Professor, PHP [skinner@axelero.hu]
· Admiral Marcin Szydlowski; Professor, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Mission Creation
[pbmike@go2.pl]
· Vice Admiral RogueWing; Professor, X-Wing: Alliance Mission Design
[roguewing25@yahoo.com]
· Vice Admiral Reb Crush; Professor, Eggdrop [vpx@corporatedivision.com]
· Rear Admiral Tomaas Banys; Professor, Linux [incomtech@wp.pl]
· Colonel Master; Professor, Rebellion Tactics [slavelet@iinet.net.au]
· Lieutenant Colonel Philo; Professor, TIE Fighter Mission Creation [cnwilde@pacbell.net]
· Major Lohr Zadash; Professor, ICQ [LohrZadash@isdrelentless.org]
· Major Praetorian; Professor, Graphics [prae@ehnet.org]
· Captain Alec Qarni; Professor, AOL Instant Messenger [oneblah2@cs.com]
· Captain Ace; Professor, Flash [ace003_bla@yahoo.com.au]
· Captain Aeolus; Professor, JavaScript [zexipher@yahoo.com]
· Commander Gandalf; Professor, TIE Fighter Tactics [delpieropadova@yahoo.com.au]
· Lieutenant Tek Selkirk; Professor, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Tactics [tek_selkirk@hotmail.com]
· Lieutenant Orrimaarko Reeft; Professor, BitchX [orrimaarko_reeft@hotmail.com]
Admiral, Krath Priest Keldorn
Training Officer, Dean of IWATS & Headmaster
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IC/GOE/GSx5/SSx5/BSx2/PCx2/ISMx6/MoI/MoT-1rh-1gh/IS-1BR-2SR-1GR/LoC-CS-Rx1/CoE/CoB/OV-2E
SB/GCx2/DC/LSS
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LO Report #1: 06.13.03
As Emailed From:
Logistics
Officer (VA Darknyte)
Logistics Office
(URL to be updated soon...!)
Logistics Office Report
June 13, 2003
Vice Admiral Darknyte
Well, well, well look what we have here! Looks like everyone's favorite
miscreant made it onto the CS proper. Well, I'll spare everyone the obligatory
speech that start most 1st Edition CO reports, no kissing up to Ronin and
Astatine for promoting me, no big promises of what I plan to do with the job, no
outbursts of joy at gaining such a lofty position in the club. No Sir, not from
the Darknyte. not at all. All I will say is that I do thank Ronin and Astatine
for for this shot and I will do my best to fulfill the position and live up the
expectations you have of me.
Now, with that out of the way let's hop on in and see what the water's like.
This is my first ever report as a Command Officer, so I don't know if I can get
away with all the informality and humor as I did in my Lord Ambassador reports,
so if I am breaking the established procedures of making my reports dry and to
the point, please let me know. I'd have no problem stepping into line and making
my reports nothing more than bits of data being spewed out in a monotone.
First order of business this week was setting up a staff. I know a lot of people
said I needed no staff until I actually started to do the work, but I prefer to
get my staff in line first then do the work with their help and support. I chose
an LOA this week, but he's gotten himself confined with an LAACDOC. I really
don't know if I'll get to keep him or not, but I did select CM Per-Aa to take
the position after he applied for CA and didn't quite make it. Per, I wish you
well with you HCI stuff, give me a shout if I can lend a hand.
Next, after much controversy about where I shouldn't and shouldn't post CA:LO
application requests and whether or not I should put such a tight deadline on
the aforementioned applications, I did collect, review, and select an applicant
for my CA. He's already been confirmed by 3 out of 4 senior staffers polled, so
I'd like to announce my CA-Elect is MAJ Daniel Stephens, a longtime veteran of
the ISD Colossus. Congrats Dan, just don't celebrate too long, we have work to
do.
I've got an LO site contracted out to MAJ Xander Drax, an IOA who helped on the
EH.org redesign. I expect him to have it finished up sometime in the coming week
so that will be great. Also, I've contacted AbK and gotten his word that he'll
have me a fully-coded version of the Codex ready for use very soon. He promised
it for today, so I hope it's ready for me to get my hands on and mess with. Ah,
the power. I could write anything in it and change history! MWA HA HA HA.
Sorry, I forgot. you don't go mad from power in your first week.
The Newsletters have also been put online on my own domain and are ready to
serve the Fleet. You can access all 94 issues in ZIP format at
http://www.cosmicholonet.org/lo/nls/ I've yet to actually create a page to
link them normally, but that is an index of the folder which lists and allows
downloads of all files in the folder.
Researchers are also needed. I have a feeling the Codex is going to need some
updating once I get it, so soon I'll be looking for members who wish to help do
research into various aspects of the EH to help effort to update it. More
details on that to come. Also, if anyone out there from the lowliest FM to the
FC have any suggestions on what types of historical materials you'd like to see
on the LO site, just let me know. It's my hope that one day the LO site will
serve as a portal to the most complete and accurate archive of the EH's long and
proud history.
That's if for this week, didn't really do much actual work but,
that will all change as soon as I get my hands on the Codex, that will become my
primary project until it's completed, accurate, and fully up to date.
In Service to the Empire,
Vice Admiral Darknyte, EH Logistics Officer
LO/VA Darknyte/CS-11/SSSD Sovereign
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Recon Office Report # 12:
06.14.03
As Emailed From:
Reconnaissance
Officer (VA Joe)
Recon Office
<Salute>
Greetings from the Recon Office!
Not a terrible amount from me this week (unfortunately) save for at least one
Item. I have a copy of all the major ( and some not so major) actor and
actresses' mailing addresses from all of the Star Wars films. I will be buying
envelopes and stamps this week and starting to work on each one in turn,
starting with the big names: Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Samuel L. Jackson,
and.. of course.. Natalie Portman(!).
I will be keeping a list of who I send a letter to and when, so I can keep track
of how long it's been since they should have gotten the piece of mail. And for
those bigger name stars, ill probably be sending it 2-3 day priority mail. Those
large cardboard envelopes bring a lot of attention to themselves, so it will
come to their attention quicker.
Also, one idea I had for promoting the EH with these actors/actresses is sending
them something from the EH Store. I'm thinking a hat (baseball cap sounds good).
Just imagine if one of them wore it out in the public eye. >:P
Ronin, I'd like to talk to you about this more in detail, and as long as we
don't send a hat to *everyone*, I'm very willing to go in for half of the price
of the hats. ;P
That's about it from the Recon Office, Time for SW News!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Happy Birthday Qui-Gon Jinn!!!
-- Liam Neeson turned 51 on June 7th. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland in 1952.
Happy Birthday Padme!!!
-- Nathalie Portman turned 22 on June 9th. She was born in Jerusalem in 1981. (Awww
I am 5 days older! Now if I could only look like her - Shay`la)
CONTEST: Win a Limited Edition SW Stamp Pack
TheForce.net & Australia Post are giving you the chance to win one of four
limited edition 'Classic Vehicles of the Saga' stamp packs.
This Souvenir Stamp Sheet is limited to a print run of 10,000 with all sheets
sequentially numbered in gold foil. Along with the stamp sheet, this Souvenir
Pack includes bonus stationery set: 20 sheets of Star Wars
letterhead and 10 envelopes.
To be in with a chance of winning one of these packs, answer the
trivia question on their Contest (
http://www.theforce.net/contest/auspost.shtml ) page. The contest is open to
Star Wars fans worldwide so good luck.
For more info:
http://www.theforce.net/contest/auspost.shtml
~* Collectings *~
Unleashed Preview: Boba, Han and Yoda
Have you spotted the new Boba Fett Unleashed figure in Star Wars Insider #68? In
case you missed it, here's a glimpse at Boba Fett as well as the new Unleashed
figures of Yoda and Han Solo, all with new packaging, due out this fall. Check
out the Star Wars website for all the pics, there are too much
to print each of their links.
http://starwars.com/collecting/news/2003/06/news20030611.html
~* Books *~
New Jedi Order eBook Debut and Unifying Cover
For the first time ever, the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series novels Vector
Prime by R. A. Salvatore, and Dark Tide I: Onslaught and Dark Tide II: Ruin by
Michael A. Stackpole are now available in eBook format.
This special eBook edition of Vector Prime includes: The New Jedi Order: Vector
Prime novel by R. A. Salvatore, interviews with some of the key players from the
New Jedi Order series creative team regarding the origin of the series, the
Yuuzhan Vong section of The New Jedi Order Bible, and illustrations and
technical information on the Yuuzhan Vong Worldship, the Millennium Falcon and
the Jade Fire from Star Wars Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels.
As the first three NJO books go digital, the last book of this bestselling
series, The Unifying Force by James Luceno, is due out in November 2003. In this
storyline, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, their children, and their
comrades in the Galactic Alliance rally for their last stand against the enemy
that threatens not only the galaxy, but the Force itself.
Here's the first glimpse of the final Unifying Force cover by artist Cliff
Nielsen, whose stunning mix of paint and pixels can be found in the entire Jedi
Apprentice young reader series, and on the hardcover novels of The New Jedi
Order.
http://starwars.com/eu/news/2003/06/img/unifyingforce_cover_bg.jpg
Shatterpoint Reviewed - A Clone Wars Novel
TheForce.net posted their first review of Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover. This
story, fashioned after Apocalypse Now, tells the story of Mace Windu returning
to his dangerous homeworld to find his rogue Padawan Depa Billiba. Of course,
clonage ensues.
http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/r_shatterpoint.shtml
~* Games *~
TFNGames: Jedi Academy Interview
TFNGames got the opportunity to conduct a question and answer session with Kenn
Hoekstra, the Project Administrator at Raven Software. We covered a fair amount
of stuff, including getting a final list of species, XBox information, saber
combat, a clarification on "separating" the double-bladed saber, and a bit more!
http://www.theforce.net/games/articles/qa_jediacademy.shtml
~* Movies *~
Ewan McGregor Voices Rodney in Robots
As reported at the end of March, Ewan McGregor is part of the voice cast for
"Robots", the forthcoming animated film. USA Today reports:
The voice cast includes Ewan McGregor as a young robot named
Rodney, "who grows up on the outskirts of a huge metropolis and wants to work
with the most influential character in the city, an inventor," Wedge says.
Halle Berry is Cappy, the hot executive 'bot who catches
Rodney's eye.
Stanley Tucci and Dianne Wiest speak for Rodney's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Copperbottom. Mel Brooks is the inventor known as Big Weld. Drew Carey
and Amanda Bynes are part of the Rusties, a gang of obsolete robots.
In Robots, "People are judged by what they are made of," Wedge says. "Many
themes weave in and out that comment on the state of our technical snowballing
and upgrading. We're not looking at what we've left behind."
Check these out for more
http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyID=20396
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-06-09-robots_x.htm
~* Others *~
Virtual Sequels Update
The Virtual Sequels updates with news of a new character. Check
http://www.theforce.net/virtualsequels to read more.
Harrison Ford Talks Lucas & Star Wars
Harrison Ford is certainly doing the rounds in support of his new movie,
Hollywood Homicide. Here are a few excerpts from the KRT Wire:
Everyone thinks it was the sardonic Han Solo that put Harrison Ford on the
docket for Hollywood's A-list. But it wasn't. It was really with his tiny part
as a wiseacre racer in "American Graffiti" that things began to change for the
better.
"It was when I worked for the first time with George Lucas and
he wanted me to get a crew-cut and I suggested a white cowboy hat instead. It
was the first time anybody ever listened to what I was saying and thought it was
a good idea," says Ford, seated at an oval-shaped table in a hotel suite here on
the 15th floor.
When he was cast as Han Solo in "Star Wars" his life changed forever. "Suddenly,
because of my relationship to that successful film, I had the opportunities to
work when I wanted to work. I had the choice of material. I suddenly began to
make substantial money and billing above-the-title and all the rigmarole that
goes with the business of being a viable, bankable actor," he says. "Just now,
finally, I could go to work and was doing what I wanted to do."
To read more about it, check out at
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/entertainment/movies/6048591.htm
Studio 360 Compares Matrix & Star Wars: The Empire Reloaded
Isbeth sends in news of another Matrix / Star Wars comparison article:
On Saturday, May 24th, National Public Radio's Studio 360, a
magazine format radio program "Where Art and Real Life Collide", had a
commentary comparing The Matrix to Star Wars. They have had interesting things
to say about Star Wars in the past and this comparison included information on
how both movies were for different times. If you would like to read the
commentary or listen to it, you can go to their web site: Studio 360.
Here's an excerpt:
Both are sci-fi epics featuring awesome cinematic effects of a
kind we'd never seen before.
And both movies brilliantly re-synthesized the cultural DNA of
dubious, pulpy pop sources -- Saturday morning serials for Star Wars, video
games and Hong Kong action films for The Matrix, and comic books for both.
And both stories conform to the timeless structure of the hero's journey that
the mythographer Joseph Campbell sketched out decades ago ...starting with the
hero's step over the threshold into the unknown with the help of guardians and
mentors.
Back then we had Yoda and Obi Wan Kenobi.
Today we have Morpheus and the Oracle.
Both stories feature an initially clueless hero who discovers his own
preternatural powers and then battles against a technologically monstrous
totalitarian empire.
Check out http://www.wnyc.org/studio360/commentary052403.html for more!
New Jersey Devils Celebrate with SW Music
When the New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup, they started playing the "Star
Wars - Main Theme" and kept on playing it right through the cheers and the
trophy being held by the various team members! Very cool.
Resurrecting a Jedi Assault: A Hyperspace Exclusive
Jedi Assault on the Droid Control Ship
Well there are way too much content under this topic to even say something.
Just check it out at
http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/feature/20030610/index.html
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Thats it for this week! Thanks for your time!!
<SALUTE>
-- Reconnaissance Office Staff --
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GM Report #5:
06.15.03
As Emailed From: CoG/OWL Jacen Aylen (Obelisk)/DC-11/Dark Council
The Dark Brotherhood of Jedi
Greetings
Time for another report from you beloved Grand Master (well, I can hope anyway)
Things are looking bright for the Dark Brotherhood (was that contradictory?)
Astatine has just informed me that he is only awaiting some information from the
Head Master and then we can begin processing what looks to be about 100 new
recruits we have received since the split took place 7 weeks ago.
Also we have a new Great Jedi War due to start in about 3 weeks. It will run for
about 30 days and be the first of two GJWs within the next year. The schedule as
planned goes something like this. After the GJW there will be a month of down
time, clans can hold internal comps, things like that... After that there will
be 4 months of Vendetta comps (clan vs. clan) that will generate a story line
that will lead right into the next GJW... lather, rinse, repeat and so on. This
will mean a GJW every 6 months for the foreseeable future... Hope your ready for
it.
That's all for me for this week. I hope to see you all on IRC soon and don't be
afraid to say hi, I don't bite but sometimes the force lightning can be painful.
GM Rapier
From the Obelisk High Commander
1. I've only got one person on board for my Galactic Battlegrounds project. If
you're interested in helping out in creating custom DB SWGB campaigns, then
please email me to express your interest.
2. I'm in discussion with the me with the times that you are available.
Grand Master's Royal Guard
I am in discussions right now with the leaders of the Black Rock Knights on
running a JK2 competition against them. So, get ready... I'm also gonna find you
JK1'ers a clan to smack around on.
Always remember that there are 4 multiplayer competitions per week in #kaiburr
and I expect you to show up at at least one per week. If you don't have time to
show up every now and then at least to a multiplayer competition then quite
frankly you don't have time to be in the Guard and I'm going to start dropping
dead weight. The competition schedule is as follows:
Monday - 3-5PM Est
Tuesday - 2-5PM Est
Wednesday 5-8PM Est
Saturday - 2-4PM Est
You can nearly always find Tatsu or myself on the JK2 server, along with many
others. So, drop by!
http://www.impstar.net/gmrg/ contains all of the files you need as well as
the IP address. Get in touch with the DGM, OHC, or myself for the password. You
also may run upon someone else who has it that will share with you.
http://www.darkbrotherhood.org/db/gmrg/ - GMRG Website
http://www.darkbrotherhood.org/db/gmrg/roster.htm - GMRG Roster
http://www.darkbrotherhood.org/db/gmrg/join.htm - GMRG Join Form
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=111 - GMRG Message Board
http://www.impstar.net/gmrg/ - GMRG
JK2 Server Website
http://obelisk.minos.net/ - Obelisk
Website
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Hammer's Fist Domain
Report #8: 06.13.03
As Emailed From:
Prefect of the
Hammer's Fist Legion (GN Mordred)
Hammer's Fist (EH Stormtroopers)
<salute>
Member Count (Active Members): 72
Member Count (With Training Platoon): 91
Member Count (With Homeguard - Full): 158
Greetings people!
What happened this week:
-Most important at all:
http://www.hammersfist.net is working again!
-I just emailed the HFGS about a new idea a trooper sent me. It's a SWMod for
Ghost Recon, being that a HF anti terrorism unit. could be useful, let's analyze
it carefully!
-New Courses: Command and Staff College, Radiation Trooper, Military
Intelligence, Peacekeeping Operations and Hand to Hand Combat. SSBTC Has been
reviewed and EH related question been added. And Courses Coming Up: Aviation,
Airborne, Air Assault, SERE (Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion), Search
And Rescue, and probably Military Police course.
-The new CSMA site is about the be released and look wonderful! Congrats to
everyone involved, again! :)
-HF site Recoding to start next week! Good Luck Zsinj!
-Something Big is about to happen, but I don't know exactly what! Let's just
wait :P
-2 Ops to start very soon! Get your gear!
-Dinky Trooper is about to return! Fear!
-I have nothing else to say, and I'm late, so...
That's all!
Thanks for your time.
GN Mordred
IWCOM Report #55:
06.15.03
As Emailed From:
Infiltrator
Wing Commander (FA NiksaVel)
Infiltrator Wing
INFILTRATOR WING COMMANDER
WEEKLY REPORT #55
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DATE: 13. 6. 2003.
IW URL:
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com
IW ROSTERS:
http://www.infiltrator-wing.com/iw/rosters/
IW COMBAT CENTER: http://iwcom.minos.net
IWCOM OFFICE: http://iwcom.minos.net
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Total Membership Count: 72
Change from last week: -4
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