June 2004

June 2004

06.21.04

New Command Staff Appointments: 06.19.04
As Submitted From: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

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

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

Given that people are like what they are, I'll be expecting that no one will try to pull anything dodgy with these new appointments, especially with Drako and competition approvals. In addition, the Chancellor of the Senate is vacant. I'll be posting details for applications sometime over the weekend.

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

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

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

That's all from me this week.

MoH Awarded to AD Keldorn: 05.26.04
As Recommended By: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

(Please see Operations Manual for medal descriptions)

While I usually dislike "retirement" medals, I think Keldorn deserves something for his consistant work, as a collective award for all the positions he's held up until recently. He has been Training Officer, IWATS Dean, Head Master of the DB's Shadow Academy and in charge of the Senate's university. He has also provided a lot of behind the scenes feedback while I've been XO.

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

Tasks for 2004/2005: 05.25.04
As Submitted From: Executive Officer (SA Astatine)

Office of the XO

As copied from: http://www.ehtiecorps.org/xo/EHTasks.htm

Overview
This list of tasks of was compiled to deal with a number of issues, including officer isolation, stagnation and lack of defined goals and aims for Command Officers. The list was developed with consultation from current and former Command Officers and general members. Some tasks are already being undertaken by some Command Officers, but have been included in order to provide a framework for all Command Officers to work from. This list of tasks has been approved by the Fleet Commander and are issued as an Executive Order, thus binding relevant parties to carry them out.

All Positions

More promotion of projects, events, etc
Better attitude and more interaction towards members
Reports that have actual content, not fluff or filler about “real life” and other non-relevant areas
Actual progress on projects
Higher online presence, especially during meetings

Command Officers

Tactical Office

More missions and faster turnaround in relation to testing
Better attitude/interaction with members regarding EHBL and in general
Revise/update/fix the Tactical Manual
Consolidate Tactical Office resources under a single working website
Add EHBL content to the Tactical Manual and other relevant areas
More support work relating to new platforms (Jedi Outcast/Academy, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds)
Coordinate with Training Office in setting up training resources for new platforms
Restart Project Phoenix and clear out any bug reports currently existing
Reform the Tactical staff from mission testers into a corps of mission designers

Flight Office

More TIE Corps development, ie. New platforms
Collaboration with Command Officers for a TC-wide comp
Reform War Office, replace with an active person and get a manageable war game system running within the next 3 months
Coordinate a central War Office site with the new War Officer
More focus on atmosphere, identity for ships, wings, squadrons and TIE Corps overall.

Internet Office

Image archive
Holonet awards
Open sourcing IO projects
More member-orientated projects
Expansion and addition on projects that help members become more skilled about web design such as the Code Archive
Updating of SquadFirst code to take into account the new TIE Corps site URL
Coordinate with Communication and Executive Offices in porting ELS system to ASP

Training Office

Graduate counts for Newsletters, etc
Coordinate with the Tactical Office in creating courses for new/unsupported platforms (such as Jedi Outcast/Academy, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, etc)
More plot driven “old school” TIE Corps-wide competitions
Complete a release candidate for the Top Gun academy, coordinate with Combat Operations Office
More promotion of IWATS and Training Office things
Collaboration with Command Officers for a TC-wide comp

Operations Office

Medals public relations/promotion of good works
Coordinate with Subgroup Commanders the upgrading of subgroup uniform systems
In line with the above point, look at porting TTT to other subgroups
Investigate the coding of an online version of TTT
More regular processing of medals and online presence

Communications Office

Expanded Reports/Meetings archive
Communications reviews/articles
Expand content on the Communications Office site, look into including news about undernet, IRC, etc.
Workable, viable Medal of Communication system
Expansion of trivia system, more regular trivia events
Addition of other bot features
Coordinate with Internet and Executive Offices in porting ELS system to ASP

Security Office

Internet security matters
Faster timeframe for issues to be resolved, brought to the HCI, etc.
Revise Articles of War and Bylaws in consultation with relevant parties

Science Office

Continued patch development and platform resource
Get a release candidate version of Imperial Alliance released
Upgrade and add to the Fleet Manual

Logistics Office

EH Codex
EH Files archive
Mirror of Newsletters
Restarting and promotion of the EH library
EH Memorium

Reconnaissance Office

More interviews with Star Wars people, such as game developers, etc
Posting of such interviews on major SW sites as theforce.net
More general overall promotion of the EH in areas such as these sites

Subgroup Commanders

Grand Master

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

Prefect of the Hammer’s Fist

More focus on games such as Jedi Outcast/Academy, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
Preparation work for adopting upcoming games such as Republic Commando, SW Battlefront
Coordinate with Training Office in getting courses for these games
Coordinate mission creation for these games
Coordinate possible game servers with Dark Brotherhood’s Obelisk and other relevant areas
More recruitment effort outside the EH, focus on community sites relating to core games
Look at modding other games such as Unreal, Doom 3, etc.

Infiltrator Wing Commander

Implement viable TIE Corps platforms as they arise
Get stable, consistent web site
More recruitment effort outside the EH, focus on community sites relating to core games
More custom content, battles, missions, etc

President of the Corporate Division

Organistaion and expansion of radio stations, ie regular programs, consistant content
Start work on a web-based trade system, possibly based around running a shipping corporation (“Star Wars Railway Tycoon”)
More recruitment effort outside the EH, focus on community sites relating to core games

Grand Moff of the Directorate

Stable consistent hosting for the System Manual
Update the System Manual
More development on appropriate platforms such as Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, more content, etc
Start work on a web based planetary government game
More recruitment effort outside the EH, focus on community sites relating to core games

Director of Operations, The Fringe

Website
More promotion in Star Wars Galaxies official forums and community sites
Mission statement, goals in regards to PvP, factions, commerce, etc
Better support structure for new members
More in-game events and promotion of events outside the PA to the rest of the EH
Start support work for Jump to Lightspeed (resources, research, etc)
Act more a portal for recruiting SWG players into the EH (as opposed to the current opposite situation)
Role-play as being in the EH more (more appropriate conduct, etc)

Chancellor of the Imperial Senate

Developed diversified activity model
Develop a more realistic structure, where a member has to work to become a senator

Other Positions

Combat Operations Office

Development work on non-core multi-player platforms such as Free Worlds.
Coordinate multiplayer events between TIE Corps and other subgroups

Lord Ambassador

Integrate activities with non-traditional gaming organizations, i.e.. Other Player Associations in SWG

War Office

Develop a manageable, low maintenance and re-usable war game system
Develop a central War Office website

Fleet Commander's Note:

The FC has approved the above goals/expectations for 2004/2005 which will only serve to strengthen our club further...We anticipate and appreciate your continued support.

Minister of Operations Open for Application: 06.13.04
As Emailed From: Grand Moff of the Directorate (AD Coursca)

EH Directorate (DIR)

Greetings,

The position of Minister of Operations on the Ministry Council of the Directorate is open for applications to the entire Emperor's Hammer membership. A great deal of responsibility and hard work will rest on the shoulders of the individual chosen to tackle this position. As such, applicants should have a strong character, a steady work ethic, a willingness to perform mundane, repetitive tasks at times, and above all else, be active! Below is the job description, which will also be posted in the Directorate Manual upon the next update.

Minister of Operations (MoO/MC-4) - Minimum Rank: Equite - Maximum Rank: Vice Admiral - The Minister of Operations is tasked with the smooth running of the Diplomacy simulation, the main activity of the Directorate. The Minister of Operations is required to have daily contact with the Minister of State, Deputy Grand Moff, and Grand Moff. It is the responsibility of the Minister of Operations and his staff of Adjuntants [as delegated by the Council] to keep Diplomacy running from day to day. This includes constant interaction with the High Moffs, making sure taxes are properly calculated when due, observing any combat occurring within the Emperor's Hammer Territories while watching for illegal maneuvers, overseeing trade between Planets and Systems, and announcing the end and beginning of each Turn/Round of Diplomacy. The Minister of Operations requires an unrivaled understanding of Diplomacy and all its rules, as the Minister's primary role as outlined is much like a 'gamemaster' in some RP games.

Training will be given for the position of Minister of Operations in the Diplomacy game. It is impossible for anybody except the present Ministry Council to demonstrate an understanding of Diplomacy Version 4, so do not worry about it. These applications are meant to demonstrate the character and leadership ability of the applicant. As such, applicants are required to include two references from superior officers, a brief, complete outline of EH experience, a brief outline of command experience, and be able to demonstrate a willingness to hold a position of great importance in the Directorate.

Applications are to be sent to the Grand Moff at TSSGen@aol.com and to the Ministry Council at ministry_council@yahoogroups.com with the Subject reading Application for Minister of Operations.
Please note that while the nature of this news post and all the responsibilities associated with the Minister of Operations are serious, the Council would like to state that this position is really a lot of fun and that a good sense of humor is a very desirable trait.
Thank you for your time!

GMF/AD Trazenbach Tal'kail Coursca/MC-1/Gondor Base
(FoP) (JC) (SoD)x2 (MoS-GR) (MoR) (MoSc-1)x2 (CoL)
{CDGI: DC-DG}
{PROF: NSTS}

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

Office of the XO

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

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

XO Report: 05.30.04

The most obvious issue recently has been the situation with the TIE Corps site. The end result of this situation has been the provisioning of a dedicated server. As seen in the Flight Officer's report, the
roster has been restored to the state it was before we lost it. The only issue is members who joined after the date of our backup. They will have to rejoin.

In terms of Command movements, we've seen the Training Officer, Keldorn, step down. Keldorn's term as Training Officer was one of a high standard of consistency. He has also been a good sounding board behind the scenes with various problems the Emperor's Hammer faces. Upon his resignation I recommended him for the Medal of Honour, which the Operations Officer and Fleet Commander agreed with. So congratulations to Keldorn for that.

Back to the new TIE Corps site, a survey is currently running about the speed of the new server. So far 21% of responses think the new server is "Blazing fast" with 47% saying it was much faster than before. 25% say its about the same speed with 3% saying its a bit slower. So far the site has generated 2.3 gigabytes of traffic, at an average of 20.5 Kilobits per second. This weekend I managed to get both Jedi Outcast and
Jedi Academy servers up and running on the server. The servers are running on IP address 67.18.110.210 at the default ports.

As a follow to the plans I outlined in my last report, I've drafted a more detailed list of specific tasks for each Command Officer for the Fleet Commander to review. These tasks are, in the most part, things that are already being undertaken or should be. There's a lot of teamwork exercises, where various offices will work together for common objectives. Command Officers in the last have been a tad too isolated and the resulting work would generally have been better if it had extra input. Last year, I tried a similar thing, but I emailed each Command Officer individually. This time, the tasks will be publicly issued and issued under the context of Executive Orders. Publicly issuing the tasks will ensure there's no misunderstanding of what's expected and will allow the members to see what goals and aims we're all working towards.

That's about all from me.

XO Report 31: 06.12.04

The restoration of the TIE Corps site continues. I've changed the name servers for the emperorshammer.net domain today to point to the new server, thus reducing the amount of URL changing people will have to do. With this stabilisation, we can start looking at new features and additions at some point.

A new survey is on the site, relating to Internet connections. Currently 25% of respondants are on dialup. 37% are on cable, while 27% use some form of DSL. It would be worth keeping this in mind for those making sites for EH use, that a significant number of our members still use dialup and that bloated sites can seriously impact their ability to use such a site.

The tasks list for Command Officers has been approved by the Fleet Commander. I will be publishing this separately from my normal report. This list is issued under the context of Executive Orders. This means failure to follow them constitutes a failure to obey an order and will be dealt with accordingly. On the positive side, complying with the tasks provides a metric for myself and the Fleet Commander to measure and reward good performance. The tasks have been developed in consultation with a number of current and former COs and normal members and have been approved by the FC - there should be no excuses or arguing over them.

As always, I need submissions for the newsletter. Send them to my normal email address with an appropriate subject. It's good to include your PIN in the body because it helps me organise the submissions faster. You get a nice shiny medal or two as well.

Going back to the TIE Corps site, I'd just like to take the opportunity to thank the FO for his exceptional job of getting the roster restored with a minimum of fuss.

That's all from me this week.

XO Report #32: 06.19.04

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

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

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

Tactical Office

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

Tactical Office Report #139: 05.23.04

Introduction:

Well. Major changes and many things happened this week. First, there is new address for our TC website, namely ehtiecorps.org. We have new, dedicated served, so we should never loose database again. We are recovering stuff but you must be patient. It takes time. Don't worry, everything Tactical Office related is stored on my hdd, with backup lists and log files. So anything happens is noted and stored.
I have emailed our XO with the list of holes, so we should recover everything quickly.

Next. There was no Tactical Office report last week. I am sorry for that. I've been very busy with work, cause we've been moving our manufacturing facility from one place to another, so I had to configure LAN, external security, gas detection networks and all other fancy stuff. Now, when moving is over I shall have more time.

And the last thing. Tactical Database was down for the last 2-3 week, but it's now back online and working, so we shall have new battles soon.

And that is all for this week I think. Next report should be normal :)

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

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

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

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

Tactical Office Report #140: 05.30.04

Introduction:
Well. I've been working my ass off for the last days, but results are visible. All battles have been restored to our Mission Compendium. I have processed all HSs and pending FCHG restore requests. So office is almost back to the full swing.

I haven't heard from my TCHC and CA:TAC lately, and I am awaiting for them to mail me with their situation. After all I should have some new battles on my desk by now.

Also, it is possible (let's hope not) will be looking for the new TCHC, if DT decides to step down. We will soon, very soon.

Testers needed:
Once again we have vacancies in our office. This time we are looking for XvT/BoP testers. Email your applications to TCC:TIE, TCHC, CA:TAC and TAC. Include your PIN and short summary of your carier and skills. If you cannot find the emails of above people, don't apply.

EH Poland Meeting IV:
Once again, I will be organizing fourth EH Poland Meeting, sometime this summer. Probably in the July. It will be Friday-Monday for sure, but the exact date is not yet known. Anyone interested in the participation should contact me via mail.

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

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

Testers and Engineers [28]:
Tactical Assistants [3]:
Honorary Tactical Officer's Assistant: HA Striker #420 (striker@tiecorps.org)
Tactical Officer's Assistant: LC Justin #5853 (justinmantonico@aol.com)
Honorary Tactical Officer's Assistant: VA Philo #7894 (cnwilde@umich.edu)

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

Tactical Office Report #141: 06.06.04

Introduction:
Another week of hard work and plenty of requests. But also week of good news. DT stays and I should get new battles from him very soon. This means our compendium will grow once again.

Mission Creation Wars - 2004 Edition:
Competition starts July 1st and I will be accepting signups, from this day forward. You can work in teams, just like last year. And you have Gold Star to win, so I think that's worth fighting for. Send your singups to me and my CA!

FCHG restoration:
I have more info for people who still wait for FCHG to be restored. Send me a simple email, with the list of battles you are missing. Sort the list by battleID (ex. TIETC1), and use sets. (ex. TIE-TC #1, TIE-TC #2, TIE-TC #3 list as TIE-TC #1-3). This will speed up the process. I usually try to process your requests within 24-48 hours, depends on traffic. But understand, I received dozens of mails, so be patient. And of course do not cheat, random file checks may happened and punishment will be strong and swift!

New battles needed:
We are running out of XWA stuff and TIE queue is empty. C'mon people, submit some more :)

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

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

Testers and Engineers [28]:

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

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

Tactical Office Report #142: 06.19.04

Introduction:
Once again, it was a very busy week, but results can be visible. Details below. Also, our XO issue some orders for each CO. I am going to start working on them, one by one. First goal is to release complex Tactical Office webpage, to contain all pages we currently have. And then, other...

High Scores:
I've processed also 150+ pending High Scores, so queue is clear. If you have HSs to be restored, you have to BSF them again. Remember that. I will try to keep up with them, as there are no delays right now :)

FCHG restoration:
My CA:TAC is working together with me to make FCHG restoration more smooth. Right now I have few requests and I will try to process them after this report or tomorrow. So there will be no delays here too.

New battles:
I have released bunch of XvT battles and BoP free mission. So you have 30+ new missions to fly. Because of my and TCHC's mistake, one battle was released again. So right now we have hole. This means there is no XvT-TC #95. But, I am sure we will fill the spot very soon.

Tactical Office Mission Designers:
This idea was brought to us by our XO. So soon I will start looking people to create missions and earn beta points for them. Tactical Office Mission Designer (TMD) will act like TCT for now, until necessary database updates are done, but will be asked to create missions also. This position should be open for applications soon.

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

Tactical Office AWOL check:
I have orders my TCCs to perform office wide AWOL check. Results should be available soon, so I guess there will be even more openings very soon.

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

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

Testers and Engineers [28]:

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

Tactical Reserves [65]

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

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

Flight Office

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

Flight Office report #35: 05.21.04

<Salute>

FA Cyric reporting in for the Flight Office on May 21, 2004

I want to give thanks to each and every member of the TC for respecting the situation with the Database being down and not inundating me with a flurry of requests. Here is the situation for the TC and the Flight Office in the next week so everyone is aware:

The XO has been working diligently in getting a new server for the TC and its database. He has tested it and it appears that it should be live by the end of the weekend barring any unforeseen problems. The main problem for the TC is that the last back up of the DB was done in January, so there is no record of transfers for the TC from JAN until NOW. As you can imagine, this will require a lot of inputting on my end. I imagine with all of the moves that have taken place it will take me at least a week if not more to get the rosters back to how they should be. I will work on it when the DB is back and running and get it done as soon as I can, but you will all need to be patient with me while I do this. It is going to take time.

What I need from the BGCOM's and the Elite CMDRS is a roster from your BG's with current layouts of the squadrons. I want it in Pilot name, position and PIN #. The Pins are very important as this will ease my putting the pilots in the right spots. I do not have copies of transfers or new members mails from the DB. I don't save them as I relied on the DB to keep track. I'm not sure if the DB generated a text of these types of moves, but I will check with the XO. But it is important that I have each squadron/Wing/and ship roster from the entire TC by the end of the weekend so I can begin in earnest on Monday. This also includes the closure of the ISD Immortal and the two wings for the SOV.

AD Proton: Please remail the XO with the squadron names for Wing VII so that can be done when the DB is back up so I can move them without having to wait.

AD Mell: I will need to deal with the Immortal closing and all of those movements.

The other two BG's should be ok and relatively easy to do.

I do have the small requests that have been sent during the DB being down so I will handle these as well...there is no need to send me them again. Once I am finished with the rosters I will let everyone know so they can check with the rosters to make sure they are accurate. I will also post to the MB's to have every pilot check their current assignment to make sure they are where they are.

I am going to ask that in the next week or so that no roster moves be asked for until I get the rosters back to snuff. I am going to be very very busy handling this. A week is not to long to wait.

I know that no personal issues should be in these reports but It is important that I share this as well....I found out yesterday that I will be a DADDY again, however this baby is going to be considered very HIGH risk. I will be handling my duties as FO, but with the added worries of my wife and new baby, so be patient and understanding as I trudge through this!

That's all from the Flight Office...

In Service...

Flight Office report #36: 05.28.04

Fleet Admiral Cyric reporting in for the Flight Office on May 28,2004

<salute>

The TC Rosters have been completed, and in less than a week I might add. The only roster that needs updating would be that of the ISD SUBJUGATOR of the ATF BG. Once that is sent in I will enter it post haste.

I would like to thank AD Sarin and VA Reaper for their help in keeping the office afloat while I trudged through the rosters adding and deleting members. Ad Sarin helped with some of the roster updates while VA Reaper handled the new requests into the database.

I'd also like to thank AD Proton, AD Mell, VA Davi, VA Khadgar, and all of the Elite squadron CMDRS for getting me their rosters in a timely fashion and to all of the members who aided them.

Now on to business.....

I've gotten quite a few of the newer members who have "re-enlisted" and gotten new pin numbers. I've done my best to locate them in the DB where possible, but if they aren't in there, they'll all need to "re-join" and its as simple as checking three boxes, promoting them to their original ranks, and placing them. All they'll have different is their PIN numbers.

Promotions--I will be granting some leeway to promotions for the next two months in order for the Database to catch up. For a lot of pilots the only way to move them around, was to place them in the RSV's for a few seconds while I made the switches. Thus making the DB restart the time in positions. I will rely on the honesty of the CMDR's, WC's, COM's, and BGCOM's for promotions from here on out. If you use the database, please add a note in the note field as to when or how long they were in positions, so I know.

That bloody RSV tag -- I realize some of you dread that RSV tag on your profile histories. Unfortunately there is really nothing I can do about it under the circumstances. If it absolutely bothers some members, they can come directly to me and I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

To everyone in the TC -- Check your profiles to make sure that everything is correct. Your ranks, positions etc. Through the course of processing , I may have not re promoted while processing or may have placed you in a position in your squadron that you weren't in. You can now access your profiles the old way: pin.ehtiecorps.org. Let me know and I'll try to correct it as soon as is humanly possible.

The Flight Office is NOT handling IWATS, TAC, or OPS related changes. When these CS's are finished with their backlog, they will let everyone know so you can directly mail them with your problems.

If you check the reports for the FO, it goes from 14 to 35. I do not have my reports 15 thru 34 so if anyone saved them send them over so I can install them to my reports DB.

That's all from the Flight Office...Its been one busy week for me as I've spent approx 7 hours total getting the rosters back to snuff. AD Sarin and VA Reaper spent significant time as well...so give them a thanks when you see them!

In Service...

Flight Office Report #35: 06.03.04

FLIGHT OFFICE REPORT #35
FA Cyric Reporting in on 6/3/2004

<salute>

Greetings and salutations from the Flight Office. As many of you know the roster updating is complete, aside from the few pilots who joined from Jan 04 to May22. These are slowly coming in and the fleet is back to normal.

I am now accepting promos, regular roster changes etc. Many thanks to the BGCOMs, VA Reaper, and AD Sarin for their help in getting this done in a timely manner.

In regards to requests, please make sure that Pins are included with them. It is much easier to process if there is a pin associated.

The Flight Office is currently in discussion with other groups in regards to FreeWorlds and SWG SE. As soon as more info comes in, we will try to implement both. Be patient!

On the subject of the Database. The Flight Office does not restore IWATS Courses, Medals, or battles flown. Pilots will need to address the appropriate Command Officer to have these put back on their profiles.

That's it from the Flight Office!

In Service...

Flight Office Report #36: 06.10.04

<Salute>

Another week goes by with many roster changes! All of the Database processing has been completed on the rosters. I am still receiving some errors with a few pilots, but they are being corrected as they come in. Normal promotional requests and changes can resume.

For Promotions: I am taking into account the DB crash, and am showing leniency on promotions, but when requesting them, please indicate that the time in position and service is corrupted due to the crash.

For Medals: The OPS has been catching up. He requested that the correction medals be submitted by those of you who have been personally e-mailing me with your lost medals, unless it's a rare case where it's a Command Staffer or BGCOM, these mailings should go to your CMDR and on to the COM so they can be resubmitted into the database. This is the easiest and most efficient way. Also include that the medal was lost due to the database crash, so he doesn't confuse them with newer medals.

I want to take the time to congratulate the following:

VA TK-2107 on becoming the newest ATF BGCOM
RA TK 7764 on becoming the newest ISD Subjugator COM
MAJ Archangel on becoming the newest WING XX WC
RA Locke on becoming the newest ISD Challenge COM
COL Sephiroth on becoming the newest Wing WC for the Challenge
RA Gunman on Becoming the newest ISD Colossus COM
and
Maj Angel on becoming the newest WC for the Colossus

Congrats people!

On to Freeworlds and SWG SE: In the next week or so I will be putting together a game plan for the TC on both these squadrons. Currently my idea is to start with a squadron for each platform and see how it develops, the demand and how it integrates into the fleet. Be patient, as I will be juggling a lot of different things. HA Priyum along with the COO are working on the freeworlds and I look forward to seeing what they have to say. SWG JTL will take longer as the information is coming in slowly.

My rant for the week: Transfers. Everyone got to the Flight Office page and refresh yourselves on the procedures! They are there to ease the transfers and to allow all command staffers the chance to know what is going on! I AM THE ABSOLUTE LAST PERSON WHO SHOULD HEAR ABOUT IT! If I get it in my box, I assume that it has been approved on all sides! If the proper procedures are not followed the transfer will NOT be processed.

With that I'd also like to point out that if a pilot requests a transfer it is within your rights as CMDRS on up to try to talk the pilot out of going, BUT if the pilot insists, you have to let him go. But I encourage all members to work through any problems that can be solved with communication before running the transfer route. IF the CMDRs on up don't hear about a problem, they can't fix it!

That's all from the Flight Office....

In Service...

Flight Office Report #37: 06.18.04

<salute>

A relatively slow week for the Flight Office...Processing continues....

IMPSTORM V is on the very near horizon! AD Pel is actively reorganizing the rules which will be the guidelines for all Massive On line Battles for the TC in the future, is working on a WO Website, and some minor changes have been submitted to the XO for a more "neutral" War Office. The rules have been sent to the BGCOM's for a final look over and we hope to have the game off very shortly.

I've awarded several medals and two promotions for the people who have helped me during the Database Crash. Thanks to everyone who made the process "sterile"

Remember to send LoC medals that were lost due to the DB crash to AD Khadgar, as he is processing for AD Sarin while he is on leave.

That's it from the Flight Office!

In Service...

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

Internet Office

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

Internet Officer Report: 05.21.04

-- News --

This week saw the start of the EH Holonet Awards II, currently there are 26 nominations. This is a good start. Go nominate more! Nominations end May 28th, a week from now. Primary voting begins Saturday, May 29th.

This week also saw the appointment of a new Prex for the Corporate Division. Congratulations to Trido. Since I run the server that the CD site runs on, I have asked and been accepted as their web guy.

In light of the events with the TC site, I have sent a proposal for backups to the COMM, FC and XO. Keep tuned for more details.

While it is discouraged to talk about real life personal matters in this, I need to give a bit of warning about my RL future. Currently my in-laws are visiting. And I will miss this week's EH meeting. Until Monday, so I'm not at my computer much. Sometime in the coming weeks I will either start moving across the country, or waiting on my wife who might get surgery...and then moving. I am attempting to make plans so that I will have a computer and Internet during my move.

-- Poll --

The past week's poll was "Why is the IO Sick?", there was a total of 26
votes. Apparently, I was sick because I contracted an STD, with 9 votes.
This beating out my allergy to ASP (by a single vote.

    This week's poll is:
        Best Day of the Week to play Multi-player Games
            * Monday
            * Tuesday
            * Wednesday
            * Thursday
            * Friday
            * Saturday
            Due to limitations If you wish for Sunday, please post a comment saying "Sunday!"

-- Site of the Week --

This week's site of the week is the Krayt Squadron Site, http://krayt.squadron.org/ , congratulations to Lieutenant Colonel Crimson Fury on a 4 star site. Please remember Green on Red hurts :P

Internet Officer Report: 05.29.04

-- News --

This past week sees the ending of the Nominations for the EH Holonet Awards, and the start of the Primary Voting. Primary Voting will run from May 29th (a little bit before the EH meeting) untill June 4th. A person may only vote once per category. The top 3 sites will continue to the finals. A site must receive AT LEAST one vote to continue on to the finals.

Internet Officer Supported Software. Given the shear number of programs for use on the Internet, an inexperienced computer user can face a mighty task of selecting what software to use. The Internet Office will therefore start offering suggestions of software that frankly, the IO uses. Thereby having some ability to offer a bit of help with said software. These suggestions are not meant to say one program is better than another. It is merely to offer you a choice and someone to go to for help if you have a problem.

First among IO Supported Software is an FTP Client called FileZilla. You can download filezilla from http://filezilla.sf.net/ . Some instructions on using FileZilla with the Minos web hosting service are located at:
http://www.ehnet.org/article.php?a=view&id=280 .

Personal Life Update: I said last time that I might be moving "real soon". Well those moving plans have fallen through. Chances are I will be in the same place for at least another 2 months. But that could change in a moments notice. Don't you love the military :)

-- Poll --

This past week's poll was "Best Day of the Week to play Mutiplayer Games",
there was a disappointing total of 20 votes. Saturday getting 12 votes,
Friday getting 5.
    This week's poll, as an extension of the previous one is..
    "What Time of Day to Multiplayer (EDT)"
    (These times are EDT, which is -4 GMT)
        * 6am to 10am
        * 10am to 2pm
        * 2pm to 6pm
        * 6pm to 10pm
        * 10pm to 2am
        * 2am to 6am

-- Site of the Week --

This week's site of the week is the Top Gun Academy. Located at http://topgun.minos.net/ . Congratulations to Drako on a 5 star site. It looks good, but get some content! :P

Internet Office Report: 06.05.04

Internet Officer Report #6 - June 5th, 2004

-- News --

Slow week this week, it found me mainly learning how to use Object Oriented Programming techniques with PHP. Fielding a few questions relating to HTML and PHP from members on IRC. Additionally I have been in talks with several SGs in how to best establish a backup routine that fits the needs of the EH with the need for data security.

This week sees the end of the primary voting period for the EH Holonet Awards. With a total of 360! votes spread out between 11 categories voted on by 37 people.

The Top Three (in no particular order) for Each Category are as follows:

    * Best Overall: Tarentum Website, Intelligence Division, Hammer's Fist
    * Best Personal/Office: Science Office, Combat Operations Office,
Academic Nexus
    * Best Unit: House Gladius, ISD Grey Wolf, Tau Squadron
    * Best Animation: Gray Wolf Secret Order of Monks, House Gladius, ATF
Recruitment
    * Best Banner: Wing XIII Banner, Tau Squadron Banner, House Gladius Banner
    * Best Scene: SSL Viper Hybrid vs YT-1300, Run Scummy X-Wings, Aeishline
Strathaven's Personal Craft
    * Best Web Script: XPS, EHMN
    * Best Content: ISD Grey Wolf, Grey Wolf Secret Order of Monks,
Historical Institute of Tarentum
    * Most Creative: Top Gun Academy, Grey Wolf Secret Order of Monks,
Intelligence Division
    * Most Entertaining: TCCC, EHMN, Tarentum Quiz'o'Landia
    * Best Music: GWSOoM Rap

The Finals begin today. And will run untill Friday, June 11th 2004. The winners will be announced during the EH Meeting on Undernet IRC Network, in #emperor's_hammer at 1200EDT. A site must have received at least one vote to proceed to the finals, and must receive at least one vote to place at the end of the finals. In the event of a tie I will contact a random member of the command staff that hasn't voted yet, to go vote.

-- Poll --

The past week's poll was "What Time of Day To Multiplayer (EDT)". There was a turnout of only 10 votes. 6pm to 10pm received first place with 5 votes. 10pm to 2am and 2am to 6am both received 2 votes each.

This weeks poll is:
   "Your Most Anticipated Upcoming New Platform"
   * Republic Commando
   * SWG: Jump to Lightspeed
   * SW Battlefront
   * Star Wars KotOR II
   * Imperial Alliance

-- Site of the Week --

This week's site of the week is the Sith High Warrior's Office ( http://sarin.minos.net/shw/ ). Congratulations to Timmat on creating this 5 star site. No complaints here, at all. In fact, I wish I was even close to this good with layout :P

Internet Officer Report: 06.13.04

-- News --

The major news this week is the results of the EH Holonet Awards. There was a turn out of 47 people putting in a total of 451 votes across 11 categories for an average of 9 votes per person. I will be sending out emails to the winners and their respective medal people later today.

    * Best Overall:
        First: Ace Hobbes for the Clan Tarentum Website
        Second: Zsinj for the Hammer's Fist Website
        Third: Drako for the Intelligence Division Website

    * Best Personal/Office:
        First: Ender mBind for the Science Office Site
        Second: Keldorn for the Academic Nexus
        Third: Sarin for the Combat Operations Office

    * Best Unit:
        First: Reinthaler for the Tau Squadron Site
        Second: Aeishline Strathaven for the Gladius House Site
        Third: Gilad Pelleaeon for the ISD Grey Wolf Site

    * Best Animation:
        First: Aeishline Strathaven for the House Gladius Animation
        Second: Pickled Yoda for the GWSoM Animation
        Third: Andrijas for the ATF Recruitment Animation

    * Best Banner:
        First: Reinthaler for the Tau Squadron Banner
        Second: Aeishline Strathaven for the House Gladius Banner
        Third: Tiamat for the Wing XIII Banner

    * Best Scene:
        First: Zeth Durron for Aeishline's Personal Craft
        Second: Priyum for the ISD Chase Scene
        Third: Slagar for the SSL Viper Hybrid vs YT-1300 Scene

    * Best Web Script:
        First: Ari for the eXtensible Polling System
        Second: Pickled Yoda for the EHMN

    * Best Content:
        First: Ace Hobbes for the Historical Institute of Tarentum
        Second: Gilad Pelleaeon for the ISD Grey Wolf Site
        Third: Pickled Yoda for the GWSOoM Site

    * Most Creative:
        First: Drako for the Top Gun Academy Site
        Second: Pickled Yoda for the GWSOoM Site
        Third: Drako for the Intelligence Division Site

    * Most Entertaining:
        First: Dweezil for the Tie Corps Camera Center
        Second: Aeishline Strathaven and Ace Hobbes for the Tarentum Quiz'o'Landia
        Third: Joey C for the EHMN

    * Best Music:
        First: Pickled Yoda for the GWSOoM Rap

Many thanks to all who participated :)

In other news Fleet Admiral AidenK has emerged from the mists of Star Wars Galaxies and has returned to continue development of the EH Image Archive.

This week also sees me starting the actual code for a new Training Office site, first started under the previous Training Officer, Fleet Admrial Keldorn, and continued under the Acting TO: Rear Admrial Drako.

The Communications Officer, Admiral Turtle is on leave untill July, and he has named me his standin for the time being. So if there are any COMM related problems or questions, please feel free to contact me, I go by the nick waerloga (or waer-*) on IRC. Especially if there are any problems with the message board, I did some fiddling and I found out I missed a few problems, I think I got them all, but please tell me if there are any more.

-- Poll --

The past week's poll was "Your Most Anticipated Upcoming New Platform". There was a turnout of 19 votes. First place is Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II with 7 votes. Followed by Imperial Alliance with 6 votes.

This weeks poll is:
   "Which Input Device"
   * Keyboard
    * Mouse
    * Trackball
    * Touchscreen
    * Tablet
    * Joystick

-- Site of the Week --

This week's site of the week is The Executive Vice President's Office, located at http://vpx.corporatedivision.com/ . Congrats to Commissar General Terrian on a 5 site. It shows promise as a clean, minimal graphics site. All it needs is some more content.

Training Office Reports:
As Emailed From: Training Officer (AD Keldorn)

Training Office

Fleet Admiral, Krath Priest Keldorn Cochrane
Training Officer, Dean of IWATS, Headmaster & Minister of Education
---------------------------------------------------------------
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}

Resignation: 05.24.04

<SALUTE>

Officers and Gentleman,

I tender to you my resignation from the position of Training Officer and Dean of the Imperial Weapons and Tactics School. I also wish to relinquish the position of Minister of Education within the Imperial Senate. With the Grand Master and Executive Officer’s approval I shall retain – for the moment – the position of Headmaster of the Dark Brotherhood.

I shall not ascribe the obligatory plethora of my accomplishments. Nor will I list those Officers and members to whom I owe much during my tenure as a Command Officer; those that I wish to thank will already know.

I have come to the decision to resign because I am far too embittered and cynical to remain in a position where fresh ideas and a complete dedication to the reinvigoration of the Emperor’s Hammer is a necessity. Plays of politics; the growing tendency toward factional conflict; the inability of some Officers to identify their own weaknesses; the exploitation by others by these Officers are all factors in my desire to step down. As Training Officer I can do no more than attempt to be a voice of reason and reform. My voice is not heeded.

I am not a stupid man. Nor am I a particularly young man. I have recently completed my second Doctorate on the ‘Interpretations of Law and Moral Ethics in Modern International Politics’, I hold an unrelated Doctorate and two First Class degrees from Oxford. I am a serving member of Her Majesty’s Royal Air Force. Yet in all my life, I have yet to meet an unofficial organization of the caliber of the Emperor’s Hammer. It has the ability to make one smile and to make one cringe. It exhilarates and infuriates. Yet, it is only a Star Wars based internet club.

I am not resigning from the Emperor’s Hammer. I simply believe – honestly – that I can no longer serve to the benefit of the membership as Training Officer. I may look for another posting where my attitudes may be more suitable. I may not.

My recommendation for my successor is not as difficult as I imagined. Obviously, it lies with my current Command Attaché, Rear Admiral Drako. A very talented graphic designer, a talented programmer, his flaws lie in a general aura of naivety found in many new commanders (and being Polish, but one must be prepared to look beyond such partisan predispositions :P). This should not influence the decision of the Fleet Commander and Executive Officer. I implore you to appoint him without hesitation. He will quickly learn what he does not already know, and I shall remain close by to assist him should he need it.

I will take the opportunity to apologize to the Executive Officer for the timing of my resignation. At a point where consistent and fair administration of the core responsibilities of the Command Officer is paramount (take a note of this, those who think themselves holier than thou) I have now shirked mine as Training Officer. This is for the reasons I have stated, and those reasons alone.

Good day to you all,

Your obedient servant

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

Operations Office

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

- No Reports Submitted

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

Communications Office

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

Communications Office Report #16: 05.29.04

X-INFO: INVALID TO LINE
Communications Office Report #16
May 29, 2004
Admiral Turtle Jerrar

Greetings Imperials,

Its been a while since I did a full report, so I have a number of different topics to report on today.

IRC BOTS
I've gone through all of dasb0t's scripts, removed those that were unnecessary, and added a couple of others. Links to the IRC channel logs and current channel statistics, and a list of public bot commands, is
now located at http://www.ehcomm.net/dasb0t.php .

Additionally, I have set up ehb0t. You may have seen him hanging around channels in the past couple of weeks. ehb0t's exclusive purpose is to manage channels that are not yet registered with Undernet Channel
Service, while dasb0t sits on channels that already are registered and have X.

COMMA SyNthetiC PaRadoX is nearing completion of his live bot tracking script which will display the current status and channels of the various COMM-approved IRC bots.

TRIVIA
I'm in need of people to write questions and/or convert existing trivia questions on the Internet into the bot trivia format. If you have good ideas for new categories I am open to suggestions, but mostly I'd rather expand on the questions in the current categories. If you're interested, please contact me via e-mail. Appropriate medals will be awarded for your work. BHG members may earn 7.5K credits per submitted question.

EMPERORSHAMMER.ORG
The emperorshammer.org project is proceeding. I've solicited ideas and concerns from the Command Staff and support staff about the project, and will be using this feedback to decide how to continue. I've spoken
with GA Ronin, and we are looking into provisioning a dedicated server with Verio for the new site.

If you do not already have an ELS handle, please register one at http://els.minos.net/ in preparation for the launch of the new site in the coming weeks.

ELS
The ELS client site package version 2.0.0 has been released as of 28 May, 2004. Any site wishing to implement ELS should contact myself, or IO/AD Robert Dura.

I am currently in the process of upgrading the portion of code that sends updates from the primary master server to all the secondaries to ELS 2.0.0 standards. An additional master will be launched on the ehpd.org server when this is complete.

Astatine has approached me about an ASP port for the ELS code... more on this later.

OTHER
I am going to be on leave for most of the month of June. I'll be attending Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, GA, and will have little access to e-mail or time to deal with issues. IO/AD Robert Dura will
likely be taking care of message board requests and the like during this time period. I'll announce the specifics of this on the MBs when I know for sure.

I may also be needed for G8 Summit security, in which case I will be leaving on the 1st of June instead of the 9th. I've yet to confirm this for sure.

That's it for this week.

IRC MEETINGS

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

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE LINKS

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

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

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

Security Office

- New SO appointed - No Reports Submitted

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

Science Office

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

Science Office Report #42: 05.30.04

"I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck."

Welcome to my forty-third public report as a Science Officer, part 2 of 2 (and will only elaborate on site changes and such). Onwards to the news:

Science Office News:

1.    The last report had all the recent patch releases, but it did not elaborate on what it meant: We now have 362 patches on the patch archive, meaning that we not only have passed "SCO3C" (in the line of IWATS3K and TAC3K) - but also that I personally have released over 300 patches since I became SCO (averaging on at least a patch per 2 days). Sadly for you, we already celebrated these milestones privately in the lab ;)
2.    It also means that we now have ALL craft from X-Wing Alliance available for TIE95, XvT and BoP, another milestone. This however means that for now the stream of patches will partially dry up as we focus more on Imperial Alliance. (More on that in my next report.)
3.    Mostly site related news this week, with a lot of made and planned changes to the SCO site:
"    With the new TC site (yay ast!) all links there will be updated, which means we'll have a new version of the Order of Battle for one, and other such updates.
"    However: All SCO reports, also the latest, have been uploaded to the new site already and the SCO site can now also be found under http://sco.ehtiecorps.org
"    I have been upgrading the Fleet Manual with the help of Zeth, Shinobi and Archnagel. They have been making a lot of missing pictures of the craft which made it possible for me to add a lot of new ones.
"    The Fleet Manual also has been reorganized in layout and directories - And now comes with links to craft patches, if available or needed. Similarly, the Patch Archive now has links to Fleet Manual entries, when available.
"    Another new fancy Fleet Manual feature is that of being able to view the 3D DXF model of the craft, interactively. A beta of this is available for the CD's Enforcer Picket Ship:
http://www.minos.net/~sco/fleet-manual/dxf/dxfeps.html This will also offer the opportunity to download these 3D models, making the Fleet Manual not only an advanced patch archive, but also a "Star Wars Modelling Alliance".:)
"    These and other updates should gradually progress throughout the site, since its all HTML this may take a while though. *slappers the IO for keeping him on the line for a database for 2 years...* ;P
4.    I'm working on a new model for the Dominator-class Corvette (D-CRV), the personal ship of our Recon Officer. Should be released to the FM and as patch for TIE, XvT, BoP and XWA as soon as I've textured it. You can see a preview at : http://www.minos.net/~sco/fleet-manual/dxf/dxfdcrv.html
5.    *waves hand* Vote for the SCO site in the Holonet awards... its the biggest, baddest and has none of that sissy database stuff ;)

Science Office Status:

CA: Admiral Darkhill has been working on a newer version of our IA .exe's and testing it.
SCOA: CPT Tim has been working on new models for all craft in IA and helping in testing the new features of the .exe's.

Site: The Science Office site can be found at http://sco.minos.net or via the redirect http://scienceoffice.isCool.net. The mirror can be found at http://www.gimmie.tudelft.nl/homes/blok10b/ender/sco. Fleet Manual has been
completely overhauled.

Science Office Projects:

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

XvT/BoP/TIE95 Ship patches: This project's goal was to add all the original and Order of Battle craft that are still "missing" from these games, like the SSD in TIE and XvT, the Medium Transport in all etc. Currently all
"missing" craft have been added to these games by use of the EHSPs and all XWA craft have also been released as loose patches for TIE, XvT and BoP.
Almost done.

Finishing up:

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

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

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

Until next time, good luck and have fun!

<salute>

Science Office Report #44: 05.30.04

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon."

<salute>

Welcome to my forty-fourth public report as a Science Officer, (immediately after #43, because I apparently forgot to mail that one *g*). Onwards to the news:

Science Office News:

1.    The big hype in the TIE Corps is "Free Worlds" at the moment, the Free Lancer mod that uses XWAU models to recreate a Star Wars spacesim/RPG not unlike what "Jump to Lightspeed" probably will be. Free Worlds requires you to own Free Lancer and to log on to one of the game servers to play. There you can set up a EH tag nick and start playing. More information you can receive on our new Free Worlds discussion forum at http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewforum.php?f=118&sid=9e0551fef896ec1f69dcd3510af60477
2.    We have also secured file mirror rights to the mod, which means that even if they go off-line we can continue playing it. The URL to the mirror will be published on the TC site and the FWs forum the moment I have uploaded it. Our own game server is also in the works, as currently there are diverse problems with the rules of Engagement on the existing servers.
3.    As far as the Science Office goes this means that Free Worlds is an official platform, however this needs to be confirmed by higher authorities as well. How the game will be managed and integrated into the fleet will be researched by a team including Marcus Caine and Priyum Patel. Because of the trading and buying it might even be a good idea to move it to the CD.
4.    On the topic of the Corporate Division: Core Squadron, its elite squadron of test pilots, has been activated. After applications were taken by the PREX, LC Mark was picked as its first CEO-CMDR. He has command experience and experience in working with FS2 and IA. For now Core Squadron will focus
on testing Imperial Alliance and the occasional SCO patch.
5.    We need this because the current testing "system" for IA has delivered zero results so far. Additionally LC Mark is very knowledgeable about IA mission creation and MP which means the Squadron's input in Imperial Alliance will be more then just testing. If you want to help out testing IA or join Core, contact LC Mark. He will be contacting everyone who has already signed up for IA testing ASAP.
6.    On the topic of Imperial Alliance there have been several very nice breakthroughs. Firstly the newest version of "FSO" (3.61) has been released, which means we now have Multi Player possibilities, amongst others. Also it looks as if we will be able to add custom cockpits (like the X-Wing series have) per craft. All pretty exciting stuff for us, but I'm afraid you will have to wait and see.:)
7.    But to "hear"... Den Darkhill released new .exe versions to the IA forums, which add not only additional HUD changes, but also uses the "text to speech" function of Windows XP (available to other windows version as a separate download from Micro Soft). This means that written lines in briefings and radio messages are translated into computerized spoken text - which will save on a lot of recording custom sounds... though that still is a possibility if a mission creator wants to use it.

Science Office Status:

CA: Admiral Darkhill has been working on a newer version of our IA .exe's. Which now add MP and text2speach and are generally REALLY FUNKY.SCOA: CPT Tim has been helping out Den with his exploits and has managed to update a few more craft models so they have cooler engine glows and working docking ports.

Site: The Science Office site can be found at http://sco.minos.net or via the redirect http://scienceoffice.isCool.net . The mirror can be found at http://www.gimmie.tudelft.nl/homes/blok10b/ender/sco . Fleet Manual has been completely overhauled.

Science Office Projects:

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

Finishing up:

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

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

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

Until next time, good luck and have fun!

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

Logistics Office

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

Logistics Office Report #14: 05.29.04

Logistics Office Report #14 - 05/29/04

1. First, I'd like to correct an error made in the last few weeks. VA Daniel Stevens was removed from the position of LOA because of computer problems that were out of his control, and as of this moment he has been effectively reinstated.

2. With school out and finals over (or nearly) for us LO Peeps, we've now got time to work on the various projects on our plates. The most important projects, in my opinion, are the Codex and EH Memorium. Both
have layouts now, they just require content.

3. VA Stevens will be heading up the Memorium project as he was already working on it somewhat under DN. Assisting him with that will be MAJ Hunter. If you have info on members that should be included in this
endevour, do not hesitate to contact these officers.

4. I'll be in charge of the Codex, and MAJ Archangel and CM Xirok will be assisting me with that. SG's and Command Officers should be contacted about this shortly.

5. You can preview the EH Memorium layout here: http://www.lusankya.org/mem/

Logistics Staff

LO: Vice Admiral Xander Drax
LOA: Vice Admiral Daniel Stevens
LOA: Major Hunter
LOA: Major Archangel
LOA: CM Sirik Xirok

Logistics Links

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

Logistics Office Report #15: 06.06.04

Logistics News
1. Work continues on the EH memorium. Remember, the Logisitics Office needs your knowledge of those folks that should be included in it. Send that info to your local LO representative, or any LO representative quickly.

2. I've sent my minions to the four winds to search out information for the new expanded EH Codex. If you're in an SG and would like to input some info about your SG for the Codex, contact those minions, namely CM Sirik Xirok and MAJ Archangel.

3. Speaking of the Codex, a few updates to announce this week. Updated lists of EHCS members and SGCOM's have been added. These have all been drawn from the EHNL's, and a couple of officers that were in and out between newsletters were also added. If you know of any errors or omissions, please do not hesitate to send them in.

Logistics Staff

LO: Vice Admiral Xander Drax
LOA: VA Daniel Stevens
LOA: Major Hunter
LOA: Major Archangel
LOA: Commander Sirik Xirok
Logistics Links

http://logistics.lusankya.org/ - Logistics Office

Logistics Office Report #16: 06.14.04

_Logistics News_

1. This week MAJ Hunter resigned from his position as LOA and retired from the EH. We in the Logistics Office wish him the best of luck in his RL endevours. Almost as soon as his position was vacated, another EH'er
stepped in to take up the task of working on the Memorium. HA Priyum Patel has been interested in working with the Memorium, and was more then willing to come on board in an official capacity.

2. Speaking of the Memorium, a new mailer form has been added to the site to help gather information about members of the EH that should be added to this project. It can be found at the memorium site,
http://www.lusankya.org/mem/ . All you need to do is fill in the form, and hit send, very simple. Logistics Office personell may contact you for additional information depending on what is provided from the form.

3. Don't forget, the Logisitcs Office is still looking for information on a variety of topics. If you have additions/corrections to the Codex's Command Staff and SGCOM indexes, don't hesitate to email me. Also, if
you have any subgroup Newsletters, don't hesitate to email me. And finally, if you have any information on Subgroup or office in universe histories... well, you get the idea. We cannot complete some of these projects to the fullest extent that we would like to without the help of the general membership, as some of the data is only in the hands of certain people. If you have information to share, don't hesitate to step
forward.

_Logistics Staff_

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

_Logistics Links_

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

Logistics Office Report #17: 06.19.04

_Logistics News_

1. Work on the Memorium is progressing nicely, in large part due to the efforts of HA Pri. He's collected some names for use to go out and research, including Neo, Crevent Thrawn, Xanthe, Derrik Quaven, Aylius Khan, and Photon. If you have information on these or other people that should be included (as I know there are others, but I just don't know their names) please contact the Logistics Office. BTW: my email is xanderdrax@lusankya.org, as opposed to the one on the roster. This should be fixed as soon as Cyric gets my email.

2. The more expansive work on the EH codex is also coming along. Some SGCOMs have been contacted about histories of their Subgroups and have, I hope, started to work on something to send to us so we can format it and flesh it out for the EH Codex.

3. We still want any back issues of SG Newsletters to include in the SGNL archive. Please contact the Logistics Office if you even have leads on where they might be. We know there are more out there then the few we have, and we'd like to collect them in one place for access.

_Logistics Staff_

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

_Logistics Links_

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

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

Recon Office

-- Reconnaissance Office Staff --

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

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

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

RO Report #47: 05.22.04

Greetings everyone, and welcome to the 47th installment of the RO Report! I am VA Manijak, the new CA:RO, and I will be informing you about some interesting new developments in the Recon Office, Star Wars gaming and Star Wars in general. Let's begin with new developments in the Recon Office.

RECON OFFICE NEWS

Those of you who have visited the Recon Office website ( http://reconnaissance.stardestroyer.org ) will know that it hasn't been updated in ages. After recovering from a flu that kept me in bed for the last week or so, I've finally been able to tackle that problem, and I can report good news! After running into some unexpected technical problems, which kept the site offline through most of the Friday, I was finally able to make a test update early this morning. Now that the site is finally showing signs of life (and I can update it without it crashing on me), I plan on going through it in the following couple of days and making a thorough update which will remove all the obsolete content and replace it with up-to-date info. I expect that within a week or so the Reconnaissance Office will once again have a website which is fully up-to-date; and which I will keep updated with pertinent info as it appears. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our two ROAs, VA Shay'la and AD Zsinj, for the help they have given me in resolving the website problems. Without them, my job would've been a lot more difficult. Once I'm done with the website, the Convention Database will be getting the same treatment.

One other piece of Recon Office news is that the RO, AD Joe, will be on vacation until next Friday. Until he returns from his family visit, all the Recon Office business should be directed to me at (josip@omegasquadron.org).

That's it for the Recon Office News. Time to see what's happening in the world of Star Wars gaming!

STAR WARS GAMING NEWS

=== JUMP TO LIGHTSPEED E3 REPORT AND TRAILER ===

First of all, Producer Haden Blackman has posted a report about the Jump to Lightspeed demos that LEC has held at E3, which also includes a FAQ list to adress all the rumors that have been floating around. The report (far too big to be completely covered here) is situated at the SWG forums and is a very interesting and informative read. Among other things, it confirms that the player will start off with a "free basic spacecraft", which will NOT be an X-Wing or a TIE. All the spacecraft will be "fully customizable" (players will be able to change paintjobs, swap engines, change weapons and shields, name ships, etc...), there will be at least one "multipassanger" ship type (YT-1300, and yes, up to 3 people, a pilot and two gunners, will be needed to fly and fight the ship properly. The rest of the group gets to wander around the fully detailed interior.) and the capital ships will be "raid" targets; players will NOT be able to dock with them, at least in the release version. Shipwrights (a new player Profession) will be responsible for creating all the spacecraft in the game, except the "starting starfighter". And yes, the flying will be "twitch", not turn based and joystick support is already working in the game.

You can read all this, and much more, if you acess the report from the SWG Station index page ( http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/ ), or you can use this direct link ( http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=lightspeed&message.id=3518#M3518 ). I strongly advise anyone even remotely interested in Jump to Lightspeed to go read this report.

A special E3 Jump to Lightspeed trailer is also available at the SWG Station index page or at the LEC Jump to Lightspeed page which you can acess at ( http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swgalaxies_lightspeed/ ).

=== SW KotOR II AND OTHER E3 SW GAMES ===

Speaking about RPGs, I think that it wouldn't hurt to mention that my favorite SW game of all times, SW Knights of the Old Republic, will be getting a sequel! Named Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, it will be set five years after the original. To get more information about SW KotOR II, and about SW Battlefront and SW Republic Commando, the other two SW games featured at E3, follow the appropriate links from the LEC index page ( http://www.lucasarts.com/ ).

That's it for the SW gaming news, it's time for some general news.

GENERAL NEWS

=== RETRO STAR WARS COLLECTIBLES ===

Star Wars news this week have mostly to do with retro (and vintage) Star Wars collectibles. First of all, it seems that someone at Lucasfilm has unearthed a small stock of 80-ies era ESB and RotJ patches. They are for sale in sets of 3, but the quantity is limited, so if you want them you had better order soon.

Second, it seems that Topps Cards, one of the very first Star Wars collectibles, will be having a comeback. This September Topps will be publishing a new series of cards, featuring pictures from all six films. And yes, that means some of the cards will be featuring "sneak peek" images from EP III. If you'll allow me to paraphrase Darth Vader: "You don't know the Power of Merchandizing!" ;P

If you're interested in any of these, you can get more info by following the appropriate links from the official Star Wars page ( http://www.starwars.com/ ).

=== THX 1138 RETURNS ===

This final bit of news isn't really Star Wars related, but it is George Lucas, so I thought that EH members might find it interesting. Anyway, Lucas' first film, THX 1138, will be coming out on DVD in September, in the form of a special "George Lucas Director's Cut" version. The set will feature two DVDs, one of them with bonus material, and a limited theatrical release of the film is also planned. More info about this can be had at the film's official website ( http://www.thx1138movie.com/ ), or at the official Star Wars page.

That's it for the news in this report.

NON-EH SOTW: TheForce.net Fan Fiction Archive

As the name says, this is an archive of SW fan fiction stories. As with all fiction, some stories are good, some are bad, and some are just plain ugly. ;P There are quite a lot of them, however, so everyone should be able to find something that suits their taste.

http://fanfic.theforce.net/

That's it for this RO report. Thank you for reading, and I hope you found it useful.

RO Report # 48: 06.12.04

<Salute>

Greetings from the Recon Office.

With the beguinning of Summer upon us, time is either one of two things: abundant, or non-exsistant. The past two weeks it has been the latter, but I am trying to find a happy medium hopefully.

My CA:RO VA Manijak has been working on the RO website and Convention Database. Look forward to a report from him next week on those two items.

If some of you have been looking to book a room for Celebration 3, you may have been finding alot of "full" answers. That is because a lot of the hotels in the area have already blocked many rooms for the event. Those rooms will be available to the public in the last summer, so dont worry, your not out of luck... yet. :P If I were you, I'd get your room reserved QUICK! They WILL fill up fast!

In the News section, I have a list of the hotels that were available for Celebration 2 and how much they cost. Since the Database has went down, a lot of people have come and asked me about this because they seen it in a past report. So here it is for your viewing pleasure.

I have the Emperor's Hammer on the "list" for a Fan Club booth at Celebration 3. This booth will have to be manned during the entire 4 day event. Around Christmas time, I will be starting to set up a schedule of who and when. I will probably only have 2 hour shifts, unless someone just wants to stay longer.. its up to you. I will report if anything changes with LucasArts concerning the booth space. I have NO idea how big it will be, but hopefully it will be in a more high-traffic area.

As you all know, the "Holy Trilogy" ( as I like to call it.. :P ) will be out this fall on DVD. The cheapest I have seen has been $40, though I heard there will be a "Collector's Edition" that might come out 6 months after the inital release? Can anyone confirm this??

I have run across some "website surveys" groups recently. Some of these are connected to the large web browsers. If your site rates high up, then if someone does a search for your type of site (I.E. Star Wars, Star Trek.. etc.. etc..) then your site will be listed accordingly. Ill see if I can get the EH's Domain entered ASAP. As long as that is okay with the FC and XO??

Anyways, that's it from the Recon Office.. See you next week!!

STAR WARS NEWS!
=====================================================

New KOTOR2 Planet

IGN has posted a new Planet Preview for KOTOR2, featuring Dxun.
The trails are nearly overgrown, but many craters and wreckage from the Mandalorian War lie buried in the jungles... as well as the corpses of thousands of soldiers who died during the Republic's final assault on Dxun.

Dxun is a moon to Onderon, but they are almost sister planets, and they even share a bit of the same atmosphere. Travel between them is a short shuttle ride away.
There have been rumors of Sith activity in the area recently, and it all seems to be centralized near some ancient structures deep within the jungle. This area is thought to be extremely dangerous.

List of Hotels for Celebration 3

Here is a list of the hotels that were available for C2 & their Fan Club rates. I don't know if the same hotels will have rooms available for C3 through the fan club, but given the success of C2 & the amount of hype that C3 is getting, I would assume there would be the same number of hotel rooms available or more:

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown - Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.marriotthotels.com/INDCC
$138.00 Per Night

The Westin Indianapolis - Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.Westin.com
$159.00 Per Night

Embassy Suites - 2 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.Embassysuites.com
$139.00 Per Night

Omni Severin Hotel- 2 Blocks with Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.omnihotels.com
$134.00 Per Night

Canterbury - 2 Blocks with Skywalk to the Convention Center
WWW.Canterbury.com
$155.00 Per Night

Adams Mark - 2.5 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.Adamsmark.com
$133.00 Per Night
$148.00 Per Night 705Sq. Ft Suites!
$305.00 Per Night 1100Sq Ft Suites!

Courtyard By Marriott - Across the street for the Convention Center
WWW.Courtyard.com/INDDC
$122.00 Per Night

Raddison - 2.5 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.Raddison.com
$135.00 Per Night

Comfort Inn - 2 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.ChoiceHotels.com
$115.00 Per Night

Hampton Inn - 2 Blocks from the Convention Center
WWW.HamptonInn.com
$121.00 Per Night Single
$131.00 Per Night Double

As you can see, there were plenty of Hotels to choose from. If I remember correctly, the Marriott booked up first.

EP3: The Opening Shot of Episode III

The official site's Post Notes features news on the opening shot of Episode III. As it's part of the Hyperspace section, we can't go into too much detail, needless to say it includes phrases such as:
... the two Jedi starfighters enter into frame ...
... then we'll see the battle for a minute ...
... a veritable fountain of Separatist vessels soars straight up ...
... the starfighters weave through the swarm ...
... going through the herd of the cruisers, fighting and firing at them ...

Issue #112 of Homing Beacon, the official site's fortnightly newsletter has more info on the opening shot of Episode III:

Episode III starts with a bang. The starfleets of the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems are locked in a jumbled brawl of lumbering capital ships and swift starfighters, exchanging fire high in the Coruscant atmosphere.

Hundreds upon hundreds of ships are engaged in this high-stakes battle of the Clone Wars, but the audience will only really follow two small snubfighters into the thick of battle. As Obi-Wan and Anakin dive into the heart of the conflict to carry out a most important mission, they'll be the camera's guide through the chaos.

The newsletter also includes a list of what else could be happening in the scene. Here are some of the entries:

" Diving formation of assault frigates to save cruiser from swarm
" Reinforcements dropping out of hyperspace to help less-than-fortunate ship
" Launching and docking tri-fighters / clone fighters
" EMP bomb causing loss of power to large ships, out-of-control collision
" Vulture droids landing on large ships and attacking
=================================================================

Non-EH SOTW: JediNet.Com
http://www.jedinet.com/

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

The Dark Brotherhood of Jedi

Admiral; Lord Darth Khaen
Grand Master of the Dark Brotherhood

GM Report #20: 05.23.04

GoAs
I have a preliminary sketch of the GoA design in my hands, and I will be discussing the finer points of the proposal with the Herald over the next week.

Competition Medals
I've had to deny several competitions recently due to people listing merit medals such as the Dark Cross as the competition reward. Please note that Crescents are the only medals you may give out for unit competitions. Check out the DSC's Awards section for the appropriate Crescents for the various levels of competition, located here: http://www.ehdb.org/db/dsc/awards_vendetta.html#cr.

Alvaak/Tarentum Feud
The feud is now over, but the final outcome will not be announced until we have the Krath results. So far, Clan Tarentum has emerged victorious in the Sith, Obelisk, and General sections.

Houses of the Month
I've decided to bring back the 'House of the Month' title. The SHW has already announced the Sith House of the Month (congratulations to House Tridens), and the OHC should be announcing the Obelisk House of the Month soon. I've yet to discuss with the KHP which Krath house deserves the title for this month, so I'll get right on that.

GM Report #21: 05.30.04

Alvaak/Tarentum Feud
With the Krath results now in, it's official. Clan Tarentum dominated all Order and General sections, making their victory a clean sweep. Congratulations to Tarentum on its well-earned victory, and to Alvaak on putting up a good fight.

Dark Council Elevations
Master-at-Arms Mordann Tal'kyra has executed his duties flawlessly for several months now, and so I see fit to elevate him to the rank of Obelisk Warlord. Likewise, Chancellor Tirna Q'jira has performed her role quite adequately over the past couple of months despite significant real life hurdles. She is hereby elevated to the rank of Krath Archpriest. Congratulations to these two Dark Councilors!

Unit Reports
There has been a general slump in weekly reporting of late, and this is disappointing. Weekly reports from BTL+ are mandatory, not optional. It is the responsibility of Clan Summits to ensure all people in command positions below them are submitting reports as required. If specific problems become obvious, an Order Leader or I will talk to the appropriate Clan Summit about what is to be done. The Order Leaders have my approval to work with the Clan Summits on ways to enforce weekly reporting. I know the OHC is currently trying to set up a kind of 'three strikes, you're out' system.. so I'd encourage the Clan Summits to cooperate with him on that.

GM Report #22: 06.14.04

Houses of the Month
The Order Leaders have chosen their Houses of the Month after I decided to revive the award. It will be a regular thing now. Congratulations to House Tridens (Sith), House Dominatus (Krath), and House Cestus (Obelisk) on taking the titles for the month of May!

XO Directives
Recently, the EH Executive Officer outlined a number of tasks or goals for all EH COs, SGCOMs, and Advisors to work towards this year. There were a couple for my position, and I will be endeavouring to get these things sorted as soon as possible. First up will be reports and 'appointment ranks', which I'll be talking to the Dark Council about and making public statements about during the course of this week.

GM Banner Competition
I'm running a little graphics competition to fill up my banner slot on the DB site. The details are at http://ehdb.org/db/competitions/competitiondetails.asp?ID=244.

Limited IRC time
My computer has some whacko virus which causes it to restart against my will at random points. I'm not even going to bother trying to fix the piece of dung, so I'll be purchasing a new computer in the next couple of days. So my IRC time will be very limited over the next few days, but I will be readily available through email and AIM.

Hammer's Fist Reports:
As Emailed From: Prefect of the Legion (MG Dante)

Hammer's Fist (EH Stormtroopers)

Dante
Major General, Special Forces
Prefect of the Hammer's Fist Legion
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet

PRF/MG Dante/GS-1/VSD Burninator [PRG:AGT] [HFTC:CM]
=SSS, AVN, SEA, ST, SD, SC, SF, SZ, SJ, AIR, SR, SU, INST, SN4, MD1, DT3,
CM2, VS2, CC, MI, C&S, PYRO, ARTY1, AV1=
[OgD] [DsS] [HC] [SoV] [IO] [IH] [DJ] [IC] [EP] [MoC x2] [IrC] [CoO x5]
[SoH] [CAR x19] [MoD] [PUC x2] [LsA x2] [LoC x2] [CoL]

Weekly Report: 06.06.04

<Salute>

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