* Praetorian has a new CMDR, me, CM Lord Linkan (like it or not).

* Marconius and Bilbo has transfered to the reserves. Dodger was also transfered to the reserves, but that was a big mistake and he should be back as soon as the FO allows.

* There will be some changes around here after the SL. Stay tuned for more info about that later.

* Praetorian got beaten by Teth on FM85. Each pilots's score would be posted in this report if I had them, which as you might have figured out, I don't. The SL standings/scores for FM85 is posted below:

(1) Teth Squadron/Wing IV/SSSD Sovereign
557.469 (11 entries)
(2) Praetorian Squadron/DGN Lichtor V
556.110 (11 entries)
(3) Sigma Squadron/Wing II/SSSD Sovereign
487.270 (11 entries)
(4) Tornado Squadron/Wing X/ISD Challenge
476.546 (12 entries)

(There's also other squadrons with less importance since they didn't qualify to the next round, hence they are not mentioned in this report.)

The SL continues with the battle TC-164 which is to be flown before the 11th, and that means I want it in my mailbox on the 10th this month!

* It seems that we a have a little problem with TC-164, or at least any pilot with more than 262.140 points! I'll explain...

I discovered this bug when viewing Grue's .tfr for TC-164, as well as my own file in TFW (Tie Fighter Workshop). It seems that the Skill Score in TFW can't exceed 65.535 points. Now this causes a problem since TAC would most likely see this as cheating! TAC uses (at least this is what I've heard) a formula to see if a .tfr file has been modified or not. It seems TAC takes the Total Score of a battle/mission and divides it with 4, which should be the same as the Skill Score. See below.

LORD164.TFR
Total Score: 286.408
Skill Score: 65.535
286.408 / 4 = 71.602

As you can see, the formula makes the Skill Score higher than what it is showed in TFW. Let's take a look at Grue's file.

GRUE164.TFR
Total Score: 267.339
Skill Score: 65.535
267.339 / 4 = 66.834,75

Also here, the Skill Score is higher than what it is showed in TFW. The Skill Score displayed in TFW when viewing both my own file, and Grue's is the same...65.535 points. Now let's take a look at my first submission.

LLTC164.TFR
Total Score: 260.312
Skill Score: 65.078
260.312 / 4 = 65.078

This time everything is in order simply because my Total Score is lower than 262.140 points. Then how do I know that 262.140 points is correct? Take 65.535 and multiply it with 4 and you'll have 262.140 points. This shows that TFW can't display more than 65.535 Skill points (same thing happens when viewing the file in TIE).

I just wanted to make you aware of this, and you should also know I've contacted StarLion about this (no reply from him yet though).

FLIGHT I - TIE PRAETOR
Nickname: Styx Flight
Motto: "Force and Terror accomplish that which reason and understanding cannot"
1) CM Lord Linkan (lord_linkan@mail.com)
2) CM Mace Farrell (mace@isdchallenge.org)
3) COL Scoser (capt_lennox@hotmail.com)
4) MAJ Nix (nix1@telus.net)

FLIGHT II - TIE PRAETOR
Nickname: Charon Flight
Motto: Sit terror qui nomen nostrum inicit arma nostra magnissima
1) LCM Devon Thannier (devon@aloak.ca)
2) COL Samuel Shadd III (weasel74@intelos.net)
3) TBA
4) CPT Shae Kitane (n99768@hotmail.com)

FLIGHT III - TIE PRAETOR
Nickname: Hades Flight
Motto: "Death comes in many forms..."
1) LCM Night Grue (NightGrue@aol.com)
2) TBA
3) MAJ Zorn Starn (zstarn@home.com)
4) TBA

(Citations at 148)

Signed,
CMDR/CM Lord Linkan/Praetorian/DGN Lichtor V