Hey Squadron Report for April 25th through 30th 2002.

It's that time again! And on time, too! A lot of good stuff happened since the last report, so let's do it!

SQUADRON NEWS
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We all flew for the first round of the Wing III Versus Wing IV competition. Great work everyone!

Looks like I missed noting the medals Dan, Maw'la and Razor were awarded in the last report. D'oh! Without further ado:

LCMs Dan Jenkins and Maw'la and LT Razor were awarded the CoB for flying 30+ missions. Congratulations guys!

LT Razor was awarded an ISM for high activity. Way to go!

There, that's better.

I was promoted to Major!! Sweet!

LT Razor is taking a well-deserved leave until the 6th of May.

LCM Alhana Creed is still on semi-leave.

WING NEWS
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Beth CMDR Aeishline Strathaven has been promoted to Captain! Congratulations!

Daleth has a new CMDR, congrats to CPT Cray Mikalen! Welcome back to the Wing III Command Staff!

Aleth has a new CMDR, CM Vortoq! Congrats!

LT Dark Damian has been promoted to LCM! Congratulations!

For more news read Jahan's Wing Report when it comes out.

FLEET NEWS
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MinosNIC updates
06:33 - AD Turtle Jerrar [eh_turtle@rawx.net]
Good news! After much demand, MySQL database support has been implemented on the MinosNIC hosting service. The system has been set up to allow for instant database creation and management over the web.

The domains tiecorps.net and squadron.org have also recently been added to the MinosNIC service.

For more information, please see the MinosNIC website.

Sunday · April 28 · 2002

XvT Week of War XLVI Results
11:47 - COL Brucmack [bjmacken@engmail.uwaterloo.ca]
XvT Week of War ended Friday, and we had great turnout!

The top three EH pilots were:
1. COL Tarkin
2. LT Heinrich Margul
3. GN Kaerner

As a club, it was our biggest war yet in terms of games and players. Good job everyone!

Cheating policy update
06:37 - FA Striker [striker@tiecorps.org]
Some changes about mission skipping. From now, skipping missions is strictly forbidden, various abuses led me to this decision.

Skipping Missions

You are not allowed to skip a mission in a battle whatever the reason is. All missions of a battle must be completed. You are not to use the ingame 'skipping mission' option of X-Wing Alliance. If you encounter a battle that has a fatal bug in it that prevents you from playing the rest of the battle, you cannot edit your pilot file to skip the mission. If you encounter a fatal bug, fill out a Bug Report on the Battle Center to explain why you could not finish a mission, and save a backup of your pilot file so you can finish the battle after it has been repaired. Skipping missions may lead to have the batle removed from your combat profile.

Saturday · April 27 · 2002

ISB's Future & CA:SO
08:35 - FA Stalker5 [Stalker5@rothwell-clieves.freeserve.co.uk]
After the recent departure of my CA, now GMF Keldorn... I have taken the step of looking actively for a new one. ISB have been notified already and been asked to submit any plans they want... The job description will be to run ISB smoothly and effectively, whilst contributing to general juditial findings. The position shall be similar in power to the former SEC. Here's a quick run-down of what I'll expect from my new Director of Imperial Security (DIS).

- Clean Disiplinary Record
- Mature attitude
- Good Knowledge of the majority of the EH subgroups
- Minimum of 1 years membership in the EH
- Minimum rank of CM (MAJ for current non-ISB members)
- Minimum of an hours online time every day, more at weekends
- Ability to be flexible
- Proven record of management and activity
- Plan for the development of ISB
- Experience in Intelligence/Security (such as INTEL would be advantageous but not required)

Deadline for applications is 6th May 2002, EST 00:00

Changing Times
00:57 - VA Pel [Palinathas@aol.com]
Slight change in plans for the upcoming Imperial Storm Battles. The big contest between the Sovereign and the Battle Groups has been postponed until Wednesday, at 1800 Eastern time, as the Battle Groups have decided to take a gamble, and perform a Hit-and-Fade attack on the Sovereign itself. The Battle Groups vs. ATF contest has now ben resolved diplomatically. If you are unsure what to do, ask your Commanding Officer.

Thursday · April 25 · 2002

Imperial Storm Battles
03:17 - VA Pel [Palinathas@aol.com]
Turn 3 of Imperial Storm. The BGCOMs continue their "turf war" while the Command Staff is away. Forces from the Battlegroups have conquered a new Planet, giving them an edge on production. Elsewhere Battlegroup vessels have encountered Ships from the Sovereign Group, and seperately, the ATF. Can the Battlegroups knock the Sov out of First place? Will the ATF survive until next week? Find out on Monday April 29th. As always details are at the Official IS3 Site. If you are a stationed on the Sov, in the Battlegroups, or in the ATF, and do not know what to do, ask your Commanding Officer.

Wednesday · April 24 · 2002

Promotions
08:59 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
Some promotions I...uh, forgot to mention :P

Many congratulations go out to the Wing Commander of Wing X, Colonel Mairin. who has been promoted to the coveted rank of General. Since her appointment to WC, Mairin's work has been tireless in supporting and building her Wing. Congrats Mai!

Also congrats go out to the new Wing VIII WC, Colonel Indaro Gallia. A long standing member of the Wing, I'm sure the Colonel will prove to be a fine choice for Wing Commander.

Executive Orders
05:49 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
Executive Orders are orders created by XOs for wide-scale enforcement of policy. They can be considered as good as any rule in the EH. I've done up a page listing all these and they're available at http://www.emperorshammer.net/orders.asp. A link is also available under the "Rules and Regulations" part of the menu.

New Battles Mirror
00:39 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
Thanks to the efforts of Primarch Koral of the BHG, the TIE Corps now has a new battles mirror. It's available as the first link when you view a battle. Also, in order to even out the downloads for all the mirrors, I'd ask that if you link to a battle for a competition, please link to the battle's page (with the download link) rather than directly to the battle's zip file itself. Thanks.

New Training Manual URL
00:20 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
The Training Manual has moved location. You can now access it at http://www.emperorshammer.net/to/manual/. It has been updated with the latest medal and rank images too.

SQUADRON ACTIVITY
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MAJ Josh Popelka: Flew XWA-FREE #40 for W3vW4 comp
Promoted to MAJ
E-mail and MB activity

LCM Dan Jenkins: Awarded CoB
E-mail and MB activity

LCM Alhana Creed: Flew XWA-FREE #40
E-mail activity

LCM Maw'la: Awarded CoB
E-mail activity

LT Razor Awarded CoB, ISM
Flew XWA-CAB #1
XWA-TC #21-28
E-mail and MB activity
On leave until the 6th of May

SQUADRON ROSTER
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HEY SQUADRON OF WING III : Interdiction
COMMANDER: MAJ Josh Popelka (ehj_popelka@hotmail.com)
NICKNAME: The Demon Guard
MOTTO: Darkness is our element.
HOMEPAGE: http://www.hey.wing3.net/
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=26&v=0&s=0

FLIGHT I - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Enraged
Motto: You play with fire, you're gonna get burned!
1) MAJ Josh Popelka (ehj_popelka@hotmail.com)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Hot Hands
Motto: So good we ought to be illegal
1) LCM Dan Jenkins (4jenkins@prodigy.net)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA

FLIGHT III - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: Blades of Desire
Motto: Beautiful to behold, sweet to the touch, death to our enemies!
1) LCM Alhana Creed (vanryan@wp.pl)
2) LCM Maw'la (abxywing@netzero.net)
3) LT Razor (razor_master@hotmail.com)
4) TBA

SQUADRON ORDERS
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Fly! If nothing else, fly for the next round of the Wing III Versus Wing IV comp

Communicate. Send e-mail to me, the whole squadron, the wing, you name it. Use the messageboards, too.

Take IWATS Courses. You learn stuff and it looks good on your ID Line

Have fun!

MISCELLANEOUS
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I've mentioned it before, but now it's Fleet policy. Skipping missions for any reason is big no-no. If you have a problem with a battle or mission, go to the Battle Center and make a bug report for the battle/free mission in question. Save your pilot files in the case of a battle and wait until the battle is corrected, then fly the mission.

I think that about covers it for this week. Keep up the great work everyone!

Major Josh Popelka
Hey Squadron Commander
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