CMDR/MAJ Wil_Striker Reporting on 8-18-01 for Samekh Squadron in Wing V
SQUADRON NEWS
New Squadron Location
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that the pop-ups on the Samekh site have gotten severely out of hand. With that in mind, and some cooperation from my other half in RL, I have activated a Premium account with Crosswinds, and all of my EH related sites will be hosted from there from now on! What does this mean for Samekh? No more pop-ups at all, at least that’s the way it will be as soon as I figure out why only the top portion of the main page is coming up after I transferred the entire site into the new account. As soon as I’ve got this minor problem resolved I will send out the new URL to the squadron, as well as the Wing and the EH. ;)
Battle Citations
Thanks to the efforts of LCM Sancho, as well as the return of CPT RedTaz and CM Owen Wolfstar to our ranks, we are now back up to 14 citations! Aside from those listed below, any battle you can fly will help add more citations to our list over time. In the meantime, if you haven’t flown any of these yet, then please do so that we can keep them in the future.
TC-TIE Battle #1 (Capture of Zaarin)
TC-TIE Battle #13 (Finding the Lakul)
TC-TIE Battle #174 (Jaeger)
TC-XvT Battle #1 (The Verpine Encounter
TC-XvT Battle #2 (Capture of a Murderer)
TC-XvT Battle #3 (Preparing for Battle)
TC-XvT Battle #4 (Encounter with the Black Sun)
TC-XvT Battle #5 (Phoenix Saga)
TC-XvT Battle #7 (The Resupply)
TC-XWA Battle #1 (Avenger Encounter)
TC-XWA Battle #4 (Privateer)
TC-XWA Battle #9 (Defection of Kusanagi)
TC-XWA Battle #10 (The Phare Encounter)
TC-XWA Battle #11 (Heroes of the Immortal)
Anyone that flies and wins us six new Battle Citations will receive an ISM! Lets get flying pilots!
Activity
Squadron activity was pretty well balanced. With several pilots tied up with RL matters, and school beginning, now is the time to focus what online time you do have to establish a regular activity level in order to keep from becoming inactive or AWOL in the future. Overall I am pleased with the level activity that is exhibited each week, however we really need to see more participation in competitions, whether they be squadron or wing based.
Recruiting
We are still in need of new pilots gentlemen. Let’s go get those new recruits pilots! ;) We need four more pilots to be a full squadron again! Your CMDR’s personal thanks to the members of Samekh that have taken the time to recruit. I encourage everyone to send out letters offering assistance to as many CT’s as you can. Remember, no invitation to join Samekh or Wing V is to be issued. Big Brother is watching the emails sent to Daedaleus, so don’t let me receive any notifications from the FO, TO, or SO about recruiting violations.
Wil_Striker`s Wise Word`s of The Week..... "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying! – Woody Allen :P"
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WING V NEWS
Recruiting
LC Proton is now insisting that all members of Wing V get busy and get new recruits into our ranks. We are now down to 42 pilots in Wing V and we must get our numbers back up and improving!
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EH/TC NEWS
#EHCOC is Now Open!
16:57 - VA Wet Willy [wetwilly@ehnet.org]
Effective immediately, all multiplayer competitions held on IRC (unless otherwise noted, i.e. this does not affect the Imperial Naval Fleet War Night) will be moved into the channel #EHCOC. The new Emperor's Hammer Combat Operations Center is now completely in use. For all competitions, the moderation bot, WillyB0T will control handing out matches, recording scores, etc. Also, the rule for setting up matches outside of channel is now void, you must come into #EHCOC and use the bot to set up a match. The triggers for the bot are basic, !add , where is the game xwa, xvt, or jk, and your TC PIN number (example: !xwaadd 296). The moderators will be there to help you, or may contact me with questions, wetwilly@ehnet.org.
EHVOGUE #3 released
20:20 - CPT Werdna Elbee [werdna_elbee@ehnet.org]
EHVOGUE #3 has just been released. You can find it at http://vogue.ehonline.org/. Inside this months EHVOGUE you will find:
? Week of War Beginners Guide
? Previews of Jedi Outcast, Galactic Battlegrounds and Starfighter
? FMC Pins Uniform Feature
? Week of War results for June and July
? Reviews of recent LucasArts re-releases on the PC
? Movies, music and literature reviews
? ...also featured columnist, Fiction and Graphics submissions, and regular features
Just follow the link above to find it...and enjoy!
EHVOGUE #4 will be released on 9th September. All submissions must be sent to vogue@isdchallenge.org one week before release.
EH Fantasy Football League
20:18 - VA Troutrooper [troutrooper@yahoo.com]
It's that time of year! Football time! There is an open league for anyone in the EH who is interested in playing. If you want to play, or just want some more information, email Vice Admiral Troutrooper. Space is limited, so if you're interested, sign up today!
War proposal... all in the name of fun
07:22 - VA Wet Willy [wetwilly@ehnet.org]
The Emperor's Hammer has been invited to participate in a war this weekend! All are welcome to come to the Imperial Naval Fleet War Night, simply join the channel #Warnight on Undernet, and you're there! XWA, XVT, and JK will be accommodated, so there's a game for almost everyone. It starts at 8 pm EST, and goes until midnight, so everyone come and give the EH a good showing!
Check the combat calendar for more information.
RelCOM promoted
13:29 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
Following several months of hard work as Relentless Commodore, Rear Admiral Ricaud is today rewarded with a promotion to Vice Admiral. Congrats Ric!
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FLEET NEWS
From the Logistics Office:
RED ALERT - RED ALERT
New Fleet Wide Comp approaching, Every one to their battle posts!
Grand Admiral Thrawn has asked Grand Admiral Stephan Ronin if he was willing to send two top Emperor=B4s Hammer Squadrons to the ISD Chimaera to Help Grand Admiral Thrawn in his campaign against the New Republic. To decide which Emperor=B4s Hammer Squadrons will get such an Honor the Logistics Office Will run a Fleet Wide Comp.
Rewards are still being decided with Operations Office, but it will be more than Honor.
It will go like this:
TC Code Red - TC-wide 'Training' Competition
Pilots, you've been sitting on your laurels for too damn long. It's time to get out of the cantina and back into the cockpit. And no, I don't mean your fancy state-of-the-art Tie Defender with mini bar and shields. You fly with Thrawn, you fly Tie Fighters and Interceptors, or you don't fly at all.
Grand Admiral Thrawn has asked us to produce the two best squadrons in the EH, one equipped with the basic TIE software, and one squadron with our advanced XvT/XWA system. How we are supposed to pick the best out of you is a mystery to me. I wouldn't trust any of you to fly around the PLT Daedalus without crashing. But we've devised a plan to get the two most worthy squads aboard the ISD Chimaera in a few months with the following competition...
Stage One:
TIE Squadrons - Every TC/DB Squadron with TIE software will fly a training battle specifically tailored to the combat situations you might face aboard the Chimaera. (Thrawn hasn't divulged any of his plans to us yet, so don't assume these will be reproductions of future battles.) Squadrons will have 2 weeks to complete it. The winner of each Wing will proceed to Stage Two.
XvT/XWA Squadrons (single player only) - Same as above, except with XvT/XWA compatible missions.
Stage Two:
TIE Squadrons - The winners of each wing (along with TIE Elite Squadrons) will compete with a second training battle. Squadrons will have 2 weeks to complete it. The two top squadrons will face each other in Stage Three.
XvT/XWA Squadrons (single player only) - Same as above, except with XvT/XWA compatible missions and XvT/XWA Elite Squadrons.
Stage Three:
TIE Squadrons - The two top squadrons will face off against each other by flying a third and final training mission. Both contenders will have 1 week to complete it. The winning squadron will be transferred to the Chimaera.
XvT/XWA Squadrons (single player only) - Same as above, except with XvT/XWA compatible missions.
Scoring: Laserless scoring, and the determination on scores will be the gross total of the pilots' scores, not the average. So full, active squadrons will have an advantage. Start recruiting if you're worried.
More Info to come on Next Newsletter
Maj Darksaber
LOA
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MEDALS/PROMOTIONS
LT Sancho was promoted to Lieutenant Commander!
SL Metallic Raptor was promoted to Lieutenant!
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SQUADRON STATUS
ATTENTION:
YELLOW ALERT!!!
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SAMEKH WEEKY COMPETITION 2001
Well, the first week the squadron comp is back in action and the submissions were extremely pitiful. If I can’t get better than 30% participation from the squadron for this then there is no point in continuing. FL’s lets see if you can persuade your FM’s to participate.
In the meantime the following pilots have been awarded kill points: LCM Sancho receives two kill points for the XvT and TIE sections, and LCM Soontir Fel receives the kill point for the XWA section! All kill points will be updated just as soon as I figure out the problem with the transfer of the Samekh site to the new account.
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ACTIVITY REPORTS
CMDR/MAJ Wil_Striker (me):- Recruiting and keeping in communication with the squadron.
Active on email
Active on IRC
Active on AIM/MS Messenger
Updated Samekh Site
Posted on Samekh MB
Posted on Wing V MB
TC-TIE #13 – Finding the Lakul (Wing V vs. Wing VIII Comp)
TC-TIE #170 – Barn Yard Beatings
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FM/LT Bronze de Worde:- High Activity, keeps in contact.
Active on email
Active on Samekh MB
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FM/CM Owen Wolfstar: - New Pilot
Transferred from Aylin Squadron
On Leave until 9/9/01
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FL/LCM Soontir Fel:- Medium Activity, keeps in contact.
Active on Samekh MB
Active on email
Free-XvT #41 – Attack on Rebel Platform War Shot (Possible High Score!)
Free-XWA #5 – ISD Pursuit
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FM/LT Metallic Raptor:- High Activity, keeps in contact.
Active on email
TC-TIE #1 – Capture of Zaarin
Promoted to LT
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FM/LCM Derf: - High Activity, keeps in contact.
Active on email
Active on Samekh MB
TC-TIE #175 – Escape from Coruscant
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FL/LCM Sancho: - High activity, keeps in contact.
Active on email
Active on AIM
Active on Samekh MB
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
Free-XvT #41 – Attack on Rebel Platform War Shot (Possible High Score!)
Free-XWA #5 – ISD Pursuit
TC-XWA #1 – Avenger Encounter
TC-XWA #4 – Privateer
TC-XWA #10 – The Phare Encounter
TC-XWA #11 – Heroes of the Immortal
TC-XWA #13 – Hammer to Anvil, Part II
Free-TIE #157 – Crammed with Walnuts
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FM/CPT RedTaz: - New Pilot
Transferred from Mem Squadron
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FM/LT Schling Fo:- High Activity, keeps in contact.
Active on Samekh MB
Active on email
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MISCELLANEOUS
ATTENTION:
ALL PILOTS RECRUIT AND FLY!!!!!!!
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SQUADRON ROSTER
SAMEKH SQUADRON OF WING V : HEAVY ASSAULT
COMMANDER: MAJ Wil_Striker (WilStriker@aol.com) - #4370
NICKNAME: The Black Widows
BANNER: http://www.tiecorps.org/images/banners/Samekh.gif
MOTTO: Faithful and Brave, Even After Death
HOMEPAGE: http://www.crosswinds.net/~samekh/samekh.htm
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/view.asp?b=51&v=2&s=0
FLIGHT I - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: The Shadow Hunters
Motto: Out of the Darkness We Strike!
Homepage: http://www.crosswinds.net/~flight1/flight1.htm
1) MAJ Wil_Striker (WilStriker@msn.com) - #4370
2) LT Bronze de Worde (shogun_alex@hotmail.com) - #7259
3) CM Owen Wolfstar (bladerunner_100@hotmail.com) - #6200
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Cthulhu Mythos
Motto: From the unknown wastelands, we come…
Homepage: http://www.crosswinds.net/~samekh/Flight2/fear.htm
1) LCM Soontir Fel (baronsoontirfel@web.de) - #6080
2) LT Metallic Raptor (MetallicRaptor@hotmail.com) - #7432
3) LCM Derf (Derf967@aol.com ) - #6261
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: The Aftershock of Death
Motto: Living the Emperor’s Dream
Homepage: http://www.crosswinds.net/~samekh/Flight3/welcome.htm
1) LCM Sancho (kindups@aol.com ) - #6998
2) CPT RedTaz (red.taz@home.com) - #4461
3) LT Schling Fo (schlingfo@vt.edu) - #7276
4) TBA
Total: 9
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SQUADRON CITATIONS: (14)
TC-TIE Battle #1 (Capture of Zaarin)
TC-TIE Battle #13 (Finding the Lakul)
TC-TIE Battle #174 (Jaeger)
TC-XvT Battle #1 (The Verpine Encounter
TC-XvT Battle #2 (Capture of a Murderer)
TC-XvT Battle #3 (Preparing for Battle)
TC-XvT Battle #4 (Encounter with the Black Sun)
TC-XvT Battle #5 (Phoenix Saga)
TC-XvT Battle #7 (The Resupply)
TC-XWA Battle #1 (Avenger Encounter)
TC-XWA Battle #4 (Privateer)
TC-XWA Battle #9 (Defection of Kusanagi)
TC-XWA Battle #10 (The Phare Encounter)
TC-XWA Battle #11 (Heroes of the Immortal)
We need more citations! All pilots fly whatever battles you can!
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FCHG LISTINGS
Executor [EXCR] (750 points)
[893] MAJ Wil_Striker +5
Legionnaire [LGNR] (500 points)
[686] CPT RedTaz
[680] CM Owen Wolfstar
Dragoon [DRAG] (100 points)
[123] LCM Soontir Fel +2
[119] LCM Sancho +27
Fusilier [FUSL] (75 points)
[87] LCM Derf +4
Lancer [LANC] (25 points)
[27] LT Bronze de Worde
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For the EMPIRE and WING V!!!!!!
CMDR/MAJ Wil_Striker/Samekh/Wing V/SSSD Sovereign
BS/PCx4/ISMx4/MoI/IS-1SR/CoB/OV [EXCR] {IWATS-CBX-GFX-IIC/1/2/3-M/1/2-NS-RPG-RT-SM/2-TM-TT-XTM-XTT}
JH Wil_Striker (Sith)/House Galthain of Satal Keto {SA:CORE-DSC}
“Death is only the beginning!”