COM/AD Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.
SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- The Sovereign Squadron League 2003 will begin March 15. Several squadrons from outside the Sov have signed up, but there are plenty more I hope will join the fun!
-- Operation Outrageous Fortune, a lull in the action as the fleets repair the damage done in the first major battle. At least there is some trash-talking going on.
-- Rat Pack vs. Wing I CMDRs, flying TC-TIE Battle 44. So far I have seen pilot files from Frodo and Sasquatch, and I flew the battle too. Come on, the rest of you Rats, FLY!!!
-- The TAC has requested that winning pilot files in flying competitions be sent to him for verification if there are any suspicions about the score.
This comes after some doubts following the recent XVIII v XI competition.
-- COL Brucmack reaches 4,000 FCHG. *faints*
-- CMDR applicants, don't apply unless you've taken SM/3. WCs, *glares* don't send me any CMDR recommendations for officers who have not passed SM/3.
-- If any of you have my Sov News 54 report in your inbox, please mail it back to me. That was in mid-October or so. Last week I got around to uploading all the ship reports for the database outage period, and that was the only one I could not find.
-- Even after my rant of last week, I spent a lot more time again this week attempting to moderate personality conflicts. Thanks to all of those responsible *sarcasm*. Now, I'm going into my private cantina and will NOT be disturbed. ... Seriously, if there are more problems among various pilots that I need to help resolve, bring it on! That's why I am so well paid *cough*
FORCE STRENGTH
-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/CM Max/Epsilon 3-3
FM/SL Mateusz/Sigma 1-2
FM/CM Brenn Tantor/Aleth 3-3
FM/CM Drak/Beth 3-3
FM/COL Mell Kerrigan/Daleth 2-3
SSSD Sovereign [171]
Wing I [30]
Wing II [34]
Wing III [35]
Wing IV [41]
Wing V [30]
Omega Squadron [9]
SHIP COMPETITIONS
-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in
#ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time.
-- SBOTM for February:
TIE-TC 183 (Defection of Kusanagi)
XvT-TC 31 (Pirate Scouts)
XWA-TC 24 (The History of the SSSD Sovereign)
Send pilot files to LC Philo at cnwilde@pacbell.net (the February
coordinator) and me. Deadline is Feb. 28. Good luck to all pilots!
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://boards.minos.net
The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html
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COMBAT DEBRIEFING OF THE WEEK
"- O:OF continues. My fleet suffered total annihilation, but it wasn't my
fault..." -LC Mike
TRASH TALK OF THE WEEK
"Y'all didn't think I was going to let that one go past with out mentioning anything, did you? >:P The powers have be have announced the running of a Squadron League, which, I'm praying to the heavens above, is nothing like the last one. Well, apart from the whole we gave everyone a damn good smacking part. >:P Anyway, just to make this nice and clear to everyone right now. Teth is going to win the Squadron League. Anybody not get that? No? Good. Quite frankly, I couldn't care less what else you do between March 15th and August, the scheduled end date, as long as you fly for this. A way back when in 2001, winning the Squadron League was what brought us together in the first place, but the problem is, apart from those in the Final, no other bugger knows we won it. So we're going to win it, and then tell everyone to go forth and multiply. >:P Because, quite frankly, I'm sick of having to explain that we won it, but weren't announced the winners, thanks to a German with a Maths problem. >:P That and I didn't know when to shut up. All you oldies know what I'm talking about. >:P " -LC Mini Minkus
"Thanks to the irony that is my life, the day I got back to Uni, and lost my connection to the Internet, I got a mail from the Sigma CMDR, offering a competition. Now, I'm sure we all remember Sigma don't we? They were that annoying lot that always got big snazzy awards, despite the fact we were better than them. >:P Now, I assume no one has a problem if I mail their CMDR back, apologise for the delay, and offer to hand their teeth back to them on a plate do you? (Please bear in mind any who does object, will not have their teeth handed back to them. >:P) Excellent. >:P " -LC Mini Minkus
"Hehehe.. yes, that's right.. Lamed Squadron- "Lamers Incorporated"- smoked
the mighty Teth Squadron. Just look at those magnificent results.. What's
even cooler, is that 4 or so years later, me, Jonny, Valic and David are
still kicking butt :p" -COL Ricardo
"The top score not from someone in Wing IV? You're having a laugh, aren't
you? >:P We're Wing |IV, of course I'm... err... I mean someone's going to
get the top score. >:P" -COL Mini Minkus
"Im just waiting on Freelancer`s Criticalaly important mail to make my choice. Then the Red fleet massacre will begin." -LC Frodo
"You will get blue bashing again... Yes. Blue will be bashing you to
bits. ;) " -LC Freelancer
"in your dreams... you will realise they weren't nightmares you had 2 weeks
ago, that was real life where you got completely destroyed. and the dream
was that you wiped us out..." -LC Jon
OUT-OF-CONTEXT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We'll be working on it to get it up." -LC Mike
CANTINA COMMENTS
"*booming laugh* HOO HOO HOO HOOOO! Your Jedi mind tricks won't work
on me!
HOO HOO HOO!
FL/LC "I'm not a Hutt! Honest!" Freelancer
"Freelancer the Hutt? Yeah, it has a certain ring to it ;) " -AD Proton
"OF Course we are winning, do you doubt my superior tactics?
*cough* ahem, well apart from the odd mix-up with the fleets of course
but yeah
WE ARE winning :) " -LC Jon
"I always preferred the lead by example method myself.
It left smaller holes in the ranks, and less fresh grave sites in the cemetery." -COL Gen Es'mith
" Anyways, it's nice to know that Omega is using us as a threat to their pilots, kinda warms your heart doesn't it? ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"THREE CHEERS... huh? ... I MEAN BEERS FOR KAHOOLI!!!!
Hip hip
(GLUG)
Hip hip
(GLUG)
Hip hip
(GLUG) " -MAJ Talons Pryde
"Alpha squadron, report to hangar deck 3-1-8. Alpha squadron, report to
hangar deck 3-1-8," the intercom blared throughout the ship.
Talons Pryde, commander of Alpha squadron, paced back and forth with an evil
scowl on his face. Above him, dangling from a few frayed wires, Lieutenant
Pheniox swore loudly in a language not from the local area. He looked down
at the newly dropped hydrospanner 3 meters down on the deck. Talons looked
up and shook his head.
Captain Vector staggered up to the XM-1 and steadied himself blinking away
the extreme headache. Behind him, Lieutenant Commander Kahooli briskly
jogged up in a freshly pressed uniform.
"Alpha squadron," Talons rumbled," noone has seen Lieutenant Shivor Dahr in
over 2 months. I have had the unfortunate circumstance to have had my
attempt to contact him directly fail because of a bad communication router.
I know that his router is not full else the router would have informed me of
this. It is just pain and simple shut down. I have reason to believe that
this pilot has jumped ship and headed for the New Republick. Alpha squadron,
report to the flight 3 barracks, clean out lockers 2 and 3 into seperate
piles, toss the contents of locker 2 into the flight 2 office, and the
contents of locker 3 into the airlock. Dismissed!"
*****
The airlock. Cold. Unforgiving. Quiet. This particular airlock had Alpha
squadron's logo above it and a single message. The message read, "For use by
Alpha Commander Only." Talons looked through the porthole at the pile of
uniforms and personal belongings of Shivor and narrowed his eyes. Mixed
within the items was a single pressurized cannister of Embrion fluid. Inside
that cannister of fluid was the genetic clone of Shivor nearly fully grown.
Talons patiently waited for the clone to awaken and break the seal.
Talons smiled a cold, evil smile that sent shivers down the spines of his
two flight leaders. They looked over to him nervousely. The clone then
opened its eyes.
"Lieutenant Shivor Dahr, you have been convicted of defection from the ranks
and privilages of Alpha squadron, Wing I, and the Sovereign class Super Star
Destroyer Sovereign. Your punishment will be the slow and painful death of
decompression as I push the eject button to the airlock in which you
currently stand. Do you have any last words?"
The clone looked around in terror and started to plea for mercy as Talons
hit the ejection button on the airlock. The clone and all of the possessions
shot out the airlock quickly. The clone's eyes opened wide in terror a
moment before exploding into a million frozen fragments of bone, flesh, and
blood. Talons turned around chuckling into an evil laughter as he passed his
officers with a grin. Vector and Kahooli looked to each other and then down
the corridor in the wake of thier commander.
"Remind me not to piss him off, Kahooli," Vector said quietly as they
followed after a few moments." -MAJ Talons Pryde
"Hey, Talons, sneak up behind Proton sometime in that gear, cover his
eyes and demand "guess who" in your best James Earl Jones voice :P " -LC Freelancer
"Hey Argon, can I have the honor of shoving John out the airlock? PLEASE? He is one of my pilots! " -Sirik
"Ack, how did you get on this mail >:P
/me runs Screaming, it's wing I they've escaped ;P" -LC Jon
" You do that to me and you'll wake up with a horses' head in your bed ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
" Ah, that's a no-brainer . For the best tasting Ewok this side of the spiral arm, nothing beats Psi Brand (tm) BBQ Sauce (R). And I'm not just saying that because I get 5% of the sales everytime someone buys a bottle ..." -COL Sasquatch
"Ehhh.. Proton's the upper brass, it's allowed! Nay, encouraged! What
with the endorphin/adrenaline rush he supplies (with LSD and B)" -LC Freelancer
"Speaking of Germany and France...heh heh.....
Why do the French plant trees along both sides of the roads?
So the Germans can march in the shade!" -COL German-o-phile Gen
"Hey, those 10 hobbies of Darth Vader, etc. weren't posted by a SOV cmdr...unless I've been promoted recently. :P " -LCM HicRic
"No.. of course not... Why would you get promoted to CMDR? The very idea is
ludicrous. Go back to your Medbay! Shoo!
/me cancels the surprise promotion party for Hic...
First the Secret Wet Suit Society get compromised, then this gets leaked.
This, my friends, is why we can't have nice things in the Wing :P " -LC Philo
"and I thought I needed the brain pills. Hows about some shock treatment instead.
"HAROLD!!!!!!!!!! treatment for the Doctor"
Enjoy Hiccy hahahahahaha " -COL Reaper
"/me sniggers and stands his ground
I have a "get out of zapping free" card, Harold, bwahaha. :P
You shouldn't have given me that, Reaps...although, I don't remember how I got it. :)" -LCM HicRic/Kaph 2-1
"Read the coupon carefully Hiccy, you will noticed that is say "Only valid against zappings from COL Reaper's Portable Electric Cattleprod" not Harold's Electro shock probe.
Glad you stood your ground on this one, makes it soooooo much easier for Harold *ZAPPTY ZAP ZAP* MUWHAHAHAHAHAH :P " -COL Reaper
"Stupid...*ZZT*...small..*ZZT*...print!..*ZZT*
/me flees the scene, cursing and attempting to flatten now very spiky hair." -LCM "Frazzled" HicRic
"Sovereign WCs and CMDRs, I am announcing a new program: The Hutt Guano
Bins rental suites. CMDRs can donate cantina funds confiscated from
pilots who offend them, and in return the CMDRs can toss their pilots
into the HGBs for a week at a time. This great program not only will help
you maintain order but will keep the pilots in a beneficial state of
terror and loathing, not to mention fattening my coffers. >:) " -AD Proton
"/me runs around the wing, sedating everyone with a tranq gun
Bwahaha, I'm pumped with energy after my last zapping!
/me accidently tranqs himself
Wha...huh...? *zzzzzz* " -LCM "Dead to the world" HicRic :P
"Trouble is, the typical ISD doesn't have it's members climbing into wet suits and crawling through various holes that run through their ship, do they? So they're less under your command, more just scattered who-knows-where. :P
/me slides out through newly-burrowed hole in the corner of the med-bay to escape the ever-roving Harold's attentions" -LCM HicRic
"Whoohoo! Drunk to work on Monday... sounds rasonable!" -CM Var Zoraan
" The FO, Priyum, has been promoted to High Admiral. No more need to pity the FOo. :P" -LC Philo
" Little off topic, but our FO has been promoted. Congrats HA!(and no, I'm
not laughing at him, that's his rank.)" -LC Mike
"/me sneaks into the Yod hanger
Bwaha, I'm up to...no good! :)
/me glances around, and them spies the TIE in question, before sneaking up and sticking an old Ewok teddy-bear in the cockpit.
I hearby declare Yod have six pilots! Look, this guy can fly almost as well as....ummm...me! :P Wait, I mean...oops." -LCM HicRic
"*Gives Per a big hug*
It's ok Bro, here have an Ewok snuggle toy :P" -Evo Sarnok
" You know, there is sometimes time when you just want to throw everything, shout and go to hell." -LC Aeishline Strathaven
"Where is the woman on the poster, hmmm? >:P " -LC Aeishline
"Mmmmm, Gungan Steak....and everything else sounds
delicious, too! :) Good work, Chef!
Does this mean no more processed nerfburgers? >:P " -COL Inkwolf
"With Jon's approval, I think there should be barbecued Ewok with Psi brand
barbecue sauce, courtesy of Psi Squadron. It's quite the delicacy." -CPT Zekk Terrik
SOVEREIGN SENSIBILITIES
-- No one can say that I have not done my part to promote fine living aboard the flagship! So, I am again glad to contribute, by posting CM Viper's wondrous Wing II menu!!!
Greetings all this is the New menu for the Wing II Officers Dinning room.
Enjoy Y'all,
CM.Viper "Wing II chef"
"Fear not the darkness only what's in it, be very afraid I am the darkness"
WingII Officer's Dinning Room
All meals prepared By Chef Viper of Rho Squadron
As always all EH Command Staff are Welcome
Appetizers
Chandrilaian Squall Andouille Sausage
With Andoan Watercress and Spicy Hollandaise sauce
or
Fried fresh Aquarian Demon Squid
served With Marinara sauce
Soups
Barbel Shenbit Bone crusher Consomme
or
Sink crab Chowder from Bestine
Salads
Yavin field greens with Aged red Wine Vinaigrette
or
Warm Prawn salad made with fresh prawns from Aurora Prime on a bed of Talasea Endive
Entrees
Fresh Ambrian Staga steaks with Kessel mine Mushrooms
and Ewok Demi glace
or
Spit roasted Ithorian Manollium Bird
Dessert
Zabaglione and fresh berries from Ender
or
My special Mesa Groat Cheese cake
Beverages
PBBG's
Theta Brew Courtesy of Theta Squadron
Coffee
Iced tea
Bottled Water from Bestine
and
My own Rho Fire Water
As always no special request is refused
Sorry please don't order the Gungan steak they are only for COL.Inkwolf
Any complaints will be dealt with by the Rho flight III Mascot
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