SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 12-10-02

COM/AD Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.

SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES

-- The War Office is constructing rules for the Sovereign Comp to End All Comps, based on an outline that offers wargaming, TIE, XvT, XWA, SWGB and JK2 combat!

-- Because of a transfer / recruitment controversy, I'm posting here for all Sovereign personnel to review, the Transfers and Recruitment sections of the Fleet Standing Orders:

6. Recruitment
Under no circumstances are pilots allowed to try and recruit members of other Squadrons into their own. This includes: the posting of recruitment messages on EH message board, emailing pilots in other squadrons with recruitments messages, trying to recruit in EH IRC channels. You may advertise your Squadron on the Recruitment board. Pilots are allowed to email Cadets in general help matters, but no spamming or attempts of direct recruitment.

The ONLY exception to these rules is with Elite CMDRs, who may email pilots from other Squadrons with invitations to join their Squadron, providing that they CC that particular pilot's superior Officers.

1. Transfers
Transfers of pilots between squadrons or to and from the Reserves are traditonally a bit of a headache for all concerned. While it may be convenient for the pilot to simply email the Flight Officer direct with the transfer request, it is far from convenient for the Flight Officer to find out the names and email addresses of every officer who needs to know about the transfer for you. And since the Flight Officer has a daily email load of anything up to 70 emails while the average pilot is lucky to get 10, the following procedure will be adopted where a request for a transfer is being considered:

1. A pilot wishing to transfer should request the transfer first from their own Commander. This allows the Commander time to find out the reasons why the transfer is being requested. If there is a problem in the Squadron, now is the time to correct the problem.
2. The pilot should then find out the email addresses of the Commander and Wing Commander of the Wing to which he or she wishes to transfer. If you can't be bothered to do this much, you're obviously not ready for the level of commitment that a transfer to a new Squadron involves and your transfer request will be denied immediately.
3. The pilot should now send a transfer request to their Commander, cc'ing their own Wing Commander and the Wing Commander and Commander of the Squadron they wish to join.
4. The Commander of the Squadron to which you are transferring should reply to all addressees on the transfer request, remembering to cc the Flight Officer.
5. The Flight Officer will then approve the transfer.

The Flight Officer should be the last person to hear about a request for a transfer, not the first. By the time it gets to the Flight Office, the request should be ready for approval. Any requests that reach the Flight Office without having first been to all relevant commanding officers will be rejected immediately, and the person sending the mail will be invited to read Fleet Standing Orders.

Note: This is subject to change with the introduction of the Transfer Request Form on the TIE Corps Database.

-- Another recent controversy is over medals for FCHG point totals. An officer transferred out when he did not receive a Silver Star for reaching 1,000 FCHG. Reminding, here is the Sovereign standard for FCHG medals: 1,000 FCHG points, eligibility for consideration of receiving a Bronze Star; 2,000, Silver Star. For those who may be unsatisfied with these threshholds, let me ask: What, you planned on getting a BS for 500 FCHG and an SS for 1,000? Well, so, what are you going to do, reach 1,000 and retire? A truly dedicated pilot will keep striving for 1,000, 2,000 and beyond, and their rewards will MEAN A LOT MORE. On the SSSD Sovereign, medals are not candy bars. Deal with it.

-- TIE TC 97, one of the Sovereign Battles of the Month, has been updated by MAJ Philo to fix some capital ship flight orders. WCs received the updated battle on Monday, and it's also updated in the Battle Center.

-- LC Jason Hunter and MAJ Gidda departed for other pastures. I hope they find the fun they are looking for.

-- The four-month TOD requirement for CMDRs has been violated again, and it's aggravating to me that a CMDR would do this to a squadron, especially after pledging to fulfill the TOD. All CMDR applicants: If you can't do at least four months, don't even apply. Note: The Flight Office has a little black book of the names of TOD violators, which to put it mildly will not help those named when applying for command positions in the future.

-- CPT Ace Hobbes is A-WC of Wing III while MAJ Aeishline battles technical problems.

-- Mailer Woes
12:58 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
It seems the database mailer is down again. This means that NO confirmation
emails are being sent out for BSFs, Medal Awards, Promotions etc. If you're
awaiting an update, then please check the rosters before you bug the TAC,
OPS or me. The problem should hopefully be resolved in the next couple of
days.

-- Tactical Officer Appointed
12:55 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]ongratulations to the former CA:TAC, Admiral Marcin Szydlowski, who was
today confirmed as the new EH Tactical Officer.

FORCE STRENGTH

-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/SL Shivor Dahr/Alpha 3-3
FM/SL Derek Klivian/Hey 3-3
FM/CPT Evo Sarnok/Cheth 1-2
FL/CM Brenn Tantor/Aleth 2-1

SSSD Sovereign [171]
Wing I [28]
Wing II [43]
Wing III [31]
Wing IV [37]
Wing V [31]

Omega Squadron [8]

SHIP COMPETITIONS

-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in
#ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time.

-- SBOTM: TIE-TC 97, XvT-TC 19, XWA-TC 26, send pilot files to CPT Koriel at _koriel@poczta.wp.pl and AD Proton at hullbreach@warpmail.net before Jan. 1.

SHIP COMMUNICATIONS

IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign

Message board:
http://boards.minos.net

The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html

COMMAND RANT OF THE WEEK

"So another week passed.We've got two flying competitions
now so stop drinking in Kantyna and fly!" -CPT Koriel

TRASH TALK OF THE WEEK

"Omega is a bunch of whimps, that Wing I could beat in a Missouri second
(especially if your hands are all tied!)" -GN Gen Es'mith

"Wing I must die." -GN Compton

"Concur. Copious ass-whoopings all around. And to think I used to be in
Wing I. Well, will be fun smacking them around. I'm up for an Omega/Wing I
multi-comp." -LC Janich

"Agreed. I can't make mulitplayer comps but I always make a point to have
time for bitch-slapping, especially snivelling lil' Wing I flyboys that have
the combined skill of my weekly accumulation of belly button fluff. If
there's a TIE comp, bring it, otherwise if there's any jeering or cheering
to do at multiplayer comps, I'll warm up my tonsils and get my shoes real
dirty, 'cause Wing I are gonna be polishing them with thier tongues pretty
soon
I must go now and practice my taunting." -MAJ Brandon

"Hmmm, sounds like a challenge from Wing I.
29 warm bodies, just the kind of thing to help a grue put on those extra pounds for the holidays!
Will the quoted WC be taking part?
Grue was going to request a temporary lifting of the ban on Imperial gnawing and blood letting just this time, but then Grue realized that at least two orphans would result. :-(
What can Grue say? Grue has a soft spot for children." -CM Night "Suave" Grue

"I hope that soft spot is your belly, because I thought that Grues liked human children for dessert." -GN Compton

CANTINA COMMENTS

"Yes, we know, your "rubenesque" female hutt secretary....ewwwwww!!!!!" -GN Gen

"Whoa! They make custom TIEs to hold not ONLY a hutt, but a hutt and a
human?
And furthermore, WHY man, dear GOD why?!?! Don't EVER go into a small
enclosed space with a hutt! The odor alone kills!" -LC Freelancer

"Challenging Proton? HAH! ... I mean... "Hah,... uh.. as if he thinks
he'll win.. um yeah." -LC "running man" Freelancer

"I would like to mention that my computer is not a woman, but it
has 'those days during the month'..." -MAJ Aesihline Strathaven

"That's... one small step, for man.... One... giant [BLEEP] for
Hutt-kind..." LC "Neil Armstrong" Freelancer

"FIRE IN THE HOLE! CLEAR THE DECK! INCOMING RETRIBUTION!
(*Dives into a foxhole*)" -LC Freelancer

"Awww.. He's gone screwy again! PROTON! Snap out of it! You drank that
bad Gin that Iiiiierrrrrrr Nebular put in your bar! You don't have a
redhead secretary, only a green Hutt!" -LC Freelancer

"Forgot to mention, I can reach the throttle still, too ... wait, I'd
better stop now ;)" -AD Proton

"Too late.
Yeah but it's more important for her to reach the joystick!!." -CPT Jennif

"Too bad you guys were making so much noise.
I'm sure you'd hear most of Wing I joining in while
Garth sings "Friends in Low Places" echoing from the HGB." -GN Gen Es'mith

"I think the fumes were getting to you, Gen.. What I heard was "Hutt
>Guano Bins, ain't no lower places!" -LC Freelancer

"I heard someone howlering and flinging poo. I couldn't see who it was
because I made the mistake of taking cover and jumped into a pile of guana.
:) " -CM Gyssler

"MIke walks in, doning a gold turban and picks up a nearby envelope. He
then places the envelope on his forhead and begins to
speak. "Hmmm...Dangling furies, landing platforms, and recent Country
music." he then opens the envelope to search for the answer to this three
questions. "Ah... three things that Freelancer has tried to defend.
possibly a connection?" -LC "I did not know that" Mike

"Oh no you did NOT go there Argon! I happen to find Jazz quite conforting.
The lilt in the notes, the smooth flowing feel, the dance feel of the
rythme, and the sensual tone of the actual peice.
Obviously, you have not heard Ella Smith, Mel Torme, or Grover Washington
Jr.. So take your anti-jazz ascii and get in the phricking airlock so I do
not have to waste my energy tossing you in there you pinko rebel scum!" -MAJ Talons Pryde

"Everyone needs to have, or think they have a redheaded secretary.
mmmm redhead...." -MAJ Nebular

"Maybe your school band just really sucks :P " -LC Freelancer

"You know, putting Maclee's stuff on my tab is going to get him killed... Oh well, there's got to be a downside ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper

" LOL!! I do have a first class ticket... /me shows of Ballista's boot print on the rear of his pants. I have every right to be down here.... ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper

"But that doesn't fit in my crossword puzzle! Come to think of it,
Argon and Idiot have the same number of letters, let THEM be
synonymous! ;P" -LC Freelancer

"Correction of a Dictionary Error - "Idiot" may now be spelled
F-R-E-E-L-A-N-C-E-R if so desired. ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper

"Further Correction of a Continuing Dictionary Error that has now expanded to a Thesaurus Error - "Idiot" can now be spelled A-R-G-O-N or F-R-E-E-L-A-N-C-E-R if the writer so desires. Also, "Mike", "Gen", "Proton", and "Talons" are now synonymous." -MAJ Argon "should probably stop writing corrections now" Viper

"Tirna walks in. "I resent that! As a (reasonably) knowledged person of the English language I will
not accept those corrections! Talons will /not/ be synonymous with the word 'idiot'. All other
corrections may stand. Have a nice day, gentlemen." She chuckles and walks out." -GRD Tirna Q'jira

"Yeah I was a producer on the EH movie. Good concept, but co-ordinating it was
hell. Well that and Ronin already had a plot in mind, featuring him quite
prominetly, that we weren't quite pleased with." -MAJ Nebular

"Well, we are now up to 5 again with a 6th soon (hopefully). Unfortunately,
Tirna is being courted by Wing III. I say we kill all of them quickly and
leave her no other choices... Let us make certain she comes into Alpha." -MAJ Talons Pryde

"C'mon guys. We can beat these pantless whimps!!!!!!" -CPT Jennif

"Well, I am the Compton To End All Comptons, so that name's pretty much taken." -GN Compton

"I've got it. Lambda, I want everyone to go to the infirmary
immediatly.
Then we'll each have our eye lashes enhanced. Your assignment for
the next
month is to practice fluttering. Then NO ONE will stand between us
and VICTORY! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...ahem...I mean (innocent look with eye
fluttering> Excellent..." -LC "getting in touch with his femenine side" Mike

"Uhhhm..... I dunno if I should slap him or not. Neb, what do you
think -- NEB?! (*sees Nebular flutter-practicing and backs out of the
room slowly*)" -LC "I pity da foo what mess wit' my lashes!" Freelancer

" *Dresses in drag and shows Tirna how to REALLY flutter those eyelids...*
Hey, I fooled an entire school of Mormons for a week and had dates lined
up..." -MAJ Talons Pryde

"I'm in charge:P "Dark Ages of Ace's reign".: -A-WC/CPT Ace Hobbes

"Yeah, there is such a thing as a free lunch. See, if you eat Free, you have a "Free" lunch ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper

"You know, normally I wouldn't care, being over 550 kilos in
mass and about 2.5 meters tall, but I think I'll put you through a
bulkhead because I'm bored right now. ;P " -MAJ Argon

"Just you TRY it! I've chewed up and spit out worse meals than you for
breakfast!
Granted, only when Seether cooks.
BUT STILL! *narrows eyes*" -LC Freelancer

"That's probably much safer than allowing him to get his hands caught on your teeth.
I picked up my SW encyclopedia...man, you are U-G-L-Y!!!
I now know why you're successful in combat, you just stick your head out of the hatch and they die from shock!!" -GN Gen

"lmao
I was wondering why he kept coming back from patrols with
vacuum-damaged facial tissue!" -LC Freelancer

"Dude I don't flutter, I STARE.
Yeah, you just keep staring at them no matter what they do, and eventually
they just get really freaked out" -MAJ Nebular

"Well maybe the fan blower was up really high or something... End
result is still the same: freaking out and slowly backing away." -LC Freelancer

"Ah well I hope he doesn't plan on starting any problems here in Wing XX :) We havn't had to use the brig in a long time :P" -LC Chamberlain

"that's cause hutt woman would even take crap like you turrbo since noone else wants them... and I wouldn't keep my women on the sov cause people like you would never leave them alone ." -MAJ Malik

"Hey, I resent the implication of the smell, Gyssler was always as bad as or worse than me (look out Gamma ;P). Heck, Ras was worse than both of us combined, and he made Beta CMDR ;P" -MAJ Argon

"I was too busy drinking and flying to take a shower what can I say." -CM Gyssler

"Sure, I already owe the bartender enough to buy a SSSD for himself. I told
him if I die flying, he can have my ship :)" -CM Gyssler

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