SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- The last round of the group phase of the Sovereign Cup 2003 begins!
The mission assigned is TIE-FREE #197: "Where's Waldo". LC Todbringer is sounding a participation alarm, because some pilots did not fly in the last round.
-- The Beer Cup deadline is fast onrushing (Nov. 30!!). If you have not flown yet, get to your fighters!! The TC battles are TIE 211, XvT 75 and XWA 24. Send your pilot files to me at hullbreach@warpmail.net. Our pride is at stake in this comp vs. the Vanguard and the Intrepid. Fly, FLY, you suckafoos!
-- In celebration of our Imperial Storm IV victory, there is a wargame-related run-on on the Sov message board. Top participants will win Iron Stars! deadline is Nov. 30. Get posting!
-- A bunch of updated patches have been released by the Science Office. Check them out at http://sco.minos.net.
-- From FO/FA Cyric:
Together with the COO, the Flight Office will be offering a 2 vs 2 MP competition over the course of the next 6 months. This will be a trial comp to see how much activity is generated. The plans for the comp are:
Weekly 2 Vs 2 comp to be held in a TBA Mirc Channel
All platforms that accomodate MP flying will be used (XvT, BoP, XWA)
Weekly winners will receive LoC's and DFC's where warranted.
At the end of the 6 months An Overall Winner - most wins - will receive a IS-PW
2nd IS-GW, 3rd IS-SW (Or what ever medal I can get approved for it :)
The overall winner must participate in at least 70-80% of the weekly comps to be eligible.
Comp name will be the FO's TAG TEAM COMP and will be handled by the COO and my FOA LC Styles.
-- I have a small rant today. It won't accomplish much, other than allowing me to let off some steam, and perhaps irritate some of you. It concerns pilots who transfer out of the Sovereign and whine that they are leaving because their fellow pilots don't do anything. If it's true, and the pilot is an activity demon, that's one thing. But it's a different story when a pilot whines, then must admit that he has not flown the assigned ship vs ship competition battles for the month. Just who is inactive? So if you must leave the ship someday, please don't make excuses about how you are better than your fellow pilots in activity or anything else. Just go quietly, and don't let the hatch hit you on the ... well, never mind ;)
-- Got a spam mail today entitled INFO ABOUT YOUR COLON. Must have been from a Rebel group, because everyone aboard the Sovereign knows we have no colons. They were dissolved by booze long ago. (Right, AD Joe?)
FORCE STRENGTH
-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
None this week. Our numbers have slipped to 128.
SSSD Sovereign [128]
Wing I [32]
Wing II [29]
Wing III [26]
Wing IV [40]
Omega [9]
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://theholo.net/mb/viewforum.php?f=25
The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html
PLANETARY OPERATIONS
-- The Galactic Civil War is heating up, and this time it is happening right around our new Imperial city home on Talus. Calls to action have gone out to members of both factions on all planets, to travel to Talus to fight the enemy. Large Rebel groups have been raiding Imperial enclaves this week, and Imperial defenses are being organized to better defend ourselves -- and strike back, hard. Of course the EH PA is in the thick of this conflict.
-- GN Compton alerted us today to the fact that speeders and speeder bikes will be available to players soon, perhaps within two or three weeks.
-- IS SWG hurting the TC? There's only so much Star Wars time a person can devote. It's logical that TC members who are playing SWG are spending less time on the TC. Hopefully the growth of SWG and other newer SW games will spill over into the TC and allow us to survive and thrive as the flight sims continue to age.
-- Feel free to read and contribute to Tatooine News, my SWG site:
http://www.imperialmight.org/html/index.php
COMMAND RANT OF THE WEEK
"For the love of LEIA or JADE, please fly all of what you can" -GN Stele Pellaeon
CANTINA COMMENTS
"Congrats, Free. ANd thanks for making sure most of us didn't die." -LC Mike Chistu
"/me bangs da SOV COM with the W2 roster on the head - take a closer look at the SIN roster SIR!!" -LCM Zeth
"Heh heh heh. Me win wargame! :D " -LC Freelancer
"Forgoing the usual Matrix imitation in my in-flight-booze-protection/interception, I will instead be copying the older but still valid Crouching Drinker Hidden Burper reference. (*Freelancer leaps into the air. He pirouettes up to the tumbling glass of imbibement and without laying a hand on the mug drinks the airborne liquid. After the drink is gone, still in mid air, Freelancer takes the stein in one hand, twirls around (still in mid air) and flings the cup at the bar. The cup lands upright on the bar, slides down and behind the counter, into the diswasher, bounces off the edge, rolls onto a towel, dries itself, then comes to a complete stop after bouncing off a pencil up 3 feet in the air onto the mug
storage shelf. Perfectly clean. Freelancer lands and lets out a subtle belch.*)
Yes, it's a different style, but it still works!" -LC Freelancer
"Dagnabit Free, how many times do I have to tell you, you can lick the person later =P Seriously though, I insist on continuing Wing VI traditions. /me launches another two, one at the new LT and one at Free ;) " -MAJ Argon
"Would you care to demonstrate on a BG target? >:) " -MAJ Argon
"We did. I think it was called ISIV." -LC Freelancer
"I think that was more of a sledgehammer to the noggin than a kick, we beat them even with all the concessions they got =P " -MAJ Argon
"SSSD Sovereign: Skullcrushers" -AD Proton
"Request permission to paint a 2km-long Jolly Roger on the bow of the Sovereign, SIR!" -LC Freelancer
"Then there's COL Jan Wemmel, another veteran, on Kappa 3-2. He's been the EH medical officer some time ago. Well he isn't any longer, as you can see, but watch out! He's still enjoying himself hunting people with his injection needle and other torture devices. :P " -LC Tempest
"*A person in a bloody labcoat looks up from his desk full of the various kinds of pointy, sharp or evil looking devices*
A new pilot? excellent.. I hope you're a little more resistant to medical treatment than your predecessor... HEY! don't run away!!! I usually try not to use new arrivals for medical tests, but since I've stepped down from MO I have to get subjects where I can. But I promise the
side-effects won't last more than a couple of hou--day--weeks...usually...sometimes. Now wait until I have prepared the injection of a radioactive waste mix.
OK, I hope that didn't really scare you ;) " -COL Jan Wemmel
"thats cause we're all desperate for pilots...its like...a Vampire's craving for blood.... I'm not weird at all..." -VA Frodo
"Erm Proty........I've only been in the HGBs twice. All the other times I've escaped with my grapple watch." -LCM Colin Graves
"now to the Bar where, due to promotions and medals being awarded pilots of wing 1 can drink freely untill their livers implode. Hooray!!!!" -LCM Arlins Scabo
"Damn, being in Prae softened me up tons. Not one comment, that hurts...alot. Oh well, there's always now!
*Sirik takes off his pants and runs through the halls of the Sovereign screaming "ONE OF THEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!"* " -CM Sirik
"Sirik running around screaming nonsensical words hysterically? Meh. Nothing new in Wing I." -LC Freelancer
"Here's your birthday gift...hope you like whomp rats! I figured you needed a pet...and he was so cute and looked so forlorn in the pet shop..." -COL Inkwolf
"since when do you settle at one free drink per person, Argon *SLAP*
SNAP OUT OF IT, MAN! Go back in there for more!!!" -LC Freelancer
"/me hands ninj ewok on a stick and dumps a keg on him =P " -LT "DrunkFool"Conker
"I will simply double my efforts. Which could prove difficult as I start losing motor skills and coorda .. *hic* coordee *hic* cooties. Yeah. That thing." -LC *hic* Freelancer
"Gentlemen. Ladies. I have gathered you all here for an experiment. I shall now attempt a QotW with one word. And that word is pants! Here we go.
"Pants!"
Let us wait and see if this becomes a QotW. We shall know when the next Sov Report is out. Until then, gentlemen (and ladies)." -LC "The Great Scientist" Freelancer
"*I then use my grapple gun to hoist myself out of the HGBs, unfortunately the Guano did get on my uniform, so I go use the handy dandy decontamination shower.* " -LCM Colin Graves
"I would like to say: 'Oh, 'something something' and let slip the dogs of war!'." -LC Wolverine
"The beautifull , hot girl, named 'Activity' is dying. Help her out guys!!!" -LC Wolverine
"Imperial Storm IV -even in the face of severe foot stamping and sulks the Sov won." -LCM Arlins Scabo
"PantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPantsPants" -MAJ Argon "really only one word" Viper
"Hrm... You turned my own words against me. Who am I to argue with myself -- shut up! -- no! You! -- Make me!-- So I guess I'll ... I'llllll..... Help you on a PPB run!" -LC Freelancer
" "Freelancer, what are you hopped up on now?" Jon asked." -LC Freelancer
"/me thwaps dweez...youd better not have one of me...that stele one is creepy" -LCM Conker
"Wait a second, are you somehow implying that Stele had authority?" -MAJ Argon
"LOL, that is freaken ugly Stele icon.
/me points at you, you and YOU... yes you who are reading this...
*DEMOTED!* " -GN Stele Pellaeon
"A Tribute To Freelancer: The Insane, the Drunk...the uhh...Insanely Drunk Half-Colonel
He has done many stupid things. Here are some of the great moments.
"Here we go.
'Pants!'"
And that's it. Woo! Yea." -CM Sirik
"
"/me thwaps Freelancer with his homemade physics diploma. Take that you kracker jack fraud! =P " -MAJ Argon
"GAAAAAH!!!!
Good Job Zeth, didn't even notice...
BAD PROTON, BAD!!
I'm NOT a Sinner!
I'm a drunkard (Psi)!!" -CPT Psyko
"*Grabs Mr. Crowbar*
Now now, Proton, am I gonna have to go through this with you too? Figured Kramer woulda told'ya's....leave me Commander outa the pits, or Mr. Crowbar is gonna have a new friend, y'hear?" -CPT Psyko is gunning for trouble
"*Kronar suddenly wonders if Proton's Hutts are in their male or female period right now*" -CM Ras Kronar
"One word Kronar;
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! /valleygirl " -LC Mickk Emrys
"Well if you want brutish and inconsiderate I think I can manage that too!
Eh... *ponders*
Go suck a dead dogs nose! *tries to look fírm*" -CM Ras Kronar
"Arrr! Ye be 'avin my permission!
Avast matey!
*starts scoutings for a decent pegleg*" -CM Ras Kronar
"Hey Kroner go to med -bay 3. theyre doing a Ahab special, buy one peg leg get the hook free.
they also do a spiffing range of eyepatches with colour co-ordinated parrots" -LCM Arlins Scabo
"Dead dog nose? Those are kinda dry ya know..." -CPT Psyko
"As a starting note to today's report, I would like to apologise on befalf of Steve Irwin. Let's face it people, no Australian talks like that. You'll never see a man down on the bank of a creek holding a massive 5 metre crocodile saying "Crikey I've got the little bugger!" But let's get started." -CM Klivian
"AAghh, there I go again with the screwups!" -MAJ Stele Pellaeon
"
"Konichiwa Pilot-sans! (ph34r my japanese)" -CM Kronar
"WE R BACK HENDO! U FORGOT MWUA!*sniff* & acess 2 the internet" -LT Mirax
"God Mirax, learn how to talk properly! Am I teaching you for no reason? Eh?" -CM Klivian
"Ah...sorry, Mirax, I didn't know you would be goin' with our friend Hobbie here.
Well...at least you can continue having an affair with the computer...so to speak." -LT Hendo
"Being that I come from Nippon, I might be offended by the "horrible" use of my native language (Of which I can't speak a damned word. :P) but seeing that this came from K, I think I'll overlook such horrible usage. :P " -LC "I think I'm turning Japanese...wait, I'm already Japanese" Turry
"???
I LOST ???
How can that be ??
I needa talk to my TIE mechanic...
"Mechanic ? mEEECHAAAANNIIICC !!"
I show you my ways of the dark side and then get a satanic mechanic!" -LC Carl Lost
"BTW, I'm Thud because I have a tendency to hit things when I fly." -SL Thud Asphalt
"ps: Kronar, the one with the danish er-mail addy, likes booze very much ;P " -LCM Zeth
"Bearing false witness eh? I know someone who's got latrine duty the rest of the week... >:P "-CM Ras Kronar
"Kind of makes you wonder how IS V will be setup ... what, will the Sov team's flagship be a M/CRV?" -GN Sasquatch
"You guessed it ... Jon and Free are already working on our "M/CRV victory" strategy ;) " -AD Proton
"I am?
*looks around quickly*
ohh yeah so I am, urmm don't worry folks, if we bolt this plate on here here and here we will have us a flame tank.... I'm sure that'll work, BA managed it." -COL Jon
"*heated shouting comes from the next room*
"Free you retard, you can't take on an ISD with a M/CRV!!"
"Can too!!!"
"Can not!!!"
"Can too, infinity!!!"
It makes one weep, no?" -LC Freelancer
"Lol ... that's the spirit! If Mr. T can make a war-wagon out of an old car and some spare metal, then you guys can surely turn a M/CRV into at least a dreadnought ... ;-) " -GN Sasquatch
"ROFL! a good German beer? you must be kidding. :p
Belgian beer is the best in the world. all the others taste like tapwater :p " -CM Dweezil
"Belgians have their own beer? :P
Belgium is just western Germany :P " -LC Terrik
"Well, here in Iowa (some may say it's outside the US), I know my family has a little special tradition...
It all begins about two months before Thanksmaking Night (similar to your Thanksgiving Day) when my family and I acquire half a dozen emus. They are fed a generous diet of steak, corn and vitamins, and hopefully are in peak shape by Thanksmaking Night. When the night comes, we dress in our worship cloaks, don our thought-screen helmets and gather around the Thanksmaking
bonfire in the backyard. At 10:10 PM, after a traditional Thanksmaking prayer, we begin the ritual sacrifice of three of the emus, dedicating the burnt offering to Excelsior, our Divine Being. If we make the offerings properly, Excelsior will be pleased and permit us to roast and consume the remaining three emus, along with the milkweed salad and dried turtle jerkey that Mother has prepared. When we finish eating there are the traditional Thanksmaking dances and skits, and a favorite activity of mine- body-painting with the emu-fat and grease. It is always a most enjoyable night.
Anyway, just thought I'd share a very speicial family tradition with you
guys." -COL Ricardo
"BEER!!!!!BEER!!!!!BEER is a wimps drink...be a man...drink...VVVOOODDDKKKAAA!!!!!!!!!
LCM."DrunkFool"Conker
"*grins*
Experts?
Please, I've been doing this for well near 5 years now....I am One with the
Crowbar...
Send your pitiful enforcers, send them and watch them DIE!!" -CPT Psyko
"/me pulls up a comfy chair after getting some munchables to watch the show......" -LC Mickk Emrys
"Arguing in my mailbox.......
/me imagines all of us shrunk down really small having a massive argument in Machs mailbox.....
LOL!" -LC Mickk Emrys
"/me unfolds a lawn chair and opens a bottle of vodka fresh from protons stas...err...the bar
"Hello, and welcome to another Wing I Weekly Report. I'll be your Host, LC Mike Chistu. Remember to leave your hands inside the vehicle at all times. In case of an emergency, exits are located on your left, right, in front, behind, and in the fourth dimension. In the event of a water landing, bend over and kiss your sweet butt goodbye." -LC Mike
"Russians? Maybe, but Poles drink Vodka, polish vodka is better than russian, and Poland is NOT part of Russia...
/me takes fresh cold polish vodka and starts to drink" -LCM Granite the citizen of Poland
"(I stand drunkenly on the bar and slur with my Mississippi accent)
"Apparently you boys have never heard of Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Brand of Quality Tennessee Sour Mash Corn Whiskey, made as our forefathers made it for seven generations!"
(drink straight from the bottle and then falls on a table" -SL Thud Asphalt
"Are you kidding? I love Germans! Oktoberfest, Porsche, Messerschmidt, Claudia Schiffer, name something that is not bad ass from Germany!
(Thud gets up from the floor and try to do a chicken dance)" -SL Thud Asphalt
"Don't worry, the head thumping when drinking will wear out as soon as you dissolve you colon. (I'm assuming you know that one of our traditions here on Wing II is the lack of a healthy colon...the idea is dissolving it with heavy chain-drinking, or if you're one of those rare cases of immunus colonus, there's always the surgery option :p) " -COL Astarosta
"Now you are mistaken. German beer is THE Best !! Franziskaner, Weihenstephna, Licher, Schöfferhofer, etc. etc. ... " -LC Carl Lost
"Something that is not bad ass from Germany? Well, Carl comes to mind.
Huharharhar! :)
/me hides." -LC Tempest
"You DON'T like beer...?!? Temp, are you sure you are German...? ;)" -LC Todbringer
"Lol, probably naked ! Oh my God - The picture of Turry beaing naked would probably cause an attack of an epilepsy!
Anyways, I think I would love to see Halle Berry in your report - Oh and do some search on Isabella Scorupco ! :) - James Bond babes rock!" -LC Mayk Wolverine
"~ I have put some feelers for babe/stud ideas...so far the only idea came from Halc requesting that I strut my stuff....Sorry, no can do. Wouldn't want to scare ya'll to death. :P " -LC Nurel Turr
"how 'bout some of that good ol' ewok pr0n? anyone else remember CM Bret?" -MAJ David
"Then I think the tradition needs to be changed.. cause.. well we are dissolving our asses!! I think it's worth a though.. cause when people in the TC hear about us dissolving colons.. they think we might be up to something.. welll not cool.. if you get my point..
I'm all for traditions, but i really think that the person who started this screwed up and got the colon mixed up with the liver.. :P " -AD Joe
"im just californian...although i DO get mistaked for russian at times...proabbly the vodka....=P" -LCM "DrunkFool"Conker
"Hello: we will send you tons of useless stuff to your adress. we will begin with some toilet ducks so you always thinka about our beloved WC, then we will get your mailbox full of barbie - posters and then... we will visit you and make a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig party :P
btw happy thanksgiving and i will eat and drink on you guys :P " -LCM Airamags
"All hail Mom-squatch...may it rain bosoms upon him" -LC Brandon
"1) Proton, that's just sick, have you no decency? =P
2) Woohoo, go Germany ;)
3) Deutschland uber alles! And if you didn't understand that, you don't need to :D
5) Conker, it may be the swearing too, or maybe you look Russian too. Heck, it may be because you're tyrranical and uncouth, that's the American stereotype of Russians ;P " -MAJ Argon
"I'm back online! :P (Does the I-have-360-spams-to-wade-through dance)" -COL Inkwolf
"How well I remember my own cadet days...especially the first TIE Interceptor mission, where I was supposed to scan every ship before it left. If I'd named myself after my performance there, I'd be Splat Broadside. :p " -COL Inkwolf
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