COM/AD Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.
SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- The big news this week is bad news. Wing V, The Hammer's Hellfighters, has been closed due to historically low numbers. After COL Gen Es'mith transferred to the Reserves, the wing was left with 11 pilots. The good news is, these dedicated pilots are being transferred to other Sovereign wings. This will strengthen the other wings involved, and give the pilots a chance for a new start, and the destination wings a chance to get to know some veteran "new blood." I am banking on the wings and their new pilots to get along famously. Specifically, these transfers allow the reopening of Beta and Aleth Squadrons, and return Theta Squadron to a better fighting strength. Good luck to all pilots! I appreciate the patience and involvement of all personnel involved in these transfers. Ship consolidations always are painful, in my experience. Hopefully the affected pilots will rise to the challenge they face, and help make their new wings even more successful.
-- EHBL, another bad news / good news situation. A former Wing II pilot, LCM Reb Crush (Reserves), pitched in to help with the EHBL Mac emergency, and, Well, solved it, by rewriting the program to work on Macs. In Reb's words: "All you Mac users have been waiting for it; I'm pleased to announce that the mac version of EHBL is now available for download from http://www.minos.net/~ssy/EHBL.sit. Some features like pilot file tagging are still missing; though this will hopefully be resolved in a later version. For now at least you'll be able to play your precious TIE battles again."
Meanwhile, some EHBL problems like the CD check have been solved, but by some reports, as many as 50 percent of our pilots have not been able to fly since the arrival of EHBL. I have urgently appealed to the brass to have the zipped compendium restored while EHBL is made compatible with all systems and configurations. So far, I've been shot down. I urge everyone to have patience while we try one way or another to get you all flight-capable again.
-- Now, I will be taking a break in the SovCOM's Primal Scream Chamber, so I can vent there rather than get into further trouble with the brass.
-- Killboard. So far there are no entries on the Killboard, probably mostly due to EHBL and its ugly impact on running any sort of smooth competition. Delta Squadron will be taking on an Infiltrator Wing Squadron, I hear ... any other off-ship comps going on out there? If so, let me know!
-- LC Josh Popelka, a Wing III veteran, has been named Wing III WC. Congrats to Josh! As "The New Guy" among the flag officers, he's busy serving drinks in the Flag Officers Lounge ... Josh, hurry up, this Yukon Jack needs refilled. ;)
-- A couple of notes from FO/FA Cyric:
1) Speaking of Promos, please make sure that there are legitimate reasons for the promotions, "Served appropriate time in rank" is not an appropriate promotional consideration
2) I've been getting a lot of mails requesting reserve transfers, AWOLS, etc in my mail box. Some of which I assume are pre approved when in fact they aren't and the chain of command knows nothing about the request. Make SURE that the Database is used for ALL reserve requests, AWOLS, and MIA's. IF its not I will not process it from here on out, unless the request comes from the BGCOM, or ELITE squadron CMDR.
-- What if a Valley Girl flew in the run against the Death Star? :
http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/pink5
-- Imperial Storm IV has hit a big speed bump. After Turn 11, no one has heard from the War Officer. That was last Thursday. I hope Pel is OK. After he resurfaces, the wargame will continue.
-- Reminding, all mission creators are urged to enter the three mission-design competitions leading up to Sovereign League 2004. Four-mission battles without patches are needed for the XWA, XvT and TIE divisions.
FORCE STRENGTH
-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/CPT Reesbon Fortis/Sin 1-2
FM/SL MegamanEXE/Gimel 2-2
SSSD Sovereign [140]
Wing I [32]
Wing II [31]
Wing III [32]
Wing IV [43]
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 EH PA is decorating the Sovereign Retreat House and Cantina tonight. Then, we are going together to kill more Rebels >:)
-- In my own activity this week, I hit a milestone and made a great new aquisition: I reached the Master Marksman skill, and found an AT-ST pilot's helmet in a player vendor. The helmet cost me 50,000 credits, but it looks great mounted on my living room wall.
-- Feel free to contribute to Tatooine News, my SWG site:
http://www.imperialmight.org/html/index.php
CANTINA COMMENTS
"I need 8 brave men/women to journey with me to Mt. Doom, where we shall throw the EHBL back into the flames from wence it came!" -LC Freelancer
"Then you shall have my steel! :-p
That's what you get for developing software in association with Mt. Doom Inc., I suppose." -GN Sasquatch
"LOL I dont think you will have a problem with volenteers.. except you might have too many :P I'll go along cause I'll bring the liqour to make sure you guys protect me >:P " -AD Joe
"All I hear these days are people complaining about their TIE being incompatible with the new system... I can't count the times I've told people not to install foreign software in their TIE, you don't really need strobe lights now do you?" -CM Ras Kronar
"Cyric is right.
we all act like granpas considering anything new as worse :P" -LC Thorn
"I just watched ESB the other day, and I just can't help but laugh at little Yoda. It prompts me to tell girls at the bar "Size matters not my young apprentice..." :P " -MAJ Evo Sarnok
"Gah!
But now I have a new mission idea! You're like this T/D with a double load of space bombs, and the point of the mission is to go out and destroy this disabled T/F named Cyr...erm, Cyrcle. Yeah. :p " -Doctor Chris
"LOL! Man, now we know how crazy our WC is, he once took orders from Freelancer ;P" -MAJ Argon
"I have better idea, we can destroy it with single blast from Sov's Axial
Superlaser, It will destroy "Cyrcle" Faster ]:-> " -LCM Granite the Devastator
"No bad mouthing other officers, please...especially those who are jealous of the Sov. :D " -LC Nurel Turr
"Man, if you thought Floridians were stupid, Californians have really dug
themselves a hole now." -LC Zekk
"I said I'd kill my sister when I was 12 but does that mean I shouldn't be taken seriously today?" -GN Stele Pellaeon
"OH CRAP NO!! PROTON YOU DRUNKEN BUS DRIVER, YOU'VE DRIVEN US OFF THE
BRIDGE!! AAAAHHHHHHHH (*splash* *glug* *glug* *drown*)
Heh. :P" -LC Freelancer
"Welcome to the nut hatch of the SSSD Coconut Boat, Captain Fortis! :P " -COL Inkwolf
"yeah, good idea, I'm in!
I want blood!" -LCM Dweezil
"Welcome to the Wing Rees! Try the milk! I can vouch for it... *nods reasurringly* :)" -CM Ras Kronar
"thats what milk does to you, makes you loose all your energy. thats how well beat them, replace there booze with milk =P " -LT Conker
"No fair no fair no fair! All I get are the disturbingly handsome good looks, [...] " -LC Freelancer
"Well, you DO look disturbing, Free ;-)" -GN Sasquatch
"There is something wrong with this world if Ahnold's re-election campaign doesn't use the phrase, "I'll be back"." -GN Sasquatch
"There are three topics that it is a good idea to avoid :
1) Politics. Nobody ever thinks the way you think they should.
2) Religion. Nobody ever believes what you think they should.
3) Pizza. Nobody ever orders what you think they should.
So if Ahnold travels to The Vatican to deliver a pizza to the Pope ... that could possibly be the most explosive situation known to man." -GN Sasquatch
"Milk can be fermented and distilled. Milk booze is better than regular milk or regular booze.
If you want any extraordinary alcohol, I can distill everything in my mini-distillery. =P" -LCM Granite the moonshiner
"BTW, I'd like to point out that I'm disappointed by the low number of cantina comments from our wing. I think it's time we shaved some chimpanzees and sic'ed them on the next Sov-Basher ;) " -MAJ Argon
"Why shave a chimpanzee? Just send the bugger after 'em!" -LC "simplicity is key" Freelancer
" Nonono, a shaved chimp is an angry chimp. If we just plain send him after them, he may just hug them or something... Then again, with a chimp's strength ;) " -MAJ Argon
"Look, you want an angry chip? Give him a banana, then take it away! Smack the bugger around a little, then sic him on your target! Don't be goin' shavin' for no good reason, now!!" -LC Freelancer
"Yeah, but think of the terror it'll create among the Sov-Bashers. I mean, a regular chimp is one things, we've all seen them, but it'd be much more frightening shaved ;)" -MAJ Argon
"Yeah, fine, you chimp-lovin' perv :P Whatever it takes to make you sleep better at night ;) " -LC Freelancer
"/me imagines the Sov-shaved chimp and a Vortexian dancing bear creating havoc in the Immortal’s mess…" -LT Brin Chaser
"Methinks Senor Cyric forgets who REALLY drives the Sov." -GN Compton
"Did you guys ever see that WWII propaganda film where they looped film footage of the Nazis and
made them dance the cha-cha? :D " -COL Inkwolf
"He doesnt need to say please
darn alregies" -LT Conker
"Inky, show him Sgt. Akela....." -LC Carl Lost
"Hmmm! me thinks it's time to open up a can of whoop butt on the immortal. /me finishes the weapons check on my MIS and fires her engines up. They wont know what hit them!" -CM Viper
"Thanks for pointing out my idiocies, Argon. :P" -LC Mike Chistu
""Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas...with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether." -Hunter S. Thompson
"The only reason Arlins gets QotW on his off-the-wall remarks is because Proton has a love afair with the most disgusting lines imaginable. If I were to say "eat vomit eat vomit" over and over
again (naturally, in a flippant manner), I bet I'd get QotW too >:D" -LC Freelancer
"Well, normally I would agree with you, Conker, but have you ever seen Stele? I mean, the guy can't weigh more than 150 lbs, and his--
*airlock opens and pulls Fatboy out, whilst Stele prepares for Axial Superlaser target practice...*" -Doctor Chris
"Reb Crush is my new hero. :D " -COL Inkwolf
OFF-TOPIC DEPARTMENT
-- I laughed myself sick over the following. Read it, then look at the attached photo.
"My sister-in law is from Oklahoma and has a slight accent. She has cats, and when she lived in the south she would take them to the groomers and have what is called a 'Line Cut'. To her, a line cut is when all of the fur hanging down below the cat's tummy is taken off (because it gets matted or snarled).
"When she moved to Chicago with my brother, one of the cats' fur got all tangled up during the move, so she took it in for a line cut. She was quite surprised when she heard the price, as it was twice as much as it was down south. She confirmed with the groomer that he understood what
a line cut was and he said "Yes, I know what a LION cut is."
"It seems her accent came out sounding like LION, not LINE... and this is how her cat was returned to her."
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