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The Sovereign's support shipyards furiously pump out fighters, assault craft, small and large capital ships and planetary defense platforms as Imperial Storm III builds to a crescendo.
An enemy modified frigate and a squadron of assault gunboats hypers into a system controlled by the Sov forces. STRKC Doyle, some assault craft and assorted TIE Defenders and gunboats turn to meet the attacking force ...
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COM/VA Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.
Wing commanders, pass this along to your squadrons, and cc: me on those mails.
SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- Imperial Storm III. Whooo, it is getting wild in the game's final turns! Last Monday, one of our smaller caps, CRV Majestic, ran into an ASF expeditionary force. In the ensuing battle, the corvette was destroyed, but not before it destroyed two enemy CARGs, which were part of a varied force! This was yet another good showing by our pilots! Next: Noon eastern time Sunday, July 7, in #project_faithful: A Sov strike cruiser, backed by some assault craft and a number of fighters, will try to fend off an attacking force consisting of a modified frigate and a squadron of GUNs. We're on Turn 28, and the game ends at 30 turns; there may be still more battles before it's over and the outcome remains in doubt.
Details of the war game can be reviewed at the IS III Web site: http://www.emperorshammer.net/wo/is3/
-- The Sovereign message board is down as of this writing, but I hope to have it restored later today, or at least sometime soon.
-- General Reaper is curled up in his bunk on the Reserve frigate, after stepping down last week. I congratulate him on his long and excellent service to Wing IV and the Sov, and I pledge to resist the temptation to send Team LSD on frequent "courtesy visits" to the frigate. LC Halcyon is A-WC until the Flight Office acts upon my recommendation for the appointment of a new WC.
-- I started a weblog called Proton's Holonet linked from the Sov news page, but I'm going to abandon it because I'm not going to spend the money necessary to keep the software it requires. Perhaps the log will return in another (cheaper) form. I appreciate the positive comments I received about the Holonet from Kettch and Freelancer,
-- CPT Argon Viper is organizing a Starcraft tournament. So far only three people have signed up for it. Anyone interested, please contact Argon asap.
-- Medals for the cantina song winners: Still pending. Next I will mail Astatine, who apparently still is supervising competition approvals.
-- Recruiting comp. Same story as above, plus I also need to finalize the results.
FORCE STRENGTH
-- A big Sovereign welcome to new or returning pilots:
FM/SL Axemdrak/Sadhe 2-3
FM/SL Scooby Doo/Sadhe 3-3
FL/CM Red Fox/Yod 2-1
FM/LT Jakar Streng/Yod 3-2
FM/MAJ Mortu/Lamed 2-2
FL/CM Corsair/Sadhe 3-1
-- GN SickMan grabs the La-Z-WC back from COL Kalar and takes a three-pilot lead. Sicky's philosophy of "mmmmmmm beeeeer" and lots of fun competitions in his wing appears to be paying off :)
SSSD Sovereign [187]
Wing I [34]
Wing II [36]
Wing III [38]
Wing IV [37]
Wing V [41]
Omega Squadron [10]
SHIP COMPETITIONS
-- Work continues on the upcoming Sovereign Bombing Run Blowout! The first TIE mission is in ther bag, and the construction team stands ready to build missions 2-4. LC Freelancer has submitted excellent ideas for art and fiction categories, and there will be an XWA multiplayer ladder as well, plus maybe some other stuff. Estimated start date: Aug. 1.
-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in #ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://www.imperialmight.com/wwwthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=cantina
The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://sov.imperialmight.com/drink.html
CANTINA COMMENTS
"don't make me he-bitch slap ya.
oh on second thoughts I can't reach from down here in the Guano Bins 'HAROLD take care of the LT' :P " -GN Reaper
"I spent 2 hours out in the surf with
my nephew and his friend just throwing ourselves into waves that came
crashing down on us. It felt like i was in there 45 minutes but in reality,
the whole two hours went by.. swwweeettt.. not to mention a woman's top came
off about 10 yards away from me.. }=) " -LC Joe
"You did not provide sufficient details so now Grue is stuck with this picture in his poor twisted brain:
" ... a shoe leather skinned, freckled beyond measure, 273 pound 59 year old human female, smacked by waves, struggling with her top and her balance at the same time ..." ain't very pretty!" -CM Night Grue
"OK, keep going ... (GOOD LORD!! I'm going to have to get back to the
beaches more often!) ... So did you go over there and offer her any help?? Or did you just leer and go back to beachcombing?" -VA Proton
"You know, every time I offer to "help" in a situation like that, I get
slapped with a restraining order." -COL Sasquatch
"If she had only known that her 30 seconds of indiscretion would spark an
email chain among a select group of Star Wars fans ... I'm sure she would
have tried to drown you, Joe ;-) " -COL Sasquatch
"Good luck Seq! Once you get there, try to stay away
from Reaper and his little interrogation droid,
Harold. They both like to use the electric
cattleprod, although I've been told that the use of
the cattleprod has gone down since I left the wing.
;P" -Nurel Turr
"Talons walked into flight 2's quarters and began to pack the belongings of
Captain Boshevki. He furiously threw the pictures and other items into the
dufflebag. When he finished, he walked out to the main airlock and
jettisioned the things as quickly as he could.
"Goodbye and good luck..." he growled wishing he could do the same to the
pilot." -MAJ Talons Pryde
"Ewwww... the bins... "welcome to a demension of pure... DUKEY!!!" -LT Pheonixus
"I don't know if you ladies of Wing III want stogies,
too. I'm a bit old-fashioned, so seeing a lady with one is a little wierd, but what the hell. :) " -MAJ Josh Popelka
"Well crap... one of my friends just moved to Ohio for the summer. I guess he's screwed too. :-/ " -COL Brian
"Abandon all hope, all ye who enter the Buckeye State." -COL Sasquatch
"Congrats! I'll take a humidor of fine Cubans and a
bottle of JD since you are being so generous. :P " -Nurel Turr
" Well Sas.. your probably going to kill me.. Buuuut I signed up to win my cable connection free for an entire year.... well ::chuckles:: I just found out I won.. but it doesnt stay at 756K anymore.. nope, it goes up to a 1.5MB per second ... yes i have a 1.5MB cable connection FREE for one year... Bwhahahahahahahahaha
Sorry Sas.. just had to let you know..
FICTION FUSILADE
-- This week featuring LC Freelancer's poem for the Wing I vs Wing II comp:
Wing I vs Wing II, what can be said?
I was laying at night asleep in my bed.
Of victory, dreamt I, and lots of good booze,
To celebrate when we make Wing II lose.
So I saw this vision, and a smile I did make
For the dream was so pleasant, I knew I must take
Steps to ensure that it really comes true,
For you see, this is Free, talking to you:
I don't like losing. What's more not to them,
The old booze-hound buddies I know and call "friend"!
They won't get this competition under their belt,
Lest all the ice on Hoth should suddenly melt (hah!)
So I woke up refreshed, still smiling widely,
And knew that to win I'd have to kick much heiney.
Those rebels would die, in that mission we flew, and
to make matters worse, there were IFF blue too!
No mercy show I, and lousy laser accuracy aside,
I didn't give up, and well, you can see my score's quite high!
So maybe this story will tell them all how
Free single-handedly won the comp (wow!).
Then again, as I write this, I wonder and think...
Maybe I'm dreaming a sleep caused by strong drink?
Could I be drunk, in a stupor, and drooling?
Could this be false, with this image myself fooling?
I consider it for a second, then look at Wing II.
I then compare to Wing I, and in a pinch it'll do.
So as the the question of whether this is my mind pre-fab,
I suddenly come to my senses, take another drink and say "Naaaaah!"!
OFF-TOPIC DEPARTMENT
-- LONDON, June 28 ? Chopped sparrow, roast swan, poached pike, conger eel, porpoise and lamprey: If it walked, swam or flew, the English medieval nobility ate it ? usually with a dash of cinnamon, ginger or cloves ? according to an ancient cookbook released to the public Thursday. (Hmmmm, some methods perhaps useful in the Sov's various ewok barbecues?)
-- Corey O'Connor, 23, of Toledo, Ohio, was hospitalized
after an incident in a bar's parking lot. A witness said she was having
an argument with a man when O'Connor attempted to break it up. As
O'Connor tried to pull a gun out of his pocket, she says, it went off.
The bullet struck him in the leg -- after passing through his scrotum.
He was reported in serious condition. (Toledo Blade)
-- Dennis Cohen, 47, had a problem with his
stove, so he decided to fix it himself. He disconnected the gas pipe --
without turning off the gas first -- then went to the bathroom. When he
returned, he was pondering the situation when he decided to light a
cigarette. The resulting explosion destroyed 10 apartments in his 130-
unit complex in Encino, Calif., and left Cohen with second- and
third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body. Fire investigators were
disappointed that Cohen died before they could interview him a second
time to get more details. (Los Angeles Times)
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