SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 5-20-02

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"Tell all pitchers to challenge me and stop crying over the strike zone and they won't have to worry about it. I don't bitch over the strike zone." -Home run king Barry Bonds

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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, another battle coming up against the danged Battlegroups. The fight will be in #project_faithful at noon eastern time, Saturday, May 25. XWA and TIE pilots who would like to participate and help the Sov to victory, please show up. In this skirmish, our home guard FRG Aurora and Mem, Pe and Resh squadrons will be defending against an attack by the ISD Colossus and at least some of its fighter complement.

Details of the war game can be reviewed at the IS III Web site: http://www.emperorshammer.net/wo/is3/

-- Wing III vs. Wing IV, final round of competition, fly XWA free mission 66, just concluded. I will have the results to the WCs tonight or Tuesday.

-- COL Indaro Gallia is opening up his Colossus league competition to other squadrons. CMDRs who are interested, go here:
http://www.isdcolossus.com/wc/CSL/

-- Speaking of league-type comps, a revival of the Sovereign Squadron League is under discussion. I'm interested in flags' ideas on how we can field league play for TIE and XWA pilots -- should we just have two leagues? Etc. Let me know what you think.

-- FO/FA Priyum Patel has named VA Toran Dan his new FOA. Congrats to TD.

-- Shipwide AWOL check in progress. Pilots, report in to your CMDRs. WCs, I assume you are gathering this data to deliver to me by the deadline (May 31).

-- Wing II WC GN Ford is on leave for several days.

-- CMDR/MAJ Mike/Lambda won the Silver Star for longtime excellent A-WC work and other work in Wing I. Congrats to Mike.

-- Wing I vs Wing II comp, I think it is finally starting.

FORCE STRENGTH

-- A big Sovereign welcome to new or returning pilots:
FM/CM Ras Kronar/Delta 1-2
FM/SL Mugzy/Mem 2-3
FM/CM Regis Knox/Kappa 2-2
FM/LT TK-8148/Gimel 1-3

SSSD Sovereign [180]
Wing I [34]
Wing II [37]
Wing III [43]
Wing IV [34]
Wing V [31]

Omega Squadron [12]

SHIP COMPETITIONS

-- Reminder, SSSD Sovereign Cantina Drinking Song Competition

This is a songwriting lyrics contest to see who can write the best "drinking song" for the SSSD Sovereign's cantina.

Rules: To be eligible for a medal, a song must have at least the following elements:
-- A title.
-- Byline with ID line (example: By FM/LT Crooner/Gamma 1-2/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign).
-- At least two verses and a chorus (you know, like, first verse, the chorus, second verse, repeat chorus).
-- Strong relation to the ship, its pilots, and-or life aboard the ship.

Submittal: Send entries to VA Proton at hullbreach@aol.com by midnight May 31. I'd prefer text attachments with this format: "song-yourname.txt" .

Awards: Winner will receive an Iron Star-Gold Ribbon. Second and third places will receive IS-SR and IS-BR, respectively.

-- Reminder, SSSD Sovereign Recruiting Competition

This is a competition to increase the membership of the SSSD Sovereign. There are three categories:
-- Recruitment Web page. Create a personal, flight, squadron or wing recruitment page(s). Teams of pilots may collaborate or this may be done individually.
Iron Stars will be awarded to up to the top three entrants.
Deadline: midnight May 31. Send zipped entries or URLs to VA Proton at hullbreach@aol.com
-- Recruitment campaign. Create an outline of the perfect recruiting campaign. Demonstrate in writing how your individual, flight, squadron or wing will conduct its campaign to fill and maintain its ranks.
Iron Stars will be awarded to up to the top three entrants.
Deadline: midnight May 31. Send entries (text files) to VA Proton at hullbreach@aol.com
-- Total number of recruits. The top three individual recruiters (as reflected in actual pilots recruited and placed on the ship (MoIs) will be awarded Iron Stars. The top recruiting squadron and wing each will be designated "Commodore's Own" for one month and carry commensurate benefits in the ship's cantina.
Deadline: midnight June 30.

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

-- Coming soon, the Sovereign Bombing Run Blowout, multiple events and lots of Iron Stars up for grabs.

SHIP COMMUNICATIONS

IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://www.imperialmight.com/wwwthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=cantina

CANTINA COMMENTS

"Ahhh...Star Wars!! BWWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!" -MAJ Jason Hunter

"So it`s trousers back up time Wing V, proove to me you`ve all still got it." -GN SickMan

"My power went out around 6 yesterday from stroms :( It finally came back on near midnight. Damned weather! Damned Virginia Power! DAMN THE DEVIL! DAMN THE DEVIL TO HELL! I was so looking forward to getting it in. Downloaded it and everything just got off line and WHAM! the power died... *growling and scowling dangerously* ." -CPT Talons Pryde

"Ummm...isn't the Devil sorta already down there? I mean, he IS King of Hell, the Prince of Darkness, after all. Or were you referring to Ford?" -MAJ Mike
Sicky`s Dribble of the week " In times of need, only one thing will not let you down, sweeeet understanding beeer mmmmm "

"I dunno.. On the scale of Good-to-evil, Ford is kinda like that guy in Dilbert with the big spoon. He's more like a prince of "heck" with a lot of dim genes mixed in :P (The guy in Dilbert was Boss' brother)" -LC Freelancer

"Well I'll put you out of your suspense it's, it's, it's a removed colon preserved from the days of the re-opening of wing II... or I could just be covering up for the New RELEASE OF EP2???" -MAJ Jon Doyle

" ::rewrites the Sov orders so that Conker is stuck cleaning the axial superlaser mirror:: ::The "Big Red Button" is pushed:: ;P " -CPT Argon Viper
Argon

I had a hangover ok, and you defenatly dont have a life." -LT Conker

"What!?!?! Pilots for sale? I'll give you two bucks for the lot of 'em ;P" -CPT Argon Viper

"Ohhhhh. See you later Ford! You may miss the second Medical Checkup in a row if you're not back soon! :p " -LCM Fatboy

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