SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 1-6-02

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

Wing commanders, pass this along to your squadrons.

FROM THE SSSD SOVEREIGN SOURCEBOOK

-- Play Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds to increase your knowledge of the ground forces the Empire is capable of bringing to bear against the Rebel scum! For those interested, here's a custom scenario featuring EH Hammer's Fist stormtroopers:
http://www.imperialmight.com/might/DesertOne.zip

SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES

-- Reminder, the Sovereign banner design contest, Jan. 1-31.
Two categories:
Splash banner: 640x480 maximum size, gif or jpg format.
Link banner: 475x75 maximum size, gif or jpg format.
Awards: IS-GR, SR, BR in each category.
These banners are to be used on the Sovereign Web site and other sites as graphic representations of the SSSD Sovereign. All suitable entries will be posted in the Sovereign Art Gallery.
Send all entries to VA Proton at hullbreach@aol.com

-- MWE reports, still missing a few ... **Dude the Tusken raider, standing at Proton's side, growls menacingly at the WCs. Leroy the jawa points his blaster at their feet.**

-- CoLs. I've submitted the Sov's list for the EH Anniversary Awards. I did my own research on Wing I nominees because the WC did not submit a recommendation to me as ordered. Now it will be up to the Operations Office; no word on when the medals will be awarded.

-- MPB, fiction round done, TIE flight round under way.
Fiction results:
(30) FM/COL Calzeo Inkwolf/Psi 3-4/Wing II wins first with her Sugarplum
MiniFord Interactive Fiction.
(29) FL/LT Philo/Yod 3/Wing IV gets second for his portrayal of the first
round of the power battles.
(28) CMDR-TCS/CPT Nurel Turr/Zayin/Wing IV gets third for his accurate
portrayal of the inability of Wing IV pilots to hold their drink.
(27) CMDR/LC Halcyon/Yod/Wing IV/SSSD Sovereign wins fourth for his
documentary of the capture of all of Wing IV by a single interrogation
droid.
(26) CMDR/CM Ras Kronar/Delta/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign wins fifth for his
story about having "Rick Duty".
(25) FL-TCT-TCS/LCM Kitten-claw/Yod 2-1/Wing IV/SSSD Sovereign
(24) FM/LT Aeishline Strathaven/Aleth 2-3/Wing III/SSSD Sovereign
(23) FL/CPT Cal Sinis/Beth 3-1/Wing III/SSSD Sovereign
(22) FM/CM Arcanian Stirner/Wing III

Wing Points:
Wing I: 26
Wing II: 30
Wing III: 69
Wing IV: 109
Wing V: 0
Wing VI: 0
Omega: 0

New Totals:
Wing I: 97
Wing II: 407
Wing III: 402
Wing IV: 385
Wing V: 25
Wing VI: 60
Omega: 193

TIE flight: The chosen Battle is TIE-TC 125. All submissions are due to COL Reaper at paul@reeves110.freeserve.co.uk by midnight GMT Jan. 17. Laserless scoring.

-- LCM Jack Stone's Ultimate Scramble, finals begin soon, apparently without Wing I's ace participation, because no top pilot in the scramble has been identified by the WC.

LCM Stone's most recent report:
Wing I: 23 Files, 6th place
Wing II: 65 files, 4th place
Wing III: 379 files, 1st place
WIng IV: 197 files, 2nd place
Wing V: 39 Files, 5th place
Wing VI: 157 Files, 3rd place
Now I would like to congratulate 5 of the 6 known Wing Champions and Present them each with an Iron Star-Silver Wings.
Wing II: CPT Carl Lost PIN# 3635
Wing III: CM Tvan'Oris PIN# 4590
Wing IV: LCM Kitten-claw PIN# 7683
Wing V: CM Murkrow Defender PIN# 6589
Wing VI: LC Aylius Khan PIN# 3845
So I am just waiting on the report from COL Firebird.

-- The Rat Pack vs. Wing I's CMDRs Jan. 1-15. We're flying IW TIE Battle 21. Pack rats, reminder, the top six tfrs will count on each side -- everyone please fly if at all possible. My participation is questionable right now because of joystick problems; I hope to get this fixed and fly the battle before the deadline.

-- New Wing V site, by LT Metallic Raptor:
http://www.geocities.com/wingvhq/

-- Training Office competition coming soon this month: Prelude to Andevia:
From HA Astatine: Prelude to Andevia is an EH-wide competition, scheduled to start before January 7th. The sharper ones in the EH may have noticed the promotional banner that sat on the Training Office domain for a while (still available at http://www.imperialacademy.org/common_data/images/andevia.jpg). Now the TIE Corps boards and the same area of the Training Office site feature a Flash-based trailer for the competition.
Andevia is a world on the Outer Rim. From time to time, the Emperor's Hammer sends out scouting forces to investigate worlds, either for strategic or economic exploitation. Expeditionary Force Alpha-Nine-Four (EF-A94) is one of these scouting forces, assigned to Andevia. After a series of strange events, the scout team have ceased communicating.
The competition events deal with the leading up to preparing a response to these events as well as what events might have possibly taken place. The competition will feature a wide range of events, including five fiction events and three ladders.

FORCE STRENGTH

-- Our numbers have dipped below 200. This is a combination of retirements, good AWOL management throughout the wings -- and a lack of effective recruitment by all concerned. The process of gaining new personnel might not be perfect, but all pilots should be doing whatever they can to get new bodies onto the flagship!

SSSD Sovereign [197]
Wing I [36]
Wing II [33]
Wing III [34]
Wing IV [40]
Wing V [28]
Wing VI [25]
Omega Squadon [12]

CANTINA COMMENTS

"Shame there wasn`t a IWATS course for spelling then, hehehe." -COL SickMan

Sage CMDR advice of the week:
"I'd rather go at this delicately than just bashing in with Proton and Ronin." -GN Devin

COM/VA Proton/SSSD Sovereign
http://sov.imperialmight.com