COM/AD Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.
SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- The Sovereign Squadron League finals are under way, Omega vs. Praetorian in TIE; Diamondback vs. ASF command staff in XvT; and Vampire vs. Omega in XWA. Good luck to all pilots! The battles being flown are TIE-TC 194, XvT-TC 70 and XWA-FCHG 3. Deadline, Aug. 22.
-- GN Stele Pellaeon's General's Summer Patrol comp is into its eighth week. Details at:
http://users.pandora.be/dweezil/patrol/
-- Commendations of Loyalty. **Dude pulls out a 2x4 and waves it threateningly at two cowering WCs** ... OK, I am waiting for CoL reccs from you two, still. I know the deadline is Aug. 19, but the Flight Officer has requested I submit my CoL report to him asap, and I have been asking for your reccs for weeks. I'm going through the rosters to make the recommendations myself, unless you two surprise me with your reports now. The rest of you are in the clear :)
-- New site of War Officer is available here:
http://waroffice.minos.net
-- Lifted from Sigma CMDR/CPT Psyko's report:
Imperial Concourse released for XWA! Very cool looking (just like TIE Fighter’s actually), if you have XWA I seriously recommend it! Get it here:
http://www.minos.net/~sco/files/xwa/IMP-XWA.zip
-- IO office releases new and improved version of Squad First. It can be used for wing and ship sites too:
http://squadfirst.minos.net
-- Operations Officer/AD Khaine resigns.
-- "Memory of Thrawn Strategic War Campaign" being conducted by GN Stele, although it is a private game (snobs! ;) ) so don't bother asking in on it.
-- New Combat Operations Center site:
http://www.ehcoc.net.tc/
FORCE STRENGTH
-- We have some good new pilots in our ranks, yet our overall numbers continue to fall as we bleed off AWOLed pilots who were allowed to languish on rosters. It goes without saying that our recruiting efforts must be strong and consistent to reverse this trend.
-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/LCM Darth Angelus/Nun 1-3
FM/SL Naraku Katana/Sadhe 2-2
SSSD Sovereign [149]
Wing I [26]
Wing II [33]
Wing III [29]
Wing IV [40]
Wing V [20]
Omega [10]
SHIP COMPETITIONS
-- Sovereign Squadron League, final round is under way, deadline Aug. 22.
-- Sovereign Summer Caption Contest. It is over but the judging has not yet been done. Details:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/caption.html
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://boards.minos.net
The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html
PLANETARY OPERATIONS
-- This submitted by GN Sasquatch, a.k.a. Conscarr Conchulak: "True Story : I'm playing SWG, and exploring west of Mos Espa on Tatooine. I've been climbing toward the Jawa Mountain Fortress, and while I knew I was up pretty high, I didn't really know just how high I had climbed. And then I was buzzed by an Imperial shuttle, which could not have been anymore than 10 feet right above me. That tends to get your attention, and it's these little things that make SWG great. That whole experience was better than the Jawa Fortress, which turned out to be only a few buildings, two closed-off sandcrawlers, and an overabundance of Jawas. Kind of like a really boring flea market, only nothing was for sale ..."
-- SWG has provided me with an all new avenue for finding effective assistants **evil cackle**. In the past week I have added three members to my team of loyalty enforcers: Rocky, a brutal probe droid who is great to take along into a firefight against packs of jawas, criminals or Jabba flunkies; Voodoo, an R4 med droid; and Willie, an R4 construction droid.
CANTINA COMMENTS
"Verizon -- you have failed me for the LAST TIME ..." -GN Sasquatch
"FLOL!!! Quote of the week!!! Damn you Proton, you better put that near the top next report! :P " -AD Joe
"Well, I for one, don't drink everything. Bacta's never appealed to me.
...Actually, maybe I could make some money off of a "health drink" brewing bacta.... Aye, thanks for the
inspiration!" -LCM Fatboy
"Hrm... Two fires, a year apart... I wonder if they secretly DRANK the booze (800,000 or not, you never know, they might be like Wing I!) and then burned it for the insurrance :P" -LC Freelancer
"Then that's gross misconduct and deriliction of duty, the utter carelessness which destroyed so much booze! Proton I hereby request the EH move the Sov into position and use the superlaser to vaporize these careless fools!" -LC Freelancer
"But the good news is it was only 2% of their stock. We Kentuckians know not to put all our eggs in one basket." -LCM Kahooli
"The Admiral entered the lambda class shuttle and went directly to the cockpit, the pilot
turned as the door slid open Admiral Proton told the pilot to take a seat in back he would fly the shuttle himself. Looking stunned the pilot did as he was told, Proton just laughed and said, what just because I’m a Admiral doesn't mean I don't know how to fly Lieutenant. Now just relax and enjoy the ride." -CM Viper, from his Wraith System story
"I think you're referring to the "Flaming Doctor Pepper" ... and since you mention it, I just remembered that it has been far too long since I drank one of those ... I don't believe that I have ever had a "Flaming Psi Squadron", but I'm guessing that it somehow packs an enormous amount of alcohol into one glass, then tempers the flavor with that distinctive flame." -GN Sasquatch
"My XP machine decided to take a dirt nap." -LC Josh
"Tis sad when the importance of naming a future T-Bone is placed over Flight nicknames and mottos..." -AD Joe
"and you gave the Wing some emotions - "Hobbie for A-WC?! god save us" :D " -LC Thorn
"/me opens his beer storage
but leave me three kegs for tomorrow's hangover.
/me opens a beer and pins beer bottle cap on Keller's chest" -LC Thorn
"Hmm, I say, bloody nice bloke. And here's me thinking chivalry in the EH was dead...though Ras did hold a door open for me the other day....well, when I say door, I mean airlock :P " -LC Brandon
"it's such a shame to mercilessly salughter someone so honourable this late in the competition. Can't we have a grilled cheese toastie eating contest instead? Or milk drinking boat race! Colon flinging match?" -LC Brandon
"Naaa, all these niceties are fine for humans but Grue came here to rip, slash and eat!
What is this Empire coming to?" -CPT Night Grue
"Hmm, Buttercup... doesn't rhyme with steak, so it sounds like a safe name. :) " -COL Brian
"Oh yeah?
:: Grue dances around in a merry winter holiday sort of mood and gurgles ::
"Oh Buttercup, oh buttercup ...
upon your steaks will Compton sup.
And what you ask is that grinding noise
your horns are now Grues new Chew Toys" -CPT Night Grue
"Wow, why don't you just sit up and beg for a QotW... ;P " -Argon
""Ixnay on the Egging-bay..." *Free shakes his head solemly* "You must not have seen the staff meeting this morning." -LC Freelancer
"SWEET PALPATINE'S FORCE SLUGS' GHOSTS! THAT THAR'S A LONG SOV REPORT!!!!!" -LC "Mike is right" Freelancer
"*Calm, serene voice* "Once you can snatch the QotW from my hand, grasshoppah, then you may leave the temple" *looks down* "Hey! Why didn't you say this buddhist robe was showing my shorts?!?!" *adjusts toga-like robe* " -LC "Qwai Chain" Freelancer
" /me is scarred for life, having seen more of Freelancer than anyone ever wants to see... *shudder* " -Argon
"Argon! We TOLD you to stop staring at his landing platform! ;) " -AD Proton
"Gah, the humanity! I call Proton up on charges of defamation of character! Althought those charges may not be strong enough... ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"Well I don't have any particular planets in mind... and I think the axial superlaser would be overkill to turn loose on my place of work. (I just want one building vaporized, not a whole planet! :) " -COL Brian
"Oh no! Anything but the shorts! ;) " -LT Chaser
"/me begins to organize an airstrike and stormtrooper assault on Verizon's local offices... " -COL Brian
"I've just flown boozehounds (everytime i load it space is red instead of black,is this to simmulate the disoriantation you get after a night in protons bar)and is red space a glitch???
I've just bought 800 .000gallons of fire damaged jim bean from a wookie near a backwater planet called dirt,mud maybe it was earth?so everyone to the bar!" -LT Arlins
"The hell? Why am I an insomniac? :P " -MAJ Zekk Terrik
" /me looks in the gutter to see his mind just floating there. Ah, thanks Free. /me thinks about that for a second... You're disgusting! ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"Maybe it's a built in Wing I feature? It means you're not drunk enough to see the "right" color :P" -LC Freelancer
"OK, then you a foo' for staying up so late ;) " -AD Proton
"actually nto really, if Zekk is sleeping 4 hours less than you are, for example, that means that Zekk now has 4 more hours to do something in a week that is 28 more hours, a month is 120 hours and a year is 1460 more hours to live his life to the fullest...i dont see him as a "foo' " -Ghost
"Boy, you just sucked all the fun out of it! =P " -GN Stele "zzz" Pellaeon
"but then who needs mornings, and surely with all that extra time to yourself you'd get completely bored off your face :P " -COL Jon
"yeah, or just do illegal things until u get sent to jail..... =) " -Ghost
"Buttercup -- Mad c0w of Death! Or something like that ..." -GN Sasquatch
"(*Sas spins around, points at a random planet*)
Sas : "That one! Muahahahahahaha!"
Proton : "Erm, Sas ... that's Aurora. We won't be destroying that one
anytime soon." -GN Sasquatch
"some missions my computer doesn't like. Possibly a disturbance in the force?" -LCM Kahooli
"Ah, why the ??? I've been responding on email. It's not like I'm dead!! :P " -CPT Vector
"love this squadron, drunken warrior poets all around." -Janich
"Well, the Theta CMDR is evidently an Insomniac, the Psi CMDR (Jon Doyle) is stepping down soon, and our Wing Commander is a certified nut, anybody else see problems in the future for our Wing :P , nah, this is normal." -CPT Psyko
"Kronar? "Educated"?
Must... Bite... Tongue...!!!" -LC Freelancer
"I think that the existing rules are fine. It would actually do this old heart good to see the three BG's work together and fly towards a common goal :)
(I'd actually have a heart attack if the three worked together and BEAT the SOV, but thats for another time L:)) " -FA Cyric
"Coherent? Me? Me think that not go together good... Mrrrmmm..." -LC "Cromagnum" Freelancer
"My job is moving to a very small town that may entail my connecting to the internet at the Hutt-based fee of TEN CENTS a minute. If this is indeed so, LC Yoman will be in charge of the drinking and rampage that is bound to happen since I can't keep my eyes on you guys (that way HE gets to pay for the damage!)." -COL Gen Es'mith
"You sir, are my new hero :-) " -LT Chaser
"Oh crap... /me shudders to think what Freelancer's going to reply to that with ;P " -Argon
"Everybody worships me somewhere along the line. It'll pass once you realize .. well... the horrible fact that you respect me. Then it passes in a heartbeat, replaced by the need for a strong drink. :P" -LC Freelancer
"It's cool, I only want you for your nerd knowledge ;-) " -LT Chaser
"That's pathetic, Free. your quote was so off, I'm not even going to give the right one. :P " -LC Mike "I bent my wookie!" Chistu
"Surly?
Isn't he one of the dwarves along with Grumpy and Dopey? :p " -LC Mickk Emrys
"Yeah, that's right...Grumpy, Dopey, Surly, Gnarly, Stinky, Twinky and Spock..." -COL Inkwolf
"Sovereign Squadron League! It's the finals. Are you ready to rumble?! Well if you are, too
bad, 'cuz we're not in the finals." -MAJ Zekk Terrik
"We're sorry to see you leave the ranks of Wing II CMDR's, Jon. We'll miss your irritating
input. :) " -MAJ Zekk Terrik
"Psi: Promotion for LT Josi (and the pussy cats) I cant get that out of
my head for some reason. =P " -GN Stele
"Alrighty roo you udder-suckling low lifes (err, I mean guys!) " -LC Brandon
"So, let's stoke the engines, align the lasers, book the strippers and get a few kegs ready for the victory party!!!" -LC Brandon
"Hmmm I'm thinking that's one order than Omega really wont follow.. well except outwardly.. i forsee Omega pilots sneaking quietly in the middle of the night to Sas' or C's quarters for late night beef BBQs.. not to mention all the liqour.. bwhahaha" -AD Joe
"Vegetarians? What kinda crack you smokin'', boy?
Dammit, someone just kill the c0w already. We can make jerky out of it and send it to our most hated enemies. New Omega-brand Mad Cow Jerky!" -GN Devin
... who takes perverse pleasure in seeing tainted jerky... um, wait...
"Ahem.. ::Proton forgets that Joe can bribe his way out of anything.. (mostly with liqour.. obviously). He then waits until Proton goes to sleep.. or "reviewing reports" as he likes to say.. Joe then quietly sets up a small camera infront of Proton, facing him. He then quietly pours tequila on Proton's head, then lights it on fire. The picture snaps, revealing Proton as a living Tiki torch!::
Bwhahah!!! ::Joe runs off:: that's for sticking me in that sickning place!
Proton: Damn you!! ::Tries to dispatch team L.S.D. to find Joe and do terrible things to him...:: Wh.. whats going on??
::joe laughs evily:: Ha ha!! You have been running LSD Ragged!!! They need a break, and helped them out. ::walks up to proton with a holoviewer showing team LSD with the respected females of thier race.. Joe then turns it off:: i don't think either of us is old enough to see *that*. ::shudders::
Hmmm bald is your look Proton.. ::offers some Vodka to Proton:: Come, lets rid thease images from our mind..
((Good god, I can come up with the weirdest crap when i want to.. ))" -AD Joe
"Alpha 3-2, this is Alpha 2-1...read your transmission lima charlie...over" -LCM Kahooli
" /me wonders why Kahooli is talking into his wallet... ;)" -Argon
"You Delta guys think you know everything. It was my shoe." -LCM Kahooli
"Ok, just so ya know, 'Voodoo' and 'Snippy' are two words I never wanna see in the same sentence as 'Willie' again. I'm a little jumpy after a few glasses of Mad c0w milk :p " -LC Brandon
"OmeVEgans ... Yeah, that works out OK!
The stuff most Omegans drink around here has them looking at Buttercup and seeing a giant rutabaga anyway!
Now they can be called the "Mad Omegans" ... a rather redundant expression if you ask Grue.
Oh, and yes, that "Rebel jerky" idea could save Grue much on the freezing bills.
Now if only Grue can convince those back on Zork that fresh meat is not such a good idea ... a hard sell at best!" -CPT Night "Suave" Grue
"Do you all remember the tainted, laxative ewok jerkey we sent out?" -Janich
"Hey, probe droids need some lovin' too!! >:P I mean, didnt that probe droid in ESB seem kinda lonely? Sailing through space.. getting picked to go to that hell hole known as Hoth.. I mean, If I was a probe droid, I know i'd want some female probe droid lovin' to make that ice planet all warm again..
hehehe sometimes i freak even myself out.. " -AD Joe
"Brings new significance to Gastrol, Quaker State, Etc., and new meaning to petroleum based lubricants." -Night Grue
"Thankyouverymuch, f***ers at Verizon... " -COL Brian
" Wow, no wonder it's so strong, I just noticed the smell of unwashed feet. With you, Kahooli, and the socktroopers, the HGBs might actually smell good ;P " -Argon
"SIR, NO SIR! With all due respect and begging the Admiral's pardon I am unable to execute that order SIR! ;P Should I, and the rest of the squadron, execute your order, to stop eating meat and become vegetarians, there is a very clear and present danger that we would all turn into a bunch of peace-loving huggy-feely we-don't-want-to-hurt-poor-rebels kind of hippies, which would seriously impair our ability to perform our assigned mission of protecting the Fleet Commander! :P I am certain that neither the Admiral nor the Grand Admiral would want the Grand Admiral's bodyguard to be composed of peace-loving huggy-feely we-don't-want-to-hurt-poor-rebels kind of
hippies and therefore I respectfully ask the Admiral to reconsider and rescind this potentially disastrous order! :P " -Manijak the Carnivore
"WHAT!!??? You been drinking milk on me Branny!!!????
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! MEDIC! MEDIIIIC!!! WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!!" -Manijak
"Come to think of it, I don't mind the odd carrot...
...fed to an animal, so I can HUNT it!!! UG " -CaveBran
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