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 2003 begins in just 10 days! All Sov line squadrons and other interested line squadrons from other ships will be fighting it out. It is not too late to sign up your squadron! Non-Sov squadrons, mail LC Todbringer and me to be added to the batting order. The Sov's RatPack of flag officers and a flag team from the ASF also will be competing. The carnage commences on March 15. The rules went out Tuesday, and I will be posting them on the Sov Web site soon for continual reference. Squadrons should be deciding whether they want to participate in the TIE, XvT or XWA divisions, or two, or all three. Free missions are being selected now by the Sov flag officers.
-- Operation Outrageous Fortune flows along, in the wake of another huge battle Saturday. The LC Frodo team lost another task force but took several dozen GUNs with it. LC Jon's team has the lead, but there is plenty of action remaining. All pilots should stand by for many upcoming flight opportunities, and SWGB and JK combatants must remain alert for their deployments.
-- Rat Pack defeats Wing I CMDRs. Gyssler and Proton were the IS-BW winners.
-- Sov Web site. I never could get a SquadFirst template to work properly, despite FA Ari's help, so I have brought back the old Sov site, and will now be working to bring it up to compliance with the new regs.
-- Wing IV stomps Wing VIII:
WING IV TOTAL LASERLESS SCORE: 2,869,326
WING VIII LASERLESS TOTAL: 2,000,009
-- Yod Squadron stomps Inferno Squadron of Wing X:
Average: Yod, 290,007; Inferno, 144,476.
-- LC Mike is going on leave March 6-16 and LC Freelancer will be A-WC.
-- Wing V wraps up "Wing V Elite Squadron" contest with LC B.J. Morgan and CM Zexipher Van Taelyan winning top honors.
-- New Wing I comp:
Beat your Superiors Competition
In this competition the major point is to get as high as possible
by beating your superiors. It's set up this way. A flight member will
challenge their flight leader to one of the below competitions. If they
are able to beat their flight leader, they will have the chance to
challenge their commander. If they beat their commander as well, they may
either choose to take an IS-BW or IS-BR depending on the way they won it, or
go double or nothing against the Wing Commander. If they are able to beat
their Wing Commander, they will receive an IS-SW or IS-SR, depending on
what they used to win. This will also work for Flight leaders, although they will go from commander to wing commander to commodore.
-- Wing IV squadron league proposed.
-- Wing II Pilot League proposed and it looks like it is coming back.
FORCE STRENGTH
-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/LT Shimir Sheerelk/Kappa 2-2
-- Recruiting update. Some or all of the wings have recruitment operations going on (or so I assume), but I'm not seeing many results. Look at our numbers, and help out -- no matter who you are on the ship, you can help us by recruiting. The WCs and COM are doing our part in March by contacting every last member of the TIE Corps Reserves, notifying them of the SSL and urging them to return to active duty. I've already bagged two returnees myself.
SSSD Sovereign [167]
Wing I [28]
Wing II [34]
Wing III [36]
Wing IV [40]
Wing V [28
Omega Squadron [8]
SHIP COMPETITIONS
-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in
#ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time.
-- SBOTM for February:
Medal awarding and finalfinal results pending TAC review of a winner's pilot file.
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://boards.minos.net
The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html
TRASH TALK OF THE WEEK
"Impressive work Delta. Two free's flown by the entire squadron.
Rebels beware. The mighty Delta actually set foot in their Tie's two
times the past week. Alpha is really worried now." -LCM Kahooli
COMMAND RANT OF THE WEEK
" Yeah, but we've had, what, four reports last time? Out of about 30 pilots? Yeah, we may be a powerhouse, but that's because no one else is trying..." -MAJ Argon Viper
"Hey people, haven't you forgotten something? We need to fly the O:OF missions, we got creamed on the last one. I don't have authority over the whole wing, but I can say that if the Delta pilots who can fly don't get off their rears and do it, they'll be doing Free's laundry for a week!! ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"With so much you can do, you'd be a retard NOT TO DO SOMETHING." -CM Jennif
CANTINA COMMENTS
"I'll be on that like a buzzard on a gut wagon. :)" -LC Josh Popelka
"Son...Proton, are you my Dad?" -LC Frodo
"Quiz show? Go Sirik!! I can see it now, 12 drunken Omega'ans standing behind podiums throwing up and shouting "I am lord of bungholio, fear me!!!" in impressive voices as Sirik hits them over the head with random objects ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"Why do demons and ghouls hang out
together?
Because demons are a ghoul's best
friend!
What is a mummy's favorite type of
music?
Wrap!!
What do goblins and ghosts drink when
they're hot and thirsty on Halloween?
Ghoul-aid!!! " -Jokes posted by GN Stele Pellaeon
"Inky lights the black candles and appeals to the
forces of universal justice to send Leroy, Snippy
and Dude to visit the originator of these jokes....." -COL Inkwolf
"P.S. Having a "Hull Breach" as a Commodore of the Sovereign doesn't
seem to be very encouraging for her crew. 8-) " -CM Deimos
" *Frodo promotes Stele to Head Janitor * " -LC Frodo
"Standing on the host podium Sirik Xirok watched as the Omega'ans
began to fall apart. "Next question," began Sirik,"What is the
female Dark Jedi featured in Clone Campaigns."
"Dur.....the.....wife..of course," scream the Omega Flight leaders.
Staring gleefully grining Sirik shouted,"NO, what happens now you
may think......well have I got a surprise." Sirik pulled the rope
and almost imedetly the Omega group fell into a pit of rotting
bantha hides and sudenly the floor drops out again into
Freelancer's sock barracks.
"The correct answer was.........can't tell that's actually a real
question if this goes through." -LCM Sirik
" *Freelancer walks up to the podium*
*taps mic*
"Ahem," Freelancer began.
"I have a prepared statement that I will now read," he says as flash
bulb pop left and right, "To the general people of the SSSD
Sovereign, especially the honorable SovCOM Proton and the venerable
LC Mike, and the members of Wing I, I have something to say. On
behalf of the sock nation, and their allies the LAMBDA Clothes
Alliance of the port side, I must bring to light several slanders and
libels against my former clothes articles. By medical code
33.56-AAE1, part of the definition of sentient beings, these articles
and items are no longer in my ownership, as I own no slaves," Bubba
gives Freelancer a glare that's censored on 15 worlds and the SSSD
Sov itself, "and they have declared independence and have signed a
treaty with the EH as a whole to be a subsidiary territory and all..
uh.. profits.. um .. to the EH..." Freelancer glances closer to see
exactly what he's been pressed into reading.
"I guess they don't read those petitions very closely," Nebular shook
his head and looked down.
"Furthermore, continuing abuse of said articles of clothing and/or
sock or sock pairs will result in HCI involvement with severe
punishment, as mentioned in the Articles of War. Please keep this in
mind and remember to be tolerant of our.. um.. " Freelancer checks to
make sure he's seeing what he thinks he sees, "less evolved brethren
so that they may also feel the freedom we do."
Freelancer pauses, and in the silence folds the prepared statement
back up.
"Well..." he said, pregnantly.
"Well?" somebody asked back.
"Well, two things. It looks like the socks are our allies. And I'm
never reading anything aloud again without reading it silently
first." -LC Freelancer
"And lets see, 20 pounds of that is the lead between your ears??" -COL Gen (Hey at least Free's got a landing pad...) Es'mith
" Lead? Try copper, the synapses firing would wear out a lead conductor in seconds ;P " MAJ Argon Viper
"Wait, shouldn't we be asking for nurses?
You know that the medics are all either male, droids, sadistic or all three combined....." -COL Gen
"Unfortunately, they know better than to send nurses into Wing I
unless they're male, droids, sadistic, or all three...
>:(
Cursed FMO!" -LC Freelancer
"You know, if there hadn't been so many sexual harassment cases since you arrived, they'd probably still let us have them. As it is, we have to make do with males, droids, sadists, or all three... ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"Shh. You're not supposed to mention the naval corps to Freelancer. We
have to remember he feels a little responsable that it FAILED MISERABLY.
Oh, whoops. That was a bit loud wasn't it?
P.S. I really don't think it was your fault, honest!" -LC Mike Chistu
"Heh, bring it on. My friend Cynthia was a registered masseuse, so I
know enough pressure points to bring anyone to the ground ::evil
grin:: Anyways, you could never catch me if you tried ;)" -MAJ Argon Viper
"
days? :P " -LC Mike Chistu
"If she's a "masseuse" like Mike's talkin' about, and Argon's using her
pressure points to take me down... maybe I dont wanna catch him.. :-| " -LCM Pheonixus
"I'm beggining to think that my pilots consider me as their secretary." -CPT Ace Hobbes
"Nosewipe. How does it go? ... CMDRs do secretarial work, WCs do baby-sitting and the COM wipes noses. ;) " -AD Proton
"WCs do baby-sitting? Who do they baby-sit? :P
And I'll beter try to hide my nose... Somewhere..." -CPT Ace Hobbes
"Ah, then, I guess my secretatrial work for this month just about offsets
the noses I've bloodied (or caused to fill with snot) on the MBs this month
:P
Gotta love job security through reciprocity.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I promised Wolvie a popsicle if the wing was
asleep by the time I got home..." -LC Philo
"Proton? Highest score? Geeze, this is new to me." -LCM Sirik
" **Dude grabs Sirik by the collar, gives an ugly Tusken yell, and thrusts
the pilot into the deepest, freshest, HGB** >:) " -AD "I heard that" Proton
"See kids this is why we always have 3 things with us at all times:
1.A taste for vengence
2.some lighter fluid and a match
3.A jetpack
*ignites Jetpack and burns Dude's head on the way out of the HGB* " -LCM Sirik
"Um, yes... Start a flame in an area comprised ENTIRELY of
methane-related by-products from Hutts....
My favorite line from "X-Men" sums up my feelings: "I thought you
lived in a school!"
Translation? "DuuuuhhhhH!!!!" -LC Freelancer
"Good observation. I was thinking I'll need an ESC if I build more
fighters. As Picard says.. "Make it so" (*adjusts shirt*) " -Warlord Freelancer
"hehehe...I liked Kirk better...."Damnit Spok!" "Damnit Bones!" :P
" Yes, but he doesn't have the right quote for this occasion. "Dammit Spock" doesn't signal a finalizing of plans ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"Dammit, Bones! We've GOT TO! If we don't, where will it end?!?!
(to paraphrase) " -LC Freelancer
"KHAN!!! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!
Or in this Case: DOOOOOYLE!!!!!!!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYLE!!!!!
"Still the greatest Star Trek lines ever.
Just watch that movie. I bet his delivery makes you crack up." -LC Mike "damn it, Jim" Chis
"Sux that I have no real authority over them... Oh well, I can still bribe the bartender to prevent them from getting booze ::evil grin:: And trust me, by promising to pay my tabs, I can give him more money than you guys ever could, even if I have to mortgage the Sov ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"I have two chicks washing my "Guardian" right now." -GN Compton
"Congrats Kahooli*shakes Kahooli's hand* Treasure your ISM, I love mine. I started a new religon based on it." -LCM Sirik"Hail the ISM, OUR LEADER(well mine right now)"Xirok
"Congrats man!! Just some advice, you can pawn that thing to pay for the drinks ;P " -MAJ Argon Viper
"Compton, you wimp! We could knit a quilt for a hutt with the gray on my head!! ... At least I still have a lot of hair, kind of like on the caricatures of Imperial admirals ;) " -AD Proton
"Somewhere, Crusher the Hutt could be snuggled up warmly in his Imperial
Admiral's Hair quilt ... it's kind of a disturbing thought ..." -COL Sasquatch
"Gotta stop drinking water and switch back to Reaper's JD. ;)" -MAj Nurel Turr
"Common misconception. No, actually the Freelancer Quarters are in the
HGB, but because of his semi-good behavior (compared to 5-year
averages) he has been alowed to live "up top" for a while. As such,
the quarters are sub-let to Delta as a means to supplement
Freelancer's pay (which is 100% docked by Proton's accountants in a
feeble attempt to recoup losses for PPB over the years)." -LC Freelancer
"Hey, hey, I resent that. I KNOW I'm still in Lambda... I just prefer
not to respond to email unless they specifically make fun of me. Let
that be a lesson: ignore me, or watch me make poor attempts at humor!
Hahahaha!" -CPT Flelm
"Don't you guys get it...it's the new Imperial Training Scheme. We've got to stare at a Notepad file of rubbish, and decipher the code using our increadible mental capacity!
/me downs a whole bottle of Brain Pills-WC Strength-and stares hard at it.
Eh? Why is this notepad file full of pink elephants? I feel dizzy...woah..." -LCM HicRic
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