Fleet News:

Project Shield is over
11:13 - FA Marcin Szydlowski [tac@emperorshammer.org]
Yes. I have completed Project Shield. All links have been updated. We
now wait for XO to add software download to admin section and then you
will see what Shield is.

Emperor's Hammer Battle Launcher Released!
07:22 - AD Ender mBind [mindb_ender@hotmail.com]
After years of being in the planning and now about 10 months of work the
Tactical Office and Science Office are very proud to announce the
release of the "Emperor's Hammer Battle Launcher" - probably the most
elaborate piece of software to ever come out of the Emperor's Hammer and
one that will most definitely change your flying experience completely.

The Launcher installs battles for you with a single click, launches the
games and adds the basic patches used in our missions, like the "Fly
All" patch for TIE Fighter. It also prevents cheating by editing mission
files, which has been a problem for the Tactical Office since the
beginning of this club.

This is now available for download once you log in to the Administration
Area of the database. Usage is easy: After you have installed EHBL,
Download battle.ehm, click it to install the battle and press the button
of whatever game you want to play. If you have any, report bugs on the
EHBL thread on the EH messageboard or to TAC or SCO. We're also
available for regular help of course. Read more about it at
http://www.emperorshammer.org when its updated.

Tactical Directive #2 - EHBL
13:34 - FA Marcin Szydlowski [tac@emperorshammer.org]
Starting November 1st, 2003, every Emperor's Hammer pilot is ordered to
use Emperor's Hammer Battle Launcher. Any High Scores achieved without
EHBL will be rejected. Until November you have time to report any bugs
and EHBL problems to SCO and TAC, so we will fix them quickly.

New Flight Office Site
16:49 - FA Cyric [jroscoe@comcast.net]
The Flight Office has a new site: http://flightoffice.minos.net. Its
fairly rough, but I will be working on it... If anyone can offer any
assistance I would be much appreciated :)

Mission Creation Wars - Results
11:13 - FA Marcin Szydlowski [tac@emperorshammer.org]
After many months, we have finaly came to the finals, where Frodo faced
dynamic duo of Carl Lost and Viper. After testing the battles myself,
and asking my CA, to do so, we have decided that, the winner and best
battle designer of the Emperor's Hammer Mission Creation Wars is Rear
Admiral Frodo, who is being awarded with the Gold Star of the Empire.
Congratulations

Carl Lost and Viper, will both receive Silver Stars. Congrats guys.

Next MCW will start in 2004.

NL 97 & 98 ZIPs available
11:11 - AD Darknyte [darknyte@alltel.net]
I've uploaded the 2 newest Newsletters to my archive at
http://lo.cosmicholonet.org/nls. The new Newsletters as well as all
previous issues are available for download in ZIP format. Enjoy!

TIE95 Fix For EHBL Users Running Windows 2000/XP
07:21 - AD Ender mBind [mindb_ender@hotmail.com]
Because, without a fix, TIE95 don't run on XP ans 2K anyway it also
doesn't when you install EHBL (even if you have already "fixed it"). CM
Lenvik has made a guide on how to fix this problem however and its
available at: http://www.minos.net/~lenvik/tie952kxp.htm

Give it a try.

Tactical Competitions: Results
02:05 - FA Marcin Szydlowski [tac@emperorshammer.org]
Here you are. Results of "Eagles of Freedom" and "What would you do if
you were TAC" competitions:

FCHG Competition #4 - Eagles of Freedom:
X-Wing:
1st: RA Locke Setzer with his "Racing the Beltway" (IS-PR)

Ballance of Power:
1st: Vlader Xavier with his "Task Force Fury" (IS-PR)

X-Wing Alliance:
1st: MAJ Choosh with his "Eagles of Freedom" (IS-PR)

What would you do if you were TAC:
1st. LC Thorn (IS-GR)
2nd. LC Kodiak Kereban (IS-SR)

Medals has already been recommended. Congrats to all who participated.

Just a reminder
16:12 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
I'm still taking applications for XOA. Details are available at
http://www.theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?t=8334

New battles and free missions
11:48 - FA Marcin Szydlowski [tac@emperorshammer.org]
Yeah, you didn't hear it for a very long time. Now, battles and mission
are coming again. I have just released:

XvT-FREEs: 151-155
BoP-TC: 21
More will come very soon. Probably tomorrow.

New NLs
07:00 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
Online Download
NL 97 (5.6mb) http://theholo.net/nls/eh/97/
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/97/
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer97.zip
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer97.zip
http://lo.cosmicholonet.org/nls/hammer097.zip

NL 98 (6.1mb) http://theholo.net/nls/eh/98/
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/98/
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer98.zip
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer98.zip
http://lo.cosmicholonet.org/nls/hammer097.zip

NL 99 (7.5mb) http://theholo.net/nls/eh/99/
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/99/
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer99.zip
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer99.zip
http://lo.cosmicholonet.org/nls/hammer097.zip

BG News:

1) Biggest news this week is the release of the Emperor´s Hammer Battle
Launcher, that we soon will all have to use. It should make our life
easier and stop cheating. Any probs contact me, TAC and/or SCO (read TAC
Directive II too)

2)Good job from CM Lenvik releasing tips to solve EHBL Probs with TIE95

3)RA Frodo won a Gold Star of the Empire for winning Mission Creation
Wars, Gratz

4) Gratz to LC Kodiak for 2º Place (IS-SR) in Tac What would you do if
you were TAC Gratz to MAJ Choosh (XWA, IS-PR) and MAJ Vladet Xavier
(BoP, IS-PR) on 1º place in FCHG Competition #4 - Eagles of Freedom

5) Please note that FO has released a new site:
http://flightoffice.minos.net

6)Take a read at all the new NLs, lots of interesting stuff from ASF

7) The new ASF Mascot is the The Vortexian Dancing Bear

8) MAJ Girth Snail was best EH/ASFer in Bob and Fred Month of War

9) Comp results:

Online Trivia in #eh_asf:

1º Place - Iron Star: Silver Ribbon: CM Coranel
2º Place - Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon: LC Goad

ASF Trivia 14

1º Place - Iron Star: Gold Ribbon: LC Goad
2º Place - Iron Star: Silver Ribbon: LC Kodiak
3º Place - Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon: LT Valin Drago

ISM: Sarin

1. Which Cheers star appeared in The Empire Strikes Back?
A Cliff Claven! (John Ratzenberger) was a Rebel Base Commander

2. The bad guy from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Donovan, also
played a bad guy in the Empire Strikes Back. Who did he play? A Julian
Glover played General Veers, the AT-AT commander.

3. Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett, also played another character
in ESB. Who did he play? A Jeremy Bulloch played the Imperial Officer
who led Leia and the gang through Cloud City when they ran across Luke!

4 What was the name of Lord Tion´s ISD?
A Devastator

5. What starfighters escorted the rebel transports during the
evactuation of Hoth? A. X-Wings

6. Who replaces Admiral Ozzel after DArth Vader chokes him to death? A.
Captain Piett

7. What color is the uniform of a death star trooper?
A Black

8. What world was C-3PO worshiped as a deity on?
A. Endor

9. What state was background footage for Return of the Jedi's speeder
bike scene filmed in? A. California

10 What did Jabba keep in a pit beneath the floor grating?
A The Rancor

11 What Rebel pilot was portrayed by William Hootkins?
A Porkins

12 Who was the pilot of Jansons snowspeeder during the Battle of Hoth?
A Wedge Antilles

13 What did Han loan to Lando prior to the second death star battle? A
The Millennium Falcon

14 Where did Darth Vader first sensed Luke's powerful Force potential? A
Battle of Yavin

15 What is a Rutian Twi´lek?
A this is a race of Twi'leks which is virtually identical to normal
Twi'leks, except for their bright blue skin

16 Who was the first Senator who demanded that the vote for the Military
Creation Act be delayed, after Senator Padme Amidala was nearly
assassinated? A Orn Free Taa

17 Where (planet) is Ryloth Street located?
A Darkknell

18 What were Scout Troopers assigned to do?
A Assigned to guard Imperial garrisons

19 Who was admiral of darth vaders fleet during the battle of hoth? A.
Piett

20 What was the name of the Troopers assigned to Operation Shadow Hand?
A Dark Troopers

21 What kinda of installation for troopers is located in Sochi?
A Troopers' Rest

22 What type of vessel was fatally crippled by a Rebel suicide pilot,
during the Battle of Endor?
A Super Star Destroyer

23 Who was the Senator for Ryloth during the “Attack of the Clones”? A.
Orn Free Taa

24 What color is the uniform of a TIE fighter pilot?
A Black

25 What was Rieekan's rank in the Rebel Alliance?
A General

26 Who expressed doubts that the Rebel Alliance had set up a base in the
Hoth System? A Admiral Ozzel

27 What is the name given to the native language of the Ewoks?
A Ewokese

28 What planet is home for the Sarlacc monster in the movies (RotJ)? A
Tatooine

29 What type of Twi´lek is Orn Free Taa?
A Rutian Twi´lek

30 What is the life spam of a Sarlacc?
A. 20.000 years

31 How long does it take the Sarlacc to digest its victims?
A 1.000 years

32 What western state was Return of the Jedi's sarlacc battle filmed in?
A Arizona

33 What was the central weapon of the second Death Star?
A A superlaser

34 What city was small enough to escape notice by the Mining Guild? A
Cloud City

35 How did Han and Chewbacca make a dishonest buck before they joined
the Rebels? A smuggling

36 Who was the trap on cloud city designed to catch?
A Luke Skywalker

37 ho was the producer of Star Wars: ANH?
A Gary Kurtz

38 What type of vehicle is the XP-38?
A Landspeeder

39 Who hosted the Rebel Alliance briefing meeting in Return of the Jedi?
A Mon Mothma

40 What “independent” Organization did Emperor Palpatine use to secure
raw material for his War Machine? A Mining Guild

41 What planet are Jawas native to?
A Tatooine

42 Jawas have origins in which other species?
A Humans

43 What type of vehicles were used to fly Attack Pattern Delta?
A Snowspeeders

44 Who developed the spacing and attack formation known as Attack
Pattern Delta? A Beryl Chiffonage and Luke Skywalker

45 What were Han and Lando promoted to before the second death star
battle? A General

46 What race were the spies who captured crucial information on the
second death star? A Bothan

47 Who was the first to join Han Solo's endor command crew?
A Chewbacca

48 What was located on the opposite side of an Endor ridge, according to
C-3PO? A The control bunkers secret entrance

49 What ground battle's definitive turning point occured when Rebels
captured a scout walker? A The battle of Endor

50 What was the largest creature seen in the movie trilogy?
A A space slug

ASF Mascot

http://theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?p=126569#126569

1º Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: LC Kodiak

BoB and Freds Month of War

http://theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?p=126570#126570

1º Iron Star - Gold Wings: MAJ Girth Snail

ASF Wide Comps Participation 09/2003

http://theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?t=8531

MAJ Yoda took part in 11 of the 19 ASF Comps in September

1º Place - Iron Star: Gold Ribbon: MAJ Yoda
2º Place - Iron Star: Silver Ribbon: LC Kodiak
3º Place - Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon: MAJ Choosh

EH NL Submissions Incentive

http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=4536

Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: CM Kael Malahk (Cover NL 97)
Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: CM Kael Malahk (Image of the Month NL 97) Iron
Star - Gold Ribbon: LCM Felix Anthraxson (Cover NL 98)
Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: LCM Felix Anthraxson (Image of the Month NL 98)
Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: VA Khadgar (Cover NL 99)

New Comps:

ASF Trivia 15

Competition Name/Title ASF Trivia 15
Submitted by: BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/5/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/12/2003
Parties Involved ASF
Missions/Battles Used /
Medals to be Awarded Awarded Iron Star - Gold Ribbon Ribbon to the first
to get all Answers correct or Most Correct answers by Deadline Iron Star
- Silver Ribbon for the 2º to get all Correct Answers or 2º most Correct
answers by Deadline Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon for the 3º to get all
Correct Answers or 2º most Correct answers by Deadline

1 What type of vehicle did the Emperor travel in?

2 What political body was dissolved by the Emperor during Star Wars, A
New Hope?

3 What villain did Ian McDiarmid portray in return of the Jedi?

4 What did the Emperor allow the Rebels to learn the location of?

5 What creature nests inside the Great Pit of Carkoon?

6 What 1987 Mel Brooks movie parodied Star Wars?

7 What pilot flew as Red Two during the first death star battle?

8 What squadron made the initial torpedo run against the first death
star?

9 What system is famous for having many Space Slugs, due to it’s
asteroid belt?

10 What European country were the Hoth scenes filmed in for the empire
strikes back?

11 What creatures picked through the contents of Luke's landspeeder?

12 What special photographic effects superivisor on Star Wars went on to
work on films like Lifeforce and Batman Forever?

13 What did Obi-Wan sense the destruction of?

14 What rank did Derlin hold in the Rebel Alliance?

15 What planet did the rebels use as a base before moving to the jungle
moon of Yavin?

16 What episode number is Star Wars A new hope according to the opening
crawl text?

17 What creature nearly ate the Millennium Falcon whole?

18 What type of craft were the sentry ships that patrolled the space
around the death star?

19 What Central American country were the exterior shots of Yavin's moon
filmed in?

20 What is the predominant color of R2-D2's chassis?

21 What was Yoda's approximate age at death?

22 What Prince of Tides star was up for the role of Han Solo?

23 Whats the primary color of Alderaan as seen from space?

24 What creatures do sand people ride?

25 What planet was Sand people native to?

26 Why are Sand People called Tusken Raiders?

27 Who (species) are believed to be the antecessors of Sand People?

28. What character was inspired by Indiana, George Lucas' pet Alaskan
malamute?

29 Who thought the name Lando referred to a star system?

30 Who was placed in charge of the rebel fighter attack at the second
death star battle?

31 What three characters did Tim Rose play in ROTJ

32 Who played Yoda in the ESB and ROTJ Radio Dramas?

33 What instrument does Max Rebo play?

34 What is Max Rebo real name?

35 What instrument does Doda Bodonawieedo, the Rodian from the Max Rebo
Band, play?

36 What is the name of Jabba's drum master?

37 Who is the Weequay god of thunder?

38 Who is the Chief of Cyborg Operations for Jabba?

39 Which Corporation built built espionage droids from 3PO protocol droids?

40 Where are the Ghorfas native? (planet)

41 What is the Ewok chief's name?

42 What is the name of the Ewook Village seen in RotJ?

43 Which Ewok was the medicine man and spiritual leader of the Ewok tribe
which assisted the Alliance ground team during the Battle of Endor?

44 How does Admiral Piett die?

45 What does Wedge torpedo in the Death Star's reactor chamber?

46 The scene with the funeral pyre of Darth Vader was filmed at a special
location. Where was it?

47 Who is the Mother of Kneesaa?

48 Who did Kneesaa, the Ewook marry?

49 Where is Fort Tusken Located? (planet)

50. What is the Home Planet of the Nikto?

ASF Online Trivia in #eh_ASF 3

Competition Name/Title ASF Online Trivia in #eh_ASF 3
Submitted by: BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/5/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/26/2003
Parties Involved ASF
Missions/Battles Used /
Medals to be Awarded Iron Star Silver Ribbon for winner Iron Star Bronze
Ribbon for 2º Place Miscellaneous Information 20 Questions of Online
Trivia in #eh_Asf to advertise the BG #. Held on Sundays after TC
Meeting. I´ll ask questions if I am not there Senior officer takes my
place.

Comps running:

Week of War Incentive:
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=5100

EH NL Submissions Incentive
http://www.ehnet.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=4536

ASF Recruiting Comp 3

http://theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?t=7867

Competition Name/Title ASF Recruitment Comp 3
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 7/20/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 8/20/2003
Parties Involved ASF
Medals to be Awarded IS GR 1st place - Most recruits entering ASF IS sr
2nd Place IS BR 3rd Place Miscellaneous Information Since ASF is at a
low since I got BGCOM

This comp is designed to get the ASF Body to recruit more members into
the ASF to increase the ASF numbers. Either New SLs, that you get MoI
for recruiting, or they mail me saying you recruited them, or Members
coming back from Reserves mailing me saying you recruited them.

BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
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7-Rx2/DFC-SW/MoC-3BoC-1SoC/CoS/CoLx3/CoB/LoAx47/OV-3E
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