Fleet News:

WING X Commander Chosen
01:45 - FA Cyric [jroscoe@comcast.net]
Congratulations to COL Master #6252 for being chosen as the new Wing Commander of Wing X. He has been chosen as the best applicant and wish him the best of luck!

New game platforms available
18:54 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Star Wars Galaxies, Knights of the Old Republic and Republic Commando have now been added to the platforms list. If you own these games and want that status reflected on your profile, login and select "Edit Profile" from the admin menu.

More on the Newsletters
16:13 - AD Darknyte [darknyte@alltel.net]
As always, it seems the Logistics Office mirror for the Newsletters has been overlooked. Every issue can always be found at http://lo.cosmicholonet.org/nls That is all.

Imperial Storm IV: The BGs' Revenge Starts Today
11:48 - VA Pel [Palinathas@aol.com]
Starting tonight, the latest installment of Imperial Storm! This features the ATF, ASF and TCBGs all taking aim at the Sovereign. Rules and Details can be found at the War Office (http://waroffice.minos.net) under Current Wargames. Keep in touch with your Commanding Officers to know when to fly and what to fly!

Music comp winner
10:34 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]
VA Khaen is the winner of that music competition. The piece in question was "Gothic Power" and doesn't feature in the LOTR soundtrack at all.

NL 95 & 96
10:10 - SA Astatine [jpboyce@indigo.net.au]


Newsletters 95 and 96 are now available.

Online Download
NL 95
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/95/
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/95/
NL 96
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/96/
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/96/
NL 95
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer95.zip
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer95.zip
NL 96
http://theholo.net/nls/eh/zips/hammer96.zip
http://www.ehnet.org/nl/hammer96.zip

BG News:

1) Biggest News is the release of the ASF site at www.asf.minos.net thx to the hard work of CPT Drako

2)Comp Results:

Iron Star - Gold Wings: MAJ Yoda
Iron Star - Silver Wings: CPT Choosh
Iron Star - Bronze Wings: CPT JoeyC

Fastest Squadron: Odin Squadron
2º Fastest Squadron: Phoenix Squadron
3º Fastest Squadron: Copperhead Squadron

Online Trivia in #eh_asf:

1º Place - Iron Star: Silver Ribbon: CPT Vladet Xavier
2º Place - Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon: LC Kodiak

ASF Trivia #13

1º Place - Iron Star: Gold Ribbon: MAJ Yoda
2º Place - Iron Star: Silver Ribbon: CPT JediEclipse
3º Place - Iron Star: Bronze Ribbon: LT Zystef

ISM: CPT TK-6686

1. What other role did Ahmed Best play in Episode I besides Jar Jar?
A. Ahmed Best also played a senator in the background as an extra.

2. Who was the voice of Darth Maul?
A. Peter Serafinowicz.

3. What 3 characters did Jerome Blake play in Episode I?
A. Rune Haako, Oppo Rancsis, and Mas Amedda.

4. What does the Huttese word "shag" mean?
A. Slave.

5. Who owned Anakin and Shmi before Watto?
A. Gardulla the Hutt.

6. Who sits in the Senate podium with Chancellor Valorum?
A. Sei Taria and Mas Amedda

7. What is the name of the Wookiee Senator from Kashyyyk?
A. Senator Yaru

8. What is the name of Gardulla the Hutt's assistant?
A. Diva Funquita

9. Who made Anakin's Pod Racing Helmet?
A. A local craftsman named Taieb

10. What Species is Diva Funquita?
A. Diva

11. What is the name of the river that turns into a waterfall in Theed?
A. The River Solleu

12. What is the Naboo alphabet called? (Note the handwritten and formal have different names.)
A. The handwritten form is called the futhork. The formal form (seen on the ships) is the futhark.

13. What are "Eyes of Mesra"?
A. They are small fortune telling devices that children of Mos Espa play with. It is an old tradition (kind of a Star Wars Magic 8 Ball, I guess).

14. What 3 groups make up the Naboo Royal Security Forces?
A. The Security Guard, the Palace Guard, and the Space Fighter Corps.

15. What is the name of the Gungan army?
A. The Grand Army.

16. How many worlds does Palpatine represent in the Galactic Senate?
A. 36. That includes his homeworld of Naboo.

17. Where is Otoh Gunga located on Naboo?
A. In the deep waters of Lake Paonga.

18. What are the names of Sebulba's blue twin Twi'lek slaves?
A. Ann and Tann Gella

19. What was the name of the glowing ball that Amidala gave Boss Nass in Episode I?
A. The Globe of Peace

20. Where are the Colicoids from?
A. Colla IV

21. What does the red mark on the Queen's lip represent?
A. It is called the red "scar of remebrance" and it marks Naboo's time of suffering before the Great Time of Peace.

22. Who was the King responsable for the Great Time of Peace in Naboo?
A. King Jafan

23. Which Jedi Council Member is NOT a Jedi Master?
A. Ki-Adi Mundi is a Jedi Knight, not a Jedi Master

24. What is the Official Name of the Vulture Droid?
A.Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid

25. Who in the Star Wars Universe manufactured the Trade Federation's MTT's and ATT's?
A. Baktoid Armour Workshop.

26. Who plays Wald, Anakin's young Rodian friend in Episode I?
A. Warwick Davis, who also played Willow and Wicket.

27. Which Jedi is a polygamist?
A. Ki-Adi-Mundi. His species has a 20-1 female to male ratio, so they have multiple wives.

28. What is Jedi Council member Ki Adi Mundi's homeworld?
A. Cerea.

29. What is Panaka's job and rank?
A. He is Captain of the Naboo Guard and personal protector to the young Queen.

30. What does Nabrun Leids, the gas masked alien from the Cantina, breathe?
A. Methane

31. What is the name of the Mos Eisley Cantina?
A. Chalmun's Cantina

32. What is Darth Vader's full title?
A. Dark Lord of the Sith

33. Who was the previous owner of C-3PO and R2-D2, before Luke´s Uncle/Luke?
A. Captain Antilles

34.What do Stormtroopers on Tatooine ride on?
A. Dewbacks

35. Which ship had the only Alderaanian soldiers and weapons in existence just before the destruction of Alderaan?
A. Tantive IV

36.Who was the captain of Tantive IV?
A. Captain Antilles

37.Who composed the Death Star command triumvirate?
A. Tarkin, Tagge, Motti

38. Someone else was originally going to take on the mission of picking up the Death Star plans instead of Leia, ho? Also, why did Leia end up flying the mission?
A. Leia's step-father, Bail Organa was going to take the mission. Leia talked him out of it, reasoning that since she was always going on mercy missions in the Tantive IV, it would look less suspicious. When she left, it sealed both thier fates.

39. How was Princess Leia to pick up the plans to the Death Star?
A. The Tantive IV was to enter a solar system and pass close to the planet Tuprowa (where the Rebels who had stolen the plans from a convoy were--Leia and her step-father had learned the location of the convoy from a slip by Lord Tion). The plans would then be transmitted on a tight beam to the Tantive IV. The battle to capture the plans for the Death Star was the first major battle for the Rebellion, and it's first victory.

40. Which was the Rebellion first major battle and first victory?
A. Battle to capture the Death Star Plans – Tuprowa

41. Who Killed Lord Tion?
A. Himself

42. What is the name of the planet that Princess Leia claimed the rebel base was on in Star Wars, A New Hope?
A. Dantooine.

43. What is the name of the rock formation Luke flew through in Beggar's Canyon?
A. The Stone Needle. Flying through was called "threading the Stone Needle."

44. Which General was in charge of Rebel Hoth Base?
A. General Rieekian

45. What was the Code name for the Hoth Base?
A Echo Base

46. Which Star Destroyer spotted the Falcon on its way out of the asteroid field, on ESB?
A Avenger

47. What species is the Bounty Hunter Zuckuss?
A Zuckuss is a Gand.

48. Who filled in for Jeremy Bulloch as Boba Fett during the 'He's no good to me dead' scene in ESB?
A John Morton, who also played Dack, filled in for Jeremy while he had to be away.

49. During the lightsaber battle in ESB, who was in the Darth Vader costume for the swordfighting?
A "Bob Anderson was the man who actually did Vader's fighting." - Mark Hamill

50. Michael Sheard, who played Admiral Ozzel, also played a villian in an Indiana Jones film. Who did he play?
A Micheal Sheard also played Hitler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

New Comps:

Competition Name/Title ASF Trivia 14
Submitted by: BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 9/29/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/5/2003
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
Miscellaneous Information 50 Trivia questions about EH/ASF/and SW in
general Submitted by mail

1. Which Cheers star appeared in The Empire Strikes Back?

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?

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?

6. Who replaces Admiral Ozzel after Darth Vader chokes him to death?

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

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

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

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

11 What Rebel pilot was portrayed by William Hootkins?

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

13 What did Han loan to Lando prior to the second death star battle?

14 Where did Darth Vader first sensed Luke's powerful Force potential?

15 What is a Rutian Twi´lek?

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?

17 Where (planet) is Ryloth Street located?

18 What were Scout Troopers assigned to do?

19 Who was admiral of Darth vaders fleet during the battle of hoth?

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

21 What kinda of installation for troopers is located in Sochi?

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

23 Who was the Senator for Ryloth during the “Attack of the Clones”?

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 What is the life spam of a Sarlacc?

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

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

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

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

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

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

37 who was the producer of Star Wars: ANH?

38 What type of vehicle is the XP-38?

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

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

41 What planet are Jawas native to?

42 Jawas have origins in which other species?

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

44 Who developed the spacing and attack formation known as Attack Pattern
Delta?

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

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

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

48 What was located on the opposite side of an Endor ridge, according to
C-3PO?

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

50 What was the largest creature seen in the movie trilogy?

Comps Running:

ASF Mascot

http://theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?p=122041#122041

Competition Name/Title ASF Mascot
Submitted by: BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 9/21/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 10/5/2003
Parties Involved ASF
Missions/Battles Used /
Medals to be Awarded Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: Best Submission Iron Star - Silver Ribbon: 2º Best Submission Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon: 3º Best Submission
Miscellaneous Information The Goal is to create a Mascot for ASF. The Winning Submission will become the ASF Official Submission. Submissions must include a name and description but can also incluse a Graphic/Picture and a fiction.

ASF Wide Comps Participation 09/2003

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

Competition Name/Title ASF Wide Comps Participation 09/2003
Submitted by: BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 8/30/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 9/30/2003
Parties Involved ASF
Missions/Battles Used /
Medals to be Awarded Iron Star - Gold Ribbon: 1º Most Active Iron Star -
Silver Ribbon: 2º Most Active Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon: 3º Most Active
Miscellaneous Information Award to the person who participates in the
most comps in the month (ASF wide-comps). A way to Estimulate
Participation and reward pilots even if they don´t win.

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.

ASF Online Trivia in #eh_ASF 2

http://theholo.net/mb/viewtopic.php?t=7862

Competition Name/Title ASF Online Trivia in #eh_ASF 2
Submitted by: BGCOM/AD Darksaber/Aggressor Strike Force
Start Date (mm/dd/yy) 9/7/2003
End Date (mm/dd/yy) 9/28/2003
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.

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