Firstly, the most important things that have happened in the last week or so are the appointment of a new TO, CHS and CGM. Congratulations to Havoc, Slegr and Gryffon respectively. A note about vacant positions and applying for them. A number of people applied for TO and CHS before the positions were officially announced as being open and the selection criteria were posted. The selection criteria is meant to allow myself and the Fleet Commander a standard benchmark for comparing application, as well as allowing potential applicants know exactly what is wanted. To apply before the criteria is posted is rude and shows a lack of patience that would be unsuitable in a Command Officer. So, basically if you apply in this fashion, you blow your chance at the job. :P

Submissions for the next Newsletter are due by 20th (this coming Wednesday). You can get a nice award for submission and your 5 seconds of fame by having your submission immortalised in the Newsletter. Prelude to Andevia is still running at http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/prelude/ and PRF Ares has recieved an Imperial Cross (IC) for his service as Prefect.

Lastly, LucasArts have released a trailer for their in-production game, Jedi Outcast. It follows on from Jedi Knight and is developed by Raven, a company who has some competence in making 3D shooters. The trailer is in Quicktime format and is about 3.4MB. It displays some of the nice graphics (especially the saber effects and moves) and is available at http://www.lucasarts.com/products/outcast/images/movies/jedi_outcast_trailer.mov