Prelude to Andevia has started and is currently running. Some of the entries look encouraging so far. It will be running for 2 months and will finish on 7th March 2002. The competition website is at http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/prelude/ Be sure to check the news page every now and then as there will be updates posted from time to time. I'm thinking about adding a Star Wars Galactice Battlegrounds map design event. And a reminder that the competition is open to all members.

I'll be getting to the judging of the Design a Bad Guy competition during the week and the results will be published (hopefully) by the next report. Also, there's a few courses in the design phase which should be coming out soon.

ID Line Blast from the Past
GRD ShadowHawk (Sith)/Nuitari of Aquillas (IWATS Core, 15th Jan 2000)
TRN/CT Ciara/Alpha Company/PLT Daedalus (IWATS Core, 15th Jan 2000)
FM/COL Kyle Cantor Kessler/Tornado 1-4/Wing X/ISD Challenge (mIRC/1, 20th Jan 1999)

Current Staff
HA Astatine - Training Officer/IWATS Dean
COL Ford - Professor, TIE Fighter Tactics
CPT Predator - Professor, Rebellion Tactics
CPT Daisuke Airyu - Professor, Graphics
LC E. Tarkin - Professor, XvT Fighter Tactics
VA Marcin - Professor, XvT Missions
AD Ari - Professor, VBS
LC Aylius Khan - Professor, Computer Basics
COL Scoser - Professor, TIE Missions
COL Ricardo - Professor, Squadron Management 2
FA Striker - Professor, XWA Missions
CPT Darknyte - Professor, AIM

Now to the XO stuff... :P

Well, I guess first lots of thanks to go around. First for all the congratulations. Also thanks to those who have supported the efforts of IWATS and the Training Office, be it taking tests, making courses or participating in competitions. And lastly, thanks to Ronin for not canning me earlier and giving me this wonderful opportunity. :P

A slightly boring historical overview of me - Joined the EH in Feb 1998. I've held high-level positions in the DB, HF, BHG and IW. I've been Dean for nearly 4 years and TO for nearly 3. I'm an Aussie, making me the first non-American XO. :P I'm also XO #7 (if the information in the Codex is to be believed). Some goals I've come up with which I'd like to achieve as XO include:

• Stablise the smaller subgroups.
• Eventually get all smaller subgroups to at least 100 members each and then least 200 members each.
• Get the EH membership count to 5,000.
• Raise the bar for all COs in terms of performance.
• Raising activity levels.
• More subgroup content in Newsletters.
• More interaction and better relationships between the subgroups and with other Star Wars clubs.

Q. What's happening to TC.org/the EH database?
A. The TC site and database will be moving to Ronin's ownership. Because of various issues, we can't keep the EH database and it will go offline in a month or two.

Q. Can I be your CA:XO/XOA/love slave?
A. No. >:P

Q. What's happening with TO?
A. It will be open for applications. Details on the domain soon.

Q. What's happening with www.imperialacademy.org?
A. Staying online.

Q. Can you help me further my petty personal vendetta/crusade?
A. No :P

Q. When is the XO site going online?
A. Monday hopefully.

Um, I think that's about it. :P

XO/SA Astatine/CS-2/SSSD Sovereign
MoH/ICx2/OoR/GOE/GSx2/SS/BSx3/PC/ISM/MoI-DC/IS-1BR-1GR/LoC/CoS/CoE/CoLx2/LoA/OV-3E
DJP Astatine (Krath)/DGM, SC-SoI/BZ-BQ/DC-KC/(LSB)
"Command Attache free since January 2000"
"I just can't seem to score with chicks. They just bounce off the edge of the hockey goal and lie there chirping in pain."