Beth Squadron Report # 17 - December 7th, 1999

Introduction
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Not much happened at all this week... lets get some
more activity going! Fly some XWA battles if you
haven't already!

Squadron News
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- I (CPT Raith Sienar) was promoted to Major!

Wing News
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- Captain Demon Yoda has resigned as Gimel Squadron
CMDR. Captain Astin has come back to Wing III to take
his place.

- LCM Jahn Kalar has transferred to Wing V.

- CM Caramon Ravenbane has resigned.

- SL Wolf has been promoted to the rank of LT.

- SL Malice has been promoted to the rank of LT.

- LT Kel has gone AWOL.

- LC Havoc has been award 2 ISMs and 3 LoCs.

- We lost the Immortal vs Wing III Comp :( Although
we lost we still managed to get the top 2 pilots and
highest average. full detail at
http://redrival.com/pellaeon85/results.html . Medals
should be coming soon!

- Beth Squadron is Wing Commander's Own for the month
of December.

- Every Wing IIIer that get to the FCHG rank of
Paladin shall now recieve a Bronze Star. So start
flying; everyone has a long way to go.

- LC Havoc is working out a new Comp with the Immortal
and maybe the Vanguard will be included this time...
stay tuned for more info.

- Wing III membership stands at 33.

Sovereign News
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- Rho has challenged the "Rat Pack". Major Freelancer
must be drinking to much again.

- COM/FA Kramer completed the requirements to become a
Fusilier in the FCHG.

- The results of the last monthly SSSD Sovereign
competition this year (October/November) are posted.

- The Commodore's Own for the month of December is
being withheld.

TIE Corps News
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- The fifth Training Office Competition has started.
Details are available at
http://www.impstar.net/to/comp5/

- The following new battles have been released to the
fleet:
TC-TIE Battle #124: Rebel Tenacity
TC-TIE Battle #125: Operation 'Silent Scream'
TC-TIE Battle #126: Strategic Termination
TC-TIE Battle #127: Making a New SSD
TC-TIE Battle #128: Operation Yridia Alpha
FREE-TIE: Omicron Squadron Reload
FREE-TIE: Destroy Rebel Morale Event
FREE-TIE: Shin Squadron's Ambush
FREE-TIE: The Nightshift

- Recent recruitment activities on behalf of TIE Corps
Members who are also members of our allied club - The
Imperial Order, have been brought to the attention of
the Flight Office by the commanding officer of the
Imperial Order. TIE Corps pilots are hereby reminded
that it is an offence to encourage members of allied
Clubs to leave their positions to join the Emperor's
Hammer. Future offences of this nature will be dealt
with by the Security Officer.

- The Combat Operations Officer - Admiral Darkov today
relinquished the additional duties of Battlegroup
Commander of the Aggressor Strike Force and passed the
reins of command over to Rear Admiral Sarok, Commodore
of the Imperial Class Star Destroyer Intrepid. Rear
Admiral Sarok is hereby promoted the rank of Vice
Admiral and assumes the duties and responsibilities of
the Battlegroup Commander. Admiral Darkov retains the
position of Combat Operations Officer. Applications
for the position of Commodore of the ISD Intrepid
should be sent to Vice Admiral Sarok.

- Major Joe of Resh Squadron was awarded the coveted
Grand Order of the Emperor for his work in getting the
Emperor's Hammer reviewed and awarded four stars by
the Web Galactic Newsletter.

- Admiral Darkov unveils the Combat Operations Office.
The new site features a 'Challenge the EH' Page where
rival clubs can officially challenge the EH, from
whole Wings down to individual pilots, to online
combat using the full variety of Lucasarts Star Wars
games.

- Troy Dangerfield released AlliED v1.1 today for
registered users. The biggest new feature is the wave
selector to allow people to choose in-game radio .wav
files to play in custom missions. More details can be
found at the AlliED homepage at
http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/troyd/.

- Final OR Night Results: EH-20 | RS- 17 | TIE- 0

- The XVT competition that has been ongoing for
several weeks will finally end Sunday, December 5th at
8pm EST on the zone in the Tournament room for XvT. As
this was Ace Pilots competition first, I believe I
have emailed all participants and even some who were
not in it have emailed me. We will finish all matches
during this time and if the participation is too low,
it will be canceled. The XWA part of this Competition
will be announced next week. If you haven't previously
signed up for this and would like to join in, just
show up. There are numerous pilots who have still not
finished their first match. Anyone in the EH is
welcome to come!

- Courtesy of RaptorNet Systems and Captain Turtle,
the EH Battle Center has a new mirror available to
download battles from!

- Project Phoenix has released the following updated
battles:
TC-TIE #12
TC-TIE #13
TC-TIE #14
TC-TIE #16
TC-TIE #18
TC-TIE #53
TC-TIE #101

- TIE Corps membership stands at 931.


Fleet News
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- There are currently three polls open right now. EH
Poll #44 and EH Poll #45 are continued from last week,
and EH Poll #46 is a new one. The EH Polling Center
can be found at http://ehpoll.tsx.org.

- Grand Admiral Ronin has promoted Training Officer
Astatine to the rank of High Admiral, making him the
third of the three High Admirals in the Emperor's
Hammer along with High Admiral Kawolski and High
Admiral Paladin.

- New Dark Brotherhood website launched:
http://www.darkbrotherhood.com

- Grand Master of the Dark Brotherhood, Thedek, was
awarded a Medal of Honor.

- For his longstanding dedication and devotion to the
Position of Lord Ambassador of the EH, the Fleet
Commander has promoted AD Manesh to the EH Rank of
Fleet Admiral. FA Manesh is instrumental in ongoing
negotiations and relations with the EH Alliances as
well as head of the EH Advanced Guard. He has already
supervised approximately 45 polls for the EH Polling
Center.

- IWCOM/FA Maestro has been awarded the Imperial Cross
for his hard work.

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Promotions/Activity/Awards
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- CPT Raith Sienar was promoted to the rank of Major
(MAJ)

Beth Squadron Roster
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BETH SQUADRON : Strike
COMMANDER: MAJ Raith Sienar (EH_Raith@yahoo.com) T/D
Knife
NICKNAME: Banshees
MOTTO: Your Death is our Pleasure

FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Leading Eagles
Motto: Victory through Precision
1) MAJ Raith Sienar (mlane@speedchoice.com) T/D Knife
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) LT Roy Brown (MadWill007@aol.com)

FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Black Capricorns
Motto: Cry Out Our Name With Your Dying Breath
Homepage:
http://members.xoom.com/bethflight2/index.html
1) LCM Werdna Elbee (werdna_elbee@hotmail.com) T/D
Morning Glory
2) LT Mazen (divemkarmaz@btinternet.com) T/D Reaver
3) LCM Sequoh Marden (kamm@netforge.de) T/D Firedragon
4) LT Var Zoraan (schwarz@netforge.de)

FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Messengers from Hell
Motto: Pray we not Meet, for You Shall Never Survive
1) CPT Hunter (sharga@mindspring.com) MIS Cursed
Mynock
2) LT Kyle Taylor (aries_fighter@yahoo.com) MIS
Scorpio
3) TBA
4) TBA

Comments/Orders
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- Recruit us some pilots.

- Participate in TO Comp #5.

Serving with the Best,

Beth Squadron Commander Major Raith Sienar
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