Raise the Flag 23 has several bonus rounds, the scores for the first two have been compiled and can be found below!

For earning their first Legions of Combat in Star Wars - Squadrons, SL Kam Kinrai of Theta Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant!

Congratulations, LT Kam Kinrai!

For earning a first set of Legions of Combat in Star Wars - Squadrons, SL Gabba Gabagool of Kappa Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Gabba Gabagool!

A special look at Ahsoka is now available for viewing on Disney+. With a runtime of 7 minutes, the episode takes you behind the scenes of how Ahsoka was created as a character in the Star Wars saga and Dave Filoni's journey as a Star Wars creator.

The Training Office is proud to announce the activation of the next Graduate qualification available for members to earn - the Graduate of Letters and Arts!

Focusing on art, fiction, and lore, this Graduate qualification encourages a greater understanding of the history of the Star Wars universe and proficiency in written English, focusing on fiction. As a part of this qualification, members completing the thesis will write an original fiction exploring their character and the Emperor's Hammer at-large!

For completing the TCCORE IU course and giving us an in-depth view of them in their INPR, SL Derek Igner of Sin Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Derek Igner!

For earning their first Legions of Skirmish, SL Charlie Halcorr of Sin Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Charlie Halcorr!

For earning their first Legion of Combat, SL Alton Sureshot of Theta Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Alton Sureshot!

For completing the TCCORE IU course at an impressive 100% and giving us in-depth knowledge about them in their INPR, SL Jagged Fell III of Typhoon Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Jagged Fell III!

In our effort to restore lost content, the Training Office is proud to announce the reactivation of the Heavy Weapons course! Many thanks to VA Robert Hogan for his efforts in restoring our lost knowledge.

Check out the course here!

I am pleased to report that the conversion of the legacy emperorshammer.org (old site) data has been completed.

The "new site" is now accessible via multiple domains: www.emperorshammer.org, tc.emperorshammer.org, or db.emperorshammer.org. Accessing the site with a specific domain will present a branded experience for the particular subgroup (or the EH organization as a whole). The legacy emperorshammer.org site has been decommissioned (with profile data associated with other inactive subgroups being archived for future use, if needed.)

Certain pages attached directly to a particular subgroup will automatically redirect onto that group's domain/site. Other pages may display slightly different information depending on the domain you're using. For example, the rosters page will display all units, only TC units, or only DB units depending on the requested site. Navigation options are also slightly different per subgroup. The branded experience is still something of a work in progress; you can expect some continued improvements as we get a better idea for how we want this to look and behave.

This release extends the character-based system to include Dark Brotherhood characters. While a limited number of members have used the character-based functionality for the past year (those personnel with both EH fleet/Command Staff assignments and TIE Corps assignments), this expansion now encompasses any members who are members of both the TC and DB. There are a couple of options to help you manage your site use:

The current character selector appears at the top corner of the site while logged in. This setting is used when performing certain character-specific site actions, such as posting news, reports, recommending awards, etc. You can change your current character at any time by selecting your alternate character and clicking Change.

When editing your profile ("Edit profile and preferences" from the main management page), you have the ability to set a default character option. Your default character is displayed for information that is only tracked at the per-member level, and is not directly linked to a specific character. This includes things such as course and battle completions.

I also took the opportunity to ingest information from archived backups of the original TC site from the 2000s. This includes unit and staff reports from 1998 through mid 2005. Unit historians, have fun with this!

Other changes with this release include various bugfixes from the past month or two. Additional information is available in the site CHANGELOG.

Dark Brotherhood (DB) operations have transitioned onto the new site, to include things such as roster management, promotion/medal recommendations, reports, etc. DB members will continue to submit multiplayer match reports manually as per existing procedures. Additional information for DB members will be made available as needed through the DB Discord server.

This was a significant "under the hood" update with lots of changes to code that affects the entire site. It is possible and likely that we've missed some things. As you encounter issues or difficulties, please report them on the EH IO incoming issues queue located on GitHub, or contact myself directly as needed.

Thanks to members of the IO team that have played a direct part in this release, particularly in testing: FA Pickled Yoda, AD Silwar Naiilo, and LC SkyShadow; and with subject matter expertise support from GA Rapier, SA Kamjin Maverick Lap'lamiz, VA Robert Hogan, and other members of the EH CS and DB Dark Council teams.

By the numbers:

• 925 files updated or created, with the bulk of these being code.
• Converted/ingested ~60k+ rows of information (and offset by cleaning out junk!)
  • ~900 Dark Brotherhood reports
  • ~26,600 Dark Brotherhood award records
  • ~14,700 legacy reports for squadrons, wings, ships, battlegroups, and staff officers

Lambda Squadron's commander has released a new squadron report. In it, you will find a very useful tip when dealing with a Hutt TIE Pilot!

https://tc.emperorshammer.org/showreport.php?id=27981

From Tempest Squadron CMDR MAJ Colo Delste:

Commander Grendel has recently joined Tempest and quickly taken the reins as Flight Leader. His easy temperament, willingness to go above and beyond - as evidenced by months where he was awarded back to back Silver Stars - and strong commitment to the Squadron, Wing and Corps are all to be commended. For this reason, it is my pleasure to recommend his promotion to the rank of Captain.

Congratulations, CPT Grendel!

From Tempest Squadron CMDR MAJ Colo Delste:

Commander Iam Thinking has been a stalwart pilot within Wing X for a significant amount of time. During their most recent time, though short so far, with Tempest, they have proven themselves to be a steady achiever, particularly in the realm of ground combat in Battlefront 2. It is thus, with pride, to recommend Iam for promotion to the rank of Captain within the TIE Corps.

Congratulations, CPT Iam Thinking!

For filling in their INPR, and letting us have a very detailed look into his Character, SL Hirimi of Kappa Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Hirimi!

Emperor’s Hammer web sites will be unavailable beginning Wednesday, 30 August at 1600 UTC/1200 EDT for up to two hours.  This will include tc.emperorshammer.org, emperorshammer.org, and all APIs (including those provided to TTT, Gonk, and other tools). This maintenance will include a significant code update for multiple subgroup support (particularly for the Dark Brotherhood) and a conversion/ingestion of legacy data.

Following this conversion, the legacy www.emperorshammer.org site will be decommissioned and fully replaced with the new site. Dark Brotherhood (DB) operations will transition onto the new site. This will include all functions currently performed on the legacy www.emperorshammer.org site (roster management, promotion/medal recommendations, reports, etc). DB members will continue to submit multiplayer match reports manually as per existing procedures.

An additional news post and release notes will follow with additional information following the transition. Thanks for your patience as we complete this conversion process.

For completing two IU courses, including TCCORE, SL KC of Rho Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT KC!

From Firebird Squadron CMDR CPT Sylas Pitt:

With the completion of TCCORE, LT Wett has more than earned his promotion to Lieutenant Commander. Excellent work!

Congratulations, LCM Wett!

Squadrons Premier League is a 5v5 dogfighting tournament hosted on the SPL Discord server: https://discord.gg/kxVzAdxgSr

If you are interested in joining, please fill out the following form. You do not have to have your entire team yet, just the first couple of pilots. If you have any questions, please reach out to rebelpilot on the SPL Discord server.

Signup form: https://forms.gle/sZ7VeVd8LUFKB8Rq8

As usual, we'll award participating pilots from the top four teams an IS-GW, SW, BW, or CW. If the top placing team has three more wins than losses, they will earn a DFC instead of an IS-GW.

Please let me or a COOA know if you've signed up so that we can track your participation. Good luck!

Combat event information can be found here: https://tc.emperorshammer.org/combat.php?id=210

For completing the TCCORE IU course, SL Varn Sharasser of Kappa Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Varn Sharasser!