That's right folks, the time is upon us once more! The EH Anniversary is around the corner, and as usual, it will be marked with Commendations of Loyalty being awarded to the...uh, most loyal people in the EH. All the details on how the recommendations will be handled are in the latest OPS report. Or, if you're too lazy to move your pointer across the screen, click here. Remember, the CoL can be awarded more than once to the same person.

I quit, joy to the world.
In march it'd be 5 years. Goodbye EH and more importantly goodbye TC, and good luck.

Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt

Wow...no news for the past week. Anyway, a quick message to everyone in the TIE Corps: Have a very merry Christmas and a great New Year. Have a fun time and stay safe!

Congratulations to the following fine Officers on their promotions to Wing Commander:

Colonel Mairin Astoris - Wing X
Major Lusankya - Wing XX

I'm sure both will enjoy every success in their new positions :)

Happy birthday to our FO, Priyum Patel, who is 21 today! And FA AbsoluteK who is 22 today!

The ECR is over with the final standings in:

1st: ISD Immortal - 75 points
2nd: ISD Colossus - 74 points
3rd: ISD Challenge - 55 points

Congratulations to all the crew of the ISD Immortal on a victory well deserved. The Immortal now takes over the role of the Battlegroups Flagship!

I forgot to list all the recent Squadron Commander appointments in my report, so I'll do it here. Yay for the following:

LC Zulaan Eronaile - Diamondback
CPT Falcon - Ravager
CPT Blair Vallyn - Python
CPT Keiran - Kaph
CM Argyle Ironfist - Spear

I'm pleased to promote two of the TIE Corp's finest today. Both of these Officers have worked tirelessly these past couple of months, without reward to better their ships, and Battlegroup.

Congratulations to Rear Admirals Lohr Zadash (RelCOM) and Toran Dan (ImmCOM) who are today promoted to Vice Admiral!

Around 1AM on Saturday morning Australian time, the entire imperialacademy.org domain stopped serving ASP pages. Plain HTML and graphics still worked fine. I don't know what caused it and I've asked the hosting company to check logs and things for me so we might find out what went wrong. However, the site is back up and all functionality should be returned. If you have any problems, let me know at jpboyce@indigo.net.au

The War Officer is looking for volunteers, to test new WarGame rules. If interested, you must have some knowledge of wargaming, and being able to make TIE missions is a big plus. Contact VA Pel if you are able to participate. Remember, those that help out will be rewarded for their work.

Applications are now being accepted for Wing XX Wing Commander. The qualifications/requirements are as follows:

• Must have been a CMDR for no less than six months and hold the rank of Major or above
• Must be on IRC for a minimum of 3-4 hours a week and be prepared to attend TC meetings on a regular basis.
• Must be able to send in weekly Wing reports in a timely manner and without fail.
• Answer all emails within 36 hours.
• Importantly, you must be able to provide activities to keep pilots active and happy.

These are all in addition to the WC responsibilites listed in the Training Manual. All applications should be sent to Rear Admiral Grail SoulChaser and Vice Admiral Tiger before the end of the weekend, and put "Roger Redhat rocks" in the subject of the email.

Ever wanted to have the Emperor's Hammer logo displayed at the beginning of custom XWA missions ? Check the new official update available in the Tactical Manual. Note: you may not have the Emperor's Hammer crest displayed in old XWA battles, they still need to be updated to allow the use of custom crests.

Congratulations to two Officers on their promotions to Commodore:

Rear Admiral Darklord - ISD Challenge
Rear Admiral Grail SoulChaser - ISD Subjugator

Both are proven Flag Officers, and I'm sure they'll enjoy every success in their new positions.

Well, this moment of the year is quite painful for me, I will take some kind of "semi-leave" for the next week. Email replies will be limited to important matters.