CM Jack Stone Reporting in for Theta Squadron: 4.9.02

Well another week goes by, the trivia competition is official for medals. Now here we go with this week’s report.

Squadron News
­ For starters, I have started a Wing II Fantasy Baseball League on Yahoo. There are currently 5 remaining spots open for the league. Please sign up so that the Draft can occur. I want at least 4 teams. Draft is 3:30 EDT on Friday.
­ Next up are this weeks trivia answers:
1. Those who didn't receive fighter training that flew an X-Wing used what
craft to practice. Answer: T-16 If you remember Luke’s quote in A New Hope
2. An ISD has 4 ------ engines and 3 --- engines. Answer: Cygnus, KDY
3. Name a YT-2400 freighter in Shadows of the Empire Answer: Outrider
4. What is the cockpit window of a TIE made of Answer: Transparisteel
5. Where is another place considered a shield generator on an ISD. Answer: (for XW and Rogue Leader gamers) the dome at the bottom of the ship
6. At standard ELS settings a CRV can go how fast. Answer: 22 MGLTs
7. Name the company that designed the Escape Pod used by R2-D2 and C-3P0 Answer: CEC (Corellian)
8. Dymek makes what projectile. Answer: Concussion Missiles
9. A-Wings use Borstel cannons instead of ---- and --- ones. Answer: Taim and Bak (I’ll allow Bok Mickk)
10. Is an X-Wings atmospheric speed greater or less than 1000 km/h (Rogue
Leader Game Guide). Answer: more 1,050 KM/H

Current Leader Board:
LC Mickk 6
LC Delplancq 3


­ This weeks trivia lasts until Sunday, questions to follow this report shortly.
­ Also, welcome CPT Seth Crimson and the new boys in Rho after their transfer from Shin in the now closed Wing VI.
­ I’m jumping the gun a bit here, but look out in late summer for a Sov wide fantasy Football League.

Squadron Orders
Primary Orders: Fly some battles and get into shape for IS3 starting in 2 weeks, Do the trivia competition
Secondary Orders: Join my fantasy Baseball league.
Bonus Orders: Do all the competitions listed on the TC homepage.

Activity Reports
CMDR/CM Jack Stone
IRC almost everyday
Started fantasy baseball league

FM/LC Mickk
Flew TIE-TC 33 and 34 (still to be BSFed)
Participated in Trivia

FM/LC Delplancq
Participated in Trivia

FL/LCM Fatboy
e-mail contact

FL/CM Akira
Still on leave, I think

FM/LT Gary
e-mail concerning trivia didn’t get q’s in

FM/LCM Stark
Signed up for fantasy league

Fleet News
Monday · April 08 · 2002
Imperial Storm III Starts April 22nd
16:10 - VA Pel [Palinathas@aol.com]
While the Command Staff is away at a Conference, the BattleGroup Commanders decide they want to take over. Join in the fun and excitement as your team fights to conquer all.

That's right, it's the annual Fleet exercise, Imperial Storm III (IS3). This time it's a little different, basic rules can be found in the War Manual. Details are to be found at the IS3 Site. If you want to know more about Imperial Storm, contact your superior officer, or the War Officer, VA Pel.
Imperial Technology Commission Site Layout Competition
04:31 - HA Keiran Idanian [ROKeiranIdanian@aol.com]
In conjunction with the Imperial Technology Commission (ITC) Banner comp, a new comp is being created to make the best design for the new ITC database.
You may make your site designs in HTML, Java, whichever you know how to do. If it's in asp or php it would be even better!
Also, if you can put the layout onto a site to be viewed, it would be excellent!
The winner's design will be used for the ITC database page.
BEGINNING: 4.1.2002
ENDING: 4.20.2002
Awards:
-1st Place - IS-GR
-2nd Place - IS-SR
-3rd Place - IS-BR
Please send your submissions to Rear Admiral Aylius Khan and High Admiral Keiran Idanian.
Imperial Technology Commission Banner Competition
04:29 - HA Keiran Idanian [ROKeiranIdanian@aol.com]
For the newly created Imperial Technology Commission, a division that will serve the EH with downloads of demos and some programs as well as reviews for the EH's members.
The comp is to design a banner for the website, a normal banner (400x40 pixels). Try to have it reflect technology...
BEGINNING: 4.1.2002
ENDING: 5.1.2002
Awards:
-1st Place - IS-GR
-2nd Place - IS-SR
-3rd Place - IS-BR
Please send your submissions to Rear Admiral Aylius Khan and High Admiral Keiran Idanian.
EH Memorium
04:26 - HA Keiran Idanian [ROKeiranIdanian@aol.com]
Greetings,
This is a subject I don't particularly like bringing up, but I really feel strongly that we should remember our friends that have pasted away from this world.
We are currently working on compiling a list of members that have passed away called the EH Memorium - as some of you may know.
I would like to ask that if you know anyone from the Emperor's Hammer that has ever past away from this world, please e-mail me! ROKeiranIdanian@aol.com Thank you!
New HCI site
04:22 - FA Chi-Long [chilong@gmx.net]
It is with great pleasure I announce that the new HCI site is ready to go completely public.
The URL is http://hci.mental-case.com
Please update any links to the HCI site so that they point there.
I'd like to specially thank INQ Moreco for his hard work and dedication to the php side of this project. Without him, the site wouldn't be anywhere near as dynamic as it is.
New Multiplayer Competitions
04:19 - VA Khadgar [khadgar1@shaw.ca]
The Combat Operations Office is proud to announce the release of two new weekly Multiplayer competitions for pilots to participate in. The first is the Sovereign Nighthawk Competition, which will take place Fridays from 3:00 PM EST - 6:00 PM EST in #EHCOC. Second, the popular competition Thursday Night Training will be returning in a new form, Saturday Night Training, which will be held on Saturdays from 8:00 PM EST - 11:00 PM EST in #EHCOC. I hope to see everyone there to help make these new competitions a success!
EH Day Update
04:18 - CPT PhoenixMan [GMFPhoenix@aol.com]
10 people have signed up already to attend EH Day at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, PA. The target total is 25, so we can get a group discount.
The people who have been to Kennywood say, on average, that your first visit is worth a 6 hour drive. If you live inside a 6 hour radius of Pittsburgh, you should attend. For information on the rides, and some excellent Pictures, Visit http://www.kennywood.com
If you can attend, or need more info, contact CPT PhoenixMan at GMFPhoenix@aol.com Hope to see you there!!
Sunday · April 07 · 2002
Mission Design...
07:12 - FA Striker [striker@tiecorps.org]
A little thing to remember when creating a custom mission: there is a maximum number of crafts the game can support at one time ! This limit is 28/32 for TIE Fighter (TIE Disk/TIECD-95), 32 for Xwing vs TIE Fighter, 96 per region in X-Wing Alliance...
Saturday · April 06 · 2002
COO Competition Times
09:22 - COL Brucmack [bjmacken@engmail.uwaterloo.ca]
There was some confusion this morning over the time of the COO-run comp. The confusion is based on the fact that North America has not yet gone to Daylight Saving Time, and the rest of the world has :)

As of tomorrow, we will be on DST though, so consider all competition times on TC.org to be Eastern Daylight Time. In other words, comps are now at GMT -4. For most people, this will mean the comps are at the same time as they were prior to this week. For anyone in zones that do not switch to DST, the comps will be one hour earlier.

So, in other words, just consider the times listed in this database as being GMT -4 now :)
Friday · April 05 · 2002
Internet guidelines
15:46 - FA Ari [ari@tiecorps.org]
I have written up a list of Internet Guidelines for the entire fleet. You can always check them out at http://www.ehnet.org/guidelines.php. Sites MUST follow the rules laid out in the guidelines, and we at the Internet Office highly recommend considering the suggestions.
Rules:
· Sites MUST have links to the EH Disclaimers (http://www.emperorshammer.org/disclaim.htm) and EH Privacy Policy (http://www.emperorshammer.org/privacy.htm) pages displayed on the main page of their site or on the navbar.
· Sites may NOT use tsx.org as a redirection service.
· Obviously, all sites must abide by Bylaws and AoWs.
· Sites who do not obey these rules will not be linked to by any major EH site. Webmasters who do not comply after being asked to may be subject to Security Officer action.
· The Internet Officer reserves the right to add rules to these at any time.
Strong Suggestions:
· Sites with excessively long URLs should consider domain redirection provided by http://www.stardestroyer.org.
· All sites should be compatible with the latest version of major browsers (IE 6 and Netscape 6).
· Sites should preferably be optimized for 800x600 resolution, but if it is necessary, 1024x768 is also acceptable.
· A good idea is to run your site through the W3C HTML Validator (http://validator.w3.org/) and CSS Validator (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/).
· Do not have unnecessary large images, popups, or Java applets on your page. They slow down loading time tremendously.
· A warning about using MS Word and older versions of Frontpage to create websites: they add in large amounts of unnecessary tags, which slow down loading times.
These aren't too much to ask for I hope, but all EH sites MUST follow these rules.
EH Day at Kennywood Park
15:40 - CPT PhoenixMan [GMFPhoenix@aol.com]
Plans are in the works for an EH Day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It will be held at the world-famous Kennywood Park. The park contains the famed ThunderBolt and Steel Phantom (remodelled and called Phantom's Revenge), which the Discovery Channel rated as the #1 and #5 best coasters in the entire world!
The likely date will be in July/August. Please contact gmfphoenix@aol.com and BradTack@isdcolossus.com if you'd be able to attend so it can be scheduled when it's most accomodating. We hope to see many EH members there!
More Battlestats Notes
07:41 - COL Brucmack [bjmacken@engmail.uwaterloo.ca]
This (sort of) goes along with my last note about our club's Battlestats roster...

BSC has a system that runs once per day and removes all members inactive for 100 days or more from their club rosters. The profiles remain, but they are removed from the club roster. So if you want to avoid this, do some activity on BSC before that happens, or resubmit your signup to the EH roster after being removed. Again, things like editing your profile and posting a message on BSC message boards also count towards activity there, and will reset the timer. On your player profile at BSC, you can see your last activity date as well.

Now, I have a request about new signups to the roster. Currently, I hunt for the new pilots in the TC database to see which division they should go in. It would do me a great help though if everyone could enter their ID line in the comment section of the signup. This comment is only seen by the person approving your signup, and will make sure that you aren't mistaken for someone else or (worse) not found in the TC DB. Thank you :)
Wing VI Shuts Down
05:12 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
Yes, those rumours are true. Yesterday, Wing VI onboard the SSSD Sovereign was officially closed down. Increasingly, the number of TIE pilots coming into the TC has declined and both myself and the SovCOM, Vice Admiral Proton, agreed that the Sovereign could no longer support so many TIE Wings. It was not an easy decision, but one we hope will strengthen the other Sov Wings. VI's former WC, Colonel Gen Es'mith, takes over the position of Wing I WC and all VI pilots have been transferred across the other Sov Wings. If anyone has a question or comment about what has happened, then please don't hesitate to email myself and the SovCOM.
Thursday · April 04 · 2002
Relentless Commodore
06:39 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
Earlier this week, Vice Admiral Lohr Zadash announced his decision to retire as Commodore of the ISD Relentless. In his place, congratulations to the former Wing IX WC, Rear Admiral Krax Tarnisar, someone who has proven his command competency in his previous position. Applications for a new Wing Commander are now being accepted with the following requirements:
· Proven Command history - at least 4 months experience as a Squadron Commander.
· Absolute reliability in turning in weekly Wing reports and prompt email reply times.
· Good knowledge of all TIE Corps standing orders and policies.
· No serious/recent HCI convictions.
· These, in addition to all other Wing Commander duties as detailed in the Training Manual entry.
Wing IX is a single player T/F Wing in the TIE Corps Battlegroups. All applications should be sent to RA Krax Tarnisar and AD Mell by the end of the week, with "I wanna be WC!" in the subject of the email. Good luck if you choose to apply.
Wing Commander Appointment
06:28 - FA Priyum Patel [spellfire@btinternet.com]
Congratulations to Colonel Wil Striker on his promotion to Wing Commander of Wing XIV onboard the ISD Intrepid.

Squadron Roster
THETA SQUADRON OF WING II : Assault
COMMANDER: CM Jack Stone (chamberlain2426@aol.com)
NICKNAME: The Dark Phoenix
BANNER: theta.jpg
MOTTO: Death from Above
HOMEPAGE: http://www.geocities.com/seanman_99_98//theta_squadron.html
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.coolboard.com/boardshow.cfm/msgboard=54843271954357&idDispSub=89120927313883
FLIGHT I - ASSAULT GUNBOAT
Nickname: Eyes of the Pheonix
Motto: Long Live the Empire!
1) CM Jack Stone (chamberlain2426@aol.com)
2) LC Michael Emrys (swinter@iinet.net.au)
3) LC Delplancq (AWDelplancq@yahoo.com)
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Fire of the Phoenix
Motto: Death follows in our shadow!
1) LCM Fatboy (mr_utopia_man@yahoo.com)
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - TIE ADVANCED
Nickname: Talons of the Phoenix
Motto: If it moves, kill it, If it doesn't move, kill it anyway!
1) CM Akira Vorsahyer (richpizor@mac.com)
2) LT Gary Serpent (bluebandit333@aol.com)
3) LCM Stark Rhavyn (stark93@yahoo.com)
4) TBA

Total: 7
FCHG Listings | Combat Ratings | Squadron Reports (9)
Squadron Citations (4):
TIE-TC Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TIE-TC Battle 10 - Battle for the DeathStar
TIE-TC Battle 48 - "Ski Hoth" - Star Wars Mercenaries
TIE-TC Battle 125 - Operation 'Silent Scream'

Respectfully Submitted,
CMDR/CM Jack Stone/Theta/Wing II/SSSD Sovereign
MoI/MoT-1gh/LoCx3/CoB/OV [CAVL] {IWATS-AIM-CBX-M/1/2-SM/2-TM-TT-XAM-XTM}