Espilon Report #017


CMDR/CM Sandor Clegane reporting in for Epsilon Squadron on February 05, 2002:

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With RL becoming so hectic I will be stepping down as CMDR of Epsilon, but I have agreed to remain until a replacement is found. I have enjoyed my stint as CMDR, and I am proud to have Commanded the GREAT Pilots of Epsilon. I am also happy to note that former Flight Leader Kenath Zoron has recently been promoted to CMDR of Mantis Squadron!! Congrats to him..!!

I have put out a recruitment message on the TC MB for new FL’s.
If anyone in the Squadron is interested let me know, and send a short application. The Flight Leader of FL2 is also going to be the XO, and FL3 the OPS.

AWOL Check in Progress, you have 30 days to respond to me!!! Captain Roger has already responded.

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SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 2-3-02

COM/VA Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.

All pilots, strap in for the longest Sovereign report of my tenure as commodore. There's a lot of important stuff and plenty of opportunity for activity, so read carefully ;)

Wing commanders, pass this along to your squadrons.

SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES

-- Pretty exciting news this week to lead off, something for pilots of any and all three primary platforms: TIE, XvT and XWA:

First, Wing V is being reassigned as a "primary XWA wing." This means that Wing V operations will tilt much more heavily toward XWA operations. TIE-only pilots in V are not required to transfer out, but they will be allowed to transfer into the Sov's four remaining TIE-primary wings if they so desire: I, II, IV and VI. Wing V TIE pilots, it's up to you individually; feel free to consult your CMDRs, COL SickMan and me.

Secondly, all Sov units are urged to begin using "Battlegroups scoring" (VA Mell's system, published in the previous Sov report) for squadron and wing competitions. To recap, this is the system in which TIE and XWA can participate in the same single-player comps! I'd like to see some pioneering CMDRs schedule some comps and try out this system!

Thirdly, we are in negotiations with the XvT arm of the Rebel Squadrons for a Sov vs. RS XvT competition. I know we have many excellent XvT pilots, and I can see the excitement in their eyes already at the prospect of wiping out this contingent of Rebel scum. Stay tuned for details.

So, it seems we're covering all three platforms and keeping everyone involved. Happy hunting, Sov pilots!

-- Flight leaders. In surveying the Sovereign rosters on Thursday, I was dismayed to see that 17 flight leader positions are vacant. Squadron CMDRs, you need to get those spots filled asap; you should be moving your best FMs into those slots if they are able, and willing; or you need to go outside the squadron, wing and ship, looking for qualified FLs. Wings and squadrons without good flight leaders are simply not ready for combat. And, worse, the Flight Office won't be assigning any Daedalus pilots to squadrons whose FL slots are not filled. WCs, do what it takes to get those FL slots filled immediately.
This was the situation as of Thursday:
Wing I -- 4 open positions
Wing II -- 1
Wing III -- 2
Wing IV -- 3
Wing V -- 2
Wing VI -- 5

- Important word from FA Priyum Patel: Some new policies are being added to the Fleet Standing Orders:

1: ALL Commanders and those applying for Commander positions MUST have taken and passed the Squadron Managements Course.
This is something that most Wing Commander's expect, so it's just making it the standard across the Fleet.

2: Ship Standing Orders are now mandatory (Wing SOs in the case of the Sovereign). COMs, if you don't have SSOs, write them up ASAP and send them to your BGCOM for approval.

-- The new EH XO has imposed a bunch of new requirements regarding recommendations for some of the fleet's highest honors, and requirements for recommendations for appointments of command attaches. This doesn't apply very directly to most line personnel on the ship, but the XO includes threats of 404 prosecutions for failing to follow his orders, so I thought I'd better include this in my report so someone can avoid getting prosecuted for a procedural violation:

(From SA Astatine) As per prior discussion with the Fleet Commander, I've decided to introduce two Executive Orders designed to enforce some standardisation. The first deals with recommendations, specifically those dealing with the GOE, IC, MoH and OoR medals, as well as promotion recommendations for the rank of Admiral and higher. It's no secret that people, in the past, have left off relavent authorities (like the XO and OPS) in these recommendations to minimise the chances of opposition. Those people do nothing but tarnish the work of those who have genuinely earned their awards and ranks and will not be tolerated. Such recommendations must now include the Executive Officer on the email. The second Executive Order relates to Command Attaches. From now on, the XO and FO must be notified of apparent CA appointees by the relavent CO. Why? So we can check their record and make sure they haven't been a naughty boy or girl. The CA is generally the first in line to replace a CO when he or she leaves the position and we should expect...demand just as high standards from CAs as we do from when we open applications for a CO post. Anyone who tries to get around this will get slapped with a 404 (Failure to obey an order or regulation) charge at the very least.

-- From SA Astatine: The winners of the Design a Bad Guy competition have been selected. The lucky people are:
FM/LCM Reb Crush/Talon 3-3/Wing XX/ISD Subjugator
FM/LT Ender mBind/Echo 2-2/Wing XV/ISD Vanguard
DA Elya (Krath)/Aleema of Satal Keto
FL-TCS/LCM Master/Tempest 3-1/Wing X/ISD Challenge
FL/LCM Alain Dindareanu/Omicron 2-1/Wing VIII/ISD Colossus
Congratulations to them. Their entries will be added to the enemies page and we'll start looking at using them in future competitions.

**Proton sobs** Boo hoo, my entry didn't win, but I am going to use the enemy group I created as the launching point for a run-on on the Sov's new message board soon.

-- I have been politely uninvited from the Wing IV mailing list. LC Aylius professed worry about my Holonet load, so I agreed. However, my paranoid nature has led me to follow up with orders for significantly increased surveillance of the Wing VI quarters. Yeah, something must be going on in there that they don't want the commodore to know about. But my loyalty troops will figure it out soon enough. I'm even going to use AquaNet the giant squid on this mission, in addition to the usual contignent of Team L.S.D. and the Beautiful and Deadly Ballista.

-- Return of the Rat Pack Round II results, Round III announcement:

From COL Reaper: Well the deadline has been and gone, the entries have been counted and are
as follows:
The Ratpack
COL Reaper (Wing IV) - 149,080
VA Proton (Sov COM) - 70,023
COL Sickman (Wing V) - 52793
Total: 271896
Wing II Commanders
MAJ Jon (Psi) - 159902
Total: 159902
Congrats to the RatPack on clinching victory. Congrats also go to MAJ Jon
Doyle who was the highest scoring pilot in this round, nice score :)).

From COL Reaper: Fellow Wing Commanders and Wing III Squadron Commanders.
As you may have heard from VA Proton, the ratpack is staging a comeback
tour, taking on all you loud mouthed Squadron Commanders, who reckon all we
WCs are fit for is flying a desk. We will be taking on all the CMDR's from
all 6 Wings of the Sov.
You lucky chaps will be our third batch of vict...ummmm opponents. All you
have to do is fly the attached battle, which is XWA-FCHG 2 and get your
files to myself and COM/VA Proton by the 14th February 2002, Midnight GMT.
All scores will be laserless and the team with the highest total will be
declared the winners no-more than 36hrs after the due date.
Whats in it for you I hear you cry. well if your the highest scoring pilot
you will get a nice shiney Iron Star - Silver Wings and the runner up gets a
Iron Star - Bronze Wings. Not only that, if you CMDR's win you get bragging
rights over a bunch of old pencil pushers :P

-- IV vs V. The wings are engaging in a grudge match and I'm the lucky judge ;)

-- The Sovereign banner design contest is over. While entries were disappointingly few, those submitted were of good quality. Medals will be out this week.

-- Upcoming ship competitions. I didn't get very much feedback at all from the flag officers in my recent survey, so it appears everyone is going to have to deal with the little contests I am going to foist upon you all. Actually, I have several flight and other comps in mind and intend to keep you all busy with entertaining combat and a shower of Iron Stars :)

-- Participate in Prelude to Andevia, bring glory to the Sovereign! :
http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/prelude/news.asp

FORCE STRENGTH

SSSD Sovereign [193]
Wing I [33]
Wing II [29]
Wing III [35]
Wing IV [36]
Wing V [31]
Wing VI [28]
Omega Squadron [12]

SHIP COMMUNICATIONS

IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://www.imperialmight.com/wwwthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=cantina

CANTINA COMMENTS

"I have also gotten through to the 1st Round of Mr/Miss EH 2002 for some strange reason (If I ever find out who voted for me :P" -COL Reaper

"Finally the tall figure of SickMan emerged, a large grin on his face, one pocket full of credits and the other with discarded bikinis and a few lipstck marks on his face.......he said: " Damn my internet connection, good to be home though:) " " -COL SickMan

"Yeah, so, don't be a Foo', drop outta school!
... ... ... ???
Wait ... that just doesn't seem right ..." -COL Sasquatch

"Or go to community college. As Chris Rock says...
"A community college is like a disco with books. Here's ten dollars, I'm gonna get my learn on." -Note, I know several people that go to community colleges, no offense is inteded to those of you that do. I just like the quote." -LC Kalar

"Glad I have been out for a while no more books or teachers dirty looks :-)" -CPT Autoris Maximus

"*Murad trembles in the corner, almost unable to write with terror, nervously starting whenever someone passes his office...has Ballista arrived for the draft report...or for new WC blood!*" -LC Murad Ibn Mark

"*Murad stands outside the Wing I briefing room, checking his new rank badge is the right way up, and adjusting his uniform to ensure the lines fall within a crisp Imperial tailored standard. Satisfied, or at least convinced he cannot look worse after the celebrations the night before, he clears his throat and prepares to face the Wing as its WC for the first time. A sudden chill in the air makes him turn behind him as he enters. He catches sight of a shadow away down the corridor. A ghost? A figment of his imagination? Air currents and dust playing tricks on his bleary eyes? OR was it the COMs "assistant", the deadly Ballista, ensuring the new WC was up to the mark? Murad shivers, then pulling himself together, opens the briefing room door and strides up to the lectern looking every inch the very model of an Imperial officer with an severe hangover*" -LC Murad Ibn Mark

Inspiring loyalty speech of the week:

"This Wing has been my home ever since I took the shuttle from PLT Daedalus with my bright shiny SL pips on! I love this wing...it has been like a family to me. Ok, sometimes a bit of a dysfunctional family with grumpy old relatives, and too many arguments about who watches what on the TV, but my family all the same. Anything that threatens my family makes me mad, and I'll do everything in my power to protect it!
Our priority is as follows...let's stir up some life and a little trouble around here! I want you flying, training, taking courses, making graphics, writing fiction and articles, making jokes and battles and missions! I want to wake up every morning to hear the groans of pilots with hangovers and the effects of too late nights as they answer the reveille call (that way I'll know you've been having fun!). I want to see e-mails flying thick and fast, message boards groaning under the weight of the posts you make. The IRC chat room should be so busy I'll never be able to get through the door! I wanna smell burning keyboards as you coders churn out html pages be the dozen for your squadron, flight and personal websites! I want to lose my desk under the pile of BSFs you send me (and I expect my CMDRs to have the same problem too!)." -LC Murad Ibn Mark

"Haha, you better start bringing in the good stuff for the rest of us!! Especially Tequila for our VA Proton ::laughs evily:: Thats right buddy.. i said Tequila." -LC Joe/a.k.a Doc Hades

"Hades, you b*****d! ... My tequila *problem* was supposed to forever
remain a Clan Tarentum secret ... you will pay dearly for this violation ;)" -VA/SBM "tequila headache" Proton

"Daaaaah dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah .... dah dah, dah dah dah, dah dah .... ... ... TEQUILA!
Hmmmmm ... if this email actually makes sense, and you can read the
above and hear the tune in your head -- maybe you've already had a little too much ... TEQUILA.
*Jumps up on the bar and dances* " -COL Sasquatch

"FLOL!! I hear the music!! ::grabs a bottle, takes a swig, and starts
dancing:: WOO!! Come on Proton! We saved the worm just for you! " -LC Joe

"Why is it that everytime someone starts talking about alcohol, half of
Omega Squadron starts emailing like crazy? :P" -COL Darth Vader

"AHH.. So THAT'S why the Sov is always sloping just a bit towards the Wing IV hanger.
Of course we put Omega on the other side to balance things out. You wanna talk about EGOS!" -CPT Mike

"Its not so much their egos, as it is all those pills and canes they keep to stand up straight :)" -LC Halcyon

"Yes, TIE Guardians. The only ship in the fleet to have a special design as to have a built in lift for Omega's wheelchairs." -CPT Mike

"Drunken Geezer eh?
/me slumps back in his comfy WC chair and takes another drink, flicks a lit cigar butt at Halc, then passes out :P" -COL Reaper

WC-putting-down-CMDR quote of the week:

"/me jabs Halc in the groin with his electric cattleprod :P
Now don't be so insolent.
As soon as the results are released which will be tomorrow I will let ya know :)" -COL Reaper

"Heeeeey! Now THAT'S an idea ... Just imagine it -- OMEGA BRAND Baby Food. Flavors include (but are not limited to) Jack Daniel, Red Eye, and Tequila (of course). Yeah! I can see it now ... all those happy little tots, walking into walls and picking bar room brawls with each other for refusing to share their toys ... just think, they're as good as enlisted! Heck, it's like drafting them straight outta the womb! Membership numbers will skyrocket, and the Rebellion will be doomed!
Or we might just get sued by a bunch of angry parents. Hmmmmm.
But think of the possible benefits! We gotta try this!!!" -COL Sasquatch

"And don't forget young apprentices... I shall also be in attendance. The combined power of our livers should be enough to shake the very town to its foundations.
You will fear the hangover." -GN Devin

"XP is a great operating system, has a great new look, is more user
friendly, and runs TIE Fighter. What else could you ask for?" -COL Darth Vader

"MY OTTERS WILL BE WAITING!" CM Nick Chi'Cath

"eeeekkk ... Surgically insert, I don't like the sound of that :P" -COL Reaper

"There's only one kind of surgical implant that I like. Well, two actually, if you get my drift." -CPT Mike

COM/VA Proton/SSSD Sovereign
http://sov.imperialmight.com

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CMDR/CM Sandor Clegane
- Management of Squadron Paperwork
- Working on finding a new host for the Epsilon Web Site…
- Stepping down as soon as replacement found

FM/CPT Roger
– No Contact, Please Report in!

FM/LT Tom Magi-Ster
- No contact, please report in!

FM/LT Fieldmarshall
- No contact, please report in!

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None this week

]]]>EPSILON FCHG RANKING’s<[[[

1. CPT Roger (LGNR) 505 points
2. CM Clegane (GALL) 225 points
3. LT Tom Magi-Ster (GREN) 20 points

BSF’s Submitted: 0 (0)



SQUADRON ROSTER
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EPSILON SQUADRON OF WING I: Strike
COMMANDER: CM Sandor Clegane (sclegane@hotmail.com)
NICKNAME: The Spitting Terrors
BANNER: epsilon.jpg
MOTTO: I will show you fear in a handful of dust...
HOMEPAGE: http://www.epsilon.freehosting.net

FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Spitting Tigers
Motto: May they hate, if only they fear.
HOMEPAGE: http://www.espiloni.8m.net
1) CM Sandor Clegane (sclegane@hotmail.com)
2) TBA
3) CPT Roger (r_ljungholm@hotmail.com)
4) TBA

FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Blistering Bengals
Motto: The sound of our advance is the sound of your death.
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) LT Tom Magi-Ster (tomasz.manko@cardif.pl)

FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Black Sheep
Motto: Death is a journey, we are the travel agents.
1) TBA
2) TBA
3) LT Fieldmarshall ()
4) TBA

Total: 4

Due to having less than 6 Members we lost our Squadron Citations.

Respectfully submitted,

CMDR/CM Sandor Clegane/Epsilon/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
CoL/CoB/OV [GALL] {IWATS-AIM-CBX-ICQ-M/1/2-SM/2}