October 23, 2004
NEWS
General News:
This report's from a different email again this week because this is from LT Serin "Yakman" Jansj, standing in as A-CMDR for Conker while he's on vacation. He'll be back Sunday, or thereabouts. Reports indicate Conker may be suffering from internal or bladder related problems stemming from his overfraternization with Twi'lek dancing girls and penchant for alcohol. More on this as it becomes available.
I hope everybody's had a good week. The RoS is coming to a close, and hopefully there'll be a new torrent of activity for Beta. I'm happy to say that people actually flew for the Citation Run competition! Actually, one man flew. That man was Firzam Coldsteel, the official Beta Squadron Pilot of the Week. Rest assured that I'll send your stuff on to Conker so he can BSF them and we can get the award out. Impressive. Most impressive.
There are some other competitions going on, notably the Epsilon Squadron Patch competition and the Science Office's Craft Description competition. See below for details.
Remember to include the mission type and number when sending in your pilot files, preferably labeling it in the filename if you can. A good format to use is "Pin Number-Mission Type-Mission Number." It would also help to list that in the email.
Remember also that Conker has a "New Deal" for those who can't fly at the moment, due to time or whatever reason. Contact him to see what other activities you can do besides flying.
Again, the voting for the squad patch is still in the running. There are two in contention and Conker can't decide, so try to help him out by sending in your opinion if possible.
Let's try to start up some conversations on the Squadron mailing list this week if we can. Let's get to know each other better.
Beta Echelon, the website for Beta Squadron, is very close to being completed. Three pages left. Please send in anything you'd like to me so I can put it up. Look for more news soon.
Transfers:
Nobody in or out this week.
Promos:
None at this time.
Medals:
No shinies that I know of, for now that is.
IWATS:
None at this time.
ACTIVITY
CM Conker "DrunkFool" Blackwood:
On vacation.
Missing and presumed inebriated.
CPT Viper, "Snake Eyes":
Email contact.
Flew TIE-TC 80.
Flew TIE-TC 81.
Flew TIE-TC 82.
Flew TIE-TC 83.
Flew TIE-TC 84.
A flying fool, way to go.
LT Firzam "Knight" Coldsteel:
Email contact.
Flew for the Citation Run (and I mean flew).
Flew TIE-TC 114.
Flew TIE-TC 118.
Flew TIE-TC 134.
Flew TIE-TC 138.
Flew TIE-TC 163.
Flew TIE-TC 166.
Flew TIE-TC 118.
Flew TIE-TC 171.
Flew TIE-TC 214.
Flew TIE-TC 48.
You put us to shame. Well done, my friend.
LT Miles "Harrower" Teg:
No contact or activity noted.
Please drop us a note. This is the second time.
CPT Death "DA" Angel:
AIM Contact.
Your email is still bouncing, so please contact Conker.
LT J'lek "Tac!" Arcanos:
Email contact.
AIM Contact.
Doing a ton of stuff for the RoS.
LT Hunter, "Python":
No contact or activity noted.
Give us some word when you can.
LT Serin "Yakman" Jansj:
Working on Beta Echelon.
A-CMDR Duties.
Writing for the RoS.
Didn't fly for the competition he came up with. For shame. :(
Writing this report.
CM Max, "Sharpshooter":
AIM contact.
IRC contact.
SL Viktor "Space Troll" Trollstein:
No contact or activity noted.
Try to contact us if you can.
COMMUNICATIONS
Squadron Quote of the Week:
[22:20] * Jansj taps on the glass.
[22:21] * KP_Blackwood breaks the glass over jansj's head....yes?
[22:21] * Jansj blows the Horn of Dagoth. Alright, you want to get into it :P
[22:25] * Jansj walks to the top of a great mound of blood, trout, and dirt and sings the hymn of battle, throwing a trout into the ground.
[22:26] * Jansj slaps KP_Blackwood around a bit with a large trout
[22:31] * KP_Blackwood blows jansj's head apart with an EMRG-50 Rail Gun
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[22:35] * Jansj walks away from one more godmoder, picking up his trout for use on better, more honorable things :P
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[22:37] * Jansj sheathes his trout and walks off to fraternize with the tug pilots :P
[22:37] * KP_Blackwood turns the tugpilots to swiss cheese with the chaingun =P
[22:40] * Jansj watches a swarm of stormtroopers converge on Blackwood's position. He points the way with his trout, holding a dying tug pilot in his arms.
[22:46] * Jansj cries. He was three days away from retirement...
COMPETITIONS
Citation Run:
Competition Name/Title: Citation Run
Submitted by: CMDR/CM Conker Blackwood/Beta/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
Start Date (mm/dd/yy): 10/3/2004
End Date (mm/dd/yy): 10/23/2004
Parties Involved: All pilots of Beta Squadron
Missions/Battles Used: TIE-TC Battle #171 - Fury of the Colossus -TIE-TC Battle #134 - Damaged TIEs -TIE-TC Battle #118 - Omicron's Initiation -TIE-TC Battle #184 - Chronological Influences -TIE-TC Battle #163 - Project: Athena -TIE-TC Battle #138 - Battle of the TIE Interceptor -TIE-TC Battle #114 - Stop the Press! -TIE-TC Battle #048 - Ski Hoth - Star Wars Mercenaries -TIE-TC Battle #214 - The Virus -TIE-TC Battle #166 - Strike of the Hammer Medals to be Awarded Iron Star with Bronze Wings: (IS-BW)
Miscellaneous Information: Beta has only a few citations under her belt. So let's add a few more, not to mention some FCHG points. The following TIE Fighter-based battles have only been completed by none (save Viper) of the pilots of Beta, and are open for this competition:
TIE-TC Battle #171 - Fury of the Colossus
TIE-TC Battle #134 - Damaged TIEs
TIE-TC Battle #118 - Omicron's Initiation
TIE-TC Battle #184 - Chronological Influences
TIE-TC Battle #163 - Project: Athena
TIE-TC Battle #138 - Battle of the TIE Interceptor
TIE-TC Battle #114 - Stop the Press!
TIE-TC Battle #048 - Ski Hoth - Star Wars Mercenaries
TIE-TC Battle #214 - The Virus
TIE-TC Battle #166 - Strike of the Hammer
Upon completing one of these battles (only from the list above), send an email with your pilot file attached under the subject heading "Citation Run Pilot File." to Commander Conker Blackwood at Conker666@comcast.net. At the completion of the competition, the pilot who has completed the greatest amount of competition battles in the shortest ammount of time, regardless of actual citations earned, will be declared the winner, and will receive an Iron Star with Bronze Wings. Happy hunting.
Craft Essay Competition:
Competition Name/Title: Craft Essay Competition
Submitted by: SCO-TCT-TCS-PROF/FA Ender mBind/CS-10/SSSD Sovereign
Start Date (mm/dd/yy): 10/1/2004
End Date (mm/dd/yy): 11/1/2004
Parties Involved: All Emperor's Hammer Members except for the SCO
Missions/Battles Used: none, fiction competition
Medals to be Awarded: 1st IS-GR, 2nd IS-SR, 3rd IS-BR or equalivalent SG medal.
Miscellaneous Information: Write an essay about your favorite Star Wars ship: Why was it designed? What are its main uses? Its History? Its strengths and shortcomings? - Essays need to be from "inside" the Star Wars universe, and from an Emperor's Hammer point of view is encouraged (but not required). - DO research on your craft of choice, your essay cannot conflict with official sources. If you use sources, list these at the end. (This means a fairly unknown or EH craft gives you more freedom then one that is well documented.. but also that you will need use your own logic and imagination more.) - Essays can be any length, if you want to write about the entire history of the "Millenium Falcon" you're free to do so, but a short but effective story about the TUG has just as much chance to win. - Essays need to be in .txt, .rtf, .html or .doc format and zipped. Send your submission to sco@emperorshammer.org with "Craft Essay Competition" as subject. - The best entries may be included in the the Fleet Manual, a seperate additional ISM (or equalivalent) will be rewarded for those. Simple examples: http://www.minos.net/~sco/fleet-manual/viewship.php?id=103 http://www.minos.net/~sco/fleet-manual/viewship.php?id=90 http://www.minos.net/~sco/fleet-manual/viewship.php?id=102
Additional Contacts sco@emperorshammer.org
Epsilon Squadron Patch:
Competition Name/Title Epsilon Squadron Patch!
Submitted by: CMDR/CM Brin Chaser/Epsilon/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
Start Date (mm/dd/yy): 10/5/2004
End Date (mm/dd/yy): 1/6/2004
Parties Involved: All Wing One Personnel
Missions/Battles Used: None
Medals to be Awarded: Iron Star Bronze Ribbon to the creator of the selected Patch.
Miscellaneous Information: Epsilon Squadron requires a uniform patch. All members of our Wing are encouraged to participate, and all submissions will be included in the Wing One Weekly Report! The winning Squadron Patch will be decided by a vote among the Epsilon Squadron members. Good luck!
ORDERS
Weekly Activity Recommendation:
Have a great week. That's not a recommendation. That's an order. :)
General Orders
Fly. And do the weekly activity.
Try to get on AIM; Conker's beginning to hold squadron meetings.
Take some IWATS courses.
Make sure Conker is aware that you're still alive. Do whatever you have to, get to him on IRC, AIM, Email, whatever to let him know.
Recruit if possible.
Try to get on the message boards.
If you've got X-Wing Alliance, try contacting Conker to set up a match. He'll only fly against you in a T/D or a YT-2000. It's his choice.
ROSTER
BETA SQUADRON: STRIKE
COMMANDER: CM Conker Blackwood (Conker666@comcast.net)
NICKNAME: Sovereign's Cavaliers
BANNER: beta.jpg
MOTTO: Honor, Courage, Death and Glory.
HOMEPAGE: http://www.minos.net/~sirik/beta/home.htm
FLIGHT I - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: Death's Messengers
Motto: There is no fate, but what we make.
1) CM Conker Blackwood (Conker666@comcast.net)
2) CPT Viper (FWCJR@hotmail.com)
3) CM Max (Veers13@aol.com)
4) SL Viktor Trollstein (spacetroll@msn.com)
FLIGHT II - TIE DEFENDER
Nickname: The Stalkers
Motto: Failure is not an option
1) LT J'Lek Arcanos (jlek_arcanos@yahoo.com)
2) LT Hunter (julianajhunt@Hotmail.com)
3) LT Serin Jansj (yeoldeparapet@hotmail.com)
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Pathfinders
Motto: Last thing you'll hear is the sound of our TIEs
1) LT Firzam Coldsteel (lothar_mcknight@lycos.com)
2) CPT Death Angel (Nykyos4@hotmail.com)
3) LT Miles Teg (nathan@usscelt.org)
4) TBA
JOKE OF THE WEEK
The National Institute of Health (NIH) announced last week that they were going to start using lawyers instead of rats in their experiments. Naturally, the American Bar Association was outraged and filed suit. Yet, the NIH presented some very good reasons for the switch.
1. The lab assistants were becoming very attached to their little rats. This emotional involvement was interfering with the research being conducted. No such attachment could form for a lawyer.
2. Lawyers breed faster and are in much greater supply.
3. Lawyers are much cheaper to care for and the humanitarian societies won't jump all over you no matter what you're studying.
4. There are some things even a rat won't do.
Well, that's all for this week. And quite a week it's been. As for me being A-CMDR, that should end on Sunday. If Conker can see, he'll make his way home soon. :P I hope this report finds you well.
Sincerely,
FM/LT Serin Jansj/Beta 2-3/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
PC/CoB/OV-2E [CAVL] {IWATS-AIM-BX-CBX-FLA-ICQ-IIC/1/2/3-LIN-M/1/2-TLN-TT-WPN}
Writing as A-CMDR for:
CMDR/CM Conker Blackwood/Beta/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
PC/ISM/IS-1BR-1SR/CoLx2/CoB/OV-2E [DRAG] {IWATS-AIM-CBX-M/1-SM/3}