COM/AD Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the
Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.
SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- Working on an outline for the Sovereign "Comp To End All Comps." Someone without a sense of humor asked me on IRC why I would want to end all comps. ;) So we will be looking for a name of appropriate gravity. Reminder: Comp will include all or most of the following: TIE, XvT, XWA, SWGB, JK. As tricky as this might be, the comp might not start for a few weeks. Meantime, dust off the platforms, or acquire them, and get ready to fight hard for squadron, wing and individual honors.
-- CPT Koriel volunteered to conduct the Sovereign Battle of the Month for December. The battles:
TIE-TC Battle #97 - Hammer's Week
XvT-TC Battle #19 - Project B: "the Tie Bomber project"
XWA-TC Battle #26 - Experimental Tie Evaluation
Send pilot files to CPT Koriel at _koriel@poczta.wp.pl and AD Proton at hullbreach@warpmail.net.
-- AD Mell has stepped down as Training Officer. Which reminds me, I am waiting for approval (under the new system) for the SBRB and SBOTM so I can award their medals, past and present. Thanks for your patience, those of you still waiting for medals from SBRB.
-- The strangest e-mail thread that I saw in the past week was one in which Freelancer and Argon Viper were pretending to be gentlemen.
-- Hey defeats Delta in a flight competition.
-- LC Halcyon is working to put together a Wing IV Star Wars night in which wing members can get together to play the flight sims etc.
FORCE STRENGTH
-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/LT Streck Dara/Aleth 1-3
FM/LCM Holu Tatsumi/Beth 3-2
FM/LT Aregon/Beth 2-3
FM/MAJ Eugene/Delta 1-2
SSSD Sovereign [174]
Wing I [28]
Wing II [43]
Wing III [33]
Wing IV [37]
Wing V [32]
Omega Squadron [8]
SHIP COMPETITIONS
-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in
#ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time.
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://boards.minos.net
The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html
COMBAT DEBRIEFING OF THE WEEK
" Woohoo! *Ouch* I am getting more *Ouch* FCHG Points.
*rubbing his left wrist* Well, I can only fly about 3 hours a day. If a
battle goes well, I can do 2 per day. But damn if my wrist does not hurt like a b****! My fingers are stiffening up. All I can say is PAIN!" -MAJ Talons Pryde
OFF-TOPIC GAME REVIEW OF THE WEEK
"I personally HATE Bf1942. Terrible game! Terrible! No fun at all. And
completely retarded weapons.... I get popped nonstop from single shot
BAR rounds from enemy running 2 miles away over the top of a hill,
and yet this one time I got up in a sniper roost without anybody
noticing me and I unload 5 rounds into one guy's chest and he never
dies....
I unloaded 3 rounds DIRECTLY into the head of somebody who was afk
for a moment before it killed him." -LC Freelancer
command rant of the week
"It is a single mission in all platforms. FLY DAMNIT! 15 lousy minutes! FLY DAMNIT FLY!" -MAJ Talons Pryde
TRASH-TALK OF THE WEEK
"
Another One Bites the Dust-sung Freddy :)
So another one bites the dust:Tornado Squadron.
Half of Wing X was defeated by Sigma:
Tornado,Thunder,Typhoon...and now we're
facing fourth Wing X Squadron-Inferno..." -CPT Koriel
"I feel that it is my solemn and sacred duty to swear an oath that we,
the collective representative body of LAMBDA squadron (LLC), are
going to Microsoft your start-up company!
Translation: You going DOWN Epsilon! >:)" -LC Freelancer
"At last, the ever formidable Epsilon is teamed up against LAMBDA. I
promise we will be ever so proper when we crush you all into dust!
(*holds pinky finger up as a sip of tea is taken*)" -LC Freelancer
OUT-OF-CONTEXT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Oh you damned right I want to be on top." -MAJ Talons Pryde
HELPFUL TECHNICAL ADVICE OF THE WEEK
"Step #1: Find a hammer...and big one works best
Step #2: Open up your computer
Step #3: Star smashing random parts inside
Step 4: Close the computer and start it up. Things should be better now :P " -LC Halcyon
CANTINA COMMENTS
"I was just informed that I "may" have achieved a high score on one of the missions in TC-TIE 104...egads!!
See it pays to be evil, old and to fly!!" -GN Gen Es'mith
"Wait! I like country!
/me pulls out his guitar again and plays...
"He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes" -Good ol' Redneck" Turry
" /me pulls out his service blaster, aims at Turr and fires
WHAT!!!!!!! it was for his own good, there was no other course of action I could have taken :P " -COL 'Smoking Blaster' Reaper
"MD, if you taint the beer again... I don't know what I'll do... other than vomit for a while. But when I get done with that, you'll pay!" -CPT Face Loran
"I'm from Iowa.. it's a requirement that you must like country music to live here.. So..
::Ricardo saunters into Proton's office and begins piping the beginning of 6 uninterrupted hours of Garth Brooks throughout the Sovereign.. He dons his cowboy hat and goes to see if Turr wants to rustle up a square-dance in Zayin's quarters :p :: " -COL Ricardo
"Colonel Ricardo, I thought you had much more sense than this. That will be 45 days in the Hutt Guano Bins for you!
**yells to probe droid assistant** Snippy, kill that Holonet noise
immediately ... and put on the Black Sabbath compendium." -AD Proton
"Woohoo, at last some decent music over the SOV PA System
oh and can I offer the services of Harold to assist in the detention of COL Ricardo to the Guano Bins, he already knows the colonel's favourite
punishment *ZZZZZZZAP* :P" -COL Reaper
" Anyway, I was thinking as I was reading this latest report from Lord Proton. I find it very amusing that so many Squadrons aboard the Sovereign seem to feel the need to try and steal Proton's alcomohol. You'll notice that this behavior is something that Omega has not joined. Why is this? Well, maybe it's because we guard the Grand Admiral himself, and he likes to take care of us. Maybe it's because some of us still have our keys to the Admiral's Lounge. And maybe, just maybe, its because of that clause in the Omega Tour of Duty contract that states that we are each to be supplied with a "suitable amount" of liquor while engaged in EH activities. So basically, we gots our own booze, so we don't NEED to steal Proty's cheap-ace stash!" -GN Compton
"I hear you. I was knitting last night and my hands and fingers just about froze up on me. Fortunately I can still fly.
Oh and lest you all think I'm a woos and knit...I knit chainmail." -GN Gen Es'mith
"Gee, even *I* don't like country." -MAJ "Right smack dab in the middle of Redneckville" Jon
"Ohh god a not a square dance, can't you guys do it in lamed's quarters?" -CPT Hello
"Actually, the only times I do a square dance is when I
am totally drunk and wasted...which hasn't happened
too often lately." -MAJ Nurel Turr
"Wow! I was finally mentioned in section CANTINA COMMENTS 8-)" -CPT Ard Royber
"Turr not drunk, hmmm is this the right wing. We are always drunk, or
drinking :) " -CPT Hello
" /me hacks into the sov computers and makes it play Das wohltemperierte Klavier by Johan Sebastian Bach" -MAJ Malik
" ::Ricardo plops his Stetson down on Harold's shiny bot head and allows himself to be led off to the Guano Bins. As he is dragged along by the droids, his voice echoes throughout the Sovereign's corridors..::
"Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay......" -COL Ricardo
"No, he's Italian, so he gets to go to work at noon, work til about 4
(including a 2-hour lunch) and then head home early >:D " -LC "Green eyed" Freelancer
"Yes, create a game Empire of Game Empires. Destroy all who oppose you. Create games LucasArts can't dream of making.MUHHAHAHAHAHA MOHAHAHAHAHAHAH MOHAHAHAHAHAHA *hack**cough**hack* " -Sirik "That's what you get from playing too many Imperial Campaigns in SWGB*whew*" Xirok
"I thought you said you were gonna kick their butts for us (Theta). :P " -CPT Jack Stone
"Freelancer would like to help you better appreciate Thanksgiving by
donning a huge turkey suit and walking up to the breifing podium
gobbling all the way.
"Hhhhhaaaaaapppy Turkey Day!"
We've got a gobbling good squadron report in store for LAMBDA
squadron today! Mike's unfortunately eaten the pumpkin pie mix
without proper preparation (he may not have heard of the 7 P's), and
in the brain fever that followed he placed me in charge!
.... Of the LAMBDA report, that is! (Made you gasp! Made you gasp!)
Yup, so as Mike is shipped off to the medical frigate for better
attention, I'm standing here, all turkey-tights and big foam feet and
all, and tormen-- "briefing" you." -LC Freelancer
"Sovereign Comp to End all Comps (SoCTEC? Hey, I knew my socks were
high tech, but this is ridiculous!):" -LC Freelancer
"Let's show this wing what four idiots in TIE Defenders can do!!" -CPT Argon Viper
"That is all. Keep me on the mailing lists, please. And
Wing II members will all be recieving "checkups" when
I return unless I happen to be very fond of you or
have some favor in mind that requires "sucking up" ;D " -DOC/SMED/LCM/A-PMO/JANITOR Chris/Fatboy ;D
"Fatty can you accelerate the Checkups of the Whole of Psi squadron except for Inky, I feel it's deserved sue to the recent spree of inactivity >:p " -LC Jon
(DarkFyre): `Auto you can kiss my arse too
(Dagger): ooooh df gets bitch-slapped with de-op ness
* Obi-Wem injects Obi-Wem some of his Laxative/Sedative mix and waits
" :: Takes down her mace ::
Free, I accept your challenge, however, HACKING my report is not acceptable!!!!
:: Swings the mace and embeds it into the bulkhead for emphasis :: " -
CM Jennif
"I don't think that impressed him.
Try his head next time." -GN Gen
" ::Looks over at Reaper::
Looks like the Wing IV WC Wasting Disease has struck again, eh Reap? And it's only going to continue to drain his mental, physical and emotional capabilities. Hiccy, go mix up a nice strong brain pill mocha-espresso for the bumbling WC :p " -COL Ricardo
"HicRic's hands shook as he advance upon the horror before him.
"Not since old Reap's time have I dared touch this place..." he muttered, almost dropping the key to the floor. Staring out into the darkness, he turned on his flashlight and advanced.
"Right...here it is!" He rubbed the dust away from the sign, and read it aloud.
"Warning...high security...WC strength brain pill concoctions contained
within. He goes!"
He slowly inserted the key, and then turned it.
Click.
The door had opened.
He rushed inside, grabbed the nearest set of medicine, and closed the door swiftly.
Whew, that place scared me. I'll just be off to whip up a little something for poor Halcy, then. :P " -LCM HicRic
" ::Looks back over at Ricardo and nods::
Its always a shame to see such a fit, mentally capable individual cut down in his prime. However its only Halc, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :P
Seriously, take the good doctor's medicence its damn good stuff.
Any chance of one last WC brew Hiccy? ;) " -COL Reaper
"Btw..just ignore those "we're gonna do the greatest thing ever"
recruitment email, they are just bulls***s." -MAJ Gidda
"Dysentry section? That's all you're giving them? Geez, I never made fun of your weight, size, or personal appearance and even I got shoved to the "ripping mexican guano" section of the bins... ;P Heck, I'm sure that Free's been even further than that, I've seen his footprints farther ahead..." -CPT Argon Viper
"Sorry, man, already joined the Dark Side... what, are you the darker Dark Side? =P " -LCM Pheonixus
"Yeah, all us LCMs are very insulted by you calling Mike one of us.." -LCM Pheonixus
COM/AD Proton/SSSD Sovereign