SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 9-23-01

Welcome to another installment of the Sovereign Report, RA Proton reporting.

FROM THE SSSD SOVEREIGN SOURCEBOOK

The Sovereign

A less powerful design of the Eclipse-class has been created named the Sovereign-class (it still overwhelms the original Super Star Destroyer design). The Emperor envisioned a fleet of these vessels. The first of the line is the Sovereign. Other potential ships in the line include the Autarch, Despot and Heresiarch.

Unlike the Eclipse, the Sovereign-class only carries 35 squadrons of fighters and five of Bombers. [It should be noted that the Emperor's Hammer made some slight modifications to the Sovereign to allow a total of 42 TIE Squadrons (7 Wings of TIEs...!).]

There are also 75 AT-ATs, 200 ST-ATs, dozens of support shuttles, assault transports and escort shuttles, two full legions of stormtroopers, and 5 full garrison bases stowed on board to meet any planetary assault needs.

SOVEREIGN NEWS AND NOTES

-- MAJ Jahan Kalar, new commander of Wing III, has been promoted to LC. Congratulations, Jahan! He knows it is not a reward but a pledge of continued service. He also knows this is two promotion parties for him in less than a week. ;) **Motions to Snippy, "Alert the Intoxo Droids and the FMC."**

-- Force strength: Our numbers have declined this week due to a few retirements, a few transfers and a bunch of pent-up AWOLs, leaving us at tight fighting strength.

SSSD Sovereign [243]

Wing I [38]
Wing II [43]
Wing III [48]
Wing IV [38]
Wing V [38]
Wing VI [37]
Omega Squadron [12]

-- RED ALERT! Ship-wide flight comp coming this week! It's a readiness test, so WCs, get your wings ready!

-- Reminder of ship home page design competition. See the temporary Sov home page at sov.imperialmight.com for the details. IS-GR, -SR and -BR up for grabs for the top three finishers.

-- YELLOW ALERT! Coming soon: Ship-wide, multi-activity comp, the Mascot Power Battles.

-- Procedural reminder to WCs: Please make sure CMDRs run any proposed promotions or merit medals by you, and you run them by me if you approve of them, before any are recommended. The bulk of this business also should be transacted during the month-end MSE process.

-- Quotes of the Week:

"Recruit. Recruit anyone, even the goofy kid down the street with the spiky hair or your next door neighbors cat, I don't care, as long as they can fly!" -MAJ Mickk Emrys

"Have you ever noticed that anyone flying slower than you is an idiot, but anyone flying faster than you is a maniac? If you haven't been able to make this distinction I would encourage you to head off to the citation page and download a battle and try your hand at flying and see what you think :P" -CM Torey Medrock

"Well...that may ok...but the first sign of a floating rectal probe and out the airlock you go!!!!" -LC Tethys

COMMODORE'S CANTINA NOTES

**
Ballista hauls a case of Yukon Jack into RA Proton's quarters, slams it down in the corner and stomps out. "What's her problem today," Proton muses, walking over to the wet bar and setting himself up with a Yukon Jack on the rocks.
Proton nods to Snippy the military surplus probe droid, the droid in response swiftly activating the giant holoscreen dominating one wall of the COM's spacious quarters.
"Aaaaaahhhhh," Proton takes a long pull on the YJ, slouches back in his Imperial-grade comfy chair and watches the opening kickoff of the weekend's first NFL game.
**

COM/RA Proton/SSSD Sovereign
SS/BS/IS-SW/PC/ISMx2/OV [FUSL] {IWATS-SM/2, Rebellion}
SBM (Sith)/QUA/Tridens of Tarentum
www.imperialmight.com