::salute::

***New RO Site!***

After the former webmaster, ROA Khan, resigned CA:RO Fondor designed the new site, which is really nice - in my opinion! This is only a temporary site until we can get a new address, which will - hopefully - be announced in the next report. Here's the new site, http://www.ipgv.org/ro/index.php.

***CA:RO Fondor's Report***

::SALUTE::

This week composed soley of revamping the RO website. It can be found at http://www.ipgv.org/ro/news.php. Also I have purchased the domain name www.eh.ro and it is being processed by the Romanians. More next week,

-Fondor

::SALUTE::

***Project Expansion***

NRN:

The following rules have been agreed on by the EH and NRN:

Rules:
Standard WoW rules--
Some of the rules don't apply to what we are doing of course but we are mainly concerned with the manor matches are played.
http://www.battlestats.com/games/xwa/war/rules/?wow181

Location:
We would like to be able to use the Zone, but we are open to using a designated mIRC room :)

Battlestats:
I am not sure how extensivly your club uses battlestats, but it is probably the best way to keep track of games. We would be more than happy to assist in getting your pilots signed up if needed. http://www.battlestats.com

Duration:
Typically we try to schedule wars for one week in place of our squadron wars, but we could probably be talked into a two week war :)

Time:
Tentative date: August 3rd - August 10th.

*Note from the RO: These rules are still being discussed. If anything changes I will let you know.

Red Squadron VS Avanger Squadron:
This rules are still preliminary, and are subject to change...

Rules:
BattleStats Rules--

Place:
IRC or The Zone--

Time:
July 28, 4 PM EST - 6 PM EST.

Duration:
This "war" will be one day, only for two to three hours in the evening.

Also, Avenger Squadron may need members. Please check with the Avenger CMDR, LC E. Tarkin, if you would like to apply. If there are not enough people in Avenger, I will fly with them for the "war" since I was once an Avenger pilot.

*More to come!

***Emperor's Hammer Interview With Greg Bear***

After e-mailing the author of Rogue Planet, Greg Bear has agreed to do an e-mail interview for the Emperor's Hammer. He asked for five questions, and those questions have already been sent, I'm hoping to have a reply in a few days.

***Recruitment/RECON Manual***

No changes...

***Imperial Survey Corps (ISC)***

The current Survey Corps Commander, ROA Plif, has decided to step down from his position. In light of this, I have decided to take his place, in hopes that I will be able to maintain the up and coming ISC a little better by being the RO and Corps Commander. It's only a hope, but I think everthing happens for the best.

Below is the current information on the ISC:

Written by ROA Plif:

New Mission Statement for the ISC

"The Imperial Survey Corps (ISC) is to provide manpower to the Reconaissance Office in order to assist the Office's efforts in advertising and recruiting for the Emperor's Hammer. The ISC will assist the Advanced Guard in locating new clubs to open diplomatic communications with and also advertising opportunites, such as magazines, online forums, and other mediums."

Basically we'll be a big help to the AG, but not to the point where we'll be stepping on their toes. We'll let them know where they can advertise and find new clubs to open communications with, but they'll be the ones trained to act on them. We're the guys in the background as far as that goes.

Our step into the spotlight will be our news releases concering the SW Universe. With Epsiode I behind us and two more prequels to come, there's a lot of news out there, and we'd like to bring it to the EH. In the future, we could expand our coverage to include many diverse topics, perhaps evolving into a premier news site for the EH much like FA AbsoluteK had in mind for EHNet.org but hasn't gotten to yet. This would be with his blessing, of course, when the time comes. I talk about this more later on in this message.

In case the RO needs some help with a project he's running, we leave the ISC open to do that with the last line of the new Statement.

Restructuring the ISC

In accordance with the three seperate duties described by the Mission Statement, three divisions would be created in the ISC. One would focus on the search for new clubs, the second on seeking out places to advertise the EH, and the third on producing our news articles.

Each division would be led by one member appointed as its commander, and those three division commanders would report to the ISC commander, who is appointed by the RO. The RO would maintain the ability to dismiss any ISC member for any reason, as a Command Staff member must be able to maintain the personnel in his Office as he sees fit.

Division 1 will be looking online for SW gaming clubs that the AG either hasn't talked to yet or doesn't know about yet. Once we find them, we'll grab as much information as we can and pass it to the LA. Also, Division 1 may be investigating how well the other clubs are meeting up to the agreements the AG makes with them, like link/banner exchanges. Of course, we'd also make sure we know where their main homepage is and whether or not they're still around. That'll all depend on how our talks go with the LA.

Division 2 will scour the internet for places to advertise the EH. From there, it will expand into print publications, then anywhere else we might get a word in. Unless it's just a link exchange or otherwise something simple, we'll send over the info we found to the AG, who'll write up the actual submission. As time passes, I think this one will become the most difficult.

Division 3 are our news guys, which I've been calling the Press Corps. They'll start with your basic Star Wars news, then maybe head into web and EH news, similar to what AbK has in mind for EHNet.org but never quite got running like he wanted. I've talked to AbK about it, and now that we've gotten approval I should go talk to him again. He seems to like the idea, but not in any official "we work for EHNet.org" capacity. Otherwise, Press Corps submissions will go to the EH Newsletter and the RO website.

By order of GA Ronin, the ISC will be no more than 10 members, and even that is stretching it. He wanted 3-5 before we talked him up a bit. Therefore, I'm thinking the magic number will probably be 6, as that means 2 for each division. I count as an ROA and outside that 6. We'll see what we need, though.

There would be three position levels: the division members, the three division commanders, and the ISC's commander. I tossed out the ISC XO, as I felt it was unecessary in such a small group, and division commanders may only be appointed as it becomes necessary. We're still thinking up names for the three, and ID line designations to match.

Division would remain the actual generic unit name, but I'd like to have each of them develop their own unique monicker, much like I refer to Division 3 as the Press Corps. Those would be suggested by anyone who felt suddently "enlightened" and had a good idea.

This is currently all the information we have to give about the ISC, if you would be interested in joining us, please e-mail Admiral Keiran Idanian stating what division you'd like to be in, and what you feel you could do for that division. I'm requesting that all people be very dedicated to the ISC - staying for atleast 4 months. Thanks!

Current ISC Roster

Imperial Survey Corps Commander (SCC): Admiral Keiran Idanian (KeiranIdanian@aol.com)
1st Division Commander (1DCM): Major Halcyon (EH_Halcyon@hotmail.com)
2nd Division Commander (2DCM): TBA
3rd Division COmmander (3DCM): Colonel Plif (lordplif@gmx.net)

Awaiting Assignment:

Commander Tierce (ehtierce@hotmail.com)
Vice Admiral Mell (mell@isdcolossus.com)
Colonel Draye C. Maaric (usn4983@altavista.com)

***Non-EH Site of the Week***

This week, I bring you a site that mainly has pictures of ships from the Rebels, Imperials, and Episode 1. There are also sounds, polls, and you can register to win an award from this site. This is a site where you can post your link so that you have a better chance of being noticed, an all round good site!

Non-EH Site of the Week
Star Wars Palace
http://swpalace.cjb.net

*Have a Non-EH Site of the Week submission? E-mail: Admiral Keiran Idanian.

RECON Office Websites
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RECON Office - http://www.ipgv.org/ro/index.php
Recruitment and RECON Manual - www.angelfire.com/pa4/RECONmanual
RECON Office Resource Center (EH-RORC) - New URL Coming soon!

RECON Staff,

-= Admiral Keiran Idanian, Reconnaissance Officer =-
[- ro@emperorshammer.org | EHRecCenter@aol.com -]
{ - http://www.ipgv.org/ro/index.php | www.angelfire.com/pa4/RECONmanual - }
RO-MAG-XADI/AD Keiran Idanian/CS-12/SSSD Sovereign
SS/BSx2/PC/ISMx3/MoI-BC/MoT-1rh-1gh/LoC-ISx10/MoC-4BoC-5SoC-3GoC-3PoC-1DoC/CoL/CoB/LoA/OV
[CAVL] {IWATS-CBX-CHAR-GFX-IIC/1/2/3-M/1/2-RPG-SM/2-TM-TT-VBS-XTT}
SBM (Sith)/CON/Alvaak
SC-SoA/BZ/(BN)/(LSAg)/ {SA: CORE}
"For the honor of the Emperor's Hammer"

Vice Admiral Fondor
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PCx7/ISMx20/IS-1BR/LoC-PSx68/DFC/CoL/CoB/LoA/OV
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Major Aylius Khan
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CMDR-ROA/MAJ Aylius Khan/Wraith/Wing XVIII/SSD Avenger
GSx4/SS/PCx2/ISMx8/MoI/IS-PR/LoC-PSx77/DFC/CoL/CoB/OV
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Colonel Plif
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FM-ROA-VROY/COL Plif/Epsilon 2-3/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
GS/SS/BSx2/PCx4/ISMx15/MoI/LoC-CSx7/MoC-3BoC/CoB/OV-3E
[CAVL] {IWATS-SM/2}