Tactical Officer Report # 80

TCC:XWA resigned
After months of excellent service as TCC:XWA and CMDR of Elite Praetorian Squadron, Major Hunter has decided to step down from all active positions within the fleet, and transfer to reserves, due to real life commitments. It is great loss to Tactical Office and Emperor's Hammer. Major Hunter, was key player of XWA division, always working above and beyond call of duty. He was responsible for managing team of testers and engineers and processing all XWA battles.
We will all miss you, Major Hunter. I know how hard RL can be, but I expect you will be joining us on IRC sessions from time to time, and when you RL stress will go down, I hope you will rejoin Tactical Office.

New staff members
Due to resignation of Major Hunter, we have TCC:XWA spot open. However, I decided to appoint Master as new TCC:XWA. He's been briefed by MAJ Hunter, so there should be no delays in office and XWA division. Good luck with your position Master, I believe you will do your best.

TCC:XvT
TCC:XvT is having RL difficulties, so he resigned from all active EH positions except TCC:XvT :) Thanks to help of Darth Vader (!) who will be performing Final Checks, LC Pellaeon will be able to do all administrative business to ensure new battles will be coming every week.

TAC3K countdown!
We are closing to TAC2,8k, so keep sending you battles! We need only 232 to reach TAC3K! Good work Tactical Staff, keep it up!

Reminder
I've told you that before, but it seems not everyone understood. ALWAYS include your PIN in your ID line when you are mailing Tactical Office. I am giving you one week to adjust your ID lines. Starting March 17th, I will be ignoring all emails without PIN number. (of course only those emails which require your PIN. Questions and suggestions will still be adressed).

EH Poland Meeting III
Well. It seems our EHPLM 3 will be rather EH Europe Meeting :) At least 6 people from other countries decided to join us, and maybe more will come. It should be really easy for people from Germany or even Austria to get there. And of course expect great fun, as always. Trust me, if you will join us this year, you will be there every next year :)
And of course special thanks to GA Ronin for posting my EHPLM 3 article on EH domain :))

Tactical Manual 3.0 - back to work
Damn. I still have problems with updating Tac Man. But I guess this week it was me, I promise I will do better next week.

Tactical Office Person of the Week:
     This week I've selected Abel Malik, as Person of the Week. As recommended by TCC:TIE:
         I would like to nominate Abel Malik as PotW. He completed his testing for a new battle faster than I have ever seen. He also submitted a detailed report and gave his opinion on each mission. This past month he has been an invaluable member of my team. Truly excellent work, Mal!
     Great job Malik. You have earned 1 point. I remind all TCCs to send their PotW recomendations. So current standings look as follows:

Hunter - 1
Abel Malik - 2
Darth Vader - 1
Philo - 1

I adjusted rules of competition. Potw will be getting 2pts, while all people nominated by TCCs will get 1 pt.

Tac Office Status:

EH Mission Compendium:
- Total missions: 2768 (+22)
  - Battles: 426
  - Free Missions: 480
Tactical Database:
- TIE Division:
  - In Quere: 3
  - Being Tested: 5
  - Being Corrected: 4
  - Final Check: 1
  - Total: 13
- XvT/BoP Division
  - In Quere: 3
  - Being Tested: 11
  - Being Corrected: 3
  - Final Check: 5
  - Total: 22
- XWA Division:
  - In Quere: none
  - Being Tested: 4
  - Being Corrected: 5
  - Final Check: none
  - Total: 9
Tactical Roster:
- TIE: 15
- XvT: 21
- BoP: 17
- XWA: 12

Cheating cases:
Once again, I sent noone to HCI. That's good. I am watching some people as always, however I don't think anyone will go to HCI soon. Of course this doesn't mean you can cheat. I catch you, yer down to SL (and lowest non training rank in other SGs), and you loose everything. Remember. Punishment is EH wide. I don't care you were cheating in TC. You break EH law, you be ready for consequences.

New games
Well, SCO is working on Imperium, I will work on mod for Homeworld. Game is pretty cool, allows you go play through firewall, it has mission editors and nice Star Wars mod, so I guess it's worth trying. Mission creation can be a little tricky, but I guess with proper tutorial and/or IWATS Course, it can be done. Expect more news soon, and meantime enjoy fancy screenshots SCO give you :)

Final word:
My office is always open. I don't do any businnes on IRC, but I ALWAYS reply to questions and suggestions. What do I mean by EH bussiness. Here's example: "Mike, please award me my mission MoT-rh", and other things like that.
If you have question and I am not available, try joining #tac and ask there or use mail. Ultimately you can use Mission Creation Forum :)

TAC Report # 80 (2003-03-14)