January 2004
01.30.04
Position of Logistics
Officer Open for Applications: 01.09.04
As Submitted From:
Executive
Officer (SA Astatine)
The Logistics Officer is responsible for maintaining archives of
important materials such as newsletters. The position is also responsible for
specialist projects such as the EH Codex.
Selection Criteria - Essential
1. Good written communications skills
2. An acceptable level of online presence in areas such as message boards, IRC,
etc
3. Fast email response time
4. The ability to work with a wide range of EH personnel
Selection Criteria - Desirable
1. Prior experience in maintaining some sort of reference work (ie. a manual)
2. Ability to maintain stable web hosting for all newsletters
Initial Work Plan
1. Establishment of a LO site
2. Establishment of a Newsletters mirror
3. Updating of the EH Codex
You must address each criteria with supporting evidence. Simply saying "Yeah, I
can do that" is not enough. Include specific examples and situations to back up
your claims. You should meet at least the essential criteria to be considered
for the position. You must include at least three (3) references in your
application. At least one of these must be a former or, preferably, current
superior. Ensure you have their permission first, as your application will be
viewed in a negative light if you have not gained their permission. Applications
should be directed to the Fleet Commander (fc@emperorshammer.org) and Executive
Officer (xo@emperorshammer.org) with the subject "Application for Logistics
Officer".
Should you be successful in the position, you will be expected to perform core
duties of the position, including the initial work plan, to an acceptable level.
You will be reviewed upon these tasks and based
upon that performance, you may be rewarded or punished.
SA Astatine - XO
Grand Moff Open For
Applications: 01.09.04
As Submitted From:
Executive
Officer (SA Astatine)
Overview
The position of Grand Moff is unique among subgroup commanders in that the Grand
Moff runs a subgroup and also must maintain the System Manual The successful
applicant will need to demonstrate long term commitment and consistent levels of
output to gain this position.
Applicants must address the following criteria:
Selection Criteria - Essential
1. Prove command experience, at the level of at least TIE Corps Wing Commander
or a similar/equivalent position of responsibility.
2. Good written communication skills
3. An acceptable level of presence in online media, such as IRC, message boards,
etc.
4. Fast email response time.
5. The ability to work with a wide range of EH personnel, including the
Executive Officer, Fleet Commander and members of the Directorate.
6. An outline of plans or ideas for the Directorate.
Selection Criteria - Desirable
1. Experience in the creation and/or maintaining of online reference works
2. Proven experience in turning around an aspect of the EH.
Intitial Work Plan
1. Generation of consistant activity within the Directorate
2. Ensuring primary resources such as the Directorate website and System Manual
are in good working order
You must address each of the criteria with supporting evidence. Simply saying
"Yep I can do that" won't be good enough. You must also include three
references, at least one being a current superior. These references will be
checked and your application will be considered in an extremely negative light
if you have not gotten permission from people
to use them as references first. Applications are to be directed to the
FC and XO with the subject "Application for Grand Moff".
Should you be successful in the position, you will be expected to perform core
duties of the position, including the initial work plan, to an acceptable level.
You will be reviewed upon these tasks and based
upon that performance, you may be rewarded or punished.
SA Astatine - XO
Internet Office Domain
News: 01.07.04
As Emailed From:
Internet
Officer (HA Ari)
Two separate items:
eXtensible Polling System
This week I would like to officially announce the release of the
much-anticipated IO project I've been coding the past few weeks. Ladies and
gentlemen, EHNet's eXtensible Polling System (XPS) is now completed and
available to the general public. XPS primarily serves as a means of "data
collection" with lots of nifty features! The main page at
http://www.ehnet.org/xps/ has some
helpful information. We also HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you read the XPS Help Manual
since it's full of helpful information and is sure to answer 95% of any
questions you can think of.
Keep in mind - XPS isn't just for polls (that's why it's eXtensible!) - we
encourage you to come up with your own uses for it! I hope you enjoy it as much
as I enjoyed creating it!
New Internet Guideline Enacted
As of January 8, 2004 at 12:00 AM, the Internet Officer has enacted a new
Internet Guideline rule regarding user databases in EH sites:
"Any website with a user database that contains passwords MUST encrypt the
passwords. This may be a one-way hash (highly preferable), or an encryption
using a key. The Internet Officer reserves the right to request a database dump
(or any other verification method) to verify compliance. Anyone who refuses to
comply after being warned may be brought to the Security Officer on charges. "
This rule has been enacted due to a rising concern of password security within
the Emperor's Hammer at large. Please note that EVERY EH-related site is bound
by the rules set forth in the Internet Guidelines (
http://www.ehnet.org/guidelines.php ). Users of SquadFirst+ need not worry,
since the one-way hash is handled within the code.
The Internet Officer herein sets a period of 2 weeks in order to comply with the
new guideline. As of January 22, 2004 at 12:00 AM all websites containing user
databases will be presumed to be compliant and the Internet Office staff
reserves the right to request a database dump, as well as any other methods
deemed necessary to verify compliance. A lack of compliance will result in a
warning being issued with one additional week to comply.
Week of War XWA - November 2003
As Emailed From:
Admiral Darksaber
To the Attention of the EH Command Staff.
Sirs,
I would like to call to your attention that Emperor´s Hammer won the XWA WoW for
the month of the November!!! Something never done by EH. Our first big win in a
BSC Comp. :)
As BGCOM of ASF, I would also like to point out that all games were played by
ASF Pilots and that Avenger Squadron pilot MAJ Ace was our best pilot and placed
in an Amazing 3º Place Overall ;)
If it was possible I would like to see it anounced in www.emperorshammer.org and
www.emperorshammer.net
Thank you
Salute
Admiral Darksaber
Aggressor Strike Force Battlegroups Commander
Commendations of Loyalty: 01.02.04
As Emailed From: Operations Officer (VA Alex Foley)
Please pass this down the CoC...
Seems I let this one slip past me. Commendations of Loyalty! The Emperor's
Hammer's Anniversary is on January 7th, 9 years I believe, and we must celebrate
it! Same rules as always, but I'll have to extend the deadline a little bit. All
CoL recommendations are due 14 days from today, on January 16th, 2004. Again,
sorry about the late notice.
For the TIE Corps:
Each squadron commander can send any number of recommendations for awards to
their respective Wing Commander. The Wing Commander chooses three (3) awards.
Then these recommendations are forwarded up the chain of command to the
respective Commodores and Battlegroup Commanders, making any possible
corrections. Then the Battlegroup Commander collects the recommendations for his
Battlegroup, and emails them to the Operations Officer, CC'ing the Flight
Officer. Also, each Battlegroup Commander has the discretion to award a maximum
of three (3) awards to his Flag Officers.
For elite squadrons (Avenger, Praetorian, Tau, and Omega), the commander can
recommend up to one (1) award to their Battlegroup Commander (Omega - SovCOM;
Avenger - ASF BGCOM), in the case of Praetorian and Tau Squadron, the CMDR will
directly email the Operations Officer, also CC'ing the Flight Officer.
For the Dark Brotherhood:
Each Clan Consul will have the ability to recommend up to three (3) members from
their clan to the Chancellor of the Brotherhood and the Grand Master. The Grand
Master will also have a special discretionary award up to a maximum of five (5)
awards. These final recommendations will be sent by the Grand Master to the
Operations Officer.
Other Subgroups:
Each Subgroup (other than the Brotherhood) will have the opportunity to
recommend a maximum of ten (10) awards. These will be sent directly to the
Operations Officer
Command Staff/Advisors:
Each CO will be allowed a small indeterminate level of awarding, to be dealt
with on a case-by-case basis. These recommendations also go to the Operations
Officer.
***ALL recommendations must have the subject heading: "CoL Recommendations" or
they will be ignored***
Recommendations are due January 16th, 2004, at Midnight Eastern
Standard Time.
OPS
01.15.04
Aaron Allston Named Newest EH
Honorary Member: 12.10.03
As Emailed From:
Reconnaissance
Officer (AD Joe)
Wow!! I guess he didn't delete my email after all!! Say hello to the newest
EH Honorary Member!! Mr. Aaron Allston!!!
I'll see if I can send him an E-mail interview in the next few days. I'm still
kinda floored.. wow.. Anyways, We need to get him up on the Honorary Member
board ASAP. When i send him the email interview, I will ask for a picture of
himself he would like to have posted.
Thanks for your time!! Enjoy! >:P
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RO/AD "Six" Joe/CS-12/SSSD Sovereign
IC/GOE/GS/BSx3/PCx2/ISMx6/MoI/MoT-1gh/MoC-6BoC-7SoC-4GoC-27PoC-3DoC/CoLx2/CoB/OV-6E
[DRAG]
Craft: M/CRV "Doomsday" - Omega Squadron Emeritus
KP ''Doc'' Hades (Krath)/Rouge, DC/(BNB)
{SA: G:LS}
"It's God's responsibility to forgive Bin Laden, It's our responsibility to
arrange the meeting..."
-United States Marine Corps
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Forwarded Message:
Subj: Re: Greetings from the Emperor's Hammer!
Date: 12/10/2003 1:29:07 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: allston@AaronAllston.com
To: Noon001@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
At 11:13 PM 11/9/2003 -0500, Noon001@aol.com wrote:
> I must say, all of your Star Wars books seem to be the on a lot of
> people's favorite's list and a lot of my fellow EH Members wonder why we
> do not have much contact with you as we had in the past. I'd like to
> correct that if it is possible.
It certainly hasn't been an oversight on your part. Last March, I decided
to take a year off from online chats and interviews in order to return my
focus to my writing. (Of course, I'm afraid this means that I'm not really
open to do any new interviews until early next year sometime.)
> One last thing. Last time you had an interview with this club, the last
> Reconnaissance Officer asked you if you would like to become an Honorary
> Member. Now I know that might sound like you have to have some type of
> duties or things of that nature, or that it might impose some type of
> legal binding, but I assure you that it does not in any way. It's simply
> that, just and Honorary Member. No rules to follow, duties to perform.
> Basically it's just saying your a friend of our group.
I'd be happy to. Thanks for the invitation.
== Aaron Allston
== Writer
== allston@AaronAllston.com
== http://www.AaronAllston.com/
FA Mike Awarded EH Medal Of Honor:
12.29.03
As Submitted By:
Fleet Commander
(GA Ronin)
(Please see Operations Manual for Medal descriptions)
For his exemplary work not only at his position of EH Tactical Officer, with thousands of EH battles to manage and organize; but his off-line dedication as well ! He has recently obtained an EH Article Mention in a prominent Polish gaming mag and, if memory serves, has personally hosted THREE annual weekend long, game-fests with beer, computers and Star Wars...those crazy Europeans...:)
Not to mention he has weathered the wrath of the XO and survived stronger than ever !
In any event, I want to bestow upon him the highest honor I am able...The EH Medal of Honor (MoH)...He is an example of a model Imperial Citizen...
Congratulations, Mike...Well deserved and long overdue !
GA Ronin
Fleet Commander/Founder - Emperor's Hammer
FC/GA Ronin/CS-1/SSSD Sovereign
MoH/IC/GoE/OoR/PC/MoI-dc/ISMx2/MoT-rhx2/MoT-ghx8/LoC-CSx5/DFC/CoS/OV-7E//CoL/LoA
[DJP(Sith)/Overlord of Alvaak, SL]/DC {IWATS-Core}
VA Khameir Sarin Appointed as Combat
Operations Officer: 12.18.03
As Submitted From:
Fleet
Commander (GA Ronin) and
Executive
Officer (SA Astatine)
Combat Operations Office
(URL to be Updated Soon...!)
The Fleet Commander (GA Ronin) and Executive Officer (SA Astatine) have approved the appointment of VA Sarin as the new EH COO !
His Application and ideas (dated 12.05.03) :
FC and XO,
This is my late application for the position of COO.
I. Introduction
II. Credentials
III. Selection Criteria
IV. My COO Plan
I. Introduction
A) The Combat Operations Officer has been a cursed position for as long as i can
remember. It has taken the most talented Flag Officers in the Tie Corps and
turned them into mediocre Imperial Advisors. The recent list of Bruc, Khad, and
KK are just examples of said curse. Perhaps this curse stems from the confusion
or clouded vague description of the COO (the Training Manual still incorrectly
describes the position of COO as the leader of the ASF). Does the COO work for
the FC, the FO, is he a TC only position, or is he EH wide?
B) I have spent my TC career as an ASFer. From FM to Elite CMDR to Commodore of
the Grey Wolf. My goal in the Tie Corps has always been to become the ASF BGCOM
and then one day FO.
C) In the month of FEB I will be going to United States Army Ranger School for
63 days. During this time I will have no internet access.
D) For these three reasons I am reluctant to apply for COO, however, at the
request of Cyric, Pri, and Kaerner, I am offering my services to help fix
something that has been broken for a long time.
II. Credentials
Vice Admiral Khameir Sarin
Last Promotion: 9 months (time for a promotion no?)
SBM Khameir Sarin
Last promotion: 2 months
Positions Held: Tie Corps- Commodore ISD Grey Wolf (9 months), ASF Elite CMDR
Avenger Squadron (10 Months), Dark Brotherhood PCON Arcona (4 months), AED House
OO Arcona (6 months prior to split). PROF IWATS AIM (9 months)
Career Highlights:
1. Led the EH in WoW victories 5 Times
2. Led Avenger Squadron to winning more WoW victories than the rest of the fleet
combined 22 out of 24 WoW Competitions (That means my 12 pilot Avenger Squadron
won more single player matches than the entire rest of the fleet combined for
almost an entire 1 year time period)
3. Finished Second in EH MP ladder two times.
4. Career 301 CR and 1945 FCHG
5. Fleet Admiral Cyric Quoted on my historic record in a medal recc calling me
"The most talented CMDR he has ever worked with"
6. Led Avenger Squadron to ASF Escort Squadron in the ASF Flag Ship competition.
We beat two entire Star
Destroyers in points during this competition.
7. Maintained 90% roster filled during 10 months as Avenger CMDR.
8. When I took over the Grey Wolf for the second time ( I took a 4 month break
due to being in the WAR), she had 38 pilots. We currently have 61 pilots. An
average of 20 more pilots than the rest of the Wings in the Fleet. We now have a
plan in place to have a full wing by January. I believe my recruitment efforts
on the Grey Wolf have been my outstanding career achievement. We are recruiting
pilots when the rest of the fleet is crying about no new games, and lack of
interest. The EH is what we put into it, and I am attempting to prove this on
the Grey Wolf. I am a strong believer that our club succeeds because of the
structured organization and that we can continue to recruit die hard XVT XWA
fans because of this. Despite the nay- ayers.
9. I do not believe you could find one of my former or current superiors who
would complain about my performance. I typically do not take part in any
politics, backstabbing, or disputes. As far as I know, I am a very well liked
member of the club, with a pretty decent reputation.
III. Selection Criteria - Essential
1. Good Written Communication Skills:
I majored in English and Philosophy at my university learning how to write. I am
currently in the United States Army where the clarity of my written orders is a
must. I compose weekly TC reports and two ship wide emails each week. So far, no
complaints.
2. An acceptable level of presence in online media such as irc, message boards,
etc:
From Iraq I spend roughly 21 hours a week online in mIRC. I am arriving in the
States on December 15th, my time online can only grow as I go from a pay per
hour connection to a cable modem.
3. Fast Email response time:
If I reply slower than 24 hours, I must be on emergency leave. I typically have
mail returned within 8 hours of receipt.
4. The ability to work with a range of EH personnel, including the XO:
I have a long and outstanding relationship with the FO, SCO, TAC, MO, RO, CA:IO,
and CA:LO. I have served with these fine individuals for a very long time in the
TC and have excellent relationships with all of them. I know the XO by short
conversations only, and see no reason I could not work with him.
5. Experience at some level of command:
I have served as Commodore of the ISD Grey Wolf for over 8 months. I have also
served as PCON of Clan Arcona for the last 4 months. Prior to this I served as
the Elite MP Avenger Squadron CMDR for one year.
Selection Criteria -Desirable
1. Prior experience running multiplayer events:
I served as an OP in #ehcoc for one year as a alternate host for all
competitions. I have also run fleet wide MP competitions (The Avenger
Tournament), and I run monthly MP competitions on the Grey Wolf.
2. Prior experience in running competitions:
I run no less than six monthly competitions every month of the year. These
competitions range from SP to MP to GFX to Fiction to beating me in MP.
REFERENCES:
TAC Mike
FO Cyric
TAU CMDR Kaerner
HCI Member Pri
IV. The COO Plan
The COO is in a unique position to increase activity amongst existing members
and to attract new members to the club through Battle Stats competitions. The
Tie Corps has made a mistake of not exploiting the Zone and BSC in its
recruitment efforts. The Die Hard XVT, XWA crowds that flock the Zone and BSC
are people who are begging for organized clubs to join. Many of the rag-tag
clubs that compete at the Zone disintegrate and reform as another club months
later, a lot of these members would love the stability our club offers.
The COO is in a position to Advertise the club by the running of multiple BSC
competitions. Inviting multiclub gaming experiences. I believe our LO could help
with a lot of these multiclub run competitions.
The below is my initial plan of attack on the COO office:
1. All competitions would stop for roughly two weeks (Allowing me to process all
missing LoCs, evaluate the
current status of EH MP).
2. All current competitions would be removed from the TC Database (I will create
all new competitions after
having a round robin conversation with EH MP members)
3. The current COOAs would be relieved of their duties (I will be hiring my own
staff, one Battle Stats expert, one EHCOC expert, and one website creator)
4. The BOT would be kicked out of #EHCOC (I will be working with the SCO or COMM
on generating a new bot for MP competitions)
5. I will hold an open forum in #ehcoc inviting an open idea sharing forum where
our mp pilots can tell
me directly what they want.
6. Redesign the very poor Combat Operations Office Webpage.
7. Create Clear/Defined Multiplayer Rules
8. Create BSC and EHCOC user guides
9. Work with the TO on creating a MP IWATS Course (why is there not one now?)
10. Re-open the MP ladders with strict rules pertaining to cheating (I know AST
Strugged with this
in Prelude to Andevia)
11. Create an MP competition schedule in EHCOC that fits all time zones of all
members.
12. Work with the FO and WO on creating MP Skirmish Competitions using Imperial
Storm Style Skirmishes (This is something members have begged for)
13. Open 2 on 2 competitions. Our pilots are very poor at this sort of MP and
this is why we typically
finish so poorly at the WoWs.
14. Work with the TO/XO on redefining the definition of what the COO is on the
training manual.
15. Work with the Darkbrotherhood to fix all of the damage KK did. I would
invite the DB back into ehcoc
and help them with the awarding of CoF mp awards.
16. Have my staff in place so that the office can run without me for the time I
have to go to Ranger School. There is no way I can avoid this school and no way
I can touch a computer during my time there (it is a school of forced starvation
and sleep deprivation spent in the cold mountains, wet swamps, and hot pavement
of Georgia)
17. Do my job. Encourage activity in the CLUB (DB & TC and whoever else wants to
play any sort of MP) and help advertise our club to the gaming community. I have
watched the former COO's hide behind their 12 COOAs and competition hosts
blaming them for the failures of their office. The Bottom line is that if the
COO office is broke, it would be my fault. And I never like being broke :p
That's it from me. Thanks for reading this long blah blah. All continues to be
well in Iraq and I am leaving no DEC 15th for the states!
=====
COM/VA Khameir Sarin/ISD Grey Wolf
Other Applicants reviewed included:
AbK Resigns as COMM, Communications
Officer Open for Applications: 12.17.03
As Submitted From:
Executive
Officer (SA Astatine)
Communications Office
(URL to be Updated Soon...!)
<SALUTE>
As I'm sure you've noticed all my bots/sites are offline right now. My dedicated
server got unplugged/cancelled because I wasn't able to pay for it.
Therefore, I feel I may as well offer my resignation as I do not have a way of
hosting bots anymore. I have backups if you can find somebody to pick up COMM
where I left off.
AbK
12.18.03
COMM Position Overview
The Communications Officer (COMM) is responsible for the operation of the
EH's communication media, such as IRC, message boards, etc. Maintaining ops and
ban lists in primary EH channels is a core duty of
this position.
Selection Criteria - Essential
1. Good written communication skills.
2. An acceptable level of online presence in online media such as message
boards, IRC, etc.
3. Fast email response time.
4. The ability to work with a wide range of EH personnel.
Selection Criteria - Desirable
1. Prior experience in IRC channel management (ie. 400 or higher access)
You must address each criteria with supporting evidence. Simply saying "Yes, I
can do that" will not be enough. Include specific examples of your experience.
You should meet at least the essential criteria to be
considered for the position. You will be expected to perform the core duties of
the position to an acceptable level. You must include at least three (3)
references. At least one of these must be a former or current
superior, preferably current. Ensure you have their permission first, as your
application will be seen in a negative light if you have not gained their
permission. Applications should be sent to the Fleet Commander and Executive
Officer with the subject "Application for Communications Officer".
Fleet Commander's Note:
Please be advised that applications have already been received from:
New FMC Competition: 12.10.03
As Emailed From:
Fleet Medical
Officer (VA Jacob VanNowak)
<Salute>
Alright Kiddies its about that time again. Time for another one of your awesome Fleet wide competitions from the Box of the MO himself! This one is for all of you to send in your Best Star Wars/Emperor's Hammer Jokes. Please keep it in good taste though, don't say anything you wouldn't want your mothers to hear 8-P, and make sure its funny and not hateful, don't want anybody crying do we? The funnier the Joke the better your chances. So go pull out you ol' Redneck Jedi jokes, and Emperor's Hammer Cracks on personnel. All submissions are to be sent to the Medical Officer no later than January 2nd, 2004 at MO@emperorshammer.org
You can send as many Jokes as you want!
Awards are as follows
1st = IS-GR
2nd = IS-SR
3rd = IS-BR
Good luck, and have fun!
<Salute>
-MO-AMB/VA Jacob Van Nowak