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Ho ho ho!! Merry Christmas everyone. I'd like to wish all of you guys a happy and enjoyable Christmas and a Happy New Year. A lot has happened this past year for Sin Squadron. A lot of good and interesting times have happened and I'm glad I could share it with you guys. More importantly, we've become good buds these past few months. Of course we joined the EH/TC expecting some good fun by playing custom missions and doing other competitions but we've gotten to know eachother by openening up to eachother and killing Rebs along the way. This next year is full of oppurtunities, as all years are, but lets strive to be the best we possibly can as pilots, people, and friends.
Squadron News
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The second round of our GLADIATOR Challenge has wrapped up and the results are in for GLADIATOR LT Squall and CHALLENGER LT Desmos
Mission flown: TC-19
(HAK SCORES)
Gladiator LT Squall Lionheart: 79074
Challenger LT Desmos: 122628
-LT Desmos is the victor and claims the title as GLADIATOR OF SIN!!
-good job LT Squall, better luck next time
-next to step into the ring, chosen at random, is CPT Mordred Pendragon
-LT Desmos has the option to use this battle or to pick another TC battle.
I stated earlier that our sin.squadron.org site is down for the moment. I'll notify you of any important information that takes place, and don't forget to keep your eyes peeled on the message board for anything.
Citations have popped up like crazy. We have 9 citations for flying. Good job boys! I would like us to focus our efforts on getting a citation for TC-32 (attached) by January 8th. Good luck!
All of you have until the 31st to fly for the ISM. The one who flies the most gets the ISM for this holiday.
Operation: Release the TIEs is officially over. After 1.5 months of fierce fighting from both Red and Blue teams, the winner is Blue Team. They managed to chase down every Red pilot and claimed all 8 systems in the Emperor's Hammer territory. FA Kramer might have something in mind for this in the future so keep your missile boats prepped and ready until then.
Squadron Orders
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Fly TC-32 "Assassinate the Fleet Commander?" for our next citation by January 8th. (attached)
LT Desmos, you are to choose whether to use TC-19 for this next challenger of yours or to choose another TC battle. Let me know ASAP.
An ISM is up for grabs for whoever flies the most missions this month. It can be any missions for either TF, XvT, or XWA. So shoot away!! We're halfway through the month, so anyone can turn around and take that ISM.
Fly to your hearts content...
Have a Merry Christmas, that's an order!
Activity Reports
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CMDR/CM Stele Pellaeon 1-1
-no activity
FL/LCM MacCredu 2-1
-2nd week on leave (coming back next week)
FM/LT Desmos 2-2
-12/18 flew TC-3
-12/18 flew TC-133
-12/20 flew TC-2
-12/24 flew TC-19
-12/24 flew TC-84
FL/CM Pendragon 3-1
-12/18 flew CAB-4 (17 missions)
FM/LT Strahd Pendragon 3-2
-no reported activity
FM/LT Squall Lionheart 3-3
-no reported activity
Miscellaneous
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TC News
Fleet Manual 5.0 pre-1
11:35 - AD Kermee [Kermee@softhome.net]
Fleet Manual: The Fleet Manual v5.0 pre-1 is complete. This version contains all of the material from the 4.0 version with only minor changes, with a different design and a database to store the data. Any and all comments or suggestion are most welcome at sco@emperorshammer.org, however please hold reports of inaccuracies in the ship data other than in the descriptions.
The Fleet Manual v5.0 pre-1 is viewable at http://sco.ehnet.org/fleet-man/. I'm looking at making a downloadable version available shortly.
New issue of EH Cosmo released
23:46 - VA Mairin Astoris [mairin@isdchallenge.org]
The long awaited Issue 6 is now available at http://www.darklord.ukshells.co.uk/cosmo/cosmo6/. Big thank yous go out to all those who contributed things and helped out.
Fiction Compendium almost complete
22:04 - SA Kawolski [absurefire@aol.com]
Most of the Fiction Compendium has been complete. However, it is not open for public viewing as of yet. You may see works of fiction listed on some profiles, but it's currently for testing purposes only.
EH: Greeting Card Centre
06:13 - AD Absolutek [io@absolutek.com]
After being on the IO Projects page for well over 6 months, it is finally here. Yes, it's the Emperor's Hammer: Greeting Card Centre. Go check it out http://www.emperorshammer.ca/gcc/, and send some of your EH friends some cards.
I need some holiday themed card graphics ASAP, so email them to io@absolutek.com.
Combat Ratings
12:56 - SA Kawolski [absurefire@aol.com]
Squadron rosters now have a link to show Combat Ratings for their individual squadron.
Win a signed Copy of X-Wing Trilogy
09:52 - AD Theodore [theodore@tiecorps.org]
Mark Hamill and Lucas Arts are giving away 31 copies of X-Wing Trilogy, the new packaged release of X-Wing, Tie, and XWA. Sign up at: www.fragcity.com/lucasarts/
The EH should be the recipients of at least one copy shouldn't we?
EH Virus Alert
11:29 - COL Kessler [kessler@dial.pipex.com]
Members of the EH may find themselves receiving emails from other EH personnel entitled "where is my juliet?". If you are the recipient of an email like this and your anti-virus programme doesn't detect a problem, you've been infected with the W32.Navidad virus (also known as W32.Blebla.worm).
W32.Navidad is a mass mailing worm program. The worm replies using MAPI to all Inbox messages that contain a single attachment. This worm is able to distribute itself via any MAPI-compliant email client, including Microsoft Outlook. However, emails that are infected with this worm can be received by any email client. The worm utilizes the existing email subject line and body and attaches itself as NAVIDAD.EXE. Due to the bugs in the code, after being executed, the worm causes your system to be unusable.
This is a new virus, discovered on November 3rd this year, and is highly dangerous to your computer. If infected, you can download a tool from here http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.navidad.fix.html to repair the damage.
Battlecry 10 released
00:59 - CPT Werdna Elbee [werdna_elbee@emperorshammer.ca]
This months edition features: -
Interview with SA Compton
Preview Of Star Wars: A Call To Arms MOD
Article on the cancellation of SWE1:Obi-Wan
BIG Competition, including original missions to fly, graphics, fiction and mission design contests, and lots of medals on offer for the winners
Writing Contest still running
IRC Fun
Think Tank Article
Also, there is a very high number of pilot submissions of Fiction and Graphics this month.
Battlecry 10 can be found at a new URL, which is http://www.emperorshammer.ca/battlecry/
Squadron Roster
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SIN SQUADRON OF WING II : Long-Range Support
COMMANDER: CPT Stele Pellaeon (stele@sinsquadron.zzn.com) - #3448
NICKNAME: Wing of the Darknesses
MOTTO: Whoso dares to strike us, Will never survive in our darkness
HOMEPAGE: http://sin.squadron.org
MESSAGE BOARD: http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb1187804
FLIGHT I - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: The Skulls
Motto: Worthy skulls are used as our paper weights
1) CPT Stele Pellaeon (stele@sinsquadron.zzn.com) - #3448
2) TBA
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT II - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Skeletons in the Closet
Motto: You tag em we'll bag em and set em on the shelf
Homepage: http://f2sinsquadron.homestead.com/flighttwo.html
1) LCM MacCredu (MacCredu@sinsquadron.zzn.com) - #4176
2) LT Desmos (Maveen@aol.com) - #5665
3) TBA
4) TBA
FLIGHT III - MISSILE BOAT
Nickname: Every Mother's Nightmare
Motto: We are the horrors your mother warned you about
1) CPT Mordred Pendragon (mordred@sinsquadron.zzn.com) - #1047
2) LT Strahd Pendragon (cosseldominic@hotmail.com) - #5420
3) LT Squall Lionheart (shaun_cossel@hotmail.com) - #3387
4) TBA
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Total: 6
Squadron Citations (9):
TC-TIE Battle 2 - Strike at Calamari
TC-TIE Battle 4 - Recapture Zaarins Technology
TC-TIE Battle 17 - Zaarins Missile Boats
TC-TIE Battle 19 - The Tethys Honeymoon
TC-TIE Battle 76 - Mirror Universe
TC-TIE Battle 133 - Punishment Tour
TC-TIE Battle 148 - Secret Clone Project
TC-TIE Battle 156 - EH Wrestling Extravaganza
CAB Battle 4 - Battle for Kronos
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Respectfully submitted,
CMDR/CPT Stele Pellaeon/Sin/Wing II/SSSD Sovereign
SS/PCx4/ISMx8/MoT-5bh/LoCx3/CoB [GALL] {IWATS-SM/2}
"Running away from the battle while outnumbered by the enemy has never killed me; but coming back with reinforcements has killed them."