All Fleet Members are herein advised that the Emperor's Hammer TIE Corps Pilot Manuals can be found by accessing the "FC's Library" from the Office of the Fleet Commander WWW site at URL:

Or you can go to the FC's Library directly at URL:

Currently, only the TIE Corps Manuals are uploaded...However, I anticipate that ALL 6 SubGroup Manuals will be posted there shortly...

Anyone with questions can feel free to email the Fleet Commander directly at GARonin@aol.com....

WE"VE HIT A THOUSAND!!!!!! That's right 1K, one grand, 1,000!!!! Our 1,000th

member, GN Rob (tranze@mailbox.swipnet.se), joined today at about 6:00....:^)

I'm speechless.....

Attached [to this Newsletter] is a roster that reflects our ONE THOUSANDth member...

FO/AD JAC/CS-4/SSSD Sov, BS/MoT-1rh-8gh, PRO (Sith)

In order to introduce long-running battle plotlines that can span more than one Battle or Combined Arms Battle, the Fleet Commander herein introduces the Campaign. A Campaign is simply a series of two or more Battles or Combined Arms Battles (or a combination of the two) linked together with a common theme or plotline. The EH Fleet will typically only run one Campaign at a time and the Fleet Commander is the ONLY EH Member currently authorized to submit a Campaign since these types of plotlines will necessarily affect the entire Fleet and the basic overall storyline for the Emperor's Hammer. However, the Fleet Commander may solicit the services of other Members as Battle/Mission designers who will, of course, receive individual MoTs and CoS's, as appropriate, for their efforts.

In order for a Fleet member to achieve the coveted Campaign Medal, he/she must have successfully completed ALL Primary Goals of the missions assigned to their particular EH TIE Corps Unit or SubGroup. As always, completion of the primary goals (at any difficulty setting) is all that is required to advance to the next Mission (like the TIE Fighter Game). However, it should be noted that since Campaigns are typically ongoing plotlines often spanning several Newsletters, the Campaign Medals aren't awarded until completion of the final mission in the final Battle or CAB, as appropriate.

The First Campaign (Campaign I - The Emperor, Alive or Vision?), will be based on the rumored return of the former Emperor, Palpatine, and the conquest of four neighboring star systems which have only recently been colonized, the Minos Cluster. See the Concourse Bulletin Board Section of this Newsletter for the Prelude to this Campaign.

TO: Grand Admiral Ronin, Emperor's Hammer Fleet Commander
	Fleet Admiral Havok, Emperor's Hammer Tactical Officer
	Vice Admiral Comton, Emperor's Hammer Tactical Attache
FROM: Vice Admiral Caesar, Emperor's Hammer Fleet Command Attche
IN RE: Agressor Training Squadron
Gentlemen:
	Per my recent e-mail, I was asked to write up a short file describing my
proposal in depth.
	Objective

	The Agressor Training Squadron (proposed nickname: Grimwahs) is designed
with intent of improving the Hammer's TIE Pilot skills pool. The Grimwahs will
truly be the Elite of the Hammer; position will be determined by skill. This
will be accomplished by the sharing of information among its members.
	
Methods

	
The Grimwahs will receive a weekly package containing two items:

	
1.) A TIE Mission focusing on that week's particular skill
	
2.) A brief essay on strategy for that mission

	
Members will be expected to submit a report giving personal rubarbs and
strategies for the mission. In this manner, fellow Grimwahs will benefit from
each other and will also be presented with varying strategies.

	
Organization
	
The Grimwahs will not be a squadron per the standard Hammer definition.
Instead, it will consist of as many members who want to join that are organized
on a simple mailing list. Each week, I will send out the mission and each
Grimwah will send their report to the entire squad. The group is not
anticipated to be large, so this should present few logistics problems.
	
Membership
	
Membership is open to all who wish to join. To stay a member, one is expected
to contribute a weekly report and possibly TIE missions.

	
Other Activities
	
Hopefully, discussion will be lively among the Grimwahs on general TIE
strategy; perhaps even IRC meetings can be held to discuss the myriad facets of
the art that is TIE flying. ;)

	
Potential Mission Objectives
	
As the Grimwahs will focus on improving skill, their primary fighter will be
the vanilla TIE Fighter. As this ship has no shields and extremely limited
armament, it is the ideal training vessel. Mission types flown may include:

	
- TIE/F mine racing
	
- TIE/F vs. TIE Defender
	
- TIE/F vs. overwhelming Rebel odds
	
- Lone TIE/F taking out a Platform and other capital ships
	
- Speed kills, taking out a ship in a minute (possibly highter) or less
	
The only obstacle I see in the Agressor Training Squadron's way is that of a
mission nature. The Grimwahs will require a dedicated mission builder (though
these shouldn't be too hard to design... LOL) to churn out missions on a regular
basis. Also, older missions from TIE may be utilizied.

Please send any comments, suggestions, criticisms my way.

...
CA:FC\VA Caesar\CA-1\SSSD Sov
Krath High Priest, Eos

"LUCASARTS SEEKS FIGHTER PILOT

engine used in previous X-Wing and TIE Fighter games. The engine will use new texture-mapped models, with ship details taken directly from the Star Wars archives at Lucasfilm, allowing for the most realistic in-flight graphics to date in a Star Wars space combat experience."

In recognition of his retired military status and longstanding devotion to the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet, the Fleet Commander has appointed FA Renegade (gcavitt@ainet.com) as the first Moff of the Emperor's Hammer. He has been selected to be Moff over the Phare System and to bring it back into Imperial control. It is anticipated that he will soon be naming Planetary Governors for Sif, Ullyr and Frigg, the only habitable planets in-system...

Thanks primarily to the coordinating efforts of the EH Security Officer, Admiral Zach (afro@voicenet.com) and recent, incredible recruitment efforts by Ariel (ariel@voicenet.com) which nearly tripled the size of the BHG in ONE month, the Bounty Hunters' Guild is the second EH SubGroup to pass a total membership of over 100 Members (103 as of 5/10/96..!). Bounty Hunters are directed to the BHG Section of this Newsletter for full details. The Fleet Commander wishes to pass along his personal congratulations and best wishes to the Guild...!