Note From the Executive Officer
Before I go any farther, I would like to introduce myself. I am Admiral Weicksel. Some of you may remember me from other places in the Emperor's Hammer. Before I became ExO of the CD, I was Master Executive Polder of the Smuggler's Guild. I was the Sub-Group Commander of the SG, for over 7 months, and just kinda got burnt out (I basically raised the group from 7 members to 200 members over that span of time). Then I retired. Now, I guess retirement wasn't the thing for me, and now I am back, this time Commanding the Corporate Division. In case any of you are wonder "why the heck is some former smuggler guy commanding the CD", I have had former experience in the CD. I was a CEO, plus a member of several Corporations over a period of time. I also received two Silver Sunburst for creating CD approved ships. Sorry, if that was alot for you guys and girls, I just wanted to get that out of the way, so everyone would be familiar with me.
Now that we got that out of the way, I'd like to say that I am totally amazed at how fast, the Corporations are slicing into the new game, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. Dev and IO Pav has finished up a pilot viewer for XvT which will allow you to view pilot statistics (attached to this newsletter). Phoenix Technologies has made another breakthrough in ship editing. They have created the first ships for X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter. The two ships that they have are attached to this newsletter (xvtships.zip).
Alvaakian Drives, Inc.
As of May 17, 1997 Rapier Shipyards and Imperial Weapons of Destruction merged together and formed Alvaakian Drives, Inc. Alvaakian Drives, Inc. will produce ships for the Grand Admirals very own Clan in the DB. They will also act as a normal corporation also, and compete in CorCom competitions, as well as other things.
Below is the list of agreements CEO Shadow has sent to me about the merger:
1. RSY's flagship, the VSD will be given to the Main Fleet for use in the AHG or whatever the GA and/or XO would like to use it for. =)
2. All of RSY's members will be transfered to ADI's roster and given respectable positions going by their talents, etc.
3. RSY's Base Of Operations will be dedicated to mining products for production and overall use for the Main Strike Fleet as well as the Corporate Division's Main Fleet.
4. All of the ships in RSY's Picket Fleet(excluding the flagship) will be transfered into ADI's Picket Fleet unless a need for the ships should occur.
5. RSY's members will be given a fair chance with positions in ADI. ADI is now re-building so there ARE almost NO set positions at this time.(This will bring a little competition into affect...always a good thing =)
The Intelligence Division's Praetorian Squadron has commissioned IWD (now ADI) to redo the TIE Praetor. The older one, was considered a superfighter, and many members of the squadron said they would much rather prefer a much more realistic fighter. The TIE Praetor and it's graphic's are attached to this Newsletter.
Phoenix Technologies
Probably the biggest news from PT is that their very own CEO has
created the first X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter ships...! Attached to
this newsletter is xvsships.zip.
Here are the installation instructions (written by CEO Trident):
1: Make a backup of the z_xvt__.exe file in your xwingtie directory
2: You can use TIE Patch for dos or windows
3: Patch dragon.xvt or phalanx.xvt to the z_xvt__.exe
Then, your ready to play..
Ronin Gunship
(Writeup by IOA Seth)
name: ronin Gunship
classification: Heavy assault fighter
Designers: CEO-SO Trident, SEO-HSD Armagor, and CTO Corran
Company: Phoenix technologies
. . . Specifications are as follows:
chassis:
modified assault gunboat
Hull:
50 ru - ronin tecH (Regenerable) (5000 UGE]
Speeds:
cruise speed : 106 mglt [UGe 238)
max speed : 180 MGLT
Manuverability =
15 pitch ---\
----- 71 dpf
64 roll ---/
hyperdrive capable:
SFS standard class 1 Hyperdrive
shields systems:
no shields.
weapon systems:
3 rebel lasers (UGe 137)
1 ion cannon (uge 141)
two warhead launchers (6 missle cap each)
total cost: 150,000 IC's
The Ronin Gunship is attached to this newsletter (RGS.zip)
I have had the Corporate Division Manual approved (version 5.1)... if you are interested in getting it, feel free to mail me (ExOWeicksel@emperorshammer.org).
We are finally getting a homepage up (the one currently up is really outdated)... The URL will be announced after posting of this newsletter.
A new Corporate Division Banner has been created.. Again mail the ExO if you want a copy.