SSSD Sovereign
Report #33
4.29.2002 - VA Proton
SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 4-29-02
COM/VA Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.
Wing commanders, pass this along to your squadrons, and cc: me on those mails.
SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES
-- Imperial Storm III battles get under way tonight. The Sov task force's first battle will be 1800 hours eastern time, Wednesday, May 1. Here is what both XWA and TIE pilots need to do: Show up at the designated time in #project_faithful on IRC. XWA pilots will be plugged into a skirmish and will fly in live combat against the Battlegroups' desperate hit-and-fade attack against the Sov. TIE pilots who show up will receive a mission to be flown within one hour and their pilot files sent to War Officer/VA Pel (Palinathas@aol.com).
Otherwise in Imperial Storm III, COL Stele is the lone tactician to participate so far. He is carrying the load on the TIE tactical side, and he also pitched in on an emergency basis Sunday night in the XWA skirmish file deadline job. I'm hoping for more participation by other TACs in subsequent operations. To aid in this, I will distribute some of the sample files from the first battle so unexperienced TACs may see better what's involved.
Details of the war game can be reviewed at the IS III Web site: http://www.emperorshammer.net/wo/is3/
-- Important update notice from FA Striker on skipping missions:
You are not allowed to skip a mission in a battle whatever the reason is. All missions of a battle must be completed. You are not to use the ingame 'skipping mission' option of X-Wing Alliance. If you encounter a battle that has a fatal bug in it that prevents you from playing the rest of the battle, you cannot edit your pilot file to skip the mission. If you encounter a fatal bug, fill out a Bug Report on the Battle Center to explain why you could not finish a mission, and save a backup of your pilot file so you can finish the battle after it has been repaired. Skipping missions may lead to have the batle removed from your combat profile.
-- Wing III vs. Wing IV, first round of competition, XWA free mission 40. Wing III had far more entrants but Wing IV still wins the round due to its higher average score. Second round upcoming soon.
-- Wing I vs II, a flight and fiction comp to change the color of the II message board. Is this thing ever going to start?
-- Return of the Rat Pack Round 7, the finale vs. Omega Squadron, deadline is Tuesday. We're flying TC TIE Battle 183.
-- MAJ Jon Doyle wins the Wing II chatterbox comp, basically spamming his way to a medal.
-- CPT Carl Lost of Psi Squadron reclaims his Baron title and continues to submit many more high scores.
-- GN Reaper wins a Bronze Star for his outstanding work on the Return of the Rat Pack and for his consistent management of Wing IV.
-- MAJ Mike is A-WC of Wing I until COL Es'mith returns May 3.
-- A colleague in the Dark Brotherhood passed along this link. It's a very good Earth-style simulation of a Star Wars news site:
http://www.holonetnews.com/
-- For Australian EHers having trouble reaching our sites, this from LC Mickk Emrys:
Astatine told me to use 216.119.87.237 to get to the TIE Corps news site and it turns out that all you have to do to get to most of the other sites is use 216.119.87.237 and then type in the rest of the site address.
For example; http://216.119.87.237/wo/is3/index.html will get you to the ISIII site, while using http://216.119.87.237/battles/Default.asp will get you to the Battle Centre.
-- This news just made my jaw drop, so thought I would pass it along even though it's off topic:
AOL Time Warner Inc., the world's largest Internet and media company, on Wednesday reported a $54.2 billion net loss, the largest ever U.S. quarterly net loss, after taking a whopping charge for accounting changes. That loss exceeds the annual gross domestic product of Ecuador, Croatia, Uruguay, Kenya or Bulgaria.
FORCE STRENGTH
-- A big Sovereign welcome to new or returning pilots:
FM/LCM Sean Axen/Aleth 2-2/Wing III
FM/SL Derik Loran/Aleth 2-3/Wing III
FM/CM Lavos/Vav 2-3/Wing III
FM/LT Gans/Epsilon 3-2/Wing I
-- Gamma Squadron closes after the unit dwindles to its CMDR.
-- COL Kalar is comfortably clutching the La-Z-WC as the WC with the largest wing. Who will rise up to challenge him? GN SickMan has the most work to do -- he's trapped in The Warehouse with musty scorpion droppings, and Ballista is ready to shove Ford in there as well if Wing II slips any.
SSSD Sovereign [187]
Wing I [38]
Wing II [35]
Wing III [42]
Wing IV [37]
Wing V [34]
Omega Squadron [11]
SHIP COMPETITIONS
-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in #ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time
-- Coming soon, the Sovereign Bombing Run Blowout, multiple events and lots of Iron Stars up for grabs.
SHIP COMMUNICATIONS
IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign
Message board:
http://www.imperialmight.com/wwwthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=cantina
CANTINA COMMENTS
"You know, I remember the days when the people in Omega talked. Especially Dave. you couldn't shut him up. Now look, he basically sits there in his little cushioned TIE and lounges around, without a care in the world. I don't know about you, but I'd like my Grand Adrmiral protected by someone that ISN'T SENILE!" -MAJ Mike
"Actually...senile can be good. I dare anyone to try and predict what a senile person will do. See...you can't. THe GA's enemies will have no clue how to prepare themselves for Omega...since they have no clue what they'll be facing. Of course it could also mean doom for the GA, but hey, what's life without some risks? :P" -LC Halcyon
"Hey, Free, way to be WAY behind on the news, man. I mean, he sent out that email DAYS ago. I suppose you're getting slower in your old age. Or maybe the rebirth of your colon is slowing down your reply time?" -MAJ Mike
"No, no, no... What's scarrier STILL is the fact that PROTON has
control of it... I mean... PROTON! BOOGAH-BOOGAH! That guy! I fear
for us every time I see the turbolaser from the outside.... Yeah...
I know he's sitting there on the bridge, fingering the red button,
looking at the tactical display and putting the crosshairs on my IFF
code.... Which is why I swapped mine with Mike's about 2 months ago!
:P" -LC Freelancer
"Talked to LC Calias the other day. Apparently we're the only wing to
discover the horrible truth about our COM. Calias couldn't see the
resemblence between Gallows and Proton. I suppose we'll leave the rest of the fleet in the dark about this. Speaking of which, have you noticed how Proton fights and drinks like a girl, JUST LIKE GALLOWS? Scary, isn't it?" -MAJ Mike
"Bah, I can chug beer and belch and throw a sucker punch better than you, punk. C'mon, let's take this outside ... where I can order Team LSD to >break your knees ;)" -VA Proton
"Oh, I see. You're stronger than I am, but you'll get your minions to do your work for you. FIght like a man, Proton. If I weren't saving up me energy for ISIII, you'd so go down. I'm built like Popeye, only I get my strength from liquor.
I'm Michael, the pilot man,
I don't have a colon, man.
Swift kick to your crotch,
Cuz I'm filled up with Scotch,
I'm Michael, the pilot man! (glug, glug!)"
-MAJ "Why in the hell did I just sing that?" Mike
"I sure hope you fight better than you fly, lol" -GN Reaper
**
Team LSD bursts into the Sov cantina and quickly sweeps up the drunken
General Reaper and uses his sodden head to mop out all the spittoons.
Proton laughs and adds to his assistants, "Throw him into The Warehouse, Bantha guano bin section, when you're done scrubbing those spittoons. Let
him 'cure' down there for a few days."
** "- VA Proton
"*mental note to self, next time keep ones big gob shut* :P" -GN Reaper
"Some really great news here. Vav Squadron has re-opened has the home of the Wing III Old-Timers...er, Veterans. :) Welcome back to Wing III fellas. I'll buy you a round of Geritol or some other old-folks drink. :P " -CPT Josh Popelka
"I will except old, but senile, thats just a lie!!!!!
/me wonders around 'Now where is the toilet...........oooops not to worry' :P " -GN Reaper
"I broke into the meda lab and tested the laxitives on some cadets, and they're the ones who smell like fish. dumps more laxitive aftermath on argon." -LT Conker
"It`s old age that makes me evil." -GN SickMan
"(all donations will be spent on beer)" -GN SickMan
"This "invasion of oldtimers", as some of the younger pilots in the wing called the return of the veterans, has several effects on the shape of reopened squadron. Very noticeable is the high average age of the squadron's pilots. While still being able to - technically - pilot one of the Empire's advanced starfighters, they have in unison given up on walking altogether, have apparently broken into the MedCorp's supply rooms and are rolling through the Sovereign's corridors in heelchairs." -LC Sequoh Marden
"Oh my gaw! No, Mike, NOOO!!!!!!
You're revealed to the world (*cough*Proty and Neb*cough*) our true
light! We'll never be able to apear competent at our jobs ever
again!! AAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! " -LC Freelancer
"Regardless of my LEVEL of competence, my AURA of competence has been
shattered!" -LC Freelancer
"Sounds great!
A ideal future comp..............devise the SOV drinking song
The SOV is great, the SOV is strong,
We win are battles and sing our songs,
The Pride of the Empire brings glory to us all,
We are just pilots on this rollercoaster ride into the unkown,
But we fight the fight and bring those trophies back home,
Now lets bugger off to the bar before they close:)" -GN SickMan (kinda ryhmes)
"::Sighs::
::Blasts a small lizard with his blaster::
I still can't read attachments.......
::grumbles into his beer::" -COL Gen Es'mith
"But if you quit, I'm not worried about Sickman being the new TFA. What I'm worried about is Ford taking over as SOVCOM(Shudder)." -MAJ Mike
"Sicky as TFA and Ford as SOVCom
/me drops to his knees and looks to the sky 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'" -GN Reaper
"Dear GOD no!
Mike, SHUT YO MOUTH, boy! You'll jinx it into reality!" -LC Freelancer
---IMPERIAL STORM NEWS REPORT------
Mike: Greetings, and welcome to another episode of the Imperial Nightly News at 10! I'm your host, MAJ Mike.
Our top news story tonight. Calezo Inkwolf's Ground Grew escaped from their room yesterday and made their way to FOrd's Office, where they then began to flatten the miniFords before they were finally brought under control by a stormtrooper division. Apparently they were upset about Inkwolf no longer being WC and decided to take it out on Ford's little minions. It is believed that PVT Squeaker was the instigator.
And now, our in depth report. Imerial Storm II is upon us. It is set to start tomorrow morning. TFA's have been given their starting positions and ships have been put on red alert. However, our station has gotten a premiere interview with the TFA and new BGCOM, VA Drake. Freelancer is there with him live as we speak. Free?
Freelancer: Thanks, Mike. I'm here live with VA Drake. So, Drake, let me ask you: What's your big plan for winning?
Drake: Well, I --
F: I mean, you've got to defeat ME, and then there's LAMBDA, and of course we got the Sov...
D: My --
F: I also gotta ask you, because I promised a certain person: Does Mike
smell?
D: Um.. Who is--
F: Because, you know, he made some comment or something...
D: I --
F: Come to think of it, I don't remember WHAT he said in the first place, just forget it.
D: Okay, I--
F: Thanks! That's all the time we have for today!
Mike: Great interview, Free. ANd finally, today, we have MAJ Nebular here with us to give us the weather reports for tomorrow's opening day. neb?
Neb: It's space.
Mike: Right, so you're saying it's going to be, what? Windy?
Neb: What I'm saying, is that it's space.
Mike: Any specifics?
Neb: Fine, we'll play it your way. It's going to be cold, dark, deaf, and if you go outside, you won't be able to breathE.
Mike: Any chance of rain?
Neb: I can't believe this! IT'S SPACE!!!
Mike: Ok, thank you Nebular, for your informative report. Well, that's about it for me tonight. Tune in tomorrow when I'll ask someone something about that thing. Thank you!
CMDR/MAJ Mike/Lambda/Wing I/SSSD Sovereign
------END IMPERIAL STORM NEWS REPORT----------
COM/VA Proton/SSSD Sovereign