This message is being sent to all Emperor's Hammer TIE Corps members, including Cadets, Reserve Personnel, and EH Staff Officers.

This message is regarding the TIE Corps homepage and TIE Corps database.

My web provider, Web Burner, has tried to upgrade their DSN servers before Y2K and the result was a disaster. Right now, the only people that are able to access http://www.tiecorps.org (using that URL) are those in some Eastern European and Asian countries.

The homepage is NOT offline, but it is crippled until this problem is fixed.

You can access the TIE Corps homepage at its IP Address at: http://209.164.106.162/

Here's what's offline as a result of their upgrade: * tiecorps.org POP3 accounts and mail aliases * E-mail notifications the database sends out * Vanity domain URLs (i.e. http://news.tiecorps.org/ or http://battles.tiecorps.org/)

The mail problem is the most serious one. This affects online IWATS Courses (Core, mIRC1, mIRC2, SM/2), but I put in a temporary fix to this as the course spits out a text "answer sheet" of your work for you to copy-and-paste in an e-mail if necessary. The database WILL notify you if an error occurs in trying to mail it out, but just to be safe, you can always copy-and-paste your answer sheet to a text file to keep for later.

The mail problem also affects BSFs, Medals, and roster change requests. Notification e-mails aren't being mailed out because of this...so until this problem is fixed, we (OPS and TAC) are putting on the brakes of approving/denying/auditing requests at the moment until the problem is fixed. As for roster change requests, simply check the online roster to see if the changes were processed or not.

We're looking at this thing being fixed before Y2K. If not, I'm moving the "tiecorps.org" homepage and database off Web Burner to an alternate server.

I apologize for the inconvenience and I'm monitoring the problem. If you have any questions about the homepage or database, please feel free to e-mail me.

= High Admiral Kawolski, Tactical Officer and Fleet Systems Engineer =

Web Burner decided to do a domain name server update or upgrade and as a result, we temporarily lost tiecorps.org (and all vanity sub-domains) until those servers are fixed. The main www.tiecorps.org URL problem, which started yesterday, doesn't affect everybody, but more and more people are being affected. To those that can't access the homepage via http://www.tiecorps.org can still access it through http://209.164.106.162.

It seems people have a short memory span, so I shall reiterate for them. Any and all competitions in the TIE Corps must be approved by the Training Officer. Because some people wanted to be smart on what is included in the terms "any and all", they will be interpreted as such. This means anything ranging from 2 FMs having a competition, right up to Ship vs Ship competitions. There will be no exceptions or abuse of loopholes. Those not following will be found and bad things done to them. The Operations Office will no process medals for unapproved competitions. This is mandated by the Fleet Commander, all competitions will be approved by the Training Officer. That is the final word.

I have begun testing the new Beta for the StarCraft2Star Wars TC. I downloaded everything but the sounds last night and began testing today. I began by taking a look at all the buildings and units to see what had been updated. The Terrans are the Imperials, the Protoss are the New Republic, and the Zerg are the smugglers. I have tested the Imperials the most. Many of the units have been changed in all but the Smugglers looks the least developed.

You can view the rest of the review here.

'Should only the Aggressor Strike Force be allowed to represent the TIE Corps in on-line multiplayer competitions?'

Final submissions are due to Vice Admiral Ricaud by 30th January, and the magazine should be released on the 31st.

For the next two weeks, Outer Rim Nights and XWA Tourneys will be cancelled due to Christmas and New Year, but we will be starting again the Saturday after the 1st. That's Jabuary 1st 2000, not 2001 as the Flight Officer claimed in his latest Report. (Thanks to the entire fleet for pointing that one out :P)

I added around fifteen new MIDIs to the music page temporarily for all those people who celebrate Christmas! :P Enjoy!

Every different pilot you have MUST have a seperate email address

This cannot be stressed enough. The only part of the Emperor's Hammer that you can join with the same email address as your TIE Corps pilot is the Dark Brotherhood.
This brings up another subject which the Fleet Commander has asked me to remind everyone of: When signing off your emails with your ID Line, only your TIE Corps (and Dark Brotherhood if you have one) ID Lines are to be used. If you're a member of the Infiltrator Wing, for example, don't use that ID with your TIE Corps ID Line unless the message you're sending concerns the Infiltrator Wing. This applies to any other subgroups you may be a member of. Let's try not to mix up our different ID lines between subgroups in official emails.

Outer Rim Results 12-18-99:

EH Cpt`Wedge vs RS_Aedis 6-4 = RS Wins
EH_Tarkin vs RS Cris_Null 24-5 T/I = EH Wins!
EH_Shups vs GadRS 26-5 T/I = EH Wins!
RS Blaster vs EH Murad 14-11 T/I's, = RS Wins
EH Kelric vs GAdRS 23-11 T/I's, = EH Wins!
EH_Shups vs Kerian_RS 31-4 TI's = EH Wins!
EH_Tarkin vs IronmanRS 5-11 T/I = RS wins
CHorn Jr Vs. EH_DaWURM 21-6 T/I = RS wins
Blaster and EH Corrin, 20-17 T/Is = RS win
EH Murad vs GAdRS 10 - 8 T/is = EH Wins!
EH Kelric vs RS Kerian 31-6 TIs = EH Wins!
EH_Shups vs RS_Hoborg 17-13 TI's = EH Wins!
Lt. Corrin vs CHornJr 22-15 T/I = EH Win!
RS_Alexio vs EH_DaWurm TFs 17-7 = RS Wins
EH_Shups vs Kerian_RS 30-6 TI's = EH Wins!
Blaster vs EH DaWURM 17-7 T/Is = RS wins
EH_Smit vs LtConShik 15-17 = EH Wins!
RS_Alexio vs EH_Shups TI 13-9 = RS Wins
RS IronMan vs EH Seggyboy X's 13-1 = RS Wins
EH Shups vs RS Blaster 16-11 TI's = EH Wins!
RS_Alexio vs EH_DaWurm 30-4 TI = RS Wins
EH_Smit Vs. CHorn Jr 12-2 T/I = EH Wins!
Final Results: EH 12 | RS 10 EH Victory!

Legions of Combat or the appropriate add-on will be awarded to all winners.

You can find more information at their homepage: http://www.jedinights.com/scswtc/

With the mail problems and name problems out of the way, all that remains to be fixed is the poor connection. In light of this, I've decided to put the relocation plans on hold. For some, this new server is a large improvement from LCO Internet and for others, it's just about the same. I'm looking for reliable, fast, and affordable and so far nobody has been able to deliver on all three...yet. I'll keep you posted of any further developments.

Ok, the problems with the mailers on tiecorps.org has been fixed...finally. Superior officers are once again notified on Medal and BSF approvals/denials and the PLT Daedalus mail system is properly sending notices.

For pilots to participate in these Skirmishes, they must first register, using a form located here - Once the form has been recieved a password will be sent out to the pilot. It is with the use of this password that you will be able to use the form to have your Skirmishes verified.

These Skirmishes are not compulsory, merely there to provide for those who wish it. For more details of the Outer Rim Compeitition, please visit the Combat Operations Office website .

I've got two more places to try before I simply give up and go back to LCO Internet. Fortunately, this next move won't be so difficult since Network Solutions / Internic finally got my e-mail address right on their servers so I can make changes.

I apologize for all of this (even though I'm the one getting hurt the most with reconfiguring everything for these different servers and paying the setup fees). :( The good news is that this will all be over soon and everything will be up and running again better than new.

Despite all the problems, the database is still holding up pretty well. :)

The www.tiecorps.org name has been transferred and now works perfectly. If you still require to use the IP address to access this page, it may take anywhere from 2 to 24 hours before your ISP knows of the changes. However, the 3rd-level domains don't work. So http://battles.tiecorps.org/ won't return anything. Hopefully this will be done later today or tomorrow.

All battles are available to download at the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center.

• TC-TIE Battle #15
• TC-TIE Battle #17
• TC-TIE Battle #20
• TC-TIE Battle #34
• TC-TIE Battle #45
• TC-TIE Battle #46

All these are available to download at the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center.

Warning: The site contains language, adult subject matter, lots of hardcore drugs mined by Ewoks, and Han Solo in boxers. For mature audiences only.

Network Solutions / Internic has transferred the tiecorps.org domain to the new server. In about 24-48 hours from now, everyone will be able to access this page using http://www.tiecorps.org instead of http://209.164.106.162.

I received lots of great suggestions for improving the database, and during the second half of December, I'm going to try to code in some of those things. I'm also looking into making some changes for the domain to improve the overall look for Year 2000. We've had the same layout and color scheme for almost a year and while it has worked out great, it's getting to be a bit old. :)

One thing that happened is that I ran out of nice banners to post on the main tiecorps.org page. If you're good with graphics and want to make a TIE Corps banner for the front page, e-mail me at absurefire@aol.com.

Also, I've received mixed results about the new server. Some people say it's slower than LCO, others say it's just about the same, and some say it's a huge improvement. According to the people at Web Burner, they're doing some weird things with the servers over the next few days which, they say, will attribute to things running a bit slower than usual. Fortunately, I have a backup server to move to if Web Burner doesn't pull through, but since I already paid for a month here and the setup fee, I might as well give this place a try.

The moving of the actual domain name, tiecorps.org, is proving to be much more complicated than expected. Hopefully, it'll be moved by this weekend.

I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up of what's going on lately. I'll keep everyone posted of any new developments or progress.

Sending mail appears to be a problem. If you're a Cadet and you recently filled out the Assignment form and you don't receive a request within 48 hours, please let High Admiral Kawolski and Admiral Kessler know of the problem.

Missing pictures and broken links might appear as well...if you find any, report them to High Admiral Kawolski.

I'm aware that the access counters don't work at this moment. This will be fixed later today.

There MIGHT be a few additional problems that might come up with this being a new server and all. If you find any, report them immediately to High Admiral Kawolski. Please send some feedback, regardless, on how the new site works. Is it faster? Do pages load more quickly? Do requests take a long time to process? ...and so forth.

Well, we have a small problem. I can't download the database files from LCO Internet's server. They're pretty big files and the FTP server keeps timing out. I'll try again tomorrow morning around 4am or 5am when the bandwidth is better. Meanwhile, the database is online and operational once again until then.

The move has begun...for the next few hours, the database is officially shut down. Please hold on to your medal, BSF, and roster requests until the database is online again.

Before the move, you my make medal requests, fill out BSFs, and carry on as usual. The database files will be transferred (which accounts for the long downtime) so anything done on here will NOT be lost when the database moves to a new server.

The earliest time the database/domain will move will be 9pm tonight, Eastern Time.

Because of the problem with the domain being offline for almost 24 hours over the weekend, I have no choice but the relocate as soon as possible. While I haven't had the time to do extensive testing with some of the "newer" features the new web hosting service has, at this point in time, it can't be delayed any longer as the domain must move ASAP because having this website offline for over 24 hours, the slow bandwidth, and the tiecorps.org e-mail problems are no longer tolerable. I'll be making arrangements to have the tiecorps.org name transferred immediately Monday morning.

X-Wing Alliance Division
Awesome flying! The EH almost had a shut out but the RSers managed 2 wins at the end.

EH IQPierce vs RS Savage T/I 11-8, EH Wins!
EH Dras Hempor vs RS Jerico T/I 5-0, EH Wins!
EH Priyum vs RS Rave T/I 11-1, EH Wins!
EH IQpierce vs RS Savage T/I 13-7, EH Wins!
EH Priyum vs RS Savage T/Is, 8-5 EH Wins!
EH Havoc vs RS Raze 18-5, EH Wins!
EH IQpierce vs RS Jeric X-W's 12-10, EH win!
EH Kaerner vs RS Ob-1 Xwings 11-3 EH Wins!
EH Havoc vs RS Sentry T/I 8-6, EH Wins!
EH Dras Hempor vs RS Savage z-95's 6-4 EH Wins!
EH_Kelric vs RS_Rave 22-12 EH Wins!
EH IQPierce vs RS Savage T/F vs Z-95 13-5, EH WIns!
RS Sentry vs. EH CorranH T/I 17-10 RS Wins
RS Sentry vs. IQPierce T/F 17-11, RS Wins!
EH Dras Hempor vs RS Savage x/w's 5-4 EH Wins!

EH-13 | RS- 2 | TIE- 0

X-Wing vs TIE Fighter Division
Another great night of flying. Here are the results:

Trate vs. Kelric T/I's 9-7, RS wins
EH_Shups vs `Kaz T/I 11-11 Tie
EH_Smit vs `Kaz T/I 11-11 Tie
EH_Tiger vs. AceRS 15-8 T/I EH wins!
EH SHups vs LightRS 19-11 T/I EH Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS JSolus 27-13 X/W's, EH Wins!
EH_Shups vs `Kaz T/I 17-17 Tie!
RS Myst vs EH Smit 14-13 T/I's, RS Wins!
RS Trate vs EH Slage 21-12 T/I's, RS Wins!
EH Kaerner vs RS Light 25-10 X/W's, EH Wins!
RS PM vs EH Tiger 30-13 Z-95's, RS Wins!
EH Shups vs RS Shiel 17-11, EH Wins!
RS Ace vs EH Smit 15-11 Y/W vs T/A, RS Wins!
EH Spaceboy vs RS Myst 24-13 T/F's, EH Wins!
RS Nils vs EH Tiger 14-7 T/F's, RS Wins!
RS Light vs EH Smit 12-9 T/I's, RS Wins!
EH Slage vs RS PM 11-11 T/I vs Y/W, Tie!
EH Shups vs RS Shiel 15-9 T/I's, EH Wins!
RS Myst vs EH DaWurm 17-1 X/W vs T/A, RS Wins!
EH Spaceboy vs RS Kaz 28-16 T/F's, EH Wins!
EH Slage vs RS Death 24-13 T/I's, EH Wins!
LtComShik and EH_Dawurm X/W to T/A 4-4 TIE
EH_Shups vs `Myst 33-7 TIs Ehwins
RJDWolf and EH_Dawurm Y to T/I 17-3 RS Wins
EH Shups vs RS PM T/A vs YW 14-11, EH Wins!
RS Kaz vs EH_DaWURM 30-5 T/Is RS Wins
EH Slage vs RS Shiel T/I 20-11, RS Wins!
EH Rich vs RS Aedis AW vs YW 10-4, EH Wins!
EH Shups vs RS Likott T/I 13-12, EH Wins!
EH Kermee vs RS Light T/I 16-12, EH Wins!
Shik vs EH DaWurn XWs 12-4, RS Wins!
EH Corrin vs RS Myst T/I 18-11, EH Wins!

EH- 15 | RS- 11 | TIE- 4

• IW-TIE Battle #21: Operation B-Wings Collection
• IW-BoP Battle #21: Operation B-Wings Collection

All battles are available to download at the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center.

• FREE-TIE Anakin #1
• FREE-TIE Crandall #1
• FREE-TIE Ja24 #2
• FREE-TIE JFortin #1

The following battles have been updated:

• TC-TIE Battle #19
• TC-TIE Battle #33
• TC-TIE Battle #34
• TC-TIE Battle #104

All these are available to download at the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center.

Due to the lack of response to the XvT-XWA competition started by WC Ace Pilot, which was passed to me last week, I have decided to cancel the entire competiton. In the future, if a competition like this is tried, we will need to have a better system of organization. Feel free to e-mail me with any thoughts you may have. In the mean time, there is the EH Ladder to help you decide who is the best in either category....Good luck!

That's right folks, it's the revival of the old Battlegroups IRC Meetings from Sunday 12th December, TIE Corps Battlegroups meetings will be taking place in #BG_II on the Undernet at 8.00pm GMT every week. Expect all the usual IRC meeting happenings ... news, announcements, trivia, open floors, etc. All SSSD Sovereign and Aggressor Strike Fleet personnel are also
invited. Be there!

Squadron homepage webmasters can have their own virtual domains. For example, Lambda Squadron's homepage is now located at http://lambda.squadron.org.

Contact Captain Nebular and Lieutenant AbsoluteK for more details.

A bug with the Squadron Roster Change form that didn't allow some people to change their squadron's message board URL through the form has been fixed.

• TC-TIE Battle #124: Rebel Tenacity
• TC-TIE Battle #125: Operation 'Silent Scream'
• TC-TIE Battle #126: Strategic Termination
• TC-TIE Battle #127: Making a New SSD
• TC-TIE Battle #128: Operation Yridia Alpha
• FREE-TIE: Omicron Squadron Reload
• FREE-TIE: Destroy Rebel Morale Event
• FREE-TIE: Shin Squadron's Ambush
• FREE-TIE: The Nightshift

All battles are available to download at the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center.

Recent recruitment activities on behalf of TIE Corps Members who are also members of our allied club - The Imperial Order, have been brought to the attention of the Flight Office by the commanding officer of the Imperial Order. TIE Corps pilots are hereby reminded that it is an offence to encourage members of allied Clubs to leave their positions to join the Emperor's Hammer. Future offences of this nature will be dealt with by the Security Officer.

The Emperor's Hammer provides a great springboard for someone interested in Star Wars gaming. Alliances of the EH or "interclubs" are specialized unions of members, and are based on either message boards, IRC (internet relay chat), e-mail, or through affiliated web sites. These provide forums for people who may not have the computer games (such as an individual like myself) but who still want to be a part of the RPG/Star Wars Universe alliance. Emperor's Hammer has been mentioned in quite a few magazines as well, and boasts over 36,000 hits, so the universe of Emperor's Hammer is vast and engulfing, enough to completely immerse everyone from novice to serious Star Wars gamer.
The site can be a bit overwhelming at first...leaving someone unfamiliar with the site saying to themselves, "Oh, no, where do I click first?" while their finger hovers over the mouse button. It's quite a bit to digest in one sitting, for as one keeps clicking, new doors are opened, new intricacies unfold, revealing a veritable universe of a website.

For anyone serious about gaming, this site is a great way to connect with other gamers in a creative and fun way. You can become someone else, you can be competitive, you are in the game. The only difference between this and reality is that you'll keep on living even after those pesky TIE fighters blast you into oblivion.

Site rating: ****

RS Agace vs EH_Tiger TI 17-13 RS Win
RS Fishion vs EH Andrew 11-7 RS Wins
RS Shik vs EH_Smit 18-8 X/Ws RS WINS
EH_Tiger vs. RS Orian 10-6 Z-95's EH wins
RS Trate vs EH ATX T/I's 14-13 RS Wins
EH Kelric vs RS Cris Null 8-5 XWs EH Wins
EH Shups vs RS Don-Qui T/I 10-8, EH Wins
EH Keiran vs RS Nils T/I 19-18, RS Wins
RS Agace vs EH_Goose TI 30-10 RS Wins
EH Zsinj vs RS Orian XWs 13-16, EH Wins
RS Fision vs EH DarkRA 31-23, XWs RS Wins
RS Trate vs EH Kermee in T/I's 12-6 EH Wins
EH_Tiger vs Cris Null T/I 17-10 RS Wins
EH ATX vs RS Shik Disqual, RS Wins
EH Goose vs RS Trate T/I 9-6, EH Wins
RS Fishion vs EH LT-DarkRa 34-31, Z-95s RS wins
EH Keiran vs RS Cris T/I 14-9, EH Wins
EH_Tiger vs. RS-DEATH T/A 11-3 EH Wins
RSCHornJR Vs. EH_SMit 15-13 T/I's RS Wins
EH Shups vs RS Orain T/I 22-12, EH WIns
RS CHornJr vs EH Smit T/I 15-13, RS Wins
EH Zsinj vs RS Executer T/I, 22-2 RS Wins
EH Rich vs RS Kino XW 13-9, EH Wins
EH ATX vs RS Force99x T/A 6-1, EH Wins
EH Shups vs RS Death TA vs XW 17-9, EH Wins
EH Kermee vs RS Cris Null T/F 18-11, EH Wins
RS Shik vs EH_Smit 24-11 T/Fs RS Wins
EH Slage vs RS Ace 22-18 T/I's, EH Wins
EH Tiger vs RS Trate T/I 22-8, RS Wins
EH Shups vs AceRS T/I 22-17, EH Wins
EH Spaceboy vs RS CHornJr T/F 6-5, RS Wins
EH ShadowXX vs RS Shik 11-9 X/W's, EH Wins
EH Rich vs RS Death XW 28-14, EH Wins
EH Shups vs RS AceRS T/Is 16-15, EH Wins
EH Spaceboy vs PM TA vs Y 12-15 RS Wins
EH Shups vs Bigfoot T/I 14-12, EH Wins
EH Spaceboy vs LCM_Alex 21-18 TI's EH Wins

Final Results - EH-20 | RS- 17 | TIE- 0

Legions of Combat or the appropriate add-on will be awarded to all Imperial Victors. Well done guys!

The XVT competition that has been ongoing for several weeks will finally end Sunday, December 5th at 8pm EST on the zone in the Tournament room for XvT. As this was Ace Pilots competition first, I believe I have emailed all participants and even some who were not in it have emailed me. We will finish all matches during this time and if the participation is too low, it will be canceled. The XWA part of this Competition will be announced next week. If you haven't previously signed up for this and would like to join in, just show up. There are numerous pilots who have still not finished their first match. Anyone in the EH is welcome to come!

These aren't isolated incidents. I believe I have been with LCO Internet for close to a year...however long tiecorps.org has been in existence...and have experienced them periodically over that time. It wasn't until recent the problem has gotten bad I was forced to find a new hosting service for tiecorps.org. The switch may happen as early as this weekend or as late as next week...depending how well the new site does.

• TC-TIE #12
• TC-TIE #13
• TC-TIE #14
• TC-TIE #16
• TC-TIE #18
• TC-TIE #53
• TC-TIE #101