Some TC-TIE high scores past Battle 30 might be inaccurate at this time. Turns out they weren't entered in as thought to have been before.

Attention all EHers! The RS will be having an Imperial Craft Tournament in
the near future. The date will be announced later. But seeing how the EH
and RS are good friends on a non-SW basis, and since we are Imperials
ourselves, the RS has invited us to join them in this tournament. This
would be extraordinarily good fun, and we'd also get to fly only Imp Craft,
and no Reb craft! I hope to see as many of you there as possible. Game
platform will more then likely be XvT, since it is more common, but XWA may
be allowed. Look for more details in the future and thank you for your
time! (Also, credit should go to RS Likott, since he is the one who told me
of all these details thus far)

Grand Admiral Ronin has declared that the Commendation of Bravery (CoB) may now be recommended by a Wing Commander (or higher) for pilots whom have shown consistent diligence in completing more than six battles, 30 multiplayer engagements, 30 free missions, or any combination where the total number of missions played is more than 30.

The Commendation of Bravery, however, cannot be displayed on the ID Line, cannot be awarded more than once, and cannot go to someone who already has one. It's a one-time given certificate of activity.

The Training Office is currently taking submissions for content for Training Office Competition #4. These submissions can include such things as possible fiction topics, TIE/XvT/XWA battles, as well as themes for graphic sections and so forth. In addition, feedback on Training Office Competition #3 is now being accepted. Submissions and feedback should be directed to the Training Officer at jpboyce@ultra.net.au

All high scores listed on the EH Battle Center should be updated to match the scores that were previously on the old Battle Board. Fleet Admiral Dev reports that his Battle Board was up-to-date, so corrections will be unnecessary. New scores will simply be reported via the BSF form (which automatically checks the database for high scores).

A new BSF approval form is in the works, so there will be a delay (no more than a few days) on approving pending BSF requests. BSF requests are still being accepted! Do not e-mail the Tactical Office with new high score reports.

A new updated version of TC-TIE 12 has been added to the EH Battle Center with a fixed Mission #4.

A few new webpages from the COO:
COO Office: http://starlion/hutley.com/coo/
XWA Zone Competitions Website: http://starlion.hutley.com/xwa/
(More to come when i finish the HTML.)

On another note, I have decided to appoint Captain ShadowXX as my COOA2. He has been extremely helpful while i've been doing various things that need doing. Congratulations to him.

Special thanks (and a Palpatine Crescent) go to Rear Admiral Sarok for locating the long lost copy of the original uncorrupted Battle 31, Hidden Agenda!

The EH Battle Center has been updated with the uncorrupted Battle 31.

The Project Board has been taken offline for reconstruction.

The following new battles, which have been pre-approved for posting in Newsletter #56, are added to the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center:

• TC-TIE Battle 112 - Super TIEs
• TC-TIE Battle 113 - Raid on Casserine
• TC-TIE Battle 114 - Stop the Press! (Fixed)
• TC-TIE Battle 115 - Project Emperor's Revenge
• TC-TIE Battle 116 - GA Ronin vs. Rogues

The following battles have been updated and fixed on the EH Battle Center:

• Battle 60 - Operation Harpoon
• Battle 87 - Withdrawal From Endor
• Battle 94 - The Ultimate Shield
• Battle 99 - Cleanse the Rim

I will personally award the Palpatine Crescent to the first person who e-mails me the original uncorrupted version of Battle #31, Hidden Agenda, by Major SureFire. If my memory serves me correctly, a fixed version of this battle was submitted in the newsletter right after Battle #31 was originally posted.

A new addition to the Battle Board, which has been incorporated into the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center, is that the Battle Board now keeps track of pilots who have scored well overall!

The TIE Corps database has been secretly collecting data from the incoming BSFs forms over the last two months and already has started a preliminary listing of high score totals for each battle.

The TIE Corps Battle Center will now be renamed the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center and located at: http://battles.tiecorps.org/

At this time, the EH Battle Center will combine the Mission Compendium and Battle Board to be the official place to download Emperor's Hammer Battles and find score reports.

The Battle Board records are not yet completely transferred to the EH Battle Center, but this task will be completely shortly.

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the Emperor's Hammer News Page with the latest Fleet information and announcements.

High Admiral Kawolski (that's me!) is the new Tactical Officer for the Emperor's Hammer.

Fleet Admiral Dev has resigned from his position as Tactical Officer to replace retired Sector Admiral Havok as the new Imperial Sovereign Protector (ISP).

A few new updates have been made to the TIE Corps homepage:

1. The Message Boards page now contains URLs to all of the Battlegroup, Ship, Wing, and Squadron message boards (if available). If you have a link to a TIE Corps based message board that's not on the homepage, submit the new link to Admiral Eric O'Flynn.

2. A new TC Homepages link has been added to the list of Data Center links on the navigation bar. This page contains easy access to all TIE Corps homepages from Flights to Battlegroups.

3. TC Banners link has also been added to the navigation bar for easy access to all TIE Corps banners from Flights to Battlegroups.

Training Office Competition #3 deadline is this Thursday! Make sure you submissions are in by then! You can find details at: http://www.impstar.net/to/comp-3.htm

The Alliance HQ X-Wing Alliance Tournament on the Zone is tonight from 9pm EST to 12am EST. Show up with your EH_Zone-Names and give our homepage URL out to anyone who wants to join the EH (but DON'T spam the chat room in there)!

Rules, details, and a sign-up form for tonight's tournament can be found at: http://www.boab.com/tourny/rwsept.html

Due to the MSN Gaming Zone updateing its software and removing the Room in which we were playing every week, the contests will now be held in the room "Combat Engagements".

After reviewing applications from close to twenty highly qualified officers, Vice Admiral Kessler today selected Commander Val Ricaud, formerly of Mu Squadron, ISD Colossus, to become the next Commodore of the ISD Relentless.

The newly promoted Rear Admiral Ricaud follows in a long line of illustrious Relentless Commodores, including, but not restricted to, the former Flight Officer - High Admiral Kawolski, former BGCOM - INQ Admiral Piett and the Science Officer - Fleet Admiral Zoraan.

Congratulations to Rear Admiral Ricaud, and commiserations to the other unsuccessful applicants.

Greetings...

I would like to remind you the official procedures for High-score submissions:

High Scores should be submitted by Squadron Commanders for their Squadron, and for WC's and COM's, the next person up the chain of command should do it. They should be emailed to TAC/FA Dev and CA2:TAC/VA Striker. They should contain the TFRs of the completed battles, zipped would be preferable.

These files should be in the following format, in order to make easier the storage of all submitted TFRs: Battle-Pilotname.tfr. ( for example, TC01-Dev.tfr )

The full battle must be completed on the TFR, which means that if the battle has 6 missions, TFRs with 5 or 7 missions won't be accepted. Also TFR for free missions should only contain the played free-mission. "Collections" of free missions on a single TFR won't be accepted.

Also, any cheating found will be dealt severely by the SO and HCI.

ONLY High Scores should be sent, Battle Completions go through the Operations Office.

HS Reports should be in the following format:
   Pilot ID Line (email address)
   Battle, Mission - Score

The main battle board is located at http://narsissi.tky.hut.fi:81/dev/bb/, and you will find scores for free-missions as well as pilot rankings at http://perso.club-internet.fr/jmcx97/tac (as well as the Project Phoenix Site)

Pilots should be responsible for reporting their command officers the High-scores they made... make your CDMR's life easier ;-)

I would remind you that the Mission Compendium is up at 115 TC Battles, and that there are very good recent battles still not very played... be sure also to give ratings and comments for battles you play in the TC Battle Center

Thank you for your time...

Vice Admiral Striker

Yesterday, the domain experienced several outages because of a faulty qwest.net hub in Washington D.C. going down and effectively cutting the domain off from the rest of the world. The problem should be fixed by now.

Just a reminder: If you can't access the tiecorps.org site at ANY time in the future for ANY reason, report it immediately to absurefire@aol.com so the problem can be reported to LCO Internet and fixed sooner.

General Wolly has released the latest news and information about "Emperor's Hammer: The Movie."

Some important information from the notice were as follows:

New URL: http://www.websitefactory.de/loveboat/movie/ [added to the links page]
Casting Rules: [#]=Phase Number

• [1] Clones are not allowed (i. e. TC and DB); subgroup members are allowed and invited to participate but membership in the TC should come first
• [1] Dead charcters and creatures are allowed (computer-generated)
• [2] Portraits are highly recommended, JPG prefered, GIF and BMP if possible
• [1/2] Phase 1 and 2 submissions are to be sent to General Wolly
• [3] All participants must stick to the general storyline/plotline
• [3] Submissions must include at least the following information: setting, mood of the scene, music, information about the actors' gestures, etc.
• [3] Phase 3 submissions are to be sent no sooner than October 1st to Lieutenant Colonel Callista, Colonel Fireclaw, and Lieutenant Commander Andronicus, and CCed to General Wolly (and try to follow the suggested plotline)!
• Anything questionable/objectionable etc. will be tossed out by the Palpatine Pictures crew

[4/5] Possible TO competition (graphics/video), details will follow
Estimated Release Date: January 10th, 2000!

Phase schedule:

• PHASE I, Casting (September 1st - October 31st, 1999)
• PHASE II, Photos (September 15th - November 30th, 1999)
• PHASE III, Fiction/scenes (October 1st - November 30th, 1999)
• PHASE IV, Poster (October 1st - December 24th, 1999)
• PHASE V, Cutscenes (November 1st - November 30th, 1999)
• PHASE VI, Screenplay (December 1st - December 30th, 1999)

Any questions or comments about Emperor's Hammer: The Movie should be directed to General Wolly.

Admiral Eric O'Flynn has released Flight Office Report #2 to the Fleet. TIE Corps membership current stands at 1168 members today.

Recently added to the Links Section:
    Pulp Phantom: The Animated Parody - http://www.pulpphantom.com

Warning: The site contains language and adult subject matter. For mature audiences only.
The site also requires Macromedia Flash Player 4 or else you won't be able view the movies and/or hear the audio.
Download the player at: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

Microsoft has released DirectX 7 for download and distribution.

You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=12098

From Purified3D.com:

"The newest update to Microsoft's popular multimedia API delivers enhanced three-dimensional graphics and sound effects and a significant performance boost, among other exciting features...Notably, there is increased support for hardware-accelerated transformation and lighting through a dedicated 3-D accelerator, freeing up the CPU for tasks such as physics calculations or artificial intelligence algorithms. The end result is a much higher polygon count, allowing 3-D objects and characters to appear more seamless and complex. Additionally, DirectX 7.0 supports environment mapping, allowing users to create lifelike visual effects such as reflections in a pool of water or light passing through a stained-glass window. The API also supports smaller features like stereo goggles, which contribute to a more immersive gaming experience. In addition, applications using the DirectX 7.0 API run about 20 percent faster than applications using version 6.1, improving overall game performance. Audio effects have also been improved with new software algorithms for 3-D sound and greater flexibility for managing hardware mixing capabilities."

The URL for Open Squadron Commander positions has changed to http://www.tiecorps.org/rosters/openings.asp as "Command Openings" on the navigation bar.

You can now find listings for ALL available Squadron Commander, Wing Commander, Commodore, and Battlegroup Commander positions pilots and officers can apply for in the TIE Corps.

With the recent resignation of Rear Admiral Scoser, the position of Commodore of the ISD Relentless has opened. Vice Admiral Kessler is now accepting applications.

In order to correct EH Battles, a vast project has been launched at http://perso.club-internet.fr/jmcx97/tac/phoenix. You will find FULL details on it there. People interested in taking part of this project can e-mail Vice Admiral Striker.

The Alliance HQ and the NSWL have announced an X-Wing Alliance Tournament on the Zone on Sunday, 09.26.99 from 9pm EST to 12am EST. The three-hour combat elimination tournament is open to ALL people, so Emperor's Hammer pilots will be going against other clubs, squadrons, and clans.

Rules, details, and a sign-up form for the upcoming tournament can be found at: http://www.boab.com/tourny/rwsept.html

The sign-up sheet says something about needing a partner, but the rules don't say anything about wingmen. Just in case, find a partner to fly with and if you don't have one by tournament day, show up 30 minutes before the tournament to be assigned a partner!

It will be determined later how Legion of Combat medals will be awarded for this particular tournament.

Just as a reminder: the database does keep track of completed IWATS courses, but currently there are no personnel available to enter in lists and lists of past graduates into the database. Please do not send correction forms regarding IWATS courses not being displayed on your personnel record.

There are currently three polls open right now:

• #34 - If support for the game "Total Annihilation" (with Star Wars Total Conversion) were added to an EH subgroup, what would your response be?
• #35 - What is your style of Piloting?
• #36 - Should Darth Maul be Cloned for Episode 2?

You can vote on these polls at the Poll Center.

The High Court of Inquisitors has posted a new homepage at: http://www.2ndfloorcomputers.com/hci/

The EH Poll Center has moved to a new site: http://www.redrival.com/manesh/ehpoll.htm

This is an update from the past posting on CA:FO. I do not want recommendations yet. Once I narrow it down, I might, but for now, anyone who sends them in without me asking for them will be taken off the list. I am getting pestered more then I would like concerning this position, so if everyone would just wait a little while I'll make my choice.

IWATS has finally reached two thousand graduates under the tenure of FA Astatine.

The TIE Corps Rosters now support "Message Boards" for all TIE Corps Squadrons, Wings, Ships, and Battlegroups. Submit URLs to the Flight Office for Message Boards as you would a homepage for it to be displayed on the rosters.

Due to the recent hard work and effort displayed by the following officers, they have been awarded accordingly:

   Admiral Astatine (TRAINING OFFICER/TO (CS-6)) - "re-promoted" to Fleet Admiral with the provision he behaves and follows IRC CoCs...!...:)
   Admiral Zoomba (COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER/COMM (CS-8)) - promoted to Fleet Admiral
   Admiral Zoraan (SCIENCE OFFICER/SCO (CS-10)) - promoted to Fleet Admiral
   Vice Admiral Eric O'Flynn (FLIGHT OFFICER/FO (CS-4)) - promoted to Admiral
   Admiral Maestro (Commander of the Infiltrator Wing (IWCOM)) - promoted to Fleet Admiral

In addition, the Fleet Commander awards the Emperor's Hammer Imperial Cross (IC) Medal to Reconnaissance Officer (FA Telf) for his recent compilation and release of the Emperor's Hammer Imperial Codex...an EXCELLENT Emperor's Hammer Encyclopedia-type reference...!

Fleet Admiral Astatine has posted the URL of the new XvT-XWA Academy, currently under construction. People are asked to give input on the program/site in progress at: http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/halojones/286/acad.html

The Operations Officer has posted a new website at: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~howlader/ops/

The Communications Officer has posted a new website at: http://www1.scasd.k12.pa.us/students/mxc13/comm/

In a continued effort to improve the quality of EH Battles, an email list has been set up to report bugs found in custom battles; please report bugs at reno@egroups.com, with any detail you can provide. Members with a good experience of mission creation willing to give some help in bug corrections can email Vice Admiral Striker.

Today Fleet Admiral Thedek released the url to the new Internet Office site.

New site : http://thedek.dorm.org/IO

I will now be accepting applications for CA:FO.

The requirements are:

• Atleast half a year membership in the Emperor's Hammer's Tie Corps.


• Is currently or has hold the position of CMDR or above for atleast 4 months.


• Be a member of good standings, no past convictions of CoC or AoW violations.


• Must know rank system and command setup well.

Send all applications to me at family@ntplx.net

After many months of waiting, the IWATS Squadron Management II course finally comes online to completely replace the older course. The new course includes updated procedures, new topics, and a more challenging test!

The offline texts are currently not available, but will be brought online in a few days.

Members of the fleet, it is my honor and priviledge to present to you THE EMPEROR'S HAMMER CODEX!!! We've worked months making this the best resource this fleet has ever had, and we hope you'll agree that it is! We realize some sections are incomplete, but they will be finished in no time once we have more resources.

Be cautioned, it may take days to read and browse the entire archive, so take your time and keep food near by. Please feel free to send the Reconnaissance Officer, Fleet Admiral Telf and his CA, Vice Admiral Kaek any questions or comments you may have. We may have missed a minute error here and there on the site, so please feel free to communicate with us!

And now, the moment we've ALL been waiting for...the URL of the Emperor's Hammer Codex...

http://codex.tiecorps.org

The Codex will be updated as necessary, so please notify us if we miss something. Thank you all for your support. The letters EHC will have an eternal meaning in this fleet.

Vice Admiral Eric O'Flynn has released Flight Office Report #1 to the Fleet. TIE Corps membership current stands at 1129 members today.

Fleet Admiral Horn has stepped from his position as Flight Officer to become a member of the High Court as an Inquisitior. Command Attaché Vice Admiral Eric O'Flynn is now officially the new Flight Officer for the Emperor's Hammer.

The tiecorps.org domain will be updated tonight to reflect the changes.

Some of you might have noticed recently the membership count has dropped a bit. The reason is that several emails on the PLT Daedalus have turned up bad. But because of this we now know who are the active ones which can only make the Tie Corps and Emperor's Hammer better.

With the closing of dotau.net, Admiral Astatine has moved the following homepages:

• IWATS: http://www.impstar.net/iwats/
• Training Office: http://www.impstar.net/to
• Training Manual: http://www.impstar.net/to/manual
• EH Ladder: http://www.impstar.net/to/ladder/

The new security coding is now in place and operations should return to normal. Please report any bugs you may find to absurefire@aol.com

A few scripts to improve security on tiecorps.org are being installed over the next hour or so. Some features such as recommending medals or submitting battle reviews may good offline for short periods of time.

An error that caused the Medal Recommendations form to go offline for a while has been fixed.

To prevent officers from attempting to award medals that are not qualified to request to the Operations Office directly for (such as a CMDR attempting to award a pilot a PC, or a COM attempting to award his WC with the GS), the database now prevents officers from recommending medals beyond their authority. This will save the Operations Office some time in having to deny certain medal requests.

However, this feature hasn't been extensively tested either. If you encounter *any* problems, please notify absurefire@aol.com immediately.

Fleet Admiral Horn has released Flight Office Report #8 to the Fleet. TIE Corps membership stands at 1162 members today.

OK...after lots and lots of forms, i have submitted all backed-up LoC's (And their accompanying ISM/PC's). If in 2 days time you think you're still missing LoC's from the past 3 weeks, email the COO, Vice Admiral StarLion.

I understand that the domain has been experiencing brief periods of extremely slow operation. The server administrators have been contacted and they are currently looking into the problem. In the meantime, please bear with us.

The TIE Corps rosters now have a "PRINT VIEW" option at the bottom of them for squadron, wing, ship, and battlegroup rosters. Print View will show the rosters in a format that will allow you to easily save or print without the TIE Corps navigation bar or banners.

Over the past month, harassment of myself, IWATS staff and miscellaneous members over the Squadron Management course has increased to a point where it won't be tolerated anymore. Asking the same question does not change the answer, and that answer is the same as it was when HA Kawolski retired - it will be finished when it's finished. My staff and I don't need constant harassment from members. It only frustrates us and stops IWATS from operating effectively. Thank you.

The database now has the capability to show IWATS Courses completed on Personnel Profiles and on the ID-Line Generator.

For an example on this, view AD Astatine's record at: http://www.tiecorps.org/rosters/personnel.asp?record=693

New Cadets who complete the IWATS Core Course during their training will now have the completed course record reflected on the roster. However, a small problem remains that there is currently nobody available to enter in the IWATS course completion data into the database for everyone else in the fleet. This will be addressed soon by Admiral Astatine, but in the meantime please do NOT e-mail anyone about database corrections for IWATS Courses at this time!

With the retirement of Colonel Fireclaw as TACA, the position of TACA is open. You must be able to fly and review battles in a clear, detailed manner. If you are interested, please mail Fleet Admiral Dev.

Thanks to Lieutenant Darkfire, a Mission Creation Message Board has been set up at http://www.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?BoardID=110407

Feel free to post there any question dealing with custom mission creation.

The position for Command Attaché to the Reconnaissance Officer (CA:RO) is now open.

Requirements for applying for the CA:RO position:

• At least 1.5 years of experience in the Emperor's Hammer.
• A good standing membership.
• At least 5 references superior to the applicant that will vouch for him or her to the RO personally.
• At least one lower command-level position (i.e. CMDR+, PCON+, etc.)
• A willingness to put in at least 15 hours per week to the position of CA:RO.

The RO realizes the aforementioned contraints are quite brutal, but he wants to ensure that his assistant positions are the best that they can be. Anyone who has been a member for six months or more may apply for the position of ROA.

All applications for the positions should go to Fleet Admiral Telf.