Not long ago, the ISD Colossus and Wing VIII had the lowest morale and membership figures in the TIE Corps. Two short months later, after some major effort by everyone involved, they submitted 150 Battle Submission Forms in one month alone! That's an average of 4 BSFs per pilot, per month. No-one else even comes close to matching this level of flying activity.

Now I accept that this level of flying is going to be hard to maintain, and I wouldn't be remotely surprised if they started to slip next month, but that's not the point. Two months ago, they were in real danger of being closed and having their pilots split up around the rest of the Fleet. Today they're the most active Wing and Ship I can remember seeing in a long time. That's no mean achievement, and it's something that isn't going to go unrewarded.

In honour of the crew of the ISD Colossus, I hereby institute a new Award, and an Award that I intend to give every month to the Wing or ship that I consider to have proven themselves to be the best in the TIE Corps in the previous month...

The ISD Colossus is hereby declared the winner of the TIE Corps Commander's Citation for February 2000. My warmest congratulations to all onboard her!

A graphic of the Citation is available for download here

For those who weren't able to download the newsletter before (there was a corrupt version on the AOL server), you can download the Newsletter at: http://www.emperorshammer.org/hammer62.zip ...even though the directory structure in the zip file is screwed up.

Just a reminder to everyone of the TC Survey feature provided when you log in. COs and other members will regularly post questions onto this in order to get an idea of how popular things are or might be. Currently, there's 3 questions reguarding the IWATS/TO review and more will follow. It's a good idea to log in once a week and check for survey questions and make sure you get a say in the direction of the TIE Corps.

Fleet Admiral Kessler is now accepting applications from pilots who wish to fly for their Team in Exercise Imperial Storm. Ownership of X-Wing Alliance is essential and the two patches required to take part in the Battle Exercise are available at the Imperial Storm Operations Website. All pilots MUST send their full ID Line or their application will be rejected.

I'm sure many of you have heard about TIE League. Well, I'm now accepting applications for the second season. Over 50 pilots participated in the first season, which is currently in its final stages. TIE League involves flying one mission a week for 6 weeks. Then, if you're good enough, you will proceed to the finals. I invite all members of the TIE Corps to come and prove just how good a pilot they really are. Medals will be given out, a Bronze Star for first, Palpatine Crescent for seconds, and an Imperial Security Medal for third, fourth, and fifth. E-mail me at Smile577@aol.com to join!

Twenty seven days from now, the TIE Corps will mass for a military training exercise, codenamed Imperial Storm.

The objective of Imperial Storm is to pit the forces of the TIE Fighter Corps against each other under the command of their Flag Officers. Commanding Officers will be expected to deploy and manoeuvre the forces assigned to them by the Fleet Order of Battle in a method that will lead to victory over all opposition.

Secondary Objective is for the Flight Office to introduce the Project Faithful Wargaming rules to as wide an audience as possible within the TIE Fighter Corps. Following the conclusion of Imperial Storm, the Flight Office will throw open the Rules system, complete with advanced rules for reinforcements and more complicated Maps to the entire Fleet for use as a means of competition between Ships and Wings.

The ImpStorm Operations Website is now online, featuring a complete Order of battle for all participating Units, and the Rules system that will govern this wargame. Maps and Travel Rules are still under discussion, but TIE Corps News will feature regular updates on progress as it happens.
Hostilities will commence on March 25th.

Imperial Storm - It's going to get bloody...

Tau Squadron wins the Comp. The placings were as follows:
1st. Tau Squadron
2nd. Tornado Squadron
3rd. Falcon Squadron
4th. Krayt Squadron (Tie)
4th. Inferno Squadron (Tie)

Great job EHers, we got another win at Outer Rim. You can view the XWA results here and the XvT results here. Everyone shouldve already received their LoCs.

Total: EH: 25 | RS: 17 | TIE: 0

Courtesy of the PSI Squadron Mac Flight O'Doom, the TIE Corps FAQs have now been updated to offer information for those of us who have rejected world domination by WinTel, and prefer to be dominated by Apple instead.

The first elimination round is now open at the Second Annual Mr/Miss EH Contest. Register your votes here.
(And please show some taste and don't vote for me :P)

A quick update on AlliED v1.32 for a few minor changes to the briefing editor, allowing it to import briefings. More details can be found at the AlliED homepage at http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/troyd/.

The administration section is back online and operational with a new feature! Now it's easier to submit bug reports and reviews for battles! You can log in right at the submission form.

Currently I'm working on redoing some of the administration sections of the database so you may not be able to log in for a few minutes. I'll let everyone know once the administration is online and working again.

Sector Admiral Compton has released Newsletter #62 to the fleet.

You can download it at: http://members.aol.com/garonin/hammer62.exe (~1.6 MB)

Thursday Night Melee Results are in - here are the winners and losers:

Matt 2 vs Corrin 10 XWA TI's
VitCarp 3 vs Ace 2 XvT TF's
Corrin 15 vs Ace 2 XvT X-wing's
Racer 8 vs ShadowHK 10 XvT TI's
Arso 11 vs Ace 10 XvT TI's
VitCarp 21 vs Tiger 5 XvT TI's
Arso 16 vs ShadowHk 11 XvT TI's
Corrin 22 vs Deebo 13 XvT TI's
Racer 12 vs Deebo 13 XvT TI's
Tiger 17 vs Arso 9 XvT TI's
ShadowHk 5 vs VitCarp 6 XvT X-wing's
Tiger 12 vs ShadowHk 13 XvT TI's
Racer 7 vs VitCarp 9 XvT TI's

Special congratulations to Cadet Deebo who completed his Bravo Co. Flight Certification by winning a round!

Well, it's mid-term time for me. I have the plans for the finished Combat Center laid out on paper along with most of the code of the INPR archive complete. Unfortunately, I'm being pressed for time at the moment because of upcoming mid-term exams, a CS Project due tonight, and my RL job wants me to put in more hours.

The "Battle of the Day" feature will also be on hold for a few days. I cut up my right hand last night in a kitchen accident. It's nothing serious, but until it heals enough for me to take off most of the bandages, I can't hold a joystick (or type very well) and can't fly battles for posting until at least this weekend.

Thanks for your patience. After next week, mid-terms will be over and I'll have more time to devote to my work here.

Troy Dangerfield released AlliED v1.31 today for registered users to include some new changes to the briefing editor. More details can be found at the AlliED homepage at http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/troyd/.

Fleet Admiral Telf has launched the new Reconnaissance Office homepage at: http://www.reconoffice.com

That's right, kids. It's that time again where you get to tell the Training Officer what sucks about his work and how to fix it without fear of being slapped with a trout. So, if you have any ideas, comments, complaints, suggestions and such regarding the Training Office, TO Comps, TO site, IWATS, Training Manual, new courses, current courses, anything under the TO, send them to the Training Officer with the subject "IWATS/TO Review". Thanks.

Today's Battle of the Day is a new 6-mission TIE Fighter battle:

• TC-TIE #144: Rebel Factory

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

Project Phoenix has more updated battles available:

• TC-TIE Battle #5
• TC-TIE Battle #6
• TC-TIE Battle #10
• TC-TIE Battle #13
• TC-TIE Battle #14
• TC-TIE Battle #64
• TC-TIE Battle #65
• TC-TIE Battle #89
• TC-TIE Battle #95
• TC-TIE Battle #111
• TC-TIE Battle #112
• TC-TIE Battle #114
• TC-TIE Battle #116
• CAB Battle #1

After only a few hours, I got all the testers (and a bit more) that I need! Thanks for your help everyone! Unfortunately, at this point, I can no longer accept future applications at this time.

More excellent animations courtesy of The Force.net as submitted by Major Satai Dukhat. The "Join the Empire" animation is particularly good, if a little large at 40MB.

The project team of Star Wars Quake has made the difficult decision to make cuts to the plotline of their long-awaited Star Wars Quake game mainly due to lack of time, resulting in a shorter plot (and fewer levels?) to the single-player aspect of the game.

As quoted from Project Leader and Designer "Red Knight":

We've been at this for more than thirty months already, and it would be at least another six to eight (or longer) before closure was brought to the single-play storyline. By then, there is very little question that Quake 2 will not be getting a lot of attention, and because of this, it would be very hard for some of us to justify devoting a lot of time to finishing SWQ off.

On the bright side, the public multiplayer test release is getting closer!

A few positions in the Beta Testing program have opened up! If you're interested in beta testing battles prior to their release to the EH Battle Center, please apply (with a list of game platforms you own) to High Admiral Kawolski.

Duties/requirements of a beta tester would include the following:

• Playtest at least one battle or Free-Mission-Set a week
• Already have knowledge of how to play custom missions on the game platforms they own
• Mission Design experience not necessary

Today's Battle of the Day is a new 5-mission TIE Fighter battle:

• TC-TIE #143: Hit and Fade

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

Today's Battle of the Day is the TIE Corps' first Balance of Power battle along with an X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Free Mission:

• TC-BoP #1: Double Cross at Coronada
• TC-XvT #12: The Collision

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

Two more battles have been updated:

• TC-TIE Battle #76 - Mirror Universe
• TC-TIE Battle #131 - TIE Fighter Covert Missions

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

ALWAYS use the provided .LST file with custom XvT, BoP or XWA missions. If your superior can't review your pilot file because you didn't use the provided .LST file, you won't get credit. Simple as that.

If there's an XvT or BoP mission/battle on the EH Battle Center without the .LST files included, please notify High Admiral Kawolski

For mission editors: You MUST have your custom .LST file for your missions replace the original missions, starting with 0. Do NOT start at some ridiculous mission number like 100 or 999 or 5000. Anyone who submits an XvT or BoP mission that doesn't follow this standard will get an automatic rejection.

The EH has beaten the RS once again! Excellent job flying EHers, to view the full results go to here for the the XvT results and here for the XWA results.

Total EH:34 | RS: 33 | TIE: 5

Let's give a big TIE Corps Welcome to Cadet Algaron of Alpha Company who is our 1000th pilot! Before we all get too excited, though, be prepared for the Roster figures to drop again tomorrow when I do my daily AWOL check on the other Trainees, but still, it's good to see membership still climbing :)

Admiral Striker has written another mission creation FAQ: Animated Briefing Tutorial II

This shows how to use TIE Fighter Mission Builder (TMB) (available at the Creation Center) to fix up briefings messed up by TFW and how to remove those annoying "blank questions."

Once again, Project Phoenix comes through to present the following updated battles:

• TC-TIE Battle #21
• TC-TIE Battle #30
• TC-TIE Battle #50
• TC-TIE Battle #51
• TC-TIE Battle #52
• TC-TIE Battle #93
• TC-TIE Battle #94
• TC-TIE Battle #96
• TC-TIE Battle #98
• TC-TIE Battle #100
• TC-TIE Battle #103
• TC-TIE Battle #105
• TC-TIE Battle #107

Today's Battle of the Day is a new 5-mission TIE Fighter battle:

• TC-TIE #142: New Republic Retaliation

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

TIE Corps Webmasters are reminded that ALL Fleet Webpages must contain a link to the EH Disclaimers and Copyrights before the Fleet Commander can authorise any TIE Corps sites to be linked from the EH or TIE Corps Pages. Commodores and Wing Commanders are therefore to ensure that a link to the EH Disclaimers and Copyrights appears on all Flight, Squadron, Wing and Ship pages.

We're currently up to 1,156 Custom Free Missions online!

I'm currently finishing up the Combat Center on the TIE Corps database for the Combat Operations Office. Once that's complete, the INPR archive will come online (sometime this weekend is a pretty good bet). Next, I'll proceed to start the laser-less scoring plan for the EH Battle Center.

After polling the fleet, I found most people were in favor of replacing the High Battle Total scores using the Laser-Less scoring system and keeping the High Mission scores using the same traditional system. At the end of the month, Battle Submission Forms will now require you to enter in the number of laser-hits recorded by the pilot file. The database will auto-calculate the laser-less score. The laser-less scores will replace the older High Battle Total scores. The current High Battle Total scores will be saved and displayed for all time in EH Newsletter #63.

The Fleet Commander's Honor Guard point system will also be adjusted as a result of the new laser-less system. Currently, for each High Battle Total score you hold, you get 5 points. Under the new system, for each High Battle Total score you hold, you will get 2 points multiplied by the number of missions in the battle.

So with a four-mission battle, if you hold the High Total, you would receive 8 FCHG points. With a 20-mission CAB, if you hold the High Total, you would receive 40 FCHG points!

Again, the High Mission Scores will not use laser-less system. This setup is a reasonable compromise between the pro-laser and anti-laser crowds that are massing in the TIE Corps.

In the meantime, I'd like to present a few hints on how to score high:

* If the mission contains a Super-Ace ship that doesn't leave, fly into its blind spot (if it has one) and fire away. Tie a rubber band around your joystick trigger button and leave it shooting at the super-ace ship overnight. Your score is only limited to how long you want to spend shooting at it. I believe the maximum score is limited to a little bit over 2.1 billion points.

* If you have the ion cannon, disable starfighters down to 33%. They won't be able to move, but their shields still regenerate. Disable a bunch of starfighters this way and you can spend time shooting the regenerating shields off the field of disabled starfighters.

* If you don't have the ion cannon, but you have wingmen, you can order them to wait and shoot off their shields this way.

* Use the weak low-powered lasers. Shoot your friendly ships like ISDs (but don't destroy them) to 0% Shields and 1% Hull to get more points.

...and how to score high using the laser-less system:

* If you have a mission that uses ion cannons only and speed isn't a factor (meaning you don't have to kill a number of craft in a short about of time), use only your ion cannons and disable everything in sight since ion cannon shots don't count against your accuracy or laser-hits. Then use high powered lasers to destroy whatever's hanging around. Be careful and you'll get 100% accuracy and have a good chance of scoring the maximum possible points you can earn for that mission.

Today's Battle of the Day is another trio of TIE Fighter Free Missions all created by Vice Admiral Sauron:

• FREE-TIE #101: Picnic Basket
• FREE-TIE #102: Pot o' Gold
• FREE-TIE #103: Smuggling

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

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the emperorshammer.org news page and domain with the latest fleet announcements.

The Training Office is no longer taking requests to update pilot records to reflect completed IWATS courses.

Today's Battle of the Day is a trio of unrelated TIE Fighter Free Missions:

• FREE-TIE #98: A New Ally
• FREE-TIE #99: Defend the Border
• FREE-TIE #100: Lord Bufford's Manor

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

Sentence in the case of pilot file tampering (Case 0030) - The Empire vs LCM Damien Warchild.

Lt. Commander Warchild:

The High Court of Inquisitors has reached a verdict in the case pending against you. By a vote of 4 -1 with 1 abstaining the court has found you guilty as charged and in violation of the 407th and 409th Articles of War.

It is therefore the sentence of this court that you be publically reprimanded and be demoted two (2) ranks to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. Your suspension in this matter is time already served. All sanctions already imposed by the Tactical Officer with regards to high scores, battleboard standings, FCHG points, etc. shall stand. You shall be reassigned to a position appropriate to your rank at the convience of the Flight Officer.

In the service of the Empire,
High Admiral Jedgar O. Paladin High Inquisitor

I have recieved permission to award medals for this competition. LoCs will be awarded to individual winners, and PCs will be awarded to participating members of the winning squad. We still would like a lot more squadrons to sign up, so if you are interested, let me know!

You can view information on this competition here.

Quick heads up from the Executive Office: All NL submissions are due to Sector Admiral Compton by Feb 28, which is in less than 2 weeks.

As posted on Alliance HQ:

For those of us who have Windows 2000 Professional up and running you probably have already noticed that XVT (and BOP) do not work under Windows 2000! The game fails to detect your primary display drivers DirectX version and then prompts you to install version 5 (which you just shouldnt do).

LucasArts has yet to release a patch or hotfix to solve this little programming problem of theirs, but a good friend of mine who goes by the name of Psychosis has a easy work around that he says works...
1) Go into your XVT folder that is on your local HDD
2) Find the Z_xvt___.exe and make a shortcut to it on your desktop (or whereever you want to put it).
3) In the BOP folder do the same thing with the file that is stored there.
4) Now all that you have to do is run one of these EXEs to play XVT or BOP. The DirectX detection problem apparently lies in the "launcher menu" that so many of us use to get into the game.

As reported by Combat Operations Officer Vice Admiral Havoc:

Next Sunday at the XWA Tourny another XWA club, the Crimson Mercenaries (CM), will be joining us. Everything will be the same except that you will be allowed to play the Crimson Mercenaries pilots, and if you beat one of them you will receive a LoC. This doesnt mean you can only play CMers, you can still play EHers, but I would like most of your matches to be with the CMers. For those of you that are planning on attending the XWA Tourny and have any questions email me.

Don't forget! If you want to be awarded the Legion of Combat medal for your victories, you MUST know your TC PIN # when you report matches! Be preapred!

If you don't know your TC PIN #, search for your personnel record. Your TC PIN # is your record number which appears in the upper-right corner of your profile.

Today's Battle of the Day is an X-Wing Alliance Free Mission:

• FREE-XWA #7: Patrol the Area

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

Combat Run #04 is already ordered: TIE-TC#131, TIE Fighter Covert Missions. They're due to the judge's desks by midnight EST, February 29th. The final details for Combat Run #02 will be posted on the SSSD Sovereign domain tomorrow.

The bug that prevented Netscape users from viewing the competitions has been fixed.

The Combat Center is still under construction, but bits and parts of it will be surfacing slowly as pages are being put online simply for, in most cases, testing purposes. Please do not report any problems or broken links in reference to the Combat Center at this time.

Today's Battle of the Day is a new 5-mission TIE Fighter battle:

• TC-TIE #141: A New Ally II

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

Produced in 1999, an independent short film "George Lucas in Love" was released by Mediatrip.com. If you've got a high-speed connection or a streaming video ripper, check it out at: http://www.mediatrip.com/per/Short_Films/George_Lucas_In_Love.html

Today we have a new 5-mission TIE Fighter battle and an X-Wing Alliance Free Mission:

• TC-TIE #140: A New Ally
• FREE-XWA #6: Rage Assaults Platform FK-438

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

The following is the verdict and sentence reached in HCI Case 0033-s, The Empire vs Captain Space Ace. The charges were entered as follows:

That you did, in violation of the 407th Article of War, issue a False Statements specifically that you, with intent to deceive, submitted a false record, namely a TIE Fighter pilot file, knowing it to be false.
That you further did, in violation of the 409th Article of War, behave in a manner Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman by submitting TIE Fighter files which had been edited.
Captain Space Ace submitted a plea of "Guilty" to all charges. The verdict, as handed down by the High Inquisitor, is reproduced below:

Captain Space-ace:

The court has recieved your plea of guilty in this matter and it has been duly entered into the record.

It is the policy of the TIE Corps as I understand it to punish cheaters to the fullest extent possible. However, due to your repentence in this matter, I sincerely hope that you will benefit from leniency. Therefore, it is the decision of this court that you be publically and officially reprimanded for your conduct, but that we will take no futher action in this case. If the Tactical Office wishes to remove your battleboard high scores or any related medals, FCHG points, LoCs, etc. they may do so. Suspension in this case is time already served. You are free to go, Captain.

High Admiral Paladin
High Inquisitor

It worked this time and the database is back online a bit sooner than planned.

The database will be offline for about an hour...hopefully this will be the LAST time today it has to go offline for updates! Thanks for your patience!

This will be posted up in the EH Battle Center for everyone to see and read in the future, but to make things perfectly clear to everyone, the following techniques and methods are classified as cheating in Single-Player battles, punishable by an instant ban from the EH Battle Center and court-martial which may result in demotion or expulsion from the fleet. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy when it comes to cheating in the Emperor's Hammer!

The following practices are banned from use in the Emperor's Hammer and classified as cheating:

Editing your pilot file - While TFW, the BSF Generator Program (aka TIE Pilot Workshop), and Midnight Editor are good for checking pilot file scores without using the game to review them, they have been abused in the past to dishonestly edit and alter scores as well.

Killing Imperial craft on your own side - In TIE Fighter, while killing a friendly Imperial craft on your side results in an instant 5000 point deduction by the game, the deduction is only applied once a mission, and destroying large numbers of friendly craft results in an inflated score and extra kills on your pilot file. This does not apply to shooting at friendly Imperial craft, only to destroying them.

Editing the mission file - The missions aren't perfect. If there's a bug to be corrected, it is asked that you use the Bug Report form. Contact the Tactical Office only if it's a game-stopping bug. You may NOT under ANY circumstances edit the official missions for ANY reason without approval from the Tactical Office!

Using ship patches on missions they were not intended to be used on - The Science Office, as well as the Corporate Division and several Non-EH affiliated editing sites such as Datamaster's, have several ships and patches available to add-on to existing games. Some of these patches can alter the player's craft (such as giving the player more warheads, shields the strength of that an ISD has, or more powerful tubrolasers for laser cannons) giving the player an unfair advantage. These patches are not allowed to be used when playing official battles unless specifically stated which patches are authorized for use. However, playing a mission without modifying your game (if it's still playable), is not considered cheating.

Using external game trainers - Using in-game trainers such as "Unlimited Weapons" or "Invulnerability Mode" is permitted since the game deducts 90% of your score if these are used. Using external-game trainers that give you unlimited weapons or invulnerability or other advantages to bypass the 90% penalty is strictly prohibited!

Using the wrong game platform - Converting an official TIE Mission to XvT or XWA or converting an XvT Mission to XWA using TIE2XvT, AlliED, or any other editor, then submitting the XvT or XWA pilot file for scores and credit for the original official version is strictly prohibited! In this particular case, both the pilot and the person who submitted the Battle Submission Form will be punished.

I'll have to do the update later tonight. Sorry everyone! Technical difficulties!

It seems there were some old sessions that locked the database and until they time-out, I can't update the file. I'm not sure how long it's going to be until I can upload the updated database.

The database will only be down for about 30 minutes for another update.

I would just like to announce that there is a new comp taking place every other sunday starting today on 13/feb/00. This is a Training comp that would take place in the Imperial Base in the Zone for XvT and the Melee room for XWA at 3pm-7pm EST (8pm-12am GMT). It is aimed at pilots who cannot attend the Outer rim or Melee nights. All pilots are welcome.

The FAQs, as a lot of you were aware, were seriously in need of an update. That update is now complete, and you can access the FAQs at either the link on the navbar, the Flight Office, or here.

The new FAQs are of most use to new pilots, but there's a lot of answers to some very popular questions that I still get from the older and bolder pilots too. Please cehck them out next time you need to ask the Flight Office a question, it may save us all some time.

Excellent flying EH. We managed to pull of a nice win although we didn't have that many matches this week.

XWA:
EH BL vs RS Rave Pry/F 10-9, EH WIns!
EH Bip vs RS Savage T/I 7-3, EH Wins!
EH BL vs RS Savage Firespray 2-2, TIE!
EH Lavos vs RS Savage AW 8-6, RS Wins!
EH Bip vs RS Dev T/I 7-3, EH Wins!
EH Marreek vs RS Savage T/I 8-6, RS Wins
EH Dras vs RS Savage T/I 8-3, EH Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Savage 10-3 Sup/F's, EH Wins!
EH Dras vs RS Marat T/I 13-5, EH Wins!
EH Jon vs RS Kerensky T/A vs Toscan 11-19, RS Wins!
EH Dras vs RS Savage T/I 3-2, RS Wins!
EH Jonathan vs RS Savage Toscan 21-23, EH Wins!
EH Gelak vs RS Savage T/I 16-8, EH Wins!
XWA: EH: 8 | RS: 4 | TIE: 1

XvT:
Eh Shups vs RS Wok T/I 22-12, EH Wins!
RS IronMan vs EH Trashman X's 11-1 RS Wins
EH Raven vs RS Wok T/I 22-12, EH Wins!
EH Death vs RS Nils T/I 16-16, TIE!
RS IronMan vs EH Matir Guns 4-3 RS Wins
EH Arso RS Wok T/I 13-9, EH WIns!
EH Kiriska vs RS Nils T/I 14-9, RS WIns!
EH Matt vs RS Wok T/I 11-8, EH WIns!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Remona 20-13 X/W's, EH Wins!
EH Brakka vs RS Nil T/I 6-5, EH WIns!
EH Raven vs RS Remona T/I 27-12, EH Wins!
EH Plif vs RS Deadeye XW 13-8, RS Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Executer 10-9 T/F's, EH Wins!
EHKiriska vs BigfootRS Z-95's 24-13 RS Wins!
EH Matir vs RS Wok AW 20-8, EH Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Deadeye 24-12 X/W's, EH WIns!
EH Shups vs RS Jack T/I 10-7, EH Wins!
EH Matt vs RS Deadeye T/I 1-1, TIE
EH Matir vs RS Light T/I 21-11, RS Wins!
EH Kiriska vs RS Jack T/I 25-8, RS Wins!
EH Shups vs RS Light T/I 17-11, RS Wins!
EH Sanj vs Cris Null T/I 23-12, RS Wins!
EH Raven vs RS Jack T/I 30-10, EH Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Deadeye 22-18 T/F's, EH Wins!
EH Kiriska vs RS Deadeye Z-95 16-11, RS Wins!
EH Raven vs RS Lamin T/I vs XW 21-5, EH Wins!
EH Sanj vs RS Runt T/I 7-5, EH Wins!
VA_Slade vs BigfootRS t/i 16-10 EH Wins!
EH Raven vs RS Lamin T/I vs XW 18-8, EH Wins!
RS_Wok vs VA_Slade 12-19 T/I's EH Wins!
XvT: EH: 18 | RS: 10 | TIE: 2

JK:
EH Mav vs RS Gambit 10--4, EH Wins!
EH_Matt_P-(0) vs RSGambit-(6), Nar Shaddaa, NF, RS Wins!
EH_Mav vs LightRS, 10 to 0, BGJ FF
EH Brak vs RS Gambit 7-10, RS Wins!
JK: EH: 2 | RS: 2 | TIE: 0

Total- EH:28 | RS: 16 | TIE: 3

The update is complete and the database is back online.

The TIE Corps database is doing an update for the Combat Center and will be offline for about an hour. If you need your PIN # for OR Night, please contact `Kawolski in #OuterRim on Undernet.

The ASF will be hosting its very own weekly competition for those that cannot make Outer Rim or the Avenger competition. The time is 5-10:30 PM EST, and will be in #EH_ASF every Tuesday on Undernet. This competition is TIE Corps only and uses the games X-Wing: Alliance and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. If you are a CMDR or higher and are interested in helping as an admin, please mail myself at bossk@fast.net and VA Sarok at d9711lei@algonet.se.

Also available at The Force.net is a stunning fan-designed mini-movie called 'The Dark Redemption'. It runs to 26 minutes and is quite simply a breathtaking example of what you can do with a small budget and some astonishing special effects. The Dark Redemption stars Mara Jade (down, boys!) and Boba Fett, and can be downloaded in either five segments totalling 77MB or a smaller but lower quality 26MB single download. Quicktime is required to view the movie.

With the growing membership of the Aggressor Strike Force, the decision was today made to reopen Tartarus Squadron of the ISD Grey Wolf. ASF Membership is now at 124 pilots and rising.

Greetings, Everyone. There will be a Multiplayer competition, open to all interested squadrons. It will be XvT in format on the Zone, in the Melee room on Feb. 26th from 1:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST. This is an excellent way to test which squadron is the best in the TC. All CMDRs interested should contact me at jdf1984@yahoo.com by Feb. 19th.

I stumbled across this trailer for Episode 2 made by a Star Wars fan. It's not bad, although the use of DiCaprio as Anakin may annoy some. The trailer is just over 2 minutes long in Quicktime 4 format and is available at http://theforce.net/theater/sw2trailers/index.shtml

WildFire will now be taking scores in THIS form:
PIN #, EH Name, EH Score, RS Name, RS Score, Ships/Settings

Imperial pilots must supply his PIN for a match to be counted. If the Imperial Pilot is a IW/HF/DB member who is not in the TIE Corps, the PIN is 000. If a PIN is not included when the night is over, it will not be counted on his record and removed from the score list.

After a rather hellish road trip, I'm back. Almost all IWATS courses have been marked and I'm currently going through the remainder of my email. I'll be chasing down some stuff and getting the Training Office back and running again.

The update is complete. The database should be operational again.

The database will be offline for about an hour while I make a few new updates. Thank you for your patience.

Congratulations to Colonel Havoc , for being selected as the new Fleet Combat Operations Officer! he was chosen from a list of some very impressive applicants, but as they say in 'Highlander', "There can be only One."

The COO will be responsible for scouting out opportunities for online combat with other Star Wars Clubs, as well as ensuring that the TIE Corps' Zone profile recieves a much needed boost. His Staff are currently organising a contest between the ASF and a new Zone Club named the Crimson Mercenaries. The Contest is due to begin sometime in March. Start warming up your engines!

I have an email folder on my Computer called 'Flight Office Discipline'. It's mostly empty, because most of the time, there's nothing worth storing in there. All that changed this week. Right now it contains 51 messages concerning various cases of cheating, falsifying pilot files and numerous Articles of War violations. That's 51 more messages than I'd prefer to see.

Anyone even considering using a pilot or mission editor to change the results of any missions flown had better have a good long think about the consequences of getting caught. As a bare minimum, you'll be suspended from the TIE Corps. Every High Score you hold will be wiped from the Battle Board. If you hold any position higher than Flight Member, you'll lose it, no questions asked. And this is before the Inquisitors get their hands on you. Once your Court martial is over, you'll probably be looking at being busted down half a dozen ranks, and you can forget any chance of getting a position higher than Flight Member for a good long time too. Oh yes, and your shame will be made public if you're found guilty at your Court Martial. We don't cover up our cheats in the TIE Corps, we expose them for what they are.

Weigh up all of that against the benefit of getting 2 miserable extra FCHG points for a mission High Score and ask yourself - 'Is it really worth it?'

If your answer is anything other than 'no', we will catch you. Sooner or later, one of your pilot files will be audited by the Tactical Office, and if there's the slightest indication of any wrongdoing, we'll ask to see the rest of your pilot files. And you'd better pray there's nothing wrong with them either. You might be able to escape justice by erasing your files, but failure to supply a pilot file for a TAC Audit is immediate grounds to have your scores for the mission in question wiped. No arguments. And you never know, your CMDR may have kept the files, can you be sure he or she doesn't already have the evidence that will condemn you?

Cheaters are being caught. They are currently suspended from the TIE Corps, and they are all facing Court Martial for their crimes. The TAC Staff can calculate the score you should have had down to the last point, and when it doesn't match with the score you submitted, questions start to get asked. Anyone who submits an altered pilot file from this moment forth stands an excellent chance of being caught in the random sweeps and publicly punished and humiliated.

Not many of you cheat, but with every TAC Office Audit, there'll be less and less of you to ruin the Scoreboard for honest pilots who rely on skill with a joystick rather than a pilot editor.

The message is simple - it's not worth it, so don't do it.

There are currently three polls open right now: EH Poll #55, EH Poll #56, and EH Poll #57. Also, I'm currently accepting nominations for the Mr/Miss EH competition, and I will until February 19th. I insist that if you're gonna nominate someone, follow the instructions at the EH Polling Center. The EH Polling Center can be found at http://ehpoll.tsx.org.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Admiral Striker, the laser-less scoring formula for total scores has been proven to be accurate.

Here are some of the formulas available to use:

Note: In all formulas, if the pilot's score is 0, it stays at 0.

No Lasers
Final Score = Total Score + Laser shots - (Laser hits * 3)
Points for lasers hits are ignored completely.

No Lasers (with encouragement for accuracy)
Final Score = Total Score - (Laser hits * 2)
Pilot loses points for missing shots, but gains no points for hitting shots.

No Lasers (with encouragement for accuracy and efficiency)
Final Score = Total Score - (Laser hits * 3)
Pilot loses points for using laser shots.
*This is the proposed system for use in the new EH Battle Center for High Score Totals.

No Missiles
Final Score = Total Score + (Missile shots * 50) - (Missile hits * 100)
Points for lasers hits are ignored completely.

No Missiles (with encouragement for accuracy)
Final Score = Total Score - (Missile hits * 50)
Pilot loses points for missing shots, but gains no points for hitting shots.

No Missiles (with encouragement for accuracy and efficiency)
Final Score = Total Score - (Missile hits * 100)
Pilot loses points for using missiles.

A No-Laser and No-Missile formula can be combined with each other.

For example: Let's say you wanted to hold a competition with No Lasers (with encouragement for accuracy) and No Missiles (with encouragement for accuracy and efficiency). The new formula would be:
Final Score = Total Score - (Laser hits * 2) - (Missile hits * 100)

If you have any questions about this system, please feel free to e-mail High Admiral Kawolski.

Today's new battle is another 5-mission TIE Fighter battle:

• TC-TIE #139: Mugaari Insurgence

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

The following battle has been completely renovated and cleaned up:

• CAB #1: Assault on the Hast Shipyards

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

Today's new battle is a 5-mission TIE Fighter battle:

• TC-TIE #138: Battle of the TIE Interceptor

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

The title of "Baron" has been removed and will no longer be acknowledged by the Tactical Office.

Fleet Admiral Thedek has stepped down from his position as Internet Officer so he can concentrate all his efforts on his primary position as Grand Master of the Dark Brotherhood.

As posted on www.emperorshammer.org by Grand Admiral Ronin:

The Internet Officer is directly responsible for maintaining the Main EH Club Links and assists with maintenance of the EH WWW Domain.   The Main EH WWW Links Site serves as a central link for ALL EH related links/pages in the Fleet (i.e. Subgroups, Battlegroups, Ships, Wings and Squadrons).   The Internet Officer also aids the Fleet by looking for new areas of exposure and opportunities for the Emperor's Hammer on the WWW.  The Internet Officer also selects the Emperor's Hammer Member Site of the Week.

The Fleet Commander (Grand Admiral Ronin) also requests potential Applicants meet the following criteria:

• Be a LONG-standing Member and Officer in the club (>1 year).
• Not have had ANY cases brought before the High Court of Inquisitors.
• Has demonstrated increased command responsibility within the club, reaching at least a Rank of Rear Admiral.
• Portrays a responsible and mature manner both online and in private correspondence.
• Be a proven EXPERT in HTML, WWW sites, message boards, etc.
• Be able to host a STABLE series of WWW sites for use by the Emperor's Hammer Membership (i.e. Main Links Page, WWW Message Boards, etc.).

Interested Applicants should email their "resumes" to the Fleet Commander (Grand Admiral Ronin) and Executive Officer (Sector Admiral Compton).

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the emperorshammer.org news page and domain with the latest fleet announcements.

By popular demand, the new top-of-the-line starfighter has been added to the database for dedicated hard-working Flag Officers and Command Officers alike to choose for their own personal craft:

The Utility Tug (TUG)

As featured in TC-TIE #133 - Punishment Tour, the arrival of one of these fearsome behemoths can drive off entire Rebel fleets. Respect the tug and it will serve you well!

I have finally obtained my upgrades for the squadron.org server. Unfortunately to put them in the server, I will have to take it offline at about 12 midnight EST (GMT -5hrs), for no less than 30 minutes, and hopefully no more than an hour. The upgrades consist of the following hardware:

Dual Intel Celeron 500MHz CPU's (100MHz Bus)
Abit BP6 Dual Celeron Mainboard

Obviously this will be a great improvement in speed, which will probably be most noticeable by those of you who have CGI scripts on squadron.org.

In the future I may put OpenBSD on my computer to replace Linux. OpenBSD is much more secure, and is considered to be more stable as well. For more information on OpenBSD please visit http://www.openbsd.org. I will keep you posted on this.

I also now have the ability to host mailing lists on squadron.org to ease communication between groups of people.

For further information please email me at: absolute@squadron.org

Before announcing the scores, i must say that this has to have been the WORST Outer Rim Night i have witnessed. Crude behavior, to an intolerable level, and, a first for OR, a cheater in the midst.
Outer Rim Night was called to an end early, at 10:33 PM EST.

Scores:
XWA:EH Mareek vs Obwain T/I 6-5, EH Wins!
EH Dras vs RS Savage T/I 14-7, EH Wins!
EH Ramos vs RS Savage YT-2400 3-1, RS Wins!
RS_Savage vs. EH_Ramos, YT-2400's, 3-1, RS Wins!
EH Kawolski vs RS Gambit, DQ(TD), EH Wins!
EH Fraggle Hawk vs RS Savage 9-3 T/A's, EH Wins!
EH Kelsoun vs RS Rave Pry/f 8-2, RS Wins!
EH Solor vs RS Savage C/F 8-6, EH Wins!
EH Dras vs RS Savage T/I 10-9, RS Wins!
EH Sarok vs. RS_Rave, Pry/F, 9-6, EH Win
RS Savage vs EH Mareek T/I 6-4, RS Wins!
EH Havoc vs RS Savage T/I 8-7, EH Wins!
EH Dan vs RS Savage T/I 7-5, RS Wins!
Trate vs Eh_K 22-15 in T/I XWA
EH Havoc vs RS Savage T/I 6-4, EH wins
EH Dan vs RS Kaz T/I 26-10, RS Wins!
EH Kelsoun vs RS Savage T/F 6-5, RS Wins!
EH Havoc vs RS Savage XW 5-4, EH Wins!
EH Kelsoun vs RS Savage T/I 7-5, RS Wins!
Bret vs Savage T/I 7-5, EH Wins
EH: 10 | RS: 10 | TIE: 0

XvT:
EH Brucmack vs RS Myst T/I 26-4, EH WIns!
EH Death vs RS Fishion 22-15 T/I EH Wins!
EH Brucmack vs RS Fishion XW 15-10, EH Wins!
Aedis_RS vs. EH_Ricaud, 15-9, T/I's, RS Wins!
RS IronMan vs EH Death X's 16-8 RS Wins
RS_Crash vs. EH_Matir, 5-5, Tie!
EH IQpierce vs RS Crash, T/I's, 9-5, EH Win!
Aedis_RS vs EH_Death 13-11 in T/Is RS Wins!
RS_Nils vs. EH_Matir, X/W's, 19-12, RS Wins!
RS_Cody vs. EH_Brakka, T/F's, 3-2, RS Wins!
EH Ricaud vs RS Fishion DQ, RS Wins!
EH Brakka vs RS Crash AW vs XW 4-3, EH Wins!
Aedis_RS (X-W) vs EH_Matir (GUN) 9-3 RS Wins!
EH Sarok vs RS Nils T/I 24-14, EH Wins!
EH_Dharmy vs. RS_Fish 20-20 bot T/I TIE
BlasterRS vs EH_Brakka 8-1 T/Is RS Win
RS IronMan vs EH Bruckmack 7-7 Tie
Aedis_RS defeated EH_Sarok 18-13 in T/Is
EH Brakka vs RS Crash T/i 6-3, EH Wins!
EH matir vs RS ShadowFox 7-3 GUN vs T/A, EH Wins!
BlasterRS vs Kessler 22-10 T/Is RS win!
RS IronMan vs EH Spaceboy Z's 14-4 RS Wins
RS IronMan vs EH Matir Y vs AG RS Wins 4-3
RS_Alexio vs EH_Brucmck 16-12 TIs RS Win
RS GenSolo vs EH Raven T/I's 14-8 RS Wins
BlasterRS vs EH_Smit 14-9 T/Is RS Wins!
EH Bruc vs RS Cris Nill AW 28-8, EH Wins!
Kaz vs EH_Matir T/A vs GUN 12-7 RS win
EH Raven vs RS GAD T/I 23-15, EH Wins!
Aedis_RS defeated EH_Ryoji 18-11 in T/Is
EH Bruc vs RS Ligh T/I 24-12, EH Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Myst 20-14 X/W's, EH Wins!
Raven Arestar vs CHornJR TI 31-12 EH Wins
BlasterRS vs EH_Ryoji 17-11 T/Is RS Wins!
EH Bruc vs RS GSolo XW 10-8, EH WIns!
Trate vs EH_Ryoji 33-12 in T/I XvT RS Win
RS Chaos vs. EH Matir. A-Wing's 19-19. Tie.
EH Kermee vs RS LTsFox XW vs T/A 24-5, EH Wins!
EH Brucmack vs. RS Myst, X/W's, 26-6, EH Wins!
BlasterRS vs EH_Raven 23-9 T/Is RS Wins!
EH Bruc vs RS Kino T/I 13-8, EH Wins!
EH Bruc vs RS GADRS XW 20-9, EH WIns!
Trate vs. EHMatir 4/3 Gun vs. XWing EH Wins!
EH: 20 | RS: 21 | TIE: 3

JK:
RS Gambit vs. EH VAC, 10-0, CO NF, RS Wins!
RSGambit vs. EHKelric, 6--2, CO NF, RS Wins!
EH_VAC vs. RS_Nexus, 8-0, BGJ NF, RS Wins!
EH_VAC vs. RS_Nexus, VotJT, 7--3, RS Wins!
RS_Rahj vs. EH_Ryoji, 10--1, NSLT FF, RS Wins!
EH_VAC vs. RS_Nexus, 11:6, CO, RS WINS!
RS Gambit vs EH Coursca 1-0 BGJ NF, RS Wins!
RS Rahj vs EH Ryoji 10-0 CO NF, RS Wins!
EH Ryoji vs RS Kaz 10-1, RS Wins!
RSGambit vs. EH_SXX, BGJ NF, 13-7, RS Wins!
RS Saber vs EH ShadowXX 13 - 7 BGJ NF, RS Wins!
EH_Matt vs. TroyNexus, 5:1, BGJ, NF, RS WINS!
EHMav vs. RSInys, BGG FF, 1--1, EH Wins!
EH ShadowXX vs RS Inys 2-2 BGJ NF, Tie!
Mav cs CHorn 11-0, Mav, EH Wins
EHBlade vs. Chris_Null, CO FF, 10-1, EH Wins!
EH Like18 vs RS TroyNexus 5-2, EH Wins!
EH Mav vs RS CHorn JK 10-0, EH Wins!
EH_Luke18 vs. RSNachos, BGJ NF, 5-1, EH Wins!
EH_Luke18 vs. RSNachos, NF BGJ, 5-0, EH Wins!
EH_VAC vs. RSNachos, NF BGJ, 10-0, EH Wins!
EH_VAC vs. RSNachos, NF CO, 9-7, EH Wins!
EH_Mav vs. RSNachos, CO FF, 10-0, EH Wins!
EH *Censored* vs. RS *Censored* , *****MATCH REJECTED: CHEATING*****
EH_Flouries vs. GSPaanMan, NF BSP, 9-5, EH Wins!
EH: 11 | RS: 12 | TIE: 1

Total Score: EH: 41 | RS: 43 | TIE: 4 : RS Victory
Match Count: EH: 9 | RS: 8 | TIE: 0 : EH Leads by 1.

Note from Flight Officer - The case of cheating in last night's Melee is currently under investigation. If found guilty, the accused can expect to receive a minimum punishment of being stripped of all Legions of Combat, all current scores on the Battle Board and be banned not only from using the Battle Board but from ever playing Outer Rim Melees again. Cheating is NOT tolerated.

On your personnel profile, you can use your administration access to show if you're currently on leave, for how long, and for what reason.

The TIE Corps Database is back online. A couple new features will be programmed in over the next week. In the meantime, you can now use the search page to access a record if you know the PIN Number and you can view the Medal Board in the order of the quantity of medals awarded.

The TIE Corps database will be shut down for a few minutes for upgrades to be done later tonight close to midnight (EST). As with any time the database goes down (scheduled or not), no loss of data will occur.

While the new Combat Operations Officer has not been selected, today's Outer Rim Night and tomorrow's Zone XWA Tournament will be held as usual!

Outer Rim Night is held today (Saturday), 5PM - 11PM (EST) / 10PM - 4AM (GMT) in IRC Channel #OuterRim on Undernet.

The Zone XWA Tournamnet will be held tomorrow (Sunday), 1PM - 2:30PM (EST) / 6PM - 7:30PM (GMT) on the Internet Gaming Zone in the X-Wing Alliance Melee Room (NOT the Tournament Room).

After negotiations with the Grand Master, the Flight Office has finalised details of a "Recruitment Package" that is being offered to Dark brotherhood Sith Pilots who are not currently members of the TIE Corps. The deal is as follows:

Any Sith pilot who has completed the Shadow Academy and is of the minimum rank of Guardian, may apply to join the TIE Corps with the rank of Lieutenant onboard the Flagship of the Dark Brotherhood, the SSD Avenger.

Any Sith pilot who is ranked at least Dark Jedi Knight, may apply to join the TIE Corps with the rank of Lieutenant Commander onboard the Flagship of the Dark Brotherhood, the SSD Avenger

This application process completely bypasses the PLT Daedalus training requirement for qualified Sith Pilots, since they have already completed the Shadow Academy Sith Pilot's Course.

Bearing the above conditions in mind, interested pilots are invited to send applications to their Quaestors. Applications must contain your current Dark Brotherhood ID line, your chosen TIE Corps name, and your email address. All applications should be sent by the House Quaestors direct to Fleet Admiral Kessler , who will make progress reports to the Grand Master as they are processed.

Just to answer any questions, the headlines system highlights the more important and vital news over the "extra" news provided here. Examples of important news would include fleet announcements from COs and database updates/status reports. Examples of extra news would be software update info (like AlliED or mIRC), new Pulp Phantom episodes, and non-EH related Star Wars points of interest (like the Lightsaber).

Troy Dangerfield released AlliED v1.30 today for registered users. Big changes! There's more support for multi-selecting and multi-dragging of flight groups and waypoints! Now you can also tell ships in their orders to attack certain components in their orders, such as telling a squadron of Gunboats to take out the shield generators of an enemy ISD or a squadron of TIE Advanced to shoot out the lasers of an escort carrier! More details can be found at the AlliED homepage at http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/troyd/.

Thursday Night Melee Results are in for the Matches played on 2 Feb 2000. Results of individual games are as follows:

1. CPT Kermee vs CM Smitroc TI's 9-7 Kermee wins.
2. CPT Kermee vs LCM Plif 15 - 5 X's, Kermee wins
3. CPT Kermee vs LT Racer - X's 13 - 8 Racer wins
4. LT Dark vs LT Racer T/I's 19 -17 Racer wins
5. Lt Dark vs LT Racer T/I's 5 - 7 Dark wins
6. LT Dark vs Lt Racer T/I's 9 - 9 TIE
7. CM Smitroc vs. LT Racer T/I 13-13 TIE
8. LT Racer vs. LCM Plif T/I 19-14 Racer wins
9. LT Racer vs. LT Dark T/I 6-4 Racer wins
10.LT Dark vs LCM Plif T/I 7-5 Dark wins
11.LCM Plif vs. LT Corrin 21-15 Plif wins
12.LT Dark vs LT Racer T/I 10 -8 Racer wins
13.LCM Plif vs. Brucmack T/I 32-8 Brucmack wins
14.LCM Plif vs. LT Dark T/I 27-24 Dark wins
15.LCM Plif T/I 20-9 Plif Wins
16.LCM Plif T/I 20-16 Plif wins
17.CM Smitroc vs. LT Dark T/I 13-15 Smit wins
18. LT Brucmack vs. Smit T/I 16-11 Brucmack wins
19.LT BRucmack vs. Trygger R-41 27-14 Brucmack wins
20.LT Brucmack vs. LCM Ferin T/I 14-4 Brucmack wins
21.LT Brucmack vs. LT Corrin T/I 34-4 Brucmack wins
22.LT Brucmack vs. RA Pel T/I 38-2 Brucmack wins

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

For you hobbyists: Information Unlimited http://www.amazing1.com/ is selling "Plasma Fire Sabers" starting at $30 (or you can download free plans to make your own). You can view the videos online to see how they work. (I'm not going to buy one, but if you do, let us know how it is!)

The Internet Relay Chat client mIRC now has mIRC v5.7 available for download. Visit http://www.mirc.com/ for a list of distribution mirrors and more information about this program.

The TIE Corps Survey Center is now online and operational. TIE Corps personnel and members of the EH CS-12 and their Command Attachés will be able to access it through the administration menu.

This Survey Center is NOT to be confused with the EH Poll Center run by Fleet Admiral Manesh! They are two separate things! The Survey Center results are not shown to general membership (though the results of some questions may be announced on the News Page) and the new system restricts usage to prevent visitors to this homepage who are not in the TIE Corps from filling out surveys and keeps personnel from filling out the same survey more than once.

The TC Survey Center is also not open to Cadets. Cadets will have to complete their training first in order to gain access.

The purpose of the TC Survey Center is to gather feedback on certain issues and help make improvements to the TIE Corps fleet and/or to the TC Database. Any questions, comments, suggestions, or bug-reports about/for the TC Survey Center go to High Admiral Kawolski.

A new scoring method has been proposed for optional use in competitions using the TIE Fighter game platform. It simply involves eliminating the extra points pilots earn with laser shots by adjusting the total score using this simple formula:

Total Score - (Laser hits * 3) = New Score

With this formula, pilots still lose points if they miss with their lasers thus making laser accuracy more important! This scoring system is here only for suggestive use in competitions. The EH Battle Center/Battle Submission Form System will continue to use the regular scoring system where laser hits are counted in the score.

After doing some testing today, I learned that under all three TIE Fighter game platforms, Ion Cannon shots are not recorded in the pilot file in any way.

Ion Cannon shots do not affect your laser accuracy rating. They do not give you extra points when you hit ships. They do not cause you to lose points when you miss.

If you have proof that says otherwise, please e-mail me at absurefire@aol.com.

The "Baron" title is now being displayed on the FCHG Listings for the active member with the most FCHG points in the fleet!

On the rosters, you can now limit the view of the FCHG Listings by wing or by squadron. Simply click the "FCHG Listings" link on the squadron or wing roster to view FCHG points for all the members of that squadron or wing.

The Articles of War has been revised to a brand new format with a lot of new changes! You can view the changes at: http://www.emperorshammer.org/aow.htm

If you want to apply to become the new Combat Operations Officer (COO), if you want to be the COO that gets this club to establish a strong presense of the Zone, if you're active, if you're willing to negotiate new battles and competitions between the EH and other Zone-based squadrons/fleets, and if you believe you're the right person for this job, e-mail Sector Admiral Compton and High Admiral Kawolski today!

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the emperorshammer.org news page and domain with the latest fleet announcements.

Our Combat Operations Officer Fleet Admiral Darkov has been promoted to be the new Infiltrator Wing Commander.

The first issue of Battlecry, the new TIE Corps magazine, is now available in both on-line and off-line formats at http://www.xtc56.dial.pipex.com/battlecry.htm.

The off-line version, weighing in at just 333KB, does not include full graphics nor the voices for the XvT Mag Contest mission. I've done my best to balance style, content, and size, to encourage more people to download and read the mag (no awful 10MB DLs :-)).

Anyway, my thanks to the Flight Office for invaluable support and hosting the mag, and Vice Admiral Sauron, for handling the missions and the contest. *Round of applause* :-)