This is to encourage a better targetted recruitment to keep cadets who have just joined from being ignored while cadets who are at the 59-day mark from being swamped with recruitment notices. Be warned! Spamming the list daily will not be tolerated!

Admiral Theodore stated to me that will NOT be sending me the submissions and that authors will be responsible for submitting their work to the Tactical Office.

• TC-TIE #161: The Immortal Campaign
• TC-XvT #10: Abduction of VA Priyum
• TC-XWA #9: Defection of Kusanagi (Note: If you played this for TO Comp #5, you not eligible for high scores because this battle is slightly different. However, you can earn FCHG points for completing this battle, but your superior must enter 0s for all the scores.)
• FREE-TIE #129: Dagger Squadron Defends Missile Boat Technology
• FREE-TIE #130: Chaos in Phare
• FREE-TIE #131: Ambush of Surprises
• FREE-TIE #132: When The Sun Rises, One Must Fall
• FREE-TIE #133: Welcome to Wing II, Ready or Not!
• FREE-TIE #134: Save the Immortal
• FREE-TIE #135: Lightsaber Emancipation
• FREE-XvT #23: The Aldegrad Incident
• FREE-XvT #24: Arrival of VA Priyum to ISD Grey Wolf
• FREE-XvT #25: Steal Rebel Warheads
• FREE-XvT #26: Into the Spider Web
• FREE-XvT #27: Boarding Operation
• FREE-BoP #3: Interception of Rebel Scouts
• FREE-BoP #4: Save Ehart Station
• FREE-BoP #5: Theft of VSD Unmasked
• FREE-XWA #16: Clearing the Way For the ISD Intrepid
• FREE-XWA #17: Recon at Semag
• FREE-XWA #18: Ambush on the Border
• FREE-XWA #19: Attack at Abaddon
• IW-XW #26: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Ambassadors
• IW-TIE #26: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Ambassadors
• IW-XvT #26: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Ambassadors
• IW-BoP #26: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Ambassadors
• IW-XWA #26: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Ambassadors

http://www.cafepress.com/emperor/

The previous mail problems that were affecting some IWATS Course tests, BSFs, and other automatic mailings has been fixed.

• TC-TIE #160: Battle of Insanity

The tiecorps.org mailer is currently offline. Anyone submitting BSFs will get the error "503 must have sender and recipient first" and until CrystalTech acknowledges and fixes this problem, e-mail confirmations have to be done manually.

I hope you enjoy reading it!"

 - CPT Werdna Elbee (Battlecry Editor)

The Naval Staff course is being shut down for a couple days. I have to write new questions (the current ones are outdated) and as soon as HA Kawolski has put up the new ones it will be reopened. For any of you who have JUST taken the current test or who are in the midsts of correcting one they took, do not worry - that will be your test, you won't have to retake it. Any other NS Tests I receive before I write new questions will be amiably ignored with an e-mail sent to you reminding you that the NS test is currently off-line.

Some of CS 7's new features include:

• Dual Berettas ($1000)
• New knife model and different attack mode
• VGUI for buy menus
• Updated U.S. Navy Seal model
• New player animations
• USP Tactical Pistol for the VIP
• New maps (Office, Highrise, Arab Streets, FOption, Vegas)
• Bug fixes
• Driveable vehicles!

OR night will be held as usual on 08.26.00, Saturday from 5pm-11pm EST on IRC #OuterRim. CMDR Shadowhawk will be hosting once again. Last week we lost, but just barely.
EH-16 RS-19 Ties-2 RS wins!

• IW-XvT #10
• IW-XvT #12
• IW-BoP #24
• IW-XWA #25

The site is under construction, but all MP3's of the music are available for download, and some of the lyrics are listed. Original music is by Russell & Edwards and the songs also contain a lot of variation on John Williams' music and movie sound effects.

As you can tell, I need more pictures, and banners to be submitted to be posted on the gallery. There is also a section for screenshots in the gallery, but i will be really selective about this section. Only the screenshots which are "special" in some way, will ever make it into the gallery section for screenshots. Please send your submissions for the EH VAG to absolute@squadron.org.

Following in the tradition of all Communiques prior to it, I've made a screwup in #8. COL Scoser is actually in Praetorian squadron, not Omega. Also, don't email or ask Mell for SM/2 updates. He doesn't have access to do those and it's Guthwulf's job.

LC Mell has been given the job of updating profiles with passed IWATS Courses. If you want your profile updated, you can either ask Mell on IRC, or email him with the subject "Profile Update PIN", where PIN is your database PIN number. Then list the courses you want added in the body of the message.

• FREE-TIE #128: Brothers At Arms

If it wasn't a 60mb download, I'd recommend everyone to check this one out! http://theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/crapisode/index.shtml

• TC-XWA #1
• TC-XWA #2
• FREE-TIE #1
• FREE-TIE #3
• FREE-TIE #5
• FREE-TIE #9
• FREE-TIE #10
• FREE-TIE #16
• FREE-TIE #21
• FREE-TIE #26
• FREE-TIE #29
• FREE-TIE #40
• FREE-TIE #55
• FREE-TIE #76
• FREE-TIE #84
• FREE-TIE #91
• FREE-TIE #121
• FREE-TIE #122
• FREE-XWA #1
• FREE-XWA #12
• IW-XvT #23
• IW-XWA #23
• IW-XWA #25
• BHG #2

• FREE-TIE #127: A Quiet Little Patrol

It seems that yahoo.com is rejecting mail (all or some, I'm not sure) from tiecorps.org. If you aren't receiving tiecorps.org e-mail regarding medals, BSFs, combat events, etc., you may want to get a redirect forwarding e-mail address like bigfoot.com to forward mail to your yahoo.com account.

Also, the ISC will soon be opened to general membership. Beginning Monday, August 21st, applications for membership will be taken by VA Draye C. Maaric and CPT Jahan Kalar. Kalar, the ROA, is slated to be the ISC's executive officer, so to speak. Here is what we would like you to include in your application:

- Your full ID Line, of any and all current Subgroups
- What division of the ISC you'd like to join (check the ISC Manual), if you have a preference.
- Your EH career history, as detailed as you can make it
- Why you'd like to join the Imperial Survey Corps
- Anything else you think CPT Kalar and myself should know.

Please keep in mind that the number of open positions within the ISC is extremely limited, as there will only be 10 members in each division when the ISC first opens. However, membership will not be based on a first come, first serve basis. Those people with the most desirable applications will be admitted. Thank you and please continue to support the Imperial Survey Corps!

The OR night held on the IRC channel #OuterRim from 5pm-11pm EST will be hosted by Commander Shadowhawk this week. The acting COO, COL Shups, will award LoCs for each win and the DFC for the night.

With Beta 7 coming out soon, the Counter-Strike design team released the new CS 6.8 to fix a critical bug that fixes the votemap exploit that would restart rounds or crash servers.

• TC-XvT #9: The Black Sun Incident

In regards to the recently released fan-made Rebel Fighter Upgrade patch, it WILL run on a GeForce. I noticed no additional loss in frame rate from what is already a sluggish game.

XvT - WoW XXVI August 2000
2pm EST Friday 08/18 thru 5am EST FRI 08/25

and

XWA WoW XVI August 2000
2pm EST Friday 08/25 thru 2pm FRI 09/01

LoCs will be awarded for each victory. Any questions on the comp contact COOA/COL Shups at shups@bellatlantic.net.

• FREE-TIE #126: Ambush in the Belhassa Marches

Apparently, the original author changed his name and I'm unable to award the Medal of Tactics for it. If you know who "Kerch Stormchaser" is, please let me know.

The ID-Line generator has been fixed for Naval Corps officers so the Cruiser/Frigate Squadron section of it doesn't display anymore.

A bug that had listed Navy Warship Squadrons on the Task Force roster link to the wrong squadrons has been fixed.

I'm not a fan of the Quicktime format and if you aren't either, you can download the trailer in .AVI format here: http://www.mancow.com/ra/starwars2.avi

You can download it at: http://www.emperorshammer.org/hammer67.zip (~5.12 MB)

The professor of the TIE Tactics course has had some computer problems, which explain why people aren't getting responses to their tests. He will be able to start marking the backlog of tests in the first week of September.

It seems many people are starting to get Operation Timed Out errors when filling out BSFs. These are caused by CrystalTech's mail server being a bit overloaded to send out the mail properly. Either try again and if you get the error message twice, please report it (even if you've reported it in the past).

The end result is that Ranger Squadron of Wing XI has come out victorious with Beth Squadron of Wing III coming short at 2nd place.

Congratulations to the winners and I hope you like your medals.

Records of the whole competition can be found at http://members.tripod.co.uk/eh_badlands/co2/league.htm

• FREE-TIE #125: Noname Squadron

- The Delegation: This division will be responsible for establishing stronger ties with other gaming groups, such as the Rebel Squadrons and Star Vipers.

- The Prospectus: This division will be expected to acquire and maintain contacts with news sources such as PC Gamer and Daily Radar.

Both of these divisions are extremely important for the continued development of the Emperor's Hammer, and all members will be rewarded for their services. Send any questions you may have to VA Maaric, as well as applications for either Division Commander position. Both DCs will be selected by Friday, August 18th.

http://reconoffice.dhs.org/

I'm going to be gone until Monday for a trip in D.C. and I will be even less available to answer the occasional e-mail. I'll see if I can quickly release some battles before I go!

In first place was Sigma Squadron, based in Wing II, with a score of 7,516,574 total points in their 87 submitted TFRs. Second place went to Tornado Squadron (Wing X) with a score of 6,764,443 - almost 1 million points shy of Sigma.

Great job to those two squadrons and to all squadrons who participated! Combat Run #10 results are almost ready to be released, so keep an eye out.

His first role dates back to Evensong in 1934, where he was an uncredited extra, playing a soldier in a concert audience. His next film would be in 1946 in the Charles Dickens' tale of Great Expectations. But perhaps his most famous starring role beyond the Star Wars Trilogy, was the 1957 classic 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' in which he played a British Colonel in a Japanese POW Camp. He won an Oscar for that role. In 1949, classic comedy, 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' where he gained recognition as the man of a thousand faces after playing Eight characters in the film.

Sir Alec Guinness (April 2, 1914 - August 6, 2000) will be deeply missed, but his legacy will forever remain on film.

Also, I've added a new "Techical Support" board for all Emperor's Hammer members who's having problems getting their games to work whether it be playing TIE 95, playing Jedi Knight online, figuring out how to play on the Internet Gaming Zone, and so forth.

• A-9 Vigilance Interceptor (A-9)
• Preybird Fighter (Pry/F)
• Spectre Advanced Missile Boat (S/MIS)
• TIE Advanced (T/A)
• TIE Bomber (T/B)
• TIE Droid (T-D)
• TIE Fighter (T/F)

I added two new starfighters to the ship database for WCs, TFCs, COMs, BGCOMs, and COs/CAs to choose from for their personal craft: The Delta Class Dx-9 Stormtrooper Transport (TRN) and IPV-1 System Patrol Craft (SPC)

• IW-XWA #25

Warning: The site contains language, adult subject matter, and really big needles. For mature audiences only.

Do NOT send recommendations on behalf of your ship at this time (though it may be a good idea to prepare one for when they are being accepted). Details are coming soon, and in the meantime, Commodores had better start tidying things up for inspection (if they need to, of course)!

• TC-TIE #14
• TC-TIE #51
• TC-TIE #56
• TC-TIE #57
• TC-TIE #62
• TC-TIE #74
• TC-TIE #76
• TC-TIE #87

• IW-XW #25: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
• IW-TIE #25: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
• IW-XvT #25: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
• IW-BoP #25: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship
• IW-XWA #25: Rion's Shadow Campaign: Eliminate Friendship

A bug that allowed members of the Tactical Staff to fill out the BSF form when their TC position didn't allow it has been fixed.

Please try to withold any mail destined for mailing lists hosted on my server for a few hours. Regular email accounts are unaffected by this.

This Saturday (the 5th of August) Division Stormwind will be hosting its anniversary bash. To commemorate the event we intend to hold a gaming session lasting from 11am EST to 10pm EST on our IRC server (details lower down.) It is our hope that you, and several other clubs will be able to attend the event, allowing us to hold a free for all.

The Details:

11am - Opening ceremony, initial chat, some games.
11:15 - 9:00pm - Multi player melee's : XvT, XWA, JK, TIE
10:00pm - Closing ceremony. Winners will be announced. Both in terms of organisation and player per game.

How it works:

Each game will be run in a separate channel - #XvT, #XWA, #JK, #TIE

Within each channel, there will be one moderator. The players returning from a match need to message the moderator stating who won, and the score. The moderator will be the final judge on conflicting reports of a mission. If your pilots feel they need to take a screen shot of the battle then these will be accepted as proof of a win.

For TIE Fighter, pilots can download missions from our archives and fly against each other. The scores should then be submitted as stated above.

Info: http://flashpoint.fasthost.net/stormwind/anni/index.php3

On the IRC server:

Server name : flashpoint.fasthost.net
Port : 6667
Main channels : #CSF and #Stormwind
Fleet Commanders will be given +o status.

Scores will be tracked by the SQL/PHP3 scoreboard custom developed by AD Starwolf. Exact details regarding the scoring system and it's usage will only be released 24 hours prior to the launch of the event. All moderators will be briefed then regarding its use. Each moderator will have access to the addscores section.

Please pass this on to your club, we would very much like to have both you, and your members turn out for what we hope will be a good day of gaming!

Clubs Invited:

Emperors Hammer (EH), Rebel Squadrons (RS), Intruder Wing (IW), Society of Shadows (SoH), Imperial Order(IO) and the Galatic Powers League (GP).

The database is undergoing changes to properly display the Naval Corps rosters. During this time, you may receive errors looking at these pages while they're being reworked.

TCC:TIE - Admiral Zsinj
TCC:XvT - Major Klick Sabre

The XWA Tactical Coordinator will be announced shortly.

1st:  LCM Rand al'Thor (TF Monitor) - 5 Merit Points.
2nd:  LCM Roggran (TF Crusader) - 3 Merit Points.
3rd (tied):  SL Argos Staneth (TF Claw) - 1 Merit Point.
3rd (tied):  MAJ Marcus Porcius Cato (TF Crusader) - 1 Merit Point.

Thanks to all who came... We'd like to get it approved for LoCs in the future to try and entice some of you MP pilots to take us on! After all, we just pilot multi-lasered hulls of metal :)

For example, my new ID Line is as follows: TUC/MAJ Marcus Porcius Cato/VSD Crusader/TU Crusader/TF Crusader

That's right. Now when I approve your competition, you get a cool email telling you it's been approved. Cool, eh?

1st Place: Bronze Star and a Distinguished Flying Cross
2nd Place: Palpatine Crescent
3rd Place: Imperial Security Medal

The Battle will take place IRC on server irc.nassery.org in channel #LSF and reporting will be done using Battlestats, the same process used for the WoW games. If you need help signing up for Battlestats, or if you have any further questions, contact Combat Operations Assistants Colonel Dras Hempor or Colonel Shups. You don't want to miss out on this colossal event!

What do you all think about this? As I said, COMs would be the most affected, but you as pilots would as well. A thread is currently running on the TIE Corps Message Board http://www.tiecorps.org/mb/ about this topic. It is the thread begun by me and entitled "TIE Corps Merge". Let's try and get some more posts on there! We need to know your concerns!

I added a legend to show what the various icons mean. I also added a selection for how many messages in a thread you want to view at one time. Your selection is automatically stored in a cookie for the next time you visit the page.