Just so that everyone knows, the navbar has been updated to reflect the new Hammer's Fist Logo.

Emergence of the Sith - Yet another fun fan film hosted by the people at Force.Net! This movie doesn't really have a plot, but that's not important! This is pure Star Wars eyecandy, so watch it for the graphics, scenary, and special effects! The large version is about 78 mb big.

Taking from the starwars.com Homing Beacon:

Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios today announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. has created an exclusive teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones that will only appear at the head of the new animated Disney / Pixar film Monsters, Inc. The film premieres on November 2nd in theaters across the United States and Canada.

George Lucas commented, "I have great respect for Pixar and deep admiration for John Lasseter and his team. I'm thrilled to be able to show audiences their first glimpse of Episode II with Monsters, Inc. It gives me an immense sense of pride to see our companies working together."

***Halloween RO Comp***

This is very short notice, and I must apologize for that. The object of this comp is to create an EH Halloween graphic. It doesn't matter the size, but it must involve the EH and something with Halloween.

Awards:
1st - IS-GR
2nd - IS-SR
3rd - IS-BR

ENDING: 11.2.01

Please send your submissions to: Fleet Admiral Keiran Idanian

***Trick or Treat Prank Contest***

Again, very short notice, but this will be a lot of fun. As suggested by my CA, Maverick, what you do is take your squadron banner, or a rival squadron banner and put a prank on it. Then submit it to Fleet Admiral Keiran Idanian. I will work on getting this approved, but please start to get to work on them. Good luck!

Awards:
1st - IS-GR
2nd - IS-SR
3rd - IS-BR

ENDING: 11.4.01

Please send your submissions to: Fleet Admiral Keiran Idanian

***RO Comp***

Another graphics comp from the RECON Office. I know...graphics, some people can't make them, but don't worry next month there will be one for everyone, not just graphics people. :)

In this comp, you'll need to design either a banner or graphic for the Imperial Survey Corps (ISC). The banner should be the size of every other banner, about 400 x 40 pixels. The graphic should be about the size of a splash banner, about 800 x 500 - max. The Imperial Survey Corps searches the Internet and RL for ways to help the EH out by letting people know about this. So, something like Corevettes or scout ships for graphics - just a suggestion. There will be two awards. One for the banner and the other for the graphic. You may do either one or both! :)

Awards:
1st - IS-GR
2nd - IS-SR
3rd - IS-BR

STARTING: 10.12.01
ENDING: 11.12.01

Please send your submissions to: Fleet Admiral Keiran Idanian

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the EH Imperial News Center with news on the latest fleet news and other Star Wars info.

I'm looking for a primary and alternate host for a 2v2 competition to take place Saturdays, 12:00-15:00 PM EST. If you're interested, mail your application to the COO! :)

As listed in the latest COO report, members may count matches in COO-approved events for the EH Ladder. However, both parties must agree to this arrangement prior to the match.

Membership: 118 active, 164 total (active + reserves)

1) The Hammer's Fist now has a new official logo. Gone is the Imperial symbol. This enables us to have HF goodies. So, I will an HF merchandise store like the EH one. Troopers can show their affiliation with mugs and T-shirts.

2) I have been working solely on UT:EH this week, deciphering Unreal Script to create the framework for the UT:EH gametypes. I have also found a graphics utility that will greatly aide me in making new textures for UT. Basically, it'll reduce the graphics hardware workload in the game.

3) Star Wars: Battlegrounds has gone gold and is set to arrive on store shelves on the week of November 12. This is pretty exciting for the Hammer's Fist. With the ability to create new missions with the game editor, we should have new HF missions a few months after the game is out. We'll finally be able to bring out some old medals that haven't been awarded in years (mission creation and multiplayer competition medals).

4) For over three months now, HF membership has risen. There have been no dips or lulls but a steady continuous rise. Looking back over my domain reports, we started our climb from 51, where we had been hovering for months. I don't know what gave us critical mass, but I'm glad the resulting chain reaction hasn't stopped. Come late November, I expect the increase to accelerate.

5) A new competition is set to begin Sunday. It is a phased competition, each phase lasting 2 weeks. 3-4 phases are planned.

Prefect of the Legion
Field Marshal Ares

As noticed by Major Linkan and tested by myself, it looks like using the ingame unlimited ammo feature of XWA do not reduce your total of points, unlike the invulnerability feature. As nothing can prevent you to use this feature, and furthermore as nothing can be done to track the use of this feature, using the unlimited ammo feature within XWA to achieve high-scores is tolerated. I guess some had already noticed that trick and used it for high-score, now it will be fairer as it is made public.

There is going to be some delays in the operations of the Training Office over the next few days. This is because I've just recently purchased two new hard drives (40GB IBM, yum) and I'm transferring all the data off the old drives to the new ones. In addition, I'll have to reinstall all my applications, download others, etc. As such, competition approval and test marking may be delayed. Hopefully, my system will be up and running fully by Monday.

I'm pleased to announce the creation of a new weekly competition... The Night of the Lost Souls!

It will take place Thursdays from 3:00-5:00 PM EST, or 20-22 GMT. Matchmaking will be done in #EHCOC as with all combat events, but participants are encouraged to socialize in #ISD_Immortal, as the Immortal is hosting this competition.

Happy hunting everyone!

Most of you probably didn't know that we has meeting of Polish pilots last summer. Yes, we are going to do it again, but this time with better participation and an even bigger party. Just like last year, the meeting will take place near city of Bialystok. If you don't know where it is, check 200kms east from capital city of Warsaw. The location is in a great summer house among the woods. Swimming pool included! :)

I am going to organize it again, but time a bit later. Let's say around 10th of the July 2002. If you would like to join us, just e-mail. If you need more information, do it too. Last summer we had 10 participating EH Pilots and I want to see more next year!

Finally, after over a month of hard work, the Internet Office has finally done it! The Holonet Journals, our own publication, has been released. It features rants, humor, coding snippets, site reviews, and other interesting tidbits. The entire IO and THJ staff have all put enormous effort into making this publication come alive, and we hope you'll take the time to look through and enjoy it.

Check it out at http://www.ehnet.org/thj/!

The combat rank page for Wing Rosters should now be working properly.

Congratulations to the following Flag Officers who have been promoted for the exemplary work they've done in their various areas of command:

Lieutenant Colonel Reaper, Wing IV WC - promoted to Colonel.
Rear Admiral Jeff 'Tiger' Loruss, SubjugatorCOM - promoted to Vice Admiral
Colonel Smitrock, Wing XX WC - promoted to General

Again, congratulations on these well-deserved promotions!

Just to clear something up, all CSMA tests are still sent to hf_csma@yahoo.com, NOT to hfcsma@teacher.com.

As promised, here's Newsletter #79 (3.74 mb)! You can download it at:
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~surefire/hammer79.zip (N. America - Fast)

Membership: 113 active, 158 total

1) 'HF Tactics', one of our home-grown game platforms, is no longer going to be a Flash-based game. It is instead moving to C++ and is changing focus from being a turn-based strategy game to something resembling chess. With SW:Battle Grounds coming out soon, it is probably a good move as it differentiates the two games.

2) A new manual called the Development Manual will be used as a guide for Dark Legionnaire submissions, making an idea for development a reality, and many other nifty things to be announced at a later date.

3) The Hammer's Fist will enter the EH MUD community. It is another effort to expand the HF experience and mix with other subgroups. Since it has been so long since Lucas Arts' last game suitable for us, we have been drifting to fiction and art to tide us over. The MUD is a natural extension of this. Madon is helping with this.

4) UT:EH coding is starting up again. I have given up on the pipedream of getting professional level models done, at least on a large scale. Seeker's the man for now. So, I am gathering steam on the coding aspect and am laying down the bedrock for all the gametypes. In doing so, I am also integrating Ob1-Kenobi's DPMS player model code to support 'Kill the Gungan' and to enforce the use of Star Wars models for players and bots. We can't have 'TMale1' (the standard UT male model) running around with stormtroopers can we?

Another thing I've had a revelation about is in the textures department. I had originally conceived of completely new textures for everything to bring this project closer to an old-fashioned Total Conversion. Then it occured to me that concrete was concrete and metal rivets are the same in any galaxy. It is the architecture which truly defines the feel of an environment. Textures only enhance that.

I am also now actively looking outside for material I can use since it is obvious help is not going to come to me. I must go to the help, so to speak. Later this month I will approach some modellers and others who have already done Star Wars work and see if I can include their work in UT:EHI am also now actively looking outside for material I can use since it is obvious help is not going to come to me. I must go to the help, so to speak. Later this month I will approach some modellers and others who have already done Star Wars work and see if I can include their work in UT:EH.

Prefect of the Legion,
Field Marshal Ares

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the EH Imperial News Center with news on the latest fleet news and other Star Wars info, including news tidbits about the open GMF and CA:FC positions and High Admiral Astatine being awarded the second Imperial Cross.

The BSF Generator should be accepting .ZIP files once again. If you have any problems, please report them to Sector Admiral Kawolski.

Yes, it's been two months today since the last newsletter was released. Due to a hard drive crash, NL #78 (August 2001 Issue) was temporarily lost, but fortunately Colonel Neo had a copy of all the submissions and I had some files backed up. The entire Newsletter was recovered save for the INPRs.

You can download NL #78 (3.73 mb) at:
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~surefire/hammer78.zip (N. America - Fast)

You can view the newsletter online at:

http://users.techline.com/hceline/hammer78/ Newsletter #79 (September 2001 Issue) will be released shortly. However, be warned that any submissions made between September 1st and September 20th were also lost, so if you don't see your submitted image or story in NL #78 or NL #79, it's not because it was rejected and it will be more than welcomed in Newsletter #80.

Another good Fan Film recently released is "Knight Quest" which is about Darth Vader's hunt for the Light Jedi and takes place before A New Hope. There are some problems with the sound every now and then, but aside from that, it's a very well made (and large) fan-film with saber and starfighter combat scenes! The hi-res version is almost 200 mb big!

You can view the movie here: http://www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/knightquest/index.shtml

Lieutenant-Colonel Andrzej Mezynski has just taken Commander Night Grue's Baron title for a little one point ! For how long ?... check the standings here.

The ASF has just finished the Squadron Comp III! The results are in and
they are as follows:

First I'd like to say that I am very happy with the scores from most of
the squadrons and members in the ASF.

ASF Flag Ship : ISD Grey Wolf
ASF Top Ace : RA Brucmack
ASF Escort Squadron : Odin Squadron

Squadron Ranking is as follows

1- Odin 4546 pts
2- Crusader 4422 pts
3- Tartarus 2082 pts
4- Cobra 1795 pts
5- Vortex 1671 pts
6- Phoenix 1560 pts
7- Asp 1361 pts
8- Scorpion 1358 pts
9- Valkyrie 867 pts
10- Echo 838 pts
11- Viper 563 pts
12- Mantis 466 pts
13- Krayt 295 pts
14- Avenger 230 pts
15- Python 197 pts
16- Copperhead 83 pts
17- Hornet 64 pts
18- Wasp 62 pts

Top Pilots

1- RA Brucmack 2619 pts
2- LCM Doros 1719 pts
3- LT Reiko Corsair 1046 pts
4- LCM Michael 1026 pts

The tiecorps.org mail server will go offline on Saturday, October 20th sometime between 12:00 AM and 3:00 AM Pacific time while the mail server is being upgraded.

The 16th TO Communique has been mailed out to all members from Flight Member to BGCOM. If you didn't get it, you can check it out online here.

A small bug with the banner uploading form not working for members holding more than one position has been fixed.

There have been some Flag Officer appointments and promotions recently that I'd like to announce: Congratulations to Major Darksaber who takes over from General Badlands as the new Wing Commander for Wing XI. Congrats also to Major Bevel Leeson, new Wing XV WC (my old Wing!).

Finally, I'm pleased to announce the promotion of Vice Admiral Adrenaline to the rank of Admiral! Adren is undoubtedly one of the hardest working members of the TIE Corps, and this is a well deserved promotion. Congrats Adren!

Stop e-mailing banners to myself and the Flight Officer! You can now upload them to the database instead so they'll show up on the roster!

CMDRs, WCs, COMs, and BGCOMs will now see a new administration option to upload a banner for their squadron, wing, ship, or battlegroup respectively. If you have any problems using the form, please report it to Sector Admiral Kawolski.

With the change in command concerning the XWA part of the Tactical Staff, there is currently a lack of playtesters (TCS) and correctors (TCT) for XWA. Therefore, the Tactical Office is looking for additional Tactical Surveyors (TCS, playtesters) and Tacticians (TCT, correctors) for the XWA platform. Please review the Tactical Manual for the position descriptions. Some requirements for the positions are for Tactical Surveyors (TCS):

• have XWA
• be able to playtest a battle within a week and to write a beta report (templates in the Tactical Manual)
• knowledge in XWA mission design and graduation from XAM not necessary but recommended.

And for Tacticians (TCT):

• have XWA
• be able to bring corrections to a battle within 1,2 weeks, from the problems noticed by the TCS in their beta reports (guidelines in the Tactical Manual)
• knowledge in XWA mission design
• must have passed XAM from IWATS

Please review the Tactical Manual before applying, there you will find a complete description of the Tactical Staff. These are auxiliary positions, which means you don't have to leave your squadron. Applications are to be sent to Lieutenant Colonel Marcin Szydlowksi and Captain Gord Darkonian. Nice rewards for all hard working people !

Congratulations to Captain Gord Darkonian for being appointed Tactical Coordinator (XWA).

Some technical problems currently prevents me from processing XvT and XWA high scores (ie zipped files). Hopefully it should be sorted out soon.

Membership: 105 active members, 151 total.

1) The Hammer's Fist has now surpassed 100 members. We've had a slew of them this week.

2) The 16th issue of the Dark Legionnaire is to be out in a few days, if not tomorrow. Field Marshal Kryder has my thanks for putting it together. My own efforts have been on issue 17. It moves away from HTML to flirt with Flash. It will be the first EH newsletter using Flash.

3) Our Commander, Operations is still out with a hand injury, but he is working on a new competition. In the meantime, Vehement platoon has a fiction run-on activity going on. The platoon also has a website at http://user.gru.net/shelton/Vehement/

4) The Hammer's Fist website has moved to a larger server. The http://www.hammersfist.net/ address remains the same and points to the new location. The server will allow us to do even more with our site, expanding database functions and providing further services. Good going, HC Zsinj!

5) Next week, the HF will have a new logo. The design is done, but it will be passed around the GS and officers for comment.

Prefect, Hammer's Fist
Surface Marshal Ares

In my first act as COO I've submitted the results for the EH vs. NRN war held last month. All in all I feel it was a fairly good contest, though we could have used a larger number of pilots flying. Here's a breakdown of the results:

X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
EH: 2
NRN: 0
War Site

X-Wing Alliance
EH: 34
NRN: 29
War Site

As you can see, we got the victory by a fair margin in the area of matches won. However, the NRN put forward 9 more pilots than we did, and won in the areas of player win/loss ratio and kill/death ratio. This basically means that our wins were closer than our losses, and we lost many more 2v2s than we won.

Thanks to all the pilots who flew, your awards are in the mail!

The new Combat Operations Officer has been selected: Many congratulations to Rear Admiral Brucmack!

For all of you interested,

I have resigned as Commander, Personnel to become an Advisor. Your new CP is, COL George.

Greetings all, the HF site has changed servers to http://hf.phpcoding.org, the address of http://www.hammersfist.net will route to this new server. The old server will be shut down soon and its files deleted. This server will hopefully be our home for the next year or more. So enjoy it :) and look for new features!

For TCCOM's Own for last month, I'm proud to announce Wing II of the Sov got this honor. They had great activity and a great staff of Officers (excluding Ford :P). Congrats!

Sorry for announcing this a tad late

With the resignation of Captain Kyle Katarn, the position of Tactical Coordinator (XWA) is opened for application. The requirements are as follows:

• must have knowledge in XWA mission designing
• must have passed the IWATS XWA mission design course (XAM)
• must be able to manage a team of Tacticians and playtesters
• must be able to answer emails within 24/48h
• no HCI conviction

The job description for this auxiliary position is available in the Tactical Manual. Please include in your applications references to possible created XWA battles or free missions, or to some work done in the past for the Tactical Office. Any experience in team managing is also to be reported. Applications are to be sent to Fleet Admiral Striker and Lieutenant Colonel Marcin Szydlowski.

The winners of the Daedalus banner competition have been selected. You can view them and their entries here. Thanks to all who entered.

Greetings Grand Admiral Ronin, Sector Admiral Kawolski, Fleet Admiral Priyum, Combat Operations Assistants, other members of the Combat Operations Staff, and the EH populace

I come to you all bearing bad news. It severely pains me to have to do this, but effective immediately, I must step down as the Combat Operations Officer. I'm sure you all have noticed the slide in my ability to keep up my work lately. This is mainly due to the fact that I am now trying to keep up with school, I now have a new job which I need in order to save up for college and maintain my car insurance, and just a general lack of time to do all the work that the COO position demands.

I sincerely hope that I will be remembered as a good Combat Operations Officer, as I have put numerous hours of work into the spot. I hope that the command structure and the way it is run will continue to go smoothly, and hopefully, the next COO can incorporate more inter-club wars into our playing field. I have put alot of thought into this over the past three days, considering who would be my successor. I've considered both of my assistants, as they have both served me excellently over my six months as COO. Bruc was a strong and reliable assistant for months, both for Zsinj and me, before leaving for some time, and has recently returned to the position and has served me well since. Kyle was appointed to the spot much more recently, but overall has served me approximately the same amount of time as Bruc has. Kyle is very reliable and trustworthy.

It has been a hard decision to choose from two men who are excellent officers, and good friends. When it came down to it, I thoroughly believe that where my office needs to go from here is to help improve the quality of the multiplayer pilots in the EH. I've set up a sound structure for running the competitions and office, and now it only needs someone with the expertise necessary to set up academies and training courses to improve those who could one day lead the EH to the top of competitions such as the Week of War, and even future replacements for the Outer Rim wars.

Therefore, I've made the decision that my successor should be Lieutenant Brucmack. He is undoubtedly the best that the EH has to offer. He has always dominated all facets of multiplayer competition within the EH, and has been toying with the idea of setting up a MP academy for some time. I feel that he's ready to take on the reigns of COO, and lead us into improving our ability, to match our size.

Of course, the final choice is up to you, Grand Admiral Ronin and Sector Admiral Kawolski, but I feel that you both should accept Brucmack as the new COO, as I believe he is fully qualified to take over.

As for me, I have talked with Colonel Sickman of Wing V, and we have agreed that I shall take over as CMDR of Pe squadron. I have missed the joys of direct command, and look forward to the chance to help a small squadron become great. However, while I have fulfilled many goals, but have left many unfulfilled, therefore, I shall be staying on as an assistant to the COO.

Now, I address you for the last time as Admiral Wet Willy, I appreciate the faith and cooperation all of you have had with me, and I do hope that one day, I may be able to return to the Command Staff.

May the force be with you all,
Admiral Obeliskian Battlemaster Wet Willy
Combat Operations Officer of the Emperor's Hammer
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"Insanity is a playground for the uncreative"

With the many changes in command over the past months concerning the XvT part of the Tactical Staff, there is currently a lack of playtesters (TCS) and correctors (TCT) for Xvt/BoP, with as well a growing backlog on XvT battles. Therefore, the Tactical Office is looking for additional Tactical Surveyors (TCS, playtesters) and Tacticians (TCT, correctors) for the XvT/BoP platform. Please review the Tactical Manual for the position descriptions. Some requirements for the positions are for Tactical Surveyors(TCS):

• have XvT/BoP (!!)
• be able to playtest a battle within a week and to write a beta report (templates in the Tactical Manual)
• knowledge in XvT/BoP mission design, graduation from XTM not necessary but recommended.

And for Tacticians (TCT):

• have XvT/BoP
• be able to bring corrections to a battle within 1,2 weeks, from the problems noticed by the TCS in their beta reports (guidelines in the Tactical Manual)
• knowledge in XvT/BoP mission design
• must have passed XTM from IWATS

Please review the Tactical Manual before applying, there you will find a complete description of the Tactical Staff. These are auxiliary positions, which means you don't have to leave your squadron. Applications are to be sent to Lieutenant Colonel Marcin Szydlowksi and Captain Drako. Nice rewards for all hard working people !

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the EH Imperial News Center with news on the latest fleet news and other Star Wars info.

Since our former COMM Assistant (COMMA), Jacob Van Nowak, has been promoted to CA2:RO, we are now taking applications from anyone interested in being COMMA should send applications to both Vice Admiral HackSolo and Vice Admiral Motti. Be sure to include your EH Resume as well as one personal reference. There are no prerequisite abilities applicants should have, except basic arithmetic skills. All applicants should however be able and willing to do the following:

- Spend an hour or two each week counting message board posts in order to award Medals of Communication (this will be your main duty)
- Report directly to HackSolo and Motti
- Do small tasks for the COMM & CA:COMM, since we're both busy college men. :P

That's about it, the job isn't an excessive amount of work, but if you do a good job, it's very helpful for advancement in the EH, just look at our last COMMA Jacob... in June he was FM/LCM, and now in September he's CA:RO/RA. All are encouraged to apply.

Congratulations to.... Captain Drako for being the new Tactical Coordinator (XvT/BoP) ! It has been a hard choice from many highly qualified applicants. The other considered candidates were:

• CMDR-TCT/MAJ Wes Janson
• CMDR/MAJ Linkan
• COM-TCT/RA Jeff "Tiger" Loruss
• WC/MAJ Fenn Logan
• FL/LCM Boris
• FM/CM Mace

Thanks to everyone who applied ! If you want to join the Tactical Staff as a TCS or TCT or both, new openings should happen soon.

Congratulations to Rear Admiral Brakka who has been selected as the new COM for the ISD Intrepid. Also congratulations to the following on their promotions to Squadron Commander:

COL Scoser - Hammer
CPT RedTaz - Nun
CM Zack Amberam - Ravager
CPT Julian "Sailorboy" Clary - Copperhead