Many congratulations go out to Lieutenant Colonel E. Tarkin who has been promoted to the position of Avenger Squadron Commander.

Tarkin is a veteran of the Squadron, and there are high hopes that under his command, the Squadron can be built back to be truly Elite.

Hey, I made it before the end-of-the-month deadline! Just barely. NL #76 will be released MUCH sooner than the end of next month! If you applied for a Command Attaché position, it hasn't been filled yet. I'm conducting tryouts on IRC to test your abilities to see if you can do the job. Try to find me online in #TIECorps.

You can download NL #75 (4.23 mb) at:
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~surefire/nl75.zip (N. America - Slow)
http://lo.minos.net/nl/nl75.zip (N. America - Slow)
http://apn.dhs.org/nl/NL75.zip (N. America - Slow)
http://www.gimmie.tudelft.nl/homes/blok10b/ender/nl75.zip (Europe - Fast)
http://www.chapmassiv.org/nl75.zip (Europe - Fast)

You can view it online at:
http://www.gimmie.tudelft.nl/homes/blok10b/ender/nl75/ (Europe - Fast)

Following Vice Admiral Adrenaline's recent bold move, Fleet Admiral Kramer has followed suit. The following ships from TF Silver Saber have arrived in orbit around the world of Valkier in a bid to capture it, and it's precious resources:

• ISD-II Regulator
• INT Detainer
• ESC Sokar's Pride

In addition, TF Doom now controls and holds the planet of Firixon.

Lieutenant Colonel Brakka has stepped down as the Wing Commander for Wing XIV. Many congratulations to his successor, Major Dengar March!

GA Ronin has updated the EH Domain with the latest in EH News.

In the early morning hours, local time, satellites in high orbit around the industrial world of Firaxon detected a sizable fleet from Task Force Doom dropping out of hyperspace and taking up orbital positions around the planet. Groundside observers identified the following ships present:

• ISD-II Challenge
• ISD-II Immortal
• A/FRGs Annihilator, Juggernaught, Overlord, Peyote & Basilisk
• INT Gearjammer

TF Doom, under the command of Vice Admiral Adrenaline, will capture this resource-rich planet at the end of Turn Two. Please visit the Imperial Storm page for more details.

Until further notice, please DO NOT SEND NEW BATTLE SUBMISSIONS TO THE TACTICAL OFFICE.

For further clarification on this, please see the mission creation message board.

It seems the link I posted below for the edited shiplist doesn't work, so please use this link instead.

To install it, simply copy the file into your main XWA folder (making sure to move the original to another location). Once this is done, you can now pilot every ship in the game!

With the replacement of Admiral Nightflyer, Admiral Slade has been appointed to take his place as the new Security Officer of the Emperor's Hammer.

Yes, thats right! Today marks the beginning of Imperial Storm II - the exciting wargame that pits tactician against tactician, and pilot against pilot.

This wargame is open to everyone in the TIE Corps and if you wish to take part, then you need the following:

• The game X-Wing: Alliance (XWA).
• The XWA Update(2.02) available here.
• The edited shiplist file available here.

For more information, please visit the Imperial Storm Website.

If you've seen Duality, you'll enjoy this hilarious parody of the popular Fan-Film! Two Sith battle to the death to please their heavily medicated Master-With-Thick-Glasses. It's a 16 MB download.

http://www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/twoness/index.shtml

The following TC/NC clones have been merged:

• COL Quake #4770 <- CPT Jessie #4980
• CM/CPT Brad Tack #5131 <- CPT Zack Johnson #5374
• CM Kyle Katarn #5141 <- LCM Devin Katarn #5574
• CPT Van #2177 <- RA Reiner #4451
• LCM Tim #2762 <- LCM Verbatim #4275
• VA Goatham #1970 <- CPT Xanos #4453
• CM/COL Baron Fel #1102 <- RA Raven Tau #4331
• LT/CM Saak #6433 <- CM Ninja #4782

I've posted today's EH Meeting log, a long with a new IO poll up at the Internet Office (http://www.ehnet.org). Go check it out :-)

Well XvT WoWs ended today, and with that XWA WoWs has started. So start flying!

Vogue issue 2 is now out at http://www.darklord.ukshells.co.uk/mairin/vogue/ and at mirror site http://vogue.ehonline.org/.

There is a new website at http://vogue.ehonline.org/wow/ to help all EH members take part in the regular multiplayer Week of Wars that the EH takes part in.

The EH takes part in the XvT, XWA and JK WoWs, so if you enjoy playing those games why don't you do it to help the EH too. At the above site you will find everything that you need to take part.

People. For the last time I come to you! The meeting is very soon, from 29th of June until the 2nd of July. Only few days left to confirm your attendance. Grab your gear and join us! You won't be disappointed! E-mail me with any questions at pbmike@go2.pl

You can now download the Rebel Fighters for X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter/Balance of Power, from Darksaber's Opt Station.

Some changes had to be made, to some of the craft so they would be compatible for the XvT/BoP game engines. One example was the X-Wing, just converting the XWA base opt wasn't good enough. Due to the rotation in XVT the X-wing's S-Foils where not horizontal, this problem has been fixed.

I terribly regret to inform the patrons of the last Zone Sunday XWA Competiton, that while I was adding the match list to my addendum to the COO, I was disconnected from the Zone. I know who was there, and I have a record of 8 matches being submitted. If all of those who won a match(s), please send me your scores if you remember them. I sincerely aplogise for this, and hope that it never happens again.

(This was supposed to be posted 10 days ago. :( - SA Kawolski)

After a gallant effort by my CA, Fondor, we're pleased to present you with the Emperor's Hammer RECON Office Resource (EHROC) page!

This site can be found at: http://www.ipgv.org/resource/index.asp

Through this site, you'll be able to find past Non-EH Sites of the Week, rate them, as well as submit us your own idea on what site you think should be Non-EH Site of the Week. Check it out and enjoy!

Oops...seems I forgot to check my news account the last few days too! Here are some old news posts that should've gone up sooner!

The requirements for the position of CA:XO have been posted on the XO Homepage.

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

Another WC appointment! This time, congratulations go out to MAJ Ranthier Khaen, the new WC for Wing XIX.

Ever wondered why we only have 1 FCHG Battle?

Have you ever desired to build a FCHG Battle?

Featured in Tactical Report #18, is the guidelines for your opportunity to have your battle made a FCHG Battle! Gather your friends and create a battle today!

Many congratulations to Lieutenant Colonel Reaper, who has been appointed by COM Kramer as the new Wing Commander for Wing IV.

Begining Monday, there will be a new weekly MP comp! The new Tempest Storm competition is hosted by CM Sephiroth (sephiroth@isdchallenge.org) and takes place on Mondays from 7 to 10 pm EST in #Tempest on IRC. Everyone is welcome, so join in!

XvT Week of Wars started today! Go out and fly for the EH!!! (win too :P)

The TIE Corps homepage and affiliated homepages will be offline on Sunday, June 17, at midnight EST. The change is being done to swap a defective hard drive at CrystalTech and the downtime should be minimal.

The start date for the wargame, Imperial Storm II, has been announced: Monday 25th June.

For the rules of the game and other information, please go to the Imperial Storm II page.

Many congratulations to former Chaos CMDR, Colonel Smitrock, who has been appointed as the first Wing Commander for Wing XX.

Also congratulations to Major Jesseb Skyrauch, who takes over from LC Joe as the new Wing Commander for Wing VI.

Currently, the battles mentioned in TAC report 17 and the Tactical Addendum have been uploaded to the TIECORPS.ORG and EHNET.ORG mirrors ONLY. Please do not attempt to download these battles from the other mirrors.

Further note: at this time, no battles other than the ones mentioned in the report are on EHNET.org. Once i recover the files from my backup server, this will be corrected.

Finally! The FCHG Listings are using a new system and has been fixed completely! The new system has also cut the loading time of personnel profiles by 1/2 or more. The squadron and wing listings are working as well!

With the recent shutting down of emperorshammer.ca, the Flight Office has moved and can now be found here.

To conserve some needed space, I'll be purging ALL of the message boards of any messages posted in year 2000.

Grand Admiral Ronin has updated the recently added EH Bylaw to broaden the scope to which it applies (including to Subgroups for SGCOMs to use at their discretion):

Leadership positions within the Emperor's Hammer and its Subgroups are integral to the on-line experience of all members and the voluntary application and assumption of such duties is welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated. However, because of the importance of continuity in leadership in maintaining the organization, if a Member accepts such a position, receives a related Rank promotion and then resigns within an inappropriately short time (e.g. less than 6 months for Command Staff positions), the Member may be demoted to the Rank they were before application for the command position.

In particular, the Command Staff Positions require the utmost dedication and serious commitment. These volunteer officers, through their hard work and organization, hold the Emperor's Hammer together. Members frivolously applying for and then resigning from these Positions (i.e. to get a quick jump in Rank) may be subject to inquiry by the High Court of the Inquisitors for violation of the various rules and regulations of this club. This policy shall be effective for all appointments after July 1, 2001.

The time limit for those Command Staff members, Advisors, Subgroup Commanders, and Command Attaches receiving rank jumps will remain at a six month minimum and will be added to the Training Manual soon.

With the recent spate of folks, with the best of intentions, applying for and being appointed as Command Staff, then resigning within a short time (<6 months), a NEW Bylaws revision is posted and incorporated herein:

XIV

Open Command Staff Positions are typically posted on the Emperor's Hammer Domain Index. All active Members of the club with no violations registered with the High Court of the Inquisitors are free to apply for open these Positions. However, If a Member accepts such a position, receives a related Rank promotion and then resigns in less than 6 months, the Member will be demoted to the Rank they were before application for the command position.

The Command Staff Positions require the utmost dedication and serious commitment. These volunteer officers, through their hard work and organization, hold the Emperor's Hammer together. Members frivolously applying for and then resigning from these Positions (i.e. to get a quick jump in Rank) may be subjected to further inquiry by the High Court of the Inquisitors.

This policy shall apply to all Command Staff Positions and Command Attaché Positions effective July 1, 2001.

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

From the Tactical Office:

A call to all Battle Designers and Creators!
If you have a battle in the Mission Compendium, with a medal listed either as Nothing, or TBA, please submit medal names ASAP! Please keep in mind that your medal name must be unique.

Also, anyone willing to design Battle ribbons and Medals, please contact Fleet Admiral StarLion and Fleet Admiral Howlader.

Please see the announcement on http://www.ehnet.org if you have a website or email account on the emperorshammer.ca server.

It's been a busy week for me IRL that I haven't been able to do much EH related except keep an IRC window in the background while I work. Many have noticed that tiecorps.org has been running much slower than usual. I've tracked down this problem to two choke points: message boards and large personnel profiles. I'll be recoding those sections of tiecorps.org to fix the slow-downs because they're affecting everything else on this site.

Also, the profile mergers WILL happen today. I apologize for the unusally large delay.

Active and reliable hosts are needed for the ASF Competition (Wednesdays at 7 pm EST) and the EuroLoC competition (Saturdays at 10 am EST). If you would like to take over the hosting job, please send an application for which one you'd like to take over to myself at wetwilly@jedi.nu. Also,I have not been recieving the results for Zone Sunday, Greenwich Wolf Comp, and Kampfergemetzel. I need the hosts of those competitions to contact me within the next week, or else the comps will be shut down. I would also like to remind people that if you would like to set up your weekly competition similar to the EuroLoC, TNT, and other competitions that you only need to email with your proposal and I will look it over.

The awards for the EH vs. LSF war have been processed. The results are as follows:

XvT:
EH 12 | LSF 17 (LSF wins)

XWA:
EH 15 | LSF 5 (EH wins)

Overall:
EH 27 | LSF 22 (EH wins)

The turnout was rather disappointing on both sides, but it was a fun battle. Congrats to all those that helped us win this time!

After a selection process that took longer than expected, the new ISD Subjugator COM has been picked: Congratulations to Rear Admiral Jeff 'Tiger' Loruss! Tiger is an experienced Wing Commander, and has a lot to offer the new ship. With this promotion, there are two Wing Commander positions open, for Wings XIX and XX. Applications for both are now being accepted, with the following qualifications/requirements:

• You must have been a member of the TIE Corps for at least SIX months.
• No HCI Convictions.
• You must have a working knowledge of Fleet policies and protocols.
• Experience at CMDR level or above.
• Extensive use of IRC.
• Must be a member of good standing in the Dark Brotherhood.

Applications for either position must be sent to both Vice Admiral Firefox and Rear Admiral Tiger. You must indicate clearly which position you are applying for and applications will be accepted for one week. Failure to follow these simple instructions will result in your email being ignored/deleted/lost.

NO applications for CMDRs are being accepted at the moment. These will be dealt with once the new WCs are in place.