Address to The Empire Officers of The Galactic Empire... Welcome to the sixth Galactic Empire Official Newsletter! In this particular issue, you will notice some new additions to the newsletter's structure... With the formation of the GE High Command (as reported in Issue #5), I have made it a privilege of (and a requirement upon) all High Command members to submit an article pertaining to their particular area to each issue. The first set of such articles (effectively "speeches to the Empire") are contained herein. :-) You will also notice that this issue brings the first released batch of single-player missions for X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and Balance of Power! More batches are to follow as mission creation for these game platforms now reaches "prime-time" within the GE... Pursuant to this, a new section has been added to the Imperial Navy Officer's Manual entitled 'Reviewing Pilot Files Correctly' which all commanding officers must familiarise themselves with! ... TFR and PLT files store data differently, and thus must be reviewed in different manners to keep the reported scores accurate. Moving onto reflection of the past two months, much has happened in the Empire, but for the sake of brevity I shall confine myself to only the most prominent happenings... Even after the Empire's fall from its height, the Imperial Academy retains a lingering reputation as the most famous military training institution in the galaxy. Unfortunately, the allegiances of the classified-location Imperial Naval Academy became very specific, as did those of the individual Sector Academies ... Once having co-operating offices throughout civilised space, it dissolved into many fractions, as did the Empire itself. Since my ascension to the status of Supreme Commander, a network of individual Sector Academies run by a central Imperial Naval Academy -- resembling the one that once spanned the galaxy -- has been undergoing reconstruction within GE-controlled space. This process will continue for a long time yet, until it truly reaches the diversity of training and magnificence of reputation that it once held... However, with all critical phases completed, we are hereby pleased to announce the opening of the Imperial Academy as a full Imperial Institution of The Galactic Empire! This is a major development, and will change the way this organisation processes recruits... Henceforth, all new applicants to the service of the Imperial Navy are sent to the Imperial Academy for Basic Training -- reducing my own workload, solving many of the dead-email-upon-stationing problems we've been having, and improving the overall quality of officers being commissioned into the Navy. All facets of the Academy itself will be overseen or run on a day-to-day basis by its Commandant... Former Captain Starbug, commanding officer of the Victory star destroyer Vigilant has been promoted by myself to the rank of Commodore -- with the title of Commandant of the Imperial Academy bestowed upon him -- in accordance with his entry into the High Command. Congratulations! Given that the creation of the Academy was a joint process between myself and he, I have also awarded him a Gold Seal for his thus-far diligent work on what will become one of the most vital components of the GE, as well as for what I know will be continued service in working out the remaining issues and running the Academy to the best of his abilities. This is the second Gold Seal to be awarded since the founding of the GE, and I offer my congratulations to him a second time. A related note, which resulted from Starbug's promotion to Commodore, is that I have also promoted former Lt. Commander Calcyon (first officer of the VSD Vigilant) to the rank of Captain to immediately assume Commodore Starbug's old position of commanding officer. Yet another congratulations is in order -- I know he'll continue to follow the fine example set by Captain Starbug in leading the ship to greater glory. All officers should be sure to visit the Imperial Academy's website at <http://www.imperialnexus.net/academy/> ... Any questions regarding the Imperial Academy may be addressed to Commodore Starbug, with general inquiries to myself, Grand Admiral Daemon. The GE has relocated very few times in its history. The first was from Prohosting to Fortune City in its first month of operation. The second was to Pangea Internet on 1998.04.29 with little more than one flight of pilots in the Navy. Now we do it for what will be the third and last time, barring necessity due to catastrophe ... After twenty-one months in operation, we've finally allocated a true domain -- <http://www.imperialnexus.net/> -- the new nerve centre of the Galactic Empire! >:-) This domain is not only a landmark for the GE, but an improved site in many ways. During the few weeks necessary to port everything over, nearly every file within the GE main website had been updated in some manner. Some of the specific, initial improvements include...
Needless to say, with the above improvements complete and many more coming on their heels, the new domain does more than simply give us an easier-to-remember URL... And while I don't believe it to be a wise course of action to take too much pride in any single piece of Imperial technology, it is only good practice to make full use of those resources which are at our disposal. I anticipate that with the Imperial Nexus allowing numerous functions and services which were previously unavailable, the GE will become a more centralised, streamlined organisation than ever before ... Slowly but surely continuing the instillation of order back into a chaotic galaxy! :-) - Grand Admiral Daemon |