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Welcome to my twentieth public report as a Science Officer, on time... (I must be ill!) ... so let's get to the news:

Science Office News:

1. Not much news this week cause I'm putting all my time (ALL, I barely eat or sleep :P) in to finally getting TAC's "Project Shield" done. Currently all the XWA missions/battles have been done, XvT is in its finalizing stages and I think I can get the whole thing (BoP/TIE) done this week. As this project is currently classified, I can not elaborate on it much more then this.
2. AD Darkhill has been continuing work on the EH Patch Manager, which is working for XWA and now is being built for XvT (which is the base for the TIE and BoP parts.). The Patch Manager will improve the patches of the EH considerably in ease of use, ease of making, stability and support of Operating Systems. Because all current patches would need to be updated to it, all new patch releases are currently on hold till its release.
3. SCOA/CM Tim(mah) has started on his "Project Cue Ball" which aims to hand the EH a cheaper and more powerful Doomsday Device as even the Death Star... and surface flying for XWA.:)
4. Just as Minos has gone back up again, our mirror has gone down - hopefully temporarily. Please keep your links directed to the correct one. I'll be taking a short break from Project Shield later today to do some needed updates to the whole site.
5. More updates will include those to the Order of Battle. I'm currently working on an update that will, when approved, make the Dark Brotherhood more visible on it, besides more regular updates. (Like the IW links.)

Science Office Status:

CA:SCO: Admiral Darkhill has been working on the EH Patch Manager Program, aka the "Grand Project", which will make patching life a lot easier for all of us. The XWA portion is under testing at the moment, XvT under construction. Den is currently on a short leave to move house.

SCOA: CM Tim is just getting round to starting on Operation Cueball. Continued development on "The Archive" which is hoping to be like a Archive of Missions/Battles/Campaigns and OPT's. Watched Matrix Reloaded 3 times :D.

Site: The Science Office site can be found at http://sco.minos.net or via the redirect http://scienceoffice.isCool.net. The mirror at http://www.gimmie.tudelft.nl/homes/blok10b/ender/sco is currently down. Updates to be done over the rest of the day: update Staff Page, update OoB links, add newest reports etc.

Science Office Projects:

XvT/BoP/TIE95 Ship patches: This project's goal is to add all the original and Order of Battle craft that are still "missing" from these games, like the SSD in TIE and XvT, the Medium Transport in all etc. This project is drawing closer and closer to its end for especially TIE and XvT: started on BoP and made a few more craft to add.

Grand Project: The EH Patch Manager Project is going along smoothly - expect it to be released by the end of the summer. More data on the project in the news section.

Finishing up:

I think that's it - If I've forgotten anything or if you have comments, suggestions or corrections, let me know via email or look us up at #sco. Don't forget that all the projects are described in more detail on the SCO site.

(use only mindb_ender@hotmail.com for official SCO mails.) or ICQ (9706474). Preferably do not mail large files to me, but DCC them via IRC – I’m practically always online at #sco, #emperor’s_hammer and #tiecorps using the nick MindB_ndr (or variations.)
 
All my SCO reports are available online as well: you can reach them on the SCO site: http://www.minos.net/~sco/reports/index.html but they are on the TIE Corps site, CS reports, as well.

Until next time, good luck and have fun!