TIE Corps Commander Report #31

Date Submitted: March 24, 2019
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

Pete Dies…A Few Times

FA Pete Mitchell finished donning his flight suit in his quarters and grabbed his helmet.  He stood and pondered the upcoming mission.  He was more nervous than usual.  HE shrugged it off, though then motioned for his door to open with his free hand and left his quarters.  He turned right down the hall while the door closed. 

At that moment, FA Plif came out of his office and they strode side by side towards the turbolifts.  “Thanks again for the promotion Pete!”

“Don’t thank me.  It’s the least I could do for the excellent SOO you’ve been.”

“You look a bit nervous.  Having second thoughts?”

“No, I’m ok.  You’ve got my back though, right?”

“Always.  And so does the Challenge, the Warrior, the Hammer, and the Harpax.”

“Good.  I still think we’ll be fine, but better to be safe.”

“Good luck out there.  I hope to be by your side next time.”

“Deal.  Well, I’m going down.”

“Haha, I sure hope not!  I’m going up.  See you when you get back.”

Pete entered the lift and it shot down towards the hangar deck quickly.  He was appreciative it was so fast and he didn’t have too much time to worry.  He left the lift and made his way to the hangar, where he met several pilots including COL Horus Blackheart, VA Hav Antiel, MAJ Rando, and several others.

“Well gentlemen.  This could be the most fun we’ve had in a long time, or the most dangerous mission we’ve ever been on.  Stay sharp out there, and don’t get killed!”

With that, Pete about faced and headed towards his TIE Guardian. 

As the TIE Corps pilots exited hyperspace they saw an old platform out in this remote, otherwise vacant sector between EH and RS territories. 

“I’ve got 12 X-wings on the scanner, headed toward the platform.”  MAJ Rando called out.

“Our opponents have beaten us here.” Responded Pete.  “Go ahead and land in Hangar 2.”

Exiting their TIE’s, the TC team saw a squadron of dusty TIE interceptors, a squad of old X-wings, and a Squadron of Preybird fighters.

Just then, the Rebels entered the hangar on foot.  “Welcome to our Neutral Ground gentlemen!” AD Carl said.

“Preybirds?  Seriously?”  Asked Pete as he nodded toward the squadron.

“It’s something to make it more interesting…”

 “Are you ready for some serious competition?”

“Bring it on!  We’ve brought our Ace, MAJ Rando!” Challenged Hav.

“Good.” Carl responded.  “What shall we fly first?”

Horus chimed in “Definitely Interceptors.  None of those slow rebel death boxes.” 

“Alright. Everyone grab a beer and pick a TIE.  Rules are, if you die, you drink!”

“OK, now I’m listening!  Let’s fly!” yelled Pete as he ran off to the interceptors.

Later, all the pilots, rebel and imperial hung out in the platform’s mess hall, as it didn’t have a proper bar. 

Pete motioned his hands like TIE’s “He went like this, I went like that, and I said ‘where’d he go?!!’  Hav then says ‘Where’d who go?!!’ and we both died, right there!  I got my share of you rebels, though.”

“Yeah you guys shot us up pretty well.  Damn that Rando!”

“Yeah, I say that every time we spar.” Agreed Pete.  “Well this was fun.  We should do this again, and thanks for not ambushing us!”

“Alright Imps, we’ll see you back here in a week!”

“Deal!”

News

First, congratulations to FA Plif!  A well deserved promotion!

Next, welcome back a veteran, LC Nile Rosenau!  He has joined Theta from the reserves.

TC folks are still meeting up on Thursdays, though we have changed the time to 8pm EST, 5PM Pacific (I totally forgot this week after a rough week of work). 

Yesterday (Saturday), the TC and RS joined up for another MP event with the RS.  This is now a regular thing at 7 pm EST on Saturdays, so show up to vaporize some rebels!

The Hammer’s MSE is now processed, as well.

Also, don’t forget to fly for TIE Corps in Battle.  There is about a week left.  See the assignments below.

Promotions

AD Plif to FA

Transfers

LC Nile Rosenau from Reserves to Theta 2-2

Open Command Positions

Sin Flight Leader

Alpha Flight Leader

Theta Flight Leader

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps in Battle 2019:

March Assignments:

TIE-TC 19: The Tethys Honeymoon

XvT-TC 10: The Abduction of VA Priyum

XWA-TC 7: Assault on Chimera

BSF’s are due by Midnight GMT March 31^st. 

Rules:

Every month, there will be a full battle from each of the major SP platforms (TIE, XvT, XWA) assigned.  Pilots will fly each battle that they choose and BSF the battles to the TC database and forward the BSF email to Pete Mitchell.  If the pilot has earned a high score, BSF it and also send the pilot file to Pete Mitchell in case the BSF is not approved in time.  Please also forward the BSF confirmation to Pete Mitchell as well. 

Each month the pilot with the highest score in each platform will earn 10 points.  The next highest score will earn 9, the next highest 8, then 7, then 6 and so on.  All submissions will earn at least 5 points.  Any mission high scores, will earn 1 bonus point, and any battle high scores will earn 2 bonus points.  High scores are determined at the time the BSF was submitted.  If a high score is beat by another pilot in the same competition that submitted after, both pilots will receive the bonus points.  If a pilot submits a BSF that would have been a high score, but was beat by another pilot that submitted before, no bonus points will be awarded to the second submission.  Points will accumulate for the year for more awards. 

Participation points will also be tallied by ship and squadron.  One point per battle flown.  Flying participants of top participating ships and squadrons will earn extra rewards. 

Awards:

Annual:

IS-PW/GW/SW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the year.  (at least 5 participants)

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the year in each platform (at least 4 participants)

IS-GW/SW/BW for all flying members of squadrons with 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total participation points.

IS-GW/SW/BW for all flying members of ships with 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total participation points.

Monthly:

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the month (at least 3 participants).

IS-SW/BW for 1^st and 2^nd in each platform (at least 2 participants).

TC Competitions

COO Monthly Assignment

TIE Corps on Recon 2019

TIE Corps vs AI 2019

COO Riddle – 2019

COO’s Star Wars Challenge; Episode V

MP COOP Ace of the TIE Corps 2019

Ace of the TIE Corps 2019

TIE Corps Holiday Tournament

TIE Corps in Battle 2019

TC Combat Events

Weekly XWA/XvT MP – Thursdays 8 pm EST

TC/RS MP – Saturdays 7 PM EST

Career Awards Requirements

FCHG:

Dragoon - 100 points - ISM
Knight 250 points - PC
Aquilifer 500 points - BS
Executor 2000 points - SS
Imperator 5500 points - GS

Combat Rating:

Marksman 1st 100 points - ISM
Officer 1st 300 points - PC
Veteran 1st 600 points - BS
Ace 1st - 2000 points - SS
Tan 5000 points - GS

CoOp/PvE:

Private 1st 100 points - ISM
Gunner's Mate 1st 300 points - PC
Campaigner 1st 600 points - BS
Master Ranger 1st - 2000 points - SS
Top Ace Ranger 5000 points - GS

TCCOM's Activities

SP Missions: 0 (10 MTD)

LoC’s: 7 (14 MTD)

LoS’s: 33 (94 MTD)

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Conclusion

Come join us on Saturdays, it’s a blast!

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