TIE Corps Commander Report #35

Date Submitted: May 4, 2019
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

Pete Gets Injured

Pete landed his TIE Guardian in the hangar bay of his last ship and the TIE Corps Flagship, the ISDII Warrior.  When he exited, VA Hav Antiel and LC Nile Rosenau were waiting for him.  “Welcome Fleet Admiral!”

“Thanks Hav.  It’s good to see you again!  And same to you Rosenau!  Congrats again on taking command of Theta!”

“Thank you, Sir.  It’s an honor.”

“Well, since we’ve got a new Commander, let’s see what Theta can do.  I’ll see you in the Briefing room.”

“Roger, see you in 15.”

In the briefing room, things were pretty standard. Pete stood in the back and listened.  “We have the honor of the TIE Corps Commander joining us for our training exercises today to see what we can do.  We’ll start with the standard drills, then we’ll see how we do against FA Mitchell and VA Antiel.  Finally, we will step up the challenge with Sin Squadron joining in.  Keep aware of your surroundings out there and communicate!”

Pete was back in his TIE Guardian observing the last of Theta’s drills before he and Hav joined in.  Rosenau called in over the radio, “Admirals, we are ready for you.”

“Roger, coming in hot!”  Pete and Hav hit the throttle and shot out towards the furball that was Theta at the moment.  Pete quickly observed the squad forming into 6 loose pairs. 

“This won’t be easy.”  Pete commented to Hav over the radio.  “On the count of 3, break right.  1, 2, 3!”

Pete broke left while Hav went right.  4 Theta ships followed each of them, while another 4 hung back.  Pete and Hav swung around and back towards each other.  As they approached each other, they started rolling and firing in a synchronized motion and each took “out” a couple of Theta pilots following the other.  Then, then other 4 Thetans that were hanging back swooped in and took both of them “out”. 

“Alright, at least you guys can handle 2 on 12!” Pete said.  Just then a couple alarms went off in his cockpit. 

“Admiral!  We’ve got multiple bogies coming in from hyperspace!” called in the officer on deck from the Warrior. “It’s two squadrons of TIE Defenders!”

Pete swung around to meet the new foes.  “Scramble Sin squadron now, and get the rest of the wing launched!” 

Pete, Hav and Theta meanwhile headed straight for the enemy.  “Hav and I will take the flanks.  Theta, you take the middle and see what you can do.”

A couple TIE’s went for Pete and Hav, but they were able to address them in the same manner they had just done before.  Pete then swung back closer to the Warrior and took out another that was stuck behind LT SL8c8.  Just then Pete’s TIE shook violently and things got fuzzy and he looked up just in time to see the Warrior in his viewing glass a little too close. 

Pete’s TIE Guardian slammed into the Warrior and broke into pieces.  Pete was pinned there and screaming, though no one could hear him…

Sin made it out of the Hangar and was able to help keep the enemies occupied while the rescue team came out for Pete. 

Pete woke up on a bed in sick bay.  “How are you doing Pete?”  Asked Hav. 

“Oh, not bad.  I’m sure I’ll be back in action in no time.  Just a little stretch of my knees while I was pinned.”  Pete sat up and made to stand up.  As soon as he put weight on his legs, he collapsed forward.  “Ok, maybe it will be a little bit…”

“We better get you to some bacta…” Hav shook his head.

News

May the 4^th be with you!  Happy Star Wars Day!

My report was delayed a bit this week due to some difficulties with my knees arising from a hockey game…

This week we welcomed Crane Baxa to the fleet from PLT Daedalus and also celebrated his promotion shortly thereafter! 

As it is Star Wars Day, GOG has all Star Wars games on sale, so if there are some you need, now is the time!

Finally, as it is a new month, it is MSE time again!  With Plif’s new spreadsheets, it should be faster and easier, so get them in quickly!

Congratulations to GN Pickled Yoda for taking first place in TCiB in April!  The assignments for May are listed after the April results below.

The Saturday evening TC vs RS MP night is now official, so show up at 7 pm EST/4 pm pacific for those matches and work towards a DFC!

TC folks are still meeting up on Thursdays, though we have changed the time to 8pm EST, 5PM Pacific.

Promotions

SL Crane Baxa to LT

Transfers

SL Crane Baxa from PLT Daedalus to Theta 2-2

Open Command Positions

Sin Flight Leader

Alpha Flight Leader

Theta Flight Leader

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps in Battle 2019:

April Results:

TIE-TC 31: Hidden Agenda

XvT-TC 14: Orion Base Crisis

XWA-TC 8: Hammer to Anvil

Overall:

Annual Standings:

May Assignments:

TIE-TC-33: Strike at Incom

XvT-TC-40: Leaders of the New Republic

XWA-TC-17: Secrets and Lies: The Exile

BSF’s are due by Midnight GMT May 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 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: 6 (0 MTD)

LoC’s: 0 (0 MTD)

LoS’s: 0 (0 MTD)

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Discord

Conclusion

Maybe since I can barely walk, I’ll do a bit more flying…

TCCOM-IOA/FA Pete Mitchell/TC-1/ISDII Challenge
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