TIE Corps Commander Report #43

Date Submitted: July 28, 2019
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

Pete Gets Surprised

Pete, wearing his flight suit, was double-checking his quarters to make sure there wasn’t anything he forgot.  Satisfied, he grabbed his bag and helmet and walked out.

Exiting the turbolift on the hangar level, Pete was intercepted by FA Plif.  “Pete! You’re exercise with the Warrior is cancelled.”

“What?  Why?”

“The Grand Admiral is on his way here.  He has an announcement.”

“Oh great.  How soon will he arrive?”

“Two hours.”

“At least we got lots of notice…  I better get my dress uniform on to greet him.”

Two hours later in the main hangar bay of the challenge, the entire contingent of pilots and troopers were waiting as the Grand Admiral’s shuttle landed smoothly.  The Fleet Admirals Pete, Plif, and Silvius stepped forward to greet the Grand Admiral. 

“Greetings Grand Admiral!  How may we serve you today?” said Pete. 

“Well you’ve done most of the work already.  Just stand at the front and we’ll get this party started.  Sorry for the late notice.  It was necessary to squeeze this in my schedule.” 

“No problem at all, sir.”

Pete stood at the front of the crowd as GA Rapier approached.  He was followed by his assistant, carrying a case.  Pete recognized it from several encounters with that case.  Larger than most medal cases, yet too small for most weapons.  He couldn’t fully mask his smile.

Rapier started, “Fleet Admiral Pete Mitchell!  For just over a year as TCCOM and 11 months as SOO before that you have been an outstanding flag officer and your exemplary service at the top position of the Tie Corps have made you a valuable individual. Congrats Pete... Try to keep the Challenge upright... that inverted stuff gets old.”

Rapier held the medal up and Pete bent down to allow the Grand Admiral to place the eagle around his neck.  Pete stood up straight and saluted. “Thank you very much, Sir”

“You earned it.” Replied Rapier as he handed Pete his ceremonial dagger to go with the medal. 

Pete turned around to face the crowd and held the dagger up.  “Drinks are on me!”  The entire ship cheered as loud as ever. 

News

Well, as stated above, I was honored with the Grand Order of the Emperor by GA Rapier at FA Plif’s recommendation.  Thank you very much!

Just three days left for TIE Corps in Battle submissions in July, so get to those ships!

Also, Grand Admiral Ronin’s birthday is coming up (August 21^st), so begin planning the celebratory drinking, and CMDR’s get those CoL nominations in!

Plif started a new competition so that squadrons can earn points to change ships, roles, and even their names!  It’s called Squadron (Re)Mobilization.  Join in to change nearly anything you want in your squadron!  It is progressing well so far. 

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!

Promotions

None

Transfers

None

Open Command Positions

Sin Flight Leader

Alpha Flight Leader

Theta Flight Leader

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps in Battle 2019:

July Assignments:

TIE-TC-36: Weekend Retreat

XvT-TC-54: Avengers, Frodo, and a Lost Mission Compendium

XWA-TC-29: Battle of Sharnall

BSF’s are due by midnight GMT on July 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

TIE Corps Exercise: Squadron (Re)Mobilization

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: 18 (29 MTD)

LoC’s: 0 (3 MTD)

LoS’s: 147 (93 MTD)

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Discord

Conclusion

I am deeply honored!

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