REPORTING OFFICER: Admiral Plif, Commodore
DATE SUBMITTED: 18 Jul 2016

June MSE awards came out since my last report, and there were a whole lot of big medals that went out thanks to everyone's efforts during Raise the Flag. Several officers earned their first of a particular type of medal, which were gratifying to recommend and all well-deserved! Congratulations to all of the following award recipients:

• LT Reyla Setsune was awarded her first Imperial Security Medal
• LT Volac Kingang was awarded his second Imperial Security Medal
• LCM Bodhan Grayson was awarded his third Imperial Security Medal
• LT Christopher Winchester was awarded his first Palpatine Crescent
• LT Lucifer Scorpio Romanov was awarded his first Palpatine Crescent
• LT Rachel Drakon was awarded her first Palpatine Crescent
• LC Michael Emrys was awarded his sixth Palpatine Crescent
• CM Junazee was awarded her first Bronze Star of the Empire
• CM leocadio was awarded his first Bronze Star of the Empire
• CPT Sparky was awarded his first Bronze Star of the Empire
• CPT Spiffy the Chicken was awarded his first Bronze Star of the Empire
• CPT Xavier Sienar was awarded his third Bronze Star of the Empire
• MAJ Keth Aalith was awarded his first Bronze Star of the Empire
• LC Repulsor was awarded his second Bronze Star of the Empire
• LC Len Eode was awarded his first Silver Star of the Empire
• COL Daniel Stephens was awarded his second Silver Star of the Empire
• COL Mark Schueler was awarded his third Silver Star of the Empire
• COL Wraith was awarded his third Silver Star of the Empire
• GN Jarek La'an was awarded his fifth Silver Star of the Empire
• LC Ulrich Drachen was awarded his second Gold Star of the Empire
• GN Gilad Pellaeon was awarded his sixth Gold Star of the Empire
• GN Pickled Yoda was awarded his second Gold Star of the Empire

In addition to the merit medals, 30 Warriors were awarded Medals of Communication. Well done, all!

Also, there were a couple of Iron Stars awarded this week from June activity:

• GN Picked Yoda received an IS-SW for placing second in the Ace of the TIE Corps competition
• COL Mark Schueler received an IS-BW for placing third in the Ace of the TIE Corps competition

Big project for me is building the post-RtF edition of the newsletter, which has quite a few fiction and graphic works to publish. So many!

Updating the banner in the database caused all the image links in my previous reports to become broken in the database. I'll fix those!

A full list of active competitions is available on http://tc.emperorshammer.org/competitions.php?id=current

The resident WARD, LC Len Eode, is running a fiction competition! Check it out on http://tc.emperorshammer.org/competitions.php?id=2866

40 Strong (Even) - http://tc.emperorshammer.org/roster.php?type=ship&id=16&all=1

COMMODORE'S ESCORT FLIGHT - TIE FIGHTER
Nickname: Frown's Fear
Motto: 'Lasers are for losers'

[1] GN Pickled Yoda, COM Protector and TCCOM's Wingman
[2] LC Tempest (in spirit)
[3] LC Repulsor
[4] COL Mark Schueler

What I've been up to since my last report:

• Active on email and Telegram
• Played some Battlefront, Uprising, and Commander
• Awarded the Silver Star for June activity
• Working on the newsletter

For those of you not still stuck in the cycle of drink, purge, rally, and sleep it off, don't forget about that fiction competition!

As always, the only way forward is Through.

Admiral Plif
COM-EDR/AD Plif/ISDII Warrior
GSx4/SSx3/BSx16/PCx13/ISMx23/IS-1PW-30GW-43SW-62BW-1PR-11GR-21SR-26BR/MoI/MoT-1gh
LoC-PSx3-TS-CSx6-Rx3/LoS-PS-CSx4/DFC-SW-Rx2/MoC-2doc-2poc-3goc-4soc-20boc
CoLx2/CoE/CoB/LoAx4/OV-18E [EXCR] [Ace 1st]
TIE Golf Grand Champion, Commodore of the TIE Corps Flagship

ISDII WARRIOR: TIE CORPS FLAGSHIP, RTF CHAMPIONS 2014, 2015, AND 2016