Sin Report # 30 (2018-01-08)

This report was submitted by CMDR/MAJ Hav Antiel/Sin/Wing II/ISDII Warrior


Sin Squadron
SIN WEEKLY SQUADRON REPORT #30
SIN CMDR: MAJ Hav Antiel
REPORT DATE: 7 January 2018
COMPETITION UPDATES
The new year is here in full force, Sinners, so I'd like to focus on the new and upcoming competitions. This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list; as always, the full list of active competitions is available in the Competitions Center.

TIE Corps-wide Competitions
  • TIE Corps on Patrol
    For 2018, TCoP is moving to every other week. VA Pete Mitchell is taking the TCoP helm this year, so please note that BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London one every other Monday starting January 15.

  • TIE Corps Pilot League
    Like TCoP, the Pilot League is a single-player comp taking place every other week. The difference here is that pilots have a rolling handicap. Each round, the pilot with the highest handicap score (expressed as a percentage of the high score) in each platform will earn 4 points. The next highest score will earn 3, the next highest 2, and all other submissions will earn 1. If the winning pilot in a platform also beat the high score (without the handicap added), that pilot will earn 5 points for that platform. There are more details about the handicap calculations on the competitions page, but needless to say, I'm very excited about this one!

  • Imperial Storm - A New Hope (pending)
    This is the turn-based map campaign that the WARDs have been working on for some time. I don't know all of the details at the moment, but I think this is going to be a game changer. More details to come.

  • Other Competitions
    TIE Corps on Recon and the COO's comps (COO's Monthly Assignments, TCAI, COO's Riddle, COO's Star Wars Challenge, MP Ace of the TIE Corps, and MP Co-Op Ace of the TIE Corps) will continue in 2018. The only new addition, it appears, is the EABFII: PvP Efficiency comp for Battlefront II.
Warrior Competitions
  • Wing II Commander's Escort Flight / Warrior Commodore's Escort Flight
    These are MP and SP versions of the same comp: fly enough missions to rank among the top four on the Warrior for the month to earn points. Iron Stars are awarded to the top four every month with a quarterly bonus. For the Commodore's Escort Flight, LoCs and LoSs are summed for the total.

  • Warrior Trivia
    Trivia is scheduled to continue in 2018 using the TC database instead of Google Forms.
Sin Squadron Competitions
  • Project 659
    At the moment, Sin Squadron has zero squadron citations (Note: A squadron citation is earned when at least half of a squadron's roster has completed a specific SP battle). Despite this, Sin Squadron has been looking pretty good the last few months. Activity is high, and our reputation is growing. That's why I'm looking to boost that citation number, Sinners.

    There are lots of comps that focus on single missions (I count three in the list above), but this would be the only active comp that focuses on complete battles. I'm still working on the specifics, but I would like to include bonuses for high-ish scores (say 80% of a current high score) and fastest submission. I'm curious to hear your input, pilots, so please share your thoughts on this comp idea.
ROSTER
Sin Squadron - Long-range Support
The Unrepentant - 'Sin like you mean it.'
Wing II - ISDII Warrior

Flight I - Missile Boat Mk.II
Hell's Own - 'We are as good as they say.'
[1-1] MAJ Hav Antiel
[1-2] SL Acura
[1-3] MAJ Wondra
[1-4] MAJ Spiffy the Chicken

Flight II - Missile Boat Mk.II
Hell's Wrath - 'Reinforcements have arrived.'
[2-1] LCM Rando
[2-2] MAJ Xavier Sienar
[2-3] TBA
[2-4] TBA

Flight III - Missile Boat Mk.II
Winged Hell - 'Not even hell stops us.'
[3-1] LC Earnim Branet
[3-2] TBA
[3-3] TBA
[3-4] GN Exar Kit
ACTIVITY
Flight I

[1-1] MAJ Hav Antiel
  • Flying: 29 SP missions flown, IS-GW (x3), IS-SW (x2)
  • Non-flying: BS, IS-BR
  • Communication: email, Telegram
[1-2] SL Acura
  • Flying: None
  • Non-flying: None
  • Communication: None
[1-3] MAJ Wondra
  • Flying: None
  • Non-flying: None
  • Communication: None
[1-4] MAJ Spiffy the Chicken
  • Flying: None
  • Non-flying: None
  • Communication: email
Flight II

[2-1] LCM Rando
  • Flying: IS-GW, IS-BW
  • Non-flying: None, lots of Star Wars-related stuff
  • Communication: email
[2-2] MAJ Xavier Sienar
  • Flying: None
  • Non-flying: TAC duties
  • Communication: None
Flight III

[3-1] LC Earnim Branet
  • Flying: LoC (x7), LoS (x30), IS-SW, new Combat Rating: Marksman 2nd
  • Non-flying: None
  • Communication: email
[3-4] GN Exar Kit
  • Flying: None
  • Non-flying: None
  • Communication: None
CLOSING COMMENTS
I have high hopes for 2018, Sinners. In addition to the new competitions, I have also included drafts of our new flight nicknames and mottoes. As you can see, we have focused on two elements: unifying our 'Hell' theme and reflecting our squadron role of long-range support. Thanks again to our flight leaders for their creativity!

For Sin,

CMDR/MAJ Hav Antiel/Sin/Wing II/ISDII Warrior

GS/SSx3/BSx4/PCx3/ISMx5/IS-5GW-8SW-17BW-2GR-8SR-29BR/MoI/MoC-2doc-2poc-2goc-3soc-19boc/CoL/CoB/LoAx9/OV-3E [CNTR] [none] [none] {IWATS-BFM-CA-CBX-COE-CTW-HIST-MCBS-SC-SFW-SM/4-STM-TT-WIKI-XWAC}

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