TIE Corps Command Report
Weekly Report #60 – Submission date: May 4th 2014
Introduction

Sixty! Happy Star Wars day for all of us SW fans!

This has been an excellent week for the TIE Corps, with many new recruits and a veteran joining our ranks! Welcome to LC Nile Rosenau and SL Doc, who have joined Epsilon Squadron, and also welcome to SL Zephon, who joined Kappa Squadron, SL Chrome, who joined Beta and already got his promotion to LT, and SL Benjo, who joined Delta Squadron! Glad to have you all aboard, I hope you enjoy your time with us!

The recruitment efforts of LCM Landon Cruise can’t go unnoticed. With no less than 3 MoIs awarded this week alone, and several recruits in the Modified Platform Daedalus, Landon will certainly ensure we have a full fleet in no time. Congratulations to Landon, and also to CM Starkillerny, who earned a MoI of his own. Keep it up, gentlemen!

If it was not enough, LCM Landon Cruise was kind enough to create a TC recruitment video on Youtube. Make sure you help to boost the view count by checking it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJMmZviweQY&feature=youtu.be.

Raise the Flag 2014 continues its preparation stages. With two pretty much filled vessels, I expect a hell of a fight. It will be legen…wait for it…

The server issues have been resolved earlier this week…but then they returned for some reason…and got resolved again…and so we go, but the FC is on it, and measures are being taken.

The update in IWATS Core Course has been completed, and it has been submitted to the Training Officer. Let us hope it gets uploaded and ready to go soon.

Speaking of which, while the decision of lifting the training requirements has increased the inflow of pilots into the TIE Corps, which is what we intended, I was glad to see that at least a couple of new recruits have also completed IWATS Core Course in the EH database. Well done! In that regard, it is important to mention that completing IWATS Core will still be a requirement for eligibility for promotions to Lieutenant Commander and higher, so, if you haven’t, get to it!

News

* SW day! And my birthday party, so yey me…

* Many new pilots: Nile and Doc joined Epsilon, Zephon joined Kappa, Benjo joined Delta and Chrome joined Beta!

* MoIs being awarded, and new recruitment video!

* Raise the Flag update!

* Server Issues!

* IWATS Core updated and submitted to the TO.

* IWATS Core requirement for LCM promotion.

T/D Astra Fighter’s Flight Status

- None this week

TCCOM’s Other Activities

- Birthday party today!
- Gone out of town!
- Approved medals
- Processed transfers
- Approved Uniforms
- Assessed and approved competitions
- Assessed and approved promotions
- Performed both TC and EH database updates
- Usual TCCOM activities

Fleet Wide Competitions

* Star Conflict’s Combat Recon 2
Competition ID#: 2580
Competition status: approved
Submitted by: COO-LOA/RA Crsepe/TC-4/VSDII Aggressor

Competition runtime: 05/01/2014 - 05/31/2014 (27 days left)
Units involved: Entire TC
Competition medals: IS-GW/SW/BW if three participants, IS-SW/BW if only two, etc.
Description: Round 2. During Combat Recon modes, of Star Conflict, survive as the Captain or kill the Captain. This will be an accumulated number for the month. If you survive as the Captain, mouse-over the medal that says you survived as captain so we know that you did.

* *THIS* is the TIE Corps!
Competition ID#: 2534
Competition status: approved
Submitted by: SOO-TCS/RA Zósite Kónstyte Styles/TC-2/ISDII Hammer

Competition runtime: 04/01/2014 - 05/15/2014 (11 days left)
Units involved: Entire TC
Competition medals: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR
And... the possibility of all an IS-PR! Depending on the overall quality of submissions and that of the winner one compared to the rest of them.
Description: So the TIE Corps website doesn't seem to have the classic 'About us...' section up there for people to realize what we really are and what's this pseudo-military madness all about. And I've heard some officers from our current membership complaining that such situation could be driving potential new recruits back in panic thinking we're gonna eat their democratic souls or something, then forcing them to play games meant to be played only by lifeless beings who lost their twenties long ago. And hell... I think they're damn right.

Therefore, and in order for such an important issue on our recruiting efforts to be addressed ASAP, your most dreaded SOO has decided to set up an official competition for you to be able to contribute with what may perfectly be the best thing you'll ever do for the Fleet as a whole out of your own performance as pilots and commanding officers.

ALL current members of the TIE Corps are hereby called to participate by submitting their own versions of an eventual 'About us' section, which will become the main page to be accessed instead the news one. All submissions must use HTML standard code and are expected to include pics, logos, links, EH/TC history, game platforms we use, maybe a few lines on usual Fleet procedures... Everything you may consider important enough to the point of motivating slightly interested people into becoming our new cadets (without boring them to suicidal levels). Please include the HTML file itself and all pics using the intended resolution on a ZIP file, then send it by e-mail to ALL members of the TIE Corps Admiralty (TCCOM, SOO and COO). And try for all your content to fit on a 750px wide table (including margins). Apart from that you should try to follow current TC site layout as much as possible, and know that your submission may be modified as necessary by site admin. (that would be the aforementioned dreaded SOO) for it to better fit current content.

Nothing else to say except that we're obviously expecting top-quality submissions as befitting our great Fleet, as much as to be judged as worthy contenders for no less than a Platinum Ribbon! Please try to understand this task is of utmost important for us all, hence the quality we're asking for and our confidence in your skills to fulfill our requirements.

* MP Ace of the TIE Corps
Competition ID#: 2501
Competition status: Approved
Submitted by: COO-LOA/RA Crsepe/TC-4/VSDII Aggressor

Competition runtime: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
Units involved: Entire TC
Competition medals: IS-PW/GW/SW/BW for the year, IS-GW/SW/BW monthly for the top 3 pilots
Description: The MP Kill Board will used to keep track of points. Each LoC earns you a point for the competition, and a DFC counts for 5 points. Whoever scores most points win. The numbers on the MP Kill Board at the end of the month are the numbers that are tallied. If there are three participants then IS-GW/SW/BW, if only two IS-SW/BW, etc. At the end of the year the top 3 pilots with the most points will receive IS-PW/GW/SW/BW. XWA, XvT, Star Conflict, and Freelancer-Freeworlds are the authorized platforms for this competition.

* Ace of the TIE Corps
Competition ID#: 2492
Competition status: Approved
Submitted by: TAC-PROF/HA Anahorn Dempsey/CS-6/VSDII Sinister
CMDR/COL Anahorn Dempsey/Delta/Wing I/ISDII Hammer

Competition runtime: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
Units involved: Entire TC
Competition medals: IS-GW/SW/BW monthly.
IS-PW/GW/SW/BW at the end of the year.
Description: As always: every SP mission flown wins a point, whoever has most points at the end of the month wins. IS-GW/SW/BW for top 3 monthly, at the end of the year the top 4 pilots win IS-PW/GW/SW/BW. Each mission only counts once towards this competition, missions flown in previous years can be reflown.
The Kill Board statistics on the TC website are final.


Quotes of the Week

1 – LCM Landon Cruise: “BTW, watch out ISD Warrior wannabes, LoL, I'm going to have our ship at 4 Squadrons before you guys get another member in that dusty old ship, LoL.”

I don’t doubt it! This guy can certainly send a lot of work my way, it’s awesome!

2 – HA Daniel Bonini: “Next life primary objective: be alive at December 18th 2015... All other tasks secondary...”

LC Tempest: “Indeed... I'm almost excited, and I shouldn't let that happen.
Chances are it will be crap and then I'll be disappointd as hell...”

GN Pickled Yoda: “My goal is to be around on December 19 for Tempest's review.”

Right, added to the list!

3 – LC Nile Rosenau: “Thank you everyone for the warm returning welcome!
That’s the TC hospitality that I remember!”

I like to think we improved it :)

Promotions

- Cadet Doc to Sub-Lieutenant Doc!
- Cadet Zephon to Sub-Lieutenant Zephon!
- Cadet Chrome to Sub-Lieutenant Chrome to Lieutenant Chrome!
- Cadet Benjo to Sub-Lieutenant Benjo!

Transfers

- SL Doc – M/PLT Daedalus to Epsilon Squadron
- LC Nile Rosenau – M/FRG Phoenix to Epsilon Squadron
- SL Zephon – M/PLT Daedalus to Kappa Squadron
- SL Chrome – M/PLT Daedalus to Beta Squadron
- SL Benjo – M/PLT Daedalus to Delta Squadron

Open Command Positions

- Alpha Squadron Commander
- Sin Squadron Commander

Conclusion

…dary! Legendary!

Have an awesome week, and May the 4th be with you!

Respectfully submitted,

TCCOM/HA Daniel Bonini/TC-1/ISDII Challenge
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