Phoenix stared intently at the holopad on the jet black desk that was placed before the stateroom's main viewport, somewhat oblivious to the sounds around him as the other members of the TIE Corps Command Staff conferred about what was unfolding before them.

"Probe droids in sector 33-Alpha, 26-Gamma and 12-Nu have detected Kilji ships, no doubt they're keeping up their patrols along their border line," mused RA Colo Delste.

"It was anticipated, our forces are responding as per their instructions," responded HA Plif.

Phoenix leaned forward to get a closer look at the icons on the map, Plif was spot on, the TIE Corps forces in-front of him were closing in on their targets... the liberation of the Rift had begun.

Fiction

• The four judges will be the members of the TIE Corps Command Staff
• Fiction will be limited to one submission per pilot per fortnight with bonus comps providing a prompt each fortnight.
• Word count minimum (1000) and maximum (4000) will be implemented.
• No AI derived fiction writing (don't use AI to write a story for you even if you intend to tweak it afterwards).
• Submit your submission to the Warfare Officer at phoenixberkana@gmail.com

Round One Instructions

During Imperial Storm the TIE Corps battled The Kilji Illumine (a religious empire that sought to spread their religion across the Unknown Regions and the rest of the Galaxy) to a standstill at the Tkon Rift. The Kilji were seeking to advance through the rift and attack the worlds on the far side of it, where the Emperor's Hammer fleet was located. Imperial Storm ended in a strategic victory in that we stopped that from happening, although a tactical stalemate in that the majority of worlds in the Tkon Rift fell to the enemy.

Squadron ReMobilization saw the TIE Corps fall back on the friendly worlds on this side of the Rift, where we effected repairs and regenerated our forces, ready to heed the Fleet Commander's call to move on into the Unknown Regions, once we've taken care of liberating those worlds that fell during Imperial Storm.

Go read the background here : https://wiki.emperorshammer.org/EH_Plotline#The_Battle_of_Tkon_Rift

Based on the prompt above (italics) our forces have begun their advance towards the Tkon Rift and are preparing to press home their advantage after meeting a Kilji Patrol.

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• Fiction bonus comps (each), Iron Stars with Ribbons: Gold, Silver x2, Bronze x3, Copper x4 (top ten)
• Individual best fiction piece between both bonus comps: Upgraded to IS-PR