TFTC-TC 13: The Hammer Falls

Battle Information

Game platform: TIE Fighter Total Conversion for XWA
Missions: 4
Release date: 2025-11-24
Last updated: 2025-11-24
Average rating 3.7
Reviews: 3
Bug reports: 1
Times completed: 8
Patches used: None
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Hammer Memorial Medal
Battle Medal:
Hammer Memorial Medal

This battle follows the storyline of the Imperial Storm VI campaign.

The TIE Corps has been tasked with defending the Tkon Rift and defeating the religious slavers, the Kilji. The TIE Corps has split into three equal sub-fleets with the ISDII Hammer leading the Eastern Command. They are sweeping up the middle of the Rift seeking to break through to the enemy’s rear line and searching for any enemy forces to eliminate...

Battle Reviews

5 out of 5 because I'm in it! A must play!! Maybe I'll be in another some day!


This was the first Jagged battle that I did not enjoy. The missions were all very short, two of them were not beatable on hard without unlimited ammo (trying to destroy a capital ship in a T/A with 16 advanced concussion missiles while your entire fleet is wiped out in one minute), mission objectives were confusing (Objective is to destroy small ships but you have to kill two full size cruisers), bizarre bugs (being able to enter the hangar in mission 4 after your capital ships are destroyed). I think the battle could definitely have had a couple more missions (maybe the Interdictor in mission 2 gets disabled and used against you later to prevent an escape, or your forces find an abandoned pirate outpost and make it functional, or hide in some asteroids from mission 3, prolonging the last stand and making it longer than a 2 minute mission.

Having to keep chaff running so that you didn't get killed by a random torpedo that just happened to cross your path was also a negative. The battle lines in mission two also didn't make sense (Interdictors at the front where they could be easily killed, no lancer or carrack cruisers for anti-starfighter defense protecting the capital ships, although it is possible this was done for plot reasons. Also rather strange that in mission 3 your ships are repairing damage but are at 100% shields/hull, and in the final mission they are at 50% and charging.


PAR!

I think this is a great battle and had fun making it, even if it did take me a LONG time to do it due to other priorities and passions. If you like triumphant battles, this one won't be for you but for everyone else it should be a fun fly. Remember the Roost!


Battle Bug Reports

MAJ Vanguard88

2026-01-09

Mission 4: You are able to enter the ISD's hangar after it has been destroyed.


High Scores

Battle Total: 18,901 MAJ Vanguard88 2025-12-29
Mission 1: 5,310 MAJ Vanguard88 2025-12-29
Mission 2: 8,658 MAJ Vanguard88 2025-12-29
Mission 3: 2,110 MAJ Vanguard88 2025-12-29
Mission 4: 6,138 COL Jagged Fell III 2025-11-25

Top Ten

(of available records)

1 18,901 MAJ Vanguard88 2025-12-29
2 18,101 COL Jagged Fell III 2025-11-25
3 10,541 FA Pickled Yoda 2025-11-24
4 10,443 MAJ KEBLAOMEGA 2025-11-29
5 104 COL TheBlackxRanger 2025-12-30

Battle Completion Statistics

This battle has been flown by 7 pilots a total of 8 times.

COL Jagged Fell III - 2 times, last on 2025-11-25

MAJ KEBLAOMEGA - 2025-11-29

AD Locke Setzer - 2025-11-24

GN Master - 2025-11-24

FA Pickled Yoda - 2025-11-24

COL TheBlackxRanger - 2025-12-30

MAJ Vanguard88 - 2025-12-29

Title    : The Hammer Falls
Author   : CMDR-TACA/LC Jagged Fell III/Typhoon/Wing X/ISDII Challenge/Battlegroup III
           jaggedfelliii@gmail.com
Platform : TFTC-TC
Number of 
missions : 4
Medal    : Hammer Memorial Medal


Required patches
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Included


Installation Instructions
--------------------------

Refer to https://wiki.emperorshammer.org/Installing_TFTC_Missions for guided instructions if needed.

1] Unless battle is being installed on a dedicated TFTC-R install for EH battles, create a backup of
   the following original files so that you will be able to restore them after uninstall.

\TFTC\fronttext.txt
\TFTC\Frontres\Tour\squad4.cbm
\TFTC\MedalsDescriptions.txt
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\Battle0.cbm
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\LBattle0.cbm
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\MEDALS.txt
\TFTC\Missions\Mission.lst
\TFTC\Missions\Email.txt


2] Copy the contents of both zip folders into the main TFTC directory, allow it to overwrite any files.

3] Play using the provided pilot file.


Uninstall Instructions
--------------------------

1] Restore the following from your backup:

\TFTC\fronttext.txt             	  	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Tour\squad4.cbm    	  	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\MedalsDescriptions.txt       	 	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\Battle0.cbm 	 	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\LBattle0.cbm 		    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\MEDALS.txt  		    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Missions\Mission.lst         		    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Missions\Email.txt			    >>>> restore


2] Optional, but highly recommended to prevent erroneous audio in future custom EH battles:
   Delete the custom WAVE/Frontend folders, otherwise the briefing audio could play during
   other custom EH Battle.

\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M1 >>>> delete
\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M2 >>>> delete
\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M3 >>>> delete
\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M4 >>>> delete




Introduction
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During Imperial Storm 6 I got the idea to make a battle featuring a squadron other than Typhoon in the
lead role and arrived at wanting to make a battle featuring Lambda Squadron. When the Battle of B1307
and B1208 happened in the competition I felt the strong need to tell that story and to
Remember the Roost.

The TIE Corps has been tasked with defending the Tkon Rift and defeating the religious slavers,
the Kilji. The TIE Corps has split into three equal sub-fleets with the ISDII Hammer leading the
Eastern Command. They are sweeping up the middle of the Rift seeking to break through to the enemy’s
rear line and searching for any enemy forces to eliminate...



Audio
-------------

This battle uses a mixture of human voices, both natural and using an AI voice changer
to alter my voice for the different roles and AI Text-to-Speech.

Cast
------------
Narrator 		- Amazon AWS
Genie			- Amazon AWS
Gytheran		- Jagged Fell III/KotOR Jawas
Wolve Berkana		- Jagged Fell III/KotOR 2 Ithorians
DemWookieCheeks		- Self
Sam Arsio		- Self
LPhoenix		- Self
Keblaomega		- Self
All other roles 	- Jagged Fell III
Sound Effects from Pixabay



Custom Battle Images
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Go to the following link to see the custom mission image for this battle. 

https://wiki.emperorshammer.org/EH_TFTC_Mission_Images#TFTC-TC_13:_The_Hammer_Falls


Credits
-------------
Images in all .dats by Jagged Fell III
All skins by Jagged Fell III



Detailed Installation Instructions
----------------------------------


--Backup Files--

1] Create a backup of the following original files so that you will be able to restore
   them after uninstall.

\TFTC\fronttext.txt
\TFTC\Frontres\Tour\squad4.cbm
\TFTC\MedalsDescriptions.txt
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\Battle0.cbm
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\LBattle0.cbm
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\MEDALS.txt
\TFTC\Missions\Mission.lst
\TFTC\Missions\Email.txt



--Optional Item Installation--

2] To use the custom crest, install the following files in the indicated
   locations:

\fronttext.txt                 >>>> \TFTC\
\Frontres\Tour\squad4.cbm      >>>> \TFTC\Frontres\Tour\

3] To use the custom battle medal, install the following files in the indicated
   locations:

\MedalsDescriptions.txt        >>>> \TFTC\
\Frontres\Medals\Battle0.cbm   >>>> \TFTC\Frontres\Medals\
\Frontres\Medals\LBattle0.cbm  >>>> \TFTC\Frontres\Medals\
\Frontres\Medals\MEDALS.txt    >>>> \TFTC\Frontres\Medals\

4] To install custom audio files copy the Wave folder into the \TFTC\ root directory.

5] To install custom ship skins with unit patches copy the \FlightModels\Skins folder
   into the \TFTC\FlightModels directory.


--Required Item Installation--

6] Install the custom backdrops by copying the Resdata folder into the \TFTC\ root directory.

7] Install the missions by copying the mission.lst and mission files with config files
   from the zip folder into the \TFTC\Missions folder

8] Install the Emails by copying the Email.txt file from the Mission folder into the 
   \TFTC\Missions folder

9] Use Included Blank Pilot File



--Uninstall Steps--

10] If you installed the briefing audio files, you MUST delete and restore the custom
   WAVE/Frontend folders, otherwise the briefing audio will play during every custom
   EH Battle.

\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M1 >>>> delete
\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M2 >>>> delete
\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M3 >>>> delete
\TFTC\WAVE\Frontend\B20M4 >>>> delete


11] Restore the following from your backup:

\TFTC\fronttext.txt             	  	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Tour\squad4.cbm    	  	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\MedalsDescriptions.txt       	 	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\Battle0.cbm 	 	    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\LBattle0.cbm 		    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Frontres\Medals\MEDALS.txt  		    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Missions\Mission.lst         		    >>>> restore
\TFTC\Missions\Email.txt         		    >>>> restore





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