And just because I had nothing better to do, I finished the final testing on an XvT battle as well - XvT IW 12: Ride of the Leviathan is now ready for play!
And once we're on a roll, we're on a roll. Please welcome to the compendium XWA TC 68: Flight of the Indomitable!
And a second mission by Landon Cruise has been added to the compendium: XWA free 156!
Today we see the release of a new free mission for TIE Fighter (TIE F 288), and we welcome Landon Cruise to the club of mission creators! Welcome...
As per this recommendation, RA Zósite has been promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral! Congratulations, VA Zós!
"For the past 6 months, Rear Admiral Zósite Kónstyte Styles has brought new life to the TIE Corps. His dedication and leadership style have served as inspiration to all the members, including myself, and the club simply became better than ever before. It's not unusual for him to come up with improvement ideas, and if the ideas come from anyone else, he's always ready to promptly make them possible. His creation of the profile ATRs is a very good example of that. He would be already eligible for this promotion, but it became even a more special timing for such a recommendation after his superb leadership performance in a competition like Raise the Flag, which obviously shall be also properly rewarded with the proper medal along the month, together with all other evaluations. But this recommendation is not only about that, it's about his overall achievements as the Strategic Operations Officer, and they are not few. For that, I'm glad to make and approve the recommendation of the promotion of RA Zósite to the rank of Vice Admiral. Could not be more proud and honored to serve with you, VA Zósite!"
"For the past 6 months, Rear Admiral Zósite Kónstyte Styles has brought new life to the TIE Corps. His dedication and leadership style have served as inspiration to all the members, including myself, and the club simply became better than ever before. It's not unusual for him to come up with improvement ideas, and if the ideas come from anyone else, he's always ready to promptly make them possible. His creation of the profile ATRs is a very good example of that. He would be already eligible for this promotion, but it became even a more special timing for such a recommendation after his superb leadership performance in a competition like Raise the Flag, which obviously shall be also properly rewarded with the proper medal along the month, together with all other evaluations. But this recommendation is not only about that, it's about his overall achievements as the Strategic Operations Officer, and they are not few. For that, I'm glad to make and approve the recommendation of the promotion of RA Zósite to the rank of Vice Admiral. Could not be more proud and honored to serve with you, VA Zósite!"
With the recent retirement of LC Kyle Kroan from Beta Squadron CMDR spot, the Beta CMDR spot is open for applications to everyone in the Fleet.
Applications should be adressed to my inbox, cc'ing your CMDR and, if Warrior members want to apply for the job, your COM.
Applications should be adressed to my inbox, cc'ing your CMDR and, if Warrior members want to apply for the job, your COM.
As lines become dots again, the Imperial-II Class Star Destroyer Challenge finally arrives home. High Admiral Daniel Bonini, on the bridge, orders: “Comms (not you, La’an), signal the Sovereign... request a note be sent to Grand Admiral Rapier of our arrival, and prepare my shuttle“.
Several minutes later, as the TIE Corps Commander enters the fleet command hall on the Sovereign, with Grand Admiral Rapier already present, HA Daniel promptly salutes: “Sir, the exercise has been completed.”
- Excellent – replies the Fleet Commander – COMM (that’s you, La’an), request Sov Command to open a channel to the fleet, so HA Daniel can present his report.
The projected image of the TIE Corps Commander appears on every room of every TIE Corps vessel, reaching all officers.
- My fellow officers, Raise the Flag is now complete. The fight was fierce, and very hard on all of us, and although they certainly were required to earn this until the end, it is my pleasure to announce that the Imperial-II Class Star Destroyer Warrior has prevailed in the exercise, and is now officially the Flagship of the TIE Corps. My most sincere congratulations go to High Admiral Frodo March and his crew, who gathered all the strength they could possibly muster, to defeat the no less deserving ISD Hammer, who also managed an unprecedented score in the history of this competition. Together, these two ships comprise the elite of the TIE Corps, and they all deserve our recognition and respect for their doings.
The TCCOM continues:
- The victory of the ISD Warrior would not be possible if it weren’t for the amazing efforts of Theta Squadron, which is now the new Escort Squadron for the TIE Corps Commander. La’an, you’re stuck with me again… Many were the pilots who impressed the fleet with their doings, but there was one who stood above all. I’d like to specially congratulate General Pickled Yoda, the newest Top Gun of the TIE Corps, and my new personal wingman. Yado, I expect you in the Challenge cantina so you can learn how to play : ‘haaaave you met Dan?’. What are wingmen for, anyway… Please check the score board for the top units and pilots, and the titles and awards they achieved in this exercise…
As the TCCOM kept going, his image was replaced by a score screen:
Ship Scores
1st – ISD-II Warrior – 7014 points – Flagship of the TIE Corps!!
2nd – ISD-II Hammer – 5074 points
3rd – ISD-II Challenge – 827 points
4th – VSD-II Aggressor – 41 points
Squadron Scores
1st – Theta Squadron – 3335 points – TCCOM’s Own Escort Squadron!!
2nd – Sin Squadron – 2350 points
3rd – Alpha Squadron – 2166 points
4th – Delta Squadron – 1638 points
5th – Kappa Squadron – 619 points
6th – Epsilon Squadron – 597 points
7th – Sigma Squadron – 231 points
8th – Beta Squadron – 164 points
Top 10 Pilot Scores
1st – GN Pickled Yoda – 1850 points – Top Gun of Raise the Flag 2014!! – IS-PW
2nd – COL Anahorn Dempsey – 1261 points – IS-GW
3rd – CPT Plif – 1005 points – IS-SW
4th – CM Landon Cruise – 931 points – IS-BW
5th – LCM Chrome – 678 points
6th – COL Jarek La’an – 663 points
7th – MAJ Wraith – 508 points
8th – RA Elwood the Brave – 474 points
9th – HA Daniel Bonini – 456 points
10th – HA Frodo March – 454 points
Top 3 Single Player Pilots
1st – GN Pickled Yoda – 1776 points – IS-GW
2nd – COL Anahorn Dempsey – 1249 points – IS-SW
3rd – HA Frodo March – 438 points – IS-BW
Top 3 Multiplayer Pilots
1st – CPT Plif – 671 points – IS-GW
2nd – CM Landon Cruise – 670 points – IS-SW
3rd – LCM Chrome – 550 points – IS-BW
Top 3 Fiction Writers
1st – COL Jarek La’an – 192 points – IS-GR
2nd – GN Pickled Yoda – 16 points – IS-SR
3rd – MAJ John T. Clark – 9 points – IS-BR
Top 3 Graphics Designers
1st – LCM Chrome – 82 points – IS-GR
2nd – COL Jarek La’an – 49 points – IS-SR
3rd – LC Impulse – 26 points – IS-BR
Ship Participation Rates
1st – ISD-II Warrior – 52,5% – IS-GR for Warrior COM
2nd – ISD-II Hammer – 48,7% – IS-SR for Hammer COM
Top 3 Squadron Participation Rates
1st – Alpha Squadron – 75,0% – IS-GR for Alpha CMDR
2nd – Sin Squadron – 62,5% – IS-SR for Sin CMDR
3rd – Theta Squadron – 60,0% – IS-BR for Theta CMDR
- And there you have it, gentlemen, the top scorers and awards for this exercise. High Admiral March, please prepare the Warrior for my arrival. For the time being, I’ll leave BOTini to take care of things on the Challenge for me…no, there’s no way I’ll send BOTini to the Warrior instead… that simply ain’t happening… or is it? I digress. Grand Admiral Rapier, sir, fleet status report: ready for battle!
Several minutes later, as the TIE Corps Commander enters the fleet command hall on the Sovereign, with Grand Admiral Rapier already present, HA Daniel promptly salutes: “Sir, the exercise has been completed.”
- Excellent – replies the Fleet Commander – COMM (that’s you, La’an), request Sov Command to open a channel to the fleet, so HA Daniel can present his report.
The projected image of the TIE Corps Commander appears on every room of every TIE Corps vessel, reaching all officers.
- My fellow officers, Raise the Flag is now complete. The fight was fierce, and very hard on all of us, and although they certainly were required to earn this until the end, it is my pleasure to announce that the Imperial-II Class Star Destroyer Warrior has prevailed in the exercise, and is now officially the Flagship of the TIE Corps. My most sincere congratulations go to High Admiral Frodo March and his crew, who gathered all the strength they could possibly muster, to defeat the no less deserving ISD Hammer, who also managed an unprecedented score in the history of this competition. Together, these two ships comprise the elite of the TIE Corps, and they all deserve our recognition and respect for their doings.
The TCCOM continues:
- The victory of the ISD Warrior would not be possible if it weren’t for the amazing efforts of Theta Squadron, which is now the new Escort Squadron for the TIE Corps Commander. La’an, you’re stuck with me again… Many were the pilots who impressed the fleet with their doings, but there was one who stood above all. I’d like to specially congratulate General Pickled Yoda, the newest Top Gun of the TIE Corps, and my new personal wingman. Yado, I expect you in the Challenge cantina so you can learn how to play : ‘haaaave you met Dan?’. What are wingmen for, anyway… Please check the score board for the top units and pilots, and the titles and awards they achieved in this exercise…
As the TCCOM kept going, his image was replaced by a score screen:
Ship Scores
1st – ISD-II Warrior – 7014 points – Flagship of the TIE Corps!!
2nd – ISD-II Hammer – 5074 points
3rd – ISD-II Challenge – 827 points
4th – VSD-II Aggressor – 41 points
Squadron Scores
1st – Theta Squadron – 3335 points – TCCOM’s Own Escort Squadron!!
2nd – Sin Squadron – 2350 points
3rd – Alpha Squadron – 2166 points
4th – Delta Squadron – 1638 points
5th – Kappa Squadron – 619 points
6th – Epsilon Squadron – 597 points
7th – Sigma Squadron – 231 points
8th – Beta Squadron – 164 points
Top 10 Pilot Scores
1st – GN Pickled Yoda – 1850 points – Top Gun of Raise the Flag 2014!! – IS-PW
2nd – COL Anahorn Dempsey – 1261 points – IS-GW
3rd – CPT Plif – 1005 points – IS-SW
4th – CM Landon Cruise – 931 points – IS-BW
5th – LCM Chrome – 678 points
6th – COL Jarek La’an – 663 points
7th – MAJ Wraith – 508 points
8th – RA Elwood the Brave – 474 points
9th – HA Daniel Bonini – 456 points
10th – HA Frodo March – 454 points
Top 3 Single Player Pilots
1st – GN Pickled Yoda – 1776 points – IS-GW
2nd – COL Anahorn Dempsey – 1249 points – IS-SW
3rd – HA Frodo March – 438 points – IS-BW
Top 3 Multiplayer Pilots
1st – CPT Plif – 671 points – IS-GW
2nd – CM Landon Cruise – 670 points – IS-SW
3rd – LCM Chrome – 550 points – IS-BW
Top 3 Fiction Writers
1st – COL Jarek La’an – 192 points – IS-GR
2nd – GN Pickled Yoda – 16 points – IS-SR
3rd – MAJ John T. Clark – 9 points – IS-BR
Top 3 Graphics Designers
1st – LCM Chrome – 82 points – IS-GR
2nd – COL Jarek La’an – 49 points – IS-SR
3rd – LC Impulse – 26 points – IS-BR
Ship Participation Rates
1st – ISD-II Warrior – 52,5% – IS-GR for Warrior COM
2nd – ISD-II Hammer – 48,7% – IS-SR for Hammer COM
Top 3 Squadron Participation Rates
1st – Alpha Squadron – 75,0% – IS-GR for Alpha CMDR
2nd – Sin Squadron – 62,5% – IS-SR for Sin CMDR
3rd – Theta Squadron – 60,0% – IS-BR for Theta CMDR
- And there you have it, gentlemen, the top scorers and awards for this exercise. High Admiral March, please prepare the Warrior for my arrival. For the time being, I’ll leave BOTini to take care of things on the Challenge for me…no, there’s no way I’ll send BOTini to the Warrior instead… that simply ain’t happening… or is it? I digress. Grand Admiral Rapier, sir, fleet status report: ready for battle!