Not much to report this week, RL events have detracted most of everyone's attention. Anyway, here are some pieces of interest from the Tactical Office:

1. TAC2K !

I took the office again with a grand total of 1,722 missions online. The Tactical Office's goal is now to reach the 2,000 mark, with quality work of course ! The lastest count is already up to 1,840 missions, with the release of the lastest FCHG battles !!
 

2. Submission ban lifted

You can submit new custom battles and missions to me (at either tac@emperorshammer.org or striker@tiecorps.org). ALL NEW SUBMISSIONS MUST FOLLOW EXACTLY THE SUBMISSION PROCEDURES STATED IN THE TACTICAL MANUAL. Failure to follow will simply lead to your submission be rejected. If you can't follow these procedures, it means you didn't read them, thus you didn't read as well the standard required for EH custom missions. You will find below a listing of all missions/battles currently in the hands of the TAC Office. If you submitted earlier a mission/battle which is not on this list, you will have to resubmit it again, following the new procedures like everyone else. This includes primarily passing the appropriate mission design course and playtesting your own battle (zipped pilot file must be attached).

Tactical Manual: http://www.tiecorps.org/tac/tac-man/
 

3. Bug correction and mission creators

If you happen to encounter a Battle or Free Mission that has bugs, do not attempt to correct it on your own (see the Cheating Policy). Only members of the Tactical Office staff are authorized to fix bugs in official missions. However, authors of an official Battle or Free Mission may submit to the Tactical Officer an updated version of their work at any time, IF it fits the following conditions:

• the latest corrections brought by the Tactical Staff must be taken into account (i.e. correct your work from the current official version)
• the maximum reachable score cannot be lower than in the original mission, to prevent unreachable High Scores to occur. Maximum score can be higher though (i.e. don't remove or make invulnerable crafts which could be destroyed in the previous version, add additional bonus goals if necessary)

4. FCHG Battles

I am pleased to see people enjoyed the lastest released battles. I encourage everyone to fly these. A XWA one has already reached the first place in overall battle ratings !
 

5. Plotlines

One thing concerning new battles and plotlines: you can't have any high ranking EH officer (like GA Ronin or active CS...) being simply killed in a battle, nor commissioned capital ships (like SSD, ISDs, etc) or major bases of operation (Daedalus etc) being destroyed. Of course, our fleet is not indestructible, you can have have some medium size capital ships like FRGs etc to be destroyed, even ISDs for your story BUT not those from the official order of battle, unless you get the Fleet Commander's approval. One last thing, a great battle is first a great story, think of your battles like you would for writing a story or making a movie... Save the GA in fighting alone hordes of evil X-Wings with concussion missiles does not give much fun to pilots ;-)
 

6. Battle listing

The Tactical Office and Tactical Staff have currently the following missions and battles:
 
TIE Fighter - Queued

• [TIE] A Longer Arm
• [TIE] Strange New Worlds
• [TIE] Battle of Endor
• [TIE-FREE] Find The Spy
• [TIE-FREE] Evacuate Platform
• [TIE-FREE] Great Ewok Hunt
• [TIE] Fleet Commander's Honor Guard

TIE Fighter - Under playtesting

• [TIE] Katana Remnants
• [TIE] The Great Beef Acquisition
• [TIE-FREE] The Cattle Groups: Bull Sith
• [TIE-FREE] The Cattle Groups: More Bull Sith
• [TIE-FREE] Colossus Wing VIII Starfighter Overhaul
• [TIE-FREE] Pot Luck
• [TIE-FREE] Rebel Shipyards

TIE Fighter - under correction

• [TIE-FREE] Wargames
• [TIE-FREE] System Patrol
• [TIE-FREE] Farewell Celebration
• [TIE-FREE] Ride of the Valkyries
• [TIE-FREE] Customs Operations
• [TIE-FREE] Patrol (remember the Word doc)
• [TIE-FREE] Reconcile a Rebel Dispute
• [TIE-FREE] Don't Ask Me; I Just Work Here.
• [TIE-FREE] Battle of Baraton
• [TIE-FREE] Mad Cow on Patrol
• [TIE-FREE] "Yoink"
• [TIE-FREE] Serendipity
• [TIE-FREE] The Intrusion of Light
• [TIE-FREE] The Red Baron's Demise
• [TIE] AI

Xwing vs TIE Fighter/Balance of Power - queued

• [BoP] Stvg
• [XvT-FREE] Destroy Republic Starfighter Facility
• [XvT-FREE] Assassination at Grensoch
• [XvT-FREE] Revelations
• [XvT-FREE] Colossus Roundabout
• [XvT-FREE] Yet Another Inspection Assignment

Xwing vs TIE Fighter/Balance of Power - under playtesting

• [XvT-BoP-IW27] Rion's Shadow Campaign: Tactical Withdrawal
• [BoP-IW29] Ion Inflitration

Xwing vs TIE Fighter/Balance of Power - under correction

• [XvT] Majestic
• [XvT] The Scarlet Fleet
• [XvT-BoP-IW28] Adventures of the Warspite
• [XvT-DB] Conflicts of Interest
• [XvT-FREE] The Pick Up
• [XvT-FREE] Treachery at Phare System
• [XvT-FREE] Battle of Baraton
• [XvT-FREE] Smugglers Mainstay's End
• [XvT-FREE] Assault on Calluria
• [XvT-FREE] Rebel Platform Space Control
• [XvT-FREE] Attack of Rebel Science platforms
• [XvT-FREE] Capture of DREAD Liberty
• [BoP-FREE] Protect an interdictor

Xwing Alliance - queued

• [XWA] Claws of Death
• [XWA] Ticket to Chimaera
• [XWA-FREE] Blazing Fury !

Xwing Alliance - under playtesting

• [XWA] History of the Sovereign
• [XWA] Career of VA Adrenaline
• [XWA-FREE] Testing Sources
• [XWA-FREE] Capture the Valorum
• [XWA-FREE] A Moment of Rest
• [XWA-FREE] Rescue Phantom

Xwing Alliance - in TAC hands

• [XWA-FREE] Capture Rebel Cruiser
• [XWA-FREE] Steal a Gunship
• [XWA-FREE] Routine Patrol
• [XWA-FREE] Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
• [XWA-FREE] Revenge on the Immortal
• [XWA] Evaluation of the ISD Vanguard
• [XWA] Conquest of Gascon (pending sequel)