BATTLEGROUP III REPORT #18

July 3, 2025
AD Locke Setzer

Introduction

ReMob is complete, and we have a number of stand out performances from that fleetwide competition! Beyond that, summer is now in full swing, but there's still plenty of events going on - let's dive in and get to it!

Battlegroup News and Competitions

Competition Results - Squadron (Re)Mobilization VII - Battlegroup III edition

ReMob for this year is complete, and another fleet competition is down in the books! I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight a few of our squadrons for their performance in this competition.

Congrats to both Scorpion Squadron and Typhoon Squadron on completing 40 or more tiers in this competition, earning their squadrons the title of Completed 75% of their tasks in TIE Corps Exercise: Squadron (Re)Mobilization 7 as well as a MUA and 4 ORAs for all participating members!

With 41 tiers completed however, Scorpion Squadron managed to edge out Typhoon and their 40 tiers for being the Battlegroup III squadron with the most completed tiers! It was quite the race to watch from the sidelines, and kudos to pilots in both squadrons for achieving what you did in this competition!

Special mention as well to Firebird Squadron for completing 20 tiers, earning each of their participating members 3 ORAs in the process!

Thanks again to every pilot who participated in ReMob this year! Our next fleet competition will be Raise the Flag, tentatively scheduled to begin in September of this year.

Competition Status - 2025 Trivia for the Challenged - Season 2

Now that ReMob is over, Trivia for the Challenged is back! As a quick recap, every Monday, a new set of four trivia questions will be posted on the #bg3-competitions-announcements channel on the Discord server, with topics ranging from anything from Star Wars proper to people and places in the Emperor's Hammer! Questions remain open for one week.

This week's trivia can be found here and will run through end of day (EH/UTC time), July 6th, 2025.

For more information about this competition, please view the competition listing for this season here.

Wing XXII Competition - Infiltrator's Best Friend

GN Stryker has kicked off a competition over in the Renegade/Infiltrator Wing side of the battlegroup (Scorpion, Firebird, and Eagle), challenging these pilots to provide a little history about their astromech droids.

All Renegade pilots are encouraged to come up with a name, designations, and physical descriptions of their astromech droids. Additional points will be awarded for providing more in-depth details about your droid, such as specific idiosyncrasies, history, or special modifications.

All entries should be submitted to GN Stryker either via Discord (paulb359) or via email (ehstryker@gmail.com) by August 4th, 2025. Awards will be given to the top five finalists.

For more information about this competition, please view the competition listing.

Battlegroup III Monthly Awards for June 2025

For the Battlegroup III monthly awards in June, congrats to the following:

• For Battlegroup III Squadron of the Month for June 2025, congrats to Scorpion Squadron! Pulling off the best finish in ReMob in Battlegroup III (and third overall in the fleet) with participation from nearly everyone makes this an easy decision. Congrats!
• For Battlegroup III Pilot of the Month for June 2025, congrats to Typhoon Squadron's LC Jagged Fell III! This was a very hard one for me as there were quite a few outstanding performances in ReMob this year, but I'm going to give props to LC Jagged Fell III for perhaps having the most contributions across the most tiers in this battlegroup. Congrats!
• For Battlegroup III Leader of the Month for June 2025, congrats to Scorpion Squadron's GN Stryker! I had an even harder time with this award this month - saw many instances of quite a few members stepping up in a leadership role for ReMob, from commanders to flight leaders to even flight members. That being said, I want to acknowledge GN Stryker this month for the incredible job he did leading Scorpion to a real stand out ReMob performance. Congrats!

TIE Corps News and Competitions

Competition Reminder - 2025 Mission Creation Competition

Friendly reminder that this summer, the Tactical Office is running a mission design competition intended to encourage the creation of new battles. This competition will occur over two phases, with phase one effectively being your ReMob mission design tier!

Specifically, Phase 1 (running from now until July 15th) will encourage and award pilots for creating a battle plan for a 4 (or more) mission battle (should sound familiar...). Meanwhile, Phase 2 (July 15th - August 31st) will encourage pilots to take that battle plan and turn it into an actual battle!

If you completed a battle plan for ReMob, now is the time to send it in! Make sure you send your battle plan directly to the Tactical Officer, FA Pickled Yoda (pickledyoda@gmail.com) before July 15th in order to qualify. Plan submission may have multiple authors - just make sure authorship is clearly attributed in your submission.

You're also welcome to create a new battle plan for this competition if you wish - but either way, it needs to be submitted before the end of Phase 1 on July 15th!

Phase 2 will involve actually making a battle for the Emperor's Hammer! Pilots have until August 31, 2025 to submit a completed battle to the Tactical Office (via FA Pickled Yoda) for submission in this competition. Friendly reminder that submitting a battle requires a pilot to have completed the appropriate Imperial University courses - specifically the Mission Creation and Beta Testing Standards course, and then the appropriate course for whatever platform your battle is for (X-Wing Mission Design for X-Wing, TIE Fighter Mission Creation 3 for TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Mission Design 1 for X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter or Balance of Power, or X-Wing Alliance Mission Design for X-Wing Alliance or TIE Fighter Total Conversion)

For Phase 1, Iron Stars will be awarded for the top four entries, along with all battle plans being eligible for the rarely-awarded Commendation of Service. For Phase 2, Iron Stars will be awarded for the top five entries.

All mission battle plans for Phase 1 and mission submissions for Phase 2 should be sent directly to the Tactical Officer, FA Pickled Yoda (pickledyoda@gmail.com) in order to qualify. Phase 1 will run until July 15th. Phase 2 will run until August 31st.

For more information, please review the competition listing. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Competition Results - June 2025 Battlegroup III Highlights

Let's take a moment to highlight members of Battlegroup III that placed in various fleet competitions (non-ReMob edition) this past month!

• For the Fly Straight Down the Middle Competition, congrats to Typhoon Squadron's LC Jagged Fell III taking the top spot and title of "Most Average TIE Corps Pilot", along with Typhoon's MAJ Anthony Starr on earning third place overall and Firebird Squadron's GN Master on earning fourth place overall!
• For the Sausage Challenge 2025 competition, congrats to Scorpion Squadron's LT Dash Ardaan on winning the top spot with his "TIE Wurst", as well as Scorpion Sqadruon's LCM Quinn Odai on earning the runner-up spot with his EH sausage logo!

Competition Reminder - Star Wars Hunters Finale - Season 6 Ranked

Tragically, Star Wars: Hunters will soon shut down its servers on October 1, 2025. As such, this current season will serve as the game's last and its finale.

Nevertheless, the TIE Corps will continue to support this platform until its closure. As such, once again, a competition will be held to reward pilots for their final season rank. Just like before, the following awards will be granted to pilots who obtain the listed rank in-game:

• IS-PW - Kyber I Top ten
• IS-GW - Kyber III-I
• IS-SW - Beskar III-I
• IS-BW - Aurodium III-I
• IS-CW - Chromium III-I

To qualify, make sure you submit a screenshot to LCM GamerRat at 128190@learn.conejousd.net showing your end of season placement and leaderboard (if applicable).

I'll send a reminder out about this one as we approach the end of the season (October 1, 2025), but this is a good one to have on your radar if you're playing Hunters.

For more information, please view the competition listing.

Competition Reminder - SWTOR Conquest 2: The Search for More Conquest, Season 7

A new season of SWTOR Conquest 2: The Search for More Conquest is in progress!

As a quick reminder, this competition is all about SWTOR players earning conquest points while being a member of one of the Emperor's Hammers guilds! The official guilds are on the Star Forge server ("Emperor's Hammer" for the Sith Empire and "Infiltrator Wing" for the Republic). Each week, the top three pilots in each faction that earn the most conquest points are awarded Iron Stars and "placement points", with placement points being used to determine monthly awards, as well as final standings for season awards and the title of Legacy Conquest Champion! Additionally, an ORA is given (up to two, one for each guild) for every pilot that earns over 100,000 conquest points.

This season runs from now through August 26, 2025. If you're a SWTOR player, I recommend reviewing the competition details for more information! Please reach out if you have any questions!

Competition Reminder - Ace of the TIE Corps 2025: Season 2

The second season of this year's Ace of the TIE Corps event is in progress!

As a quick reminder, for Ace of the TIE Corps, Iron Stars are awarded to the top fifteen pilots who earn the most points in each category (SP, PvP, and PvE). Points are determined by platform used for completing missions (SP) or winning matches (PvE,PvP).

For more information on points per platform and awards, please view the following competition listings:

• SP Ace of the TIE Corps 2025 - Season Two
• PvP Ace of the TIE Corps 2025 - Season Two
• PvE Ace of the TIE Corps 2025 - Season Two

Season 2 will end on August 31st, 2025. Best of luck to all our pilots this season!

Battlegroup III Awards and Stats for June 2025

Battlegroup III Monthly Stats for June 2025

Stats of the Month:

• PvE was the primary activity type this month by unique pilots, whereas SP had the most activity submitted in total.
• TIE Fighter was the platform with the most unique pilots, whereas Squadrons had the most overall submitted matches.
• Platforms used this month (from most unique pilots to least) included TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Star Wars Squadrons, EA Battlefront 2, Helldivers 2, TIE Fighter Total Conversion, Balance of Power, Star Wars Hunters, Star Conflict, X-Wing, The Old Republic, and Classic Battlefront 2.

Battlegroup III Rank and Flight Certification Promotions in June 2025

Congrats to the following officers!

	LC Jagged Fell III - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
	MAJ Anthony Starr - Promoted to Major
	LCM Quinn Odai - Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
	LT TheFallenJedi - Promoted to Lieutenant
	LT Dash Ardaan - Promoted to Lieutenant
	LT Tax - Promoted to Lieutenant
	MAJ Grendel - Flight Certification raised from 19th Echelon to 20th Echelon
	MAJ SirCaleb - Flight Certification raised from 14th Echelon to 15th Echelon
	LCM Quinn Odai - Flight Certification raised from 6th Echelon to 10th Echelon
	CM Marlore Julren - Flight Certification raised from 6th Echelon to 7th Echelon
	LCM Evil_Edgar - Flight Certification raised from 4th Echelon to 5th Echelon
	LT Akakios - Flight Certification raised from 2nd Echelon to 3rd Echelon
	LT Dash Ardaan - Flight Certification raised from Baseline to 3rd Echelon
	LT An'ya Kuro - Flight Certification raised from 1st Echelon to 3rd Echelon

Battlegroup III Combat Rating and FCHG Advancement in June 2025

Congrats to the following officers!

Battlegroup III Awards in June 2025

AD Locke Setzer	(2)
LC Jagged Fell III	(2) (3) (3) (29) (5)
CM JKast	(2) (3) (16)
LCM Alun Tringad
LT Artanno Lach'Beria
GN Triji Boliv
MAJ Prost Varsis	(2)
MAJ Anthony Starr	(3)
CM Marlore Julren	(16)
COL Mordred	(11)
MAJ Morgoth	(9) (3)
CPT Iam Thinking	(6)
LT Ferris Madine
CPT Therj'en'nuruodo	(7) (2)
GN Silwar Naiilo	(4) (9)
MAJ Grendel	(19) (144)
GN Stryker	(4) (30) (3)
LCM Quinn Odai	(2) (5) (48) (90)
LCM Superpak	(5)
LT Akakios
LT Dash Ardaan
GN Jarek La’an	(4)
LCM Prot Azar
LCM Evil_Edgar	(2) (19)
GN Master	(2) (2) (3)
MAJ SirCaleb	(2) (14) (12)
LT An'ya Kuro
LT Tax	(4)
COL Miles Prower
CM Odin Strongheart
LT digitalviking
LT Maria Prower
CM Maple Wulvar
MAJ Xylo Pethtel	(4)

Conclusion

As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about things going on in Battlegroup III, the TIE Corps, or anything else. My email is locke.f.setzer@gmail.com and my Discord name is LockeSetzer. My door is always open!

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