REPORTING OFFICER: Fleet Admiral Plif, TIE Corps Commander
DATE SUBMITTED: 27 Jul 20
ACTIVE DUTY ROSTER COUNT: 110 (+/-0) Including 2 NPCs
TCCOM'S WINGMAN: HA Elwood the Brave

Despite some transfers to the Reserves since last time, the roster count is unchanged at 110 after some veterans returned and a cadet completed his training. As always, thanks to those that are getting the word out about us and making the effort to remind our veterans that we’re still here. We only have six open squadron positions open now and half of them are Flight Leader roles, so I strongly encourage the CMDRs of squadrons with an open FL spot to bump up one of their FMs.

If and when we end up needing to open another squadron, the current plan is for it to be just one squadron and for that squadron to either be Gamma or Lambda in Wing I on the ISDII Hammer. We’re working from the assumption that we wouldn’t have enough volunteers for new CMDR positions to open three squadrons at once, please let me know if you’re an FL or FM that would like to be a CMDR and just hasn’t said so yet.

This isn’t really news anymore, but Tempest Squadron was activated in Wing X aboard the ISDII Challenge under the command of GN Dunta Polo. Congratulations and good luck!

Also announced separately was the closure of Kappa Squadron, which wasn’t an easy choice to make but we’re hoping that it’ll be a positive change for the pilots that moved to other squadrons and was the right choice for pilots that are now in the Reserves.

The previous three sets of Commendations of Loyalty were awarded by the Fleet Commander. For those that were recognized, well done and keep up the great work! For those that aren’t familiar with the CoL, it’s awarded only twice a year and in very limited numbers as each leader gets to nominate just one officer each. There’s another round coming up for Grand Admiral Ronin’s birthday on August 21st.

The TC PvP Shootout this past weekend included a rare appearance by yours truly. We ended up flying in EABF2’s Starfighter Assault mode and I’m pleased to report that between myself, COL Silwar Naiilo, and LT EvilGrin, we managed to win more than we lost and posted some pretty good scores along the way. After the flying, there was a good discussion about some event and multiplayer concerns that I’ve brought to the TCCS.

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If you complete a new Imperial University course, you'll notice that your EH database profile gets updated automatically but not your TC database profile. The latter are updated manually, please give us a couple of days after your test is graded for the new course to appear in your TC profile before you email us about it.

• LT acetiepilot of Rho Squadron was promoted to LCM
• SL Mattachoo of Inferno Squadron was promoted to LT
• SL Setroc of Inferno Squadron was promoted to LT
• SL Dougal Ceallaigh of Inferno Squadron was promoted to LT
• SL ERiSi of Rho Squadron was promoted to LT
• SL Lo Mar of Rho Squadron was promoted to LT

• VA Jeron Darkonis Astoris returned to active duty in Beta Squadron as COL Jeron Darkonis Astoris
• GN Dunta Polo transferred from Kappa Squadron to Tempest Squadron CMDR
• GN Pickled Yoda of Theta Squadron is now an IOA
• COL Hawkins transferred from Kappa Squadron to the Reserves
• COL Mordred transferred from Kappa Squadron to the Reserves
• COL Silwar Naiilo transferred from Beta Squadron to Tempest Squadron
• LC Phalk Sturm returned to active duty in Tempest Squadron
• CPT Hermann returned to active duty in Tempest Squadron
• CPT Lanil Jast transferred from Kappa Squadron to the Reserves
• LT BATUTA1 transferred from Kappa Squadron to the Reserves
• LT EvilGrin is now a COOA
• LC Kyle Kroan was transferred from Beta 3-1 (FL) to Beta 3-2 (FM)
• LC Repulsor transferred from Kappa Squadron to Tempest Squadron
• LCM Rachel Drakon transferred from Kappa Squadron to Tempest Squadron
• LT Neko transferred from Rho Squadron to Tempest Squadron
• LT Kitsune transferred from Rho Squadron to Tempest Squadron
• LT Iam Thinking transferred from Rho Squadron to Tempest Squadron
• CT Sat Nav completed his training aboard the M/PLT Daedalus and was assigned to Tempest Squadron

DONE:

• Participated in COL Hav Antiel's TIE Corps Trivia, earned the top spot in the second week
• Participated in the TC PvP Shootout this past Saturday with COL Silwar Naiilo and LT EvilGrin
• Re-published an update for TIE Corps Core
• Rebuild of the Reserves mailing list
• Set up VSCode in a way that’ll let me monkey things up make great contributions to the code of the live database

ONGOING:

• Greeting new cadets and performing onboarding tasks before assigning them to squadrons
• Processing transfers and other profile updates in the database
• Running TIE Corps in Battle and Everyone’s a Critic
• Posting news to the feed in the database
• FCHG career awards - Some awarded, more to come
• TIE Corps Pilot Manual updates - Living document style, no big revisions that take a while to come out
• Fleshing out the New Members Guide in the Wiki
• Chatting with the IO about stuff we need or would like to see in the new database

IN PROGRESS:

• Squadron (Re)Mobilization roster updates - Currently awaiting a response from Alpha
• Evaluating Elite Dangerous for inclusion in the TIE Corps
• Learning to be a responsible database code collaborator from the IO, AD Turtle Jerrar (thanks!)

PENDING:

• Taking TM/3
• Competition resource - what we’ve done before to serve as a pool of ideas for what we can do next
• Figuring out another solution for completing the evaluation feedback loop
• Evaluation point system for competition participation
• Deciding what 'IWATS' really is since all the courses are now under the IU's umbrella
• Adding promotion guidance to the existing evaluation documentation
• The Commodore Volume 7
• Daedalus sweep for cadets I’ve emailed the initial welcome package to but haven’t heard from
• Emailing the Reservists, thinking about what to say to them

If there's anything I can help you with Corps-wise, please let me know! Message me on Telegram at @Plif346, on Discord at Plif#2475, or over email at tccom at emperorshammer dot org.

Fleet Admiral Plif
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