• The first order is to welcome LT Jack Wynand who joins us from PLT Daedalus as Sin 2-4. The good lieutenant has already amassed 25 missions in his personal ship, the TIE Advanced Garuda.
  
  
• Spiffy the Chicken has requested to join the Reserves due to RL commitments. He hopes to remain in contact via the regular comm channels. When you're ready to return, major, we'll be here for you.
  
  
• In the March squadron eval, I marked Nebular as AWOL, which is unfortunate, because the major had only just requested to return from the reserves.

• We're combining April and May Project 659 assignments this time around. See the section below for links and details.
• Imperial Storm continues.
• CM Rando and LC Branet finish 2nd and 3rd in TCPL Round 7 with a win each.
• LC Branet finishes 1st in TCAI Week 15.
• LC Branet finished 2nd in Week 16 of TCoR.

I will summarize competitions that apply to Sin in this section, but you should always check the Competitions Center and Combat Center for full details on all competitions.

• Project 659
  Each month, fly the SP battles indicated in the Sin Weekly Squadron Report and earn bonus points for high scores and fastest submissions.
  
  
• TIE Corps on Patrol
  For 2018, TCoP is moving to every other week. VA Pete Mitchell is taking the TCoP helm this year, so please note that BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London one every other Monday starting January 15.
  
  
• TIE Corps Pilot League
  Like TCoP, the Pilot League is a single-player comp taking place every other week. The difference here is that pilots have a rolling handicap. Each round, the pilot with the highest handicap score (expressed as a percentage of the high score) in each platform will earn 4 points. The next highest score will earn 3, the next highest 2, and all other submissions will earn 1. If the winning pilot in a platform also beat the high score (without the handicap added), that pilot will earn 5 points for that platform. There are more details about the handicap calculations on the competitions page, but needless to say, I'm very excited about this one!
  
  
• Imperial Storm - A New Hope
  This is the turn-based map campaign that the WARDs have been working on for some time. Battle teams led by the Warrior, Hammer, and TCCS battle for dominance over systems on the map. Be on the look out for SP and MP assignments, pilots.
  
  
• TIE Corps on Recon
  Submit a screenshot each week from one of Star Conflict's multiplayer game modes (Domination, Beacon Hunt, PvE, Team Battle, and Combat Recon). Iron Stars are awarded weekly and monthly based on unique criteria for each game mode.


• TIE Corps vs AI
  Submit a screenshot each week from Star Conflict's Player vs. AI modes. Iron Stars are awarded weekly and monthly based on unique criteria for each game mode.


• Wing II Commander's Escort Flight / Warrior Commodore's Escort Flight
  These are MP and SP versions of the same comp: fly enough missions to rank among the top four on the Warrior for the month to earn points. Iron Stars are awarded to the top four every month with a quarterly bonus. For the Commodore's Escort Flight, LoCs and LoSs are summed for the total.

1. Fewest number of BSFs needed to earn a Squadron Citation
2. Highest average rating in the Battle Center
3. Fewest bugs

• Flying: None
• Non-flying: IS-GW, IS-SW (x3), MoC-boc, Warrior Trivia
• Communication: email, Telegram

• Flying: None
• Non-flying: None
• Communication: None

• Flying: 4 SP missions flown, TCoP, TCPL, Project 659, Imperial Storm
• Non-flying: BS, IS-SW (xe), IS-BW (x2), MoC-boc
• Communication: email

• Flying: None
• Non-flying: MoC-boc, TAC duties
• Communication: email

• Flying: None
• Non-flying: IS-BR, MoC-boc
• Communication: None

• Flying: 25 SP missions, new FCHG rank: [LANC]
• Non-flying: Completes [IWATS], promoted to LT, new uniform, updated INPR
• Communication: email

• Flying: 6 SP missions flown, LoC (x6), LoS (x11), TCoP, TCPL, TCoR, TCAI, new FCHG rank: [OPTI]
• Non-flying: IS-SW (x4), IS-BW (x5), MoC-boc
• Communication: email

• Flying: None
• Non-flying: None
• Communication: None