TIE Corps Commander Report #1

Date Submitted: 9 July 2018
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

Admiral Pete Mitchell left the Challenge’s hangar bay turned makeshift cantina in high spirits after celebrating his promotion to TIE Corps Commander with most of the fleet.  There was a makeshift banner above the bulkhead he just went through that said “Tex’s Palace”.  Tex was Pete’s call sign, given to him by his wing commander many years ago after a hot sauce from his home world.

It was hard not to reflect on his career with the Corps on his walk back to his new stateroom.  When he joined up with his best friend Treb Helfest into Gimel Squadron…the battles…  his first CMDR tour of duty…  rejoining after all those years in the mining industry…  His rise since his return had been a whirlwind partly because of the timing of opportunities, and partly from his wisdom and experience as a leader outside the military.  It was always the same recipe for success, however, even in mining.  Trust people, point them in a direction, challenge them, and guide them a lightly along the way.

Now, Pete thought, he is here, TCCOM.  His walk slowed… just before getting to the turbolift.  Now, he has perhaps, the toughest choice of his career.  He must choose an Strategic Operations Officer.  He had talked to the two previous TCCOMs and both said the most important choice you would make is your SOO.  He thought back to his mining days where one of his first mentors said “People is policy”.  “No pressure…” Pete thought sarcastically.  His gait seemed to keep slowing down, as if he never made it back to his quarters, he’d never have to choose, but make it back he did.

As much as he wanted to sleep, he couldn’t get this decision off his mind, and he sat down at his desk, looking at four very well-worn files.  Sure, he’d only had the applications for a week, and only recently interviewed each candidate, but he’d been looking at their files for a month.  Ever since he found out he would be TCCOM, he knew who would apply, and he still couldn’t decide.  He would take a file, stare at it, flip some pages, then set it aside and look at the next.  Around the time Pete would normally wake up, he held a file and thought he had a decision.  He put the file back on top of the stack and leaned back in his chair.  He grabbed his magic 8-ball that he had picked up on one of his mining planets and asked it “Am I making the right choice?”

“Time will tell.” It responded.

“Thanks, big help,” exclaimed Pete. “Well, maybe that does help.”  With that, Pete got up, laid on his bed, fully clothed, and promptly passed out.

Much later in the morning, Pete got up, showered, donned his flight suit, and bee-lined it for the hanger bay.  The deck officer startled at the sight of him and snapped a salute.  “Sir, I’m surprised to see you here.  Surely you have…”

“This is the most important thing I have to do right now, Commander.  I trust my TIE is ready.”

“As always, Sir.”

“Thank you.”

Pete hopped in his relatively new TIE Guardian and bolted out of the hangar.  Out in space, Pete practiced a few maneuvers, then turned his G-force compensator all the way down, and did a few more.  He then dodged and weaved between the ships of the fleet and through the trenches of the Star Destroyers.  Pete finally felt clear headed again, and formed his resolve.

Pete activated his radio, “Tex to the Challenge, please connect me to my assistant.”

“Roger, Tex, you’re connected.”

“Captain, please gather as much of the fleet as you can get into the Challenge hangar and set up for a transmission to the remainder at 1700 hours.”

“Got it Admiral, anything else?”

“Yes, please make sure my dress uniform is ready to go”

“Done and Done.  See you soon Admiral!”

Just a few hours later, Pete, in his new dress uniform strode into the hangar by flanked by officers at attention, saluting as he walked by.  He stopped in front of the formation at the center of the bay.  Off to his left, were the four candidates for SOO.  COL Horus Blackheart, Admiral Plif, Admiral Miles Prower, and Admiral Silvius.  Pete looked over at them, just as they were dropping their salute, and returned the salute.

“Today I am here to announce the result of the most difficult decision of my career, so far.  Rescuing FA Pellaeon was easier than this.  The choice, of course, is who my right-hand man and SOO will be during my tenure as your TIE Corps Commander.  This choice is made so difficult by the caliber of leaders we have here in the fleet.  Any of these four that stand before you would make a great Strategic Operations Officer.  I therefore must choose based on who would make the best SOO for ME.  Besides being an exemplary leader, a visionary, and an excellent pilot, my choice complements me.  His strengths can compensate for my weaknesses, few as they may be.”

A few coughs came from the crowd, and Pete chuckled.  “My SOO is a great communicator, and has been a friend and confidant for some time.  I am confident that he and I can work as a team to continue to improve the fleet and make it stronger than ever before.  Admiral Plif, please step forward.”

Pete walked over to Plif.  “I give you your new SOO!”  Pete grabbed Plif’s hand and shook it.  Cheering erupted throughout the hangar, perhaps a bit louder from the Warrior’s side.

“Now, I believe we have another party to start!  I’m sure Kappa has something up their sleeves…Kappa Hype!”

News

Welcome pilots, to my first report as TCCOM.  I’d very much like to thank Pellaeon and Rapier for putting their trust in me. I will do my best to make sure it was not misplaced.  That being said...

Congratulations to now COL Pellaeon for earning the Medal of Freakin’ Honor for his time as SOO and TCCOM.  Well-deserved my friend!

As seen above, congratulations to our new SOO, AD Plif!  As a result, the Warrior Commodore position is open. I will refer to AD Plif to detail what he requires and would like in an application. 

Congratulations are also in order for our new TAC, AD Pickled Yoda!

SL De Anggul was also promoted to LT, so congratulations!

Also, all June MSE’s have already been processed and medals awarded.  Congratulations to GN Pickled Yoda, GN Elwood the Brave, and COL Pellaeon for their Gold Stars of the Empire!  LC Hav Antiel, LC Earnim Branet, GN Gilad Pelleaon, CPT Aldaric, and COL Hawkins were all awarded Silver Stars of the Empire, and GN Mark Schueler was awarded two!  Also, LC Michael Emrys, GN Anahorn Dempsey, and CPT Rando were awarded Bronze Stars!

On a sadder note, GN Mark Schueler has stepped down as Theta CMDR.  The position is open for applications.  Please send them to AD Plif and CC me. 

Also, we lost four Alpha pilots to the reserves: MAJ Jedgar, CM Sergeyli, LCM Drake Thoros, CPT Ibram Gaunt

AD Miles Prower is also putting together two XWA/XvT PvP combat events that pit squadrons against each other.  One for the Hammer and the other for the whole TC.  Stay tuned for schedules, or be proactive and let AD Prower know when you are free!

Promotions

GN Pickled Yoda to AD as TAC

Transfers

MAJ Jedgar from Alpha 2-1 to Reserves

CM Sergeyli from Alpha 2-3 to Reserves

LCM Drake Thoros from Alpha 3-2 to Reserves

CPT Ibram Gaunt from Alpha 3-3 to Reserves

Medals

Medal of Honor:

COL Pellaeon

Gold Star of the Empire:

GN Pickled Yoda

GN Elwood the Brave

COL Pellaeon

Silver Star of the Empire:

LC Hav Antiel

LC Earnim Branet

GN Gilad Pelleaon

CPT Aldaric

COL Hawkins

GN Mark Schueler x 2

Bronze Star of the Empire:

LC Michael Emrys

GN Anahorn Dempsey

CPT Rando

Palpatine Crescent:

LT Kiba

COL Impulse

Imperial Security Medal:

MAJ Xavier Sienar

MAJ Wondra

LT DarkSith_99

LCM Steve Dermody

GN Exar Kit

GN Dunta Polo

COL Gyssler

Distinguished Flying Cross:

Iron Star with Platinum Wings:

AD Pete Mitchell (RtF)

Iron Star with Gold Wings:

CPT Rando (RtF)

LT DarkSith_99 (SSS)

LCM Steve Dermody (SSS)

GN Elwood the Brave x 3 (SSS, RtF, BoM x 2)

GN Coranel Both (SSS)

FA Silvius (RtF)

COL Gyssler (SSS)

COL Impulse (BoM)

AD Pete Mitchell (RtF)

Iron Star with Silver Wings:

CPT Rando x 6 (TCPL x 3, RtF x 3)

LC Michael Emrys (RtF)

LC Earnim Branet (TCvsAI)

GN Pickled Yoda x 3 (RtF x 3)

GN John T. Clark (SSS)

GN Gilad Pelleaon (RtF)

GN Coranel Both (BoM)

GN Anahorn Dempsey (SSS, BoM x 2, TCoR)

COL Pellaeon (TCvsAI)

COL Impulse (SSS)

GN Mark Schueler (RtF)

AD Pete Mitchell (TCvsAI)

COL Gyssler (TCPL)

Iron Star with Bronze Wings:

GN Pickled Yoda x 3 (RtF x 3)

GN Mark Schueler x 3 (RtF x 3)

GN Elwood the Brave x 3 (RtF x 2, EoR)

GN Giliad Pelleaon (RtF)

LC Earnim Branet x 2 (TCoR, RtF)

CPT Aldaric (RtF)

CPT Rando x 2 (RtF, TCPL)

LC Hav Antiel (RtF)

GN John T. Clark x 2 (BoM x 2)

GN Coranel Both (RtF)

CPT Rando (659)

COL Hawkins (KPoM)

COL Gyssler x 7 (EoP x 3, TCPL x 3, BoM)

Iron Star with Silver Ribbon:

COL Hawkins (KT)

Iron Star with Bronze Ribbon:

GN Anahorn Dempsey (COOR)

Open Command Positions

Warrior Commodore

Theta Commander

Alpha Flight Leaders

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps on Patrol 2018:

Round 14 Assignments:

TIE-Free 267: The Mortal Immortal #1

XvT-Free 198: Chaos Squadron Strikes Back!

XWA-Free 126: A Spanner in the Works

BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London on Monday July 16.

Rules:

It’s a new year, so this will change a little.  Every TWO weeks, there will be a free mission from each of the major SP platforms (TIE, XvT, XWA) assigned.  Pilots will fly each mission that they choose and BSF the battles to the TC database and forward the BSF email to Pete Mitchell.  If the pilot has earned a high score, BSF it and also send the pilot file to Pete Mitchell in case the BSF is not approved in time. 

Each week the pilot with the highest 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 earned a high score, that pilot will earn 5 points for that platform.  Points will accumulate for the week, month, and year for more awards.

Awards:

Annual:

IS-PW/GW/SW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the year.  (at least 5 participants)

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the year in each platform (at least 4 participants)

Monthly:

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the month (at least 3 participants).

Weekly:

IS-SW/BW for 1^st and 2^nd total points for the week (at least 3 participants).

IS-SW/BW for 1^st and 2^nd in each platform (at least 2 participants).

TIE Corps Pilot League 2018:

Round 13 Results:

TIE-Free 53: BGKurt #1 – Current HS = 68,911

XvT-Free 21: The Ambush – Current HS = 103,797

XWA-Free 22: Battlecry One – Current HS = 31,160

Overall:

Round 14 Assignments:

TIE-Free 56: Drizzt #1 – Current HS – 66,496

XvT-Free 23: Raith’s Promotion – Current HS – 58,963

XWA-Free 23: Battle of Baraton – Current HS – 15,148

Rules:

This competition is similar to TIE Corps on patrol, but it is handicapped to make it accessible to more pilots.  Every TWO weeks, there will be a free mission from each of the major SP platforms (TIE, XvT, XWA) assigned.  Pilots will fly each mission that they choose and BSF the battles to the TC database and forward the BSF email to Pete Mitchell.  If the pilot has earned a high score, BSF it and also send the pilot file to Pete Mitchell in case the BSF is not approved in time. 

BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London on July 23.   

Each week the pilot with the highest handicap score (expressed as a % 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.  It is possible for a pilot to be the only pilot to beat the high score, and not win that platform.  If for example, pilot A got 90% of the high score and has a 25% handicap for a total of 115%, and pilot B got 105% of the existing HS (and earned a new HS) with a handicap of 5% for a total of 110%, Pilot A would win the platform for the week for 4 points and pilot 3 would only earn 3 points. Points will accumulate for the week, month, and year for more awards.

Handicaps will be calculated as follows:

The average score in the platform as a percent of the high scores will be calculated as an average of all scores on that platform since the beginning of the League (avg).  The handicap will be calculated as the difference between the average and 100%.  For example, if a pilot’s average score in TIE is 75% of the HS, his handicap will be 100%-75%=25%.  If a pilot then scored 85,000 pts on a mission with an existing HS of 100,000 points, his handicap score would be 85% + 25% = 110%.

*The first round any pilot flies in any platform will not have a handicap added as the pilot will not have an average.  Therefore, the first round, there are no handicaps, only scratch scores. 

**I reserve the right to create a maximum handicap.  At this point, it is 75%. 

Awards:

Annual:

IS-PW/GW/SW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the year.  (at least 5 participants)

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the year in each platform (at least 4 participants)

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd most improved averages over the year in each platform (at least 4 participants, must have flown at least 10 missions)

Monthly:

IS-GW/SW/BW for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd total points for the month (at least 3 participants).

Weekly:

IS-SW/BW for 1^st and 2^nd total points for the week (at least 3 participants).

IS-SW/BW for 1^st and 2^nd in each platform (at least 2 participants).

TC Competitions

Ace of the TIE Corps 2018

MP Co-Op Ace of the TIE Corps 2018
MP Ace of the TIE Corps 2018
TIE Corps on Recon - 2018

TIE Corps Vs. AI 2018
COO's Star Wars Challenge; Episode IV
COO Riddle 2018
COO Monthly Assignment: SC

COO Monthly Assignment: EABFII

TIE Corps on Patrol 2018

TIE Corps Pilot League – 2018

TC/EH Combat Events

COO's Monthly Challenge 2018 - January

EH vs RS – We’re still Fighting!

Weekly Hammer PvP Shootout

Weekly TC PvP Shootout

Career Awards Requirements

FCHG:

Dragoon - 100 points - ISM
Knight 250 points - PC
Aquilifer 500 points - BS
Executor 2000 points - SS
Imperator 5500 points - GS

Combat Rating:

Marksman 1st 100 points - ISM
Officer 1st 300 points - PC
Veteran 1st 600 points - BS
Ace 1st - 2000 points - SS
Tan 5000 points - GS

CoOp/PvE:

Private 1st 100 points - ISM
Gunner's Mate 1st 300 points - PC
Campaigner 1st 600 points - BS
Master Ranger 1st - 2000 points - SS
Top Ace Ranger 5000 points - GS

TCCOM's Activities

Medals recommended: 12

Medals approved: 89

Competitions approved: 1
Uniforms approved: 1

SP Missions: 10 (14 MTD)

MP Matches: 150 (199 MTD)

Star Conflict

TIE

XvT
Mail activity
Telegram

Discord

Conclusion

That sure is a lot in one report! 

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