TIE Corps Commander Report #2

Date Submitted: 17 July 2018
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

Admiral Pete Mitchell waited patiently in the hangar bay of the ISDII Challenge with a small contingent of men, watching a shuttle pull into the bay and land.  As the chin opened up, Pete stepped forward.

Admiral Plif stepped off the boarding ramp and saluted.

Pete returned the salute.  “Welcome to the Challenge, Admiral!”    

“Thank you, Pete”

“I trust your stay will be comfortable.  Are your personal effects on the shuttle?”

“No.  This shuttle is mostly my notes with ideas for the fleet.  My personal effects are on a second shuttle, it should be here in 23 minutes.” 

“Well, you wasted no time…  Let me show you to your quarters while your notes are unloaded.”  Pete motioned to the men he was waiting with and they snapped into action.  “Let me know when you are settled and ready to get started.”

When Pete returned to his office, his intercom beeped.  It was his faithful assistant CPT Cal Sinis that had been with him since he was promoted to the Commodore of the Warrior.  “Sir, I have General Frown on the line for you.”

“Again?!!  Tell him he cannot be the new Commodore of the Warrior!”

“He’s asking why, Sir.”

“How about he is lacking in certain necessary skills… like leadership…”

“I’ll get rid of him, Sir.”

“While you are at it, send him a memo to the same effect, in triplicate.”

“It will be my pleasure, Admiral!”

Pete just activated his data screen in front of him, when his intercom beeped again.  “COL Blackheart for you, Sir.”

“Patch him through, please.”

“Admiral, I have some ideas and a long term strategy I’d like to discuss with you.”

“OK Colonel, I have a little time.  Give me the executive summary…”

Half an hour later, the Colonel was continuing, when there was a knock on his open door and Plif’s head popped in. 

“Come on in Plif!  Horus, I’m afraid our time is up.  I agree in principle with most of your thoughts, if not exactly in execution.  We will continue this later.”  He turned off his comm. 

“What’s going on, Plif?  Is there something wrong with your quarters?”

“No, Sir, you told me to come by when I was ready to get started…”

“Oh, wow…  Well then, by all means, let’s get to it!” 

Pete gave a slight wave of his hand towards the door, and it closed with a soft click. 

News

Not a tons of news this week.  Plif and I are settling into our new offices and discussing ideas to move the fleet forward.  Those that we like, will be discussed in larger groups then executed.  By the way, feel free to drop us a line with any ideas you may have.  Few ideas are off the table. 

Speaking of ideas, I would like to host another TC meeting this weekend.  My first proposal will be to hold it at 7 pm GMT/3 pm Eastern/noon Pacific on Telegram.  Please RSVP or state your conflict and propose a new time by emailing me.  I will entertain a discord meeting, but only if there are people actually showing up that can’t use Telegram.  Please bring your ideas for improvement of the fleet (preferably larger-scale and longer term, but we’ll take anything) After the meeting, we will do some sort of MP or Coop and move to Discord voice for that. 

MoC’s from June have been awarded and are listed below in a slightly lazy method.  Those are the only medals listed, as now the other medals are handled by AD Plif.

On a sad note and administrative lapse, SL TrooperM was transferred to the reserves this week (rather than last) as a result of June MSE’s.

I’m not sure if this really qualifies as news, as it happens so often, but CPT Rando swept another week of TCoP with one high score!  By the way, it was rather difficult to find and XvT mission where CPT Rando didn’t already have the high score…

Promotions

None

Transfers

SL TrooperM from Delta 1-3 to Reserves

MoCs

TCCS:

AD Pete Mitchell BoC

AD Plif BoC

FA Silvius BoC

GA Rapier BoC

Hammer:

AD Miles Prower BoC

MAJ Narven Task SoC

COL Horus Blackheart BoC

LCM Milo Antu SoC

COL Talons Pryde BoC

COL Phoenix Berkana BoC

GN John T. Clark BoC

GN Anahorn Dempsey GoC

CPT Tygra Shadowclaw SoC

MAJ Shado Fenn BoC

LT Mazr Donir BoC

LT De Anggul BoC

COL Impulse BoC

LT Aval PoC

MAJ Mauser BoC

LT Mingdug BoC

GN Elwood the Brave BoC

LCM Steve Dermody BoC

CM Witcher BoC

COL Pellaeon GoC

COL Gyssler BoC

LC Kyle Kroan PoC

GN Golbez Harvey BoC

GN Coranel Both BoC

LT DarkSith_99 SoC

Warrior:

GN Gilbert H. Frown BoC

CPT Aldaric SoC

GN Dunta Polo PoC

LCM Lucifer Scorpio Romanov BoC

COL Hawkins BoC

LT Rachel Drakon BoC

LC Repulsor BoC

LT Kiba BoC

LC Hav Antiel BoC

MAJ Wondra BoC

CPT Rando BoC

MAJ Xavier Sienar SoC

LT Jack Wynand SoC

LC Earnim Branet GoC

GN Exar Kit PoC

GN Mark Schueler BoC

GN Pickled Yoda BoC

LC Michael Emrys BoC

GN Jarek La’an PoC

GN Gilad Pellaeon BoC

Open Command Positions

Warrior Commodore

Theta Commander

Alpha Flight Leaders

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps on Patrol 2018:

Round 14 Results:

TIE-Free 267: The Mortal Immortal #1

XvT-Free 198: Chaos Squadron Strikes Back!

XWA-Free 126: A Spanner in the Works

Overall:

Round 15 Assignments:

TIE-Free 266: Kappa squadron: Escort duty

XvT-Free 189: Cloak & Dagger

XWA-Free 125: Gilad’s Birthday Party

BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London on Monday July 30.

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 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: 0

SP Missions: 26 (40 MTD)

MP Matches: 155 (354 MTD)

Star Conflict

TIE

XvT
Mail activity
Telegram

Discord

Conclusion

Until we meet again… 

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