TIE Corps Commander Report #4

Date Submitted: July 31, 2018
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

In his office, AD Pete Mitchell was looking at a data screen looking over some numbers.  One number caught Pete’s eye.  “19%?” he muttered to himself.  His head dropped for a moment.  Pete then gathered himself and stood up.  He made a quick glance back at the screen, shook his head, and headed out the door.  It seemed to close by itself behind him.  At least he was getting the hang of that…

He walked down the corridor and knocked on an open door that had “Pliffles” handwritten on it. 

“Hey Pete, what can I do for you?”

“Pliffles… What happened to your name plaque?”

“Oh, someone took it.  I’m positive its Kappa, but I haven’t found it, yet”

Pete smirked.  “You’d almost think they didn’t like it when their alumni succeed…”  Knowing it was actually a sign of respect.  “Anyway, the reason I’m here is the number on the percentage of new SL’s that make it to LCM on their first tour of duty…”

“19%.  I was actually going to check into the practices of how new pilots are handled once assigned to squadrons this week.”

“Always one step ahead, Admiral.  Well, carry on then.  I’ll go to Daedalus and poke around there to see if I find anything.  Maybe you can start with Kappa Squadron and kill two mynocks…”

Plif nodded before Pete finished as if that was the plan the whole time. 

“You know, to some officers, that would be annoying… I’ve never been more pleased with my choice, though.” 

Pete checked in with CPT Cal Sinis to let him know of his plans.

“Would you like for me to arrange a transport, Sir?”

“No thanks, I’ll take my new TIE…”

“An escort then?” 

“If you insist… Just Woody, though.  I’m not going through hostile territory, and I’m in a Guardian.  Oh yeah, and I’m me…”

With that, Pete departed for the hangar deck. 

News

First, congratulations and thank you are in order for GN Jarek La’an, who has been selected to take command of Theta Squadron!

The CMDR of Sin squadron is still open.  Please send your applications to Hav Antiel and CC Plif and I ASAP. 

Also, one thing I neglected to mention last week is GN John T. Clark has transferred from Delta Squadron to Epsilon Squadron to become a Flight Leader.  Congratulations!

LC Kyle Kroan and FA Montte have created an IU course on shield technology that sounds like an interesting endeavor, so check it out!  Also, as Plif has mentioned an update to the IWATS Core largely done by LC Kyle Kroan and Plif is in process of being coded for posting. 

In TIE Corps on Patrol, CPT Rando cleaned up, with two new high scores!  His third score also tied the high score!  Rando also took top spot for July. 

Finally, it is my goal to continue to write a short RP-style fiction with every report.  It has been increasingly difficult to think of what to write about, though, and only on report #4!  As a solution, I will start a new competition to get some Iron Star ribbons.  For this, all you need to do is email me an idea to write about in my next report.  It can be as simple as a sentence up to a rough outline, but I do NOT want a full fiction.  I want to be able to take the idea and add my own touch.  The entries will be judged on relevance to recent events, creativity, ease of me turning it into a full fiction, and whatever else I feel like at the time.  Winner each week will receive an IS-BR.  I will think about ways to allow for larger awards over time and post this as an official competition once I come to a conclusion there.  The deadline will be Midnight GMT every Sunday to give me time to judge and write my fiction before my report on Tuesday.  The first deadline will be Sunday 8/12 to give me time to fine tune the details of the rewards and because I have a good idea for continuing the story I started this week.  Hat tip to AD Plif for giving me the idea to get started on this week’s fiction!

Oh, it’s also MSE time again, so let’s make it quick and easy for AD Plif his first time around as SOO!

Promotions

None

Transfers

GN Jarek La’an from Theta 2-2 to Theta CMDR

Open Command Positions

Sin Commander

Alpha Flight Leader

Theta Flight Leader

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps on Patrol 2018:

Round 15 Assignments:

TIE-Free 266: Kappa squadron: Escort duty

XvT-Free 189: Cloak & Dagger

XWA-Free 125: Gilad’s Birthday Party

Overall:

July Results:

Annual Standings:

Round 16 Assignments:

TIE-Free 260: A Station Too Far

XvT-Free 188: Protect VIPs for Recon Officer's party

XWA-Free 123: Drak's Night Out

BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London on Monday August 13.

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 15 Assignments:

TIE-Free 61: Horn #1 – Current HS = 56,135

XvT-Free 24: Arrival of VA Priyum to ISD Grey Wolf – Current HS = 58,360

XWA-Free 30: Capture the M/FRG Hound – Current HS = 13,685

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 August 6.

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: 13

SP Missions: 0 (40 MTD)

MP Matches: 149 (532 MTD)

EABF2 – Campaign and MP

Star Conflict

Mail activity
Telegram

Discord

Conclusion

Time for shineys!  Get your MSE’s in! 

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