TIE Corps Commander Report #6

Date Submitted: August 14, 2018
From: TCCOM/AD Pete Mitchell
To: Entire TIE Corps Fleet

Fiction

“What do pirates and smugglers have in common? …. They both sound the same leaving an airlock!”

A smattering of applause spread around the Warrior’s cantina. 

MAJ Wondra dropped the mic, and made to turn right, when the microphone exploded in a fireball engulfing half the stage.  MAJ Wondra was gone.

Thunderous applause broke out, with nearly all the spectators standing.  A few stage hands ran from back stage, looking for MAJ Wondra, looking scared.  It took a minute for it to dawn on the audience that this was not part of the act.  The stage hands found him in a heap behind the stage.

“Call the med crew, immediately!” yelled CM Kiba.  “I’ll get the Commodore.”

……

“I don’t understand how these bombs are being planted, much less who would be doing this.”   Exclaimed RA Hav Antiel.

“Well, you’d better find out quickly, or GN Frown will have our heads after his office door blew up” warned AD Plif.

“It’s a good thing no one ever goes in his office and he never leaves.  Otherwise, someone could have been hurt.  I’m also glad Wondra was wearing his flight suit.  There is no way he would have survived otherwise.  At least he will have a decent story to go with his scars.” AD Pete Mitchell frowned.  “We must solve this mystery quickly.”

“All available personnel are on it, Sir.”  Hav replied. 

……

“Admiral, I believe I found how the bombs are being planted!” breathed COL Hawkins after he ran into RA Hav Antiel’s office. 

“Catch your breath Hawkins, what is it, and how do you know?”

“I got back to my quarters after my afternoon workout and saw a cleaning droid leaving.  As I got in, I noticed almost all of my stuff was in the exact same spot, and curiously no cleaner.  I thought there may be a malfunction in the droid, so I grabbed it and took a quick look.  I found this large void in the center that is not normal.  I took it to the investigators and had it tested for explosives and it tested positive.”

“That makes sense, a cleaning droid would have access to just about anywhere, and no one pays them any attention.  Any idea how it got here and where it’s getting the bombs?”

“Not yet, Sir, but we will find out.”

“Be sure that you do.”

“Sir, one more thing… Could I get some help?”

“Certainly, with what?”

“Well, I’m pretty sure I still have a bomb in my quarters…”

To be continued….

News

First, congratulations and thank you are in order for LCM Aval, who was just promoted!

We also had a veteran return to the fleet.  Welcome back to CM Alejandro Araujo!

In TIE Corps on Patrol, CPT Rando swept the field!  We also had CPT Aldaric join again and take second.

We have one MSE remaining, so get that in!

Also, I am having some trouble getting email on completed IU courses, so if you have passed any in the past two weeks, and haven’t seen it added to your profile, please forward me the email.  Thanks!

In the Top Muse Competition, COL Impulse won this week (out of 2 entries) and earned an IS-BR with his idea about a pirate killing TC officers for revenge after the TC destroyed his home platform and killed his family.  I took some creative liberty with it and have not been able to bring it to a conclusion, yet. 

Some general feedback on Top Muse:  Let’s get some more entries, first!  Remember, it is weekly!  Second, ideas can be short, and should lead to a relatively short story of a couple paragraphs.  Third, they don’t need to be about exciting events like battles, they can be mundane things happening around the fleet that I can make humorous!

Promotions

LT Aval to LCM

Transfers

CM Alejandro Araujo from Reserves to Alpha 2-3

SL Zeskirleff from Sin 2-1 to Reserves

Open Command Positions

Alpha Flight Leader

Theta Flight Leader

TCCOM Competitions

TIE Corps on Patrol 2018:

Round 16 Results:

TIE-Free 260: A Station Too Far

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

XWA-Free 123: Drak's Night Out

Overall:

Round 17 Assignments:

TIE-Free 259: Interceptor Escort

XvT-Free 187: Saving VA Master's Father

XWA-Free 119: House Tridens: Meeting

BSF emails/pilot files will be due by 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern/1 am London on Monday August 27.

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 16 Assignments:

TIE-Free 66: The Battle of Yavin – Current HS  = 56,346

XvT-Free 25: Steal Rebel Warheads – Current HS = 129,770

XWA-Free 35: Routine Patrol – Current HS = 15,660

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 20.

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).

 Top Muse:

Competition runtime:  Through the end of the year.

Units involved: All active TC members

Competition medals:  

IS-PR/GR/SR for the remainder of the year (4+ entries)

IS-GR/SR/BR for the month (4+ entries)

IS-SR/BR weekly (3+ entries)

Description:    

This is the easiest fiction competition ever! You only need to come up with an idea, not write a whole fiction out. Each week, please submit your idea for the short weekly fiction in the TCCOM report each week by Sunday at midnight GMT. Your idea can be as simple as a sentence or more of an outline. Do NOT write a whole fiction. The winning idea will be turned into a work of fiction by the TCCOM for his report. The author of the winning idea will win an IS-SR and 2 points towards the annual and monthly standings. The second best idea will earn 1 point towards the annual and monthly standings.

Ideas will be judged on criteria such as: originality, relevance to recent events and previous TCCOM fictions, ease of turning into a short fiction, and other whims of the TCCOM. Any ties for the monthly or annual totals will be broken by selecting the best idea over the time period as judged by 3 members of the TIE Corps Admiralty Board that are not part of the tie.

How to participate: Each week, email your idea directly to me. 

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

TIE Corps on Patrol 2018

TIE Corps Pilot League – 2018

Top Muse

Reviewing the Line

Securing the Line

Trivia Grand Tour: Season Two

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: 8

SP Missions: 0 (0 MTD)

MP Matches: 45(65 MTD)

EABF2 – MP

Star Conflict

Mail activity
Telegram

Discord

Conclusion

Draw your own!

TCCOM-IOA/AD Pete Mitchell/TC-1/ISDII Challenge
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Ace of the TIE Corps 2017