REPORTING COMMANDER: Commander EvilGrin. Squadron Commander
TO: Inferno Squadron, HA Anahorn Dempsey - Challenge's Commodore
DATE SUBMITTED: 6th October 28 ABY

Welcome all to my second report as CMDR of Inferno, it has been another epic week over here, especially with the release of the long-awaited Squadrons! The TC is in fever pitch and we've seen some phenomenal activity right across the board with members playing together every night so far since release! This week's MP Shootout hosted by myself, Admiral Miles Prower and COL Horus Blackheart saw record attendance numbers and at one point saw almost 3 full EH squads battling it out in the stars!

September was a quiet month for us here at Inferno, we had a stutter in RtF with only 3 of us participating and now the results have been finalised I'd like to give a big congratulations to the Warrior, Rho Squadron and Pickled Yoda who were all the top performers in the competition - great achievement all and also well done to all the hard work of all participants in the competition! It was fantastic to see so much activity and was a great leadup to Squadrons, and it was very well run behind the scenes, so a massive shout out to everyone whose hard work went into making it a memorable one.

Now we're into October and it's clear that Inferno is turning up the heat! We've seen two members return to form in activity after being on the brink of AWOL, we have five members who have been super active in Squadrons since launch over the weekend, with several more stating they'll be getting into it asap. That's a massive increase in activity over previous months, and I am sure this is a sign of things to come from Inferno squadron!

Another exciting development this month was the very welcome addition of LCM ERiSi to our team, installed as the FL of Flight 2. He's a fearsome pilot and has some fantastic ideas for both the squadron and the TC, so watch this space! We are still a full squadron, and to make way for LCM ERiSi we sadly lost SL Del Eon to the reserves, CPT Drake Starfire has settled into the position of FM 3-2.

This week I'd particularly like to praise the efforts of two of our Lieutenants who have gone from near inactivity to being two of our most active pilots in the squadron! First of all LT Freddo who has won a few medals and earned his promotion to LT in the process! LT Dougal Ceallaigh has also been super active flying squadrons, and notably smashed through 3 XvT battles and brought us a step closer to squad citations!

I've had just over half the replies to the questionnaire sent out now, and I'll be continuing to harrass those who have not! Reminder that response is mandatory. Keep an eye out this week for more squad competitions going up, we'll have quite a few things to participate in, and we'll be trying to cover the platforms played by all squadron members (part of the reason why the questionnaire feedback is so important). In other news, September's MSE for Inferno has been completed and submitted for approvals. I expect October's will be a much more arduous task!!

We also participated in what we believe to be the very first EH vs EH dogfight in Squadrons this week! A well fought battle between LT Angel, CM EvilGrin, LT Freddo, LCM ERiSi and a friend vs. COL Ricaud, MAJ Talon Jade, COL Stryker, LT James379 & COL Horus Blackheart! Good job pilots, looking forward to getting more matchups together in the future!

Flight I - TIE Interceptor
Nickname: The Flaming Banthas - 'Save the Milk for when the job is done. There is warmth in Duty.'

[1-1] CM EvilGrin

• Flying: BSF for TIE-TC 138, MP Shootout Event & loads of Squadrons matches
• Non-flying: Running Empire's Wrath tournament, organising & assisting weekly MP Shootout, completed September MSE, Trivia for the challenged
• Communication: Email, Discord
• Awards: MoC-SoC, IS-BR, IS-BW

[1-2] LT Setroc

• Flying: Lots of Squadrons matches
• Non-flying: Questionnaire response
• Communication: Email, Discord
• Awards: MoC-BoC

[1-3] LT Ryan Hawkins

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none
• Communication: none
• Awards: none
• Second month zero activity. Have requested move to reserves.

[1-4] LT Freddo

• Flying: TONS of Squadrons matches, winner of 3 competition medals
• Non-flying: none
• Communication: Email, Discord
• Awards: Promotion to LT, 2x IS-BW, IS-SW (Phenomenal work!)

Flight II - TIE Interceptor
Nickname: Heat Wave Racers - 'Fire so strong in our hearts, they are engulfed before they even know it.'

[2-1] LCM ERiSi

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: WARD announcement, Trivia for the challenged
• Communication: Email, Discord
• Awards: MoC-BoC

[2-2] LT WoofWolffe

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none
• Communication: none
• Awards: MoC-BoC

[2-3] LT Dekar Jansen

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: Questionnaire response
• Communication: Discord, Email
• Awards: MoC-BoC

[2-4] LT Mattachoo

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none
• Communication: none
• Awards: none
• Second month zero activity. Have requested move to reserves.

FLIGHT III - TIE REAPER
Nickname: Oven Masons - 'Death is no longer cold, for we carry our flame wherever we go. Inferno Infinite.'

[3-1] CPT Sparky

• Flying: Lots of Squadrons.
• Non-flying: Trivia for the challenged
• Communication: Email, Discord
• Awards: MoC-BoC

[3-2] CPT Drake Starfire

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: WARD email/activity
• Communication: Email, discord
• Awards: none

[3-3] LT Dougal Ceallaigh

• Flying: Squadrons! BSF for XvT-TC 1, XvT-TC 2, XvT-TC 3 (awesome work, LT!!)
• Non-flying: Uniform updated
• Communication: Email, Discord
• Awards: none

[3-4] LT Dau Solari

• Flying: none
• Non-flying: none
• Communication: none
• Awards: none
• Second month zero activity. Have requested move to reserves.

Inferno Squadron Competitions:
Wielder of the Inferno: To be named the best pilot of the month over here at Inferno, you have to compete on all platforms, pvp, pve, and single player. Winner will be the 'Wielder' of Inferno, the symbolic representation of our pride and fearlessness.

Inferno first past the post: For the release of Squadrons, here are some initial goals for Inferno Squad members!
First past the post to level 20 - IS-BW, First past the post to level 40 - IS-SW, First to complete Operation Challenge (complete 20 daily challenges) - IS-SW

Hitting the upper tier of ranks in Squadrons will be an achievement worthy of reward, any member meeting the below requirements will be rewarded:

Achieve Legend rank - IS-BW, Achieve Galactic Ace rank - IS-SW

Challenge Competitions:
Challenge Pilot of the month (SP/MP): One point per mission flown for the SP part of this competition, and 1 point per LoC/LoS for the MP part of this competition. Stats will be taken from the killboards.
Trivia for the Challenged: One trivia question every weekday - points awarded to all, and whoever has most points at the end of the week wins an IS-BR. Every month, the highest scoring pilot wins an IS-SR, and every pilot with 40 points or more wins an extra IS-BR.
Dempsey's Weekly Screenshots: Every week, the report will have a screenshot. Not necessaarily from a Star Wars movie. First Challenge pilot to send the correct answer to the mailing list wins.

TIE Corps Competitions:
Raise the Flag 2020: Biggest EH Competition of the year and running for the entire September. Any and all activity counts! We have until the 30th to get into gear, let's get some!
The Empire's Wrath: Organized by Myself, 1v1 Tournament held on the XvT and XvT BOP platform. This competition is already underway, but you can watch it all unfold at: Empire's Wrath Tournament Brackets
TC PvP Shootout: Organized by AD Miles, COL Horus and Myself. On every Saturday starting at 6:00 PM Eastern/11:00 PM GMT, a PvP shootout will take place. The COO and COOA are the main points of contact. Voice communication is preferable but not required. Game hosting will be directed through GameRanger

A full list of active competitions is available at the TIE Corps Competition Center.

Notable Events:
The TIE Pilot's Podcast: Hosted by COL Zekk Terrik and CM Jack Wynand.
LT MrShub Star Wars Streaming: Hosted by LT Shub, streaming regularly every Tuesday and Thursday.
Alejandro's Youtube Corner: A place where Alejandro uploads regularly videos of his activities with the modded XWA.

For a full list of all streaming and youtube channels be sure to check the #streams channel on our Discord (flagged as pinned messages).

It has been another crazy week, I've been personally flying a lot of Squadrons, as well as engaging in discussions with the COO office as to how we go about setting up support for this fine platform for the benefit of the TC! I'm already in love with the game, it's not perfect by any stretch, the launch has been fraught with bugs and quirks - but what game isn't these days, I have patience and believe these issues will be ironed out and that this will be a brilliant platform for the TC for years to come. Inferno has kicked off our promised huge push into activity, and we've had a good number of changes this week! We've managed to get some games in together in Squadrons and it'll be fantastic to turn our enemies to cinders with a fully fledged Inferno Squad!

CM EvilGrin
CMDR-COOA/CM EvilGrin/Inferno/Wing X/ISDII Challenge
BS/PC/ISM/IS-2SW-9BW-1BR/MoI/LoC-TS-IS-CSx4-Rx4/LoS-CSx3-Rx3/DFC-Rx3/MoC-1soc-2boc
[Lancer] [Officer 4th][Qualified] {TCCORE-COE}