REPORTING OFFICER: Rear Admiral Zekk Terrik
DATE SUBMITTED: January 17 2021

Hey everyone! January is generally the quiet time. MSEs were recently completed, and I know some of your shinies have come down. The rest should be here momentarily!

I have attached some art that CM Firebreaker of Sin Squadron drew. Not 100% sure what's going on here...but...it appears that Firebreaker and the rest of Sin are storming a Rebel command post. Please note that, as a man of the common pilot, your beloved Commodore has to decided to join the battle as well.

I have added a short fiction as well as an attachment.

I would appreciate it if you all would take the time to fill out this brief survey. It is only 6 questions and won't take long at all. Slightly less than half of Wing II has filled it out. Please take a moment to do it. Rest assured I will be harassing you to fill it out, so please don't make me. You have until the end of the month to do so.

• Make sure you catch episode 7 of The TIE Pilot Podcast at this link, where CM Jack Wynand and I discuss the early history of the EH with SA Maverick, including covering his time on the board and High Court of Inquisitors.
• Led by COL Mordechi Wolfe of Sin Squadron, we have progressed to Phase II of Project Sovereign.
• CM Robert Hogan has initiated a proposal to add some commendations (citations?) and to clarify the MoC within TTT a little bit, stay tuned for details!
• The admiralty is working on a proposal to merge the tiers of FCHG, PVP, and PVE. Stay tuned!
• Congratulations to my trivia nemesis, GN Pickled Yoda, on winning the special holiday edition of the TGT.
• I would like to extend my congratulations to CPT Sl8C8 for winning TIE Corps in Battle 2020. You honor the Warrior with your skill in combat. I would also like to honor Rho Squadron for finishing second place overall, great work! I'd really like to see a renewed focus from the Warrior squadrons on TCiB this year.
• Naturally, the Warrior was the top ship, but are any of us really surprised?

• We have the TIE Corps Battlemaster, the 2nd place TCiB squadron, and the SP Ace of the TIE Corps aboard the Warrior. Not to mention the handsomest COM ever (hint: it's Hav, not me). Can we even be stopped? With the pilots of Rho, Sin, Theta, and Kappa aboard, I know we cannot.

Here’s some fleet-wide competitions currently going on:

Every Single Player mission flown earns the pilot a point on the Kill Board and the top three pilots at the end of the month earn medals. Yearly, the top four pilots earn medals.

Each mission only counts once for the year, but missions flown in previous years can be reflown for points on the Kill Board (but not additional FCHG points). The Kill Board statistics on the TIE Corps website are final. IS-GW/SW/BW for top 3 monthly, at the end of the year the top 4 pilots win IS-PW/GW/SW/BW. The top pilot at the end of the year also receives the title of SP Ace of the TIE Corps 2021.

Pilots, There will be a rotating COO Objective each month for a chosen platform and goal. This month is Star Wars Squadrons in Dogfight mode.

Objective: Submit your highest kill game in Dogfight mode flown between January 1, 2021 (0:00 GMT) and January 31, 2021 (Must be submitted no later than 23:59 GMT) by e-mail to tc-combat-ops-office@googlegroups.com The COO and COOAs will have access to these submissions and place them in an online tally. At the end of the month, the top three pilots will be determined and be given awards. In the case of a tie score, the determining factor is which pilot had the least deaths. If for some reason the kill and death counts are tied, then score will be the determining factor.

To encourage further participation, each winning pilot per month will be given a rating of 3 points at maximum, scalable to 2 or 1 if less than 3 pilots participate a month. The top three pilots at the end of the year will attain the annual awards.

Pilots,

Welcome to the 2021 refresh of the COO's Star Wars Challenge.

Platforms Involved: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Squadrons.

Objective: Accumulate the most missions in a Star Wars branded approved multiplayer platform. You may submit PvP battles (Legion of Combat) or PvE battles (Legion of Skirmish). You have from 00:00 GMT on the first day of the month to begin and your submissions must be approved by the Combat Operations Office no later than 23:59 GMT on the last day of the month.

At the end of the month the totals will be tallied for each pilot's LoC and LoS scores and totaled into a sum. The top three scoring pilots will receive the respectively monthly reward based on ranking.

There will also be an ongoing annual ranking so you are encouraged to continue participation. The top pilot will be given 3 points for that month towards that ranking, reduced to 2 or 1 if there are less than 3 pilots participating each month. At the end of the year, the top three pilots overall will receive the annual awards.

I am looking forward to some good fiction submissions!

Until next time, the only way forward is THROUGH!

RA Zekk Terrik, Commodore of the TIE Corps Flagship