REPORTING OFFICER: Fleet Admiral Plif, TIE Corps Commander
DATE SUBMITTED: 28 Jan 21
ACTIVE DUTY ROSTER COUNT: 157 (+6) Including 3 NPCs

The roster is up another six, continuing an upward trend we've been seeing ever since Star Wars Squadrons came out and even a bit before that.

We have a new pair of awards rolling out based on a proposal from CM Robert Hogan: the TIE Corps Commander’s Unit Award (TUA) and the TIE Corps Meritorious Unit Award (MUA). They're basically unit-level versions of the Iron Star earned by placing in a competition as a squadron, wing, or ship. More details about each can be found in the Pilot Manual. Note that Iron Stars previously awarded to members of a winning unit will not be updated to these new medals, these are new prizes to be earned in competitions going forward. For his contribution to the Corps, CM Hogan has been awarded the Silver Star of the Empire.

Speaking of the Pilot Manual, I've remixed it again so that I can update it on the fly. It's got the two new awards mentioned above plus a number of corrections based on feedback from AD Turtle Jerrar and COL Silwar Naiilo. The graphic elements in this version were put together or inspired by COL Mordechi Wolfe. Thanks, gents!

With input from AD Turtle Jerrar on the technical aspects of making this work in our uniform creation tool, TTT, we're making a change to how Flight Certification Wings are earned. Instead of just being earned through the FCHG rating system, the wings are now earned through a combination of all three rating systems. Basically, add up your FCHG points, combat rating points, and your co-op PvE rating points and your wings will be based on the total. This change isn't live in TTT yet but work is in progress to make that happen.

The Raise the Flag event each year confers three titles to recognize the top ship, squadron, and individual pilot from the competition. These are the current holders of those titles.

TIE Corps Flagship: ISDII Warrior

TCCOM's Escort Squadron: Rho

TCCOM's Wingman: GN Pickled Yoda

TIE Corps in Battle will return in February.

The Trivia Grand Tour had a bonus round where the goal was to find and correct the error in five intentionally erroneous statements, many thanks to everyone that helped me test out that format and kudos to CM Robert Hogan for the quickest time to submit all the corrections.

SP Ace of the TIE Corps is running as always, only a few days left to earn one of the top three spots on the Kill Board to secure an Iron Star.

• GN Jarek La’an restored his secondary profile and was assigned to Firebird Squadron
• LCM Aardvark is now a Flight Leader in Kappa Squadron
• LCM SkyShadow returned from the void and is now in the Reserves
• LT Angel transferred from Thunder Squadron to Inferno Squadron
• LT Ironback of Beta Squadron transferred to the Reserves
• LT Kur Zattra of Firebird Squadron transferred to the Reserves
• SL Braz Ile completed IWATS training and was assigned to Beta Squadron
• SL CzR completed IWATS training and was assigned to Tempest Squadron
• SL Gamerlorian15 completed IWATS training and was assigned to Eagle Squadron
• SL Garyth Mantisa completed IWATS training and was assigned to Beta Squadron
• SL Golf completed IWATS training and was assigned to Firebird Squadron
• SL Hanoverfiste of Beta Squadron transferred to the Reserves
• SL Hollywood completed IWATS training and was assigned to Epsilon Squadron
• SL Honsou completed IWATS training and was assigned to Tempest Squadron
• SL Papibaquigrafo00 completed IWATS training and was assigned to Thunder Squadron
• SL Solohan50 completed IWATS training and was assigned to Lambda Squadron

DONE:

• Launched and concluded a Trivia Grand Tour bonus round
• Ran an officer meeting back on 1/16, next is 1/30
• Updated the Pilot Manual
• Updated some word choices on the join form in the database
• Performed a few promotions and uniform approvals

ONGOING:

• Greeting new cadets and performing onboarding tasks before assigning them to squadrons
• Processing transfers and other profile updates in the database
• Posting news to the feed in the database (sometimes)
• TIE Corps Pilot Manual updates - Living document style, no big revisions that take a while to come out
• Chatting with the IO about stuff we need or would like to see in the new database
• Learning to be a responsible database code collaborator from the IO, AD Turtle Jerrar (thanks!)
• Translating things discussed in CMDR+ meetings into proposals and changes

IN PROGRESS:

• Parsing RtF feedback to share with the leaders

PENDING:

• Trivia Grand Tour
• The Commodore Volume 7
• Figuring out another solution for completing the evaluation feedback loop
• Competition resource - what we've done before to serve as a pool of ideas for what we can do next
• Taking TM/3

If there's anything I can help you with Corps-wise, please let me know! Message me on Discord at Plif#2475 or over email at tccom at emperorshammer dot org.

Fleet Admiral Plif
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