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TCCOM Report # 39 (2021-11-29)

This report was submitted by TCCOM-IOA-EDR/HA Plif/TC-1/ISDII Challenge

TCCOM REPORT #39

REPORTING OFFICER: High Admiral Plif, TIE Corps Commander
DATE SUBMITTED: 28 Nov 21
ACTIVE DUTY ROSTER COUNT: 156 (-4) Including 3 NPCs

NEWS

There's been a lot going on this past month with Raise the Flag ending, feedback from that, feedback from the evaluation process after RtF, and a lot of other housekeeping items that all seemed to bubble up all at once. Reports got away from me for a while there, but I'll get back into a routine.

The roster is down 4 since last time, which happens to be the number of pilots that went to the Reserves surrounding the closing of Sigma Squadron. Having those pilots leave active duty isn't what we'd intended to have happen, but not everything always goes to plan. There were also a few other gains and losses that evened out.

We've made a change to how the Medal of Communication (MoC) gets processed each month. Rather than having the SOO recommend them for the entire active duty roster, the Commodores now initiate the recommendations for the pilots on their ships. As the Corps has grown, some of these Corps-wide processes have become unwieldy so we're delegating these tasks where possible.

With the ISDII Challenge having won Raise the Flag 2021, the SOO and I have transferred over to the new flagship. That only really changes our ID lines, but sometimes our location gets mentioned in fiction pieces.

Speaking of fiction pieces, I've got a plan for Volume 7 of the TIE Corps Newsletter. What I'd like each pilot to do is send me up to three of their graphic or fiction pieces for publication. These can be pieces that were submitted for a competition, they just can't be pieces that have appeared in a newsletter before. Fiction pieces longer than about 1200 words should be submitted to the WARDs as well so that I can put the beginning in the newsletter and then link to the rest in the database. What I'll be attempting to put together is a PDF document this time instead of an HTML site that uses frames, PDFs are a lot more flexible when it comes to different device types. Each submission that gets published in the newsletter will earn its creator a Letter of Achievement (LoA).

TITLE HOLDERS

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 Challenge

TCCOM's Escort Squadron: Tempest

TCCOM's Wingman: COL Phalk Sturm

TCCOM'S COMPETITIONS

The Trivia Grand Tour is in its seventh season. Updates are going out to the mailing list separately and also #competitions on Discord.

SP Ace of the TIE Corps is awarding the top six pilots on the SP Kill Board each month.

MP Ace of the TIE Corps is awarding the top six pilots on the Multiplayer Kill Board for all the games other than Star Wars Squadrons, which has its own similar competition.

COOP Ace of the TIE Corps is awarding the top six pilots on the Multiplayer Coop Kill Board each month.

TIE Corps in Battle wrapped up its third season recently. Its fourth season is due to begin soon!

Upcoming: Lord of the TIEs 2021 and TIE Corps in Battle Season Four

TCCOM'S AGENDA

DONE:

  • RtF 2021 completed and its awards presented
  • Starship Designers completed and its awards presented
  • Discord role icons implemented with FM-CMDR voted on
  • Attended Genie's Golden Gonk 2021 event
  • FCHG award update, 23 merit medals were awarded
  • Created #tccoms-reminders-and-musings on the Discord server
  • Ran CMDR+ meetings on 10/25, 11/6, and 11/20
  • Uploaded a bunch of new Discord emojis

ONGOING:

  • Performing onboarding tasks before assigning cadets to squadrons
  • Processing uniform updates
  • Processing medal and promotion recommendations
  • Processing transfers and other profile updates in the database
  • Adding items to the news feed in the database and the #polls-and-announcements channel in Discord
  • Updating the TIE Corps Pilot Manual
  • 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, FA Turtle Jerrar (thanks!)
  • Holding CMDR+ meetings every two weeks
  • Moving pilots from the Reserves to AWOL status when messages from the Captain of the Phoenix, MAJ Sparky, result in a bounce

PENDING:

  • Compiling ideas presented in RtF writing pieces for submission to the FC
  • Rolling more of the Challenge's Discord server into the TIE Corps server
  • Building the TCPM in the Wiki
  • The Commodore Volume 7
  • Competition resource - what we've done before to serve as a pool of ideas for what we can do next
  • Taking TM/3 (someday)

SIGNOFF

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 plif346 at gmail dot com.

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