ISDII Hammer Report # 115 (2022-01-14)

This report was submitted by COM-SIMS/VA Phoenix Berkana/ISDII Hammer


Red LogoHAMMER COMMODORE REPORT - PB #45Red Logo

TO: Pilots of the Hammer
FROM: Vice Admiral Phoenix Berkana
DATE: 2022-01-14
SUBJECT: Hammer Ship Report
MEMBER COUNT: 55 (-3)

Red LogoUPDATES

Pilots of the Hammer, welcome to this week's Hammer Ship Report, the first of 2022!

It's been a fairly busy start to the year and I am happy to be able to report on a couple of competitions below as well as remind people to check Discord for other results (such as the Hammer Puzzle and the Cross Word Challenge) as some of them are posted there.

Our membership numbers are a little down since the turn of the year due to some pilots transferring to the Reserves and/or being AWOL'ed. In all cases I do hope they find their way back to us when time permits. This has been somewhat offset by new and returning members joining the Hammer so as always please do remember to welcome new faces and be on the lookout for anyone else who may be interested in joining the finest ship in the Empire.

On a competition front, the Hammer Tour of Duty is into its second half. Results from December are pending - as it's been a busier work week for your COM than was anticipated I'll endeavor to get these out over the weekend or Monday at the very latest. The Christmas Special for the Trivia for the Hammered is now complete and results are below, we've also got Season Four to look forward to and we'll be running it in a slightly different manner as an experiment.

I was also interviewed for the TIE Corps PODCast, so do give it a listen if you have a chance. I'm looking forward to seeing how we do in 2022 - we have multiple competitions to look forward to - Squadron ReMobilization, Imperial Storm IV, Raise the Flag and more!

Red LogoMEDALS AND PROMOTIONS

Silver Star of the Empire
CPT Solohan50
CM DemWookieeCheeks

Bronze Star of the Empire
CM andr3
CM TheBlackxRanger
LCM Elwood ]MERLIN[ Wells

Palpatine Crescent
LCM Calvin Phrick
LT maveric311

Imperial Security Medal
CM TheHowler

Iron Star with Platinum Wings
COL Genie
CPT Gytheran

Iron Star with Gold Wings
COL Genie x 4
LC Taygetta x 3
CPT Gytheran x 3
CPT Xye
LCM KEBLAOMEGA

Iron Star with Gold Ribbons
CPT Xye
LT ElleOhh

Iron Star with Silver Ribbons
COL Genie
LC Taygetta
LCM KEBLAOMEGA

Iron Star with Silver Wings
COL Genie
CPT Solohan50 x 3
CPT Xye
CM The TheBlackxRanger

Iron Star with Bronze Wings
COL Genie x 2
COL Gyssler
COL Pelleaon
LC Taygetta
CPT Garyth Mantisa
CPT Solohan50
CPT Witcher
CPT Xye
CM DemWookieeCheeks
CM TheBlackxRanger x 3
LCM andr3
LCM Calvin Phrick
LT ElleOhh

Iron Star with Bronze Ribbons
CPT Gytheran x 2
CPT Wildfire
LCM Elwood ]MERLIN[ Wells

Iron Star with Copper Wings
LCM KEBLAOMEGA

Iron Star with Copper Ribbons
COL Genie
CPT Xye
CM Aaron Cremel
LCM KEBLAOMEGA

Promotions
Lieutenant Commander andr3 was promoted to the rank of Commander
Lieutenant Calvin Phrick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant KEBLAOMEGA was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander

Transfers
COL Horus Blackheart was assigned to Alpha 2-1
LT Syntroth was assigned to Alpha 3-4
LT LouisdeFuines was reassigned to the M/FRG Phoenix
LT Shoma Nav'aal was reassigned to the M/FRG Phoenix

Uniform Updates
LCM KEBLAOMEGA

Red LogoCOMPETITIONS

Trivia for the Hammered - Season Four
Trivia for the Hammered returns with Season Four.
Each week, 4 questions will be released via the TIE Corps timed competition system. For each question, the quickest pilot to answer correctly receives 3 points, second quickest with the correct answer gets 2 points and all the pilots with a correct answer get 1 point.
We tally up at the end of the week with the highest point total winning a IS-SR and the runner-up a IS-BR.
After 3 rounds we tally up for our Christmas Special winner who will receive a IS-GR, with the runner-up recieving a IS-SR, whilst third and fourth places receive a IS-BR.
Points earned on each question accrue and lead to IS-CRs being awarded for every multiple of 50 points.

Hammer Tour of Duty
Season Two of the Hammer Tour of Duty has arrived, this competition sees all pilots assigned to the ISDII Hammer flying an assigned set of Battles during a 4 week period before we tally up and move to the next round.

The target being to fly TIE-TC 51 to TIE-TC 60, all available from the Battle Centre by the end of the month.

== Points ==
Completing a battle: 4 points
>70% battle laser accuracy: +1 point
>85% battle laser accuracy: +2 points
>50% of the battle high score: +1 point
>75% of the battle high score: +2 points
Writing a review of 20+ words for a completed battle: +1 point

Note: Completing a battle with 0 lasers fired will count as 100% accuracy.
== Awards ==

Top pilot at the end of the tour: IS-GW
2nd place pilot at the end of the tour: IS-SW
3rd place pilot at the end of the tour: IS-BW

Top pilot each month: IS-SW
2nd place pilot each month: IS-BW
Every 30 points a pilot earns, they'll receive an IS-CW

Trivia for the Hammered - Christmas Special
Each week, 4 questions will be released via email. For each question, the quickest pilot to answer correctly receives 3 points, second quickest with the correct answer gets 2 points and all the pilots with a correct answer get 1 point.
We tally up at the end of the week with the highest point total winning a IS-SR and the runner-up a IS-BR.
After 3 rounds we tally up for our Christmas Special winner who will receive a IS-GR, with the runner-up recieving a IS-SR, whilst third and fourth places receive a IS-BR.
Points earned on each question accrue and lead to IS-CRs being awarded for every multiple of 50 points.

Our final round featured general questions about the X-Wing series of games. Continuing thier dominance from earlier rounds, Major Aldaric and Captain Xye drew this one, with General Both coming in second place.

Q1: Which developer created the X-Wing series of PC games?
A1: Totally Games

Q2: In what month was the game X-Wing released?
A2: February

Q3: Which game introduced Ace Azzameen?
A3: X-Wing Alliance

Q4: Up until 1992 which company held the license for Star Wars computer games?
A4: Broderbund Software

Results
MAJ Aldaric - 8 pts - [ 1, 3, 3, 1 ]
CPT Xye - 8 pts - [ 1, 2, 2, 3 ]
GN Coranel Both - 7 pts - [ 3, 1, 1, 2 ]
COL Genie - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
COL Horus Blackheart - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
MAJ Highlander - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
CM Aval - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
CM Solohan50 - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
CM TheBlackxRanger - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
CM Witchblade - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
LT KEBLAOMEGA - 4 pts - [ 2, 1, 1, 0 ]
LT ScorchTacoMan - 4 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 1 ]
CM Aaron Cremel - 3 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 0 ]
CPT Witcher - 3 pts - [ 1, 1, 1, 0 ]
LT ElleOhh - 3 pts - [ 1, 0, 1, 1 ]
COL Jeron Darkonis Astoris - 1 pts - [ 0, 0, 1, 0 ]
COL Talons Pryde - 1 pts - [ 0, 0, 1, 0 ]


Christmas Special Results
Topping the table for our Christmas Special was Captain Xye, who will recieve a IS-GR. Our runner up was MAJ Aldaric who wll pick up a IS-SR with our third and fourth place going to GN Coranel Both and CPT Solohan50, who earn IS-BR's for their efforts.

A full list of TIE Corps competitions can be found here

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As ever, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Vice Admiral Phoenix Berkana
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