TCCOM Report # 65 (2014-06-09)

This report was submitted by TCCOM-PROF/HA Daniel Bonini/TC-1/ISDII Challenge


TIE Corps Command Report
Weekly Report #65 – Submission date: June 8th 2014
Introduction

Greetings,

First week of Raise the Flag 2014 has ended, and I’m very much pleased with the level of activity presented so far. The ISD Warrior has the lead for the first week, with a strong showing so far from Theta Squadron, especially with flying activity presented by General Pickled Yoda. I never doubted that the ISD Hammer would be too far behind for long, and as their usual suspects in the flying business woken up, the gap between the ships has stabilized for now. You can check the most recent scores in the Raise the Flag website: http://rtf.tsaunders.net. Keep up the good work, everyone!

With the first week of the competition gone, so is the Fiction Bonus competition. The fictions will be graded this week, and scores released hopefully by my report next week. Well done to all the submitters, I’m sure I’ll have a blast with everyone’s fictions, and all members will be allowed to see the submissions once the month is out.

With the second week underway, the Graphics Bonus Competition has started, and it will run until the end of the week, as usual. Check the competitions section for details, but basically, it is a graphics competition where you’re supposed to create a banner about the opened TIE Corps ships, the Imperial Star Destroyers Hammer, Warrior and Challenge, the Victory Star Destroyer Aggressor, and also, why not, the M/FRG Phoenix.

I’d like to congratulate both the ISD Hammer and the ISD Warrior on their very smooth and fast evaluation process for last month. I have already received and dispatched the Warrior’s evaluation, and have the Hammer’s eval on my desk, which will be reviewed as soon as possible. We should have all medals awarded by the end of this week. Well done, Commanders, Commodores and SOO. I’m proud to work with you all.

This just in. Lieutenant Nolij has been promoted to the position of Flight 3 Leader in Sin Squadron. Well done, Lieutenant, I’m sure you’ll go places in this fleet. Keep up the good work!

And there were other promotions this week! Lieutenant Commander Keth Aalith was promoted to the rank of Commander, while Lieutenant Rhace has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander! Congratulations, CM Aalith and LCM Rhace!

We’ve had a veteran of the TC rejoining our ranks. MAJ Wraith has arrived at Sin Squadron, being assigned to Flight 2. Glad to have you with us once again, Major!

The sad note of the week is the transfer of 2 of our pilots to the Reserves. LCM Julon Lommax left Beta Squadron, while CM Davis Bandarra left Epsilon Squadron, both heading for the M/FRG Phoenix. Let’s hope they manage to return to active duty soon.

News

* Raise the Flag 2014 fiction bonus comp ended. Graphics bonus comp started!

* Evals on final assessment and medal awarding stages.

* New arrivals: MAJ Wraith!

* Nolij promoted to FL; Keth promoted to CM; and Rhace promoted to LCM! Congrats!

* LCM Julon Lommax and CM Davis Bandarra transferred to the RSVs

T/D Astra Fighter’s Flight Status

- XWA-TC 63 – 4 missions with 4 new mission high scores and new battle high score!
- XWA-TC 64 – 5 missions with 5 new mission high scores and new battle high score!
- XWA-TC 65 – 4 missions with 4 new mission high scores and new battle high score!

TCCOM’s Other Activities

- Organizing Raise the Flag 2014
- Participating in Raise the Flag 2014
- Assessed ISD Warrior evaluation
- Approved medals
- Processed transfers
- Updated Hammer, Warrior and TC mailing lists with new arrivals
- Approved Uniforms
- Assessed competitions
- Assessed promotions
- Performed TC database updates
- Usual TCCOM activities
- Not TC related, but playing Star Wars Force Collection…to the death!

Fleet Wide Competitions

* Raise the Flag 2014 – Graphics Bonus Competition
Members are to create a banner as their submissions for this bonus comp. Just one submission per pilot will be allowed for the bonus competition. The banners should be about: the TIE Corps currently opened ships. Quality will be a criterion, but don’t refrain from submitting your hand made drawings or your paint brush things, as points will be awarded for them as well. The idea of the picture is as important as its execution. Graphics will be graded by the TC Admiralty. The competition’s four first places will award for their squadrons and ships 100, 75, 50 and 25 points respectively, and the graphics grades will also count towards the global Raise the Flag Competition for the pilots. Every other participant will earn 5 points to their squadrons and ships. Deadline is June 15th. First place will be awarded an IS-GR, with IS-SR and IS-BR for the second and third places.

* Raise the Flag 2014!
This competition will determine the Flagship of the TIE Corps for the next 12 months, the TCCOM’s Own Escort Squadron and TCCOM’s Wingman for the next 6 months. The Flagship/Escort Squadron/Wingman will be the ones who manage to acquire the highest number of points in the competition throughout the month of June. Any forms of activity presented by the pilots will grant points to their ships. Points to each activity are listed as follows:
- 1 point to each Single Player mission flown from the TC Battle Center (each battle/free mission in the compendium can be flown only once throughout the month for credit in the competition, not considering eventual battles selected for the bonus comp). Note that battles already flown in previous months of this year are eligible to be re-flown for points in Raise the Flag, however, they will not count towards Ace of the TC awards.
- 1 point for every LoC awarded in any COO-approved platform
- 5 points for every mission high score
- 5 points x # of missions in the battle for every battle high score
- 1-10 points will be awarded to each fiction submitted, judged by the TCCOM and SOO (TCCOM and SOO submissions will be graded by the COO and ship COMs)
- 1-5 points will be awarded to each graphic submitted, judged by the TCCOM and SOO (TCCOM and SOO submissions will be graded by the COO and ship COMs)
- 10 points for a DFC (in events taking place in June)
Bonus points:
Bonus points will be awarded only to the pilot’s ship and squadron, but regular points coming from Bonus comp activities will be awarded to the pilots regularly.
- From June 1st to 8th, a fiction competition – 100, 75, 50, 25
- From June 8th to 15th, a graphics competition – 100, 75, 50, 25
- From June 15th to 22nd, a Multiplayer competition – 200, 150, 100, 50
- From June 22nd to 30th, a Single Player competition – 200, 150, 100, 50
All other participants in the bonus competitions will have their squadrons and ships awarded 5 points for participation. Bonus competitions details will be released separately.
There will be no:
- Points for Squadron Citations earned: all squadrons and ships must get into the competition with equal conditions, and citations might be easier for one squadron to get than for another;
- FCHG/CR Rank gains points: these rank gains can be more easily achieved by one pilot than by the other, and pilots must enter the competition with equal conditions to award points
- Points for IWATS/IU Courses taken, because of the current EH system not allowing the retaking of tests.
- Points for Mission Creation: because Mission creation takes too long to be placed in a month long competition, and it would be difficult to see results.
Medals to be awarded:
- Pilot’s overall scores: IS-PW, IS-GW, IS-SW, IS-BW, if the majority of the pilot’s points came from flying, OR IS-PR, IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR if the majority of the pilot’s points came from non-flying activities
- Pilot’s SP points – independent from Ace of the TC competition, since the point system is different: IS-GW, IS-SW, IS-BW
- Pilot’s MP points – independent from MP Ace of the TC competition, because of the award of points for losses during the Bonus MP competition: IS-GW, IS-SW, IS-BW
- Pilot’s Fiction points: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR
- Pilot’s Graphics: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR
- Ship with best participation rate: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR to ship flags
- Squadron with best participation rate: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR to Squadron Commanders
- Fiction bonus comp: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR
- Graphics bonus comp: IS-GR, IS-SR, IS-BR
- MP bonus comp: IS-GW, IS-SW, IS-BW
- SP bonus comp: IS-GW, IS-SW, IS-BW for overall three first places in the comp. Plus additional medals for winners in each platform
All disputes will be settled by the TC Admiralty.
Command Staff officers will be allowed to participate in the competition and its events.
Bonus competitions details will be placed here separately. However, stay tuned at the TC news page for announcements regarding the bonus competitions!!

* MP Ace of the TIE Corps
Competition ID#: 2501
Competition status: Approved
Submitted by: COO-LOA/RA Crsepe/TC-4/VSDII Aggressor
Competition runtime: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
Units involved: Entire TC
Competition medals: IS-PW/GW/SW/BW for the year, IS-GW/SW/BW monthly for the top 3 pilots
Description: The MP Kill Board will used to keep track of points. Each LoC earns you a point for the competition, and a DFC counts for 5 points. Whoever scores most points win. The numbers on the MP Kill Board at the end of the month are the numbers that are tallied. If there are three participants then IS-GW/SW/BW, if only two IS-SW/BW, etc. At the end of the year the top 3 pilots with the most points will receive IS-PW/GW/SW/BW. XWA, XvT, Star Conflict, and Freelancer-Freeworlds are the authorized platforms for this competition.

* Ace of the TIE Corps
Competition ID#: 2492
Competition status: Approved
Submitted by: TAC-PROF/HA Anahorn Dempsey/CS-6/VSDII Sinister
CMDR/COL Anahorn Dempsey/Delta/Wing I/ISDII Hammer
Competition runtime: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
Units involved: Entire TC
Competition medals: IS-GW/SW/BW monthly.
IS-PW/GW/SW/BW at the end of the year.
Description: As always: every SP mission flown wins a point, whoever has most points at the end of the month wins. IS-GW/SW/BW for top 3 monthly, at the end of the year the top 4 pilots win IS-PW/GW/SW/BW. Each mission only counts once towards this competition, missions flown in previous years can be reflown.
The Kill Board statistics on the TC website are final.


Quotes of the Week

1 – RA Zósite Kónstyte Styles: “it sounds quite right to me to give you all a run for your credits. See you all myself on the SP bonus comp. ^_^”

Oh, I believe you. Let’s bring those points to the Challenge!

2 – RA Zósite Kónstyte Styles: "The first officer I catch being impartial and/or promoting freedom, democracy, solidarity or any other rebel propaganda will be enjoying a new dual assignment as *SOOA* and *FSE* apprentice. ~>:-P”

LC Tempest: “Well that doesn't sound too bad. :P”

Are you crazy???!?

Promotions

- FM/LT Nolij to FL/LT Nolij!
- Lieutenant Rhace to Lieutenant Commander Rhace!
- Lieutenant Commander Keth Aalith to Commander Keth Aalith!

Transfers

- LCM Julon Lommax – Beta Squadron to M/FRG Phoenix
- LT Nolij – Sin Flight 1 to Sin Flight 3
- CM Davis Bandarra – Epsilon Squadron to M/FRG Phoenix
- MAJ Wraith – Inactive to M/FRG Phoenix to Sin Squadron
- AD Farrim Xies – Inactive to M/FRG Phoenix

Open Command Positions

- Delta Squadron Flight 3 Leader

Conclusion

Excellent work for those who submitted entries to the Fiction Bonus comp. Please stand by for grading, and while waiting for it, create a nice banner for our ships, regardless if you’re a top notch graphic designer, or if you think that Paint Brush is the best thing that ever happened to mankind.

Have a great week, and participate in the comp. More importantly, have fun with it. That’s what it is there for.

Respectfully submitted,

TCCOM-PROF/HA Daniel Bonini/TC-1/ISDII Challenge
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