Background

One of the defining aspects of the Emperor's Hammer, and a major recruiting point for us, is our large Mission Compendium full of custom missions made by our members for the different X-Wing Series games over the last 30 years of our history.

The Tactical Office is pleased to announce a new Competition to see who can make the best missions in 2025.

Phases

The Competition will have two Phases. Entry in one is not a requirement for competing the the other.

Phase 1- Design

Submit a detailed plan for a 4+ mission battle for any of the Emperor's Hammer supported platforms (XW, TIE, XvT, BoP, XWA, TFTC). The plan should be comprehensive enough to fully describe the proposed battle and missions for the chosen platform.

This is an artifact equivalent to the battle design task of the annual Squadron Re-mobilization Competition. The same plan can be submitted to this competition and this year's Squadron Re-mobilization.

Plans can have multiple authors, and it is not a requirement that the authors have passed any Imperial University mission creation courses. However, these courses are highly recommended as a way to develop a greater understanding of mission design and our content guidelines.

The phase 1 entries must be submitted by 2025-07-14 23:59:59 UTC, allowing plans to be polished and refined after the Squadron Re-mobilization competition has finished.

All submitted Battle Plans will then be judged by a panel of judges including the Tactical Officer. All plans will be eligible for receiving the Commendation of Service.

Phase 2- Creation

The second part of the competition is to create a Battle suitable for release in the Emperor's Hammer Mission Compendium. You will have until 205-08-31 23:59:59 UTC to submit to the Tactical Officer - via email - a completed battle submission.

While Phase 1 does not have any restrictions on those submitting a Battle Plan, to submit a Battle Submission to Phase 2 does require the authors to have passed the Tactical Office required Imperial University course for any battle submission. All authors will have to have passed Mission Creation and Beta Testing Standards and the appropriate design course for their chosen platform:

• XW: X-Wing Mission Design (XMD)

• TIE: (TIE Fighter Mission Creation 3 (TM/3)

• XvT/BoP: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Mission Design 1 (XTM/1)

• XWA/TFTC: X-Wing Alliance Mission Design (XAM)

Note 1: Extra features (i.e. Custom audio, backdrops, etc.) beyond those required by the Tactical Office for a normal battle submission are NOT required

Note 2: Entry in Phase 1 of the competition is not a prerequisite for entry in Phase 2 of the competition.

All Battle Submissions will then be judged by the Tactical Office.

After judging is completed, all battle submission will also undergo the normal Beta Testing and corrections process. Once released to the Battle Centre, the author(s) will be awarded Medals of Tactics.

Mission Design Round

• 1st Place - Iron Star - Gold Ribbon
• 2nd Place - Iron Star - Silver Ribbon
• 3rd Place - Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon
• 4th Place - Iron Star - Copper Ribbon
• All entries will be awarded a Commendation of Service
• n.b. TIE Corps participants will receive Iron Stars; Secret Order participants will receive the equivalent Crescent awards

Mission Creation Round

• 1st Place - Iron Star - Platinum Ribbon
• 2nd Place - Iron Star - Gold Ribbon
• 3rd Place - Iron Star - Silver Ribbon
• 4th Place - Iron Star - Bronze Ribbon
• 5th Place - Iron Star - Copper Ribbon
• n.b. TIE Corps participants will receive Iron Stars; Secret Order participants will receive the equivalent Crescent awards
• All entries that complete Beta Testing will be awarded a Medal of Tactics