From the Commander of Rho Squadron, MAJ Maston Dane:

For the last 15 months, Westric Davalorn has faithfully served 3 CMDRs as their SQXO, served as CMDR for the 10 months preceding that and as FL for the 10 months that proceeded that. For the last 3 years, every pilot in Rho has had Dav to lean on and sometimes outright be carried by him. He has given Rho, every pilot in it and this entire organization years of active, thoughtful and expert care. His competitions are legendary, his academic record is extensive, knowledge of all things EH, flawless and his willingness to help anyone who needs it, endless. No one has deserved their rest from service more so its bitter sweet but also my honor to thank Westric Davalorn for his years of service and announce he will be stepping down from management for a while for much earned rest as a FM.

In his place, perhaps the only person I could see filling his shoes and carrying on his tradition with such excellence, I welcome Alexandre Ossus Morgan back into the roll of Rho’s SQXO. He’s previously served as SQXO, a golden age as CMDR and FL. Even while waking at 5:30 am to get to work so he could go to college in the afternoons, he somehow still found the time and strength to be available to help out, which he did constantly. With his knowledge, work ethic and heart, I have every faith and expectation that he will do a wonderful job back in the position of SQXO.

Thank you for your service, COL Westric Davalorn, and congratulations and good luck in your new/old role, MAJ Alexandre Morgan!

From the Commander of Battlegroup II, RA fr0Zen:

Between the time of his last promotion to Captain on the fourteenth day of the second month of the new Imperial Year, 32 ABY, and the fourteenth day of the fourth month of this Imperial Year, Captain Maston Dane has delivered 585 Legions of Skirmish and 25 Legions of Combat to remind the enemy of his ace dogfighting skills. Continuing his excellence in expanding our ranks for the Emperor’s glory, Captain Maston Dane has added three Medals of Instruction to his record and joined the Reconnaissance Office as an Assistant.

Captain Maston Dane is setting a stronger example each month for broad contributions across the fleet - operating as the leading coordinator for multiple “Watch Parties” hosted in the hangar bays of the ISDII Warrior. Numerous members of active Squadrons across the fleet, members of the Reserves, and visitors from systems neighboring our current position have celebrated the legacy of Emperor Palpatine during the “Palpatine Docu-Series” presentations as a result.

During this time Captain Maston Dane reached the Master Ranger First tier, the 17th Echelon of Flight Certification, and crossed the Veteran First Level of Combat Ratings.

Most importantly, CM Maston Dane has been a daily asset to his Squadron and Battlegroup. Battlegroup II can count on him to be a supportive team member, an encouraging communicator, and a skilled partner in all theaters of combat.

For these efforts, and for his ongoing loyalty to the Empire, we proudly recommend Captain Maston Dane be elevated to Major Maston Dane with all the rights and privileges therein.

Congratulations, MAJ Maston Dane!

The Training Office is proud to announce the update of Multiplayer 2 to Multiplayer 3. Thanks to the hard work of MAJ JetMech, AD Jaxx Nassin, and GN Silwar Naiilo, we are proud to publish this much-needed update to one of the most important courses for the TIE Corps.

All contributors will receive a Medal of Scholarship. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to expanding the Imperial University's body of knowledge.

Check out the course here!

From the Tactical Officer FA Pickled Yoda:

Jagged Fell has delivered groundbreaking work for the Tactical Office and the Emperor's Hammer Battle Center.

He has reached new heights of creation with his use of modern speech generation tools to add audio message content to XWA and TFTC battles. In addition to the audio, the battles themselves are meticulously crafted and diligently prepared.

TFTC is still in its infancy as a platform. Jagged has been the first to grapple with the additional complexities and powerful options that it offers. More impressively than that, he has been documenting his knowledge for the benefit of future creators. His hard work in pushing the frontiers of battle creation will be more straightforward for those who follow.

Jagged Fell has delivered exceptional service to the fleet and should be awarded the Gold Star of the Empire!

Congratulations on this award of excellence, CM Jagged Fell III!

For completing the Aviation Tactics Imperial University course at an impressive 100%, SL Barney V. Eiker of Eagle Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Barney V. Eiker!

From Alpha Squadron CMDR CPT Witchblade:

It's taken a little while for his exploits to catch up with him, but Lieutenant Sid_amos has been a hugely valued member of Alpha Squadron since he joined in January 2024. He has consistently scored Silver Stars month after month and has been a breath of fresh air aboard the ISD Hammer. I am therefore very pleased to be promoting him to Lieutenant Commander! Well done!

Congratulations, LCM Sidamos!
Due to administrative delays, this promotion is active retroactively from March 13th.

From Alpha Squadron CMDR CPT Witchblade:

LCM Shane has been an exemplary member of Alpha Squadron since our reformation. He has scored over 200 Legions of Combat during this time and has taken on the duties of Flight Leader, something that he has acquitted very well! I am pleased to be promoting him to the rank of Commander for his efforts!

Congratulations, CM Shane!

Due to administrative delays, this promotion is active retroactively from February 17th.

From the Commander of Battlegroup I, RA Genie:

Gytheran has been exemplary these past few months.

In the flying scene, he's been consistently active, earning a Silver Star every month without fail, since July 2022!

More importantly, ever since he took the reins of the Lambda Squadron, he has been leading by example and is tirelessly working on keeping both his squad and BG1 active, encouraging our pilots to participate and compete in major competitions, leading by example and creating his own competitions, and championing games from the TC such as SWTOR and more recently Destiny 2.

Futhermore, he has been instrumental in adding SWTOR and Destiny 2 as TC games by doing all the groundwork and submitting them to the COO office for review. If that was not enough, he has been very proactive with valuable feedback for making useful changes to existing major TC competitions such as Raise the Flag, Imperial Storm and Remob.

I thus highly recommend Gytheran for promotion to Colonel!

Congratulations, COL Gytheran!

For earning a first set of Legions of Skirmish in Star Wars: Squadrons, SL CubeV35 of Gamma Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT CubeV35!

One of the Squadron (Re)Mobilization 6 tasks calls for playing PvE matches with your squadron.
As per last year, for those playing EABF2 PvE matches to complete this task I would ask if you could drop the screenshots of who was in the match here.

The Tactical Office is pleased to announce the release of the first ever custom content for the TIE Fighter Total Conversion for XWA (TFTC).

Commander Jagged Fell III has been working exceptionally hard on making TFTC battles and discovering the amazing possibilities of the platform.

TFTC-TC 1: Anti-Rogue Squadron: Battle for Coruscant is a conversion of his first two Anti-Rogue XWA battles.

We highly recommend installing the Wav Pack. Jagged has put a lot of effort into audio files, skins, medals and planet backdrops.

Note: TFTC custom content is a new platform and not supported by the EHBL. Please read the installation instructions carefully, particularly about the backups that need to be made. We are working on improving the process.

Two frees were also released:

• TFTC-F 1: A Changing of the Guard, also by Jagged
• XvT F 246: Challenge Summer Cook-out! by Locke Setzer.

Over the last four months the Inbox of the MAA has seen numerous Clusters of Fire as well as many completed Singleplayer-Missions.
All of these submissions were compiled in the First Competition to elect the Guard that will protect our secrets and fight our battles.

These are the six selected Guardians:

• Guardian of the Dark Council: ST Habu
• Guardian of the First Circle: WAR TheBlackxRanger
• Guardian of the Second Circle: MRD KEBLAOMEGA
• Guardian of the Third Circle: KNT Locke Setzer
• Guardian of the Fourth Circle: ST Brutalist
• Guardian of the Fifth Circle: MRD Vanguard

You've earned the right to the Purple Robes and the Force Pikes forged for you by Inquisitor Taurus. Soon you will be sworn in in a special ceremony and receive your assignments to enact the will of the Secret Order.
Congratulation!

Welcome to this years TIE Corps Exercise: Squadron (Re)Mobilization!
Commencing at 00:01 UTC on May 1st!

As per todays TCCOM report -
Starting from its first run in 2019, (Re)Mob was designed to get each squadron together to complete tasks as a team in a way that was similar in scale to Raise the Flag but not as much of a firehose of activity...

Squadron (Re)Mobilization is a competition that pits our squadrons, largely against themselves and rewards squadrons for working together as a team. Over the course of the next month each squadron will try and complete as many of the tasks on the list as possible, each task having been broken into four equal chunks to assist them in completing the tasks they wish to complete.

The tasks cover many of the different activities that the TIE Corps has to offer, from completing Single Player battles from our Battle Compendium, to flying both against and with each other in PvP or PvE combat. We also have tasks around fiction writing, completing Imperial University Courses and wiki editing alongside creating the outline of a battle which was a big hit last year!

• For full details on the tasks please refer to the competition outline here
• The online scoreboard can be found here

Additional background information can be found in todays Warfare Officer Report.

CPT Blaster72 is taking a step back from the Squadron Commander (CMDR) role to a Flight Member position in Gamma Squadron. Thank you for your service!

Succeeding him as CMDR will be Gamma's Executive Officer, CM Habu. Congratulations and good luck in your new role!

For completing their first TC custom missions in X-Wing Alliance, SL Race Kesyk of Tempest Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Race Kesyk!

In the near future, the Internet Office will be implementing a change on the site that will change how multiplayer (MP) match wins increase the pilot’s combat rating (CR) and Flight Certification Wing (FCW) point totals.

To get two obvious concerns out of the way, we’re not changing the number of points needed to achieve CR ranks or FCW echelons and steps are being taken to ensure that no pilot gains or loses progress in their CR or FCW when the new system takes effect.
The change being made is to how many points a win will contribute to your total when you win a match. Right now, all MP wins are worth one point each. Similar to what we’ve been doing in competitions like Raise the Flag, Ace of the TIE Corps, and Imperial Storm, we’re going to give each game a different weight based on the type of combat (PvP or PvE), the average match duration, the anticipated win/loss rate over time, and even some incidentals like average queue times. In addition, for the first time we’ll be awarding bonuses for playing with or against other members of the Emperor’s Hammer and we’ll have the ability to award a bonus for winning a match while an event is active. The bonuses will be in the form of percentages that we can modify as needed as opposed to being set in stone at the beginning.

For example, a pilot that wins an EABF2 PvE match in the new system will earn 3.5 points. With two other EH players in the match they’d earn a 35% grouping bonus, bringing them to 4.725 points. With an event offering a 20% bonus for EABF2 matches, that’d bring the total to 5.67 points. We’ll be rounding up to the nearest tenth to keep the numbers trim, so 5.7 points. Because we’re not changing the CR or FCW thresholds, we’ll need to do some normalization and divide that by a conversion factor based on the average of all match base values, currently 3.6, so the pilot will earn 1.6 points towards their CR and FCW. That’s a 60% increase over the current system that would’ve only awarded the pilot 1 point.

The main reason for this change is that we’ve been recognizing that not all MP matches are equal. Some take longer, are more difficult to win, or even take more time to get into. To make sure that tougher matches are as attractive as more spammable matches, we’ll rebalance the number of points being awarded. The grouping bonus and event bonus are new benefits meant to bring pilots together and encourage group play.

From Delta Squadron CMDR COL Highlander:

For being an example for any pilot in EH to look up to as well as always being willing to help someone in the Squadron as well as Wing I and within EH as a whole it is my pleasure to promote CobraSparkles to the rank of Commander.
Congratulations Cobra wear it with pride!

The promotion is effective February 1st.
Congratulations, CM CobraSparkles!

For earning a first Legion of Skirmish in Star Wars: Empire at War, SL Starstrike of Eagle Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Starstrike!

From Delta Squadron CMDR COL Highlander:

For being an example for any pilot in EH to follow and look up to as well as always being willing to help in Delta and Wing I and within EH as a whole it is my pleasure to promote LandoRasputin to the rank of Commander.
Congratulations Lando wear it with pride!

There has been an administrative oversight made in regard to a CM LandoRasputin's exploits, so this promotion is effective August 29th 2023.

With my apologies I send my own congratulations, to CM LandoRasputin!

For completing a first Imperial University cours, Nature of the Darkside at 100%, SL digitalviking of Eagle Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT digitalviking!

CPT Jayden Halcorr, formerly the Squadron Executive Officer (SQXO) of Epsilon Squadron, has been selected to be Sin Squadron's new SQXO. Congratulations and good luck in your new role!

The Imperial Storm survey will remain open until the 18th. If you have any comments please get them in!

Survey here

For earning a first set of Legions of Skirmish in Star Wars - Squadrons, SL Mrowaksu of Tempest Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT Mrowaksu!

From Typhoon Squadron CMDR GN Triji Boliv:

In just two short months Lieutenant Marlore Julren has joined the TIE Corps, become a member of Typhoon Squadron, and hit the ground running. With a solid showing in Imperial Storm VI, Lieutenant Julren has already flown 72 single player missions in the service of the Emperor. I am proud to have Lieutenant Julren as a member of Typhoon and Battlegroup III, and wholeheartedly recommend an immediate promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander at this time.

Congratulations, LCM Marlore Julren!

Following the assignment of Tempest Squadron's previous CMDR to the COO role, MAJ Morgoth stepped up to CMDR and has chosen his leadership team. In addition, we have a Tempest veteran returning to their roster.

CPT Grendel, previously Tempest's Flight Leader, has been selected to be the new Squadron Executive Officer (SQXO).

COL Mordred, previously a Flight Member in Tempest, has been selected to be the new Flight Leader (FL).

GN Silwar Naiilo, previously the COO, has returned to his last line rank and Tempest Squadron as a Flight Member (FM).

Congratulations and good luck in your new roles!

For earning a first set of Legions of Skirmish in Star Wars - Squadrons, SL DarkHelmet of Alpha Squadron has been promoted to full Lieutenant.

Congratulations, LT DarkHelmet!