TIE Corps Command Staff

From Emperor's Hammer Encyclopaedia Imperia

The TIE Corps Command Staff (TCCS) is the group of admirals in the highest positions in the TIE Corps: TIE Corps Commander (TCCOM), Strategic Operations Officer (SOO), and Combat Operations Officer (COO).

History and ambiguity with main EH[edit]

In the past, particularly when the games used by the TIE Corps were newer and the TIE Corps was bigger, the TIE Corps lacked a command staff of its own.

Instead, it was headed by the Flight Officer, a member of the main Command Staff who was supposedly in charge of the rosters for the whole Emperor's Hammer. However, due to groups, then known as subgroups, tending to have positions of their own for this role, such as Master At Arms, the Flight Officer found themselves with responsibility for only the rosters of the TIE Corps. This eventually translated into the Flight Officer taking de facto command of the TIE Corps. Kawolski was the first FO to use the TCCOM title, a practice which continued until the Flight Officer position was abolished.

Other roles, such as Tactical Officer, again supposedly for the whole fleet found that most of their work in the subgroups was being handled by others. All in all, the Flight Officer, Tactical Officer and Operations Officer were almost solely TIE Corps centred. The Tactical Officer, however, maintained nominal control of the entire battle centre, and missions released by subgroups, though rare, were still processed through the Tactical Office Testing System.