Iron Star

Overview

The Iron Star is a service medal in the TIE Corps specific to competitions.

Citation

The Training Manual states that, "The Iron Star is awarded for winning a competition approved by the Dean of IWATS. Each ribbon is given dependant on the scale and scope of the competition."

References: EH Training Manual

Award Authority

This medal is awarded as a result of competitions submitted by any level of leadership in the TIE Corps. All competitions are vetted and approved by the Dean of IWATS.

Varieties

Non-Flying Competitions

• Bronze Ribbon (BR) - 1st place in a competition involving at least 1 squadron, runner-up award for Silver competitions, 3rd place award for Gold competitions or 4th place/participating award in Platinum competitions.
• Silver Ribbon (SR) - 1st place in a competition involving at least 2 squadrons, runner-up award for Gold competitions or 3rd place for Platinum competitions.
• Gold Ribbon (GR) - 1st place in a competition involving 2 or more wings, runner-up award for Platinum competitions.
• Platinum Ribbon (PR) - 1st place in a TIE Corps-wide competition.

Flying Competitions

• Bronze Wings (BW) - 1st place in a competition involving at least 1 squadron, runner-up award for Silver competitions, 3rd place award for Gold competitions or 4th place/participating award in Platinum competitions.
• Silver Wings (SW) - 1st place in a competition involving at least 2 squadrons, runner-up award for Gold competitions or 3rd place for Platinum competitions.
• Gold Wings (GW) - 1st place in a competition involving 2 or more wings, runner-up award for Platinum competitions.
• Platinum Wings (PW) - 1st place in a TIE Corps-wide competition.

Defunct Devices

All Iron Stars with Copper Wings or Copper Ribbons were automatically converted to awards of the Operational Readiness Award.

• Copper Ribbon (CR) - Awarded for completing non-placement objectives in competitions like submitting 50 correct answers over the course of a trivia competition.
• Copper Wings (CW) - Awarded for completing non-placement objectives in competitions like flying at least 10 matches during a short-duration PvP event.

Ribbons

Colour	Ribbon	Wings
Copper (Defunct)
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum

Equivalent Awards

The Dark Brotherhood awards the Nova competition awards (Gold Nova, Silver Nova, Bronze Nova) and the Crescent as equivalent awards.

The Hammer's Fist awarded the Cross of Destruction series of competition awards.

The Directorate awarded the Seals series of competition awards (Seal of the Admiral, Seal of the Commander, Seal of the Strategist, and Seal of the Tactician).