Battle Submission Forms

 One of the main activities of the IDSF is flying and the completion of battles that are available in the mission database. As such the Tactical Officer is primarily accountable for approving each Battle Submission Form so credit for the battles is given to the relevant pilot. This section will detail how to submit pilot files and how to fill out a Battle Submission Form. 

Sending the Completed Pilot File 

All Officers who hold the position of Squadron Commander or higher can submit pilot files for the pilots under their command. Listed below is the chain of command to follow when deciding whom to send their pilot files to. 

If you have sent in your pilot file to your superior and have heard nothing back within several days, don’t panic. This could be for a number of reasons. Your superior officer may be experiencing problems with their computers, be on leave or it maybe with the Tactical officer awaiting approval.

The best thing that you can do is mail your superior officer to see if he has rec’d your pilot file. It is possible that the original has been lost or buried in a to-do pile. If you receive no reply from your superior officer you should follow up the chain of command as listed in the Fleet Manual.

Reviewing Pilot Files 

There are only 2 ways of reviewing a pilot file. You can load the pilot file up into the platform it was flown in or you can use the relevant utility as outlined in the Utilities Section of this manual. 

Any pilot files that have more than one battle flown on it will be immediately rejected and no credit given!!! 

The Battle Submission Form 

When sending the pilot file to the Tactical Office you will need to fill out a Battle Submission Form. This section will detail what format the form should take and what position can submit pilot files for. 

The first thing you will need to do is extract the Mission Scores from the pilot file. This can be done by loading the pilot file in the game it was played in, or using on the utilities as listed under the utilities section of this manual. 

Once this has been done a mail will need to be sent to the Tactical Officer. Below is the preferred format for Battle Submission Forms. 

TO: TAC/CJCoS ADM Reaper

FROM: SC Fred

Subj:  Battle Submission Form 

Battle Flown:           IDSF-TIE 1

Flown By:               FM/LT Joe Public/Wing IV/ESSD Armageddon 

Battle Total:          106314         

Mission 1:          15236

Mission 2:          9642

Mission 3:          5631

Mission 4:          21487

Mission 5:          54318 

Respectfully 

SC/HCPT Fred/Wing IV/ESSD Armageddon

Once the Tactical Officer has received this it will be processed as quickly as possible, usually within 72 hrs of receipt. Once processed a reply will be mailed to the superior officer and pilot concerned. As well as the battle being shown on the relevant pilots record. 

Who can I submit for? 

You have reviewed the pilot file and filled out a Battle Submission Form, buy where does it go know and whom can you submit for. The table below details who can submit for whom: 

Note that Command Staff and their attaches are not included on this. They should send their battle submissions directly to the Tactical Officer using the format detailed above. 

Scoring Exceptions 

TIE Fighter:  If the battle was played in the Combat chamber a ‘0’ must be entered for all scores. 

TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance: If more than one mission has been skipped due to a bug, then it is deemed invalid and credit will be given for it. 

X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter, Balance of Power: When flying these battles the included .LST file. If the pilot has used a different .LST, which prevents you from seeing individual scores the pilot file is deemed invalid and no credit will be given. 

XWA Bonus Scores 

In most X-Wing Alliance missions you will get bonus points. These are to be included on the mission points total as these are considered as the secondary/bonus goal score as in TIE Fighter. 

All Squadron Commanders and other officers submitting Battle Submission Forms for X-Wing Alliance are urged to use the utility mentioned in the Utilities Section with great care. 

Audits 

While the Tactical Officer will be reviewing/approving all Battle Submission Forms that do not contain high scores, audits will be performed at random. This will be the case on all submissions containing High Scores. 

If you receive an audit notification, please reply in a timely manner with the pilot file for that Submission form. For this reason you should always keep the pilot files that are used until the Submission is approved. Having said that most Squadron Commanders etc like to keep the pilot files just incase they are ever required again (this is possible). Remember the quicker you reply the quicker the battle will be approved, except in the case of a suspicious file in which case you will be notified. 

If the Audit request has not been replied to within 5 days the battle will automatically be denied.