Typing interface engine

Typing Interface Engines (TIE) allow small space craft to be powered by typing.

During the Great Linguistics War, several Semantics Tactical Undercover Political Intelligence Department spies reported that the Syntax Nazis had developed a new engine type. This engine, called TIE for Typing Interface Engine, allowed Syntax pilots to power their craft via fast and accurate typing. Potentially, this new technology would allow the Syntax Nazis to gain space-superiority over Gestapo fighters, with devastating consequences.

The Gestapo immediately reallocated substantial resources to replicating TIE technology. Progress was unexpectedly rapid, and within several months the first operational prototypes were developed. The Gestapo began full scale production, but was disconcerted by the non-appearance of Syntax TIE craft. Gestapo strategists feared the Syntax Nazis were massing forces in some unknown location for an assault on Gestapo planets.

Efforts to locate the Syntax staging ground proved unsuccessful. The Gestapo lacked strong static defenses, and its fleet was not mobile enough to reinforce all essential assets in time to defend against an unexpected attack. Since the Syntax Nazis were undoubtedly far ahead of the Gestapo in terms of TIE production, Gestapo strategists decided a single, winner-take-all attack on Syntax headquarters was the only defense they had against the inevitable Syntax TIE craft assault.

The Gestapo fleet, escorted by a few squadrons of the newly produced TIE Fighters, arrived in Syntax space and engaged the enemy fleet. Gestapo TIE fighters completely obliterated Syntax fighters, and a single squadron of TIE Bombers destroyed several Syntax capital ships. Eventually, however, the attack was repelled, but at substantial cost to the Syntax Nazis.

Following the subsequent truce, the Gestapo learned that the Syntax Nazis had never developed TIE technology. The Syntax Nazi Propaganda Department had made up the whole thing to boost morale.