Competition: Project: Pathfinder: Patronage

"A new age of pioneering and exploration is at hand. We call it... Project: Pathfinder."

Project: Pathfinder has begun! A bold undertaking by the Sunrider Summit to build an entirely new outward facing fleet for the purpose of exploration, adventure, and charting unexplored hyperspace lanes. If successful, this project could reshape the future of House Sunrider completely.

But fleets don't materialize out of thin air, and with the brewing political crisis amongst the Vatali, Mihoshi is hesitant to allocate assets to such a risky endeavor, and so it falls to the members of Sunrider themselves to find ways to fund this bold undertaking.

The Noble Houses of the Vatali Conclave have significant political and economic sway, and with the budding chaos in the Empire, are eager to establish new connections they can draw on. Choose one these Houses for your character to approach, and propose an alliance with House Sunrider in exchange for their patronage of Project: Pathfinder.

Will you seek the economic powerhouse of House Tevil or Ghalor? Appeal to the ancient pride of House Etlina or Khaldror? Seek the technological know-how and commoner's wisdom of the Quorahi House Burvak? The choice is entirely your own!

Not only will the winner receive the usual Crescents and credits usual to these competitions, but the winning entry will be considered the canon outcome and will heavily impact the future of Project: Pathfinder!

• Entries must meet a minimum of 500 words for participation
• Please submit your entry as a .pdf file
• Entries will be graded using the Fiction Grading Rubric 3.0