Striking from unknown sources, a mysterious new enemy known only as the Dominion has surfaced. Their attack has left Naga Sadow beaten, but not defeated. The Clan's scouts have tracked the Dominion to a remote world, where the trail has vanished. Now, the Clan Summit has issued orders for the Clan to rebuild, to learn anything they can about this new enemy, and to prepare for war and revenge. They have sent their best agents to this world, known thus far only by it's Warhost code name of Cobalt, to begin their efforts...

This is the parent competition for the two week event "Operation Cobalt." There will be four sub-competitions. For overall placement in the parent event, each competition entry will be worth 15 points. First through 5th will receive additional points, as follows:

1st: 30 points 2nd: 20 points 3rd: 15 points 4th: 10 points 5th: 5 points

The overall winner will be whoever accumulates the most points at the end of the event.

Additionally, the clan must work together to ensure that Operation Cobalt is successful. After a strategic analysis, the Warhost military leaders and Sadowan Summit have devised a points system to determine whether this operation was successful enough to move forward, or whether it has failed and we will likely be pushed back and forced to change our strategic outlook.

Each individual competition entry will be worth 10 points toward this goal. We require reaching or exceeding a threshold of 200 points to ensure success.

Whether we succeed in meeting or surpassing this threshold will determine the future of Sadowan fiction and our success or failure in our brewing war against the Dominion. If we 'win', then we will move forward. If we 'lose', then it is likely the Dominion will push us back in the future.

Will you assist your clan in this war? Will you allow their audacious attack of the Ashes Fall conflict to go unpunished?