When one looks back at Pel's history on the site, you can see he has a pretty storied history with our club. Since he was promoted all the way back in August of 2002 to the rank of Equite 3, there has been a lot. He organized a competition and helped to coorganize another for Clan Tarentum: Fleshing Out the Fleet and Battle Plan #1: Enemy On Ice respectively.

Over the course of his time as Equite 3, Pel has participated in 166 competitions. The earliest included a trivia and a fiction competition for the Lazaru Reflex. Other notable competitions included May the Fourth competitions from 2015, competitions for Tarentum's Reanimated competitions, Star Wars Uprising competitions, Galaxy of Heroes competitions, Tarentum Trivia, participation in the New Ties event between Tarentum and Naga Sadow, Star Wars Celebration comps in 2017, his five competition participation in Great Jedi War XIV: Homefront, the 2020 Pro Bowl and our recent Winter in Orian competition. This is not a conclusive list, of course but rather just a sampling of his competition activity at a glance.

If you look over his dossier, you can also see an interesting mix of activities. Since his last promotion Pel has accrued 565 Clusters of Fire, 311 Clusters of Earth, 3 Pendants of Blood AND 17 Clusters of Ice. The writing for which he earned his Clusters of Ice was comprised which was 6084 words over 11 fiction activities and 2736 words he wrote over 6 Run on posts. Then, when you look at activities like gaming you can see a small mix of activities including, TOR Flashpoints, TOR Heroics, TOR Operations, 2v2 battles in Star Wars: Force Arena and Heroes of the Storm matches versus AI. His gaming activity in particular was stretched over 2 PVP matches and 21 PVE activities total.

Over the course of his term as Equite 3, Pel has earned numerous awards for his activity and support his Clan. Grant it, I have learned of these largely by digging through his dossier, but that doesn't make them any less impressive! He earned a Sapphire Blade back in 2016 for "constant participation, constant communication, constant efforts to help shape our new members and their experiences." He also recieved 2 Steel Crosses- one for activity and support of his Clan and another for serving as an Appeals Panelist and helping Jac to draft a manual as related to transitioning between groups of Appeals Panelists upon rotation.

Two Anteian Crosses on Pel's record attest to work done before but recognized after the Exile and then notably an Anteian Cross that he was presented by Clan Naga Sadow for his contributions to our Clan's efforts in Great Jedi War XIII and in how he participated regularly in Clan events following his joining our little family. He has continued to support his unit as he did before in his old Clan and has carried his fervor over to his new 'home' with our Clan.

The Dark Crosses that Pel has gotten have been for his hitting the ground running upon return from the Rogues back in May of 2015, supporting his Clan by offering up a treasure trove of Clan history and mentoring another member for which he was recognized in June of 2015, and then he earned another in August of 2015 for being the most active member of his Battle Team and being a presence/contributor in Telegram and his Clan. Also, and far from least, he earned a Bronze Nova back in 2003.

Oh yeah, Pel has also passed 56 courses, earned 8 degrees and has written 13 reports over his various positions. What were those positions? Well, looking back you see that he spent about a month following his last promotion at a Battle Team Leader, a clean 5 months as an Aedile, over a year (as noted in his Sapphire Blade's rec) in the seat as an Appeals Panelist and then 16 months as a Battleteam Sergeant.

Even beyond his leadership experiences, I think there is something to be appreciated in the roughly 45% 'win rate' for placing in competitions. How many placements has he gotten? Well, for example he got 2 Crescents with a Dimaond Star, one for achieving first place in Reanimated: Chapter 3 in 2015 and for getting first in The Inquisition of the Force. He also got 12 Ruby Crescents with a Ruby Star for: getting 2nd in a comp in Reanimated Chapter 3, for placing in nine different Star Wars Uprising comps, and for winning 2nd in March to Dathomir for Clan Tarentum. While I won't list off every achievement that earned his 24 Crescents with Amethyst Star, his 17 Crescents with Sapphire Star, his 14 Crescents with Emerald Star, 5 Crescents with Topaz Star and a solitary Crescent with a Quartz Star I feel that the numbers alone attest at least in part to Pel's long and storied tenure in our club. He has also taken part in 4 Vendettas, which have earned him 1 Seal of Wrath, 2 Seals of Fury, 1 Seal of Discord and most recently as 5 Seals of Visions.

I feel that in putting together this recommendation that I have barely started to scratch the surface of who Pel Tarentae is and even what he has accomplished over the years. A simple recommendation is also not a sufficient means to show the appreciation that one has. I could try some trite words, but I will would rather to say this:

You have doubtlessly helped to make the Brotherhood a fun and great place for others. I have had others attest to as much, and I have been quite happy to have you find a home in Naga Sadow. I think that it is time that we recognize what you have done, what you have accomplished and thus I want to raise my voice in both recommending Pel for the rank of Equite 4 and in congratulating the latest Warlord in Clan Naga Sadow.

Bentre Sadow
Consul

Adept Bentre Stahoes, 2021-04-01 03:07:29 UTC