§ 1 Introduction

Members of House Exar Kun,

Hereby I would like to present to you my last report as Aedile. Before I continue my report, I have to apologize for the fact my report is perhaps a bit late. My real-life is still occupied with the pleasure of finishing the final essay for my law studies, but with a bit of luck this just might end today already.

Our House remains to be more active than ever expected. I see a lot of members answered to the distress call from our Proconsul Sarin to participate more in competitions and such. Also are both our Battle Teams quite filled with members and are the Battle Team Leaders doing all they can to offer all kinds of missions and entertainment. I thank everyone for making this House bustling with activity, because it means that Exar Kun is more alive than ever.

Fortunate news is that our planet is near completion and will be presented to all of you very soon. I have to admit that it looks extremely well and the brain trust working on it give the entire planet an enormous depth and created an entire culture with economical, political and military structure.

§ 2 Competitions

Here you see the outline for our House about all the competitions, which are currently running. We now have several competitions running for both our BT’s. I will personally come up with a competition proposal for our House this week.

§ 2.1 Clan Plagueis

[CP] PCON Report Trivia

There will be 10 trivia questions in each of the next three PCON reports. The fastest response to each trivia with all answers correct will win a LS. At the end of the month, the competitor who completed all three events with correct answers will win an additional LS. (the overall winner will be decided by having all answers correct and the speed of submission).

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1486

[CP] Enhance the Logo!

Clan Plagueis has selected http://dgm.darkjedibrotherhood.com/CP-Fang.jpg

as our clan Logo. This competition will allow members to enhance the logo and combine it with any other images that they believe will make it look best.

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1498

[CP] di Plagia Website Description

Since the Clan has voted and decided on "di Plagia" as the new Clan name - we are in need of the text for the new website for this. Here are some examples of what we're looking for:

http://www.taldryan.org/taldrya.php

http://www.nagasadow.org/groups_sons.php

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1484

§ 2.2 House Exar Kun

[CP HEK] 'Losing Elysian'

While all members of House Exar Kun are preparing themselves to evacuate Elysian, the ‘Crimson Tide’ strikes back! Due to the charging supernova nearby, all personnel and Dark Jedi are on a tight time schedule and were not aware of the upcoming threat. Fact is that the pirates are not alone this time. Captain Calliban Crimson made an usual alliance with three sinister men, all with their own little private army and all with their own agenda’s.

The available sensors and scanners were off, because personnel were already packing all equipment. They attacked by full surprise. Not just a mere Dreadnaught appears out of the blue, but an Imperial Star Destroyer named ‘Nemesis’ is seen above Elysian this time. It is unknown for now what will happen next and what will be their plan of action. There are rumours about the identities of the allies of Crimson, who joined his ‘Pact of Accarr’.

The House stand for the impossible job to secure that all personnel, younglings and Dark Jedi make it off Elysian, while the orders from the Clan Summit are simple and clear. Make sure that to the ‘Crimson Tide’ no delays are accepted and that they should never have bothered Clan Plagueis.

This is an important run-on competition which will guide our House from Elysian to our new home world. Therefore we (Godo & Gaidal) came up with a specific set of rules in this case:

1. This is a run-on competition that will last for three weeks. This is a competition ONLY for HEK members. There is no sign up for the members and one may post as much as one wants.

2. When you post it has to be around one page long, like in Word with size 10 Times New Roman. It may never be less than half a page or more than two pages.

3. There is one main storyline, keep that in mind all the time! Additional storylines are always interesting, but only when they fit in the story and support the main story. Try to keep such side plots as limited as possible, because the main story line is very important and delicate. In case they do not, the post will be edited. Godo and I will always have to authorisation to edit posts, if necessary at all times.

4. There are four most wanted criminals involved in this alliance. Please read their character sheets if you wish to use them in a particular scene. DO NOT make assumptions too fast, because in the end we (Godo & Gaidal) decide whether or not a villain dies. What we would like to see is that the participants try to use these villains and give them more depth. To try and make more out of them than mere fictional characters (NPC’s) to fill a story with a bad guy.

5. Godo & Gaidal will post every now and then to fill the gaps in the story and lead you through the main plot. In order to easily write in this competition it is advised to read the run-on competitions ‘Crimson Tide’, ‘Return to Eden’& ‘Elysian Expedition’. It is also advised to read the profiles of the criminals in the ‘Most Wanted List’ on the forum.

6. Remember that you are writing this story together, DO NOT cause anything horrible to a colleague writer of yours, when this person does not approve such action. Discuss this with one another to avoid problems in the competition.

7. There are three medals that can be earned for a good writer, a better writer and the best writer. Godo and I will judge the posts together and will decide who deserves these medals. There are four major requirements: language, style, grammar & plot development. Every writer will be judged based on these requirements. We will also look at how often a participant came up with posts. In the end, one will be judged based on these two things.

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1500

§ 2.3 Battle Teams

[BT ES] Unwelcome Guests

While House Exar Kun moves to its new planet many of the house's members are living in orbiting ships. One small ship built for twenty is the current home of Battle Team Exar's Shadow, and Commander Aabsdu Dupar spends as much time as he can with his battle team helping them practice, joining them in meditation, or letting the younger ones fly the ship around a bit.

Many of the older members travel to the larger ships to talk with friends, but Aabsdu stays on their small ship, the Excavator, unless he is in a leaders meeting.

The house was doing fine as the prepare their new home until the radar picked up a small group of ten fighters just out of range of weapons or scanners. Godo Nurok and Gaidal Dupar decided it was easiest to send a battle team to discover what the small group was doing in the region, and they chose Exar's Shadow.

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1490

[BT ES] Caption Contest

I have gathered together eight star wars related "funny" pictures. I wish for you to write a caption for at least five of the pictures. You are welcome to create a caption for all eight, and if you do so I will only take into consideration your five funniest ones. So you might as well go for all eight.

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1483

[CP EK] Word search!

I think that one of the easiest competitions to do is a word search. So, I will be releasing one word search a week for an entire month!

Here's how it works:

I release a sentance or Phrase. You find as many possible words from the available letters in the phrase. Each word is worth one point.

Words that are Star Wars Related are worth 2 points. The person with the most points for each word search is the winner. The more words you find...the more points you get!

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=1467

§ 3 Changes & developments

§ 3.1 Promotions

I would like to congratulate all the following members with their promotions:

KP Braecen Isradia Kunar: Arch Priest

DJK Schisca Archaon Azyteen: Sith Warrior

APP Talon: Novice

SBM Wil Striker: House Envoy

§ 3.2 Medals & rewards

The following members are being congratulated by me with their medals and other rewards:

DJK Aabdsu Dupar al’Tor: Star of Antei

KAP Braecen Isradia Kunar: Elite Cluster of Fire, Dark Cross

GRD Debric: Crescent with Topaz Star

DJM Sarin: Crescent with Emerald Star

SW Schisca Archaon Azyteen: Cluster of Fire (2x)

SBM Will Striker: Dark Cross

§ 3.3 Shadow Academy Exams

no current results available

§ 3.4 Welcoming new members

HEK welcomes all these fresh new members. I wish you all a pleasant staying and good luck with the exams and trials ahead of you. In case you have any questions, just ask me by email or on IRC:

APP Xak Radune

§ 4 General information

Last but not least I will supply you with a short outline of general information. As Aedile I am supposed to check frequently on the Battle Teams, make notes about the running competitions and give you all an outline of what you can do in our House. But there is more than that.

As Aedile I will also help each and every one of you within my powers. My basic principle from which I start working is trust; we need to be able to rely on each other, so we can be open-minded and honest to each other. To build up such trust we need to communicate: we can achieve this by email and IRC. Last but not least, I hold great respect to the ranks among our lines, but I myself see everyone equal or at least equivalent as a person. This might sound a bit unorthodox, but nothing to scare one off. It is actually quite simple: In case you have a problem, a question or anything else, feel free to step into my office. I can not do my work properly when the distance between you (as a member of HEK) and me (as part of the Summit) can not be bridged. For all new and fresh members, if you need any assistance, please ask. A wise man once said that there are no stupid questions. So feel free to use such a freedom of movement and speech.

In case you need to check the situation in the Brotherhood:

www.darkjedibrotherhood.com

Information concerning our Clan (with a link to HEK) you can find on:

www.clanplagueis.net

For all the new members, fresh from the Shadow Academy, in case you would like to communicate instantly and more direct with other members (which the Quastor of HEK, the Rollmaster and I highly recommend) make sure you get Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can get this program easily and free and one can easily use it. So you should download from:

www.mirc.com

In case you need to ask me a question, you can usually find me on IRC (#plagueis, #db) almost 24/7. Otherwise you can always email me with your question(s) to:

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That was all for this week, I think. Keep an eye on the competitions screen of the Brotherhood and you may look forward to another report of your Aedile somewhere around the same time as this week.

§ 5 Final remark

My last few words are meant for SBM Godo Nurok, who led House Exar Kun for over 6 months. He will step down today and I am more than honoured to succeed him as the next Quaestor in line. Godo is the kind of man I admire for his professionalism, wisdom and humanity. He was always ready to help anyone anywhere he could and am extremely proud he taught me everything he knew. As Aedile it was always pleasant to know that you could rely on Godo. He always kept his word, did what he had to do and was not afraid of making the difficult and tough decisions. All and all he kept reminding me that he did what he had to do as Quaestor, because someone had to do it. It is the kind of altruistic nature I prefer above all others, because he never wanted to earn that position merely for his own benefit. Godo, I am glad to announce that you will remain within our ranks and that you continue to work on your precious project ‘The Plagueis Chronicle’. Also the time has come to spend more time with the person you describe as “the wife”. Take care old friend and until we meet again in our House. I salute you! May the Dark Side feed upon you!

(PS Last but not least, this will indeed be my last report as Aedile. Somewhere tomorrow I will return as your new Quaestor. One of the first priorities will be to present a new Aedile to you all!)