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_ News _

*There is only one thing I want to talk about here. There was a big change within the House this last week. Unfortunately, Kano had to resign due to real life which is upsetting as he was awesome leader and a fun guy to know. It was decided that it would be better to put all the active members in one Battleteam instead of having two small, semi-active battleteams. Thus, the Night Raptors was merged into the Night Hawks. We gained four new members, bringing our total members up to 12. These 12 members are some of the most active people in the house, so I am looking forward to the activity that this team will start to show.

_ Competitions _

Lots and lots of competitions for you all to participate in, with more on the way!!!

*DJB Wide *

Make the Fist a Banner <- Ends June 10th Future Character Rendition <- Ends June 20th Battle Front 2 Gaming Bash <- Ends June 26th [Voice] All in Good Time <- Ends June 30th [Voice] Something is Coming <- Ends June 30th [Voice] The End <- Ends June 30th Report Lyrics <- Awards are given to the first person to reply correctly in the comments section after each Voice Report

** Naga Sadow **

SAdow Training <- Ends the last day of the each month until June 30th Operation: Doom Train <- Ends July 1st Unrest in the City [Month 3] <- Ends June 4th

** House Marka Ragnos **

Fremocs Flash Game <- Ends June 9th [HMR] Security Detail <- Ends June 19th

** Night Hawks **

Company Name <- Ends June 10th - Ok, I know that this ended June 4th, but Sarconn had no submissions at all to this competition. This was an easy competition. All you had to do was put a bunch of letters together to come up with a company name. This competition is part of the Night Hawks Revamp project and I would really like to see the team involved with the process. So with that said, I am opening up the competition again until June 10th to give everyone a second chance as well as give our new members that joined when the competition ended a first chance for easy crescents.

_ Activity, Awards and Promotions _

We had several new members join us after the close of the Night Raptors. So welcome to Jeric, Araxis, Quo, and Rang.

_ Jeric _ *Received a Crescent with an Emerald Star

_ Kalei _ *Received a Legion of the Scholar

_ Tyren _ Changed his order from Krath to Sith

_ Ekeia _ *Received a Crescent with a Topaz Star *Received a Crescent with a Sapphire Star

_ Night Hawks Revamp Project _

I am leaving what I wrote in my last report about this project to let our new members have a chance to see what is planned. Still, I have not heard anything from any one of the older members about thoughts or ideas for this project, which is ultimately what Sarconn and I are looking for. We do not want to make this change solely what we want. It is a change for the team, and as such we want more of the team involved. So let us know what you think, what you want to see changed or added, what you like about it, what you do not like about it, or anything else.

Here is how this is hopefully going to go down. There are a total of 10 ranks. You advance through the ranks by reaching a certain number of points. You earn points through your activity, which means you have to CC us with everything you do – this means every time you submit to a comp, letting me know if you are participating in a run-on, gaming, anything. I will know when you take an SA course, or if you receive a medal, but there are some things you all will need to CC me with. There will be four basic ranks, then four ranks where you can choose to specialize in a fictional role within the Battleteam. There will then be another two ranks for mastery in that role.

Another big part of this is the possessions system. At each new rank, new weapons, armor, and other cool stuff will unlock for you to have. Also, when you get to the tier of specialization, even more weapons will unlock that will relate to what you choose to specialize in; same with the mastery tier. However, that said, it will be based on a credit system, and yes, it will not be difficult getting credits to buy the cool things you want. This is how the credit system will work. Keep in mind, though, that the numbers are not set; however, this is what is looking the best. For each point you earn, you earn 5 credits. So, if you earn 50 points in a week, you earn 250 credits. Also, each rank gets a base stipend every two weeks, and each rank gets progressively more credits.

On top of this, there will be three positions. The first is the commander, or the current battleteam leader of the Night Hawks. The second will be a second in command chosen by the Battleteam leader, and a quartermaster of sorts that is in charge of keeping records the credits and possessions. The quartermaster will be through applications. There will be perks for being Quartermaster and Second in Command. At the current time, I am assigning Sarconn as my Second in Command solely because he is half of the brains behind the system and knows exactly how this will work so that we can put the revamp into action smoothly.

The last aspect to this project is that I am hoping to build a Night Hawks website that we can place all of this on instead of on our wiki page, as ultimately, that would be one LONG article. Who wants that? I am looking at opening a forums site to start out so that we can begin implementing the system before I can build an actual website.

_ Real Lifes _

I will be going up to Dallas Wednesday afternoon and will not be getting back until Saturday night. I am registering for my college classes and doing all that other fun pre-college stuff. I will not access to a computer so I will not be on IRC, but I have email access on my phone so if you need to get in touch feel free to email me.

_ Conclusion _

*Lots of activity and competitions *Look out for more specific plans for the Night Hawks Revamp Project *Welcome new members of the Night Hawks.

Until next, ~DJK Ekeia Iclo