HMR QUA Report August 2020

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HMR QUA Report August 2020

Vindicator-class Heavy Cruiser Phoenix

Above Tarthos

Orian System

Where are you? Sitting in his office onboard the Phoenix, Aedile Hades is staring out at the starboard viewport, watching a shuttle glide past in the silence of the void. A flashing green light on his console indicates he has unread messages that begs his attention. Most of those are from the Overlord, Bentre. A few are from others in the clan and even one from Grandmaster Muz. All wondering where the House Marka Ragnos’ Quaestor is hiding. The problem is, he has no idea.

The battle around Arx was intense. Many of his fellow clansmen had been going on and on about the brain-jacked Marines from the Collective and how tough they were. But they hadn't lost the number of people that Hades had that day. Hades stayed behind with the Fleet of Naga Sadow. His war was fought in the coldness of space. A coldness that held the bodies and souls of the dead forever. His mind began to wander at this point. Thinking of those who had been jettisoned into space for being in the wrong place on the ship at the wrong time. He wondered what their last thoughts were before quickly succumbing to the frigid vacuum. Searching for a way to save themselves only to realize at the last second no help would find them. His mind drifted to the thought of the bodies in space and if they would stay there for all of eternity or eventually find their way into the atmosphere of Arx before burning up in a small fireball in the sky that no one cared to see or remember if they did.

Another harsh beep emanated from the console, indicating another message. Hades took a breath and looked over at the message. The sender had him quickly sitting up. He opened the file and let it play.

hologram appears with static

"Aedile Hades, I hope all is well. You have now realized that I am a bit absent from Tarthos and the cathedral. Despite my yearning for the antiquities that lie within her halls, I am finding a calling elsewhere. House direction must go to you for now, something that will benefit the Markosian way, no doubt."

short pause

"The wars and the battles for our homeland... they may never escape my fate. But for now I move far away. Away from battle. Away from those who would prefer us dead."

chuckle

"Ok, someone will always want us dead... But I now turn inward, somewhere I've longed to be for some time. I look to... research and tomes and mysteries, and not to the light of leadership. But take delight in the fact that the binding worlds around us cannot chain us to one path, but that we will be set free. Free to make our own path, to control our own destiny. The will of the Force is ours to... warp, bend. You know all this, my friend. But let none of us forget it..."

more static, as Xolarin looks over his shoulder with a smile, cutting the signal seemingly randomly

Hades just sat there before playing the message again and at the end of the second play-through, he just sat silent for a moment.

“What the hell was that?” he exclaimed. “That’s it? That’s all I get? That’s all the clan gets? Is he on vacation suddenly?” Hades shut himself up and closes his eyes. He took a deep breath and released it slowly. He opened his eyes and quickly sent out a message requesting an audience with the Clan’s Consul, Overlord Bentre Sadow.

Hades stood and began to prepare for the short trip to see the Consul when he received a reply. The Consul was arriving in the clan’s Imperial-II class Star Destroyer Perdition momentarily and expected Hades to wait in his office for his arrival.

“Of course he is.” Hades was quick to change into his dress uniform. He exited his office and took a few steps onto the bridge. There he informed the crew that the Consul was arriving and instructed them to continue performing their duties as admirably as always. He then stepped to the forward viewport in time to see the Perdition take up station on his port side and riding quite high against his ship. Hades observed a shuttle depart from the ISD’s Hangar bay. He then moved towards the door to his office and awaited the Consul. To his credit, the Overlord did not delay and was stepping off of the turbolift only a minute after touching down.

Upon sight of the Consul of his Clan, Hades bowed in respect. He noted the Consul was by himself, with even his guards staying in the turbolift.

“Greetings Aedile Hades. Please, let us speak in private.” said the Consul as he motioned toward Hades’ office.

“Of course M’lord.” Hades motions for the door to open and follows Bentre Sadow into the office.

The Overlord turned to him upon the door closing. “I was already on my way to speak with you, but I hear that you have finally heard from our wayward Quaestor?”

“Yes.” Hades activated the holo recording. The two watched in silence. Upon the ending Bentre chewed his lower lip before locking eyes with the older man.

“The job is yours if you want it. I need an experienced hand leading HMR for the moment. That is if you’re up to it.” Bentre looked at Hades, awaiting his answer.

“I would be honored, Consul.” came Hades’ reply.

“It’s settled then. Get your affairs in order and get me an after action report on the Arx operation.” Hades nodded quickly. “Yes, sir.”

“I’ll take my leave now, Quaestor.” The Consul left the small office and that was that.

“Well, that escalated quickly..” Hades said out loud.


Greetings everyone.

Welcome to my first report as you Quaestor. As most of you know, Xolarin decided to step down as QUA of HMR for various reasons. And that’s OK. We are here to have fun and immerse ourselves in this gigantic mental playground that is the Star Wars Universe. Unfortunately, his enjoyment lay elsewhere. So I want to be the first to wish him the best of luck and thank him for years of dedication to Naga Sadow and Mark Ragnos in particular. Thanks for the fun times.

Not a lot of you know much about me unless your on Telegram and have been the victims of my food pictures (Bwhaha). Let me give you a brief rundown.

I started out with the Emperor's Hammer in 1997 (yeah, really). I joined the DB in 2000 and requested Clan Tarentum. I served in House Gladius at several points as QUA and AED multiple times. I was also AED of House Tarentum when all the clans were turned into Houses. As far as Hades as a character, he is a military man. He joined the Empire and escaped to The EH after Endor. His mannerisms are military as well as his humor. He is not a scowling Sith like some others you see. He can joke about the worst of things at the worst of times. He is serious when he needs to be but he’s not a hardass. He is skilled with a lightsaber and one and one combat and doesn’t mind using his powers to make a point. He is easy to get along with (and so am I), unless you really cross him. Most of that can be found on my character sheet, though.

Enough about me, now it is time to look at what's next for us as a house. There are a lot of possibilities for us. We have not explored all of what the Collective has done to our holdings on Tarthos or other parts of the system. There are a lot of possible stories there in itself. Some ideas have been brought to me about working with the Night Hawks. Over the course of the next week or so I will be speaking to many of you personally. I want to get your thoughts and get a feel for the members (not that kind, Bloodfyre). So look for that email/telegram message.

I am looking forward to seeing what we can do. And speaking of which, that brings us to two important news items.

First is the Pro-Bowl. This is a competition that involves CNS, Clan Taldryan, and Clan Plagueis. This competition will be focused on participation. The breakdown of the entire competition can be found here: https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/competitions/15882

Please take a look and get yourself familiar with the details. This is a large competition that will introduce us to others outside our clan. I really like this idea and believe it can broaden all of our horizons when it comes to other DB Members. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

The teams will be announced soon (ish).


Last is the Great Jedi War.

Our participation in the war was on par with the last GJW. Unfortunately CNS was mostly shut out of any and all Novae this time around, which I was very surprised about. The clan had two top three placements, one for 2nd and one for 3rd. That excellence was from none other than Battlemaster Cymbre Kall. She has been awarded a Silver and a Bronze nova. Please join me in congratulating her on her outstanding showing in the war.

With that it is no surprise that Battlemaster Cymbre has been listed as the Champion of Clan Naga Sadow. I am very proud of Cymbre’s accomplishments as well as the rest of you. Even in this weird world we are living in right now, you brought your A game. I am glad to be in this house with you.

Now, here is the participation break down for the house:

Muz Ashen earned 14 Seals of Vision Zsarion Bloodyfre earned 14 Seals of Vision Ashura Sadow earned 3 Seals of Vision Ashia Kagan Keibatsu earned 4 Seals of Vision Pel Tarentae earned 5 Seals of Vision Hades earned 12 Seals of Vision Cymbre Kall earned 19 Seals of Vision Armad earned 4 Seals of Vision Hilgrif earned 2 Seals of Vision Alexander DelGotto earned 2 Seals of Vision Rivio Rosan earned 4 Seals of Vision Crawramek Turazza earned 2 Seals of Vision

That is a 66% participation rate for our house for the overall GJW. Great job, guys.


Okay, last bit of news. I am now opening up the position of AED for applications. All applications should be sent to myself, Consul Bentre, and PCON Nighthawk. This application window will be open for at least two weeks. I am looking for an AED with a good email turnaround time and presence on Telegram. Please let me know of your vision (if any) for the house moving forward.

Good luck to all those that apply.


Reports and News Items


Consul Report: https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/news/reports-consul-report-coming-home-from-homefront

GJW Final Results: https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/news/djb-news-gjw-xiv-homefront-results-release-final-results

GJW Epilogue: https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/news/djb-news-gjw-xiv-homefront-epilogue

Star Wars Episode V 40th Anniversary: https://www.starwars.com/empire-40th

Star Wars Actor Wilford Brimley Passes away: https://www.theforce.net/story/front/Star_Wars_Actor_Wilford_Brimley_Has_Passed_Away_At_Age_85_187472.asp


Okay, that is it from me for now. My door is always open. Until next time..

<Bow> Battlelord Hades (Sith) / QUA / House Marka Ragnos of Clan Naga Sadow [SA: III] [GMRG: IV] [ACC: Q] [INQ: IX] GC / SC / ACx3 / DCx2 / GN / BNx3 / Cr:2R-6A-13S-15E-8T-3Q / PoB / CFx32 / CIx82 / CEx325 / CGx19 / SI / SotMx2 / LSx4 / SoLx3 / S:1P-6U-2B-1De-3Aff-1Rn-13Cr-6Rv-4Wr-1F-14Di-12Vi {SA: MVF}

Nice work, friend!

Excellent report Hades!

Great work to HMR!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Solid report, Hades. :)

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