Hoth Aedile Report #10: Cover Me

2018/02/16, 5:00 AM, Aedile - House Hoth

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Introduction
Fiction
News
Competitions
Awards
Transfers
Conclusion

Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to the February Edition of the Hoth Aedile Report! The House Event, [Hoth] The Price of Freedom is LIVE! I won’t bore you with my rambling in this section, as there is a fiction to be read! It was pointed out to me that I used a lot of Roman influence for the names in this fiction and decided... why not? The private military company (polite term for ‘mercenaries for hire’) the Collective detachment is posing as will be called Eradicatus, which is latin for Eradicate. (It means ‘to destroy/wipe out/annihilate’.)

Not very subtle, but I needed to amuse myself somehow and it stuck.

With that out of the way, let’s get into the report!

Fiction

Artwork courtesy of Ozosi Vym

Is Brea, Ihera Continent
Solyiat, Kiast System, Outer Rim Territories
Late 35 ABY; 1722 Hours, Local Time

Within a lavishly decorated office within the capitol building, Governor Pius Kopchak appeared to be in deep rumination. His elegant fingers were tented upon his desk, pale brows furrowed in silent contemplation.

Pius Kopchak was a part-Sephi who had been born and raised on Solyiat. In his schooling, he had discovered a love for debates and policy, which led the curious youth toward political activism. Nearly a decade earlier, Kopchak had been beyond honored when he was elected to his current position as Planetary Governor of his home planet.

Despite the maturity assumed by his silver-blonde hair, the part-Sephi was only in his early forties; barely into adulthood, by Sephi standards. It was a natural shade he had inherited from his mother, who was half-Human. His pale lavender irises, however, were the exact duplicate of his father.

Rather than the serene calm that his father’s once held, Pius’ burned with barely suppressed rage.

Where at first, Kopchak had been honored to be the Governor, it had taken several years until he realized he was nothing more than a figurehead. Anything larger than planning the annual gala required multiple steps of approval above his station. Governor or not, Pius was not born to one of the noble houses and thus lacked the sway to have the power he yearned.

The seeds had taken root within his mind, but it was not until more recently that the Governor became resolute in this plot.

Empress Kaltani Anasaye had completely ignored courtesy when Odan-Urr sought refuge after their former planet was destroyed. It was not until months after the decision had been made, plots of land and an abandoned mine were signed over to the Joint Task Force Hoth, that Kopchak learned of the occurrence. When the Governor finally sent through a polite request for more information, especially with a group of unknowns on his planet, he received a dismissive reply.

These Jedi did not answer to him, only their own Council and the Vatali Empress herself.

As far as the Governor was concerned, the Jedi themselves were a threat. Their soldiers and hired mercenaries were viewed as possible allies, as he was sure they would not mind becoming free... or could simply be bought for the right price.

Kopchak wanted the power to make decisions for himself, with Solyiat as its own nation. An independent nation. The first steps had been to seek out like-minded individuals within the political landscape and convince them that the plan would work. The next had been easy, compared to convincing politicians and business owners that treason was a good idea; building up a small force of Quorahi, stationing them in the desert continent and arming them.

Even still, the Governor knew this would not be enough to achieve independence of Solyiat. His Quorahi could be wiped out by a small team of Jedi from Hoth, if the holorecords of the Clone Wars were to be believed.

The news of a Private Military Company—called Eradicatus—gave Kopchak hope for his vision.

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To read more, the rest of the fiction for the launch of [Hoth] The Price of Freedom can be found on the Discourse.

News

Clan/House

Our lovely Consul released his first report in the position mere hours after I post mine. shakes fist
Blade takes over as PCON and... has some strange obsession with fridges. I don’t get it.
Ranarr releases his own first report as Rollmaster of COU!
In addition to releasing his fourteenth report as Quaestor of House Hoth, Edgar has released the announcement detailing what we want in Battleteam Leader applications. These applications are due just before midnight Central Standard Time, 28th February.
Keiji released his final report as Battleteam Leader of the Wildcards before stepping down for personal reasons.
Last, but certainly not least, our own Daniel “Seraphol” Stephens and Ozosi Vym have been selected as Praetor to the Headmaster and the Herald, respectively! Give them a shout for attaining these coveted positions!

Brotherhood

The Combat Master released his thirteenth report with a lot of information that’s worth reading (No, I’m still not going to tell you what it says).
The Deputy Grand Master (fondly referred to as ‘Mav’) released a Statement to the Electorate and the Membership. Read it!
The Office of the Fist was a busy one this last month. Dracpool released this, this and this supplemental update. His Praetor, some old title holder here (C’mon, I have to poke fun at Edgar every now and then!), released a report and an update.
The Grand Master released an update concerning the Covenant.
The Headmaster of the Shadow Academy released his eighteenth report, where he says goodbye to the former Praetor and some other helpful information. Read it yourself, people. :P
Howie releases his eighth report as Master-At-Arms, along with an alert that some Microsoft Email Accounts May Be Blocking Site Emails. Do you have a Microsoft Email account? You should read these. You might not be getting your emails.
The Regent released his twelfth report, full of shiny new things we can spend credits on!
The Office of the Voice was equally busy! Chapter 5 and the Finale of the Great Jedi War fictions were released, followed by Wally’s fourteenth and fifteenth updates where applications for Magistrate are open until Sunday, 18th February 2018.

Competitions

For further competitions or if you’re reading this a few days after I posted my report, check here for a list of competitions. There will always be end dates attached to each competition for your ease of decision making on which competitions you would like to sign up for. All Competitions End At 1759/5:59pm CST.

House / Clan

Let’s Haiku #3: The Force [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]
Our sister House, Satale Shan is running their event, Shadow of the Kesaret.
House Hoth is running [Hoth] The Price of Freedom, both of which are LIVE and will be running until Friday, the 9th of March!
Two Sentence Story #3: Funny [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]

Brotherhood Wide

A Super Symbol [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]
Arcona Presents: Valentines’ Day [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]
[CC] The Collective Chronicles [Ends: Friday, 2nd March]
DJB RPG [Ends: Friday, 2nd March]
[FIST] Monthly Gaming Challenge - February [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]
It’s Kind Of Like Being In Love [Ends: Thursday, 1st March)
MAA Puzzle #15 [Ends: At Site Reset]
New Jedi Order Meets Old [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]
Super You [Ends: Wednesday, 28th February]
Switching Characters: Han Solo [Ends: Friday, 2nd March]
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work [Ends: Saturday, 17th February]

Awards

In order to avoid potential confusion, this activity is tracked from my previous report.

Celevon Edraven Erinos

Crescent with Amethyst Star
Cluster of Ice (x7)

Daniel “Seraphol” Stephens

Cluster of Earth (x8)
Cluster of Fire (x19)
Scroll of Foundation (x6)

Edgar Drachen

Promoted to EQ4!
Crescent with Ruby Star (x2)
Crescent with Amethyst Star (x2)
Crescent with Sapphire Star
Crescent with Emerald Star
Crescent with Topaz Star
Cluster of Earth (x76)
Cluster of Fire (x227)
Pendant of Blood (x2)
Scroll of Foundation (x3)

Ernordeth Puer-Irae

Cluster of Fire (x12)
Pendant of Blood (x2)

Kenath Zoron

Crescent with Diamond Star (x2)
Crescent with Ruby Star (x3)
Crescent with Amethyst Star (x3)

Luna Okami

Crescent with Diamond Star
Crescent with Ruby Star
Crescent with Amethyst Star (x4)
Crescent with Sapphire Star (x2)
Cluster of Earth (x118)
Cluster of Fire (x531)
Cluster of Ice (x8)

Yuki Suoh

Cluster of Ice

Sariel Dhejeuti

Crescent with Sapphire Star
Cluster of Fire
Cluster of Ice

Tamashi Adaephon Delat

Cluster of Earth (x15)
Cluster of Fire (x6)

Aiden Dru

Cluster of Earth (x12)

Ka Tarvitz

Crescent with Ruby Star
Crescent with Amethyst Star
Crescent with Sapphire Star (x3)
Crescent with Topaz Star
Cluster of Fire (x84)
Cluster of Graphite (x2)
Cluster of Ice (x2)

Roland Jäger

Cluster of Fire (x48)

Seth Danner

Crescent with Ruby Star

Tisto Kingang

Crescent with Amethyst Star
Crescent with Sapphire Star
Crescent with Emerald Star
Cluster of Ice (x11)
Scroll of Indoctrination

Droveth Kathera Vectivi

Crescent with Emerald Star (x3)
Cluster of Ice (x6)

Keiji Suoh

Crescent with Sapphire Star
Crescent with Topaz Star
Cluster of Earth (x12)
Cluster of Ice (x2)

Ozosi Vym

Crescent with Amethyst Star (x2)
Crescent with Sapphire Star (x2)
Cluster of Fire (x21)
Cluster of Graphite (x2)
Cluster of Ice (x12)
Scroll of Foundation (x3)

Phebe

Crescent with Amethyst Star

Wolfe Whitehorn

Cluster of Ice (x3)

Jack Sewet

Promoted from Initiate to Runner!

TonyWhispers

Promoted from Initiate to Proselyte!

Transfers

Arcia Cortel/C’ree transfers to Satale Shan!
Ernordeth Puer-Irae joins from the Rogues!
Jack Sewet joins from the Shadow Academy!
TonyWhispers joins from the Shadow Academy!

Conclusion

A lot happened in between this and my previous report. Be sure to check the news section everyone! Looking forward to seeing your entries in the Price of Freedom event.