Introduction

A Message from the Quaestor

Hallo my lektastic Qel-Dromites!

How’s the vacation going? Good? Good. It’s great that our Arconan vacations are so relaxing and uneventful and… wait, where did those ominous storm clouds appear from? Who’s playing an off-tune violin? Why is everything on fire? And who spilled my drink?!

Oh well, there’s always next year...

I’ve had a good time expanding on Selenian culture and taking the first tentative steps with my new NPC. I hope you all have found something worth exploring as well! In real life, I even managed to sneak away for a weekend to the eastern wilderness for a little getaway, and unlike the rest of my summer thus far; the weather did not suck!

With autumn closing in, I wish you all a pleasant easing into the darker times with plenty of candles and hot chocolate. Oh, and there just might be something brewing in the background regarding our ongoing efforts against the Dawn Conclave...

Signed, Your Lekhead

A Message from the Aedile

Hello fellow Qel-Dromans!

Are you enjoying the beach vacation? Cause I was, until I got attacked by a certain green person. But nonetheless I still got to splash alcohol in Diy’s face. I bet she didn’t expect that. Neither did I.

A lot of things happened this month. New routines for me and new things to get used to. But one thing that makes me happy is opening Telegram everyday and reading through all the shenanigans that might have happened while I was off.

With the Clan event coming to a close, and, if you manage to survive it, we still got matters back at home to deal with. Mainly choosing where the coffee machine will be on the Voidbreaker cause there’s been a lot of requests to have it right outside everyone’s room.

Good luck on your last efforts to enjoy this vacation, hehe, and prepare for what’s to come.

As always, stay safe and awesome!

Signed, The Local Gambler

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. House Fiction Update
3. News
4. Awards, Promotions and Transfers
   
5. Crescent Leaderboard
6. Competitions
7. Ask the Lekhead and the Gambler
8. In Closing...

House Fiction Update

Mid Level, Phantom Complex
Port Ol’val
38 ABY

Operative Lasander wiped sweat off his brow despite the cool air within the climate controlled Signals Analysis department, his stale cup of caf having long since succumbed to the surrounding ambiance. His fingers worked feverishly, dancing on a control board as he cross-referenced various docking reports and occupancy records the Qel-Droman intelligence operation had managed to acquire. His hands trembled as the pieces began to fall in place, at least enough so to warrant a word with his superior.

Working under the assumption that the vessel that had attacked the Voidbreaker required berthing quite substantially larger than that of most ‘normal’ vessels, he’d been feverishly cross-referencing the patchwork of sightings and possible signals contacts with nearby merchant station bookings of warship class berths. The results were not entirely conclusive, but a pattern had emerged. And what’s more, if he was correct, he might know where their target currently resided.

Read the rest of the fiction here.

News

Arcona News

Awards, Promotions, Consul Report

Vacation time means not much happened. No promotions or awards have been given during this month.

• You can, however, read the Consul report and find out more about the vacation you were forced to take. Read it here.

DB Wide Updates

• New SW game also means new supported game for us! Or does it? Looks like the FIST has some doubts about it. But you can check it for yourself right here.

• The Regent Atra Senpai provides us with all we need to know about what’s happening around the DJB with the pulsefeed report! Thanks Atra Sama.

• New course on the SA! Go do it now. And read about it and more here

Awards, Promotions and Transfers

And now, for the Crescent list!

Tali Sroka
- 2 Crescents with Amethyst Star
- 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star
- 2 Crescents with Emerald Star
- 11 Clusters of Fire
- 14 Clusters of Ice
- 2 Clusters of Graphite

Edema R’uh-Kalinor
- 7 Clusters of Ice
- 6 Clusters of Graphite

Alaisy Tir’eivra
- 1 Crescent with Ruby Star
- 3 Crescents with Amethyst Star
- 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star
- 6 Clusters of Graphite

Karran Val’teo
- 2 Crescents with Amethyst Star
- 3 Clusters of Ice

Aru Law
- 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star
- 1 Crescent with Emerald Star
- 3 Clusters of Ice
- 2 Clusters of Graphite

Crescent Leaderboard

Below you will find the numbers used to determine the scoring and the leaderboard itself.
If you don’t want to be featured in the Crescent Leaderboard, let your House leadership know.

• Diamond: 7
  
• Ruby: 6
  
• Amethyst: 5
  
• Sapphire: 4
  
• Emerald: 3
  
• Topaz: 2
  
• Quartz: 1
  

Member	Points
Alaisy Tir'eivra	21
Tali Sroka	20
Karran Val'teo	10
Aru Law	8

A good amount of activity from everybody this month. On the leaderboard we have a very close fight between Alaisy who takes first place with 21 points and Tali who comes right after with 20 points. The third place goes to Karran with 10 points and A-Aru comes last with 8 points.

Keep up the great work and let's get the leaderboard even bigger next month!

Competitions

• You do know that vacation in Arcona actually means exploring old ruins right? Cause if you don’t, well I’m sorry. Follow this link to find out more.
• Edema has provided us with a series of puzzles to keep us entertained. Go do them here
• More from Edema. This time a fiction comp about an alternate view of our Brotherhood. Check it out here
• Even more from Edema! Holy mother of Gundark! You can find this one here
• Are you getting ready for Halloween? Take this comp and show us what your character is going to wear.
• You like crosswords? Then this one is for you.
• More puzzles. This time from Shimura. Follow this link and have fun!

AskTheLekyDraw

• Kord is interested in our vacation time:
  • How's the resort vacation? Kordath didn't make it due to reasons. He's disappointed but keeping a wandering 'eye' on the situation.
    • Aru: “I have lots of interesting pics if that interests you. I can send them over a very secret network.”
    • Tali: “The cocktails andt crosswordts vere quite agreeable. The amalgams of nightmares andt parental issues… less so.”
  • How many women have slapped Aru at this beach?
    • Aru: “I stopped counting past ten. Can’t say I forgot other things though.”
    • Tali: “Fourty-o…-two.”
  • Can Tali actually....tan?
    • Aru: “Can you actually tan Kord?”
    • Tali: “I shall endeavor to findt out!” lathers in suntan oil
  • * Favorite food, especially if being treated (Strong totally not asking)*
    • Aru: Lasagna, Portuguese way for that matter, not Italian.
    • Tali: “Errr, partial to roast Mynock andt hot sauce. I, uh, don’t know fancy foodt...”
  • Big plans for after the vacation? for the House, not for you all
    • Aru: “We do. We are more than ready to go big on our goals after this vacation.”
    • Tali: “Ve still have some scores to settle vith the ship vhat destroyedt our previous ship...”
  • Big plans for the House summit?
    • Aru: “I’m not playing on dying anytime soon if that’s what you’re asking about.”
    • Tali: “Eh, medium plans. Like 5/7 sizedt...“
  • Hows the back, Aru? I remember Strong talking about putting you through a wall at some point
    • Aru: “The back pain is now a distant bad memory. I have more recent injuries, in the groin area.”
    • Tali: sips cocktail “Go on…”

In Closing…

It’s been great fun seeing loads of RP activity during the event in our Arcona RP “server”. If you have not already taken the plunge, I highly recommend it to anyone enjoying the prospect of organic character development! I for one am looking forward to the next one already!

I hope you have a good time with the second phase of the Vacation comps and show our Consul and Proconsul how Qel-Dromans relax!

As always, if you have concerns, ideas, recommendations or a general need to chat, we are always here for you. Whether on TG (@tali_sroka, @AruLaw) and or email.

Signed,

The Lekhead & The Gambler