Table of Contents

1. Notes from Quaestor and Aedile
2. Fiction Update
3. Recent Happenings
4. Things to Do
5. Promotions
6. Cluster Digest
7. Leaderboard
8. Misc

Notes from Quaestor and Aedile

From Treeguy:

So, december has been going well (aside from getting sick). In regards to activities, it was mostly focused on the Battle Team with their big bin of competitions (supplemented by a weekly puzzle set). We’ll try to keep sets of small quick to complete activities going every month. If you want to see some type of weekly or monthly competition outside of that, get in touch and we’ll set something up.

Looking ahead a bit, 2024 is going to be a fun and action filled year for Galeres. We’ll kick it off in January with a nice event to move our story forward. We’ll be going over our unit’s presence on DJBWiki and updating/improving where possible (we’ll be in touch on this in the future so if you’re eager to take part => don’t worry!). As I said, get ready to have fun in 2024! Your Aedile, Battleteam Leader and myself will be setting up some fun things.

I’ve been in charge of Galeres as your Quaestor for about 2 months now and it’s been a joy working with all of you. From the hyperactive newbies (you know who you are), across the reliably active core of the house to the more veteran members coming out of the woodwork to once again do stuff, it’s been a blast so far. Thanks for being awesome! And have some very happy holidays before we … crash … into 2024.

From Blueberry:

Happy Holidays Galeres!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are having an even better December. This time of year is busy, both in our lives outside of the club and the activities going on in the Brotherhood. Remember to take your time, take care of yourselves, and spend time with your family. There is a lot going on in the club right now so remember to prioritize! Do what you want to do. Any activity is activity and we’re happy for anything you contribute.

Disaster Imminent

Quiet.

Things had been so quiet since the war had ended. Very little riffraff had tried to move in on Arconan territory while they were away from home, and while there was some pirate activity and underground shenanigans, it seemed that everything was winding down as the Galactic year came to a close.

Sanguine eyes drifted up from the report sent from the Battleteam leader of the Dajorran Marshalls, Wulfram, to look at the Neti slowly gathering his belongings.

“Calling it a day, Ood?”

“Yeah, I’ve had enough of this paperwork for now and I need fresh air.”

“Be safe getting to… your home? I’ll be here for a while still. Got a few loose ends to tie up, then I’ll be heading home myself.” She still had other reports to look over, a few things of paperwork to complete, a medical note to dictate and file, and so on and so on…

“Alright. Goodnight, Sivall.”

“Good night, treeguy.”

Ood let out a snort, if sentient trees could do such a thing, and began his shuffle towards the door. His Chiss Aedile let her eyes drift back down to the dataslate between her fingers to finish reading the report she was in the middle of inhaling. Things were going good in the Marshalls as the contingent of Galeres was making way with cleanup after the war.

Everything was so quiet.

Ruka had told her once that things were the most quiet before kist hit the fan.

An alert popped up on the right side of her screen and Sivall’s eyes narrowed for a brief moment as her tired brain tried to register the words she saw there. A yacht had made its way into Dajorran space, granted it did have the correct clearances and documentation. The S.S. Titan, carrying a couple hundred thousand passengers all bustling and enjoying the Life Day season. Still… a sneaking feeling whispered at the back of the Aedile’s mind.

Something wasn’t quite right.

“Odd…”

Upcoming House Event:

We have a bit of an event coming up in January. We know things have kind of been quiet since pre-war, and even before then. We’re hoping that this next chapter of the Galeres storyline helps foster some creativity and good ideas for our members in the coming months.

While things will be kind of quiet on our end in terms of competitions during the month of December, expect another fiction update and some more details about our upcoming House Event come early January.

In the meantime you can check out some of the stuff going on below:

Recent Happenings

• The First Emissary was announced! Congrats to Qormus! Read his first report here.
• There was an update to the GRMG– CoE now accounts for the same contribution as CoF, meaning some of you saw a sudden jump in your rank in this society!
• Dacien had mercy on our wallets and announced that your DBVersary would net you some extra credits.
• There was an update to the MAA Policy to add new guidance regarding AI submissions to competitions. It is up to the individual Competition Oragnizer(s) whether or not to accept AI submissions. If you do not want AI submissions, you have to say so in your Competition Rules
• The Voice staff blessed us with some new traditions: Knights of Ren and Jensaarai.
• Arch gave us some nice guidelines on how to attribute art to its correct sources and let us know that P:HM was open for applications in their latest report.
• To add to all the other staff positions opening, Herald is now up for grabs. Think about applying if you think you’d fit! The Fist Staff announced that Halo Infinite now has another supported game mode: Firefight PVE!
• Wulfram has moved on from Arcona and joined our ally clan, Odan-Urr, to bring them our special brand of hospitality and inclusivity. Let’s wish him luck on his future endeavors as COU P:CON. See the official announcement here.

Things to Do

If you have some spare time, here are some competitions we think might catch your interest.

• The Marshalls are running a bin, and even if you aren’t a part of the marshalls, there are some interesting comps in here for sure. I have confirmation from Wulfram that out-of-BT submissions will still garner participation as long as the submissions are valid.
• Our friends over in Tal are running a set of holiday-themed comps here. Take a look and pick your poison.
• Socs is running a gambit of puzzle comps. May the best puzzle-er…er win!
• Tuq is running a cluster race and some other games here for our more game-oriented Arconans.
• See our house-wide puzzle bin here, open till the end of the month.

Promotions:

• Kant Lavar was promoted from EQ1 to EQ2!
• Zosi’val’ria was promoted from JM4 to EQ2!
• Bril Teg Arga was promoted from EQ1 to EQ2!
• Work’t was promoted from NV1 to EQ2! (WHAT EVEN?)
• Asani was prompted from JM1 to EQ1 (Go Bully bunny!!)
• Ta’xi was promoted from NV1 to JM4 (At light speed!)
• Meero was promoted from NV1 to JM4 (Like what?!)

Cluster Digest for Galeres

Date range: 11/JUN/2023 to current

We fell a bit behind with cluster recognition so these numbers are a little borked and cover a portion of WAHR.

Ood Bnar
- 6 Clusters of Ice
- 6 Clusters of Graphite

Stres’tron’garmis
- 10 Clusters of Ice
- 2 Clusters of Graphite
- 36 Clusters of Earth

Diyrian “Diy” Grivna
- 131 Clusters of Ice
- 17 Clusters of Graphite
- 199 Clusters of Earth

Celahir Erinos Arconae
- 4 Clusters of Graphite
- 1 Cluster of Earth

Sven Rawioni
- 1 Cluster of Ice
- 24 Clusters of Graphite
- 103 Clusters of Earth
- 113 Custers of Fire

Christopher Winchester
- 38 Clusters of Earth
- 45 Clusters of Fire

Luka Zarkot
- 50 Clusters of Ice
- 14 Clusters of Graphite
- 287 Clusters of Earth

Karran Val’teo
- 50 Clusters of Ice

Ellisyn Kendis
- 44 Clusters of Ice

Zosi’val’ria
- 97 Clusters of Ice
- 19 Clusters of Graphite
- 226 Clusters of Earth

Bril Teg Arga
- 259 Clusters of Ice
- 38 Clusters of Graphite
- 500 Clusters of Earth

Work’t
- 45 Clusters of Ice
- 9 Clusters of Graphite
- 174 Clusters of Earth
- 953 Clusters of Fire (WHAT?!)

Nicfer Luthol
- 2 Clusters of Ice
- 5 Clusters of Earth

Asani
- 56 Clusters of Ice
- 26 Clusters of Graphite
- 155 Clusters of Earth

Ta’xi
- 2 Clusters of Ice
- 474 Clusters of Earth
- 546 Clusters of Fire

Meero
- 19 Clusters of Ice
- 42 Clusters of Graphite

Leaderboard

We’re trying something a bit different here! I wanted recognition to span across everything that you do in the DB, because while I know some of you aren’t necessarily active competition or gaming wise, I know you’re out there making a difference. So here is our brand spanking new leaderboard! If you have any questions about how things are graded, please feel free to reach out to Sivall!

• 1st Place: Work’t (2097.5 points)
• 2nd Place: Bril Teg Arga (2066 points)
• 3rd Place: Luka Zarkot (1204.5 points)
• 4th Place: Ta’xi (996 points)
• 5th Place: Diyrian “Diy” Grivna (879.5 points)
• 6th Place: Meero (813 points)
• 7th Place: Asani (661.5 points)
• 8th Place: Sven Rawioni (603 points)
• 9th Place: Stres’tron’garmis (208 points)
• 10th Place: Kant Lavar (186 points)
• 11th Place: Ellisyn Kendis (183 points)
• 12th Place: Christopher Winchester (172.5 points)
• 13th Place: Nicfer Luthol (130.5 points)
• 14th Place Celahir Erinos Arconae (70.5 points)
• 15th Place: Karran Val’teo (66 points)
• 16th Place: Kaled Atros (31 points)
• 17th Place: Grot (19 points)
• 18th Place: Skar Agrona (6 points)
• 19th Place: Wolvie “The Jackal” (5 points)
• 20th Place: Tyga Orn Nilm (1 point)
• 21st Place: Xenna Azara (0 points)

Misc

Just another note from your Aedile, I’m so very proud of you guys. You have been kicking butt with your activity even during the busy holiday, interacting in the house chat and other clans’ chats, and overall being awesome. From the Galeres Summit, have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, and we’ll see you in January!