"To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the beard and not being afraid."

-- An Excerpt from The Bearded Tome: Chapter 19, Verse 3

Today's Random Report Art is from A Varga

Hey Folks,

I've been working on this report for a few days, but mostly I keep getting distracted by the wonderful offerings of the television, and I realized that I just need to bang this one out. So, here we go, fast and dirty, just like our Voice.

Headlines that you need to Know

• We have a new Star Destroyer Name
• Plans Moving Forward
• All the Star Wars News Points to Awesome
• Rollmaster Corner
• Competition Round Up

The Newest Ship in the Fleet

I recently just closed the competition for the naming of the ISDII. We had a lot of excellent entries, but in the end I decided on a name that represented Taldryan's overall performance over the last couple years. I also wanted to call to mind one of the greatest moments in cinematic history.

Therefore I present you, from the minds of Crix and Rian... The ISD Redemption.

As a bonus, I'm including Bobecc's Five Entries which were hilarious: Piece of Ship, Indestructible II, Destroyer? I Hardly Knew Her, BullShip, and Bambo III.

Plans Moving Forward

So what we're looking at for the moment is how we're going to progress onward and upward. Right now a lot of what we're trying to do is tying up loose ends on the fictional side of the Clan. We're going to continue working on our relationship with the Gray Paladins who allied with us during the Gathering Darkness Event.

Zoron and Rax will be leading the efforts for updating all of our military pages as well as coordinating some of our NPCs, and I'm going to be organizing the updates to our dominion pages with Halc. If you want to help out on any of those be sure to email us.

Star Wars News

As is traditional, I take a moment to point out some of the bigger news stories in the Star Wars universe.

• Star Wars Aftermath: There's been an announcement regarding new books moving forward.
• Star Wars Battlefront: We're going to see some news regarding Battlefront at this year's Celebration.
• Star Wars Galactic Defense Tournament: We've got another tournament for members to participate in with Galactic Defense.

Rollmaster’s Corner

Hello all!

First of all, I would like to welcome Dracus to Clan Taldryan! He’s already taken up a spot in Ektrosis and was promoted to Novice! I'd also like to welcome Swifty back into Taldryan and the Harbingers after a brief stint in the

My second biggest bit of news is that I will be away for about a week – I am off on vacation, and will be returning next Wednesday! Halc and Yacks should be able to handle things in my absence!

Journeymen Activities

Below are the highlights of our journeymen during the past week!

Novice Dracus: Promoted to Novice!

Jedi Hunter Artorias: Earned a promotion to Jedi Hunter, Promoted to rank II in the GMRG! Earned a Crescent with Diamond, Sapphire Star, and Amethyst Star! Art also earned 84 Clusters of Fire!

Jedi Hunter Bobecc Varga: Earned 10 Clusters of Fire!

Competition round up

Taldryan Hosted Competitions

• Taldryan Gatekeeper Trials, March 2015 – Best PVP Score wins!
• Speed Sporcle Challenge #9 – Hosted by our very own Zoron! Answer questions on sporcle!
• JKA: Winter Cup – A Jedi Academy bracket hosted by our very own Guardians Bobecc and Artorias!
• Return of the Return of the Taldryan Trivia #4 – Another Raist hosted trivia competition!
• House Dinaari - House of Horrors – Most Diablo 3 kills wins!

Brotherhood Wide Competitions

• Monthly Mobile Gaming: ZigZag – Another glorious mobile competition!
• Star Wars Galactic Defense: Legends of Endor – Earn Clusters of Fire by playing Star Wars Galactic Defense!
• Star Wars Online Collectable Card Game Open – A Star Wars card game testbed competition hosted by Delak!
• Revenge of the meme – Another hilarious make a meme competition!
• TOR: Blood Hunt Hardmode Speed Run – Fastest time on the Blood Hunt flashpoint wins!
• Droidtacular – Create a droid competition!
• It was my first day... – Write a story about your first day in the Brotherhood!
• TIE Fighter Single-Player Competition – Play through TIE Fighter’s campaign!
• DJB March Madness Bracket Pool – NCAA Basketball March Madness pool!
• Star Conflict PvP – Play Star Conflict, most Clusters of Fire wins!
• GMRG Gorefest: Feburary 2015 (in March) – Double Clusters of Fire for GMRG members! Runs the weekend of the 27th to the 29th!
• GMRG Gorefest: March 2015 (in April) – Double Clusters of Fire for GMRG members! Runs the weekend of the 10th to the 12th!
• GMRG Gorefest: April 2015 – Double Clusters of Fire for GMRG members! Runs the weekend of the 24th to the 26th!
• Diablo 3: Season 2 Greater Rift Ladder (Non-Seasonal Characters) – Highest greater rift completed wins!
• Diablo 3: Season 2 Greater Rift Ladder (Seasonal Characters) – Highest greater rift completed wins!
• Star Wars v Game of Thrones – Write your character as in Game of Thrones!
• Jedi Academy: The Art of Dueling – Jedi Academy duels – most CFs wins!
• Star Wars Commander: Galactic War – Tournament – Play Star Wars: Commander!
• Star Wars Galactic Defense: Jedi Hunt – Play Star Wars: Galactic Defense!

Well, I'm done, and exhausted. Have a good one folks!