Troutrooper has put forward another excellent performance to help carry Tarentum to her placing in this latest Great Jedi War. His participation in over a dozen events earned Tarentum a large percentage of her overall points over 20%. This single handed devotion to helping his Clan succeed fits nicely into the description of the circumstances of a Grand Cross “Service to one's Clan through competition”. As such and as a token of my gratitude I hereby award you this medal TT. Thanks.<br> <br> Welsh<br>

Note: This medal was upgraded to a Sapphire Blade per subsequent request by Welshman - MAA Kaek

Welshman Tarentae, 2006-09-02 22:00:00 UTC

Troutrooper has nothing left to prove at this point in his DB career. He honestly should be off on an island somewhere sipping fishy-collada’s and gettin caught in the rain. Still, before the start of the Dark Crusade, he joined up with Clan Arcona and right off the bat became a part of the family. Looking back at this past year, It would be hard for me to think that Trouty had been in any other unit besides Arcona. His loyalty and dedication to the Clan and it’s member shine as he has been friendly, supportive, and a fierce competitor to boot. As I got to know him more and more, I found it invaluable to get his opinion on certain matters. His fishy-sage-powers and ability to always (somehow) make light of a situation has been a huge part of my development as a leader and member of this club. While the recipients of a Sapphire Blade typically have shown consistent and long-term service to their Clan or Brotherhood position, Trouty has functioned as an unofficial Summit member in Arcona, offering advice and wisdom wherever he could. He has had a slew of young BTL’s (and often jokes about it) who he has helped with his presence and easy going attitude, and never lets anything drag him down. It is contagious, and the proper attitude of a member of the Brotherhood.

The Sapphire Blade also can also be rewarded for extraordinary amounts of activity in a large scale event. No competition to date has matched the Dark Crusade- and Trouty really showed why he has made it so far in this club with his efforts. Trouty bats a 28 / 31, 90% participation rate for the Dark Crusade, 5th overall in Arcona. On top of that, he was a member of Arcona’s Special Forces team for all 3 chapters of Phase 2. Over the course of the Crusade, Trouty has scored 11 total novae: 6 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze. His efforts have been nothing short of heroic, and Arcona would not have finished as strongly as it did without his help. I don’t want to count the pages of fiction he’s written, let alone ponder the word count he’s accumulated. It takes a special type of dedication to put out that level of work when you’ve already earned most of the clubs highest honors.

Thank you Trouty for rocking out with us this year. I can’t thank you enough for the help you’ve been as a friend and fellow member. Here’s to more and better times ahead.

Consul of Clan Arcona

Lord Marick Tyris Arconae, 2013-12-03 09:01:21 UTC

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Since his last formal recognition, which is apparently a Sapphire Blade I wrote in 2013, to show my age, Dark Jedi Master Troutooper has actually earned enough experience to give me the honor of writing a follow up award. While Trouty is off in the sea of life, living his best life, it is fun to be able to look over his dossier and remember how much joy having him in the club and in Arcona was.

That said, since that Sapphire Blade, Trouty has been documented as having participated in 46 competitions, written 5,098 words of ACC fiction, done 5 fiction activities such as a Run-On, three Fiction comps, and by process of elimination and my art-school level math 1 ACC match. Nice. He also ranked up 16 times in the different socities, earned a Silver Nova, 33 Clusters of (r)Ice, 34 Seals of the Crusader (I think those came after the Dark Crusades ended, so it's good we're cataloging those since that was 2 years of getting to write with Trouty every other month on a schedule), 11 Seal of Revelation, 3 Clusters of Fire, some Crescents with stars of different kinds, 28 news post comments, 3 courses, 1 degree, and co-organized 1 whole competition.

Hooray, numbers!

Anyway, with all the other old people getting their dues, I'm honored to be able to reach into the vaults of the Underdark to drege this award up.

Enjoy another thing to hypothetically stab people with. Just remember that flippers require extra grip and attention.

Blub.

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-W

Lord Marick Tyris Arconae, 2024-06-05 21:05:10 UTC