Dark dudes and dudettes,

Maybe I should just do these reports every Monday, seeing as that's the only time I can normally get to do them. I'm at work at the minute, and so I am actually getting paid for writing this report. Woo-hoo! Krath bless Crown Castle!

Today I'm nursing some wounds. I went paintballing on Saturday, and as well as looking like I have about 13 superfluous nipples on my chest, I also have a huge bruise on my shoulder that looks like a target. So, because I was away getting shot at and stuff on Saturday, I wasn't about for the meeting or the Inter-club training event. I'll be missing it this weekend as well as I will be taking part in a military skills competition. If you have anything specific you want me to address, then try to get it to me before Thursday, cos I'll be away from Friday until Sunday night. So chances are, I'll be getting paid by Crown Castle to write next weeks report as well.

Anywho, I'm still waiting on a reply from the RPG group about the Clan System. As soon as they give it their okay then we can get on with designing the rest of our homes. I already have a few ideas bouncing around my head, but we have to wait for the RPG'er to give us the thumbs up. No point us planning out the whole Clan's planetary system and then being told that we can't have it…

Also this week, or I should say continuing this week, is a discussion between all of the Consuls and Proconsuls about the current state of the Clan infrastructures, promotion guidelines, Clan specific powers and few other things besides. I feel that the main one that would concern us most is the infrastructure thing.

Lots of ideas have been bandied about, but the general consensus appears to be that Consul's should have full control of how their own Clan is structured, although they must stick to a set of guidelines. That means that small Clan's like our own, could be altered in such a way that all Clan members interact with one another more than they would (for instance) in a Clan the size of Taldryan's. It's definitely something I will have to think about and implement in such a way that all three Houses still have their individual identity while working more closely with the other Houses in the Clan. Should you have any specific ideas on this, then please let us all know your views. Obviously any changes made to the Clan structure is going to affect us all, and I welcome all advice or criticism (as long as it's constructive and not about how I smell).

There is also the Clan specific Force Powers. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of this idea. If I am a member of CSP then I can learn a Force Power that only CSP members can use. Most of the discussions are whether the person would keep the power if they transferred Clans or would they just automatically be able to use the Force Power of the other Clan? Anywho… enough of that boring crap…

…and on to this boring crap. For full details see the news page on DJB.org.

There is going to be a full AWOL check of those people listed in the Rogues. Should you know anyone that is intending to come back to the DB, but has not yet done so, then please let them know this news. Chances are, if they're Rogue then they won't be checking the news page of their DB email (if they're like me and have a specific DB email addy). I know of a couple and will be emailing them as soon as I finish this report.

Crap that'll be at the bottom of all my reports:

IRC: should you not have an IRC program, let me know and I will tell you how to download it and install it and then run it so that you can speak to the rest of us happy little cyber-geeks. Channel #Scholae is now being used by us. JKast is working on getting X in there.

The official DB JK2 server up and running. How cool? The IP is 66.227.104.148, and the password is dbpimps. More information can be found at http://www.minos.net/~obelisk/servers.php but if you need any help connecting and stuff, I'll explain it to you.

Important Links:

Clan Scholae Palatinae Web Page: http://crusader.digitalrics.com/csp/

Clan Scholae Palatinae Message Board: http://www.chaoslogic.com/db/message_board/default.asp?CAT_ID=7

Dark Jedi Brotherhood: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org

Dark Side Compendium: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/dsc.asp

Vision and Mission Statement: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/mission.asp

Dark Jedi Brotherhood Rules: http://www.chaoslogic.com/db/message_board/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=367

Competitions:

Independence games - VERY Important - FINAL WEEK!!!:

This series of competitions is now underway and close to finishing. Loads of competitions that are geared towards being fun, fun, fun, and there are some very intriguing ones in there, such as write a story using a set number of letter 'e's, JK2 kicking contest, and speed trials in XWA I think, rather than the normal shooty dodgy thing you Sithites do so well. Go get doing those comps!! (Especially mine :P ) Not only do you contribute to your own personal tally of points when you take part, but you also add to the overall House and Clan scores too. Isn't that good.

Inter-Club Training Event - Weekly:

Every Saturday at 9pm GMT (4pm EST) there is a training evening between the DB, and our allied clubs. Supported platforms are whatever online Star Wars games there are probably some you've never seen before too. Wanna play? Go to #Outerrim and type in !signup (game ID here!) The ID's are as follows: JK, JO, XvT, XWA, GB and FC.

Clan Systems change - Pending:

Still waiting for the okay from the RPG-dudes and dudettes that we can implement our designs and start getting our Clan System built up.

Krath Monthly Topics - Pending:

The KMT's for May have now been closed, but no new topics have been released.

Fight Nights - Current!

A series of JK competition nights have been worked out by the Shadow dude, full details on the DJB.org news page so it's easier for you to read it from there instead of my adding it here. The best way to get into a fight (apart from stealing my alcamahol supplies) is to sit in the Obelisk channel on IRC (funnily called #Obelisk) and shout at people until they fight you.

KE Cuchulain (Krath)/CON/Clan Scholae Palatinae

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