Outer Perimeter,

House Acclivis Draco Headquarters Facilities,

Heimdall Mountain Range, Li Gandor Continent,

Antenora, Cocytus System,

Dark Brotherhood Territories

Protector Rex Brannigan was fuming a bit. Boy, did he never get any respect. He reported in to the Quaestor's office on some sort of mysterious summons, only to be told that he needed to run a patrol on the outer perimeter. Worse, he apparently had a combat droid squad babysitting him, as he was positive that they felt that he needed their protection. He thought darkly to himself, nothing else could be further from the truth.

Sighing, and once again resolving to finish his duties regardless of what he was feeling, he continued on his patrol.

He started to hit some semi-rugged terrain when everything went to hell. It came suddenly through the Force, a warning. Instantly heeding it's urgency, he threw himself sideways to the ground while pulling out his cherished lightsabre. The blast came as a shock, the concussion of it blasting almost physically into his chest.

Glancing back, he saw two of the combat droids lying in piles of their own rubble, still trying to get up. The others, per their programming, had fanned out, each covering a separate sector. Each of them, after careful examination, pronounced their sectors as clear. Rex glanced around himself, probing with the Force, and indeed not seeing a threat. He refused, however, to believe that the attack was over.

He was proven right three point two seconds later, as a heavy blaster bolt from a heavy armor-piercing sniper rifle blasted into the central processing area of one of the combat droids, expertly reducing it to slag. The others readjusted, covering fire erupting from their own blaster rifles, with one of their number breaking off and attempting to loop around to catch the enemy in a murderous crossfire.

Two more seconds later, and it too died from an expertly placed blaster bolt.

Rex snarled, the fury of their daring to attack him bubbling into him, focusing his rage. He left the combat droids behind, executing his own flanking maneuver. He felt through the Force the incoming blaster bolt from the sniper, but he batted it aside, although to his annoyance he still didn't have control enough to reflect it back to its' sender.

There were no more blaster bolts aimed at him, but there were three more shots, and he knew that each bolt had destroyed another combat droid, destroying them all. Damn, he thought to himself, whoever was shooting was damn good.

Finally, he reached the general location where the sniper was located. Putting his combat lessons to good use, he crawled in closely, his lightsabre not yet activated to avoid giving away his position. However, after a few minutes of careful movement, he dashed forward, his lightsabre blazing to life as he sprung his ambush.

The ambush was expertly done, his yell of anger clearly focusing his rage into his lightsabre strike. His blade effortlessly swept through the enemy, surely destroying it.

The problem was that this was not his true target, as it was merely a combat dummy, used for target practice.

Confusion reigned for a second or two in Rex's brain, but then the grim reality hit him. He was suckered in, and he awaited the counter-ambush.

It came, but not what he expected. Rising from the ground like living shadows, they resolved themselves into the shape of two men. One of them waved a finger, and Rex then felt their powerful presence in the Force. Clearly, they were masking their Force presence.

Even more confusing, their presence was very familiar. They were the presences of his Quaestor and his Aedile, Timbal and Tra'an.

Before he could say anything, Timbal's lip twitched into a half-amused snarl. "Well done, Protector. Had that been a real enemy, you would have won the battle."

Tra'an nodded. "I told you, he's ready."

Timbal nodded. "Indeed. Protector, clearly your fury and rage came through for you, helping you defeat your enemy. Such faithfulness to the House has been observed and this," Timbal gestured at the destroyed combat dummy, "proves that."

Tra'an also nodded, and said, "In our capacity, and with the blessing of the Clan Summit...."

Timbal finished the sentence off for him, "You are now the Fang of Fidelity. Welcome to the Order of the Dragon. Do not fail us...."

--

Greetings!

Well, here's my first official report as the returning Quaestor for House Acclivis Draco. It's great returning, and I'm confident that we're going to kick so much behind together. ;)

I'm going to continue the same general format as my previous AED reports because it's easier for me to keep track of things that way. That said, here we go!

Things to Cover (Clan / House Stuffs):

• Competitions: We have the Dark Tides competition going on, currently in it's second week. I highly suggest that you participate, as those that are will be quite content with their rewards. Enough said. ;) Here's a link if you have happened to lose it:
  

http://www.freewebs.com/krathimpetus/Website.swf

• Remaining Feud Stuff: Just a head's up, now that the Brotherhood site is back up, we're finally able to process awards and the like. Expect the awards to start coming in once Kaek processes them. Congrats to all of you that helped out during the Feud!

• Get ready for the next GJW! 'Nuff said. ;)

• Congratulations to Dakari on reaching the pinnacle of what any member can possibly hope for in this Clan: Being honored with the Clan name! It is an incredible honor, one that is the highlight of anyone's career in this Clan. Thus, all drinks on him when you see him on IRC. =)

• Important House News - Battle Teams disbanded: After much discussion, all of the Summit members agreed that the Battle Teams as they are now are not working out as we had hoped for. They're adding in another level of complexity that can be confusing, and generally are not conductive towards activity. Thus, they've been disbanded. If and when things change, they'll be back.

• CSP Shadow Academy Course: Thanks to Ood, I'm close to finishing out this long-overdue project. Once complete, it'll need to get revised and such, but otherwise it's becoming a reality for us. More information as it becomes available!

• Royal Gazette: A final reminder that Reiden is still looking for some good pieces for the Royal Gazette. It's a great chance to showcase your skills in front of the Clan, and better yet it looks good in front of the various Summits. Contact Reiden and/or myself for further information if you're interested in contributing.

• Order of the Dragon - New Member! Congrats goes out to Rex Brannigan on becoming the newest member to the Order. He gets the title of Fang of Fidelity. Well done, Rex!

• Welcome Back! I give Rhaub D'ar Aghasett a hearty welcome back to the House after a long absence. This guy is crazy unbelievable when it comes to writing, so I expect him to blow our socks away with his quality work. Welcome back dude! =D

• LATE BREAKIN' NEWS! Our Consul is now a Dark Adept! It is WELL deserved, so friggin' congrats to Pho!

Random Other Things:

• Official pics of the production Chevy Volt have been released! Chevy Volt FTW! ;)
  

Real Life Stuff:

More random stuff going on in my life!

• Work: Meh, same ol', same ol'.

• Yay for Tropical Storms! The line at the Everest ride was less than 5 minutes during the Tropical Storm last Friday. ;)

• Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Wow, I just LOVE the coop!

• Timbal building his own Lego Stormtrooper army! More details to come. ;)

• NEW YORK GIANTS FTW!

Well, that's about it, peeps. Until next time!

KE Timbal

QUA guy

Random medals and stuffs go here.