[The Sword's Sheath, 1130 hours, Conference Room 12]

An older gentleman in a crisp new red and black uniform stood at the head of a conference room table. His lightsaber was attached to his belt. The Gladians who were present were in good spirits, talking and joking amongst themselves. The Aedile raised a hand to signal the start of the meeting, and the talking subsided.

"Gladians," he began. "Please welcome Mechronage to our midst. He has just arrived here at the Sword's Sheath from the Shadow Academy and has much yet to learn, but even in his short stay here he has already earned a promotion to the rank of Novice. Keep up the good work... my apprentice."

Scion took a sip from his flask before continuing the meeting.

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[Great Jedi War]

Only two weeks remain before the Great Jedi War begins! At Anshar's request we have been keeping things relatively quiet for the past few weeks. Please use this time to make yourself ready for the competitions in March!

The Great Jedi War is basically, as somebody else put it, the Dark Brotherhood's Olympics. If you never do anything else, please do make an effort to participate when it starts up. Rumors have been flying around about a Clan being closed this time around, and all sorts of other nonsense, but don't let that distract you from the important thing: it is the biggest, best and most important competition there is in the Dark Brotherhood. Everybody is involved. The cost of failure is bigger, but the potential rewards are bigger too.

Real life always takes precedence over some online Star Wars club, but if you can find the time to play even one game or write just one page of fiction it will be much appreciated by everyone and it could win you a shiny medal for your trouble. The key to the Great Jedi War is participation. Even if you aren't the best, just give it a shot anyway. Try it. You'll like it.

The name of the game for the Great Jedi War is participation. Don't be shy and don't worry if you don't think your work is good enough. Just send it in anyway. You might get lucky and win something you didn't expect to. More importantly, participating still helps Tarentum win, and still helps you advance on your path to your next promotion.

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[General Notes]

If you are a Journeyman and you don't know what you have left to do to earn your next promotion, please ask! Many of you are very close, and could earn it with only a couple hours of effort.

I am looking for fights in the ACC. Challenge me! If you need help qualifying, I'm happy to proofread your writing and help get you ready for it. Please also keep in mind that the ACC is still using the OLD character sheets. Hopefully they'll revise that policy soon!

If any Journeymen are interested in finding a Master to help guide you, please contact me by replying to this report and I will help you find somebody. The Master/Student Program (MSP) is by far the best way to become successful in the Dark Brotherhood. There is no substitute for having an experienced person dedicating their time specifically to help you be successful.

It works the other way around, too. If you are eligible to be a Master and you're looking for a student, please let me know and I'll see if I can find you one.

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[Reminders]

Please remember to let me know of anything you do that might count as activity. Don't worry about bothering me too much; it's my job to keep track of this stuff. Keep in mind that if you do something but you don't win any medals for it, I won't know about it unless you tell me. That includes ACC, wiki stuff, as well as submitting to competitions. Awards are tied to participation and it all still counts even if you don't win.

Activity in House Gladius for the past week has been as follows.

*** BEGIN GLADIUS ACTIVITY RECORD ***

KAP Apollo:

Various QUA duties

OP Windos Helkin Tarentae:

Various BTL duties

02/10/2009 - Won ACC match against SWL Maximus Raidoner

OP Dox Romanae:

02/15/2009 - Won 9 CoFs for ICTE on 02/14

DJK Scion Altera:

Various AED duties

02/09/2009 - Aedile Report

JH Balia Donos:

Various RM duties

NOV Mechronage:

02/09/2009 - Completed Test of Lore

02/15/2009 - Promoted to Novice

*** END GLADIUS ACTIVITY RECORD ***

In Darkness,

Scion Altera

Lieutenant, Tarentum Navy

Executive Officer, B/CR Cocytus

DJK Scion "Firebird" Altera (Sith)/AED/Gladius of Tarentum [ACC: CL:1]

AC/Cr-1S-6E/SoL

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