House Odan-Urr High Councilor Report

Krayiss II- Badlands outside Darth Zash’s Outpost The hum of the sublight engines radiated out as the Disciples of Urr prepared to board their vessels. In the distance toward the massive library the figures of Arconan elite watched as the Jedi troupe prepared to disembark.

At the foot of the loading ramps the Jedi of Urr took themselves into formation. The light from the interiors of the shuttles spewed out illuminating the grounds whilst the systems star settled into the horizon.

Among the front tier stood Raiju with his Knights Of Allusis: Kaira, Stefan, Rangel and Odan-Urrs newest Jedi Knight Revak Kur. Accompanying them to their right stood more familiar faces: Mar Sul, Krandon, and the newest arrivals Liam, Doku, Sight, and Rilis.

“The dark side has gained yet another foothold in the galaxy.” spoke the High Councilor. “It was a preventable gain, but there are others. If we are to prevent disasters in the same caliber as the Invasion of New Tython we must remain vigilant, and true to the pursuit of balance lest we succumb to the power of aggression and anarchy that is the unrelenting pitfalls of the dark side!” He exclaimed.

A gust of hot arid wind pushed through the plain throwing sand and grit into the scene.

The setting star’s last glimmering ray extinguished leaving the Odanites bathed in shadow against a backdrop of various illuminated fuselages.

“Khar Delba is our destination. It is there that our efforts must be focused on preserving a balance in the force. Jedi Crusaders, march with courage and may the force be ever with you.”

High Councilor Address: With the Vendetta upon us I need to stress the importance of community and solidarity. House Odan-Urr is in a fight for survival believe it or not. Our unit has the potential to undermine the entire war effort of the Dark Brotherhoods Crusade on Sith worlds. These planets are host to a history rich in Sith domination and exploitation. It is our duty to find a balance both in ourselves, the often grey/lightsided Order of Urr, and in the force. I am speaking both in terms of in-character and RL.

I am aware that RL takes precedence over DB life and in no way would I ever expect from any of you to do that. That’d be insane. But what I am asking of you is that you push yourselves, not for personal gain but for the gain of your fellow housemates and for the advancement of House Odan-Urr. These people on the Odan-Urr roll are your DB Brothers and Sisters, they are your housemates, your team and fellow Jedi. We are the DB’s underdogs guys, that’s a pretty sweet position to be in, we’ve got the element of surprise.

Jedi stuff aside, everyone likes gaining prestige especially among their peers. We can do this guys, we have everything and more to gain.

In the past few months I’ve made many promises, plans, and projects to fit the scope of a clan; an actual clan structure and template for the bigger stuff down the road. Now is the time to focus on the smaller things and fill in the gaps. Clanning will not be easy, but getting there will be enjoyable. Ji, and Solari and co. were in effect the founders of House Odan-Urr, they set us on the map but it’s you the Jedi, the badass Odanites who will be the true founders of Clan Odan-Urr. Its on the shoulders of all of us, to live up to our creeds and purpose and carve a piece of the Sith Empire in the name of peace, popcorn and lightsaber battles.

There are Sith worlds faced with futures as Dark Brotherhood territories under the burgeoning influence and spread of the Dark Throne. The Brotherhood and associated worlds are likewise brought into the fold of calamity and darkness for which a balance must be preserved.

I call on you Odanite, and dub thee a Jedi Crusader, to take up arms to liberate and safeguard the worlds from the Brotherhood war-machine.

Crusade fellow Odanites, for the advancement of peace and equanimity throughout Brotherhood space. If the light is to prevail amidst this darkness then it is we who have the power to curb the might of the Dark Side.

-High Councilor Drodik Va’lence

Welcome New Members! Hey! Everyone extend a welcome to our newest lighties: Doku, Sight, and Rilis. Thanks to Raijus awesome recruitment drive these guys will be joining us just in time for Chapter 2 to start. If you have any questions, feel free to ask the summit or anyone.

Dark Crusades and You!: The next few sections I’ll speak on some specific topics concerning the Jedi Crusaders and Dark Crusades.

HOU Participation: Participation numbers from HOU during Chapter 1 were nothing to write home about. It does us no good to banter on about that, but what we can do is accept the numbers objectively and learn from it for Chapter 2. There were a total of 16 submissions from Odan-Urr. That averaged to a little under 1 submission per person, its not good but on the plus side other units placed comparatively with us. Success in these first few chapters is immediately directed by participation numbers. If you can manage to submit a minimum of 2 submissions, even that small amount collectively does enough to push us past other units by a respectable margin. We’ve got a good pace so far, we’re not burnt out by far so I know we’re capable of this my friends. Its just a matter of timing and spirit.

HOU’s Dark Crusades Submissions: Apart from meeting the criteria for a quality submission as designated by a particular event, I need to remind you all to also CC the email address [Log in to view e-mail addresses] when making your final submission per event. This helps us know who is participating and how much effort we can reward you for after the chapter as well as covering your tracks in the event of some error.

Consider it activity tracking. We will be monitoring this account religiously from here on out so feel free to use it to your discretion.

Dark Crusades Proof-Readers and General Tipsters- If you’d like to have an entry proof-read or you need general feedback for a submission of any sort you can reach the summit either personally or at the house email. Anyone can assist with this also, so far Kal err…Liam Torsun has expressed willingness to proof read as well as our awesome BTL Raiju. All you need to do is reach out and ask, that’s what housemates do for one another.

Chapter 2 Run-On Teams Run-On Teams Plan A- Minimum team requirements are 5 per team. So far we have established 7 volunteers broken up into two teams which still need to reach capacity. Plan A necessitates an additional 3 volunteers.

Teams for Plan A are: Team 1- Morotheri, Raiju, Mar Sul, [Blank], [Blank]. Team 2- Drodik, Liam Torsun, Kaira, Krandon, [Blank]

Run-On Teams Plan B- If we do not manage then we can condense volunteers for the highest opportunity of success using the houses fiction writing heavy hitters together. Think of it like Odan-Urrs version of The Expendables hehe :D

Communication and Recruitment Drive:

Project: Wolfpack- You may have noticed an air of community starting to build back up again :D We’ll have you handing out flowers to the DB in no time ya hippies. But no, in reality I recently assigned our summit members to reach out and and say hey to you. We’re just as much members as you guys and it helps to know the people we are in a house with on a closer scale. I thought this would be a great opportunity to rally the house and reign each other in for cooperation and community sake you know?

And that brings me to my next point:

I want request of you guys, to consider not only how you can help Odan-Urr but how you can help your fellow housemates. By participating in what I called Project: Wolfpack I found that if the summit maintains contact with our cell of Odanites, and if those Odanites maintain contact with at least one or more people of their choosing, then we’re basically networking. Its so simple and fundamental that the basics of it were completely overlooked unfortunately.

So my request is that you consider partnering up and communicating with a fellow Crusader that way we all keep up with each other as a team so no one gets left behind. Fictionally we can do some ‘Concord of Fealty’ type partnerships in our fictions to take that kind of component of Jedi culture in with us.

So yeah, it’s a pay it forward type situation where we all network with each other, yeah? Just a thought, and yes ‘Wolfpack’ as in Zack Galinafilackikus.

Social Media: House Twitter/Email/Wordpress/Facebook/Tumblr? Raiju has done a major plus for the house and set-up an official Twitter for House Odan-Urr (@HouseOdanUrr) We can use this to do some communication or recruitment, who knows maybe the Menat Presidium might drop in (#menatpresidium) for a quip.

While we’re getting onto the topic of social media….

Social media is there for the advantage, that’s basically it. The DB is basically one big social media activity, so we’re gonna branch out and communicate with future Jedi Crusaders on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter for starters.

Invite to join Google+ Hangout Nights:

Tonight beginning at around 8 PM EST, Raiju and I will be on IRC and at 11 PM EST on Google+ Hangout counting down to the beginning of Dark Crusades Chapter 2. Come join us and lets hangout :P

Ellerons Battleteam: Ellerons battleteam which exemplifies the Living Force philosophical tenets has been officially named Qui-Gons Mercy. Spots are still open for membership, contact Ell.

Outro: There are amazing opportunities up for grabs. This is all meant to be fun so don’t stress, just handle it one event at a time and you got it. Also, if anyone can point me in the direction of report programming and illustrated headers, I’d like to make this report my last and final wall of text in that sense. Thanks and may the force be with you all.

-High Councilor Drodik Va'lence