Hello everyone and welcome to the breakdown of the different theaters, and the impact of clan research on the crystals! This post will be available throughout the war as a reference for what your individual clan is experiencing during the CoM’s assault!

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Crystal Research

Earlier this year we began the process of allowing each clan to individually make choices in how they wished to use periodic allotments of crystals that had been recovered by the Brotherhood over the last several years. These “secret” point buy-ins were made independently of any other clan knowing what was being picked. I know many of you have seen the categories as shared by your clan summits but for reference, the options were:

Weapons and Personal Armor - Having seen the power contained within the crystals, and their incredible resilience to damage, your clan has elected to utilize provided crystals in the research of new blasters, explosives, and personal armor. This option mirrors the research efforts made by The Lightbringers.

Vehicular - The raw energy contained within the crystals has opened new doors into the realm of assault craft and ships. Having seen the incredible speeds those affected have demonstrated, and the bursts of power within your clan has elected to utilize the crystals in the research of new vehicles of war. This option mirrors the research efforts made by The Truthwardens.

Organic - The nightmare creatures let loose on Dandoran have piqued your clan’s interest. The possible variety of types of transformations, let alone effects on non-humanoid beings is too tempting to pass up. Your clan has elected to utilize the provided crystals in the pursuit of organic modification. This option mirrors the research efforts made by The Shadowseers.

Storage - Weary and horrified by what was seen on Dandoran, your clan has elected to keep crystals under lock and key, stored securely away from prying eyes, and those who would use them to unleash even greater horrors on the galaxy. This option will lead to greater restrictions on the availability of the crystals for research. This option also eventually allowed clans to choose to dispose of the crystals they had been given, which would have effectively set their points to 0 in this category. No clan with points in this category opted for this option.

Points were offered in three rounds, accompanying each chapter of Shadows Unveiled. A total of 10 were granted to all clans. An additional 2 points were obtainable by participation in the Operation SPYFALL competition, of which only Taldryan reached the threshold.

Points put into these different categories are now resulting in different enemies and objects occurring in each clans’ home system. The more points in a category, the lower the tier of threat that clan will be facing in that category. As no clan hit 9 or 10 points in a single category of research, all clans will be facing at the very least, the lowest tier of all CoM sects.

Any clan with 6+ points in storage will not be dealing with ascension gas, and the CoM will be focused on recovery of the unused crystals.

9 - 10 points leads to that category being completely neutralized.
6 - 8 points means facing a Low Tier enemy in that category.
3 - 5 points means facing a Mid Tier enemy in that category.

The CoM research in these categories takes typical items, and enhances them to be more powerful and effective, as mentioned below.

Lightbringers

Top Tier: Soldiers are armored with extreme resistance to lightsabers, blaster fire, and kinetic fire. All soldiers have heavily increased stamina, speed, and strength. Weapons are advanced including lightsabers that can slice through beskar and blasters that can curve their shots.

Mid Tier: Soldiers are armored with moderate resistance to lightsabers, blaster fire, and kinetic fire. All soldiers have moderately increased stamina, speed, and strength. Weapons have high durability and are coded to only work in the hands of their CoM owners.

Low Tier: Soldiers are armored with some resistance to lightsabers, blaster fire, and kinetic fire. They have slightly higher than average stamina, speed, and strength. Their weapons are of standard construction.

Truthwardens

Top Tier: All vehicles utilized by the CoM have been crystal enhanced, including large destroyers and assault craft. These vehicles all have advanced shielding and weapons, along with enhanced speed and mobility.

Mid Tier: In addition to the speeder bikes and starfighters of the Low Tier, the CoM has expanded into tanks. Bombers, corvettes, and freighters with advanced construction. These vehicles all have advanced shielding and weapons, along with enhanced speed and mobility.

Low Tier: Small vehicles utilized by the CoM are enhanced. They have advanced speeder bikes and starfighters, with advanced shielding and weapons, along with enhanced speed and mobility.

Shadowseers

Top Tier: From crystalline rodents to the horrifying aberrations of crystalline Rancors and Terentatek have all been released. Amongst their forces are the unholy combination of the Ascendants and Restoration Troopers from Dandoran, known as Purified Ascendant Troopers.

Mid Tier: From small creatures to medium-sized beasts such as Nexu and Wampas have been converted into crystalline monsters. Purified Ascendant Troopers are in limited numbers.

Low Tier: Standard Crystal Ascendants and Restoration Troopers make up the bulk of these forces. In their wake come the Crystal Raptors, human-sized dinosaurs augmented with crystalline power.

Arcona

Clan Arcona put 9 points into Storage and 1 point into Vehicular. This means Arcona will not be dealing with the ascension gas in their system. The CoM are instead attempting to recover the unused crystals that have been stockpiled there.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Recovery of already created crystals
• Lightbringers: Top Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Top Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Top Tier Threat

Theater of War

Arcona’s primary theater is the island that houses Fort Blindshot.

Naga Sadow

Clan Naga Sadow put 2 points into Weapons and Armor,2 points into Vehicular, and 6 points into Organics.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Conversion of population via ascension
• Lightbringers: Top Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Top Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Low Tier Threat

Theater of War

Naga Sadows’ primary theater is The Temple of Shadows and its surrounding area.

Odan-Urr

Clan Odan-Urr put 8 points into Storage and 2 points into Weapons and Armor.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Recovery of already created crystals
• Lightbringers: Top Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Top Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Top Tier Threat

Theater of War

Odan-Urr’s primary theater is The Jedi Praxeum and its surrounding area.

Plagueis

Clan Plagueis put 3 points into Weapons and Armor and 3 points into Vehicular. Failing to utilize the final round of points, their research lost effectiveness, putting them at an effective 2 points in those categories.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Conversion of population via ascension
• Lightbringers: Top Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Top Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Top Tier Threat

Theater of War

Plagueis’ primary theater is Aliso City.

Scholae Palatinae

Clan Scholae Palatinae put 5 points into Weapons and Armor and 5 points into Vehicular.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Conversion of population via ascension
• Lightbringers: Mid Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Mid Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Top Tier Threat

Theater of War

Scholae Palatinae’s’ primary theater is Caelestis City.

Taldryan

Clan Taldryan put 3 points into Weapons and Armor, 7 points into Vehicular, 1 point into Organics, and 1 point into Storage.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Conversion of population via ascension
• Lightbringers: Mid Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Low Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Top Tier Threat

Theater of War

Taldryan’s primary theater is Port Kasiya.

Vizsla

Clan Vizsla put 6 points into Weapons and Armor and 4 points into Vehicular.

Enemy forces:

• Objective: Conversion of population via ascension
• Lightbringers: Low Tier Threat
• Truthwardens: Mid Tier Threat
• Shadowseers: Top Tier Threat

Theater of War

Vizsla’s primary theater is Yuanming.