Table of Contents

1. Arcona Fiction Update
2. And Old Threat, A New Event
3. Events and News
4. Ask Tomat and Cuc
5. Final Notes

Arcona Fiction Update

Voices whispered in the dark, quiet, endless but slipping into hearing one by one.

“Need to get bread, milk, eggs…”

“Baby porg doo-doo do-do, baby porg!”

“We’re all going to die anyway. The universe will be bathed in the blood of the innocent.”

“I wonder if tardigrades have a governmental structure.”

“You’re safe. Deep breaths. They’re on Coruscant and you are here.”

“Why won’t this work? I put everything in just like I was supposed to.”

“Our Lady of Shadow, hear my prayer…”

“SKREEEEEEEEKEKEKEEEE!!!”

“Qyreiami.” Ruka nudged her shoulder again, harder, and she woke with a start.

“Hmphwha?”

The Mirialan looked at her with mild concern. “You alright? You look… I dunno. Prgojen naas tvjeliczqas.”

“I dun’ spek Miril’n,” she grumbled, righting her posture in the Serpentine Throne and fingering the sleep from her eyes. It was a good way to hide her true expression.

“Ay, don’t worry about it. You fell asleep. Have you been burning candles at both ends again?”

“Mrh… S’mthin’ like that.” She arched back against the stonework, thankful for the empty throne room as she stretched. “Were you able to get in contact with the folks from up north?”

“Yeah. The Tuncans were… Well, they don’t hate us, ay. But they’re not exactly happy neither.”

“I figured as much. Unleashing a millennias-old evil will sour even the best of relationships. What was the girl’s name again? The one we found out on the ice?”

“Inpa. And that Gotal scientist, Jus.”

“They were both still there?”

“Yeah. And Ulviki, the… I dunno, ay, chieftain? They were all there. Talked a good bit.”

Qyreia was actually jealous of that. If anything, she’d wanted to see the scientist and the Tuncan woman again. Last she saw them, they were huddled together for warmth after her, Ruka, and their respective spouses had cleared a scientific survey team’s convoy of caxqettes. Their story then was as phenomenal as what she’d heard about afterward. The rising up of the Tuncans, the hunt for the ancient monsters. It was one of the best fights she’d ever seen the Arconans in.

“So? What’s the verdict?”

“They gonna continue to ‘hunt’ up there, but they not completely convinced. Not enough to leave Tunca, anyway.”

Her shoulders sagged slightly and she sighed, not quite defeated but thoroughly thoughtful. “Kark. Okay. Let’s see if we can’t get some DDF units outfitted for the cold and sent to them as a sign of good faith. It’ll be good for them to show where the Citadel stands on all these atrocities too.”

Atrocities was the tagline they’d given to the Dajorra Intelligence Agency to quietly feed to the local news services. It wasn’t an incorrect moniker, given the large numbers of civilian casualties at the hands of these ‘gods’ and their caxqettes, but in the war of information quietly being fought alongside the larger battles with weapons and Force powers, it served to combat the efforts of the zealots that followed the ancient beings. The Citadel was dispelling the mystique of Alla’su and her ilk piece by piece. These were powerful people that were strong in the Force, but they certainly weren’t gods.

It was a narrow line for the Shadow Clan to walk, given their own position had its origins rooted in a similar belief among the Selenian population. The Eldarian peoples were a different matter, and Port Ol’val was very much a shadow governance on the part of Qel-Droma. In the seat of power for the system though, outside the military, there were still many Selenians who quietly or openly revered the denizens of the Citadel as demi-deities.

“We can do that, yeah. But they thought, if not hunting, they could help us talk to the other… ay, what was the word?”

“E-e-e-enclaves,” the bleating voice said from the door to the throne room.

Read the whole fiction (and see more whispers) here!

The TL;DR of the Fiction

• With Arcona still on a good foot, the Shadow Lord seeks out allies from Tunca to help the Clan run down the still-rampant caxqettes.
• Inpa, the Selenian native of the Tuncan tribes, arrives to the Citadel with the Gotal geologist, Jus. Inpa and the Tuncans remain skeptical of the Arconans, seeing them as just a different set of invaders; new overlords to replace the so-called ‘gods’ like Alla’su.
• The Arconans manage, through no small amount of dramatics, to convince Inpa that their intentions are good, or that at least their focus is on safety from these ancient evils. They all proceed to search through archives and by visiting various inhabited islands — some of which have been visited by Arcona in recent history — to find clues to the next ‘god’. They find it in the form of a tiny island called Tekpantli.
• While DDF troops are sent north in an experiment of both diplomacy and training in arctic conditions, other Arconans and a line company almost entirely comprised of Selenian troops make a trans-oceanic flight to Tekpantli. Only as they get close, people start to see things. Full-blown hallucination takes over, and those that are still conscious enough to fly do their best to make a water landing just shy of the island.
• Meanwhile, the Selenian denizens of Tekpantli see the approaching “metal birds” and make preparations to do what they always do when outsiders arrive.

An Old Threat, A New Event

With the fiction out of the way (we hope you enjoyed), it’s time to gird your loins and prep your blasters for the latest chapter in the ongoing story of Arcona and the old gods plotline. With the Hutt supply lines cut off from Alla’su and the cultists, most of whom are still in hiding after their utter defeat in the frozen north of Tunca, the Clan continues to press the offensive, this time going after their domestic enemy before they can recover from the one-two punches.

In a more OOC note…

We’ve told you it’s coming. We’ve hinted at #soon in Discord. Now me and Atty are just ironing out the last of the kinks for the competitions proper. Because of this, we don’t have a link for you all yet, but once we do, we’ll make announcements in both Discord and through the e-mail group to ensure you’re all abreast of the situation. That said, expect this schutta to kick off on March 25th! And it’s going to run for about five weeks because…

This will be a two part competition! Yep, you heard it right! Part one will focus on the immediate aftermath of the crash landing and the hallucinations we are subjected to, while part two will be… a mystery. I can’t give everything away right out the gate. If you have multiple characters, or want one to be in two places at once, there will also be the option to go hunting for caxxies up in the frozen north with the DDF troops simultaneously training in arctic warfare. Many options and many locales to explore. If you’re bored, you’re not shoosting these ovipositor schuttas hard enough. And as with the last few of these: how much you all do will affect the outcome of the event.

Also, I do apologize for not having a broader cast of Arcona members featured. I try to not make these fictions updates about my character, but there is that certain aspect of being Consul and telling the Clan “hey, we’re doing a thing” that one is forced to contend with. It’s a balancing act, and I appreciate any and all understanding you have on that.

Events and News

An aside before we get started on the real meat-and-potatoes. A quick shout-out to Kordath for putting together yet another banger of an Arcona Presents Valentines Day. More commonly known as AVD, it’s an annual event that is truly Brotherhood-wide, bringing together folks that might not otherwise even talk; and in true Kord fashion, always a source of awkward fun and frolicking. While me and Atty had nothing to do with putting it together other than prodding our resident Ryn about it, we as a Summit still hope all of you — Arconan and not — enjoyed this year’s installment! We look forward to more of these shenanigans next year!

Is it New or NEWS?!

• It’s not often there’s Justicar news, and that’s because it’s usually a bad thing. In this case though, nothing bad happened (yet)! Atra was re-confirmed for a second two-year term as Justicar.
  
• The Envoy Corps is live! Our own Wally/Marick actually unveiled this new roleplay society in his fourth report, but his latest report comes with some additional tidbits on trophies, awards, and other Envoy goodies.
  
• A double-whammy from the FIST. You could say we’re double-fisting these reports. First, Overwatch 2 is now a supported platform in Brotherhood gaming. That means more clusters for playing this latest installment of our OTP-Ships Anonymous game. The second report goes into some detail about how XP and gaming mesh, as well as advertising the ongoing March Madness event.
  
• Speaking of XP and the Envoy Corps, the Regent put out a report with updates to credits earned from certain medals and those earned from rank-ups in the Envoy Corps. Sweet, delicious credits.
  
• And of course, it’s not a Clan report if we don’t highlight the latest from our own Houses Galeres and Qel-Droma! Go give them some love, get the latest info on plans and fiction, and the now-ongoing quarterly races for the House-related artifacts!

In-Clan Events

Always subject to change, but always here to give you a better and better idea of what’s coming up. Because knowledge is power!

• 25 March - 30 April — Clan event: The Godhunt. We’re continuing to take the fight to the enemy in this latest installment. What awaits us on this speck of an island?
  
• All May — Brotherhood: May the Fourth. The powers that be in the club are looking at a nice mini-event during May to celebrate Q’s favorite lisp to complain about.
  
• September-October — Brotherhood: Annual Vendetta. Is it a Rite of Supremacy? Is it a Great Jedi War? No one knows for sure. But you better bet: it’s gonna be big! So big it’s going to be around two months long, so you can very clearly expect multiple phases in this schutta.
• November — Clan event: Events of an Ood Design. This will likely move around as we get more refinement on the annual Vendetta. Depending on when things fall, it could be before or after. Keep an eye out for this interplanartary event!
• December — Nothing. Or at least nothing official. There’s a whole lot of #stuff happening right before, and given the propensity for Life Day/Sithmas competitions and mini-events, we want to give you a well-deserved break.
  
• January/February ‘24 — Clan event: A Thing. Oh yeah, we’re already planning out this far. You had your break for the holidays and lamenting over your new years resolutions that’ve already failed. Time to gear up for more action!

Final Notes

A thing we noticed in some recent fictions and RPin’. While Atty’s most (in)famous and definitely eponymous character is Atyiru, the current Proconsul in-universe is actually her Mirialan Force user, Ruka Tenbriss Ya’ir. While it’s a point of confusion we can easily understand, keep it in mind if it at all features in your future writings.

As always, I can be reached by e-mail at [Log in to view e-mail addresses], on Telegram with @QyreiaArronen, or on Discord @Qyreia#9352. You can find Atty at [Log in to view e-mail addresses], or @Atty#3546 on Discord. And if you’re bored, feel free to follow my meant-for-recruiting-but-still-fun in-character Twitter feed @TheRedQek!

Sincerely,