As most of you should know, this report is not only my final one as Headmistress, but my final act in the position. The fact that I made the decision to limit myself to roughly two years in office when I took the job, and have spoken about it publicly on several occasions, didn't make it an easy thing to do. Fortunately for us all, it does at least mean I don't need to provide any long winded explanations now. I'll be talking through a longer than usual changelog after the jump, but first I want to take the time to thank the small horde of people who made any success I had in the role possible.

That begins with Evant and Bubba for giving me the opportunity in the first place. Thanks also to those who have given me more background knowledge about the SA and the Wiki, particularly Bubba, Ciara, Ood, and Solari.

Thank you to my staff: my praetors, Qormus, Zuza, and most recently Alaris; my magistrates, Rhylance, Thrissa, Titius, Nora, Atty, and Kam; and the esteemed professors and docents, Zen, Sang, Bentre, Aldaric, Crysenia, and Anshar. Thank you to Bentre for Wiki Tribune and to Kanal for running the trivia program. Thanks to my colleagues on the Council and beyond for their assistance, fact-checking, and willingness to put up with my unhinged ranting. Special thanks as always to James, who was stuck making my half baked plans come to fruition or explaining, with gentle good humor, that we would not do that because the idea was very stupid.

And, of course, thanks to every member who used the Shadow Academy or Wiki these last two years and double thanks to those dozens of you who helped make them better through bug reports, suggestions, and edits.

Wrapping Up

There's been an awful lot of movement in the Academy the last week or two as I put in motion the bits of Dork Crusade changes that I could wrap up. Time is short so I'll just hit the broad strokes. If you hate it, go whine to the next guy.

We opened two new departments. The first, Brotherhood Studies, covers things that are unique to our club's setting and lore. That's stuff like our history, our factions, our societies, our orders. The second, Galactic Studies, covers the Star Wars setting that most fans will know, and specifically how we interact with it through our club systems and setting. If you want to know how the Dark Brotherhood lets you play with starships or lightsabers, this is the place. Thanks to Vyr for the new department graphic.

The flip side of that is that I closed the departments of Character Creation & Development, Combat & Warfare, and Lore. Most of their contents have been moved to the two new departments depending on whether it was DB-specific or not, though the character sheet courses were moved to Fundamentals, and the ACC courses were moved to Writing. The new layout should, one hopes, make it easier for members to find what they're looking for—if it doesn't, use the search bar I made James build. It should also highlight the things the SA should be training members in going forward: less rehashing of canon storylines or armchair space admiral, more focus on how to make the club bring Star Wars to life for you.

The other big change is that I finally launched the Personal Technology Maven. This should show up in Promotheus whenever James updates the script on the server side, and when it does we will update the degrees on the Wiki. This degree will eventually feed into its own Savant (or maybe it won't, the next HM is under no obligation to keep going with my plans), but for not it replaced the Combat Maven. That means I was able to cut the Combat Maven and remove the superfluous, deprecated courses required for it: Land Vehicles, Lightsaber Combat, Lightsaber Studies.

To make this happen, we are publishing two new courses. Armor and Protection is live now and replaces Personal Armor. The other course is not yet available. I've had a draft of the course notes for that one since my life blew up in the spring, and I thought it was appropriate that its author and my replacement, Rhylance, should have the final say on what form that takes when it goes live. I would not expect a very long wait.

Finally, there were a few other degree and course tweaks, mostly for quality of life. The Envoy Corps course is actually required for the Societies Maven, as it was originally supposed to be. I have removed Advanced Warfare as a requirement for the capstone gaming degree, the Warfare Sage, and retired that course. I pulled Regions of the Galaxy out of the Lore Savant requirements and added it to the Lore Maven instead; the let me remove the infamous Alchemy Studies from all the degree paths. It's still around, at least for now, but nobody will be forced to get through the 40 question exam for ACS progression anymore.

Retired courses should slowly make their way to the Wiki for posterity as I and the rest of the SA staff have time. In case you missed it, I will be remaining on staff for the time being as SM:HM. My successor knows the ropes from his time on my staff, but I'll be available to set him up for success as well as I can.

Closing Remarks

Say it with me one last time: if anyone sees any errors in the course notes or exam questions, please submit them through the form. Scrolls of Foundation are a nutritious part of a healthy XP diet.

Headmistress or not, I am always available at [Log in to view e-mail addresses] or archenksov on Discord.

Academy Changelog

DB FUNDAMENTALS
Character Sheets 101
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Character Sheets 102
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development

BROTHERHOOD STUDIES
- New Department!
Dark Brotherhood History 101
- Moved here from Lore
Dark Brotherhood History 102
- Moved here from Lore
Force Disciple Order Core
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Mercenary Order Core
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Loyalist Order Core
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Jedi Order Core
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Sith Order Core
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Societies: Aurora Collegium
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Societies: Envoy Corps
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
- Fixed a typo in the “Inside the Envoy’s Messenger Bag” section. (Titius)
Societies: GMRG
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Societies: Inquisitorius
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development
Societies: Shroud Syndicate
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development

CHARACTER CREATION & DEVELOPMENT
- Department closed. Courses moved to Fundamentals, Brotherhood Studies, and Writing

COMBAT & WARFARE
- Department closed. Courses moved to Galactic Studies and Writing.
Advanced Warfare
- Course retired.
Land Vehicles
- Course retired.
Lightsaber Combat
- Course retired.
Lightsaber Studies
- Course retired.

GALACTIC STUDIES
- New Department!
Alchemy Studies
- Moved here from Lore
Astronomy Studies
- Moved here from Lore
Capital Starship Studies
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Creatures & You
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Droids
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
- Fixed an error in the Aspects section (Reiden)
Freighters/Transports Studies
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Galactic History 101
- Moved here from Lore
Galactic History 102
- Moved here from Lore
Galactic History 103
- Moved here from Lore
Galactic History 104
- Moved here from Lore
Galactic Languages
- Moved here from Lore
Lightsabers
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Mandalorian Culture Studies
- Moved here from Lore
Mandalorian History 101
- Moved here from Lore
Martial Arts: Form Studies
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Personal Speeders
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Personal Starships
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Philosophy I: Views of the Force
- Moved here from Lore
Philosophy II: Cults of the Force
- Moved here from Lore
Planets and Moons
- Moved here from Lore
Races and Species
- Moved here from Lore
Regions of the Galaxy
- Moved here from Lore
Starfighter Studies
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare

LORE
- Department closed. Courses moved to Brotherhood Studies and Galactic Studies.

WRITING
ACC Combat Studies
- Moved here from Combat & Warfare
Wiki Basics: Character Creation
- Moved here from Character Creation & Development

DEGREES
Maven: Combat
- Degree retired.
Maven: Lore
- Regions of the Galaxy replaced Alchemy Studies as a requirement
Maven: Personal Technology
- New degree!
Maven: Societies
- Now includes Societies: Envoy Corps as originally intended
Sage: Warfare
- No longer requires Advanced Warfare
Savant: Lore
- Regions of the Galaxy removed as a requirement
Savant: Tactics
- Personal Technology Maven replaces Combat Maven as a requirement
Savant: Warfare
- Personal Technology Maven replaces Combat Maven as a requirement