Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   
2. Fiction
   
3. News
   
4. Competitions
   
5. Awards
   
6. Member Of The Month
   
7. Transfers
   
8. Conclusion
   

Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to my first report as the new Quaestor of House Hoth. This will likely be my longest introduction section, as there is quite a bit to cover. You will notice that the long-awaited (a few of our members were getting twitchy awaiting the results) closing fiction to our event, The Price of Freedom, can be found in the next section. Please, just bear with me for a few minutes.

For starters, the February Scimitar of Hoth has concluded with the following results:

1. Ranger Ka Tarvitz — 163 Points
   
2. Reaver Luna Okami — 143.15 Points
   
3. Knight Ozosi Vym — 120.5 Points
   

Secondly, after almost fifteen months at the helm, my predecessor Edgar Drachen has decided to step down. There comes a time for every leader where you have to assess yourself—the hardest of them all—and decide whether it would be better for you to stay or step aside. In his time as Quaestor, Edgar has poured his blood, sweat and tears into ensuring that House Hoth and Odan-Urr as a whole is the absolute best it can be. If you would like to read and comment on his farewell, titled Omega Protocol Activated, just click the link. My friend, I thank you for all that you have done. It’s time to relax and relearn what it means to be a regular member.

As stated in his farewell address, applications were held for the position of Battleteam Leader of Wildcards. The two applications we received were good to the point that, as a result, Vanguard Sariel Dhejeuti was chosen as the new Aedile of House Hoth and Knight Ozosi Vym became the new leader of the Wildcards.

As a result of this, Sariel is now exempt from the Scimitar standings and Edgar will be tracked monthly from the point that he became a regular member. For clarification, since Sariel was not officially in the position of Aedile until yesterday, he will still be listed as a competition participant up until that time.

There is still plenty for you guys to participate in. As a celebration of our three-year ARCOU alliance, there is a co-op event occuring now called The Consul Bride, which has twelve sub-competitions running. A cooperative fiction, several graphics, puzzles, trivia, gaming... There’s something for everyone to do!

Now... for the results of the various events in The Price of Freedom.

[Cipher] Collective Intel:

1. Knight Ozosi Vym
   
2. Reaver Luna Okami
   
3. Savant Tisto Kingang
   

[Flash Game I] The Earth Dies Screaming:

1. Reaver Luna Okami
   
2. Ranger Ka Tarvitz
   
3. Acolyte Bon Riverio
   

[Flash Game II] Vanguard:

1. Ranger Ka Tarvitz
   
2. Reaver Luna Okami
   
3. Warden Liam Torun-Urr
   

[Cluster Race] Battling On All Fronts:

1. Reaver Luna Okami
   
2. Knight Ozosi Vym
   
3. Savant Tisto Kingang
   

[Trivia] Clan QnA:

1. Reaver Luna Okami
   
2. Warden Liam Torun-Urr
   
3. Savant Tisto Kingang
   

[Graphic] Battleborne:

1. Warden Liam Torun-Urr
   
2. Knight Ozosi Vym
   
3. Reaver Luna Okami
   

[Fiction] No Rest For The Wicked:

1. Warden Liam Torun-Urr
   
2. Ranger Ka Tarvitz
   
3. Vanguard Sariel Dhejeuti
   

Overall Standings:

• 1st Place — Reaver Luna Okami
  
• 2nd Place — Warden Liam Torun-Urr
  
• 3rd Place — Knight Ozosi Vym
  
• 4th Place — Ranger Ka Tarvitz
  
• 5th Place — Savant Tisto Kingang
  
• 6th Place — Vanguard Sariel Dhejeuti
  
• 7th Place — Acolyte Bon Riverio
  
• 8th Place — Warden Kenath Zoron
  
• 9th Place — Proselyte TonyWhispers
  
• 9th Place — Augur Daniel “Seraphol” Stephens
  

Fiction

Artwork courtesy of Ozosi Vym

Unnamed Planetoid
Outskirts of Kiast System, Outer Rim Territories

Commander Edgar Drachen had given a call for aid, only to be answered by his second-in-command that help would be provided as soon as their own problems were taken care of. The Rapid Response Force had come under attack the moment they began their approach on the suspected Collective Headquarters in their system. Simultaneously, on Solyiat, Quorahi forces had assaulted the Royal Security. When members of Hoth prepared to leave their base to assist, it was only to discover that an unidentified number of Collective soldiers were waiting.

And that was just the start. According to reports, there was fighting all over the inhabited areas of Solyiat.

The Rapid Response Force of the Joint Task Force Hoth, along with Commander Drachen, would just have to hold their position and survive until help arrived. Some reinforcements, in the form of the Idiot’s Array, was en route. More would follow as soon as the situation on Solyiat was stabilized.

“What is that thing Edraven likes to say about coincidences?” Drachen queried wryly, managing to find some morbid humor in their current situation. Tucked behind a piece of cover as blaster bolts flew overhead; some mineral within the rock the members of Hoth had taken cover behind caused blaster bolts to easily ricochet or fly right back.

The planetoid that the Collective forces had chosen was a barren, harsh terrain. The Vatali Empire had never deemed it necessary to give it a name. An expedition had been deployed nearly a thousand years earlier to survey it and found it to be not worth the effort. Black sand, sharp rocks and volcanic glass deposits, crevices that proved too dangerous to explore and impact craters from asteroids. According to those long-deceased explorers, every mountain was an extinct or dormant volcano. What had originally been assumed was a massive crater on the other side of the planet had been discovered to be an extinct supervolcano, the caldera measuring roughly forty-three by fifty-nine kilometers.

The final cataclysmic eruption had left a lush, jungle moon into the inhospitable nightmare it was today. Millenia had passed since this eruption, yet the signs of new life were slowly returning. Outside of the area they were in, the surface was buffeted with high winds and constant storms with poor visibility.

“I do believe it is along the lines of ‘They take a lot of planning’, sir.” Tarvitz replied after a moment of thought.

“Indeed.”

It had been his own decision to take part in the ground assault. Regrettably, he’d fallen right into Rizal’s trap. The Collective forces had waited until Hoth’s Rapid Response Force had begun landing their troops before they attacked. The enemy had months of preparation and were dug in; natural looking mounds were gun emplacements.

The second wave of the landing force had been pulled into a retreat when several of the ships had been struck by an ion cannon. Only a small number had crawled from the burning hulks.

“Commander Drachen. This is Admiral Ateres. Do you read? Over.”

It took a second for the Gray Jedi to realize that the voice was coming through his comlink and not someone using telepathy. “I read you loud and clear, Admiral. What’s the situation?”

“Simply put, FUBAR.” The Admiral replied wryly. It was clear from his voice that it was taking everything to speak calmly. “We cannot risk sending more of our forces in until that ion weapon is out of the equation.”

Drachen sighed, running a hand down his face, unintentionally smearing a small amount of blood and black sand along his cheeks. “Understood Admiral Ateres. I’ll see what I can do. Drachen out.”

“What’s the word, Commander?” One of the Non-Commissioned Officers nearby questioned.

There was no way to say this in a sugar coated manner. “The fleet admiral won’t risk sending anyone else in while that ion cannon remains operational. We’re on our own without resupply or reinforcements until that happens.”

There was about a minute of silence. Or as close to it as possible when taking fire. Suddenly, Tarvitz spoke up, gaining the attention of the others.

“Do you have any slicers amongst your men? And those who are good at infiltration?” As he spoke, the Jensaarai started fiddling with his cybernetic eye.

The Officer glanced at Edgar for approval, only to be met with an impatient gesture. “Indeed we do. Why do you ask?”

Tarvitz finally managed to disconnect the power supply to his cybernetic. The pale green orb winked out as he gave a grim smile to the others. “I have a plan. It will do damage to the Collective soldiers and remove the threat of the ion weapon at the same time.”

“We’re listening...”

~()~

For further reading of the Epilogue fiction of The Price of Freedom, the rest can be found on the Discourse.

News

Clan/House

• Our lovely Consul posted a second report that made me remember Jackie Chan singing War and, only a short while ago, a third report that covers the anniversary event where we screw with the Collective’s money. It’s always fun to hit them in their wallets.
  
• Edgar released his final farewell as Quaestor of House Hoth... and I’m not creating an inception (or possibly breaking the site -waves at James-) by linking this report. This is not a hall of mirrors!
  
• Our sister House of Satale Shan released the results of their own House Event that ran concurrent with ours.
  
• ... I won’t bore you by rehashing what I covered in the introduction. If you’ve already forgotten what it says, the divider actually hyperlinks back to the table of contents.
  

Brotherhood

• Pravus released his 50th Report as Grand Master, thanking everyone and asking that we support Mav as the new GM, followed by news of an awarded Emerald Dagger to Satsi Tameike, the former Consul of Arcona. For his service as Grand Master, Pravus was awarded his SECOND Golden Lightsaber, the announcement by Jac can be found there, with a link to the recommendations included in that post. Subsequently, Mav released his first report as the new Grand Master and announced the new Deputy Grand Master along with a call for applications in this newspost.
  
• Our new Deputy Grand Master, Vyr (formerly the Herald) released his first report in the new position. It’s choked full of useful information and a large question and answer section. [My position may have changed, but I’m still not telling you everything in these. Read for yourself. :P]
  
• The Combat Master released his fourteenth report, where armor as purely cosmetic no longer applies!
  
• The Office of the FIST never seems to have a small amount of news. In order: 16.5 covers changes to Starcraft 2; 16.6 supplemental covers the possible removal of Titanfall 2 from supported systems; in his seventeenth report, Dracpool has returned from his vacation and covers updates to various games; his final supplemental as of the time I write this is a large update to the Brotherhood Gaming League.
  
• The Praetor to the Herald (Hi Kris. :P) released a first report full of pretty arts and... some disturbing Porg gifs.
  
• Justicar Jac announced the new Chamber of Justice staff.
  
• Our Master At Arms (Howie A.K.A Angry Panda) released his ninth report, where he is now on vacation and how things should be done (recommendations and competition approval). He loves those ‘Deny’ stamps. :P
  
• And, finally, the Voice (Wally) releases his thirteenth report with a large amount of information that you should read. [Nope, still no Tl;Dr]
  

Competitions

For further competitions or if you’re reading this a few days after I posted my report, check here for a list of competitions. There will always be end dates attached to each competition for your ease of decision making on which competitions you would like to sign up for. All Competitions End At 1759/5:59pm CST.

House / Clan

• [ARC-COU] The Consul Bride [Ends: Sunday, 15th April] <- *This is a link to the container competition. There are twelve sub-competitions to whet your appetites.
  

Brotherhood Wide

• A Day In The Life Of A DJB Secretary [Ends: Monday, 19th March]
  
• Don’t Be Afraid [Ends: Sunday, 18th March]
  
• [HRLD] Illusion of Bliss [Ends: Friday, 6th April]
  
• Home For A Rest [Ends: Sunday, 25th March]
  
• Mother Nature Is A Cruel Mistress [Ends: Sunday, 25th March]
  
• Mysteries [Ends: Thursday, 29th March]
  
• What’s The Scenario? [Monday, 26th March]
  

Awards

In order to avoid potential confusion, this activity is still tracked from my previous report.

Kenath Zoron

• Crescent with Amethyst Star
  
• Crescent with Sapphire Star
  
• Cluster of Earth (x12)
  

Liam Torun-Urr

• Crescent with Sapphire Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star
  
• Crescent with Topaz Star (x2)
  
• Cluster of Graphite (x2)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x7)
  

Edgar Drachen

• Cluster of Fire (x199)
  

Daniel “Seraphol” Stephens

• Cluster of Fire (x9)
  

Luna Okami

• Crescent with Sapphire Star (x4)
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star (x3)
  
• Crescent with Topaz Star
  
• Cluster of Fire (x142)
  
• Cluster of Graphite (x2)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x3)
  

Sariel Dhejeuti

• Crescent with Topaz Star
  
• Cluster of Ice
  

Ka Tarvitz

• Crescent with Ruby Star
  
• Crescent with Amethyst Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Sapphire Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star (x2)
  
• Cluster of Fire (x6)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x16)
  

Tisto Kingang

• Crescent with Ruby Star
  
• Crescent with Amethyst Star
  
• Crescent with Topaz Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Quartz Star
  
• Cluster of Fire (x73)
  
• Cluster of Graphite (x5)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x6)
  

Ozosi Vym

• Crescent with Ruby Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Amethyst Star
  
• Crescent with Sapphire Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star (x3)
  
• Crescent with Topaz Star
  
• Cluster of Fire (x24)
  
• Cluster of Graphite (x5)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x6)
  

Wolfe Whitehorn

• Cluster of Ice
  

Bon Riverio

• Crescent with Topaz Star
  
• Promoted to Acolyte!
  

TonyWhispers

• Cluster of Fire (x13)
  

Member Of The Month

Normally, I would choose a specific person or persons to highlight for their activity. Truth told, I’m so excited over the submissions to The Price of Freedom that every member who participated in the House event will receive a Member of the Month bonus for the March Scimitar. Those participants are as follows:

• Reaver Luna Okami
  
• Warden Liam Torun-Urr
  
• Knight Ozosi Vym
  
• Ranger Ka Tarvitz
  
• Savant Tisto Kingang
  
• Vanguard Sariel Dhejeuti
  
• Acolyte Bon Riverio
  
• Warden Kenath Zoron
  
• Proselyte TonyWhispers
  
• Augur Daniel “Seraphol” Stephens

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Transfers

• Torin (one of our men of many faces and names) transfers to the Rogues
  
• Plaid Sadira AWOLs out to the Rogues
  

Conclusion

I was very thrilled to see all of the entries to The Price of Freedom and hope to see the members of House Hoth shine in the Cooperative Clan Event with Arcona. I’m hoping to have new report graphics ready in time for my next report. Until then, I bid you a fond farewell.

Celevon Edraven Erinos
Quaestor of House Hoth