Sufre, Aifreann Continent
Eldar

Dawn was just cresting the horizon, visible from the parapets of the starport-turned-Fort Claybake over the primarily squat buildings of the Sardinian capital of Sufre. A mix of Galerian soldiers from the 6th Recon and 11th “Eldar Rangers” Special Forces companies walked in almost relaxed quiet among the windows and along the rooftop. Everything was so peaceful that it made more than a few of the soldiers’ hair stand on end.

Even in Sufre, it was never this quiet.

The first bomb seemed less to explode than to lift soil, street, and the starport wall up in a reddish-brown bubble that finally reached critical mass, sending anything that hadn’t fallen aside upward in a cloud of detritus and a colossal noise. Of course, what comes up must go down, and the amalgam of material cascaded back to ground in a heap. Were it not for the protrusions of guns and the occasional limb or piece of armor, one might not have even thought that there were people buried underneath. With ears still ringing, muffled shouts could be heard along the length of the other undamaged portions of the starport superstructure.

Through the red-brown haze, the nearest soldier, just barely righted onto his feet by a compatriot, nearly missed seeing the fleeting shapes dashing into the dust cloud from across the street.

“It’s an attack!” he shouted through a coughing fit. “They’re going for the breach!”

Read the rest of the fiction here.

Summary

• Fort Claybake comes under attack by Sardinian insurgents during a dawn raid.
• The insurgents’ objective is clearly noted as the LAAT/i gunships stationed within the walls of the starport-turned-base.
• The attack is defeated, but at a fairly steep cost to both manpower and defensibility of the “fort”.
• While the insurgents’ strength can be surmised as lack of action against them, their ability to attack with such numbers and arsenal leaves many wondering what part the Sardinian theocracy might have in it.

Table of Contents

1. Admin Notes
2. Event Calendar
3. News
4. Activity in the Last Two Months
5. Final Notes

Admin Notes

Leadership Changeover Cont’d

While you recover from the brief fiction update above and the full thing on the Discourse forums (or Run-On Center as they like to call it now, which can be found in the Resources tab of the home page), the current plan for the leadership changeover is that Q will change out with Atty after the upcoming Clan event (details below); so in roughly a month. This is also pending plans and applications for House leadership. If applications are solicited, they will be requested in their own separate report.

Discord and Telegram

With the return of the Q to the homeland and something resembling normalcy, and Sera likewise settling into their own rhythm, we’re moving to Discord on a more definite basis. While we’re not shutting down, deleting, or otherwise messing with the ol’ channel on Telegram, the business end of this House’s chatroom stick will (unfortunately) be on Discord. While we acknowledge that the majority of the House dislikes the move and the platform, this was a decision made without such sentiments in mind. More people liked the Fortnite pay-to-win skin over the F2P thing we already had going.

All of that said, the best way to reach a Q on the go is still through Telegram direct messages. Orion is better reached through Discord, though the audience may find a delay while our Zabrak gets their effects unpacked after the holiday break.

Event Calendar

As of right now, the only sneak-peek we can provide to you all is the launch of a Clan event in a week or so, presumably to arrive alongside the Clan report next weekend. A club fiction update suggests that we’ll see a Vendetta-type event sometime in the summer with yet another new enemy, but there are no hard dates confirmed. That unfortunately concludes the Event Calendar section. As more is developed, we hope to refresh this item and resume our usual predictability.

News

Here’s some of the latest from the Clan and club beyond. Look forward to the Clan update next weekend with our alleged event!

• In Arcona, the Rollmaster job is open for your applications as Kord steps down from his familiar seat. As always, we appreciate his service and fantastic work in making onboarding such a smooth and easy process.
  
• HQD did their usual and made a report too! Go show them some love.
• The Regent released some information about weapons upgrades; the latest innovation to the Possessions system. Jury’s still out on if Q appreciates this because she hasn’t touched it yet.
  
• Here’s some new widgets and shiny dossier objects in the latest Herald report; good for all your dossier needs. Complete with some oddly curved glowy stick things.

Activity in the Last Three Months

Note: the below stats only reflects Crescents, Clusters, and other Awards, and does not directly reflect participation.

Ood Bnar

• 3x Crescents with Sapphire Stars
• 1x Crescent with Ruby Star
• 4x Crescents with Emerald Stars
• 2x Crescents with Amethyst Stars
• 3x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 3x Crescents with Quartz Stars
• 1x Cluster of Ice

Stres'tron'Garmis

• 1x Crescent with Emerald Star
• 1x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 2x Crescents with Topaz Stars
• 2x Crescents with Quartz Stars
• 15x Clusters of Ice
• 1x Ruby Scepter

Luka Zarkot

• 1x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 24x Clusters of Ice

Sera Kaern

• 1x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 2x Clusters of Ice

Diy

• 48x Clusters of Ice
• 3x Clusters of Graphite
• 1x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 1x Crescent with Ruby Star

Qyreia Arronen

• 24x Clusters of Ice
• 1x Crescent with Amethyst Star

Vahrosa De

• 2x Crescents with Amethyst Stars
• 1x Clusters of Ice
• 3x Clusters of Graphite

Rrogon Skar Argona

• 19x Clusters of Ice

Junazee

• 49x Clusters of Fire

Kaled

• 4x Clusters of Ice

Final Notes

As always, I can be reached by e-mail at [Log in to view e-mail addresses] or on Telegram with @QyreiaArronen. You can find Sera at [Log in to view e-mail addresses], @OrionR on Telegram, or @OrionTheHunter#4124 on Discord. And if you’re bored, feel free to follow my meant-for-recruiting-but-still-fun in-character Twitter feed @TheRedQek!

Sincerely,