Introduction

A Message from the Quaestor

Hallo my lektastic Qel-Dromites!

January came and went, and now we are moving into the season of love! If you’ve got a special someone, or had one, or would like to someday get one, then start ruminating on those romances, because AVD will be making a return!

But before you run off and take Cupid’s arrow to your knee, we’re still eagerly awaiting your contributions to the Port Ol’val Reconstruction competitions! As already mentioned, but bears repeating, if you want to leave your mark on this shared world we inhabit, this is your best opportunity to do so! We will be using the submissions you (yes, you) create to shape the official Wiki for Port Ol’val and the HQ of House Qel-Droma. I do recognize that student syndrome is always strong, but in case there’s a smattering of comps waiting around the corner to ambush you, it might be worth getting your entries in before the deadline…

I’ve been particularly joyed to see the amazing camaraderie and participation in our weekly RPs, captained by our illustrious Captain Karran Val’teo! Although I’ve been unfortunately preoccupied with other things during those bouts of activity, it’s nonetheless been a treat to see my Telegram light up with hundreds of messages. Keep it up and we’ll be sure to include your finest exploits in the annals of the Voidbreaker’s history!

Signed, Your Lekhead

A Message from the Aedile

Hello there fellow Qel-Dromans,

Our Clan can finally put some serious shifts in leadership behind us and I am hoping this will allow all of us to take full advantage of the upcoming activities.

Make sure to take part in our House’s Port Ol’val Reconstruction competitions because we will be working hard on the Wiki Pages shortly. More on this in the next coming weeks.

On a very positive note, there has been a massive surge in activity regarding the RP events in Voidbreaker chat on Telegram. Sometimes Galeran and Qel-Droman chat have cross-pollinated in member activity a little bit, and in my opinion the more the merrier. Try to keep gifs, stickers, OOC chat to a minimum when roleplay is happening as activity picks up. From what I have gathered so far it has been an absolute blessing for character development and hopefully in the near future we might be noting down activity based upon it as well, we will have to see.

If it is a thing you celebrate, keep in mind that it will be Valentines Day soon. A bit of extra attention for your loved one or your character’s loved one(s) would not go amiss. The day is February the 14th, on a lovely Friday. So bring out the red soled heels, rose petals, umami foods and fancy tuxedos!

With a romantically inclined black heart,

Alaisy Tir’eivra

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. House Fiction Update
3. News
4. Awards, Promotions and Transfers
   
5. Crescent Leaderboard
6. Competitions
7. Ask the Lekhead and the Shiny Sith
8. In Closing...

House Fiction Update

Kas Tunnels Port Ol’val 38 ABY

Heavy robotic drills lay dormant in the asteroid dirt that was strewn around the area leading towards the Kas Tunnels. Large shells of durasteel had been bolted onto the ceilings in order to reinforce the new routes. One of the workers dusted off his hands and another threw her construction helmet back into the cockpit of her repulsor crane, ready to take a well deserved caf break.

“I hope it was worth all the durasteel,” Alaisy Tir’eivra grumbled through her voice modulator, her mask’s visor reflecting the harsh stablights illuminating the worksite.

“It vill be, having a new route through the Kas Tunnel pays off in starship hulls savedt,” Tali Sroka muttered, scanning over her datapad. "This vay, ve'll be sure to attract more sane merchants to set up shop on Ol'val. Although the suicidal ones didt have pretty goodt merchandise."

Crackling of obsidian rock betrayed the heavy footsteps of the incoming horned Captain Val’teo.

“I’ve sent off Eilen and Aru to test out the new route, they seemed eager enough to take our new toys out,” Karran bolstered, more scarred and bruised than ever before.

A hiss of air escaped the Aediles mask and in response the Zabrak turned his head at the tall Sith, swearing he could’ve heard her sigh.

“The Voidbreaker crew has hadt their hands full as of late, I’ve readt the report on the creature you’ve encounteredt, vill it keep medical insurance in check?” the Quaestor asked.

You can read the rest of the fiction here.

News

Arcona News

• Our Clan has a new Rollmaster, our very own Stres'tron'garmis (the artist known on TG as Kordath).

• House Galeres has a new Quaestor, she goes by the name of Junazee, please make sure to give her a warm welcome!

• Our Consul and her Co-conspi .. I mean Proconsul are clearly up to no good in the Arconan competition Until Midnight Strikes!

DB Wide Updates

• Big shuffles at the Chamber of Justice, many CoJ openings, take a look, they’re looking for 1 year long terms.

• Don’t forget to check out the Arcona Report!

• Some very big changes at the Voice Office recently, read all about it in the Voice Report

• Most of us have probably already done our say on the new Star Wars movie, but for those that did not know yet, the spoiler ban for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is over. RoS Spoiler End

• Our Voidbreaker Captain recently posted a report which you can read here! Voidbreaker Report

Awards, Promotions and Transfers

And now, for the Crescent list!

Tali Sroka

• 2 Clusters of Ice

Aru Law

• 1 Crescent with Emerald Star

Eilen Jath

• 3 Crescents with Amethyst Star
• 1 Scroll of Indoctrination (yay new member!)
• 2 Clusters of Ice
• 3 Clusters of Graphite

Sera Kaern

• 1 Crescent with Ruby Star
• 2 Clusters of Ice

Alaisy Tir’eivra

• 1 Crescent with Diamond Star

Riverche

• 1 Crescent with Emerald Star
• 1 Crescent with Topaz Star
• 3 Clusters of Ice

Klyn Jaxx

• 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star

Crescent Leaderboard

Below you will find the numbers used to determine the scoring and the leaderboard itself.
If you don’t want to be featured in the Crescent Leaderboard, let your House leadership know.

• Diamond: 7
  
• Ruby: 6
  
• Amethyst: 5
  
• Sapphire: 4
  
• Emerald: 3
  
• Topaz: 2
  
• Quartz: 1
  

Member	Points
Eilen	15
Alaisy	7
Sera	6
Riverche	5
Klyn	4
Aru	3

Its been a bit of a slow month on the Crescent list with most of the activity going towards the Voidbreaker RP weekends! I want to give everyone a big thank you for participating and your activity is not going unnoticed. We got some new names on the list such as Klyn Jaxx and Riverche! Congrats to Eilen sticking her tail out (or rather Sulith’s hammer) from the crowd at first place, with Alaisy taking second spot and Sera coming in with a close third place!

Competitions

• Our House’s very own competition series is still going! Ol’val construction comps!
• Draw/Paint a picture from the music PITS 11
• Until Midnight Strikes Is the ShadowFireLady’s and Good Doctor’s big comp series for February, make sure to check it out!
• One Hundred Days Invites you to write a war journal.
• What If... Rhylance’s comp series depicting the alternative universe of what could be if things went different.
• For the gamers amongst us there’s this! FIST Feb 2020.
• Qyreia’s very own survival fiction competition Scurvy
• Post GJW possession GFX Get some easy Clusters of Graphite by drawing.
• One of the big upcoming competition series is of course Arconan Valentines Day! AVD

AskLekWhip

• Our new Rollmaster Mr. Garmis asks:

  • If the well cultured and well...funded new Rollmaster was to try and show either of you the respect your stations deserved, what would be the ideal outing? Dinner? The theater? A dark room with sigils painted in blood on the floor?
    • Tali: “Honestly? Some take-out andt a footrub is goodt enough. You have no idea how much admin I've been going through to keep this madhouse going. I think I'm getting spreadsheet blindness...”
    • Alaisy: ”I'd say a combination of the three. We will have our fancy snack, you will 'act' and present your tribute to us on the obsidian tiled floor with runes illuminating the room in crimson light. This could be a great start to a new ritual.”

• Sera asks:

  • Little question about fashion; what’re your thoughts on high-heels with six-inch blades for the heel part?
    • Tali: “They sound very practical in case of aggressive negotiations.”
    • Alaisy: “Six inches is a respectable length, you can inflict some serious damage with that. Just make sure the edge is sharp and the tip strong enough.”
  • How much funding are we getting for the sauna-renovation on the Voidbreaker?
    • Tali: “I am allocating your pension funds towards this most crucial endeavor!”
    • Alaisy: “Blood, sweat and tears.”
  • You’ve asked Where’s Geldi...but how come no one asks How’s Geldi?
    • Tali: “Because ve are a bunch of cruel andt heartless murderhobos. Velcome to HQD, kiddoes!”
    • Alaisy: “And how come nobody has asked, “Why Geldi?””

• Our ShadowFireLady Lucine asks:

  • Tali, are you using some of the management techniques Lucine taught you? Remember, it's important for your subordinates to be satisfied with their job!
    • Tali: “... I, uh… t-those techniques felt very, uh, hands-on. Andt Tali does not like to micromanage the membership...”
  • Alaisy, would the Shiny Sith be averse to providing some instruction into proper Sith Alchemy techniques? I am sure we can come to an agreement that will be beneficial to all parties
    • Alaisy: “I thought you would never ask, I would be glad to share some of my knowledge. After all, the best way to know whether you master the theory is to teach it, right? I will save a few subjects and prepare a series of incantations. This is going to be great bonding time!”

• Aru asks:

  • Where's Geldi?
    • Tali: “Look, behindt you!”
    • Alaisy: “When’s Geldi?”
  • To my Mistress, would you consider Alaisy as a Star Wars Yennefer?
    • Alaisy: I would certainly consider it a compliment, I am quite fond of the character. But there are a great many differences in both character and appearance. Their ambitions may have some parallels though. I also absolutely loved the Netflix series, that was nothing short of amazing.
  • Why do you want to completely rebuild Qel-Dromas HQ (not that I don't like the idea)
    • Tali: “Because the oldt place vent andt got itself spontaneously combustedt, andt I’ve livedt in dirt piles to last me a lifetime. Also, the bar selection in rubble-junkpiles sucks.”
    • Alaisy: The former HQ was destroyed, well before I was part of the Dark Brotherhood. We want it rebuilt so we can have a base of operations and it can serve as an identity for our House and Battleteam.
  • With the reconstruction, what other changes in Qel-Droma rule/structure are coming?
    • Tali: “Only time vill tell, but surely this lonely space rock is far too meager a holding to contain our vast prowess! The galaxy shall witness our greatness andt tremble at our coming! Muahahaaaa! … erm, that may have come out a little too Lucine.”
    • Alaisy: Fictions, events, character mentions and perhaps a place to use for RP events and Run-Ons.
  • How's it been so far? Damn proud to be Qel-Droman and of your work so far!
    • Tali: “Very vell, thank you! I’ve been most impressedt vith how vell the Voidbreaker has been faring on its missions as of late. Quite the riveting reporting to readt.”
    • Alaisy: So far so good, it is all coming together. Glad to have you with us Aru!

• Wally asks:

  • Alaisy doesn't seem like the type of woman to like surprise gifts. What kind of gifts would she not hate, if one were to get her one.
    • Alaisy: “Oh there are plenty of things. Perhaps a Neti seed, a Zabrakian heart, a Senator’s heirloom or perhaps a great source of Bladed weapons training.”

In Closing…

The first stage of the “new” Ol’val reconstruction comps are soon coming to an end. Expect there to be further possibilities to influence our common home and base of operations along the year! We are also seeing the return of AVD (Arconan Vener… Valentine’s Day!), and the grapevine has hinted something about grander shenanigans afoot. If January was a bit slow in terms of comps, fear not, for activities galore shall soon grace your browsers!

As always, if you have concerns, ideas, recommendations or a general need to chat, we are always here for you. Whether on TG (@tali_sroka and @Alaisy) and or email.

Signed,

The Lekhead and Shiny Sith