Introduction

A Message from the Quaestor (now Consul)

Hello, darlings! Welcome to my final HQD report. As I am sure you have heard, there have been some slight changes in the leadership structure which has opened the way for the redhead to become Consul. Cue the evil laughter and plotting! But do not fear darlings! I shall endeavor to be a benevolent despot!

I am so very excited to announce that Tali will be moving up to Quaestor. He has served well as Aedile, and I look forward to seeing the direction he takes HQD in.

Aaaaaanyway, we have a lovely report in store for you! Thrills! Chills! Results of the recent Piracy comp! And so much more! So, let’s have some fun!

A Message from the Aedile (now Quaestor)

Hallo, my lektastic Qel-Dromians! We are experiencing some turbulence in the leadership department, but please do not be alarmed! We have provided you with complimentary sick-bags, and in case of an emergency, bend down, reach back and kiss your a** goodb… erm, no!

I shall be taking over Lucine’s stylish boots as Quaestor and although I did promise as Aedile that I’d get you all mentioned in our Wiki by the end of my term, I shall abuse my newfound executive privileges to extend this to include my term as Quaestor as well. Wouldn’t want to break any promises, now would we?

I hope to find us some stellar new head honchos so we’re back to full manning, but until then it’s business as usual! Comps, piracy, dubiously legal repossessions of private goods, and wicked banter in the Port Ol’val cantinas!

Table of Contents

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

House Fiction Update

“Magnificent, aren’t they?” Yumni Ha stated as the group of Qel-Dromans walked past the ranks of freshly arrived A and B-wings, their hulls gleaming like polished chrome under the work lights of the low ceiling. Two squadrons of additional firepower, capable of reacting on short notice to any possible threat the Voidbreaker or other Qel-Droman assets might find itself facing, were being integrated into a covert launching bay hollowed out from a portion of the asteroid base’s interior.

“They appear very pristine,” Lucine Vasano agreed, maintaining a certain air of disinterest while so close to the woman she’d paid to broker them these particular fighters without too many niggling traces.

“I’m sure they vill be of great help in making sure the Shadowport von’t keep spontaneously combusting from infiltrating rebels and saboteurs,” Tali Sroka stated, with a bit more honesty than the Quaestor.

You can read the rest of the fiction here.

News

Arcona News

• That’s right, the redhead is moving up to the fancy chair! You can read about in Mav’s news update.

• Atty got promoted to Elder! Wooo!

• The Piracy event is over, and the results are in! A big congratulations to Alaisy, Aru and Eilen for placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively! Ya’ll are amazing! And finally, a huge thank you to all who participated!

DB Wide Updates

• Do you want to know what’s going on with the other clans? Well, now is your chance to find out, via the PulseFeed News Aggregator, lovingly collated by the Regent himself!

• Speaking of the Regent, here is his most recent report, featuring changes to the Item Prototype Approval Policy, changelogs and other crunchy bits! And if that’s not enough for you, here’s the Regent’s supplemental, which includes his picks for his new magistrates!

• We have a new Fist! That’s right, Justinios has been elevated to the role.

• Speaking of new members of the DC, there is also a new Voice! When you see him, be sure to congratulate Idris “Xen” Adenn on his new role. He certainly has not wasted any time and has already produced his first report. Read and enjoy!

Awards, Promotions and Transfers

And now, for the Crescent list!

Tali Sroka

• Battlefield promotion to Quaestor
• 1 Crescent with Diamond Star
• 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 1 Crescent with Emerald Star
• 1 Crescent with Topaz Star
• 10 Clusters of Ice
• 1 Scroll of the Master (Thanks, Sera!)

Strategos Thanatos Entar Arconae

• 1 Crescent with Diamond Star (Wooo!)

Adept Timeros Caesus Entar Arconae

• 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 1 Crescent with Topaz Star
• 1 Crescent with Quartz Star
• 2 Clusters of Graphite

Aru Law

• 2 Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 2 Crescent with Topaz Star
• 1 Crescent with Quartz Star
• 3 Clusters of Fire
• 1 Clusters of Ice
• 2 Clusters of Graphite
• Second place in our Piracy Comp!!

Lucine

• Well-earned coup, erm, Promotion to Consul!

Leeadra Halcyon

• 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star

Magik

• 1 Crescent with Topaz Star
• 1 Cluster of Ice

Sera Kaern

• 7 Clusters of Ice
• Promotion to Knight! <3

Malfrost Xeon

• 3 Clusters of Ice

Alaisy Tir’eivra

• 1 Crescent with Ruby Star
• 2 Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 7 Crescent with Emerald Star (WOOOT!)
• 1 Cluster of Fire
• 7 Clusters of Graphite
• First place in our Piracy Comp!!!

Emere Galo

• 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 3 Clusters of Graphite

Eilen Jath

• 3 Crescents with Sapphire Star
• 1 Crescents with Emerald Star
• 1 Crescents withTopaz
• 7 Clusters of Ice
• 2 Clusters of Graphite
• Third place in our Piracy Comp!

Crescent Leaderboard

Below you will find the numbers used to determine the scoring and the leaderboard itself.

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

Member	Points
Alaisy	41
Eilen	17
Tali	16
Aru	13
Timeros	7
Thanatos	7

Alaisy kicked it out of the park this month with a Monster score of 41, leaving everyone else in shameful sub-20 score dust. Terrible! Jokes aside, awesome turnaround this month! Really proud of you guys, and good luck for next month’s Crescent hunting!

Competitions

• Do you lie awake at night, thinking about what your character would look like if they were a Ryn? Now is your chance to put those ideas on paper in Kordath’s Rynify’d competition!
• Speaking of Kordath, he’s running a puzzle series! Yay, puzzles!
• Have you ever pictured your character in an Indiana Jones-style adventure? Q has got you covered in his fiction competition.
• Want to create some images of Star Wars inspired items? Well now’s your chance!
• Do you like logic puzzles? Well then, look no further! Our very own Proconsul is running a comp series featuring the logic puzzle equivalent to crack. Enjoy!
• Still can’t get enough puzzles? The check out the Rebel, Resist, Fight series!
• Your friend, allies and even your clan has become infested by Abersyn Symbiotes. How does your character respond? Here’s your chance to write a fic about it, in Survive the Hive
• Want to do some arts inspired by music? Then Atra’s Pictures in Sound is right up your alley!

AskRedAndLek

• Aru Law says:

  • I have a question. Now that the red is moving up in the food chain, how are things in Qel Droman rule change?
    • Tali: “I shall take up Quaestor duties, and start searching for a capable Aedile and an amazing Battleteam Leader. Applications TBD!”
    • Lucine: What Tali said. Look for the applications to be opening very, very soon.

• Alaisy asks several:

  • What do you both think House Qel-Droma needs most in these tumultuous times?
    • Tali: “Lekwarmers, clearly.”
    • Lucine: “Tea. I shall make some.”
  • Any news on the attacker(s) of our former Shadow Lord? Can we start the great hunt yet?
    • Tali: “No, it seems they’ve vanished under a heatedt rock...”
    • Lucine: “Hmm? Oh, that. Well, seeing as how our former Consul is in perfect health, I see no reason not to take our time to make sure we have an iron-clad case against the Shadow Sloth’s attackers.”
  • What goodies did we end up buying? Or is that to come still?
    • Tali: “Ve have shiny new A-wings and B-wings! Next on the list, C-wings!”
    • Lucine: Lovely, shiny new ships to help defend the port!
  • What did both of you get for Kordath and Zujenia's wedding?
    • Tali: “Sore feet… Oh, for not from... I knit them some vee tail-warmers, in case of more baby-Ryn.”
    • Lucine: “A bottle of strong Corellian whiskey for Zuji, and a pair of pants for Kord.”

• Eilen also has many questions on her mind:

  • Are we keeping the same uniforms we got when Kord took the throne? This dress really wasn't made with tails in mind... (Unless, maybe it was... *shudder)*
    • Tali: “That’s been my first priority to change, but alas, somehow the discretionary uniform budget is mysteriously overdrafted… for the next three years.”
    • Lucine: “Lies and slander, darling! I do believe Tali does not know how to read the reports. At any rate, yes we should look at new uniforms. I personally thought those old uniforms looked a little drafty.”
  • On that note, can I put in a formal request for more clothes designed with tails in mind? ...And maybe, like, helmets for people with big, pointy ears, too.
    • Tali: “I’ll addt it to the list of things ve cannot possibly affordt! But if you happen to findt one lying unused on the headt of some recently deceasdt person…”
    • Lucine: “I will take that into consideration.”
  • What's Tali going to be doing with the freshly emptied seat beside her?
    • Tali: finally gets to kick her legs up
  • On a scale of 1 to 10, how on-fire is Ol'Val at the time of Lucine's departure? Any plans to fix that?
    • Tali: “”5 ¾. Seems adequate.”
    • Lucine: “Only 5 ¾? Seems like a slow day.”
  • I have the weirdest feeling at the back of my head, like this ominous sense that there's something more to this change in leadership going on. Maybe I'm still just shaken from the war, but do you guys feel it too?
    • Tali: “Do you hear the voices too?!”
    • Lucine: “It is positively uncanny…”
  • So, uh, there's a lot of Chiss men crowding up the spaceport right now. Something about a rush of new hires, but it's like only a select demographic got the memo. You guys need a hand troubleshooting your communications system?
    • Tali: glances at Lucine
    • Lucine: “Tell you what, Eilen, you take a look at that. I will start interviewing the applicants who have already shown up.”
  • By the way, Lucine! Are you looking forward to working with Rhylance again? You guys make a good cou--er, team! Yeah, team. Eheh... *fidgets ...That's the word I meant.*
    • Tali: “A goodt COU? You, milady, are mistaken. They shall make an excellent ARC!”
    • Lucine: “Yes, darling, I am very much looking forward to working with him. Playing chess with him however? Not so much. He is incorrigible when he wins.”

• Orion wants to know:

  • Is Tali gonna order a fancy chair too, just to compensate
    • Tali: No, she has no need to compensate. Pay no mind to these fabulous lek-extensions.

• Wally asks the deep questions:

  • Why?
    • Tali: “Because.”
    • Lucine: “Why not?”

• Atra asks:

  • Would red and lek be lek of red or lek soon-to-be red?
    • Tali: “vat?”
    • Lucine: “Most likely both.”
  • How much lek could Red and Lek lek if Red and Lek could lek Red?
    • Tali: “Erm… v-ve haven’t yet… I mean, LIES ANDT SLANDER!”
    • Lucine: “That was smooth, Tali. Very smooth.”

• Kordath has a few things on his mind:

  • Will Lucine and Tali continue to work closely together, sharing their frustrations, or will they make Rhylance take on the load as a go between?
    • Tali: “Shouldn’t you be on your honeymoon?”
    • Lucine: “I suppose that depends on how willing Rhylance is to work closely with the two of them.”
  • Did you find my assassin's buyer yet, would hate to know you let your one failure as DIA director slide.
    • Tali: Precognition+4’s out of the way of that one
    • Lucine: “The DIA continues to diligently search for the scapegoat villain who contracted your assassin.”

• Grot poses a curious question:

  • When will the changes in my contract take effect? Also that check bounced, did you give me your clothes shopping account?
    • Tali: “Vat? Lucine, do you know vhat he’s on about?”
    • Lucine: “Yyyyyno. No I most certainly do not.”

• Cawthren is dying to know:

  • Can we have a battalion of jawas?
    • Tali: “Only if you promise to take them out for valks. Ve don’t vant a repeat of the Porg incident…”
    • Lucine: “We definitely do not want a repeat of the Porg incident. Or the Bunny incident, for that matter.”

• Donny had many questions, but these will be answered later.

In Closing…

Thank you all so much for a wonderful tenure as Quaestor. I adore each and every one of you, and look forward to working with ya’ll from the fancy chair! However, my door will always remain open, so feel free to come to me with any questions or concerns.

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

Signed,

The Redhead and the Lekhead