It’s been a few weeks since my last update, and I wanted to check back in and let everyone know where we’re at. Now with bonus less report proofing by Wally so you all get run on sentences, poor comma use, and train of thought syntax. Hopefully content makes up for delivery. I want to go through the big changes pending for us to get to open beta, share some screenshots and information, give you a much awaited link that everyone can use to research while we prepare, and go through the staff I’ve chosen to help me establish new standards of the office and give this whole thing a solid foundation for the future as an office. I appreciate everyone’s patience, and love discussing all this stuff on Telegram but less of me talking about it, more digging into content.

The Road to Open Beta

There are some milestones to complete, so that possessions is at a state that all major systems are functioning for full testing. Once we start open beta, the only activities that will be ongoing will be balancing, polishing, documenting, policy creation and setting up some of the final elements of the experience. So all major changes and updates will need to be tested and signed off as complete.

So what’s left to do:

• Stores: Work on a UX for the storefronts and implement them.
• Slotting: Finish the initial loadout coding, and complete basic testing.
  
• Administrative: Add Regent functionality to administer manual credit adjustments, credit balance monitoring, and item decommissioning.
  
• Items: Finalize the prototype items list by adding a set being developed for member experience. Setup all stocking rules for purge. Establish triggers for items.
  
• Salary: New salary numbers are reviewed, and with the Grand Master for comment and/or approval. Once done, will need to update values and audit the credit balances to ensure accuracy (the dossier history can be messy.)

That’s it. Seems like perhaps a lot, but it really isn’t considering where things were at a year ago when James explained everything to me after he first gave me admin access to things and I took a stab at developing some blasters to see how it went.

Possessions Slotting

I recall publishing this a few places. But I’ll repeat again here. Everyone will be able to equip.

• 1 Cybernetic Item
• 1 Technology Item (Functional Item)
• 1 Droid (Companion)
• 1 Armor Item (Full set)
• 1 Back item (Worn over or with armor)
• 5 Weapons (Hands, 2 handed are 2 slots)
• 5 Equipment pieces (Total, some equipment takes more than 1 slot)
• 2 Accessories (Non-functional trophy like items)
• 1 Land Vehicle
• 1 Space Vehicle

Here are some pictures James provided of his test version of the site where he’s developing it. Disclaimer that this is all still beta and subject to change in as many ways as possible.

PDAWG

Link: https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com//item_prototypes

Along the lines of the popular tool for researching Skills and Force powers, James has developed a tool we aptly just refer to as PDAWG to help members research what items they want for their characters. Instead of screenshots. I will just share the link here. Keep in mind this is beta and subject to change, but much of what is there is quite finalized. This collection of items and the attributes of them make up the body of work over this past year and form the content core of what is now the possessions system.

From this research tool, you can look at most items available, some are hidden but with good reason that your character cannot obtain them. It will give you a lot of information.

• Name of the Prototype item
• Category it is in, for aid in research and price
• Type to note which slot it can equip into
• Size, relative to other items and how many slots an item takes up
• Rarity relative to other items, the more rare the more customizable or relatively powerful an item is, but also more expensive
• Base price to show the suggested sale price at a store if sold for full price
• Description to note the basic functionality of the item as it relates to the Brotherhood and other dependent systems.
• Item Slots to show if items can be slotted into this item.
• Source which in many cases will link to an outside source document for more information on it as far as Canon if applicable.
• Item Aspect slots to show how much customization, cosmetic or functional an item can accept
• Granted Item Aspects if any to show what Aspects an item has by default
• Purchase restrictions if any that would possibly prevent your character from purchasing it in a normal store

Please let me know if there any questions or see any discrepancies or typos in this information across the system. There are thousands of words of descriptions and some typos may have gotten across.

Regent Staff

After reviewing all applicants to the Regent staff, I have made the decision to move forward and hire Dacien Victae di Plagia, Halcyon Rokir Taldrya, and Abadeer Taasii. The combined applications showing me what they plan to offer, their experience, and demonstrate initiative, will, in my hope with these choices, ensure that beta is launched, launched well, and done in a way that ensures that it will continue to thrive and grow as a source of Star Wars entertainment for all members. I look forward to working with all of them, and have already had some great discussions on information organization and how we will go about establishing brand new precedents. I’ve been through a few rounds of Magistrate hiring in the past, and this was one of the hardest I’ve been through with more talent and drive than I’ve seen for many former offices and for that I am very grateful.

Regent Staff Links

• PDAWG

Conclusion

Looking forward to taking the next steps and hope everyone enjoys looking through the research tools. I’ve had a lot of people approach me with specific questions as they prepare their characters for the impending launch of possessions and hope this will answer all of them. Looking forward to dropping an access link to the stores in my next report. Note: You can see all the store names from PDAWG because it lists where you can buy them but won’t go anywhere unless you have a Legendary Pravus ticket.

In darkness,