Dark
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Herein are presented all issues of "The Holocron" (the Brotherhood's weekly update) from the dates of August 22, 1999 to June 4, 2000. August 22, 1999 - 1149 Members as of Today!
> Weekly Trivia Winners (Article by GM Khyron)
> Shadow Academy Graduates 08-15-99 thru 08-21-99 (Article by HM Kumba)
> Awards 08-15-99 thru 08-21-99 (Article by CHAN Howlader)
> Dark Voice To Be Released Soon (Article by GM Khyron)
> Grand Master On Leave August 27 - September 10 (Article by GM Khyron)
> Apply for Sith High Warrior (Article by GM Khyron)
> From the Office of the Deputy Grand Master (Article by DGM Dev)
> From the Office of the Master at Arms (Article by MAA Thedek)
> From the Office of the Headmaster (Article by HM Kumba)
> From the Office of the Chancellor (Article by CHAN Howlader)
> From the Office of the Krath High Priest (Article by KHP Shaitan)
> From the Office of the Obelisk High Commander (Article by OHC Dread)
> From the Office of the Sith High Warrior (Article by SHW Bull)
> From the Office of the Commander of the Guard (Article by COG Z'lar Kahn) September 5, 1999 - 1203 Members as of Today!
> From the Office of the Grand Master (Article by acting GM Dev)
> Trivia Winners for this week are as follows: > Shadow Academy Graduates for 08-29-99 thru 09-04-99 (Article by HM Kumba)
GRD Jason Urick (Obelisk)/House Borealis of Clan Aquillas
> Awards 08/29/99 thru 09/04/99 (Article by CHAN Howlader)
> From the Office of the Headmaster (Article by HM Kumba)
> From the Office of the Herald (Article by HRLD Faethor)
> From the Office of the Obeliskan High Commander (Article by OHC Dread)
> From the Office of the Commander of the Guard (Article by CoG Z'lar Kahn) September 14, 1999 - 1156 Members as of Today!
> From the Office of the Grand Master (Article by acting GM Dev) > Shadow Academy Graduates for 09-05-99 thru 09-11-99 (Article by HM Kumba)
GRD Jerroth Zakkorn (?????)/House Acclivis Draco of Clan Scholae Palatinae
> Medal Awards (Article by CHAN Howlader)
Congratulations to these members who have received awards this week!
>From the Office of the Master At Arms (Article by MAA Thedek)
> From the Office of the Headmaster (Article by HM Kumba)
> From the Office of the Obeliskan High Commander (Article by OHC Dread)
> From the Office of the Commander of the Guard (Article by CoG Z'lar Kahn) September 27, 1999 - 1169 Members as of Today! > Winners of this Week's Trivia
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners!
> Shadow Academy Graduates (09-19-99 through 09-25-99)
> From the Office of Grand Master Khyron
> From the Office of Headmaster Kumba
> From the Office of Herald Kryder
> From the Office of Chancellor Howlader
> From the Office of Krath High Priestess Arania
> From the Office of Obelisk High Commander Dreadnaught
> From the Office of Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn SPECIAL ISSUE The Holocron of the Brotherhood of the Dark Jedi! Weekly News Update for the Week of October 8, 1999
> Grand Master Khyron steps down... "To be brief... It is with tremendous displeasure that I step down as Grand Master of the Brotherhood of the Dark Jedi. I no longer have the time required to fulfil my duties as Grand Master. I will, however, remain to advise Grand Master Thedek as he leads the Brotherhood down a new path to greatness. I look forward to the new era which the Brotherhood will enter. May the Darkness guide you. High Admiral Khyron, Grand Master Emeritus" October 16, 1999 - 1199 Members as of Today!
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners! Next week's trivia subject: Random Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Dark Council Appointments [From Grand Master Thedek] **
After a long time without a leader for the Sith Order, I am proud to announce the return of Warlord Bull as the Sith High Warrior. Warlord Bull and I have discussed his plans for the Sith and I believe him fully capable to return to command. Congratulations to him as well.
** Head Master Promoted [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Future Brotherhood Operation & Medal Award [From Deputy Grand Master
Dev] **
** Slight Shadow Academy Phase Freeze [From Head Master Kumba] **
** Thanks from the Master at Arms [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Only two awards given out this week... they are:
** Return to Command [From Sith High Warrior Bull] **
** Current Krath Projects [From Krath High Priestess Arania] **
** Royal Guard in Action [From Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn] **
October 25, 1999 - 1219 Members as of Today!
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners! Next week's trivia subject: Random Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Roster Handed to new MAA [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Shadow Academy Back to Normal [From Head Master Kumba] **
** Brotherhood Wide AWOL Check [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Office of the Herald [From Herald Kryder] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl
** New Office Members and Projects [From Sith High Warrior Bull] **
** New GMRG Rank [From Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn] **
November 1, 1999 - 1214 Members as of Today!
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners! Next week's trivia subject: Random Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Roster Reminder [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Increased Shadow Academy Membership [From Head Master Kumba] **
** Brotherhood Wide AWOL Check [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Office of the Herald [From Herald Kryder] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl
** Krath Happenings [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** Match With SyKoTiC [From Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn] **
** Resignation [From Obelisk High Commander Dreadnaught] **
November 7, 1999 - 1252 Members as of Today!
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners! Next week's trivia subject: Random Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Current News [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Upcoming Operation [From Deputy Grand Master Dev] **
** Roster Information [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Shadow Academy Note [From Head Master Kumba] **
** Return of the Herald [From Herald Kryder] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Medal Awards: Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl
** Krath Happenings [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** Sith News [From Sith High Warrior Bull] **
The Sith Message Board is still up at: - http://www1.sitepowerup.com/mb/view.asp?BoardID=112597 Join the Sith eGroups list and post all you want! Send an e-mail to: dbsith-subscribe@egroups.com.
** Match With SyKoTiC [From Acting Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn] **
November 17, 1999 - 1282 Members as of Today!
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners! Next week's trivia subject: Random Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Dark Council Changed [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Roster Information [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Shadow Academy Note [From Head Master Kumba] **
** New Herald Site [From Herald Kryder] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
** Krath Happenings [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** Sith News [From Sith High Warrior Bull] **
** OHC's First Week [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] **
*** CoG's First Words [From Commander of the Guard Imp22] ***
November 22, 1999 - 1300 Members as of Today!
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** General News & Information [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Return to Active Duty [From Deputy Grand Master Dev] **
** AWOL Check & Promotions [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Shadow Academy Story Censorship [From Head Master Kumba] **
** Grand of Arms Work [From Herald Kryder] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
** Office News [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] **
** Krath News [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** Recent GMRG Happenings [From Commander of the Guard Imp22] **
November 29, 1999 - 1314 Members as of Today!
Congratulations to this week's trivia winners! Next week's trivia subject: Random Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Brotherhood Operation [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** AWOL Check [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Grand of Arms Work [From Herald Kryder] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl
** Office News [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] **
** Krath News [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** Recent GMRG Happenings [From Commander of the Guard Imp22] **
December 5, 1999 - 1339 Members as of Today!
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** Brotherhood Website [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** Operation News [From Deputy Grand Master Dev] **
** AWOL Check [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Medals This Week: Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl
** Office News [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] **
** Krath News [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** Sith News [From Sith High Warrior Bull] **
** Retirement [From Commander of the Guard Imp22] **
** Chamber of Justice News [From First Archon Faethor] **
The remaining Archons will be chosen by Lord Paladin, Grand Master Thedek and myself. Send all applications, including a history of all positions you have held in the Brotherhood, to design@2ndfloorcomputers.com, and fapaladin@aol.com. December 13, 1999 - 803 Members as of Today! Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Major Dealings [From Grand Master Thedek] **
** New DGM [From Deputy Grand Shaitan`] **
** AWOL Check [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] **
** Shadow Academy News [From Headmaster Kumba] **
** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] **
Medals This Week: Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl
** Office News [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] **
** Krath News [From Krath High Priest Arania] **
** New COG [From Commander of the Guard Raistlin]**
** Chamber of Justice News [From First Archon Faethor] **
December 20, 1999 - 820 Members as of Today!
Winner: DJK Enerum Shka (Krath)/House Marka Ragnos of Naga Sadow Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html
** Major Dealings [From Grand Master Thedek] **
If you are still having problems with the email, please email myself or Adept Nighthawk from the email address that you are listed under, provide us your Dossier Number, and we will get you your password. On another note, the Dark Brotherhood will not be having it's weekly IRC meetings again until the 8th of January in the new year. This is because both Christmas and New Year's fall on Saturday's, and I don't expect many people to be interested in attending. Happy Holidays! ** Head's Up [From Deputy Grand Shaitan`] ** ...Congratulations to the three Archons...Royal...Shotgun...and Dragon... ...Some changes have taken place in the competition plotline...These were done to ensure the competition would be ready by the selected date... It will not be late... ** From the MAA [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** Remember, if you want to change houses or orders, email me with your DB name, DB email addy, current house and order, and the house or order you'd like to change to. ** Shadow Academy News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** Newer SA Site is coming along.. Now that college is over for a good month, I'll be able to get more time in to work on it.. I am in need of ideas for a replace,ent to Phase 2 of the SA. If you have any ideas, email me at Kumba12345@aol.com. ** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] ** New Addon images for the Steel Cross and Legion of the Scholar posted at the CHAN site...take a look, they were created by SBM/Proconsul Blackbird of CSK For his creation of DSC images (and his dedication to his Clan)...SBM Blackbird has been elevated to SBL, congratulations This is the last meeting I'll be attending until about July (unless I'm crazy enough to get up in the middle of the night to attend...lousy timezones) I'm leaving for Australia on the 27th of December...and I'll be in Singapore for a few days, so the earliest I'll be reachable is January 3rd or 4th
Medals This Week: Medal Board: http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl ** Office News [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] ** The OHC office is up at http://ohc.cjb.net. If you're obelisk, go there right now!!! I am in need of skin editors for the upcoming DB wide comp. If you know about this, mail me ASAP! (zlarkahn@arnet.com.ar) ** Krath News [From Krath High Priest Arania] ** All submissions for the Echoes of Nightfall vol 1+2 have to be send in today. The Echos of Nightfall, last issues for this year, should be released on Monday. Watch the mailing list about it. I will not be around from 25 Dec to 11 Jan. During this time, please mail my Praetor Daihok (anthony@dekko.com) or ask the members of the Krath mailing list... Krath Fun Competition will last until 15th of January... part of the submissions, the X-mas related ones, you will be able to see in the Echoes of Nightfall... ** Office News [From Commander of the Guard Raistlin]** I have decided to eliminate circles at the rquest of the Inner Council I picked. Instead we have GLD+ picking a single apprentice to train in order to actually encourage training of members and have all of our members become skilled at JK Webpage coming along nicely. Should be done somtime this week. (I Hope) I have appointed GLD Blade to smooth out or transition to Zone based playing (and to establish a presence there) So far things are going smoothly and activity on the zone has doubled. Finally, talks between myself and Darkov are resulting in a sort of OR night for the GMRG Vs. RS (for JK) Stay tuned for more details ** Chamber of Justice News [From First Archon Faethor] ** The CoJ hasn't been very busy this week. Unlike other DC positions, this is a GOOD thing. It means that most members are abiding by the rules. The less work the CoJ has to do, the better. On that note, I'd just like to remind you all to view the AoWs, CoCs, and Bylaws, to assure that you are familiar with them.
I'd like to announce that three of the four Archon spots are now filled.
The Archons are as follows: Congrats to all of them. For those of you not familiar with the Archons, please see the DSC for more info. January 8th, 2000 - 864 Members as of Today!
Winner: OW Raistlin(Obelisk)/CoG (3pts) Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html ** Many Happy Returns [From Grand Master Thedek] ** Greetings to all and welcome back from the Holiday Season. I hope things treated you well and you all enjoyed the rest and didn't catch the flu. Operations within the Brotherhood are accelerating once again and we should see some more things going on. Recent upgrade to db.com now allows for a GMRG Roster.... enjoy! ** Clear and Present Praetor [From Deputy Grand Shaitan`] ** ...I have chosen a Praetor...OBL Dread...Magistrate is not open for applications and will not be for some time...Do not apply... ...The Obelisk portion of the upcoming competition has been laid out and is now complete...It should prove to be entertaining.... ...I've been sick for the past few weeks...As a result things have been going a bit slower than I had hoped for...I am getting better finaly...The competition however may be postponed for a week...Lets hope it isn't... ** From the MAA [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** House leaders...please, remember to send welcome letters to the new members when I forward their applications to you. Members who don't get mail from their houses soon after joining are likely to become inactive, and we can't allow that to happen. If you notice a mistake on the roster, please mention it to me. ** Shadow Academy News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** SA is running as usual. Work still continues on the new site and rescripting, but I am also working on several other projects as well. I am looking for ideas for a replacement to Phase 2 of the SA. The replacement will be on the new site. E-mail me your ideas at kumba12345@aol.com. ** Trimming the Holiday Fat [From Obelisk High Commander Z'lar Kahn] ** Catching up after holidays. Some houses have failed to deliver a weekly report, and that has forced me into making yet another Obelisk House Summits revision. It will take about a week, and we'll be back in shape. As soon as that is finished, I'll be starting new activities for the Obelisk. News to be posted soon. Still looking for people capable of editing JK skins. If you can do that, contact me at zlarkahn@arnet.com.ar ** Brainstorms [From Sith High Warrior Bull] ** A new competition, brainstormed by DGM Shaitan (shaitan@vtc.net), will soon storm its way through the Dark Brotherhood. We're currently working out the details, but it should definitely be an excellent event for all members involved. My webpage still isn't up... I'm working out the details of FTPing into my new ISP. They don't provide many details, y'know? That's it for now. Hope nobody was on an airplane when Y2K rolled around... a bunch of 'em fell out of the sky! ** Chamber of Justice News [From First Archon Faethor] ** As always, I ugre all members to become familiar with the CoCs and AoWs. They can be found on the HCI website at http://www.2ndfloorcomputers.com The Archons have now been added to the HCI roster, also on the HCI website. Not sure if this made it in last meeting, but I made some pics of the Tribune, Warden and High Inquisitor that are now on the HCI website. Ummm... www.2ndfloorcomputers.com/hci... this will answer any further questions about the HCI. Weekly News Update for the Week of January 17, 2000 877 Members as of Today! Trivia Updates -
Winner: DA Nighthawk (Krath)/MAA (2pts + tie) All receive LSS or upgarde (or in NH's case, his fourth LSG!) Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html ** Dark Brotherhood.Com Updates [From Grand Master Thedek] ** 1. Congratulations are in order to the newest Dark Side Adept of the Brotherhood! I have appointed Joker (jwalkersmom@yahoo.com) as the new Herald. The domain will be updated later this weekend. DA Joker will continue to make Grant of Arms for members and I will be working with him to update the roster concerning GoA's. 2. After a long week of coding, I have completed the pages that are needed to add Shadow Academy Training, Grants of Arms, and Medals to individual profiles. The Training is the only part that is now actually visible (if in the database) on your profile. Grants of Arms will soon become active as I work with the new Herald and Medals when our Chancellor returns from vacation. Please read the news and Phases page on the domain for more detailed information. 3. Suggestions? I'm looking for ideas and suggestions for both the Brotherhood overall, and in specific the domain. There's a lot in it, but I know there can be a lot added to it. If you have any ideas either way, please email me (thedek@home.com) and let me know. ** Competition Update [From Deputy Grand Shaitan`] ** ...The competition is postponed...I am now almost well...I had been sick since the moday before Christmas....The Competition will be out ASAP... ...Congratulations to the new Dark Side Adept and Herald of the Dark Brotherhood...Joker... ...Reminder to Clan Consuls...Send your weekly reports in to myself and Grand Master Thedek by Thursday midnight PST... ** From the MAA [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** Consuls, Quaestors, remember to email me for permission before you announce a promotion to your members. A reminder to Consuls...requests for a new PCON should go to myself, GM Thedek, and DGM Shaitan. Requests for a new Quaestor or Aedile should simply go to me. ** Shadow Academy News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** Shadow Academy still on Track with graduating those wily APPs into well trained jedi... Thanks to GM Thedek, the Phase 3 stuff is partially complete, as User profiles can now be updated to show when one graduated. If anyone has an EXACT date as when they graduated, alert me by Email of it. For those that don't, and have graduated under my command of the SA (since the middle of June), I will be adding your graduation date as the week that you graduated in my grads list (been keeping one since June). This will take a bit, the list is long, and the Domain crashes my Browser of choice (Netscape). Once I complete my current project for the DB, I will begin anew on a newer SA Website. Anyone skilled in graphics, or exetremely fluent in website design (and I am not talking a decent looking geocities page), contact me by Email, Kumba121345@aol.com, of your talents.. Lately, a few people have been curious as to how my SA Site is run, and how I receive the various submissions, and the auto-grader for the final exam. If you are interested on how this is done, feel free to talk to me on IRC, and I'll be glad to explain it to you (as best I can. A good, working knowledge of HTML is required). ** Krath Updates [From Krath High Priestess Arania] ** I am back. By now I have answered almost all mail, in case your mail was not included, try again, I might have lost it. Fun Comp ended. I'll grade the submissions when I get back to my own comp (many of the stuff is there). You may continue to send your reworded songs and poems in, since everyone seems to like this project, they will be posted, just not be graded anymore. Send submissions and House/Phyle reports for the Echoes of Nightfall... I plan on having the next issue out asap. Congrats to our new Herald Joker... ** Chamber of Justice News [From First Archon Faethor] ** No charges filed with the CoJ... keep up the good work, members! To contact the Chamber of Justice as a whole, use the email: coj@darkbrotherhood.com To contact the Justicar and First Archon, use: jst@darkbrotherhood.com and 1ar@darkbrotherhood.com (respectively) ** SSD Avenger Update [From Rear Admiral Firefox] ** We have chosen the platforms for each squadron. We'll have 3 TIE, 2 XvT and 1 XWA squadron. I will take care of the moving around that will be involved. It will allow MAJ Shups to concentrate on his other duties. Over 20 multi-player matches were played during yesterday's training session. I believe we will gain more participants every week. MAJ Shups also sent to FO Kessler the correct joining dates of everyone in the wing. We have a winner for our squadron citation competition. The first to get 5 citations was Spectre squadron. It's commander, CPT Keiran Idanian and all those who participated in the competition were awarded PCs. We are still in the middle of our competition with Praetorian squadron. I should have more on this next week. But I have been told that the participation is pretty good. MAJ Shups's CAB competition seems to be proceeding smoothly as well. But since it's a big thing, it will probably take some time. I remind you that it's a mission creation competition that includes about 12 missions total. Thedek, I also sent you the Battlegroup proposals and another proposal for a future competition. For the competition I mostly want to know what you think about the events proposed and the format. We will write another story. That one was mostly to present the idea. Also, when can MAJ Shups and I get together with you to talk about our ideas? Shups told me that he was available during weekends and weekday nights. That's EST by the way. So far, I think the ship is going well. We still need to identify the needs of the people on board, but things seem to be going smoothly. Email me if you have any questions. Weekly News Update for the Week of January 23, 2000 896 Members as of Today! Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html ** Web Site Features [From Grand Master Thedek] ** 1. Several things have been updated on the domain... check it out and see if you can find the new features! 2. Sith High Warrior Bull has decided to step down due to time restrictions from real life. Please send applications for this position to DGM Shaitan and myself. ** Mysterious Competition (?) [From Deputy Grand Shaitan`] ** 1 -- ...We are fixing an error in one of the aspects of the competition...It is now wrapping up very well...I expect this to be my last competition update...I am sure you will enjoy it when it comes into being...Which should be in the near future...No I will not be giving a date...So do not ask...Patience...You will understand in the months to come... 2 -- ...Once again...Consuls your clan reports are due in by Thursday night midnight pst...Get them in on time...some of you have been very prompt...Others have not....You know who you are...and rest assured...I do as well...get your reports in on time... 3 -- ...Something I would not usually add in my announcements I feel needs special mention....Kumba the beta version of the new DB msg board looks great...Outstanding work... 4 -- ...Once again something I feel needs special mention...GM Thedek has updated Darkbrotherhood.com...It now houses GoA's as well as SA graduate information...Those of you who have seen the new roster pages with GoA and SA information included will agree with me when I say this..."Damn that kicks ass."... ** From the MAA [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** 1. Remember, when you're applying for a clan to clan transfer, make sure you include your ID line, the clan you're in now, the clan you want to transfer to, and the reason why you are transfering. 2. When applying for an order to order transfer, make sure you include your ID line, the order you're in now, and the order you want to move to. Also note that this means you will switch houses within your clan. ** Krath Updates [From Krath High Priestess Arania] ** 1) Submissions for the Echoes of Nightfall needed. Send your stories and poems to me now (lwaxanatroi@myokay.net) 2) The Krath Journal got a new design - check it out (http://krathhighpriest.virtualave.net). New issue will be out end of this week. Krath houses and Phyles, send your news for this issue in until Tuesday. 3) There will not be a new competition for the Krath now due to the upcoming GJW. However, suggested topic for this month and February is "A Dark Jedi's love." Poems or story or both is possible. Remember, when writing about this topic, that it is not thought of as "love stories" in the usual sense... we are dark after all... 4) Those of you who have writings that may fit into the Dark Library/ Dark Lore project, please mail my Magistrate Aragorn (ivanrad@beotel.yu). 5) Please remember.. when you mail me your writings.. or your questions... please do add your ID line! I prefer to know who am I talking to without having to look up the roster... ** SSD Avenger Update [From Rear Admiral Firefox] ** First, the competition with Praetorian squadron ended the 19th. Unfortunately for us, Praetorian won. They should be applauded for achieving scores this high! Our pilots fought valiantly but the opposition was simply better. A good job from everyone! The Wing is growing steadily. We are now at 41 pilots and climbing every week. At this rate, we'll be able to open Wing II in another month or so. Activity and morale are quite high and squadrons are encouraged to find new ideas to help the ship become even better. Work is slowly progressing on MAJ Shups's Combined Arms Battle. The idea is that creating a quality work is more important than making it quickly. As soon as this project is completed, we will start work on more ambitious endeavors. As a whole, I think the ship is in good shape. It could be better (and it will!) but everyone is feeling pretty good about what has been accomplished so far. I am very proud of the men I have under my command and most of them will be promoted when the time comes. February 27, 2000 - 936 Members as of Today!
Winner: OBM Tuojas (Obelisk)/QUA/Galeres of Arcona (4pts) Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/communications.asp ** Brotherhood News [From Grand Master Thedek] ** For those of you who haven't noticed yet, we have put the Message Board on the domain now. Please make sure you are pointing to the proper location (http://www.darkrbrotherhood.com/mb/). Check it out and start posting! A huge thanks to Master Kumba for his continual work on this project! Since becoming Head Master, Master Kumba has continued to keep the Shadow Academy running at full speed. In addition, he has been involved in many side projects, most noteable the Message Board reconstruction. Because of his work and extreme dedication to the Brotherhood, Master Kumba is hereby promoted to Dark Jedi Primarch! Congratulations! Have any copies of the Dark Voices from the past? If you do, please email me (thedek@home.com) and let me know which ones you have. If you have one I don't have yet, I'll ask you to send it to me in a reply email. We are trying to build an Archive for the past Dark Voices so that anyone can get them from the Domain at anytime. The Domain has been upgraded to handle and support Battle-Teams! Battle-Teams now show up underneath the House that owns them, and if you are part of a Battle-Team, the information for that Team shows up on your Dossier. Check it out and let me know what you think... With Chancellor Howlader approaching completion of inputing the Medal Information into the Domain, the next piece to be added will be the listing of the Medals that each person has. Expect to see this implemented in a week or two. Dark Side Adept Nighthawk has done an incredible job of keeping up roster changes and managing the information on the Domain since he became the Master at Arms. He keeps updated and informed about much of what goes on in the Clans and is able to spot someone who is working hard and rewards them accordingly. He also did a great job keeping things together when the Domain wasn't functioning properly. As such, I believe, and on recommendation of the First Archon, that it is time. Adept Nighthawk, you are hearby promoted to the rank of Dark Jedi Master! Congratulations! The Grand Master's Royal Guard and the Envoy systems are still under revision. I expect to see the final GMRG proposal on my desk over the next few days. Also, Lord Khyron, KCB Kaerner and myself are still working on the Envoy's revision, so expect to hear news on that over the next few weeks. ** Competition Information [From Deputy Grand Shaitan`] ** ...Segment 2 of for all orders will be up by uesday...( http://www.frognet.net/~jcg420/dbcomp ) ...I have decided to grant a short extention on your matches due to the lackof some of you being able to play in them...All matches for round one must be played by monday midnight (pst)..that is this monday... ...If you have not played by this monday..It will be counted as a loss...No exceptions...You have all had pleanty of time... ** Office Projects [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** As I announced on IRC and www.darkbrotherhood.com last night, I have selected a Praetor and a Magistrate. The new P:MAA, in charge of handling Shadow Academy mail, is SBM Depriest, and the new M1:MAA, in charge of sending out welcome letters, is OWL ShadowXX. I already had an M2:MAA, KAP Kaine Mandaala, who works on special projects for me. Congrats to the new appointees! I'm taking suggestions for the DB Member Survey until tomorrow (Sunday) evening. Then, I'll be sending the compiled list of Q's so far into DJM Kumba to make the actual survey form, and we'll release it as soon as he's done. Please, if you have any ideas for questions, email them to me at jr9090@aol.com! Rear Admiral Mike has appointed me the Principal Medical Officer of the DB's arm of the MedCorps. I've already found a Principal Nursing Officer (deputy), and that's my M2, Kaine Mandaala. Now, we're searching for a Doctor and a Nurse from each clan. I'd ask all the Consuls to take applications for these positions, and then submit their reccomendations to me. The Doctor/Nuse will be involved in helping mentor new members, assisting anyone who has questions or problems, organizing activities to keep up morale, and generally helping out. So, Consuls, start taking applications, and get your recs into me as soon as possible. ** Shadow Academy News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** The message Board is OFFICIAL!, so go post on it. http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/mb/index.php3 is the URL. I stuck a meta tag in the old DB Board so it'll reroute anyone going there to the new one. I didn't piece together 994 lines of code for it to collect dust ;P For those that haven't read the MB, NH will be working on a Member Survey...since I'm gonna be helping with the project (scripting half), send in as many questions to him.. Shadow Academy news...I've been checking more stuff Frequently...being COMM requires me to scour my mail most everyday now to read the fun mailing lists :P Also, I think I should make it known, it is very bad to Harass the HM on when one's stuff is to be graded...I've had a couple do that :P ** Grant of Arms [From Herald Joker] ** Heraldic role stands at 47. Remember, please keep sending GoA requests because not many people are asking for them anymore. However, if you do decide to send a GoA request, you must remember to include your DB Rank, EH Rank, Name, Motto, Order, and Charge (image placed on the shield of your GoA). If this is not included I cannot make your GoA. ** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] ** The Medal Record Adding to db.com is proceeding...slowly. There are about 150 left. Check the DSC for new images...eventually. Medal Board: (for about two more weeks) http://www.spacemonster.org/impstar/cgi-bin/db.pl ** Office News [From Obelisk High Commander Rocanon] ** There is a slight delay in the creation of Obeliskan Website,mainly due to my heavy work schedule.I will have it up and running soon. If you have registered for the Obeliskan Comp, it has been extended to Monday. Also check out http://www.frognet.net/~jcg420/dbcomp/obeladder.htm for the list of opponents you will be competing with.If he/she fails to attend the match,e-mail me or DGM Shaitan`. For level creation,... check out the SoD website for the guidelines. Finally, please include your idline when submitting JK results and if possible a screenshot of the match played. ** Krath News [From Krath High Priest Arania] ** The topic of the month for February "A Dark Jedi's love" will also stay topic of the month during March, this due to the fact that some of you won't finish their writing before month's end due to concentrating all efforts on the DB comp. The topic of the month is only there to give you an idea what to write about though, it does not mean other stories will not be accepted. House leaders... please make sure all Tetrarchs are subscribed to the KHP mailing list. When submitting for the competitions, make sure you follow the guidelines. I will not mail out to everyone who forgot his or her ID line... and unless you told me beforehand that you cannot send in attachments, submissions sent as body of the message will not be accepted either. To find out the complete guidelines, go to http://www.frognet.net/~jcg420/dbcomp/sod.htm and chose the Krath section... ** Office News [From Commander of the Guard Raistlin]** Well, I guess the GMRG Revision won't make it out by the meeting as i'm still waiting for DGM Shaitan to make comments and then It has to go to the whole DC for some more revision before I can release it to the public.. But soon it will be out, and then, we'll be back in business. GMRG has been fairly quiet actually. However, I do want every person who was in the GMRG or anybody in general to send me a list of URL's to different JK Clans so we can challenge them. Our match with the Force Warriors kinda fell through.... im still waiting for the word from Their leader to see if he wants to continue it, but it isn't looking to high of a probability right now. Still looking for a Praetor. Decent webpage making skills and a drive to work are all that are required. Interested applicants should mail me at PMCMage@aol.com and yes, I will accept anybody from any order, be they a DJP, down to an APP as long as they adequately meet the above criteria March 12, 2000 - 967 Members as of Today!
Winner: OWL ShadowXX (Obelisk)/M1:MAA/ProConsul/Arcona/[GMRG:SP] Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/communications.asp ** Brotherhood News [From Grand Master Thedek] ** There have been some minor changes throughout the Brotherhood over the last week. The bigest news, however, is the resignation of Deputy Grand Master Shaitan. He's done a good job and helped a lot with the competitions. I will begin the task of finding a new Deputy Grand Master, but please do not apply. In other small news, with the finishing of inputing of old medals into the online database, I'll be finishing the code to make it viewable through your dossiers. All other projects are moving along slowly... and will continue at a better pace once a new DGM is chosen. ** MAA News [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** I've returned from a brief period of having very little online time, due to RL reasons. However, I've gone through all my mail from the past few days, and am fully back up to speed, and I'll be around much more often now than I was the last couple of days. Please do NOT send battle team rosters to me. Battle team roster posting and maintenance is the duty of CONs, PCONs, QUAs, and AEDs, all of whom have access to do that when they log in. I don't update or create the BT rosters, so please don't send them to me. :) ** Survey News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** Member Survey is pretty much complete and ready for release to the general membership, I am just awaiting finalization from GM Thedek and DJM NightHawk. Expect a URL soemtime this week. It's good to see the DB MB is being used so much, as of last night, there were 201 messages posted total on it (Just add up the Post column) since it's opening 2 or so weeks ago. Soon, I hopw to start the redesign of the SA (Most likely after the Mmeber Survey is Complete.), so expect soemthing new soon .. ** Grant of Arms [From Herald Joker] ** Heraldic role at 82 GoA's. The number of Grant of Arms is going up, but I need your help! E-mail me at jwalkersmom@yahoo.com to request a GoA, but the request must include your Name, DB Rank, EH Rank, Motto, and Charge (image placed on shield). ** Week in Review: Medals [From Chancellor Howlader] ** Thats right kids, all the Medal Records on dbmedals.tsx.org are deleted and gone, thats because they've all been added to Darkbrotherhood.com! I should be finished adding in all the pending medals by Sunday. March 24, 2000 - 978 Members as of Today!
Winner: JH Plif (Sith)/House Caliburnus of Clan Scholae Palatinae Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/communications.asp ** Brotherhood News [From Grand Master Thedek] ** Thanks again to Master Shaitan for the work and effort he put into Deputy Grand Master over the last few months. Your competition work will be greatly appreciated and usefull to help aide the new Deputy Grand Master... As you should have heard by now, Adept Astatine is the new Deputy Grand Master. He will be taking over the efforts of Master Shaitan, as well as aquiring a couple of new jobs that will help me with maintaining the Brotherhood. Special thanks again to Adept Howlader for working so hard on the Medals. After people look at them and double check, we can hope everything is accurate. Medal Request forms, and other Medal Features, will be part of the revision that I'm already working on for the domain. ** New DGM News [From Deputy Grand Master Astatine]** As Thedek mentioned in another email, I will be tracking DC reports for quality. Basically, it's to put an end to "vapourware" reports, where there's a lot of talk about projects, but 3 or 6 months later, there's little action. In a way also, these reports are part of your PR with the membership and could also be used to measure how well your office operates in relation to that. I've already emailed the Order leaders in regards to the current status of their orders, as well as asked for ideas for possible expansion of events in competition and other related issues. Hopefully, from this, we can develop new events in competitions to increase participation and membership enjoyment. I'll also be emailing the Consuls reminding them of certain things, as well as emailing them and some others about competitions and where they think they should be going. In addition, I'll be going through those survey results as soon as possible (maybe even before the survey is finished) so I can get an idea of what the membership wants and not start off in the wrong direction in relation to competitions and related matters. And lastly, I'll be hoping to have a DGM site up and running by the next meeting at the very latest which may or may not have some cool stuff (pending membership feedback). ** MAA News [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** Congratulations to our new Deputy Grand Master, DA Astatine! I'm very much looking forward to seeing the new competitions that will surely start up in our near future! :) Dark Brotherhood roster at 964 members! Two roster rules: a) If you're requesting a transfer, make sure you include the reason for the transfer, and b) If you're sending me a person to remove from the roster, make sure to include their name, email address, and the reason they're being removed (i.e., AWOL, requested, address doesn't work). ** Survey News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** I will be starting on a new SA Site after the completeion of the member survey and the results are compiled so I can review what the members think of the SA, and the Phase 2/3 (There are questions pertaining to this on the Survey. The Member Survey has been released! If you haven't filled it out yet, please do so at: http://24.4.85.79/sa/survey.php3 ** Grant of Arms [From Herald Joker] ** Heraldic role at 91 GoA's My praetor is almost done with my office, which is looking great. I would have a sneak peek for everyone, but he took it down to find a better server. ** Medal Status [From Chancellor Howlader] ** Congratulations to the new Deputy Grand Master, Dark Adept Astatine! As you all have noticed...Darkbrotherhood.com now houses the Roll of Brotherhood Awards..however, in the shuffle, some Awards may have been overlooked...so, everyone, check your Records, and email me the corrections. Right now, Medal Requests/Reccomendations/Awards (etc) will still have to be emailed to myself, atleast until a online form (like Tiecorps.org) is completed. I'll be back attending Brotherhood meetings in July, when they're at a decent time for me :P ** Krath Activities [From Krath High Priest Arania]** I did not reply to each and every submission for the comp that was send to me... if you want to know if I got your mail, make sure you make your email request a reciet.. that's why that function is there. If you mail me ALWAYS include your ID line... otherwise I won't reply unless i know you very well.... I may be offline for a few days since I move back home and will need to reinstall internet rlated stuff on ym new comp. So be patient if i do no answer fast. When I get back on, there will be a survey for the Krath Order. It will be anonymous, though i am aware that most of you won't bother if I know who said what.. details when it is done... Archives are going to be restored over the next few weeks... it's a slow process but we'll get it done, read the DB MB for details. Remember the topic of the month "A Dark Jedi's love" ** GMRG Stuff [From Commander of the Guard Raistlin]** Congratulations go out to DGM Astatine. Hehe, now to find the good bottles of champagne from my *ahem* private stash GMRG will be at the IRC competition tomorrow in force. I will be showing up and I know serveral others will be to play JK. Hoepfully, EH will go home the winners (im sure we will) Details are on the TC news page. A Zone clan has challenged us and I am currently trying to get in touch with their leader in order to set something up. Hopefully they are active and willing to lose to us (like always =P) With a new DGM elected, I will push the GMRG reform over his desk this week and it should be ready to go by next weekend (hopefully) ** Chamber of Justice [From First Archon Faethor]** The Chamber of Justice is currently debating a single case. Watch the DB MB For results. I would like to remind you all to review the AoWs and CoCs. These must be followed if you are to be a member of the EH and DB. March 31, 2000 - 978 Members as of Today! Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/communications.asp ** Brotherhood News [From Grand Master Thedek] ** Revisions for the domain continue... any ideas, please send them to me. No idea will be turned away, but we also won't necessarily use it. :) The Dark Voice Project is resuming and we will be soon asking for member submissions... so if you have stuff, please get it ready for when we do ask. With the new Deputy Grand Master, work on the Envoy System will resume and hopefully move at an accelerated pace. ** New DGM News [From Deputy Grand Master Astatine]** I just finished the DGM site today. The URL is http://www.websamba.com/astatine/dgm/ It's got some ASP and database stuff in there, so if there's any speed/loading problems or errors, let me know. I'd appreciate it if Clan and House leaders would process their competitions via the form on this page. This will allow us to identify active clans and houses, as well as help members coordinate activities, as well as help new members know which house is active and might be a good house to join. The Clan/House email chain starts off today. This will involve House and Clan leaders, with the goal of exploring ways of better managing competitions and activity, as well as new avenues and what to do with the current DB-wide operation. ** MAA News [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** DB roster at 978! Congratulations to CSP's new Consul and Proconsul, SBM Brad and KAP J'lek! Remember, send applications for Taldryan CON to myself, the DGM, and the GM. I'm pleased to announce that KPN Jarla is the new Taldryan PCON, and she'll work with the new CON, once he/she is appointed, to get things going. ** Survey News [From Headmaster Kumba] ** Nothing really new for the SA This week. The Member Survey is still running up at http://24.4.85.79/sa/survey.php3, and will still be up for sometime until we have sufficient feedback from the members. ** Medal Status [From Chancellor Howlader] ** New Directive from the Chancellor; if you have multiple awards to make...just email them to me (if you find that easier). Otherwise, its usually just easier to just the form (which is still at: http://www.darkjedi.nu/howlader/chan/medals.html) Expect two new Brotherhood Awards to be within the Coming Weeks (The Dark Council is just working out the details on one right now) ** Sith News [From Sith High Warrior Firefox]** Since my Web designer for the SHW website recently had to stop working on it due to lack of time, I am in need of a GOOD Web designer. I will generously reward the person who will build a great website. Contact me at magius@quebectel.com if you are interested. I now have more than enough names of mission designers to get things going. However, if you want to help, don't hesitate to send in your name and what you want to do (test missions, build them or write the story). The Avenger training sessions are still going strong. Almost 20 matches were played last thursday. It's a very good opportunity to fly against some of the best pilots in the EH. And you can get rewards too! (Thursdays from 8pm to 11pm (EST) in Undernet channel #avenger) Avenger Wing I now stands at 38 pilots. By the way, if my email replies take a bit longer than usual it's because I recently moved for a new job and I don't have a lot of time these days. But I STILL answer in less than 24 hours (usually). ** GMRG Stuff [From Commander of the Guard Raistlin]** GMRG reform is under some debate right now. Currently we are resolving one key issue, that none of us have any clue of how to work, but is going to be essential for the GMRG to run smoothly. After this issue has beenn finished being debated, the GMRG will be up and running EH won the Competition!! Woohoo, go us =P Unfortunately, a lot of EH members were playing for SV, and RS..... especially in the JK portion. Boo hoo =(. im gonna try to work this out with those members to see what the prollem was.... The aforementioned competition with the Zone clan is currently chugging very slowly. I have snet e-mails to their leaders with no response back, and I may have to put this on the backburner. (Zone activity is dead with the rekease of FC... JK has dropped by at least a good hundred people a day) Finally, if you haven't already, buy Force Commander. Possible the best SW game out there (And P.S, get your guys out of the AT-ST's before they blow up =P. I lost mission 4 three times this way and it's no fun =P ** Chamber of Justice [From First Archon Faethor]** HA Paladin has returned from his leave and is back in his position as both Justicar and High Inquisitor. Welcome back! There wa sa recent case before the CoJ involving a member who sent offensive emails to a superior. Please remember that although this IS a club, you should treat everyone with respect. Yes, this is the same for high ranking members as well as low ranking ones. There has been some problems with the servers the HCI site is on... these should be resolved shortly. Weekly News Update for the Week of April 1, 2000 6 Members as of Today, Following Massive AWOL Check (April Fools!) 989 Members as of Today (Really) Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html ** Several Updates [From Grand Master Thedek] ** 1. The Domain will receive a nice little enhancement for people in the Clan or House Summits (once I regain FTP ability). You will now be able to 'Generate Excel Roster' once you have logged in. It works on Excel 95 - 2000, but I'm not sure what effect it will have on non-Win32 platforms... try it out and let me know. 2. As always, please feel free to email me ideas. I may not get to them right away, but they are taken into consideration, and at the worst, logged for later review. 3. Since I have a bit more time right now, I am going to try to work on the Envoy System that I keep saying we are working on. I have no idea when we'll actually finish... but we are moving forward slowly. It's long been a somewhat 'dead' group, and the Council wishes to find a strong, and active, role for it to play within the Brotherhood. 4. With his inexplicable disappearance, Warlord Rocanon has been removed from his office as Obelisk High Commander. If you are interested in the position, please send email to myself (thedek@home.com), Deputy Grand Master Astatine (jpboyce@ultra.net.au), and Master at Arms Nighthawk (jr9090@aol.com). All applicants will be reviewed and a decision should be made by the next meeting. 5. Also, I'm very pleased to announce the promotion of the latest member of the Dark Council. Adept Astatine, since becoming Deputy Grand Master, has managed not only to move right into the work expected of him, but has far exceeded my expectations. As the Dark Side Compendium mandates, and his work demands, I hereby promote Adept Astatine to the rank of Dark Jedi Master! Keep up the excellent work. ** DGM Updates [From Deputy Grand Master Astatine]** 1. The DGM page's hoster seems to have been screwy the last couple days. The page appears to be working now, but if you have any problems, let me know. 2. The Clan/House Leader email chain has yielded a lot of good results. I'll be summarising this first week and updating the mailing list for it tomorrow. 3. I'm going to be starting that long trip on the yellow brick comp road. That's right, we're going to have a comp! 4. Well done to those Clan and House leaders that have used the form on the DGM page. ** Membership Information [From Master at Arms Nighthawk] ** 1. Congratulations to the new Consul and Proconsul of Clan Taldryan, KAP Typhon and DA Kryder! 2. Remember, if you want to make a clan-to-clan transfer, send me an email with the name of the clan you want to transfer to, the name of the clan you're in now, your ID line, and the reason you want to transfer. If you don't have a valid reason, you can't transfer, so you need to include one. ** Survey and Message Board [From Headmaster Kumba]** 1. Nothing of major importance in the SA This week. I will be updating the Members DB with SA Grad dates form my Grad's list and from a mail or two I have in my box. 2. This is the last week for the member Survey! the Address is http://24.4.85.79/sa/survey.php3, so if you haven't sent in your opinion of things, do so now!. 3. Have an Idea on how to improve the DB Message Board, drop me an email. I will begin coding scripts for the EH main baords soon, basing alot from the DB Board, so suggestions sent in now may wind up in the new boards and in an upgrade to the DB MB. ** Heraldic Role Approaches 100 [From Herald Joker]** 1) Heraldic role at 99 GoA's. For those of you who can't count, that's one away from 100. (99+1=100) 2) I have been noticing a lot of people don't include anything in their request for a GoA (mostly GRD's) so for those of you who don't want to make me mad, include your Name, DB Rank, EH Rank, Motto, Order, and Image. For more info check the DSC under "Heraldry of the Brotherhood." ** CHAN Marks One Year [From Chancellor Howlader] 1) First and foremost...the scary news. I've been Chancellor of the Brotherhood for one year now. Just thought I'd share that disturbing fact with the entire Brotherhood. 2) Yes, there is going to be a new Brotherhood Medal, and yes, its going to be for Dark Voice submissions. But thats all you're going to get to find out :P 3) Check this space for more information next week, Same CanAussie Time, Same CanAussie Channel! ** Avenger/SHW News [From Sith High Warrior Firefox]** 1. I have been contacted by 2 persons who want to build the SHW website and I talked with one of them. Hopefully, those 2 won't quit on me. :) 2. My Praetor and I have been discussing a couple of new ideas for the Sith. Expect to hear about these new developpements as soon as they have been reviewed for approval. 3. The Avenger thurday night training sessions have been moved to the Internet Gaming Zone. Go to Undernet channel #Avenger between 8pm and 11pm for more details. 4. Imperial Storm is proceeding smoothly. The Blue Task Force (including the Avenger and Tau squadron) have just encountered a small amount of Red Force ships. The fight will be fierce! Expect more details next week. 5. Avenger Wing I now stands at 39 pilots. ** Krath Updates [From Krath High Priestess Arania] ** 1) Submissions for the Echoes of Nightfall needed. Send your stories and poems to me now (lwaxanatroi@myokay.net) 2) The Krath Journal got a new design - check it out (http://krathhighpriest.virtualave.net). New issue will be out end of this week. Krath houses and Phyles, send your news for this issue in until Tuesday. 3) There will not be a new competition for the Krath now due to the upcoming GJW. However, suggested topic for this month and February is "A Dark Jedi's love." Poems or story or both is possible. Remember, when writing about this topic, that it is not thought of as "love stories" in the usual sense... we are dark after all... 4) Those of you who have writings that may fit into the Dark Library/ Dark Lore project, please mail my Magistrate Aragorn (ivanrad@beotel.yu). 5) Please remember.. when you mail me your writings.. or your questions... please do add your ID line! I prefer to know who am I talking to without having to look up the roster... ** Dark Voice #21 Submissions [From Archon Tron] DV #21 submissions are being accepted...send these to SWL Tron (Sith)/ARC4 at Tron@Techline.com for compiling. All of those who submit will be awarded the new medal (which I'm sure CHAN Howlader will describe in his announcements) called the Dark Side Scroll which has been specifically been created for DV submissions. Get these in ASAP because we plan on having DVs monthly and DV #22 will have a due date of April 30th and we'd like to get DV #21 out ASAP. May 20, 2000 - 1198 Members as of Today!
Winner: DJK Plif (Sith)/Caliburnus of Scholae Palatinae Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html ** A Few Updates [From Grand Master Thedek] ** 1. With school having ended last Thursday, you'll begin to see a lot more of me around here. :) 2. Due to an unfortunate accident, DA Joker has had to step down from his postions as Herald. All interested should apply to myself, DGM Astatine, and MAA Depriest. ** DGM Updates [From Deputy Grand Master Astatine]** 1. DGM site is back and working. Competition submission and approval works. The URL is www.imperialacademy.org/dgm/ 2. There is a mini-competition running for selection of ship names for the upcoming DB-wide competition. Details are at http://www.imperialacademy.org/dgm/shipnames/ ** Membership Information [From Master at Arms Depriest] ** 1. I've promoted my M1:MAA, SBL Maverick, to P:MAA. I am NOT currently accepting applications for M1:MAA...If you apply, your email will be deleted, and I'll look disfavourly on you in the future :) 2. Roster currently at 1198 members. Only 12 behind the Tie Corps... I think we can catch them again. ** Academy Information [From Headmaster Kumba]** 1. Nothing much developing in the SA This week. I will have all SA Related Material graded and emailed out by Days end. I'm also awaiting the return of Thedek's NT box to continue development of a more Roster integrated SA to keep people in their respective Phases... 2. Any ideas, suggestions, etc.., feel free to Email me at Kumba12345@aol.com, or use the Comments form located on the SA Page. ** New Robe Prototype [From Chancellor Howlader] 1) First things off...Joker, we'll miss you buddy. You better have a swift recovery, if there's anything I can do, let me know. 2) Presenting...the prototype (this means, that this is a work in progress, so don't go downloading it and customizing it or anything) Brotherhood Robe! http://www.darkjedi.nu/howlader/chan/db4.jpg. It was made by Lieutenant Commander Ender mBind of the TIE Corps (Who has joined the Brotherhood...and is known as Apprentice Mindbender). He's working hard at some usable templates...the first batch of them SHOULD be ready by Monday or Tuesday.... ** Avenger/SHW News [From Sith High Warrior Firefox]** 1) My Praetor, SW Shups, resigned last week. He had great ideas and unfortunately we will no longer be able to work on them together. For his services, I have promoted him to the rank of SBM. The work he did in Taldryan before he joined me alone justified a promotion. I am very glad to promote him.
2) I have chosen a new Praetor during the week. DJK Jeff
Loruss will take over mainly as chief battle tester. If
there is anyone interested in becoming a battle tester, we
are still taking applications. The more testers we have,
the more thorough our evaluations are. Our testing method is
slightly different from the one the TAC office uses (the
difference mostly being that we reward testers with DB medals).
Don't hesitate to contact us if you want more informations. 3) My new Praetor has put together a new DB Free-XvT mission. It will be available as soon as we send it to HA Kawolski. Expect at least one DB Battle too in the next 2-3 days. It will also eventually be available on the new SHW website. 4) It took an eternity, but finally the SHW website can be seen. It's far from being totally functionnal as OBM Matt is still working on it and it's on a temporary website. You can see the first page (and the only functionning page for that matter) at http://www.jedi.nu/ehmatt/shw 5) As a side note, I am 4 pilots away from re-opening Avenger Wing II. It has taken a tremendous effort from all the pilots, commanders and the wing commander of Wing I to get this far. The Avenger will soon return to its former glory! ** Krath Updates [From Krath High Priestess Arania] ** 1) Some of you have seen the rewritten Krath history on the Krath MB. I've also recieved it and sent it to GM Thedek and DGM Astatine for approval. 2) We have several stories for the DB comic now. All we need are a few reliable people to draw and color it. Again, I do not mind what Order or rank or position you have. Please mail me (that also goes for those who have mailed me before) if you think you can do it. I do expect a certain quality, but I do not expect you to be as good as Faethor... so give it a try if you have the time. 3) My mail server considered it funny to deliver some of your mails with a few days delay. I'll get to answer them today for sure, so do not think you are on my ignore list. 4) Do the competitions. They are both easy. ** Obelisk Competition [From Obelisk High Commander Dread] ** 1) The Obelisk Brigades comp is currently underway, however I have recieved no submissions for it since it was announced Sunday night. If you do intend to submit something to me for points, send it to Dreadnaught9@hotmail.com. You may find information reguarding the comp at http://www.jedi.nu/ehmatt/. 2) The obelisk temple alpha version is available for download via the OHC page. Make sure you download it, and tell me what you want added/removed in it. May 27, 2000 - 1254 Members as of Today! Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.datasync.com/~darkjedi/db/comm-irc.html ** A Few Updates [From Grand Master Thedek] ** 1. With the unfortunate and untimely accident involving former Herald Joker, I have appointed a new Herald. Congratulations to Adept Kaine Mandaala, previously Magistrate to the Master at Arms. 2. Work on the domain continues and I thank everyone for the huge number of suggestions and comments they have sent in over the last few months. With school out, expect to start seeing some minor and major changes. 3. Lord Khyron used a font, believed to be called 'Grand Stencil', to create some of the newer headers on the domain. I need this font. There will be a reward for the person who can both find AND email me the font the quickest... I believe this to be the first of such challenges that I've ever made... but don't expect it to be the last. :) 4. With the untimely loss of Adept Joker, production of the Dark Voice was interrupted. I'll be working with the new Herald, Adept Kaine Mandaala, and Archon Tron to produce a Dark Voice and get them back on a regular schedule. All inquires regarding such should be sent to the three of us. 5. A major overhaul on the Dark Side Compendium is about to begin. It will be greatly enhanced and 'fleshed out' to give more guidance and information to both new members and members of long standing. If you have suggestions for this, please send them to me. I'll be compiling a list of things to be worked on and then working on it with the help of another individual (TBA). 6. With the recent resignation due to lack of time by Lord Khyron from the position of Oracle, I have appointed Master Nighthawk to this position. He'll be assisting with several project oriented items, including the next revision of the Dark Side Compendium. ** New Robe Prototype Update [From Chancellor Howlader] 1) Not the most exciting week in Brotherhood history for myself...but some stuff has happened. Lieutenant Commander Ender mBind is working hard on the Brotherhood Robes, and I must say, they look fantastic. But there are MANY components and templates for them, so it'll be a little while longer. I anticipate they will be completed within the next 2-3 weeks. 2) I'll be on leave from May 31st to June 6th, as I'll be going to the Great Barrier Reef! Obelisk Warrior Ziggy will be handling medal requests... 3) On a totally unrelated note, I just thought this was quite \ interesting (The Empire invades the Star Trek Galaxy...) http://www.stardestroyer.net/Fanfic/index.html ** Avenger/SHW News [From Sith High Warrior Firefox]** 1) I'm about to start an ongoing competition which goal is to provide the Dark Brotherhood with a new startfighter that will better represent us. Expect details from your Consuls and Quaestors in the next day or so. 2) We're also busy testing the couple of DB missions and battles that have been submitted to us. 2 have been sent back to their designers for minor corrections and should be available soon. 3) Remember that if you have any questions, you can always contact me at magius@quebectel.com. ** Krath Updates [From Krath High Priestess Arania] ** 1) The KHP mailing list is currently getting updated and will now have Rollmasters added to it. 2) I STILL need someone do to some graphics for me. Good work gets rewarded as always. I also could use a few more people to help with the DB comics. Remember though that a certain amount of time has to be invested into this. 3) I have again been asked to create a channel only for the Krath. At the moment, I do not think this is needed since even #db is not that busy. We can use it like the other Orders do, too. 4) The winner of the caption comp was a Krath... GRD Magnus Tarkower(Krath)of House Marka Ragnos of Clan Naga Sadow. Congrats... ** Obelisk Competition [From Obelisk High Commander Dread] ** 1) The Brigade comp is still going on. The website is at http://www.jedi.nu/ehmatt/brigades.htm I expect to see some more activity from all obelisk Quaestors on promoting this activity. 2) A Jedi Knight tutorial, created by Tuojas, will be posted on the OHC site this weekend. 3) I'm currently working on a level for a comp that will be following the Great Jedi War, and a document that explains what lag is, and how to use it in JK. June 4, 2000 - 1239 Members as of Today!
Winner: GRD Greycloak (Sith)/Clan Alvaak Trivia/Meeting Info: http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/communications.asp ** Wireless / Council Changes [From Grand Master Thedek] ** 1. It is with great pleasure that I announce the Dark Brotherhood's News System (Called 'Dark Tidings') to be the first in the Emperor's Hammer, and quite possibly in all online gaming forums, to be wireless compatible! The news from the Brotherhood's Domain is viewable via WAP. This means Cell Phones that have Internet Access or Wireless PDA devices are able to navigate to a specific site (http://tagtag.com/dark-jedi) and see our news. For an emulation of this, visit their website (http://www.tagtag.com) and perform a search for 'dark-jedi'. Click on the single link it should find and enjoy the glory of technology. I'm going to try this on a real phone tomorrow. The news is also available for such excellent programs for PDA devices such as AvantGo (http://www.avantgo.com). If you have a PDA, a free account, and the AvantGo Software, then you can simply add the 'Dark Brotherhood: Dark Tidings' news page as a channel, point to the specially formatted version of the news (http://www.darkbrotherhood.com/pda_news.asp) and away you go. I just tried this on my Handspring Visor and even the graphic came across readable! I hope you find this as exciting a development as I do. Special thanks to Sith Warrior Khan for the work and idea of building a WAP system for the news. We hope to, in time, expand the amount of information available from the domain via WAP to include things like the Dark Side Compendium, and other good and interesting reads. 2. Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn has had to step down due to a computer crash and loss of internet access. The position is now open for application. Please send apps to myself, DGM Astatine, and OHC Dread. 3. It is with great pleasure I announce the appointment of the new Headmaster, Dark Side Adept Shups! The Deputy Grand Master and I have spoken with Adept Shups and find him to be the best candidate for the position. His drive and determination, as well as his hard work, made him ideal for the position. He is currently also the Wing Commander for Wing I on the Brotherhood's Flagship, the SSD Avenger, and has done an incredible job there. Welcome to the team, Adept Shups! ** DGM Updates [From Deputy Grand Master Astatine]** 1. The release date of the GJW has been delayed so I can better develop it, as well as allowing the other comp thingy from Arania and co to run. 2. Don't forget to use the competition submission forms at the DGM site. ** Membership Information [From Master at Arms Depriest] ** 1. Roster currently stands at 1231 members, after AWOL check results from several houses. 2. SWL Maverick, my P:MAA, is working on a new office page for me. Expect to see it posted within the next week. ** Resignation [From Headmaster Kumba]** This will be my final set of announcements as HM. My performance as HM was good when I started, but it has since slipped as I became preoccupied with others things rather than rebuilding the SA into something to actually train the members. As such, I am going to be stepping down and allowing someone with greater motivation to take my position and complete the task I was to complete. As to whom this is, I don't know, but the best of luck to them. Also, no attempts to recruitment either, I'm returning to Tarentum, where I originally came from. It's been fun being with the DC, and I'll still be hanging around as the freaky php obsessed COMM Person :P ** Avenger/SHW News [From Sith High Warrior Firefox]** 1) Two new DB missions were sent to the Tactical Office for final approval. As soon as they confirm it is bug free, they will be added to the Battle Center and released to the general public. I want to remind you that every mission that is accepted will earn its creator a medal. The exact medal depending on the quality and originality of the mission. That is in addition to the medal the TAC office usually gives. 2) Things are proceeding well with the Ship Competition discussion. Most Clans have expressed their views on it and I am sure that the members will be pleased with what we come up with. 3) The SHW office is getting ready for Operation Darkfall. Expect to hear more details soon. ** Krath Updates [From Krath High Priestess Arania] ** 1) Topic of the Month for June is "A different road." As usual, anything goes as long as it is related to the Dark Side and makes sense with the topic. 2) Scholar of the Month for May is JH Ciara Tearnan (Krath)/Gladius of Tarentum. Congratulations. 3) For the upcoming Operation Darkfall, I expect all Krath to do their best. Please cooperate with the other Orders as best as you can. ** Obelisk Competition [From Obelisk High Commander Dread] ** 1) Psyko rips through the Brigade ladder, shedding blood for Cabalistic Brigade and bringing them up to 1st place with a whopping 112 points! In second place is DarkFire Brigade with 78. Dark Falcon Brigade slips to third place with 38. Running closely in fourth is Wraith Brigade with 30. With 19 points, Soulfire Brigade occupies fifth place followed closely by Shadow Blade Brigade in sixth with 18. Banshee Brigade holds seventh with a mere 6 points. The rest of the Brigades sat and cowered in fear while the brave Obelisk troopers of the above seven Brigades battled fearlessly. Will the courageous trooper, Psyko, continue to lead Cabalistic Brigade to victory? Or will a new hero rise amongst the sea of blood within the Brigade league? Keep watch for next week's news. 2) With the sudden surge of activity in the Brigade Ladder, I've noticed some errors in the way it is being run, so I have devised some more rules to correct or add-to the old rules. 3) I'm currently involved in the creation of a custom level for the upcoming DB comp, so troopers should start concentrating on technique, rather than learning individual levels. ** Resignation [From Commander of the Guard Z'lar Kahn] ** Due to a computer crash and unreliable internet connectivity, I must step down from the position of CoG. I wish I didn't have to do so, but I realize I must. Please accept my appology for the delays. Good luck. |