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Might as well just put his up now. Since we are moving pretty fast right now I dont want us to forget any of the changes and updates we've done since the last newsletter.
So far we have;
Below is the drafted Newsletter:
Sup,
The number eight is important to the Hutt Cartel. Because if the number eight gets lazy and falls over, it then becomes infinity. And we like infinity because its the number of awesome things there are about the Hutt Cartel. And thats relevant why? Because this is the eighth Hutt Cartel Newsletter! For those of you who haven't had the unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience of reading the Newletter (despite there having been seven others), it is a regular publication that the Hutt Leadership Team puts together, entailing new faction-wide updates, changes and story arcs. We also cover things like how much we like you guys, and hate each other. And since we haven't posted one in a while (and it's me writing it), this one is going to be a doozy...
Speaking of "us" and hating...
Hutt Cartel Leadership Team
At present there are three of us who form the Hutt Cartel Leadership team, Hutticane Matt who is our Faction Leader. His Leadership team consists of Insoulent and Gaja. Together, we do things that no sensible admin would ever allow.[/td]
Anyway, below is a quick summary of what we're each "responsible" for.
Also, if you haven't noticed by now, Cassa (our resident cursing steam engine) has pretty much dissipated into the wind. We miss him being a part of the team considering he had a lot to offer, but we promise to keep his spirit alive and try and keep you guys busy with stuff to do.
Promotions Clarification
Mid-way through June, Cassanova posted an announcement clarifying the conditions of promotion, specifically some confusion with respect to the value of bounties and missions. Rather than post the same information here, go have a read if you haven't already!
I know that Cassanova iterated that he apologized on behalf of the team for the confusion, but we were drunk at the time! (that counts as an excuse, right?)
Promotions
So, we haven't gotten a lot of promotion requests lately, so I'm going remind you guys to check out that promotions page if you think you're ready to move up in rank! But, luckily we have three promotions to talk about real quick and will be explained in better detail later on in this newsletter.
First and foremost, Borga the Hutt has ascended to the rank of Grand Lorda and will now be the Cartel's new leader in character.
Secondly, Elohim Aeon has also moved on and nabbed a Champios rank.
And the best for last, Vica Veszk has also ascended to the rank of Champios and will lead the Hutt's Private Military company the Natori Association.
Missions & Bounties
Some of you may have noticed that we locked and replaced the old Mission Database thread in favour of a new one. The reasons for this were numerous, but mostly for our own sanity and ease of organisation. But what does affect you guys are the way we've structured the missions (and how we will continue to do so in the future). For those of you who haven't visited the new thread, please go check it out at this here link here.
We've moved to what we call 'Mission Packs', which are lovely groups of up to 10 missions which are somewhat linked by a company or a character. The two packs that we've got up already are very exciting (we think), the Hub Mission Pack and the Estarra Business Pack. Keep in mind that these are just two of several packs we are working on. We should have another two or three up in a couple weeks max, so let's try and sign up to get our current ones completed!
Some packs to look forward to in the future; Tenloss II Mission Pack, Zonju V Crime Pack, Sharp Heavy Industries Pack, *!%#&!$ (cuz we're not blowing that secret just yet!) and The Paradise Pack. Don't forget, we want your ideas on these things, so don't hesitate in contacting Matt or myself if you have any ideas for missions!
As for bounties, we know we're running a bit low on bounties available right now but Matt and I are hard at work at getting a new batch of bounties ready for you guys. As of right now we have over 30 (ten+ for each difficulty) ideas and pictures, the thing is actually getting them all written down. They should be up sometime at the end of this week or next, and that all falls on me, so sorry!
Assets
As some of you may, or may not have noticed, a few parts of the Faction are undergoing aesthetic and functional renovations! One such area is a pretty important one, actually: The Assets of the Hutt Cartel. Cassanova has been chipping away at renovating this section of the Faction's Database by consolidating all the Assets within the Cartel, organizing them by location and making it easier to navigate and read. Also, we're hoping that you guys will use the Asset thread to broaden your locations of your RP's and actually use documented Cartel locations that other members actually manage!
Unfortunately with everything going on right now, and Cassa going away for a while, we won't exactly see it finished right away, but Matt and myself will try our best to finish his work to the best of our ability. Beyond that, we'll just reiterate that everyone should go over and have a look at the "How Can I Add an Asset" thread to see ways they can contribute in-character and out-of-character!
Furthermore, please be patient with him as it is a huge job to tackle the Asset thread. As it stands we have forty (40) listed assets and several more coming to add to that number!
Go check out and see some of the new assets including Club Auriga on DSC Daedalus, The Promenade on Nar Shaddaa, and Matt's favorite; Deoro Lesersis - the Cartel prison on Barab I!
Battle of Klatooine
So, if you guys haven't been paying attention for the past few months, the Cartel and Empire made first contact on Klatooine a few months ago. This was then followed by a full-on battle on the planet. So just a quick update, it's done! Consider the Cartel victors of our first official engagement with the Empire.
We manage to capture two Imperial Officers, one of which is their famed War Hero and the 501st very own Commander, Rufus Scryer! Now, we don't know what this all really means for the future of our two factions quite just yet, but we're going into talks both in character and out of character to paint a better picture for you guys. What we do know is that we don't expect to be battling again anytime soon.
The Grand Hunt
So, the Grand Hunt is finally over. Bee, of course was our winner. But that's not all that happened. This event also marked the end of our magnificent leader, Vero the Hutt, that will surely cause some unrest with some of the members in the Cartel. This is a turning point in the Cartel, as Borga takes his role to lead us into a new era of prosperity. We'll be having a social event soon that will be a ceremony and party for Borga's promotion and all members of the Cartel are welcome to join! We'll probably announce more details about that later, so I want to take this time and thank everyone who participated and made this event awesome.
Tiered Rewards System
Finally to end the Newsletter, we want to introduce our brand new Tiered Rewards. The staff (by this I mean Cassa) worked really hard on this reward for our members and we sort of tried it out during the Grand Hunt as a test which proved to us to be moderately exciting for the participants. Now we hope to bring more attention and recruitment to the faction as well as a bit of incentive and a "thank you" for being apart of the faction and dedicating your time and effort into propelling us forward. Being rich has it's perks, after all!
Thanks for coming and having a read, guys.
If you have any questions, queries or suggestions, feel free to post here!
Thanks peeps,
Insoulent
So far we have;
- [st]Mission Packs
- Estarra
- RHE
- Hub
- Rishi/Paradise
- Zonju V
- Tenloss II
- Hutt Leadership
- Promotions clarification
- Assets[/st]
- Promotions
Below is the drafted Newsletter:
[Sunday, September 21, 2014] |
Sup,
The number eight is important to the Hutt Cartel. Because if the number eight gets lazy and falls over, it then becomes infinity. And we like infinity because its the number of awesome things there are about the Hutt Cartel. And thats relevant why? Because this is the eighth Hutt Cartel Newsletter! For those of you who haven't had the unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience of reading the Newletter (despite there having been seven others), it is a regular publication that the Hutt Leadership Team puts together, entailing new faction-wide updates, changes and story arcs. We also cover things like how much we like you guys, and hate each other. And since we haven't posted one in a while (and it's me writing it), this one is going to be a doozy...
Speaking of "us" and hating...
Hutt Cartel Leadership Team
At present there are three of us who form the Hutt Cartel Leadership team, Hutticane Matt who is our Faction Leader. His Leadership team consists of Insoulent and Gaja. Together, we do things that no sensible admin would ever allow.[/td]
Anyway, below is a quick summary of what we're each "responsible" for.
| Hutt Cartel Leadership Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hutticane Matt | Insoulent | Gaja |
|
|
|
Also, if you haven't noticed by now, Cassa (our resident cursing steam engine) has pretty much dissipated into the wind. We miss him being a part of the team considering he had a lot to offer, but we promise to keep his spirit alive and try and keep you guys busy with stuff to do.
Promotions Clarification
Mid-way through June, Cassanova posted an announcement clarifying the conditions of promotion, specifically some confusion with respect to the value of bounties and missions. Rather than post the same information here, go have a read if you haven't already!
I know that Cassanova iterated that he apologized on behalf of the team for the confusion, but we were drunk at the time! (that counts as an excuse, right?)
Promotions
So, we haven't gotten a lot of promotion requests lately, so I'm going remind you guys to check out that promotions page if you think you're ready to move up in rank! But, luckily we have three promotions to talk about real quick and will be explained in better detail later on in this newsletter.
First and foremost, Borga the Hutt has ascended to the rank of Grand Lorda and will now be the Cartel's new leader in character.
Secondly, Elohim Aeon has also moved on and nabbed a Champios rank.
And the best for last, Vica Veszk has also ascended to the rank of Champios and will lead the Hutt's Private Military company the Natori Association.
Missions & Bounties
Some of you may have noticed that we locked and replaced the old Mission Database thread in favour of a new one. The reasons for this were numerous, but mostly for our own sanity and ease of organisation. But what does affect you guys are the way we've structured the missions (and how we will continue to do so in the future). For those of you who haven't visited the new thread, please go check it out at this here link here.
We've moved to what we call 'Mission Packs', which are lovely groups of up to 10 missions which are somewhat linked by a company or a character. The two packs that we've got up already are very exciting (we think), the Hub Mission Pack and the Estarra Business Pack. Keep in mind that these are just two of several packs we are working on. We should have another two or three up in a couple weeks max, so let's try and sign up to get our current ones completed!
Some packs to look forward to in the future; Tenloss II Mission Pack, Zonju V Crime Pack, Sharp Heavy Industries Pack, *!%#&!$ (cuz we're not blowing that secret just yet!) and The Paradise Pack. Don't forget, we want your ideas on these things, so don't hesitate in contacting Matt or myself if you have any ideas for missions!
As for bounties, we know we're running a bit low on bounties available right now but Matt and I are hard at work at getting a new batch of bounties ready for you guys. As of right now we have over 30 (ten+ for each difficulty) ideas and pictures, the thing is actually getting them all written down. They should be up sometime at the end of this week or next, and that all falls on me, so sorry!
Assets
As some of you may, or may not have noticed, a few parts of the Faction are undergoing aesthetic and functional renovations! One such area is a pretty important one, actually: The Assets of the Hutt Cartel. Cassanova has been chipping away at renovating this section of the Faction's Database by consolidating all the Assets within the Cartel, organizing them by location and making it easier to navigate and read. Also, we're hoping that you guys will use the Asset thread to broaden your locations of your RP's and actually use documented Cartel locations that other members actually manage!
Unfortunately with everything going on right now, and Cassa going away for a while, we won't exactly see it finished right away, but Matt and myself will try our best to finish his work to the best of our ability. Beyond that, we'll just reiterate that everyone should go over and have a look at the "How Can I Add an Asset" thread to see ways they can contribute in-character and out-of-character!
Furthermore, please be patient with him as it is a huge job to tackle the Asset thread. As it stands we have forty (40) listed assets and several more coming to add to that number!
Go check out and see some of the new assets including Club Auriga on DSC Daedalus, The Promenade on Nar Shaddaa, and Matt's favorite; Deoro Lesersis - the Cartel prison on Barab I!
Battle of Klatooine
So, if you guys haven't been paying attention for the past few months, the Cartel and Empire made first contact on Klatooine a few months ago. This was then followed by a full-on battle on the planet. So just a quick update, it's done! Consider the Cartel victors of our first official engagement with the Empire.
We manage to capture two Imperial Officers, one of which is their famed War Hero and the 501st very own Commander, Rufus Scryer! Now, we don't know what this all really means for the future of our two factions quite just yet, but we're going into talks both in character and out of character to paint a better picture for you guys. What we do know is that we don't expect to be battling again anytime soon.
The Grand Hunt
So, the Grand Hunt is finally over. Bee, of course was our winner. But that's not all that happened. This event also marked the end of our magnificent leader, Vero the Hutt, that will surely cause some unrest with some of the members in the Cartel. This is a turning point in the Cartel, as Borga takes his role to lead us into a new era of prosperity. We'll be having a social event soon that will be a ceremony and party for Borga's promotion and all members of the Cartel are welcome to join! We'll probably announce more details about that later, so I want to take this time and thank everyone who participated and made this event awesome.
Tiered Rewards System
Finally to end the Newsletter, we want to introduce our brand new Tiered Rewards. The staff (by this I mean Cassa) worked really hard on this reward for our members and we sort of tried it out during the Grand Hunt as a test which proved to us to be moderately exciting for the participants. Now we hope to bring more attention and recruitment to the faction as well as a bit of incentive and a "thank you" for being apart of the faction and dedicating your time and effort into propelling us forward. Being rich has it's perks, after all!
Thanks for coming and having a read, guys.
If you have any questions, queries or suggestions, feel free to post here!
Thanks peeps,
Insoulent
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