It’s hard to believe it’s been three months since my last update. I am pleased by the continued feedback and curiosity regarding The Secret Order (SO or TSO). I recognize this project has, for some individuals, been over a year in the making.

This is a combination of design and availability. We do not want to rush a product out only to have it fail. We are equally constrained as a volunteer organization by the availability of our talent.

I’d like to thank Honsou for providing a draft of lightsaber combat skills and for Aardvark’s outreach regarding the Training Office’s enhancements related to the current Dark Side course loads.

If you are interested in helping please send me a DM on Discord.

Training Officer - While this is old news, we successfully appointed a replacement Training Officer. I’m quite pleased with the progress Sylas has made with the office and expanding the roles and responsibilities of his extended team.

I must compliment Plif on his continued engagement as TCCOM. There’s been several major developments since my last report and continued focus amongst the three of us.

Club Fiction - The Raise the Flag competitions have continued to advance our story line. Rapier, Plif, and I are discussing how this will continue forward into Imperial Storm and other competitions. It’s our desire to continue to create an engaging world for you all to pursue your character development.

Battlegroups - As the club continues to grow and we look at more dynamic ways for our club and members to interact, Plif has reformed the Battlegroup Commander position. Jumping off from the actions taken with the Infiltrator Wing this will enable the Battlegroups to leverage their support ships in new and exciting ways.

I’ll acknowledge that this section will not give a significant increase in knowledge, though I encourage you to review my previous report to refresh your memory.

My focus has primarily been related to the development of the XP system. There were two key objectives that I set for myself with this section.

1. Ease to Gain - There should be enough means for people to gain experience that a member could, within a reasonable amount of time, progress up through the ranks and societies.
2. Not too Fast - There should not be a “race to the finish” where active pilots competing in Raise the Flag or Imperial Storm could gain XP at such a rate that they enter the end-game experience too quickly.

As you can see, these two objectives tend to conflict with each other. This took quite a bit of trial and error and was only unlocked with the help of a returning member, Bubba, who shared a unique formula for weighting.

What this led to was reducing a member from coming in with 18,990 experience to a more appropriate 1,286.

Note, this is in context to the current XP levels that are set. At this time I’ve gotten approval from Rapier on this approach and the next step in validating it is calculating the conversion XP for existing EHDB members for their rank and awards.

In terms of 2022 goals below is the progress that has been made:

• Successful deployment of the new EHDB experience - 60% complete
• Coordinating a feedback session with Rapier and Plif based upon Pilf’s review and recommendations on managing large scale competitions (e.g., Imperial Storm and Raise the Flag) - 100% Complete and will be implemented in 2023
• Consultation with Turtle on new competition management portal and potential demo - Deferred to be post Phase 2 (Imperial University) migration
• Initial proposal review with Rapier and Marenta on the Hammer’s Fist - No progress

Please note, when dealing with strategic projects like the above things are fluid and priorities will shift as needed.

If you have questions I’m always happy to engage on Discord.

Sector Admiral Kamjin “Maverick” Lap’lamiz
Dark Side Adept

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