Fifteenth Great Jedi War

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GJW XV: Ascension

Information

Date: 40 ABY

Combatants The Dark Brotherhood Children of Mortis Commanders Grand Master: Darth Nehalem Consuls: Qyreia Arronen Bentre Stahoes Revak Kur Selika Roh Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz Appius Wight Korvis Leader: The Father Lieutenants: J’hon Whetu Loremi P’sum Rose Telsniw Avitus Oligard Various others Strength Arcona Naga Sadow Odan-Urr Plagueis Scholae Palatinae Taldryan Clan Vizsla Iron Forces (Late into the battle) Lightbringers Truthwardens Shadowseers Casualties Heavy Heavy

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The Fifteenth Great Jedi War, also known as GJW XV: Ascension, was a 6 week Brotherhood event that ran from May 28, 2022 to July 6, 2022.

Story

After months of research, the CLANS of the BROTHERHOOD begin to see the results of their study.

Soul-fueled crystals, from ages long gone, hold incredible power to CREATE and to DESTROY. With each still CORRUPTED by connection to their creator, their usage is dangerous.

Little do they know the ANCIENT RITES have melded with MODERN SCIENCE bringing lethal efficiency to the creation process.

ASCENSION comes as the secretive CHILDREN OF MORTIS begin their offensive. Striking from deep space, these fanatics will do anything to accomplish their goals...

Prelude to War

The opening shots to what would become the Fifteenth Great Jedi War took place during the Rite of Supremacy: Escalation, where the Children of Mortis manipulated events to recruit Rath Oligard into their number. With a new faction present and at work against them, and detecting efforts to observe the Brotherhood worlds, the Grand Master pushed to investigate and then infiltrate the Children to judge them.

The infiltration effort proved to be a partial success, but extraction was required to gather the findings from these efforts. Dubbed Operation SPYFALL, the Brotherhood was able to retrieve vital information from a point on Pendroh-I, giving them critical information on the scope and nature of the organization. With the newly developed ascension gas granting them a major edge, the Children's leaders made preparations for open war against the Brotherhood and its allies.

For more details, see the Shadows Unveiled event fiction:

• Shadows Unveiled - Prelude

• Shadows Unveiled - Chapter 1

• Shadows Unveiled - Chapter 2

• Shadows Unveiled - Chapter 3

Chapter I

With growing concern surrounding the threat that the Children of Mortis pose, Darth Nehalem continues to insist that Arx be ready to be defended at all costs, and that the Clans fully support the Iron Forces. With their spies having gone completely silent, the Dark Council knows that an assault is on its way, and Arx is still rebuilding after the Collective's attack. Alarms sound, triggering alerts throughout the Dark Ascent, but they quickly realise that the Children's target is not the Brotherhood's beating heart. Instead, they are bent on damaging the Brotherhood by launching a massive simultaneous assault on each Clan's homeworld. With the Iron Forces held back as they try to gain an edge against the attackers and the Severian Principate lacking a substantial military thanks to its reforms, the Clans are left to fend for themselves.

Meanwhile, in the Muisyle System, deep in the heart of the Children's territories, Avitus Oligard is left to reflect upon his choices in joining them and of the impending rituals. The Father takes control of the Harbinger for a brief moment to praise his efforts, Saira O’Setera begins screaming as labour pains take hold...

Chapter II

an example of the Children's weaponry by DarkHawk Sadow

The Children continue to press their assaults, throwing growing waves of bodies against the meat grinder of the Clans' defences. Utilising mutated war beasts and their own legions as a means to swamp the less numerous Brotherhood members, their sorcery is giving a noted edge in the conflict. Even so, it is not progressing as the Children would hope. On several worlds that were given the opportunity to research and analyse the crystals, the Children suffer extremely high losses. Yet even so, they have found that those without a strong link to the Force can be revived as undead cadavers and sent off to fight their former allies. Even amid this new turn of events, the Children of Mortis press forward with the next stage of their attack, and asteroids slam into each of the Clan homeworlds; “World Seeds” to drain all life from the planets they strike. In the Arx system, the Council works quickly to consolidate the different research branches made by each of the Clans, hoping to find a way to break the crystalline technology that gives their Children such a strong advantage.

In the Muisyle System, Saira O’Setera's pregnancy continues, with something within visibly pressing out against her skin. Father releases his control of Harbinger’s body, preparing himself for the impending birth.

Chapter III & Epilogue

Having been given the time needed to find a way to "purify" each of the crystals, the elements of the Brotherhood led by Rahjin race to break the deadlock in the fighting. As the battles continue, the Brotherhood releases a weapon that breaks down and destroys the crystals' effects while also breaking the Children's hold on it. The assault, already stalling, rapidly turns into a rout as the Brotherhood forces quickly drive the Children into a full retreat. In spite of heavy casualties in both sides, the effort to break the Brotherhood in a single battle has been ended. The Children are able to escape through the use of mysterious portals, preventing the total loss of their armies committed to the fights.

In the aftermath, research into the crystals continue, as the Brotherhood seeks to turn the new technology to their advantage. At the same time, Darth Nehalem begins his experiments with the same portals that the Children have used. In a moment of surprise, he not only finds an ethereal plane linking to a small one he forms, but hears the voice of former Grand Master Telaris "Mav" Cantor in that moment.

In the Muisyle System, the Father is revealed in full, as a crystalline skeleton wearing a crown. As the leaders of the Children plead their cases before him, asking for him to initiate the unbinding of the Force due to this loss, Avitus and Saira return, along with a small child now old enough to walk. More concerned with this than the words of his subordinates, the Father deems the child an appropriate vessel for his uses.

Unseen by all, watching the aftermath of the battle from the Cor’neria System, Rath Oligard observes the events and considers the Collective's next move.

Locale

The assault took place on each of the Clan's homeworlds, and was focused upon the planets of Kiast, Selen, Sepros, Kasiya, Aliso, Ragnath, and Zsoldos.

Newsposts

The following news posts were made by the Dark Council to spread information for Great Jedi War XV.

Pre-event

• Introducing Great Jedi War XV: Ascension - Deputy Grand Master
• GJW XV Theaters and Research Tiers - Voice
• Great Jedi War XV: Ascension - Deputy Grand Master
• Fist Supplemental Report - GJW XV Gaming Rules - Fist

Phase I

• GJW XV - Ascension Chapter 1 - Voice
• Great Jedi War XV: Ascension - Phase 1 Wrapping Up - Deputy Grand Master
• Great Jedi War XV: Ascension - Phase 2 Starts This Weekend! - Deputy Grand Master

Phase II

• GJW XV - Ascension Chapter 2 - Voice
• Great Jedi War XV: Ascension Ends Soon! - Deputy Grand Master

Aftermath

• Great Jedi War XV: Ascension Results - Deputy Grand Master
• Corrected GJW Results - Voice
• Regent Report #13: Post-Great Jedi War Goodies! - Regent
• GJW XV - Ascension Chapter 3 & Epilogue - Voice

Competitions

Great Jedi War XV: Ascension was the parent competition.

Phase I

Fiction Bin

• Resplendent Research, a trivia competition
• Combat Fiction, a combat writing competition
• Against All Odds, a multi-prompt solo fiction competition

Gaming Bin

• Battlefront 2 Coop Mode, a gaming achievement competition
• Heroes of the Storm Versus A.I., a gaming achievement competition
• Sabotage (Web Game), a web game

Graphics and Miscellaneous Bin

• Puzzle: GJW Edition, a jigsaw puzzle
• Rise of the Ascendants, a creature prototype competition
• Skyfall, a graphics competition
• Press the Button I, a Discord game

Phase II

Fiction Bin

• Hunt Or Be Hunted, a multi-prompt solo fiction competition
• Crystal Palaces, an ACC venue competition
• Resplendent Research II, a trivia competition

Gaming Bin

• Halo Infinite, a gaming achievement competition
• SWTOR, a gaming achievement competition
• Dashing Through Hyperspace, a web game

Graphics and Multimedia Bin

• Ascendant Item, an item prototype competition
• Face of the Enemy, a graphics competition
• Press the Button II, a Discord game

Event-Long

Fiction Bin

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Mortis, a comedic fiction competition
• TR-8R, a co-op fiction competition
• Breakout, a clan-wide run-on competition

Gaming Bin

• Supported Game Cluster Race, a cluster race
• Casual Gaming Queue Cluster Race, a cluster race

Multimedia Bin

• Comic, a graphics competition
• Power of the Crystals, a 3D real world art competition
• Target Acquired, a multimedia competition
• Plan The Defense, a battle plan competition

Placement

Clans

Clans earn points when members participate in competition types/bins or when members place in a competition. In accordance with the directives governing Vendetta Events in the Brotherhood, the Clan with the most points at the conclusion of Great Jedi War XV will be named First Clan of the Brotherhood, while the Clan with the second and third most points will be Second Clan and Third Clan, respectively.

• First Clan: Arcona – 7281.89 Points.
• Second Clan: Naga Sadow – 3828.43 Points.
• Third Clan: Taldryan – 3783.70 Points.
• Fourth Place: Plagueis – 2816.62 Points.
• Fifth Place: Odan-Urr – 2774.73 Points.
• Sixth Place: Scholae Palatinae – 2379.49 Points.
• Seventh Place: Vizsla – 1108.77 Points.

Heroes

The individuals earning the most placement points in Great Jedi War XV were be awarded War Hero titles. Members with tie scores would be broken following an Olympic-style Novae and placement ranking.

• First Hero: Zentru'la – 1339.374196 points.
• Second Hero: Qyreia Arronen – 1289.801804 points.
• Third Hero: Selika Roh di Plagia – 1069.431027 points.
• Fourth Place: Bentre Stahoes – 1039.149776 points.
• Fifth Place: Thran Occasus-Palpatine – 990.7213522 points.
• Sixth Place: Socorra – 967.1788428 points.
• Seventh Place: Marick Tyris Arconae – 873.9363568 points.
• Eighth Place: Tali Sroka – 825.4967216 points.
• Ninth Place: Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz – 796.25114 points.
• Tenth Place: Tasha'Vel Versea – 776.9347384 points.

100% Participation

The following members "did work" and exerted "maximum effort" in this Great Jedi War. Congrats to all members who completed an event in every bin throughout the GJW.

Arcona	Naga Sadow	Odan-Urr	Plagueis	Scholae Palatinae	Taldryan	Vizsla
Qyreia Arronen Socorra Marick Tyris Arconae Tali Sroka Jael Valsi Chi'ra Atyiru Caesura Entar Arconae Eleceos Araave Mune Cinteroph Doon Sulvir Rrogon Skar Agrona Uji Tameike Kathka Torgrim Diyrian "Diy" Grivna Aru Law Archian Edema R'uh-Kalinor Zuza Lottson Ood Bnar Mex Stres'tron'garmis Luka Zarkot	Bentre Stahoes Tasha'Vel Versea Locke Sonjie Muz Ashen Keibatsu DarkHawk Sadow Kojiro Keibatsu Sadow	Alethia Archenksova Ryan Hawkins Aurora "Aura" Ta'var Essik Lyccane Revak K'Urr Marl Gondor Creon de Neverse	Selika Roh di Plagia Nora Olen Alaris Jinn di Plagia TuQ'uan Varick di Plagia Arden Karn di Plagia Qormus Aquila di Plagia	Thran Occasus-Palpatine Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz Rayne	Zentru'la Appius Taldrya Wight Raistline Taldrya Majere Koda Kendis	Kanal O'neill Hector Von Ricmore Korvis

Rewards

Possessions:

All members of the Brotherhood that participated in the war were awarded a ceremonial gold pendant infused with a purified ascendant crystal to mark their participation in the event.

• Pendant of Ascension

Possessions: Credit Earnings

Credits will be granted to the Clans following the details provided by the Regent. Results of this are as follows based on final participation numbers and placements.

• Clan Arcona: 109,370,000, Ascendant Null-Burst Projector for their fleet, and an as-of-yet undisclosed planetary asset.
• Clan Naga Sadow: 77,910,000 credits, Ascendant Composite Beam Cannon for their fleet, and the Urias Gate as a planetary asset.
• Clan Odan-Urr: 59,610,000 credits, Ascendant Crystal Engine Array for their fleet, and an as-of-yet undisclosed planetary asset.
• Clan Plagueis: 63,310,000 credits, Ascendant Missile Retrofit for their fleet, and an as-of-yet undisclosed planetary asset.
• Clan Scholae Palatinae: 57,030,000 credits, Ascendant Crystal Turbolasers for their fleet, and Imperial Strategic Armed Laser Array Citadel as a planetary asset.
• Clan Taldryan: 73,740,000 credits, Ascendant Sensor Suite for their fleet, and Kasiya Mothercrystal Shield Generator as a planetary asset.
• Clan Vizsla: 39,880,000 credits, Ascendant Crystal Nullification System for their fleet, and Ion Pulse-Cannon as a planetary asset.

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