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Smiling River · **12-11-2011, 01:43 PM**

By Deirdre Taea

Everwatch Monthly Update III (Nov/Dec)

Greetings Everwatch, Deirdre here with this edition of the Monthly Update! Been a quiet month as to be expected, the holiday season has come upon us, and a lot of us are quite busy outside of the game! Regardless, this month has seen its ups and downs as if the Everwatch was on some kind of binge drinking bender.

Okay, not funny, I suck at jokes, that's what Oskar is for.
End of the jokes! On to the good stuff!

This month has seen; Leve training, Zahar'ak taking, employment making, primal breaking, a lack of baking, procreating, affiliating, inebriating, battery breaking and crabs.

Ran out of words, that's serious stuff.

News

First thing in the News is our new affiliation with dear old AETHER. These guys are well known scholars, gone quiet in the last little while.
Gathering together at Lifemend, that crazy stump where the moogles like to hang out, we busted out food and drink, chatting up our new allies as Oskar forced Verence to sign his contract in blood (not really). There were those who were social, those not so much, and those who would have killed anyone who spoke to them. Syesta actually got to speak to people who knew what she was talking about! And who knew she could flirt either? Not me.
Though many members were absent on both sides, most all had fun.

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We also finally planned a hunt for Dodore and his mysterious Doublet. This has been in the works for a while, sufficing to say we were full of zest when we rode out to Mor Dhona, ready for some action.

Only to remain there for hours... no sight of miasma weather, or the beast alike. We enjoyed our field-trip to Mor Dhona anyways, seems we all forgot how pretty it was.

Guaranteed we'll be back for revenge.

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WE BEAT IFRIT!
Yes we did! Good work to all those involved, our hard work and dillegence paid off, finally. That primal beasty fell hard, and darn right we were dancing on his grave.
Oskar ended up with the first primal weapon as well, the first of many.

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Members

We've had a serious decline in members this month. Not surprising with all the releases out in the big wide world, and the lack of content in this one. Regardless, we still have a few new members and a few quite active ones, hopefully with the update in our near future, we will see the return of the people we love.
Our list of occupations within Everwatch is current as of 12/11/11.

That said I'd like to welcome our new members:

Fen Fouroux
Endinka Chanoix

Hope you guys enjoy your time with Everwatch!

Monthly Mentions

Report of the month:

Report of the month goes to~~~~~ Syesta Rajani!
This CORE testing looks crazy, seems crazy... and actually is crazy! I hope it doesn't get one of us killed... Twelve forbid we have another funeral.
The details and uniqueness in each of these test result reports is different than anything done before, +5 to creativity!
Since my character would not be the type to participate in this kind of event (and I don't want to roll a D20 each time to see if she loses her baby) I get a lot of excitement in reading the results of the tests. Looks like everything went good this time, but there's more testing coming up, I wonder how everyone will fare!

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Spoiler

Syesta Wrote:To:
Oskar Helvig and the leadership of the Everwatch
Librarium and Recordkeepers of the Garlond Ironworks
Order of the Twin Adder

Title: Results of CORE Tests 5 through 8, Results of Crystal Endurance Tests
Name: S'vatra Estelle Rajani
Date: 5th Sun of the 6th Umbral Moon
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Details:

CORE Propulsion (Tests 5 - 8)
Assisted by: Oskar Helvig, Gunther Knox

Test Five: SUCCESS
Successful ignition
Maintained output of approx. 750 ponze-force (100% - 120% efficiency)
Successful termination
Catalysis balance maintained

Test Six: SUCCESS
Successful ignition
Maintained output of approx. 1750 ponze-force (220% - 240% efficiency)
Successful termination
Catalysis balance maintained

Test Seven: SUCCESS
Successful ignition
Maintained output of approx. 1000 ponze-force (140% - 190% efficiency)
Successful termination
Catalysis balance maintained

Test Eight: SUCCESS
Successful ignition
Maintained output of approx. 800 ponze-force (100% - 115% efficiency)
Successful termination
Catalysis balance maintained

Conclusion:
The redesign of the manifold to prevent excessive feedback has thus far proven successful. As well, changes to the catalysis chamber and its interface with the aetheric ignition have shown no creation or output of excess aether. Before moving onto testing with a full 3 module engine, endurance tests for the energy sources will need to be conducted.

Energy Source Endurance (Tests 1 - 4)
Tests 1 and 2 done privately
Tests 3 and 4 assisted by: Oskar Helvig

After some discussion with the theorists from AETHER, it has been determined that before proceeding with further testing, either in propulsion or ballistics, that we further test our energy sources and their ability to withstand such demanding use for an extended period of time. Especially in the application of propulsion, the ability for the crystal process to endure usages throughout flight will be necessary for practical use.

Test One:
Control Test - Standard Wind Crystal

Endurance: 93 Seconds (from ignition to lattice breakdown)

Normal Output

Standard Disintegration[/list:u]

Test Two:
Control Test - Standard Wind Crystal

Endurance: 84 Seconds

Normal Output

Standard Disintegration[/list:u]

Test Three:
Milled Wind Crystal - Cylindrical

Endurance: 92 Seconds

Normal Output

Standard Disintegration[/list:u]

Test Four:
Milled Wind Crystal - Prism

Endurance: 49 Seconds

Output Unknown

Volatile Destruction

Testing apparatus catastrophically damaged[/list:u]

Conclusion:
Though more testing will need to be completed to verify results, thus far, attempts to increase endurance through manufacture of the crystal's physical shape have proven ineffective at best, and potentially dangerous to the system at worst. The reaction to the prismic shaping came as a surprise, as the process of crystal deterioration is not normally violent. Damage to the testing apparatus will come as a setback to future testing. It will be remade with further safeguards to prevent potential hazard to those administering the tests.
As another point of information, aural observation of tests three and four revealed what may be further cues during the course of the test. Future designs may make use of this fact to help provide further information to gather.
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Journal of the month:

The journal of the month this month goes to~~~~~ Oskar Helvig!
He's the one whose been high half the month, saying crazy things and still managing to do his job, when he's not sleeping! Even still, no one's surprised there's a poet hiding inside, we all knew Oskar just had a hard time expressing himself!

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Spoiler

Oskar Helvig Wrote:Ideas for recruitment flyers

Need a job? Join a mercenary group that stands for

Everwatch mercenary company expanding, many positions

The Imperials march on our soil, the false gods of the beastmen tribes threaten the land! Join Everwatch, and help Eorzea!

Everwatch is looking for virtuous individuals to fight against

Blades, spears, axes, wands - weilders of any weapon can find honest

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What you know about the running, the stretching
The blades, the weapons
The path, the journey
The jewels, the learning
The fear, the focus
The aches, the pains
The contact sparring, the breaks, the sprains
The trial and error, the ranks, and belts
The spiritual growth, the second breaths
The tests, the techniques
The forms, the stances
The flow, the rhythm, the internal answers
The herbs, the healing, the quiet meditation
The truths reveal through daily dedication
The love for the art, the sweat on your brow
The mind, the body, and the spirit at work
The feelings of failure, the hope to succeed
The battles of questions like "Is victory guaranteed?"

The water, the thirst
The cleansing, the blessings
The flash of insights, the teachings, the lessons
The grappling and locking, trapping and boxing
The training and slacking
The starting and stopping
And staying committed, when your lady isn't with you
The hours of practice, after the training is finished
The cause of your ignorance, flaws in your discipline
Broken laws of nutrition, and poor conditioning

The vitamins, supplements, salves and ointments
The kinships, pull joints in Phrontistery appointments
The dues, the pads, the wraps, the gloves
The mouthpiece you left home, the taste of your own blood
The hunger, the blocks
The punches, the squats
The crunches, the example you set for the youngsters
The will, the skills, to kill or to heal
The separation between what's fake and what's real
The laws of the Twelve and class comradery

The vows of humility,

[tab=120]the bow,

[tab=160]the courtesy.

Parting Message

Well, it's been a quiet month overall, hopefully we'll see some activity rising with the incentive of newly devised RP events, an update, and the end of the holiday season.

Happy Holidays guys~!

Please take more screenshots for the new year! Until then, have an Eva-hug.

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