City Maintenance (V)

From: City Hall
Object: City Maintenance
Date: Mon. Jun. 30

Mayor Tarn Pagott,

A total of 54350 credits has been paid from the city treasury for maintenance and upkeep of structure.

Elections anyone ? (IV)

FM: City Hall
Obj: Election won
Date: Mon. Jun.30, 11:50

Congratulations, Mayor Tarn Pagott!

The populace of Twin Mountain Base has elected to retain you for another term. Your rights and privileges as Mayor have not changed. The next mayoral election has started and the results will be tabulated in three weeks' time.

The city thanks you for your continued service.

New Member in TMB

Joining the TMB community (both guild and city), long term friend, Enkarn Lightmist (Jedi 90) will share the fate of our city, guild and community. His Mustafarian bunker is located behind the Eastern Heights, a breathtaking location. We wish him to find long lasting friendships and to feel at home within our ranks. Welcome !

From Dathomir to Dantooine to Dathomir

It was an opportunity to complete the flagging process, this time for Enkarn and Axkva Ming. Traveling back and forth to Dathomir and stopping via Dantooine, it was also an opportunity to catch up on some roleplaying storyline.

Enkarn's comeback from the depths of the Kashyyyk forest where he hid from Order 66 to after the destruction of the first Death Star over Yavin. Catching up with a longtime friend, former Republic then Imperial Scout and then retired. Founder since of a chapter of the Antarian Rangers.

TMB's mishappenings (IV)

Fluffy-Stitch removed himself from the guild a couple of days ago without letting his reasons known. While all options can still be considered, it must be noted that he didn't log once at the same time as this writer over the last three months. Thus, he may have had a server change or disappeared from the game. For the time being, we will assume that he actively logged once, if only to remove himself from TMB (guild).

On a sadder note, the Empire Day celebration was also an opportunity to meet with someone holding a longstanding grudge against fellow community member Nas Choka, whom he said attempted to "control everyone", presumably within the TMB/TWIN community (no dates were given). Since the discussion could not really take place 'I don't speak with anyone that relates to Nas', further explanations were not available.

However the grudge, the misrepresentations or whatever else, it is a clear example of how the reputation (famous or infamous) of a player affects the entire community. A lesson to heed.

Celebrating Empire Day

Naboo, Theed. It is a grand day as the Empire celebrates the day the Old Republic was dismantled. Lord Vader visited Theed, where Imperial citizens gathered in front of the Emperor's statue and addressed the crowd:

"Loyal Imperial citizens, we are here today to celebrate the day our Emperor made his Declaration of a New Order and dissolved the Galactic Republic. Out of the ashes our Emperor formed the mighty and invicible Empire we are today. It was not easy, even for the Emperor. Without the help of extraordinary Imperial citizens, it could not have been done. Extraordinary citizens, or one might even say, heroes, such as <...>." The Imperial Celebration Organiser asked then : "<...>, step up and bow before Lord Vader", and Lord Varder to resume : "Congratulations, <...>. From this day on you shall wear the title 'Hero of Empire Day'. Stay forever loyal, the Force is with us."

Beyond the festivities, it was also an opportunity to have a frank and amicable discussion with members of the Rebel Alliance, on visit to Theed for a PvP session. Few casualties on both sides were reported. In an another attempting to disrupt the ceremony, a giant worshyyyr tree from the Life Day Giftbox was dropped, presumably by Naraelle (though unconfirmed) when Lord Vader made his speech. While the prank was pretty original, it also risked hindering the Vader radial for the title recipient (/tar is to be used is such case).

Quite interestingly, it was mostly an opportunity to meet up with fellow Imperial citizens and reminisce about old times, such as the long shuttle waits (10mns) and the trading, fighting and socializing that took place there, the small population in these parts of the galaxy (with friends list down to 10 active people), how guilds became the center of social life in lieu of random meeting and grouping, and how emote contests were being runs in cities.

In addition, it was a great time to catch up and meet new friends, spend time with people we've known for long, yet never had the time to chat if only for a few words. Expanding the circle of friends always seems like a good idea. As one mentioned, updating the friends list regularly and adding new people means to have between 40 and 50 friends online every day.

Twin Mountain Base, as far as the celebrations were concerned was honored on this day, Kohaeg Noubat, received from the title from the hands of Princess Leia on Coronet. Though, this was the 'Remembrance Day celebration', congratulations nevertheless. Ashelin (former guild/city) received the Empire Day badge.

What are you up to ?

This seems to be the most frequently asked question (oftentimes the answer is "nm") when running into friends or in the chat tabs. So the answer would have been tonight, Meatlump Theme Park and some RP, while for others, Looser in this case, a strong case of interplanetary shopping spree.

Happy Birthday

Logging in this evening (June 25th), was the opportunity to see the reward pop-up window informing me that Tarn Pagott is now 54 months old. Somehow it is a reminder of long gone childhood days when I would wake up to hear that I was one year older. Would a three months period for a toon be like a year for a Human (a bit like dog years ;) reminds to be seen. If so though, thank hyperspace and cloning technologies, Tarn lived a really busy year. Happy Birthday old friend and thanks for being the diligent (or so) vessel of hours of gameplay.

Decorating TMB

The metropolis of Twin Mountain Base has received a new decoration, the Lokian flag flies in front of the city hall. It is our hope that other flags will soon fly next to it.

A first attempt placed the flag in front of the shuttleport, unfortunately, the placement affected too strongly the perspective on Kimogila Way and it was concluded that the position was unfortunate.

City Maintenance (IV)

From: City Hall
Object: City Maintenance
Date: June 23rd

Mayor Tarn Pagott,
A total of 54200 credits has been paid from the city treasury for maintenance and upkeep of structure.

This is the weekly mail that arrives in the mayor's mailbox for city upkeep. As a reminder, the city treasury is currently 4 752 146 credits. Details on taxation (or lack thereof in our case), population count and other city information are available to all citizens at the city management terminal in the city hall.

Also, militia members empowered with city pardon may lift an old ban applied to Shel'by Fieron whenever the opportunity arises. The ban was put into effect long ago and does not appear to be any longer needed.