The market has been re-enabled. I made an error in the code when fixing a few things.

Faction leader changing has been changed so it's now the following prices:

Governments: 25,000,000 credits
Non Government: 5,000,000 credits

The rules have been updated,

Edit [04:39 - Day 176]: 
- The Galactic Museum has been added to the NPC Transport System  

All changes since Day 122:

Features
- Blocked the ability to swap out armour/weapons/items under a fire delay.
- Changed the cost of faction leader changes (40m for Govs, 15m for others)
- Asims and Admins can now see hidden cities via the galaxy rules (Request by Jesfa)
- All levels of Lightsabers can now have custom images applied.
- Construction image and code that handles the overlay re-coded (Request by Jevon)

Bugs
- Fixed the function that handles the allow commander or pilot check (Numerous bugs)
- Elevated apply custom images to makeover as it should be (Jevon)
- Fixed Exploit where Shop List was showing the location of hidden systems (Jesfa)
- Special Character checks now performed at the time of city creation vs at the end (BUG: 3059)
- Fixed inventory issue where location was crashing the page (BUGS: 3069, 2935, 2958, 2926, 2966, 2984, 2986, 3020, 3039, 3043, 2976, 3051)
- Added disclaimer to the assign skills link found on the experience sheet (BUG: 3073)
- People no longer get nose bleed amounts of XP for production (BUG: 2611)
- Repair turned off as it should be (BUG:3086)
- Event messages for privileges were made neuter (BUG: 3033)
- Faction event for issuing a death warrant (BUG:3101)
- Dead link on rules pages (BugID 3052)
- Some bug (BugID 3031)
- Fixed "Disabled/Enabled" business in the code, referencing from SWCContext.

Tweaks
- Removed the redundant Board button when room traveling.
- Removed drag and drop for the filters modal window so to allow users with mobile devices to scroll through overflow lists.
- Changed the wording of the door failure event so that it doesn't call every door a blast door.
- Join requests can now be viewed with no HQ but you will not be able to Accept them
- Safes can now be equipped to utility slots, so the NPC owned safes can be claimed with high enough strength.
- Skill description for "Perception" updated to more accurately reflect its current implementation.
- Minor CTool updates (Gav/Jesfa)
- Updated the Inventory Code to block players ability to send stuff to Darkness. (Gav)
- Updated City Creation Code to block players from sending city requests for Darkness owned planets. (Gav)
- Removed Infofield 1 from being displayed on random inventory events and random GNS Flashnews. (Suggestion)
- Updated Handle Tools to flag to the join team multiple handle requests from single IPs. (Syn)
- Forum Editing goes to edited post rather than original post (Suggestion)
- Added the ability for players to remove their handle request from the system. (Suggestion)

Rules
- Scanners Legend key updated.
- Added some rules for the special HQs to the faction HQ rule section.
- No Animals rule added to custom items. (Jevon)
- Handle Changes: rules added and modified (Character Creation: Handle Changes) (Gav)  

Due to the high amount of handle change requests we have been receiving as of late; we feel it is needed to reiterate the rules slightly.

These are the rules taken from the handle changes tool, and these are the rules we will now be going by for handle changes.

If your handle meets one of the following criteria, your handle will meet the conditions that is required for a handle change.

Criteria for a valid handle change are:

1. If handle has a inappropriate meaning in another language
2. If handle is not a name (example: _avatar_ or Killer Raven)
3. If handle does not have a last name (example: Quaxo or Anti-Tarkin)
4. If handle does not start with a capital letter (example: falcon)
5. If handle is the players real life name (example: Alex Smith)
6. If handle is an improper name (contains titles, numbers or other abnormalities) (example: Lady Dyvel or Count Uebles)
7. If handle is canon

The updated rules are on the dev server

Those of you that spawned CP ships during the very brief moment when they were 1 CP a piece, you have 72 hours to send them to my account - Jesfa . 

Any not sent by then, and I see that you've been online/checked the Sim News, I'll be taking an asset in penalty as well. 

I can/will check accounts, if they're not sent to me, and by some majick, they sneak past, I'll be even LESS happy, when I have to deal with this at a later date (IE: Bans/Harsher penalties). 

You've been warned.

EDIT:  If you've sold/traded away one of these ill-gotten goods, I suggest you inform the buyer of your shameful actions, and get them back.

GavEDIT: [09:44:18] <&Jesfa{NotHappy}> Anyone who doesn't turn them in, in 3 days, I'm banning for a month. 

We know who you are.  

Once again people, we've had a rise in everyone sending Darkness items, requests and the such. We don't like this. We're recluses. It's an Admin Faction! We don't like your interaction with us!

Seriously though. A few notes:

• We don't like your unwanted keycards, swords and stuff. If in doubt; someone may want them for free...
• We don't want you building on our glorious worlds. So don't send us your facility and city requests.
• We like being left alone.
• Darkness isn't the waste basket of the Galaxy. Next time, we may not be so generous, and take something a bit more.. precious than your keycards.

Generic Datacards should all be handed out correctly.  If anyone is missing the one they should have for their faction type, or if you somehow got one you shouldn't have, please DM me. gogogogogo  

Given that people have now found our first new race, we have added the ability to swap to that race. This feature will automatically be made available whenever a new race is discovered. The feature can be accessed directly here, or through a button placed on your character sheet. The button will be visible whenever there are new races available..

Please note, each new race will only appear on the list for 14 days. Once that time period is up you will no longer be able to change to that race, so please don't ask us to change your race manually if you miss this deadline.

Important: Changing race will also reset your skills and HP (There is no guarantee that your HP will not go down), so please use caution.  

As both a means to have a starting point for R&D and to alleviate some of the concerns from the players about not having any technology for newer groups, we're happy to announce the addition of 5 new datacards to be given out to the various groups.

All government factions will be receiving: http://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Capital_Ships&ID=215

Ship Factions:  http://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Capital_Ships&ID=214

Vehicle Factions:  http://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Ground_Vehicles&ID=104

Droid Factions:  http://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Military&ID=51

Item Factions:  http://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Clothing&ID=388

Happy Day After Easter everyone.

Edit: Mean joke is mean and has run its course.  Happy day-after-easter, enjoy your new and legitimate generic DCs as stated in the introductor line.  Yes, for realz.  ~ Arete  

Features
- Search function added to the faction protect/unprotect page (Request by Kyle and Gav)
- Creatures rules page now shows all available public custom images associated with the creature (Request by Syn)

Bugs
- Commanders were not allowed to reset images (bug:2983)
- Combat Reports now say who killed a droid (bug: 2918)
- Mining Event now shows the actual cost of mining instead of a false discounted value (bug:2942)
- Mining resume and pause has been fixed (bug: 2949)
- Income for trade facils should now be calculated (bug: 2952)
- Faction list and drop-down list now sort alphabetically the correct way (bug:2961)
- Click Renaming Fixed (bug: 2940)
- Change faction leader now actually has code to do so (reported on IRC)
- Fixed bug where factions were pausing or aborting construction on other factions facilities because they were manager (bug: 2992)
- CombineException regarding the need to leave the squadron is no longer logged in the ErrorLog (Commit: 26980)

Tweaks
- Art Approval Tool Tweaks (Request by Jevon)
- Factions no longer receive a "Cannot build city because of an already present" event (Suggestion)
- Raw Materials Inventory view now has a Sell to Market option.

Rules
- Minor grammar corrections to the Arrest/Execute rules.
- Mining rules changes (minor)
- Life and Death rules updated to reflect recruitment liason is not 3IC.
 

Look! I'm not dead!

Thanks to the hard efforts of BlackKnight and myself (and not an insubstantial quantity of wine) we've finished version 1.0 of the Web API. Hooray!

If you were part of the beta programme last year we'd like you to head back over to Web API forum and provide your feedback. The documentation for the resources we included in v1.0 can be found here.

Once we've written up some last bits of documentation and Sin completes some software upgrades on the main server for us we'll be moving it out of dev and into production.

Major kudos to Olwin Froon for his great efforts at testing and finding All Of The Bugs.  

As I was attending the Microsoft TechDays 2013 here in Belgium, I got the occasion to attend a lab proposing me to develop a basic Windows Phone App. Within an hour - most of it spent editing pictures with Paint - I managed to submit a very basic app allowing to receive the SWC News on your Windows Phone. It was an interesting experience with an immediate output.

It is basic but it works and I may even update in the future. It is of course free and you may download the SW Combine News App from the Windows Phone Store. Feel very free to try it if you own a Windows Phone (> 7.5).

Enjoy!

Do not pay your debt for casinos, ATMs or banks!

This has been caused due to a bug, with the recent merging of different faction types. Zhao will be resetting the debt to 0 when he gets an opportunity.

If you have paid off the debt, please open a support ticket with the event of payment for the facility's debt; and the administration will refund you for it.

Edit; Code check shows more than just casinos  

Handle change successful, from Link Archer to R`evo Nyhsul  

The following accounts have been banned for being owned/accessed by a single user:

Reth Lucas
Boltok Verus
Kester Messair
Umbra Furnix
Parg Vol
Vasir Karrigan
Seba Trassk
Rak Kallak

Contact us in three months to have one account unbanned.  

Handle change successful, from Nicolai Lichtenstein to Kul`daga Druulg - Reason: Lichtenstein is a nation, not a name. 

Edit: Okay, I get it, it's a name too.  But it's also a nation.  So whatever.  Go away.  

Jesfa has changed a players handle: Drael Rak Sha to Drael Nagatee.  

If you want to report a possible illegal multi, or you're stuck on a ship without exit, or whatever (not inluding error messages or glitches, those go to the bugbase) please send a ticket with information such as logs, screenshots, etc to support.swcombine.com.

Please stop sending DMs to ASims that include nothing more than "I think so and so is an illegal multi."  Send a support ticket WITH INFORMATION for the love of Kiffex.  

Handle change successful, from Eric Kammerer to Urkh Malal.  Reason: Use of player name.  

Hans Miller,Rannik Corse has been banned for 3 months for one player perpeptually logging into into a second registered account and quite possibly having lied entirely about a second player in the first place.  The player can contact support in 3 months to be unbanned and limited to one account, or anytime sooner to appeal and provide evidence to the contrary.

AreteEdit: This is not a case of illegal multi (in the traditional sense) but of logging into another person's account, which is a lesser infraction.  Ban dropped to two weeks.  

Sigmund Ausfaller has been banned for one week for harassment and insulting of an ASim.  Player can contact support in a week to be unbanned.  

Handle change successful, from QuiGon Kenobi to Pepi Deto.  For obvious reasons the player's handle has been changed.  

Handle change successful, from Ryn Man to Dorn Ambrose - handle changed at the behest of the player for being the name of an existing race.  

Marhault Els, Ka-Hun Ja-Non, Dargon Krrizz - has been banned for a one-week timeout for a first infraction of the multi-account rules.  Player can contact support after their week to continue in one account.  

1	Year 14 Day 70, 8:34	Gav banned player Elizabeth Cida providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 21 Days
2	Year 14 Day 70, 8:34	Gav banned player Wesley OyKi providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 21 Days

The owner of these accounts may contact support in 21 days to request one of the accounts be unbanned.  

Are you in the Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas area? Join us at to the Dallas Comic Con Fri.17th May - Sun. 19th May 2013 at the Irving Convention Center.  

Media guests scheduled to attend; William Shatner ( Star Trek ), Nathan Fillion ( Firefly, Castle ), Levar Burton & Gates McFadden ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ), John Noble (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Fringe), Kristin Bauer ( True Blood), Kristanna Loken ( Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ) and more.  

For more information about the convention and media guests:
http://www.scifiexpo.com/DCC/dcc2013.html  

We'll be signing up new players in the fan club area on the 3rd floor near the 501st's ( Vader's Fist) display and fan club room.)
http://www.501st.com/  

Look forward to seeing you there!

Typo. --Gav.  

Day 159 - 04:09 --

Hello. We received a large amount of responses to this competition (350 in fact!). We need a bit of time to go through these, and bear in mind I do have RL commitments and college work to focus on too.
Love, Gav.

In light of the new CP ships, and my.. creativity that went into the room designs last year, Arete and I have decided to run a small competition

. There are a few conditions.

1. Each player may submit an entry once, for a each CP Ship Type.
2. Submissions may be collaborated; but CP rewards will be shared between the participants. 
3. All submissions need to be emailed to gav@swcombine.com with the subject:
   CP Room Map Competition: [Handle] - [Ship Type]
4. You need to take in account where the cockpit, enterance room,(docking bay/hangar where appropriate) are located, as well as stairs and room connections need to be detailed on.
5. The staff will (at the deadline), take a few days to deliberate the entries, before making a set of polls where you can vote for your favourite room.

The deadline? Day 152 23:59 CGT 

You're now asking.. what do I win?! (These are done on a per entity basis.. so the rewarding is done per entity!)

First Place: 60,000CPs
Second Place: 40,000CPs
Third Place: 20,000CPs
Fourth Place: 10,000CPs

So yeah.. get designing those rooms! People get bored with single roomed capital ships >_>

Note: I don't expect entries for Fighters that look like they only need a cockpit/entrance room. Any questions; contact either Arete or myself via DM. Submissions via email (as detailed above) only.

Edit: Drawings of the room maps will do fine. MSPaint or similar, as long as we can see what it is!  

The last round of CP ships is now off! Do you know what this means...? No more CP ships ever again! ...just kidding. New round comes out NOW!

GavEdit [D144 06:35]: In my awesomeness, I've fixed the problems with the CP ships. (Along with assistance from Jesfa I guess). Enjoy! Also, thanks to the Art Team for creating the always fantastic images for them!
 

Also:

• Room Maps will be completed in due course, until then; basic single rooms have been added.
• Landing Capability will be added once Selatos or Zhao sync a tool across from Dev.
• Further Issues with the ships can be sent to either myself or Jesfa.

AreteEdit [D144 09:12:25]:

Many things are off and this is mostly in part due to the way our tool is coded for inputing which is confusing and hard to use.
 

JesfaEdit: All ship stats should be more or less accurate in terms of stats and costs.  Only thing unfinished is the roommaps which currently use a 1 room map.

Per the Veltraa:  The ship is technically called an Interdictor- Class Cruiser, but this is a variant model.  Both this and the Interdiction version will be R&Dable.

There may be slight changes, but hopefully not.
   

So, the last round of the Deathmatch has finished, with Andrew Panzer being the winner. Who will win this tournament? We also have several new grudge matches. No complaining about the selection, there were only 2 or 3 other options - go make some new suggestions already!  

The Star Wars Combine will be present at at Star Wars Celebration Europe.(July 26-28, 2013 - Essen, Germany). Indeed, Lucasfilm just confirmed that the Star Wars Combine will get both a panel and a table during the convention.

Since over a decade now, SWC has been present to a multitude of conventions. This year, we will also be present at this major Star Wars event. In order to ensure a continuous strong presence at the table, we are calling for volunteers to help us in manning the table. If you are available on these dates, willing to attend the event, and interested in helping the SWC team then please send a mail to pr@swcombine.com stating your handle, availabilities on those days (number of hours you would be ready to help at the table, if you would be ready to distribute SWC flyers, whatever...) and anything. Jennifer Dreighton will contact you back when she will be back to coordinate with you.

Looking forward for this. Stay tuned for more news.

I'm going to be away from tomorrow (Thursday night/Friday morning) until the 14th of April.

Anything emergency/urgently needed doing needs to go directly to my email (gav@swcombine.com), anything else can go to Arjuna or Arete by DM or IRC. Support will be open as always, just don't expect me to be responsive until then.

Lots of love, Gav.

Updated Editingy thingy:

Honey, I'm home! Feel free to bombard me with all your questions, answers and other stuff you may need.  

I will be travelling until April 22nd and may or may not have internet access, so if you message me and I do not reply, I am not ignoring you.  

I know I am a bit behind, with this update as well as with passing out CPs, but as I will be away for 11 days, I wanted to get this out now.

The Holocron passed its 2nd Birthday in late February, and I want to use this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed. The Holocron has as of now more than 2000 articles on all things you can find in the SWC universe, from A-24 Sleuth to Zerk (Okay, there is also Zraii Rotre, but that's really just a stub, hardly worth your attention.)

A total of 503 people have helped with the Holocron so far and were awarded a total of 1,075,650 CP for their contributions: Writing articles, doing research, correcting mistakes, uploading pictures, adding links and helping other team members. If you are not one of them yet, you should consider making an account on the Holocron. I am sure there is some detail on our universe - be it important or obscure, funny or strange, helpful or just trivia - that YOU are the xpert for. So please join us.  

Game Informer was the first to learn this but the news quickly flew around the world and particularly among Star Wars fans: Disney is closing LucasArts, the game publishing subsidiary company. The original article is available here.  

Google have given us a custom url to reach our G+ page, so you can now access our G+ by using the following url google.com/+starwarscombine.  

It is this time of the year when the SW Combine has to pay the bills for its servers. Once again, we managed to pay them for another year and once again it has been made possible thanks to our supportive players. Therefore the SW Combine Administration would like to thank you all for your repeated generosity and dedication to the SW Combine.  

SWC Community,

I would like to take a brief moment to inform you all of my resignation as the SWC Descriptions Team Director. The administration team will appoint a new director in the days to come. I am also leaving the game indefintely. Both decisions are born from a desire to re-prioritize where I am investing my time and energy and should not reflect negatively on the game. In fact, I have enjoyed SWC for a number of years and this was a very difficult decision for me to make - though I believe it to be the right one. While there are forums for this kind of thing I feel a personal obligation to say my goodbyes to the whole.

During my years as director of the descriptions team I have poured my heart into reorganizing the team, our forums and our processes to become more productive in our service to the community and in SWC development. While there is always room to improve, I am very pleased with the results and our products. The success of the descriptions team is because of the members themselves, past and present. You all have my warmest regards for your friendships and stepping up as volunteers. Thank you Roan for inviting me into this wonderful endeavor in the first place!

It has been a pleasure serving as your descriptions team director, participating in such a dynamic game and meeting so many friends. May the Force be with you all!

Regards,
Elijah Shoryyhn