Dual wielding weapons changes: You can now dual wield without using both primary and secondary slots. When equipping a dual wieldable weapon, a separate dual wield slot will allow you to equip a second weapon to the same slot. You can do this in both the primary and secondary slots. Additionally, installed cybernetics will show up in your item fitout.

This is the first major change completed by Vesh. Well done!

- Deep Space Asteroid Fields have randomized names now and act like permanently hidden systems. This is to allow the use of inventory filters on assets in asteroid fields. The rules pages for these asteroid fields only show if present within the system.
- Fixed an issue with hidden cities at 0,0 showing up on rules pages.

As the title suggests I do like big storage or just any storage of all kinds. So the theme for this release of stuff is storage, and weapons. The weapons are good at killing things which you can then dispose of the evidence in the storage. Without further ramblings from a bunny onto the goodies. Cargo Containers went generic, we also offer a generic grenade launcher and a generic sniper rifle and a generic storage item as well.

The cargo containers had their stats redone to better fit their needs as well.

Ships:

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Cargo_Containers

Weapons:

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Projectile&ID=411

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Heavy_Projectile&ID=413

Item:

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Storage&ID=412

Edit: Cargo container stats were adjusted slightly mostly on the I, J, and E.

Edit2: Cargo containers may now be tractored and/or docked into any entity with a Hangar Bay or Docking Bay. They will prefer the Docking Bay for access purposes, but if there is no Docking Bay they will appear in the Hangar Bay (and you can board/unboard them from that room). See updated/corrected Docking rules. DM Baugrems with all questions.

Our first melee ion weapon has now been released the Electrostaff. Enjoy and Have fun motivating those droids.

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Non-Projectile&ID=409

A new ship, not tied to any canon entities, has joined our game. The Colossal-class Heavy Carrier is essentially a smaller version of the popular MTC. This is a generic ship that we have been working on for a while now and glad to bring it to the game! 

The Generic Datacard for this ship is a massive 4.5 slots so be careful with the new automated Datacard checker that you don't lose it.

Check it out at the link below!

https://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Capital_Ships&ID=253

Faction Generic Datacards
- There is now a daily job that runs and will enforce generic datacard membership requirements.

Changes:
- You can now duel wield any duel wieldable weapons (previously you could only duel wield the same type of weapon)
- You can now cancel a bacta tank healing action (if you are in the tank and conscious). Doing so will not heal you and you will lose the bacta in the process.
- Cybernetics now shows you a preview of the success chances.
- Sector rules page now shows mini galaxy map preview.

Bugs:
- Asteroid Mining Depleting Deposit crash fixed.
- Asteroid Prospecting from non-squad leader now works better.
- GPS no longer operates when in hyperspace (it didn't previously work in hyperspace, it just acted like it did)
- Asteroid prospecting events are now sent to more people.
- Fixes to facility construction not moving certain things out of the way.
- HP and XP transaction sheets are now more detailed, and Force XP sheet is split from XP and shown on its own page (for new events only).
- Fix Crash when protecting/transferring stocks.
- Faction Stock now costs a flat 100,000 credits to protect/unprotect (Previously cost nothing).
- There's been some changes to how infantry squads are stored in the database, expect future bugs with this change.
- Workaround for a crash when sharing scanners with NPCs who were holding items with corrupt locations.
- Fix Force Speed ability
- Force page now more mobile friendly
- Show stats page now shows location and has travel planner destination button.
- Fix bacta tank parties occuring.
- Fix IFF page multiple entry.
- Fix an infinite XP exploit (Thanks to the unrelatedly swoll Jic)
- Income no longer shown on galaxy map pages and other pages (The value previously shown was the meaningless tax income value, and was removed many years ago and entirely unrelated to any FI income)
- Red/Green/Blue Flash messages no longer occlude buttons behind.
- Some missing Station IFF images were added.

Rules updates:
- Asteroid field damage rules are more detailed.
- Jetpack rules
- Datacard rules

The GPS item can now be used to tell you how many deposits (revealed and unrevealed) exist within an asteroid field. Simply interact with the item while in a field to get the answer.

Faction Advisory Panels

New feature that allows shared ownership of factions. An FAQ and better instructions will be written up about this feature later in the week.
There's a new faction privilege called "Can view panel requests", the leader of the faction will need to visit the privileges page to ensure it is updated properly.

Asteroid Mining

Asteroid Mining part 1 has been released. Feel free to jump in and try it.
Part 2 will come later on that will make it slightly less tedious.
There's no faction restrictions on this form of asteroid mining, so anyone can perform it either for themselves or their faction.

Jetpacks & Force Speed

Jetpacks and Force Speed have been reworked. Now provide a timed buff increase to travel speed.
Jetpacks in particular let you travel over buildings while active.
Jetpacks running out while over a building hurts alot, ouch.
(We're sorting out an issue with people that used the old actions while the sync happened)

Asset Tag Corruption

There was recently a bug with asset tagging where the asset tag assignment may have been cleared. This probably affected you although it looked normal. You need to re-add your asset tag associations are on the faction inventory tags page (and your personal one).
(Looking into fixing it permanently with some database wizardry).

Changes:

- Emails have been removed from a lot of places in the game UI.
- Asset tagging had some major database changes
- Vision changes: ships in unmanned squads no longer provide vision. Only actively piloted squads will provide shared sensors.
- Ships, vehicles, stations, facilities that are: Under construction, wrecked, disabled, unpowered no longer provide sensors.
- Facilities, stations, and satellites will passively share sensors, and do not need to be piloted.
- Fixed crashes relating to assets blocking construction sites work.
- Race selection in character creation back to being alphabetical order
- Removed darkness and quests from join requests selection.
- Fixed an issue with location coords of raw materials when inside squadded entity
- Added code to help fix corrupt locations that occur after city/planet/system moving by admins
- NPC Shops can no longer be wrecks
- Materials cannot be loaded into fighters/gunboats (this was already an existing rule) but some code didn't handle it properly. That code has had a stern talking to.
- The red, green, blue messages shown on pages will now show at top of screen if you receive one when scrolled down.
- Asset protection now generates fewer events.
- The inventory action "toggle" asset protection has been removed.
- The summary inventory page now shows any applied filters.
- Fixed a bug where inventory assign reason would not show up.
- Fixed a bug where debt would not be cleared after purchasing from market.
- Fixed a bug where regular mining events would not be sent.
- Salary page now accepts numbers with commas in them, fixed salary page showing errors when successfully paying salaries.
- Can add multiple IFF entries at once on IFF screen.
- Fixed some filters on credit transactions page
- Fixed relative links in the factions menu
- When purchasing multiple items from an NPC shop, they will now be supplied in an item crate for you by the kind shopkeeper.

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Y21 D144 Evan Edit: As promised, the prospecting sensors we temporarily granted to the light freighters have been removed. Please refer to the Rules for ships with sensors capable of prospecting asteroid fields.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THIS IS NOT A JOKE.

CP SHIPS HAVE BEEN CHANGED!

Disclaimer: Stats will not be changed from player input. CP ships are not meant to be amazing. CP Ships are not on a set schedule and may change any time. 

Edit: Spacelane Diner was close to our hearts and was always a special little ship. So... we couldn't let it go into the abyss quietly. See your local generic dealers and party on. (If you were hoarding these for resale, I'm sorry for your loss)

While the Porgs have graced our CP exchange for a while now, it is time for a change.

Have you ever wanted to milk a creature? Do you fancy yourself a rancher? Then this new creature is for you!

On interacting with your new Thala-Siren, by pressing the talk button, you can choose to milk it once every 2 days. Make sure you're the owner though or maybe it'll swat at you.

Make sure to collect your milk afterwards!

Edit: By popular demand, Banthas can now be milked once every 3 days.

Faction Requests

There is a new feature available to factions and faction owners.
Anyone with "view" inventory privileges can send faction requests. A request is a set of assets plus an inventory action (asset assignment, asset makeover, asset unprotection).
These requests can be seen and executed by people with appropriate privileges (assign privs, makeover privs or faction ownership).

You can raise requests via inventory actions, or access the list of requests from the factions menu.

Known issues:
- Error when "reason" field is left blank (Workaround: Put a non-empty reason in)

Bugs:

- Faction owner page reworked, in particular now it is less heavy to load when owning a lot of stocks.
- There is a new faction privilege "Can see Faction Status Overview" (leaders will need to assign this new privilege to people to use it)
- Fix crash on messages when trying to send message to purged character
- Removed "Lack of Interest" faction dissolution condition (it was never used)
- Fixed faction forum "infofield" permission checking
- You can now only see inventory actions you have privileges to do
- Assigning faction asset tags via inventory checked incorrect privs (now requires Assign Tags priv)
- Protecting assets via owner screen now generates batch events rather than one event per asset

Other Changes:

Maybe new issues with the following features:
- Faction Privileges storage major rework
- Asset Tags storage major rework
- Ctools rework

Y21 D108 Edit from Evan: Someone made a great tool that lets us delay the expiration of asteroid deposits. We've added more time to all deposits and will continue to do so until the full feature release of asteroid mining so that you can prospect without fear of your efforts going to waste. Be sure to thank Noctis!

Look and Feel:

- Viewport options (the default width/zoom for pages on phones) are now configurable on the Look and Feel screen.
It's device specific so find a setting that works for your mobile if you don't like the defaults.

- Who Is Online page now more mobile friendly.
The Who Is Online page now has a quick link to send a message to players who have joined recently. This link will populate the message screen only with players handles who you have not already sent a message to.
The Search Profiles link in the right menu now links to the Who Is Online page.

- Improvement to the Credit Transaction sheet, made Mobile friendly, and some simple filtering ability added.

- The "overhanging header" issue on mobile has been fixed by moving the page layout to CSS Grid. Hopefully everybody is using a browser updated in the last decade.

Bugs:

- Fixed a bug with sector bounding coordinates in deep space.
- Unpowered warning shown on cockpit when inside an unpowered facility.
- Shield Gen and CCC cockpit functionality now does not function when unpowered (previously they did).
- Fixed Shield gens not shutting down when PG recycled.
- Fixed some issues with travel planner triggering when inside immobile things (stations/facilities)
- City creation events now linkified, taxes event has had information leakage reduced, and no taxes are returned for hidden cities.
- A bug with our HTML parser (used anywhere HTML is accepted) has been fixed to avoid extra list elements showing up.
- Fixed a bug on rules pages showing some hidden cities at 0,0.
- Hidden cities that you have privileges to see should now show up on the planet deposits inventory.
- Fixed an issue with faction dissolution hanging due to multiple join requests.
- Join requests page now shows a warning if you have no HQ/unpowered HQ.
- Faction join requests no longer expose the player's email address.
- Changed how multiple inventory filters stack again (so it prefers includes over excluding again).
- Fixed XSS on LISP Script Modules
- Added specific error for LISP variable names too long (max of 32 characters)
- Facility construction from city permissions now can edit the facility name on the construction confirm page.
- Fixed XSS on messages screens. Fixed issue with message impersonation. Messages from non-character sources should show specifically what they have been sent from if not a character.
- Scanner screen repair droid button added.
- Planet image max width on rules pages is 300px.

WS:

- WS Credit Limits removal

Year 21 Day 234, 19:35 Noctis banned player Amale Damanic providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Year 21 Day 234, 19:35 Noctis banned player Raa`hse Nahk providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Permanent ban.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:33 Noctis banned player Urkh Malal providing the following reason: Multi Ban - accounts coming under control of a single player.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:33 Noctis banned player Raghie Faub providing the following reason: Multi Ban - accounts coming under control of a single player.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:33 Noctis banned player Erwina Kammerer providing the following reason: Multi Ban - accounts coming under control of a single player.

Can submit a help ticket in 3 weeks for the oldest acocunt to be unbanned.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:32 Noctis banned player Tara Ta`sa providing the following reason: Multi Ban- accounts coming under control of a single player.

Year 21 Day 234, 19:32 Noctis banned player Kara Ta`sa providing the following reason: Multi Ban- accounts coming under control of a single player.

Can submit a help ticket in 3 weeks for the oldest acocunt to be unbanned.

Reminder, even registering as a multi does not mean you can access someone else's account.

Questions and concerns can be directed to 

Year 21 Day 227, 18:03 Noctis banned player Damon Wren providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Nero Wren remake.

Ban is still ban.  

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Year 21 Day 218, 15:51

Baugrems banned player Azul Bumpas providing the following reason: Multi Ban

 2

Year 21 Day 218, 15:51

Baugrems banned player Palo Halostepper providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Banned for a month for making an account to get around death timer. Then attempting a third account named Soloman Lear a bit later.

1	Year 20 Day 201, 18:44	Evan banned player Sofia Meadow providing the following reason: Multi Ban
2	Year 20 Day 201, 18:44	Evan banned player Cara Moris providing the following reason: Multi Ban
3	Year 20 Day 201, 18:43	Evan banned player Arkhan von Nehek providing the following reason: Multi Ban
4	Year 20 Day 201, 18:43	Evan banned player Renee Ann Burgundy providing the following reason: Multi Ban
5	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Anika Grimoire providing the following reason: Multi Ban
6	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Mercer Gray providing the following reason: Multi Ban
7	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Sonya Innovna providing the following reason: Multi Ban
8	Year 20 Day 201, 18:42	Evan banned player Emily Gray providing the following reason: Multi Ban
9	Year 20 Day 201, 18:41	Evan banned player Iris Annabella providing the following reason: Multi Ban
10	Year 20 Day 201, 18:41	Evan banned player Dain Vel Iblis providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Second multi-ban for Dain makes this one permanent.

Edit:

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Year 21 Day 182, 18:20

Baugrems banned player Diana Brennan providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Still permanent. Appeals will be harder now.

1 Year 21 Day 149, 21:13 Noctis banned player Tim Morrison providing the following reason: Hacking

PSA: Hacking is bad, don't do it.

Player can request an unban in 5 months, 29 days, 4 hours, and 15 minutes.    Never

Edit: Perma

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Year 21 Day 145, 22:43

Baugrems banned player Wesley OyKi providing the following reason: Multi Ban + Impersonation

 2

Year 21 Day 145, 22:43

Baugrems banned player Angeline Rheagar providing the following reason: Multi Ban + Impersonation

Banned for second offense of multi account abuse. Also impersonation of another player.

3 Month ban. 6 month ban. Wesley can return at that point and won't be allowed multis of any kind following. Support.swcombine.com to make a ticket as always.

For other questions or concerns, please message Noctis directly.

EDIT: Permanent ban.

Year 21 Day 139, 20:31 Evan banned player Erli Dros providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Year 21 Day 139, 20:31 Evan banned player Arias Keenshard providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Arias and Erli are banned for creating a new account to get around death timer. Oldest account can request an unban in 3 weeks.

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Year 21 Day 139, 20:30 Evan banned player Darius Tanoh providing the following reason: Multi Ban, scripting

Year 21 Day 139, 20:30 Evan banned player Thartan Salan providing the following reason: Multi Ban, scripting

Year 21 Day 139, 20:30 Evan banned player Risa Charliss providing the following reason: Multi Ban, scripting

Year 21 Day 139, 20:30 Evan banned player Geordi Sokar providing the following reason: Multi Ban, scripting

Geordi and his multis are banned for: being under control of the same person, creating accounts to infiltrate enemy factions, and the use of scripts to automate actions in SWC. Geordi can request an unban in 6 months.

Year 21 Day 127, 19:23 Evan has changed a players handle: Jimmy Roggeman to Prard`arck Inrokini.

This message sponsored by Noctis Nectar, be sure to request yours today!

Edit: Noctis is extremely disappointed by the low number of people requesting his nectar. 

As promised, the administration has completed their audit of factions using Generic DCs. Those that were utilizing more slots than their memberbase could support had DCs removed until they were in compliance. For those factions that were particularly egregious, a credit penalty was also applied.

Please remember that the intention behind the Generic DC feature is to reward factions capable of providing engaging content and a community capable of supporting a larger number of members with the ability to expand their own manufacturing offerings. The intention is not to get enough friends to join for just long enough to acquire the desired DCs before going back to whatever group to which they truly belong.

If you have any questions, please contact your friendly neighborhood ASim (keyword is "friendly," so I obviously mean Noctis).

EDIT:  Because of the positive response, we will be conducting these audits randomly going forward - there will be no warning when they begin.  Be mindful of the requirements; and the numbers will be those at the time of the audit.  The fines may or may not increase each audit.

Year 21 Day 113, 7:37 Evan has changed a players handle: Lencher Gand to Lencher Chynnre.

I want to take this moment to thank Noctis for his support and enabling me to contribute, however small it may be, to the success of this community. Next time you see him roaming the halls of Discord, be sure to give him a gentle nod of appreciation.

Year 21 Day 102, 21:41 Noctis banned player Seeka Noth providing the following reason: Multi Ban; Failing to register as multis.

Year 21 Day 102, 21:41 Noctis banned player Khazz Sada providing the following reason: Multi Ban; Failing to register as multis.

Failing to register as multis.  3 week timeout.   Baugrems to the rescue.

Year 21 Day 102, 21:33 Noctis banned player Nuri Ludar providing the following reason: Multi Ban; Failing to register as multis and accessing each others accounts.

Year 21 Day 102, 21:33 Noctis banned player Elias Arawton providing the following reason: Multi Ban; Failing to register as multis and accessing each others accounts.

Year 21 Day 102, 21:33 Noctis banned player Dimitri Narrius providing the following reason: Multi Ban; Failing to register as multis and accessing each others accounts.

Oldest account can request an unban after 3 weeks.  Previously contacted administration and additional information was provided, all is well. 

I just want to take a moment to remind everyone that if you share a connection, register.  If you're registered, don't log in as each other.  Pretty simple.  If you receive a DM from administration, please attend to the request to prevent other issues.  Account security is your responsibility, I suggest avoiding the Remember Password feature if you share connections (as well as some browser password plugins).

As always, for any questions or concerns, contact Evan.

Year 21 Day 97, 21:07

Baugrems banned player Xeno River providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Year 21 Day 97, 21:07

Baugrems banned player Castor Cage providing the following reason: Multi Ban

3 Month Ban (2nd Combine Offense) - Castor can request unban via support ticket at that time. Illegal multi will not be unbanned nor will future multis be allowed.

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Year 21 Day 100, 8:44

Baugrems banned player Kai Tykha providing the following reason: Misinformation to Administration

 2

Year 21 Day 100, 8:42

Baugrems unbanned Xeno River (the reason was: Multi Ban).

 3

Year 21 Day 100, 8:42

Baugrems unbanned Castor Cage (the reason was: Multi Ban).

It isn't often that people get away with trying to use admins as a weapon. Usually it is easy to spot and the cases are weak. This time, I have to admit I was wrong and acted on information that was manufactured to look just right. I apologize for the confusion to the pair who got banned for it. It should go without saying that trying to accuse others of OOC misdoings in order to "get one over" on an enemy is NOT okay. While many were involved and fell into the bandwagon of hatred/accusations that were untrue, only one party seems to be the core. So all that said, Kai Tykha can request an unban after 4 weeks of downtime.

Day 257 at 00:00:00 the galaxy fest will be open!

The Jubilee Wheel in orbit of Ord Mantell of the Bright Jewel system is your entry point. It is free to enter. Speak to the greeter in the entry room to gain access.

For the galaxy fest discord server, click here. It will contain more detailed info and announcements.

Edit: By popular demand, Kyle was gracious enough to reduce the game timers to 12 hours instead of 24.  Enjoy and good luck getting tickets.  

Also send him a DM telling him "Thank you for the bawoons."

GO CLICK ALL THE THINGS!

Deathmatch

GRUDGE MATCHES!

Development has continued well with Galaxy Fest and we are ready for next month's big opening!

That said, there needs to be an update to how tickets are handled. A lot of backroom discussions with admins and quest team for exact details has been going for a while now. It seems like the trade, even throttled, rose a lot of concerns of the big prizes simply being about who can buy others out or bring the most people into their group. With that in mind, some modifications have been made.

Tickets can not longer be traded in any form. Groups/Factions cannot pool tickets together.

Large prizes such as the moons will be handled differently as well. Instead of being purchased with a large pile of tickets, they will be set aside for the highest total earned over the 2 week event. You can feel free to spend tickets and not worry about missing out on the grand prizes. At the end, the top earners will get their pick of prizes in order of highest to lowest until they are gone.

This is an effort to make the event as fair as possible for every individual. While we do enjoy group play for many events, this isn't the type for it to work fairly. The prize list will be adjusted slightly to reflect this soon. Exepect some changes to but for most of it to remain about the same.

How's it do, all!

As of our last sync, we've introduced a new team to Combine: Art Queue Team.

We've decided to add this team for 2 reasons: to improve how quickly art is approved and to allow the Art Team to focus more on art and the creation or modification of rules rather than the enforcement of art rules. The Art Team will still have the final say on any approvals or denials as the Art Queue Team only deals with enforcement of the rules, so if you believe an image that was acceptable has been denied, you'll still need to bring it up with the current Art Team Director. If you have questions on how to fix the image or why the image was denied, however, you may also now contact the current Art Queue Team Director (me)!

We have 10 Art Queue Team members that have been picked due to their track record with following the art rules. Worry not, however! We may expand the art queue team in the future!

At this time, we won't be announcing who is on the Art Queue Team, though they may choose to do so themselves if they want to.

Feel free to send me a DM if you have any questions about the Art Queue Team or how it functions.

Thanks for your time!

Galaxy Fest is starting soon around Day 257! This translates to around August 10th.

A recent GNS post revealed some rumors about the upcoming event. This Sim News should hopefully answer things clearly for everyone. Now that the date is fast approaching some more information is available.

How long? Where is it?

Planet Ord Mantell in the Bright Jewel Sector will be revealed this month. You will have over a month from its reveal to reach the fairgrounds. The festival itself will last 14 days. Afterwards, the planet will remain open as a theme park to visit, but will have worse prizes and less vendors.

Can I trade or pool tickets?

Yes. You will be able to work as a group to gather tickets, and a form of trade will be available (but fairly limited). Don't expect to buy everyone's tickets but people can feel free to make credits off of the event if they would rather do it that way. It will be worth your effort to use the tickets instead of selling them.

Can we land on the planet?

Nope! Transport to the planet will be done via Quest Shuttles that can be boarded from a station in orbit. Only individuals will be allowed to enter Galaxy Fest. The nearby moons are shielded and prepared for prizes, so you will be unable to land. A nearby Gas Giant will be the only place to land or hunt. The space station will not be dockable but it will be open for anyone to enter. After the opening event ends (14 days after opening), landing will be possible at the fairgrounds themselves.

What do we do at Galaxy Fest?

NPCs will be spread throughout the fairgrounds that offer a variety of games to play. These games will be based on skills, luck, and some wit. If you lack in one or all of those areas, you will still gain tickets from playing. You will be allowed to play each game once per day and they will be open for the entire festival. You will always gain at least one ticket per play, but a rare jackpot can really boost your tickets.

The rest of the festival grounds will be filled with vendors selling Physical Datacards (potentially rare), collectable items (like plushes and t-shirts), food and drinks, and more. Many things will be out there for you to discover beyond getting tickets or souveniers. 

What should I bring?

Nothing is required at all!

Optional Things to consider bringing:

• Hunting Squad (Can't enter, but other things in system might call for them)
• Medical Equipment (Same as above)
• Rare Stuff to show off (Or sell?)

I have more questions!

The Quest Team is happy to answer questions. A forum thread can be found here in general talk.

Coming to the Bright Jewel Sector on August 10th!

Listed from Highest Ticket Cost to Lowest Ticket Cost

Some prizes have custom images themed to the Galaxy Fest
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3x3 Rock/Crater Moon 
3x3 Glacier Moon 
3x3 Lava/Rock Moon 
Rancor 
Rathtar
DP-20b Gunship 
Colossal Carrier
Foray Corvette 
Sphyrna Corvette 
GalaxyFest Diner
Clone Trooper Set
Heavy Battle Armor Set
Gonzanti Physical DC 1 use
ETA-2 Physical DC 1 use
T3 Astromech
WA-7 Protocol Droid
PK Droid
KX Droid
Porg
X-45
Jetpack
A280 Rifle
Green Milk
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Prizes will spawn in escape pods above the planet, ships just spawning in orbit of course.
Delivery to selected location is available at addition ticket cost.
Moons are shielded. Individual Ownership possible. Located Adjacent to Galaxy Fest Planet.

List is subject to change. Date is subject to change.

Edit: Moons cannot be delivered. Must stay where they are.

Edit2: Tickets are earned by playing mini-games. Like tickets at an arcade. Not directly purchaseable. Must play to win.

In honor of Star Wars day we are giving a special teaser announcement of an upcoming event.

GalaxyFest is going to be a large swap-meet-like-event that takes place at a fairly central location. Plenty of fair warning will be given before it actually begins. Expect in a few months to get a more detailed announcement.

Event will include arcade games and special prizes that you won't want to miss. Come alone or bring the entire faction. 

No Questions will be answered beyond what was posted here.

Good afternoon Combine!

Administration is looking for a new Descriptions Director.  The Director is responsible for uploading/updating descriptions, working well alongside description team members, and paying the team.  If you would like to be considered, please DM one of the following; Baugrems, Kyle, or Evan.  Also include your responses to the following questions.

1) When did you join the Combine.

2) Experience with descriptions.

3) Your activity level/frequency.

4) An example of descriptions you have written/submitted.

5) Is a hotdog a sandwich. (AND A HOTDOG IS A SANDWICH - Noctis) 

Please submit your responses no later than Y21 D87. 

EDIT:

Paul Luz is now the Descriptions Director. Thanks for the applications. I hope everyone still tries to join the team even if they didn't become director!

Looking to make your impact on SWC? Want to get paid in Combine Points to do it? Join a team! 

There is an SWC team for just about every skillset. We have art team, descriptions team, NPC team, Scenario/RP team, Quality Assurance/Bug Testing team, the development team, and more.

Art Team: (Jic Uiji)

• Job - Create 3D and 2D art for the combine.
• Pay - Between 5,000 and 50,000 CP per model/piece. (Inquire inside for more info)
• How to Join: Submit artwork for needed combine entities and assist others on forums/discord. They'll find you.

Descriptions Team: (Tomas O`Cuinn)

• Job  - Write descriptions for entity types and for the galaxy.
• Pay - 10,000 CP per month for activity (moderation, edits, comments). 500-10k CP per submission.
• How to Join: Submit 3 successful descriptions on the public description suggestions forum. (You get paid for these too).

NPC/Quest Team: (Baugrems)

• Job - Write dialogues for NPC types, droids, and creatures. Assist with Quests.
• Pay - 10,000 CP per month for activity (mostly discord). Bonuses per script or quest available up to 10k CP.
• How to Join: Write 3 sample dialogues using LISP. Message Baugrems with intent to join.

Scenario/RP Team: (Syn/Loki)

• Job - Run Scenarios as GM for Scenario Hall.
• Pay - 10,000 CP per month for activity. Bonuses available per scenario up to 30,000 CP.
• How to Join: Message Syn.

Quality Assurance/Bug Testing Team: (Kay Dallben)

• Job - Test new features for bugs and confirm current bugs.
• Pay - 10,000 CP per month for activity. Bonuses possible.
• How to Join - Message Kay Dallben with combine experience and available times to test.

Dev Team: (Clarr Solo and Mikel von Bianchi)

• Job - Code new features and fix bugs for SWCombine.
• Pay - 20,000 CP per month of activity. Bonuses available.
• How to Join: Complete the Dev challenge and discuss it with Dev Team.

A rules page is being built for "How to join an SWC Team" soonTM that has this info for players to find.

Greetings everyone.  As administration continues to work toward improvements and changes, NR leadership was re-established in the meantime.  This does not mean that final decisions have been made regarding the GE win.  As with the spirit of the button press to make the game better, we do not want players left in limbo for extended periods of time as changes oftentimes take.

For questions or concerns, please contact Evan.

A discord server has been created between Seele, the Administration, and those interested in obtaining the shell of rebel datacards, lands, etc. The admin role is moderation and assistance at this time. To get an invite, please contact Baugrems on Discord (Baugrems#5197). Read the rules below before requesting access or I will ignore you/shame you.

Purpose: The Galactic Summit is an OOC conference to discuss moving forward with the critical story element of the anti-GE portion of the SWC community. With the seizure of the New Republic faction by the Galactic Empire, the SWC community must discuss options for managing the former-NR datacards, assets, and territory. The summit seeks to bring the directly involved parties together and reach a consensus of what the anti-GE power bloc in the game will look like, including leadership, where technology and assets will be distributed, and how the IU and anti-GE blocs can progress SWC's story.

Rules for the Galactic Summit:

1. Discussions are strictly OOC. We will discuss IC things and reasonings, but we are interacting as players, not as characters.

2. Be respectful to one another. This is a sensitive topic and it's not a nice thing to have occurred, but name-calling, vitriol, and rage will earn a ban.

3. You must have a direct interest in the discussion to be here. This is not a place for tourists and spectators, we need to discuss serious things and we don't need a peanut gallery.

4. Political "parties" or Factions may only have two (2) representatives each. We want to hear a diversity of thoughts and interests, but not have things drowned out by an alliance turning up with all of their nationalised factions.

5. No proposals or debates regarding game-mechanics. This isn't the place to specifically pitch ideas to the Administration or come up with game mechanics.

Message should include your handle, faction/group, role in said group, and a two sentence summary of your Rebel proposal.

The administration is working diligently around the clock reviewing improvement ideas and possible changes related to the game winning button push.

If you would like contribute to the discussion, you can post here.

If you have any questions, you may contact Baugrems again.  (Multiple DMs may be necessary, keep trying.)