The New Outriders host a monthly newsletter. Below is the text of the SWTOR Branch portion of the August newsletter. Also attached is a link to the full newsletter. The New Outriders is a multi-game guild so the link will show the news from the other Branches within the Guild and some pics. Enjoy! Seek out any officer for additional information if you are interested in joining: Hail*NOR/! There have been many exciting things that have occurred since our last newsletter. First off, Countess Zyera was promoted to Duchess and has taken her rightful place as the leader of our glorious Branch! Other well deserved promotions include Vassliss, Brienna, and Kaurix promoted to Squires! For service to the Branch and continued contributions, Kimberly and Amp were promoted to Knight! All these promotions were well deserved! We also have had a huge influx of new recruits on both sides. We look forward to many future promotions and future leaders of the SWTOR:NOR Branch! To continue the development of the raid groups, Duchess Zyera expanded the DMG with the valued addition of Knights Amp, Kimberly and Windemere! All of them are avid raiders and bring great experience to the DMG group. We encourage you to seek the DMG members out for knowledge and guidance! As a reminder they are: DM Valikk and DMG members Zyera, Alystri, Intisar, Kimberly, Amp, and Windemere. The Branch continues to host an active raid schedule. Please remember to sign up so the raid leaders can plan accordingly. The schedule is as follows and all raids start at 9:00 pm est: Tues: Republic Progression Wed: Sith Story Mode Thurs: Republic Story Mode Sunday: Sith Pre-Progression We want to remind everyone that these are the scheduled nights, but we have been running pickup raids regularly. Normally, the pick up raids have been occurring at the regular 9:00 p.m. est time. But if there are a large amount of members online, it is not uncommon for someone to ask about an adhoc raid! Come join us! Especially, with new Strongholds! Raids drop exclusive Stronghold decorations! With that being said, Strongholds have been released. We now have two Guild Ships, one for each side. We want to thank everyone who generously donated to the Branch to make it possible. Coming up with $100,000,000 credits in just over a month was an incredible feat! Now we just need to name them. Stand by on the announcement as to how we are going to do that. With the new content and Guild Ships, which allow us to compete with other Guilds for the conquest of planets, we encourage all members to work together in order to show the Ebon Hawk that NOR is a Branch to be reckoned with. We are still figuring out how the conquests work and the best direction to take the guild. Additional guidance will follow in the near future! Finally, to celebrate our great accomplishment, Duchess Zyera has called a Branch meeting on August 24, 2014 at 8:00 pm est. It will be on our Republic Flagship! Be sure to come, the officers will be giving prizes to some lucky members who helped contribute to the ships! As the Branch moves into this new and exciting phase, we invite everyone to keep contributing in whatever ways you can. The NOR Spirit is flourishing here, and we hope that together we all can continue to pull together and take the Branch to new heights. Good luck in your gaming adventures and we hope to see you in game! May the Force be with You! Baron Alystri *NOR/BA-swtor ***link to full newletter: http://www.sciscoedesigns.com/NOR/newsletter/2014aug.html