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• Thank You Europa December 20, 2013 petra   Mr & Mrs Claus were most gratified by the numbers who turned out to greet them in Luna, though not all were the good children I’m afraid. In all 85 Christmas bags were given out. Mrs Claus hopes you all enjoy the gingerbread she baked and Santa says don’t drink all the brandy at once. They hope ...
• The Time Lord III Final October 9, 2013 Odin Of EuropaWe waited for the Time Lord again to help him find his final stolen item. Good evening, I am glad to see so many brave people here. Today we need to get my last stolen item back, and to get hold on the Master Thief! If all goes well, all things should be back to normal. Before we go, ...
• The Time Lord II September 15, 2013 Odin Of EuropaWe waited at the EM Hall to help the Time Lord retrieve another of his items that was stolen by the master thief. Hello and good evening, I see, here are many people which want to help me. That makes me even surer that I was asking the right people! Today we need to reclaim another of my ...
• The Time Lord August 27, 2013 Odin Of EuropaA crowd waited at the EM Hall as requested, and at the advertised time, a stranger appeared. Good evening,   I am the Time Lord, my task is to travel thru the time and to warn people when terrible things are going to happen. Today I am here about a personal reason. Three Items of me were stolen ...
• Wish You Were Here May 17, 2013 Odin Of EuropaWe met at the EM Museum to say a farewell to Emile and thank him for all the great events over the years. You see:  Mim Foxglove You see:  EM Adris You see:  Beastette You see:  Splinter You see:  Tip-Toe Hex: =) Hex: evening EM Adris: Evening You see:  Aurelius Mim Foxglove: good evening Hex: =) Hex: hi Aurelius: Evening EM Adris: Evening! You see:  Sir ...
• Rescuing The Ship P2 April 30, 2013 Odin Of EuropaWe meet the Sultan as arranged in his palace. Good evening! Its good to see so many of you. Tonight will be a bit tricky! We have to move a HUGE ship stuck at sea. We have two tasks this evening. One. Remove rocks holding the ship in place. Number two Dive underwater to unhook the anchor. ...
• Rescuing The Ship April 30, 2013 Odin Of EuropaA group gathered at the throne room in Castle Blackthorn waiting for the King. King Blackthorn: Greetings Citizens *Looks around the room* I’m glad to see somany familair faces. Accomplished members of the Royal Guard. For tonight we have a somewhat…. delicate matter to attend to. It has to do with the sultanata of Nujel’m. As you know, ...
• Helping the Sultan April 17, 2013 petraContributed by Odin of Europa Sultan Kebur needed our help again so we joined him at his palace in Nujel’m as requested. Good evening Thank you for coming I have a bit.. Well. I have an issue.. And I need menly men.. and lady ladies. Which are you. You see.. I sent a group of members from Nujelm to the Prism ...
• Santa Surprised on Europa December 20, 2012 petra   Santa got such a surprise when he arrived in Luna tonight. He’d never seen so many people waiting for him before! With the help of his reindeer and a well loaded llama he handed out the small gifts he had brought with him. His bag got emptier, and emptier,  and the people kept on coming!   Then he started ...
• Santa Claus Will Visit Europa December 18, 2012 petra Santa Claus Is On His Way On Thursday, 20th December at 8pm GMT The jovial fellow, currently featured in the Stratics Advent Calendar,  is expected to put in an appearance to distribute a little ‘Christmas cheer’ underneath the Christmas tree in Luna. Will he bring a reindeer or two? Come along and see.
• Essential Maintenance for Europa and Drachenfels – 11/06 November 6, 2012 Frarc  Essential Maintenance for Europa and Drachenfels – 11/06 Posted by Tim Chappell | 2012 Nov 05 16:06 -0500 GMT         Greetings! We will be bringing the shards Europa and Drachenfels offline tomorrow, Tuesday November 6th, at 7:00 am EST (12:00 GMT) for essential maintenance. At this time we anticipate that both shards will be back online no later ...
• Celebrate 15 Years with us! October 20, 2012 Lady Tia   Tomorrow we are all a part of history! The majority of us know how old Stratics is and here are some interesting facts Stratics. Stratics will be hosting a Livestream tomorrow at 2:00pm EST, 1:00 pm CST, 11:00 am PST and 7:00 pm BST and the thread to share their own memories. Stratics encourages anyone interested to ...
• Europa Sports Report – June 20th 2012 June 20, 2012 petraAt the void pool this week we find that the single battle scoreboard is unchanged on both facets On the overall total scores board in Trammel Miguelon maintains top spot, with Pyros up from 5th to 2nd, just over 19k points behind. There are 398 names on this board in all On the Feluccan overall totals board ...
• Europa Sports Report – June 13th 2012 June 13, 2012 petraThis week the  Top 4 places remain unchanged, however Asakura rose up to 5th spot. Overall scores show the most movement this week, indicative of significant activity deeper in the dungeon. 358 names on the single score Leaderboard 367 on the overall Felucca shows little change other than the entrance of Harkon Lukas into the top ...
• Europa Sports Report Update, June 6th 2012 June 6, 2012 petraIn this, the third week of the Europa Sports Report we find that Red Lebanese loses his top spot to Chuckie, who has risen from 8th.  There are 330 names on the Single Battle Leader Board in all. In Felucca, after 2 weeks on the top spot, wane is toppled by Sorcha. Red Lebanese remains second, ...
• Europa Sports Report Update May 30th, 2012 May 30, 2012 petraVoid pool and arena listings are now updated and can be found UO Stratics *New* | Europa Sports Report Global listings here UO Stratics *New* | Global Sports Reports Myph’sar loses his top place in Trammel to Red Lebanese but has gone up the rankings in Felucca. Wane maintains his top place in Felucca with a lead of over ...
• Europa Sports Report May 23, 2012 petraEuropa Sports Report Void Pool Leader Board Trammel – June 20th, 2012 Best Single Battle Rank Player Score 1 Agra-lem de Ord 44928 2 Chuckie 27721 3 AleKa 18420 4 Valas 16099 5 Asakura 15525 6 Bend der Baer 15321 7 Dumb and Dumber 14742 8 Alex III 13623 9 Ellis Dee 13376 10 Helaster 13032 Overall Total Scores Rank Player Score 1 Agra-lem de Ord 483138 2 Pyros 464484 3 Ben Der Baer 458577 4 Miguelon 451038 5 Alex III 389274 6 Perry Ragus 384334 7 bill 372858 8 AleKa 301229 9 Helaster 283363 10 Ellis Dee 276782 Felucca – June 13th, 2012 Best Single Battle Rank Player Score 1 Sorcha 24232 2 Red Lebanese 21397 3 wane 12740 4 Temptress 9307 5 Myph’sar 9138 6 Cathrin 6638 7 Harkon Lukas 6237 8 De Drakus 5592 9 Englebert 5201 10 ryan the conquer 4220 Overall Total Scores Rank Player Score 1 Grunt 152368 2 Myph’sar 107621 3 wane 100427 4 Red Lebanese 96641 5 Maleachi 42538 6 Temptress 29094 7 Sorcha 24307 8 Harkon Lukas 16923 9 Cathrin 16437 10 Agent Blue 11970 Arena Leader Board Survival Ranking Rank Player Rating 1 Zerg of LunaBank 10246 2 Baggi Begovic 10161 3 Handsome ...
• [EM Event Report] Meet & Greet & Mesanna Roulette December 22, 2011 KayneMeet & Greet with Sarakan & Emile, plus Mesanna Roulette 11th December 2011 On the 11th December I went along to the meet and greet with Sarakan and Emile Layne. The counsellors hall was filled with a good number of people from around the lands turned up to meet the EM’s. To everyone’s surprise Mesanna appeared and spoke ...
• [EM Event Report] Crowning the New Lord Protector December 22, 2011 KayneCrowning the Lord Protector 6th December 2011   Finally the time had come for the winner of the election for the first Lord Protector to be announced. The crowds and the final two candidates gathered in Castle British to hear the news. The Archbishop Thomas Lord was on hand to oversee proceedings and crown the winner. Archbishop Thomas Lord: Good ...
• [NEWS] Europa Auctions & Events Presents…. Christmas Madness (Wednesday 21st) December 20, 2011 Kayne   Be sure to wear a Christmas costume as there are prizes to be given out for the best costume of the night   Many thanks to Amantala for permission to reproduce her poster.
• [EM Event] Merry Christmas Europa (Multiday event) December 19, 2011 Kayne    Merry Christmas Europa   DATE: Monday 19th December through to Thursday 22nd December The Christmas Stag and Santa’s Mutated Elf couldn’t make it this year. Santa needed the Stag to pull his sleigh and the Mutated Elf did such a good job last year, Santa made him Chief Directing Manager of the secret toys-factory on ...
• [EM Fiction] Meanwhile in Felucca (part 3) December 19, 2011 KayneLord Herbert Luxford looked at his son in disgust, “They got away!” he yelled. “I just got the report, the transport our mercenaries were supposed to intercept arrived in Britain. And we didn’t get any of it’s cargo! There were some really nice items in there…” Harry looked at his feet and stammered, ...
• [NEWS] Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Tuesday 20th) December 19, 2011 Kayne   Santa Claus is coming to Europa.   After a highly successful visit last year the Stratics Santa is once again visiting Luna so get yourselves down there and find out whether you are on his Naughty or Nice list. He will be in upstairs in Luna bank from 8pm GMT/UK, (9pm CET)  
• [NEWS] Stratics Christmas Party December 17, 2011 Kayne  
• [EM Event] Meeting with ? [RI Event] (Thursday 15th) December 12, 2011 KayneDATE: Thursday 15th December TIME: 8PM GMT/UK LOCATION: Counsellors Hall, Britain, Trammel   The Royal Investigators will have some investigating to do!       Source: Meeting with ?  
• [EM Event] Meeting with Nathan Hawke[RI Event] (Tuesday 13th) December 12, 2011 KayneDATE: Tuesday 13th December TIME: 8PM GMT/UK LOCATION: Counsellors Hall, Britain, Trammel   Firstly – Royal Investigators Award Ceremony for Kestrel, Bill Brakespeare and Helvetica.   Second to discuss recent events and the evidence gathered so far about the new threat to the lands.   Thirdly some possible investigations     [This is a Royal Investigators event – 1 point for attending ...
• [EM Fiction] Meanwhile in Felucca (part 2) December 12, 2011 KayneLord Herbert Luxford and his son, Harry, were sat on soft chairs, enjoying a cool drink by the pool of Nujelm Palace. “A toast,” said Herbert as he stroked the golden brooch brazed with a symbol of a spider pinned to his shirt, “to our latest success!” “They did well?” Harry asked. “Oh yes my son. You ...
• [EM Event] Meet & Greet with Sarakan & Emile (sunday 11th Dec) December 5, 2011 KayneMeet & Greet with Sarakan & Emile Date: Sunday 11th December Time: 8PM UK/GMT Location: Counsellors Hall, Britain, Trammel   Source: Meet & Greet
• [EM Event Report] Meeting With Nathan Hawke (Wednesday 30th) December 1, 2011 KayneThis Wednesday I attended a meeting held by Nathan Hawke, to discuss the recent goings on with his spies being kidnapped and the candidates of the election being attacked inside Castle British. On arrival I noted down some of the attendees: Traveler the Arcanist, Splinter , Lord Phineas ...
• [EM Event Report] Election – The Candidates Are Attacked! (Sunday 27th) December 1, 2011 KayneOnce the announcement of the Election results had been made, Nathan Hawke stepped up to talk to us as promised. Nathan Hawke: Now everyone listen up please So far these elections have passed off relatively peacefully with all candidates giving each other respect. We are down to the last two now and I want to see that continue. ...
• [EM Event Report] Election – Results of Round 2 (Sunday 27th) December 1, 2011 KayneIn keeping up with the progress of these Elections I once again attended so I could hear the results from the second round of voting. On arrival I noted some of the names in attendance: Duey Kou Richard Heath , ...
• [EM Event] Meeting With Nathan Hawke (Wednesday 30th) November 29, 2011 KayneDATE: Wednesday 30th November 2011 TIME: 8pm GMT LOCATION: Counsellor’s Hall in Britain, Trammel   A meeting with Nathan Hawke, at the Counselors’ Hall in Britain, to discuss recent events.   Source: Meeting with Nathan Hawke
• [EM Event] Campaigns, Voting & Results – Round 3 (Monday 28th to Tuesday 5th) November 28, 2011 KayneNote the changes to some dates. Campaigning Monday 28th to Friday 2nd The two remaining candidates campaign. Debate Thursday 1st of December at 8pm A debate between the two remaining candidates. Voting Saturday 3rd to Monday 5th (9pm cut-off) Third and final round of voting for the position of Lord Protector. Everybody will be able to cast their vote at the voting booth ...
• [Fiction] Spies Like Us November 27, 2011 KayneNathan Hawke sat and pondered recent events and his own reaction to them. It had been a bad mistake to run for Lord Protector and a worse mistake to play the election game. At least he had not got himself tied down too much in the recent election debates. Thankfully the work ...
• [EM Event] Ask the Candidates – Special Report November 25, 2011 KayneHaving been staying with family in Britain for a few weeks I decided to pop down to the Ask the Candidates session held in the throne room at Castle British to hear the candidates answer questions and debate amongst themselves. On arrival the only people present were myself and Lord Fargo, while waiting patiently I got ...
• [EM Event] Meeting With The Candidates – Special Report (large) November 22, 2011 KayneBeing in town this evening I decided to drop by at the meeting being held in the companion hall in Britain. There seemed to be some trepidation and anxiety in the air around the hall. As I arrived Colonel Clegg announced there was to be a question & answer session with the 3 candidates present at ...
• [EM Event] Elections: Meet the Runners (Sunday 13th) November 12, 2011 KayneDATE: Sunday 13th November 2011 TIME: 8pm UK, 9pm CET, 3pm EST, 12am MSK LOCATION: Castle British, Trammel   A meeting at Castle British. The Runners for the position of Lord Protector will be announced. There will also be some time for the Runners to give a short speech.   Source:  Meet the Runners  
• QA5+ – EM Emile Layne November 11, 2011 Kayne Six Questions and Answers to give an insight to:   EM Emile Layne Elder Event Moderator, Ultima Online   When you first started what impression did you have about doing events, is it harder or easier than you expected? Did you get nervous and do you still get nervous? When I first started as an EM ...
• [News] The Elections November 11, 2011 KayneThe Elections The elections are for the position of Lord Protector of Britannia. The Lord Protector will preside over the combined military of Britannia in order to insure peace and stability and to defend the Kingdom against any threats. The elections are open to everybody. Everybody gets a vote and anybody who ...
• [EM Event] Meet and Greet with EM Sarakan (9th November) November 8, 2011 KayneDATE: Wednesday 9th November 2011 TIME: 8pm UK, 9pm CET, 3pm EST, 12am MSK LOCATION: Counsellor’s Hall in Britain, Trammel Meet and Greet with EM Sarakan Source: Meet and Greet  
• [EM Event] Halloween! Event 31st October 8pm UK time October 28, 2011 KayneThere will be an event October 31st at 8pm UK time. Starting location Counsellors’ Hall , North Britain Trammel. Best come prepared to fight! Sarakan Source: Halloween Event  
• [Fiction] Meanwhile in Felucca.. October 17, 2011 KayneLord Herbert Luxford prodded the roast on his plate with his fork. The food was still hot and while it smelled delicious, he wasn’t hungry. With a bored look on his face he stared into the fountain. “These dinner parties are so exceedingly boring!” Lord Luxford thought, “And desert is still hours away…” Lord ...
• [EM Event] Meeting with Antonio and Hannah (Sunday 25th) September 24, 2011 MapperDATE: Sunday 25th September 2011 TIME: 8pm UK, 9pm CEST, 3pm EDT, 11pm MSK LOCATION: Counsellor’s Hall in Britain, Trammel Antonio and Hannah wish to discuss their wedding plans. Source: Meeting with Antonio and Hannah
• [Fiction] Highway to Hell September 22, 2011 Mapper From the depths of the darkest dungeon a huge howl escaped from the ghostly form of the long undead being which was once known as Mericles. If it had possessed hands it would have smashed them down on the huge stone table in front of it. It was undead but it was powerful and it had ...
• Wally Swiftknife’s Treasure Found! (Tuesday 30th) September 14, 2011 petraBy Mapper Clues from Thursday led everyone to Trinsic at 8pm last night. Colonel Clegg arrived and recaped the clues, One of the clues stated ‘Hold your breath’ which led him to believe diving would be involved! Clegg had scouted Trinsic earlier and told of a rather unusual whirlpool at the park, Everyone followed ...
• [EM Event] Meeting With Colonel Clegg (Tuesday 30th) September 14, 2011 petraDATE: Tuesday 30th August 2011 TIME: 8pm UK, 9pm CEST, 3pm EDT, 11pm MSK LOCATION: West Gate of Trinsic, Trammel Meeting with Colonel Clegg at the West Gate of Trinsic. We’ll be continueing the hunt for Captain Wally Swiftknife’s treasure.
• [Report] Opening Wally Swiftknife’s Box September 14, 2011 petraAt Colonel Clegg’s Office in Serpent’s Hold where a group were debriefing him on clues they had found regarding the mysterious box, currently outside Cleggs office in. A clue led them to Mistas where the key was located! Excited Clegg opened a gate for the short trek to Mistas. In a wooden box at ...