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Search, being the process by which new riders are selected and Impressed, is 
done differently at every Weyr. At Xanadu, the method of choosing Impressions
is up to the goldrider whose clutch it is - it may be vote-based, or random. 

To apply for search at Xanadu Weyr during our hatching cycle, you must first 
fill out the game wide Search application, reaches by typing 'SEARCH ME'. The 
Search Committee will choose the candidates, based on the number of PC eggs 
they wish to have, and the quality of the applicants.

REMEMBER: You *MUST* ask for OOC permission (even if just by @mail) AHEAD OF 
TIME from your current Weyrleaders or Craftmasters. We will not chase you for 
this and if we are informed you do not have permission, you will not be 
Searched. If we find out you do not have permission after we have Searched 
you, you will not be Impressed.

If you are searched, you come to live at the Weyr and we all RP until the 
hatching. At the hatching, you will be shown onto the sands, and the dragons 
will choose their riders. OOCly, the Search Committee chooses the new riders 
well before Hatching Day and builds dragonets to suit the new riders. 
Weyrlings will then be put into the care of a Weyrlingmaster.

Continued in '+xawhelp search2'.

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The sequence of events surrounding any Xanadu Hatching will be as follows:
   - Mating Flight
   - OOC Search Opens
   - Clutching
   - IC Search Opens
   - OOC Search Closes
   - IC Search of PCs Closes
   - Hatching
When dates for the Flight, Clutching and Hatching have been determined, they 
WILL be posted on the appropriate Bulletin Boards (no. 1 and 25), including 
the Xanadu Bulletin Board, as well as in the Xanadu Knot MOTD. Keep an eye on 
these locations. 

It is expected that applicants and candidates will conduct themselves in a 
sensible, rational manner. If you have a question, check bboards and help 
files before asking SearchCo -- if the answer is written somewhere, all you 
will get from them is a pointer to where it is. Don't hassle people about 
being Searched: if you are on the list and are out in public and RPing, you 
will be Searched. Don't complain about who gets what: there are a limited 
number of PC Impressions and it is the wizards who set the maximum number. 
SearchCo and the Weyrleaders select the Impressees based on a wide range of 
factors. If you want to know why you personally were not Searched or 
Impressed, talk to the Weyrleaders and/or SearchCo and we will endevour to 
give you what explanation/help/advice we can. Sometimes it is simply that we 
could not Impress more than a certain number.

If you are Searched, and you misbehave, there is no law in the land that says 
we have to let you remain a candidate.

Please also read '+xawhelp search permission' and '+xawhelp search policies'.

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It is a fact at Xanadu Weyr that we don't like our residents or crafters 
vanished off as Candidates somewhere else without our knowledge. It's not 
very polite.
To this end, we ask that if you wish to apply at a Weyr other than Xanadu 
that you let the OOC Admin know. We will not refuse permission if you do 
this.
If you want to apply for a Xanadu Search and live somewhere else, please 
extend the same courtesy to your OOC Leaders. In future, Xanadu plans to 
adopt a policy where it will not Search anyone without written permission 
from their OOC Leaders.

Please also read '+xawhelp search' and '+xawhelp search policies'.

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These policies concern Search at Xanadu Weyr.

All Xanadu weyrfolk who are not OOC admins are free to apply for Search at 
Xanadu and else-Weyr. However, if you intend to or have applied for Search at 
another Weyr, a @mail to the Admin informing them of this would be muchly 
appreciated.
Members of Xanadu's OOC Admin must ask permission from the Weyrleaders to 
apply for Search at any Weyr. If it is given and you are Searched, you will 
be removed as Admin while you are a Candidate.

Anyone in the Weyr who isn't applying for Search at Xanadu with any alt is 
welcome to be on SearchCo.

Please also read '+xawhelp search' and '+xawhelp search permission'.

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