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[Tanuki]

RE: TAx: Small Trading Ships

Shane has been very busy with other projects so TAx: Small Trading Ships has been in limbo for awhile. Shane asked me if I'd like to finish it up and I jumped at the opportunity.

I have Shane's files (and my deckplans) in hand now and am going over his material. He's done some great stuff and I hope to be able to finish it all up in the next few weeks.

Thanks, Shane!

 

[notagoodusername]

Brook (and Julia) does good stuff, so you're all in for a top-class TA when it arrives.

Shane

 

[Flynn]

Gentlemen,

Work has been a little hectic, not to mention having to buy a new car this weekend, so I haven't had as much time as I would have liked. Still, some work is better than no work, and we keep moving forward towards a completed project. Here's this week's update on TAx: Robot Adventures:

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• Fully developed two more patron encounters.</font>
• Words to date: 7,902</font>

This next week, I'll continue to develop the patron encounters, though I doubt I'll have all sixteen done, as I intended from last week's post. Still, I'll keep it going, and we'll see how it all works out.

One step at a time,
Flynn

 

[MJD]

We're expecting to release TA8 watercraft next, then Robots of Charted Space. There are several manuscripts due in quite soon; depending on what comes in we'll sort out the order for publication.

 

[tjoneslo]

Originally posted by MJD:
We're expecting to release TA8 watercraft next, then Robots of Charted Space. There are several manuscripts due in quite soon; depending on what comes in we'll sort out the order for publication.

Drat, that's going to break the cycle. If watercraft were 9, that'd be perfect.

 

[cmdrx]

I'm curious as to when Military Weapons of Charted Space(hinted at in TA#1) will be on the design queue. I have a few ideas I would like to submit but I'm not sure on what's already been done, aside from TA#1 of course .

 

[MJD]

we still need an author for that one. Various people expressed interest but nothing got finalised.

 

[kafka47]

MJD/Hunter, how long before we see another dead version of the Travellers' Aide series. Also, aren't we due for the the Best of the TA series...sometime soon or was that idea scrapped?

 

[kafka47]

Question outstanding here on the Dead Tree versions of things...

as it seems like my augry for Hunter seems to have left the god incapacitated. Damn, I knew that I shouldn't have trusted T$R spell compoinents...

 

[Flynn]

Gentlemen,

Thanksgiving Holidays last week interfered with my ability to work on and report progress on TAx: Robot Adventures. However, here's what I've got to report this week:

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• Fully developed three more patron encounters.</font>
• Words to date: 10,352</font>

This next week, I'll continue to develop the patron encounters. If that section becomes complete, then it's on to the mercenary tickets.

Back in the saddle, so to speak,
Flynn

 

[Flynn]

Gentlemen,

Making slow but steady progress on TAx: Robot Adventures. Here's what I've got to report this week:

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• Fully developed one more patron encounter.</font>
• Started design sequences for new robots to include.</font>
• Words to date: 10,791</font>

Again, I'll continue to develop the patron encounters. Once this section becomes complete, then it's on to the mercenary tickets and Amber Zones.

Hope all is well,
Flynn

 

[Falkayn]

Finally picked up TAx: Animal Encounters again this week. I expect with Christmas and everything else, that I won't get it finished until the end of January.

OTOH, it is shaping up rather well with stats for about 100 animals ...

 

[MJD]

There will be a Best Of at some point, but not just yet. We're wanting to have more issues in print before we laucnh the best of.

TAs in print is a project we're keen to see come together, but there atre a number of issues that need sorting out first.

 

[Flynn]

Woohoo! Falkayn, it's good to hear that Animal Encounters is still a possibility.

There's a number of other TAs that have been listed in this thread that I haven't heard anything about lately, and I'm curious as to what's going on with them.

Does anyone know the status of the following?

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• Starfall Conspiracy (perhaps better as a Traveller Epic now than a TA...)</font>
• 76 Aliens</font>
• 76 More Aliens</font>
• Travellers & Citizens</font>
• Small Trading Ships</font>
• Specialized Ships of the Navy</font>
• Small Scout Ships</font>
• Defensive & Survival Equipment</font>

Looking forward to buying them as they become available.

Thanks in advance,
Flynn

 

[Ben W Bell]

Originally posted by Flynn:
Does anyone know the status of the following?

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• Specialized Ships of the Navy</font>

I'm working on it. Slowly though, and can't see me getting any done over Christmas. I am gearing up for a period of work on it again so hopefully I'll be able to get in touch with Commander X and get some designs sorted soon.

 

[Colin]

Small Scout Ships:

My co-writer and I are working on it. I need to harass him this weekend to see where he's at. All the ships have been designed, we're just working on the writeups. And the deckplans.

Colin

 

[notagoodusername]

Originally posted by Colin:
Small Scout Ships:

My co-writer and I are working on it. I need to harass him this weekend to see where he's at. All the ships have been designed, we're just working on the writeups. And the deckplans.

Colin

Hasn't Brook already done the deckplans? HE had when I handed onto him.

Shane

 

[Colin]

Originally posted by Shane Mclean:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Colin:
Small Scout Ships:

My co-writer and I are working on it. I need to harass him this weekend to see where he's at. All the ships have been designed, we're just working on the writeups. And the deckplans.

Hasn't Brook already done the deckplans? HE had when I handed onto him.

Shane </font>[/QUOTE]Not for Small Scout Ships. To the best of my knowledge, he's not involved at all.

Colin

 

[Flynn]

Sweet! Glad to hear that Specialized Ships of the Navy and Small Scout Ships are doing well.

Anyone know anything about the rest of these?
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• Starfall Conspiracy (now a Traveller Epic)</font>
• 76 Aliens</font>
• 76 More Aliens</font>
• Travellers & Citizens</font>
• Small Trading Ships</font>
• Defensive & Survival Equipment</font>

Thanks in advance,
Flynn

 

[Flynn]

Good afternoon, All,

Again, the progress on TAx: Robot Adventures has been slow, but I am making headway toward my goal of delivering the first draft by the end of the year. Here's what I've got to report this week:

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• Fully developed two more patron encounters.</font>
• Continued design sequences for new robots to include.</font>
• Words to date: 11,782</font>

I need to finish the remaining four patron encounters, and then add the robot designs to support them. Once this section becomes complete, then it's on to the four mercenary tickets and two Amber Zones.

Keep On Travellin',
Flynn