Prime Directive Traveller
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D.Nerroth, Mike West has been working steadily on Traveller Prime Directive. I've been a tad swamped and have lost a good chunk of my free time due to my father's death and dealing with the aftermath, including frequent 400-mile round trips to help my mother. I anticipate being able to totally focus on the book during my winter trip to Amarillo, though.
If you read through the new Hailing Frequencies for October (http://www.federationcommander.com/Newsletter/October_2011/index.html), you'll find we're making progress on Traveller Prime Directive in spite of everything else having a very high priority!
If you read through the new Hailing Frequencies for October (http://www.federationcommander.com/Newsletter/October_2011/index.html), you'll find we're making progress on Traveller Prime Directive in spite of everything else having a very high priority!
Scarecrow
Banded Mongoose
Well, whilst we wait patiently, here's a picture of a Hydran to keep us entertained.
It's something I put together recently whilst learning ZBrush. I've already posted it on the SFB forums (amongst other places) but it's pretty relevant to this thread too
Done in Maya and ZBrush and composited in Photoshop.
Enjoy,
Crow
It's something I put together recently whilst learning ZBrush. I've already posted it on the SFB forums (amongst other places) but it's pretty relevant to this thread too
Done in Maya and ZBrush and composited in Photoshop.
Enjoy,
Crow
Captain Jonah
Mongoose
And now we clearly see why the Klingons and Lyrans try so hard to wipe them out. UGLY little hydrogen breather :lol:
However very nice work.
However very nice work.
Regarding Hydrans and their taste ... you might enjoy this exchange which really takes off on page 2.: http://www.starfleetgames.com/federation/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3009
(Just in case one ever had a Hydran and wished to entertain a Klingon, Lyran, or Kzinti guest.)
Jean
(Just in case one ever had a Hydran and wished to entertain a Klingon, Lyran, or Kzinti guest.)
Jean
Traveller-61
Mongoose
Jean - thank you for that link; it was a most instructive discussion and I feel one that will add much to interstellar relations....... (and make invitations for dinner much more interesting :twisted
DW
DW
Captain Jonah
Mongoose
To the gorn just about everyone is edible, there are rumours about Tholian ice lollies as well.
In the SFU at least, the Gorns are pretty nice beings and don't tend to eat other sentients. They got into a pretty heavy funk when their actions caused the Paravians to be wiped out by a Sun Snake.Now the Lyrans and Kzintis ... well it is just better that you not end up a captive if your family wants a body to bury ... and yes, it was an issue when the Federation decided to ally with the Kzintis.
Captain Jonah
Mongoose
My mistake, foul ugly little methane suckers. :lol:
Anyway its still easy to see why everyone hates them. I mostly play the plasma side of the verse and I dislike them on general principle :twisted:
Re boarding hydran ships. Why on Earth or any other home world would a Gorn, Lyran or Kzinti want to crawl through the rabit warren of decks on a hydran ship. Roll frag grenades and oxygen bottles down the corridors and send someone short in to collect lunch afterwards :twisted:
Well apart from the gorn who officially don't do that sort of thing, officially, where anyone can see them :lol:
Or send in some aligned race to do it for you, the kzin and Gorns have all those skinny little humans to send in and the Lyrans can stand back while telling the Klingons the hydran marines said all klingons are wimps.
Anyway its still easy to see why everyone hates them. I mostly play the plasma side of the verse and I dislike them on general principle :twisted:
Re boarding hydran ships. Why on Earth or any other home world would a Gorn, Lyran or Kzinti want to crawl through the rabit warren of decks on a hydran ship. Roll frag grenades and oxygen bottles down the corridors and send someone short in to collect lunch afterwards :twisted:
Well apart from the gorn who officially don't do that sort of thing, officially, where anyone can see them :lol:
Or send in some aligned race to do it for you, the kzin and Gorns have all those skinny little humans to send in and the Lyrans can stand back while telling the Klingons the hydran marines said all klingons are wimps.
daddystabz
Mongoose
Bah! I was hoping for a first book release around the holidays. 
We aren't a big company and when things happen, such as I listed, we don't have the depth that we can assign the project to someone else. Mike has been working on it diligently -- I haven't been able to absorb it all. I'll need to be in Amarillo to integrate Mike's information into the book. I truly am sorry that I haven't been able to keep up.
Traveller-61
Mongoose
Jean said:I truly am sorry that I haven't been able to keep up.
You have no need to apologise; we are a most impatient lot (myself included
) and sometimes not too subtle about it either...But I for one would much rather have a properly finished product in 2012 rather than something rushed out for Christmas!
So good luck with all that is going on in your life, remember to drop us an update now and then, and we'll all look forward to 2012 and getting our hands on the book!
DW
