Yes that was me. Depending on the forum or list, I am called either
"daryen", "caddocourt", or "Mike West". I dunno how exactly that
"caddocourt" gets in there, but, whatever.
I worked with Martin on the 1248 stuff, particularly on the Spinward
States. He even let me help direct what happened there. (No spoilers
here.) It was pretty cool.
In order to work on the Spinward States, I had to study the Regency
Source Book thoroughly. The more I read it, the more impressed I
became. Not only did you pack in the information (to the point where
some pages had reduced font sizes to make it fit!), but you packed
in a whole lot of stuff *between* the lines. That was impressive. I
know I misread some of that "between the lines" stuff, but even so
the fact that it was there to be read (or misread) was really impressive.
My favorite "between the lines" was Norris and his personal life. It
is explicitly stated that he "never found love", but, in fact, most
definitely
did! I am still trying to learn how to write things that well.
In addition, you set up a lot of loose threads that I had fun drawing
out and expanding. In particular, I had fun taking the Kiskii incident
and turning that ultimate tragedy into a long term benefit for the Regency.
Trin did not die in vain!
Thank you for making a book that I had to read over and over worth
the effort to do so.
Mike West
From: []
On Behalf Of
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:38 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Dawn League naivete, or, sorry for all the
posts but...
Caddocourt--
(I'm doing really well on the whole, "that's the last of me for today"
thing.)
I apologize, but it's hard for me to keep names straight over the long
periods of time on this list with e-mail addresses that don't necessarily
show them (mine doesn't either). Are you they guy who threw himself in
front of me saying, "Dave don't listen, you don't want to hear this"? That
was very considerate of you, and I recall it fondly.
> "I have always wanted to finish them and put them out there, but just
never got the chance."
I would say, "my former life in a nutshell," but that would be incomplete.
To make it complete, I have to add, "my ex-wife remarried and they live
across the street from Marc Miller." THAT completes my former life in a
nutshell.
And speaking of, "just never got the chance" if I were as smart as I like
to believe I am, after all this time I would admit that none of that TNE
stuff is ever going to happen, erase those brain cells, and use them for
something else. I just can't bring myself to do it. I'm just too fond of
all of the little unwritten stories.
> Back when I did the Spinward States sourcebook for 1248, I had
desperately
> want to make an otherwise barren garden world the surprise home of some
mutant Hivers. They would have been the result of the crash of a wide
ranging Embassy ship that got stranded by the Civil War. The survivors,
not understanding either the ecology of the world they were on or the
interstellar situation just waited for rescue. By the time reality set
in,
> they were already doomed, but they had already made lots of
'handshaking'.
> With no (or not effective enough) predators on the world, the 'babies'
went on to run wild. The survivors never knew what they had unleashed.
>
> And when these 'wild Hivers' we're found over a century later, it was
quit
> he shock.
>
> Unfortunately, I just couldn't get them to fit in, so left them out. I
have always wanted to finish them and put them out there, but just never
got the chance.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Mar 23, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Master Uxi <> wrote:
>> I did have an idea for a colony of Hivers that were evangelized and
>> formed human style nuclear-esque families near Turin.
>
"daryen", "caddocourt", or "Mike West". I dunno how exactly that
"caddocourt" gets in there, but, whatever.
I worked with Martin on the 1248 stuff, particularly on the Spinward
States. He even let me help direct what happened there. (No spoilers
here.) It was pretty cool.
In order to work on the Spinward States, I had to study the Regency
Source Book thoroughly. The more I read it, the more impressed I
became. Not only did you pack in the information (to the point where
some pages had reduced font sizes to make it fit!), but you packed
in a whole lot of stuff *between* the lines. That was impressive. I
know I misread some of that "between the lines" stuff, but even so
the fact that it was there to be read (or misread) was really impressive.
My favorite "between the lines" was Norris and his personal life. It
is explicitly stated that he "never found love", but, in fact, most
definitely
did! I am still trying to learn how to write things that well.
In addition, you set up a lot of loose threads that I had fun drawing
out and expanding. In particular, I had fun taking the Kiskii incident
and turning that ultimate tragedy into a long term benefit for the Regency.
Trin did not die in vain!
Thank you for making a book that I had to read over and over worth
the effort to do so.
Mike West
From: []
On Behalf Of
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:38 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Dawn League naivete, or, sorry for all the
posts but...
Caddocourt--
(I'm doing really well on the whole, "that's the last of me for today"
thing.)
I apologize, but it's hard for me to keep names straight over the long
periods of time on this list with e-mail addresses that don't necessarily
show them (mine doesn't either). Are you they guy who threw himself in
front of me saying, "Dave don't listen, you don't want to hear this"? That
was very considerate of you, and I recall it fondly.
> "I have always wanted to finish them and put them out there, but just
never got the chance."
I would say, "my former life in a nutshell," but that would be incomplete.
To make it complete, I have to add, "my ex-wife remarried and they live
across the street from Marc Miller." THAT completes my former life in a
nutshell.
And speaking of, "just never got the chance" if I were as smart as I like
to believe I am, after all this time I would admit that none of that TNE
stuff is ever going to happen, erase those brain cells, and use them for
something else. I just can't bring myself to do it. I'm just too fond of
all of the little unwritten stories.
> Back when I did the Spinward States sourcebook for 1248, I had
desperately
> want to make an otherwise barren garden world the surprise home of some
mutant Hivers. They would have been the result of the crash of a wide
ranging Embassy ship that got stranded by the Civil War. The survivors,
not understanding either the ecology of the world they were on or the
interstellar situation just waited for rescue. By the time reality set
in,
> they were already doomed, but they had already made lots of
'handshaking'.
> With no (or not effective enough) predators on the world, the 'babies'
went on to run wild. The survivors never knew what they had unleashed.
>
> And when these 'wild Hivers' we're found over a century later, it was
quit
> he shock.
>
> Unfortunately, I just couldn't get them to fit in, so left them out. I
have always wanted to finish them and put them out there, but just never
got the chance.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Mar 23, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Master Uxi <> wrote:
>> I did have an idea for a colony of Hivers that were evangelized and
>> formed human style nuclear-esque families near Turin.
>