Correction: I said "Mark Marchi" below. Should have been "Mike." Something
in my brain fell for a non-existent internal rhyme.
> Derek--
>
> After I sent the message below I noticed that although the COALINFONET
> page and Eric Bould introduction was on Uxi's page, it looks like the
> intro was signed by you, so sorry for getting that wrong.
>
> As soon as I saw Eric's name I had a kind of warm feeling, but I could not
> add any factual details so I feel sad about knowing here's someone I had a
> connection to but don't know what it was. Cue another monologue from me
> about memory...
>
> So I guess Eric was one of the early big BARD guys, and maybe wrote a lot
> of the stories on that page?
>
> I like the bits you wrote about Eric walking the shores of Aubaine, and
> how TNE lives so long as the story of the RC keeps moving.
>
> You BARD guys did a really good job. Franklin Cain's scenario with the
> BL-detailed scenario was particularly impressive with the planning
> vectors. I also like the way you guys cooked up your own big pot of
> alphabet soup for the various information categories, Lawrence Cox's color
> RC logo, etc. I have this fear that some of you guys may have been some of
> the people who felt Dave had abandoned you and took the universe with him.
> Sorry about that, it wasn't up to me.
>
> I notice some names in the BARD credits that are still around, but a lot
> that I guess aren't anymore. But I did e-mail with Mark Marchi a few days
> ago. The copyright dates on BARD are pretty consistently 1996, did all of
> that creativity take place in the space of a year? As I've said before,
> I'm both glad and surprised that you guys hung around this long.
>
> Who blew up Eos? Was that me or after me? It could have been me, but I was
> hesitant to kill a clipper as they were so few to begin with. When I wrote
> the PoT ship section it was based on published metrics for tonnage of
> ships that could be produced, and the RC was pushing those to begin with,
> even with established fudge factors, so we couldn't afford to blow up too
> many of them, even though the spear carrier/redshirt ethic (of which I'm
> actually an anti-fan) required us to do so periodically just to keep
> people on their toes.
>
>
>> Eric was my GM when I was playing TNE, if you didn't talk to him while
>> you
>> were at GDW it would have been soon there after. He died about 15 years
>> back, a month before his 30th birthday.
>>
>> He was an interesting and adventurous guy who I still think about on
>> occasion to this day. He had one grandfather who fought in the Pacific
>> and both knew and disliked "Pappy" Boeington intensely, and another who
>> was part of the army group that liberated Dachau. He had the camp flag
>> in
>> a box in his attic, very creepy.
>>
>> Derek Stanley
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:05 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>> Uxi--
>>>
>>> While looking for Derek's BARD page I came across your COALINFONET page
>>> which is dedicated to Eric Bould. I recognize that name, did I know him
>>> while I was at GDW or thereafter?
>>>
>>> Also, I saw that you destroyed Coral Sea Victrix. DUDE! She was my
>>> favorite one, I never would have destroyed her.
>>>
>>> > I wrote the thing rationalizing the two names. Gabriella Ramastan and
>>> > Christian Overtak or something very like that. The rationalization is
>>> in
>>> > the BARD pages somewhere.
>>> >
>>> > Derek Stanley
>>> > Sent from my iPhone...
>>> >
>>> >> On Apr 3, 2014, at 21:53, wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Just for the record, there was...an issue with the quotes in Vampire
>>> >> Fleets.
>>> >>
>>> >> Everything in there is true, and happened as written, but Frank put
>>> >> some
>>> >> of those in at the last minute without my seeing them. I loved them
>>> >> all,
>>> >> but when I saw the dates on a couple of them I said, "Holy Crap,
>>> Frank,
>>> >> that wasn't going to happen so soon!"
>>> >>
>>> >> But we would have found a way to make it work. For example, the
>>> "first
>>> >> contact between RC and Regency" was like 1205 or 6, but we could
>>> easily
>>> >> massage that, where that date was the first contact of the
>>> >> way-way-advance
>>> >> scouts, not the main bodies where the disagreements began.
>>> >>
>>> >> I had to do that sort of thing all the time. Not only were there
>>> huge
>>> >> numbers of inconsistencies and contradictions in the CT and MT
>>> material
>>> >> that I had to rationalize or bury, but stuff like the time Frank
>>> gave
>>> >> two
>>> >> at least two different names to the Queen of Solee, which I had to
>>> >> rationalize, I think in COALINFONET in Challenge 76 at least.
>>> >>
>>> >> So yes, the VF quotes are real and true, just not indicative of what
>>> I
>>> >> believed the timeline would be, VF made them appear a little sooner,
>>> >> but
>>> >> we would have found a way to make it work.
>>> >>
>>> >> > Doesn't that occur after Promise gets liberated? I recall a
>>> statement
>>> >> at
>>> >> > the end of vampire fleets that the operation was going to be run
>>> on
>>> a
>>> >> > shoestring. With that, it's hard to see ships able to be spared to
>>> >> > intedict those who go on the run.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Eamon
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --------------------------------------------
>>> >> > I think that's where the Solee
>>> >> > ships come in. The RCN is going to be pretty formidable by
>>> >> > 1205 - 1206 when they're pumping out Sandman destroyers
>>> >> > out of the automated Guilded Lilly shipyard.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - Sent from my SM-N900T
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Apr 3, 2014 8:28 PM,
>>> >> > "Eamon Watters" <>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > True, though how effective a hunt for those on the
>>> >> > run could be is up for question. The EC value disparity
>>> >> > reminds me of a scenario I plotted with a very special
>>> >> > inflitration team taking over the Evangelical Doomslayer
>>> >> > Virus which is the origin of the corewards traffic on the
>>> >> > Vampire Highway.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Eamon
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
in my brain fell for a non-existent internal rhyme.
> Derek--
>
> After I sent the message below I noticed that although the COALINFONET
> page and Eric Bould introduction was on Uxi's page, it looks like the
> intro was signed by you, so sorry for getting that wrong.
>
> As soon as I saw Eric's name I had a kind of warm feeling, but I could not
> add any factual details so I feel sad about knowing here's someone I had a
> connection to but don't know what it was. Cue another monologue from me
> about memory...
>
> So I guess Eric was one of the early big BARD guys, and maybe wrote a lot
> of the stories on that page?
>
> I like the bits you wrote about Eric walking the shores of Aubaine, and
> how TNE lives so long as the story of the RC keeps moving.
>
> You BARD guys did a really good job. Franklin Cain's scenario with the
> BL-detailed scenario was particularly impressive with the planning
> vectors. I also like the way you guys cooked up your own big pot of
> alphabet soup for the various information categories, Lawrence Cox's color
> RC logo, etc. I have this fear that some of you guys may have been some of
> the people who felt Dave had abandoned you and took the universe with him.
> Sorry about that, it wasn't up to me.
>
> I notice some names in the BARD credits that are still around, but a lot
> that I guess aren't anymore. But I did e-mail with Mark Marchi a few days
> ago. The copyright dates on BARD are pretty consistently 1996, did all of
> that creativity take place in the space of a year? As I've said before,
> I'm both glad and surprised that you guys hung around this long.
>
> Who blew up Eos? Was that me or after me? It could have been me, but I was
> hesitant to kill a clipper as they were so few to begin with. When I wrote
> the PoT ship section it was based on published metrics for tonnage of
> ships that could be produced, and the RC was pushing those to begin with,
> even with established fudge factors, so we couldn't afford to blow up too
> many of them, even though the spear carrier/redshirt ethic (of which I'm
> actually an anti-fan) required us to do so periodically just to keep
> people on their toes.
>
>
>> Eric was my GM when I was playing TNE, if you didn't talk to him while
>> you
>> were at GDW it would have been soon there after. He died about 15 years
>> back, a month before his 30th birthday.
>>
>> He was an interesting and adventurous guy who I still think about on
>> occasion to this day. He had one grandfather who fought in the Pacific
>> and both knew and disliked "Pappy" Boeington intensely, and another who
>> was part of the army group that liberated Dachau. He had the camp flag
>> in
>> a box in his attic, very creepy.
>>
>> Derek Stanley
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:05 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>> Uxi--
>>>
>>> While looking for Derek's BARD page I came across your COALINFONET page
>>> which is dedicated to Eric Bould. I recognize that name, did I know him
>>> while I was at GDW or thereafter?
>>>
>>> Also, I saw that you destroyed Coral Sea Victrix. DUDE! She was my
>>> favorite one, I never would have destroyed her.
>>>
>>> > I wrote the thing rationalizing the two names. Gabriella Ramastan and
>>> > Christian Overtak or something very like that. The rationalization is
>>> in
>>> > the BARD pages somewhere.
>>> >
>>> > Derek Stanley
>>> > Sent from my iPhone...
>>> >
>>> >> On Apr 3, 2014, at 21:53, wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Just for the record, there was...an issue with the quotes in Vampire
>>> >> Fleets.
>>> >>
>>> >> Everything in there is true, and happened as written, but Frank put
>>> >> some
>>> >> of those in at the last minute without my seeing them. I loved them
>>> >> all,
>>> >> but when I saw the dates on a couple of them I said, "Holy Crap,
>>> Frank,
>>> >> that wasn't going to happen so soon!"
>>> >>
>>> >> But we would have found a way to make it work. For example, the
>>> "first
>>> >> contact between RC and Regency" was like 1205 or 6, but we could
>>> easily
>>> >> massage that, where that date was the first contact of the
>>> >> way-way-advance
>>> >> scouts, not the main bodies where the disagreements began.
>>> >>
>>> >> I had to do that sort of thing all the time. Not only were there
>>> huge
>>> >> numbers of inconsistencies and contradictions in the CT and MT
>>> material
>>> >> that I had to rationalize or bury, but stuff like the time Frank
>>> gave
>>> >> two
>>> >> at least two different names to the Queen of Solee, which I had to
>>> >> rationalize, I think in COALINFONET in Challenge 76 at least.
>>> >>
>>> >> So yes, the VF quotes are real and true, just not indicative of what
>>> I
>>> >> believed the timeline would be, VF made them appear a little sooner,
>>> >> but
>>> >> we would have found a way to make it work.
>>> >>
>>> >> > Doesn't that occur after Promise gets liberated? I recall a
>>> statement
>>> >> at
>>> >> > the end of vampire fleets that the operation was going to be run
>>> on
>>> a
>>> >> > shoestring. With that, it's hard to see ships able to be spared to
>>> >> > intedict those who go on the run.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Eamon
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --------------------------------------------
>>> >> > I think that's where the Solee
>>> >> > ships come in. The RCN is going to be pretty formidable by
>>> >> > 1205 - 1206 when they're pumping out Sandman destroyers
>>> >> > out of the automated Guilded Lilly shipyard.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - Sent from my SM-N900T
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Apr 3, 2014 8:28 PM,
>>> >> > "Eamon Watters" <>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > True, though how effective a hunt for those on the
>>> >> > run could be is up for question. The EC value disparity
>>> >> > reminds me of a scenario I plotted with a very special
>>> >> > inflitration team taking over the Evangelical Doomslayer
>>> >> > Virus which is the origin of the corewards traffic on the
>>> >> > Vampire Highway.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Eamon
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>