Blew up Eos?
> Mike Mikesh?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 5 Apr 2014, at 01:05, wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
> Mike Mikesh?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 5 Apr 2014, at 01:05, wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>