> Brett--
>
> > Again, thanks. Deckplans are by far my favorite part of Traveller.
>
> I didn't notice, are you using the classic 1.5 meter grid, or the TNE/T2K 2 meter grid? I tried to do 2 meter grid a couple of times, but I thought it was pretty hard after years spent thinking in 1.5 meter terms.
>
1.5 meter. I didn't know TNE does 2 meter grids.
> > Just one last general question, do you, or anyone else who reads my fanzine, get the humor in my 'Unknown Worlds' cartoon? A fair chunk of the fanzine time goes into creating them and if the humor is too subtle then I might drop them. Maybe I should do the 'How Are We Doing?'/'Rate Our Articles' style questionnaire?
>
> I read all four of them, and I got a couple, but not the other two, which I attributed to my not getting out much. One appeared to be a Stargate reference which I didn't quite follow.
>
Yes, it was a Stargate reference in issue 3. Issue 2 was a reference to Star Trek and how the ensign never returns, and issue 4 was a remake of the Han Solo/Obi One kanobi scene is Star Wars.
> One question that I had, given that Reavers' Deep had been published a number of times over the years, semi-officially with various fan/amateur additions layered on. What did you work with as your base data, and what did you add yourself? Did you use the rare Keith brothers book that came out around 1999?
>
> Dave
>
I started by collecting works published by the Keith Brothers from eBay as well as whatever Reavers' Deep material I could find on the web. Then a friend in the US sent me a scan of the Reavers' Deep Sector Sourcebook by Paul Sanders, which is the one I think you are talking about. There is apparently and interesting story of what happened between the Keith Brothers and Paul over the publishing of their material, but I have only been able to gather whispers of it.
Anyway, my work is based on that book, the Apocrypha CDs from FFE (which contain a lot of the Keith Brothers' work) and stuff I've gathered from the Internet. I try to acknowledge any work where I can, but some times the web sites don't have authors and the emails on them bounce. A part from Paul there are several other authors I would like to contact to talk about their Reavers' Deep work. Perhaps I should do a shout-out on some of these lists and see what response I get?
Also, since TNE is fast becoming my favorite setting, I would like to find any published/fan material I can use to expand my content.
Brett.
>
> > Again, thanks. Deckplans are by far my favorite part of Traveller.
>
> I didn't notice, are you using the classic 1.5 meter grid, or the TNE/T2K 2 meter grid? I tried to do 2 meter grid a couple of times, but I thought it was pretty hard after years spent thinking in 1.5 meter terms.
>
1.5 meter. I didn't know TNE does 2 meter grids.
> > Just one last general question, do you, or anyone else who reads my fanzine, get the humor in my 'Unknown Worlds' cartoon? A fair chunk of the fanzine time goes into creating them and if the humor is too subtle then I might drop them. Maybe I should do the 'How Are We Doing?'/'Rate Our Articles' style questionnaire?
>
> I read all four of them, and I got a couple, but not the other two, which I attributed to my not getting out much. One appeared to be a Stargate reference which I didn't quite follow.
>
Yes, it was a Stargate reference in issue 3. Issue 2 was a reference to Star Trek and how the ensign never returns, and issue 4 was a remake of the Han Solo/Obi One kanobi scene is Star Wars.
> One question that I had, given that Reavers' Deep had been published a number of times over the years, semi-officially with various fan/amateur additions layered on. What did you work with as your base data, and what did you add yourself? Did you use the rare Keith brothers book that came out around 1999?
>
> Dave
>
I started by collecting works published by the Keith Brothers from eBay as well as whatever Reavers' Deep material I could find on the web. Then a friend in the US sent me a scan of the Reavers' Deep Sector Sourcebook by Paul Sanders, which is the one I think you are talking about. There is apparently and interesting story of what happened between the Keith Brothers and Paul over the publishing of their material, but I have only been able to gather whispers of it.
Anyway, my work is based on that book, the Apocrypha CDs from FFE (which contain a lot of the Keith Brothers' work) and stuff I've gathered from the Internet. I try to acknowledge any work where I can, but some times the web sites don't have authors and the emails on them bounce. A part from Paul there are several other authors I would like to contact to talk about their Reavers' Deep work. Perhaps I should do a shout-out on some of these lists and see what response I get?
Also, since TNE is fast becoming my favorite setting, I would like to find any published/fan material I can use to expand my content.
Brett.