Brett--
> 1.5 meter. I didn't know TNE does 2 meter grids.
It got rolled into the T2K2 "House Rules" combat system which used a 2m
grid, so ideally deck plans would be in 2m to work seamlessly with that.
No reason you can't lay a 2m grid over top of 1.5m grid starship deckplans
(if you had a clear sheet with a 2m grid on it), but obviously having the
grid already there would help.
>> 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.
Don't worry about people getting humor. The point is to make the effort.
As the MST3K guys said, "the people who are supposed to get it will get
it."
>> 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?
>
> 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?
I think that's a good idea, especially when you're dealing with work
that's already a compilation or inadequately cited.
> 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.
I didn't have the time to pay much attention to Traveller fan material,
and there was at least one case where one of the fan publishers wasn't
exactly playing straight with licensing rules which led me to hold a lot
of that at arm's length.
> Brett.
> 1.5 meter. I didn't know TNE does 2 meter grids.
It got rolled into the T2K2 "House Rules" combat system which used a 2m
grid, so ideally deck plans would be in 2m to work seamlessly with that.
No reason you can't lay a 2m grid over top of 1.5m grid starship deckplans
(if you had a clear sheet with a 2m grid on it), but obviously having the
grid already there would help.
>> 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.
Don't worry about people getting humor. The point is to make the effort.
As the MST3K guys said, "the people who are supposed to get it will get
it."
>> 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?
>
> 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?
I think that's a good idea, especially when you're dealing with work
that's already a compilation or inadequately cited.
> 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.
I didn't have the time to pay much attention to Traveller fan material,
and there was at least one case where one of the fan publishers wasn't
exactly playing straight with licensing rules which led me to hold a lot
of that at arm's length.
> Brett.