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Sovereign
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Not a bad read.
Am I to take it that there will be a civil war eventually? Between Lal and the narrator?
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Sovereign
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More good stuff.
However, I wish there were more authors and stories in AC Fiction other than Hydro's PBEM's and BAC.
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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
Apr 1999
time: 05:36
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Hey all, and apologies for the 0.5 installment there...eyes got so tired that I couldn't finish the next bit, but I'm back from work now, and will duly get back to it! 'sides, I'm eager to play another round!
Odd thing, 'bout the Unity wreckage....here I was, all geared up and excited about finding the chopper, mining laser, and some comm fq's, and I found squat! I KNOW I got to it first, but there was nothing there.... Not the first bit of anything....*big sigh*
It was a bit of a disappointment, cos I was really looking forward to adding those elements to the story, too....
But, plenty of action ahead, and I decided to skim over the early years fairly quickly, since it's a lot of "rinse and repeat" work (found base, prep site, repeat)....but as I get further into the game, I fully expect that the segments won't gloss over such vast segments of time....
-=Vel=-
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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
Apr 1999
time: 05:36
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I agree....something is amiss in the timescale, however, I think that at least some of it can be explained by what I'll call the "alien environment" factor, and a further bit of fudging can be achieved via what I'll call the "calamity factor."
The way I see it (and the way I tried to write it out) is this:
We got the shattered remnants of humanity on a hostile alien world. True, they've got some technology, so it's not exactly comparable to the wooden sailing days of our pioneer ancestors, but there are clear similarities, and the parallel is unmistakable.
And, like the early pioneers of our own history, the folks here on Chiron have to deal with subsistence living, setting up the basics, and facing the unexpected rigors of this alien climate.
I touched on this briefly by making Dauntless fragile, giving her a top speed of four knots, and making her actually lose ground on days where the seas were less than calm.
Touched on the calamity factor as well, by giving the ship that's pretty much the star of the show so far a wheezing, laboring engine, most probably caused by her rough landing on the surface of Planet.
Also, I think we can get a bit more "fudging" tossed in on account of time spent mapping and charting as the first explorers go. Our own sea lanes have been fully known for centuries, but here, especially in light of damaged and ill-functioning instrumentation, it would be vital to early survival to not rely on them, but hand chart each league of the sea traveled through.
All of that taken together....yep, I can believe it might take years to traverse even a fairly modest landmass such as Hope Islands....perhaps not quite as many as it did, true, but I could definitely see it...
Glad you guys are enjoying the story, too!
Basically, all I hoped to accomplish in the "early years" was to lay the foundation and introduce the characters. I truly have no idea what direction the story will take, cos I've not played beyond 2201 as of yet, but as the story progresses, I expect that the story will take on a much greater depth...already I am seeing opportunities for further exploration and explanation, and may go back and flesh out some areas that were skimped over in the telling so far, simply to build more meat on the characters thus far, as they will be pivotal in the tale as we move forward.
Also, I should note that I have no particular strategy or plan in mind....best way to play when playing blind research games, since you really have no way of knowing just how the tech progression will go. Right now, we're definitely not geared up to be warmongers....laser/synth when at least one of our rivals has Impact does not a fearsome fighting force make, but that's okay too.....I got a feeling we'll be okay, especially if Goliath proves to be as big as it "feels" and is uninhabited....
-=Vel=-
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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
Apr 1999
time: 05:36
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WhoooHoooo! GO Jamski! Looking forward to the read!
And I'm glad you guys are enjoying it!
Thanks for the heads up on the mistake there, Master Skanky! It has been duly fixed!
Yeah, I thought long and hard about that, and wondered at what the heck I would do if anything happened to The Dauntless while out exploring....since I had essentially built the whole story around it, with the main character as her captain, and given that I'm writing the story "live," I had no way of knowing if she'd even survive, which made those decades of exploration even dicier!
But it *really* worked out I think! Oh, and don't you worry, even though we've now charted much of the world, Captain Fairbanks and his ancient ship still have more adventures left to them! (after a *long* overdue total refit of the ship, mind you!)
Last night I played to 2301, and have MUCH to write, so I've forced myself to stop playing and get to it!
-=Vel=-
(salivating to get to work on the "Skanky Archepelago Colonization Project", too!)
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