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<Habeas2>: 5 minutes
<Clutch>: A writer are ya?
<Nerroth>: Not for BT, no.
<Nerroth>: I have had a few articles published by ADB, but that's a separate thing altogether.
<Clutch>: Then why do you need backdround?
<Nerroth>: For its own sake.
<DarkISI>: Since I'm around this time: we will have a sorted and complete log at the end
<Habeas2>: Promises promises
<Nerroth>: Speaking of background, the other preview page shows some about the Orion Rift: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =740%2C960
<DarkISI>: of course, but so far I have held them up whenever I took part in a Battlechat
<Habeas2>: Alright.....
<martian>: DarkISI is very very ... ... trustworthy.
<Clutch>: Batteries loose. Weapons free.
<Habeas2>: Hello, folks, and welcome to the first chat of today's BattleChat-Live days
<Habeas2>: As always, I'm your host and modertor, Herbert Beas, also known as the Line Developer for the BattleTech wargame and RPG.
<Habeas2>: This chat will run for a minimum of 1 hour, during which I request that everyone be courteous, give others a chance to ask questions, and keep them simple and brief.
<Habeas2>: Misbehavior can and will be punished by channel kick/banning.
<Habeas2>: As always, I will not be making an official log, so if you want one, it's on you.
<Clutch>: Okay.
<tolan>: What is the next TXRO to be published?
<Habeas2>: Thank you again for coming to another live BattleChat. The floor is open to your questions, which I will endeavor to answer in the order received.
<Clutch>: Is there to be a retcon?
<Nerroth>: Hello, Herb. Firstly, I wanted to say that I'm really looking forward to Interstellar Expeditions; it's got just the kind of "strange, new worlds" I like to see more of in the BT setting.
<Habeas2>: Tolan - It's a toss up between four heading to layout as we speak: Phantoms, Primitives Volume III, Succession Wars Volume I, or Boondoggles.
<tolan>: ty
<ClanERPPC>: Boondoggles? Sounds interesting.
<Habeas2>: Clutch - We are not planning to launch a retcon at this time.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - hanks.
<Nerroth>: Once the four sectors of the Deep Periphery are published, could there be scope for a full-colour poster showing them integrated in with a map of the Inner Sphere at some point?
<Habeas2>: ClanERPPC - It is, and kinf of funny as well.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - That was "thanks" in Typo, by the way.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - Anything's possible, but I couldn't guarantee it right now. Those maps are kind of hard for us to produce.
<Logging-Guy>: I have heard that the XTROs are moving again, is this true and which one can we expect?
<Nerroth>: Will there be a black-and-white map in the book showing a consolidated look at the "human sphere"?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - As noted above, there are four XTRs in or near final layout, including: XTR: Phantoms, XTR: Primitives 3, XTR: Succession Wars 1, and XTR: Boondoggles.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - No, as it would simply be too large for legibility.
<Mimo>: Hi
<Dreadnought>: hello mimo.
<Logging-Guy>: What is your current opinion concerning the Aerospace game and construction rules?
<Nerroth>: All the more reason to keep one's fingers crossed for a poster, then. Thanks again.
<ClanERPPC>: So, can you tell us when Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3 is coming out? I know it's kind of obnoxious to ask that kind of question, but I haven't been so excited about a BattleTech product since Wars of Reaving.
<martian>: Will you mention planet "Cermak" in the upcoming Interstellar Expeditions?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - I think there are problems with the aerospace game and construction rules, most of which are legacy in nature and therefore rather hard to change without a significant retcon to the game. This, however, is only natural for a game based on ground combat first and foremost.
<Habeas2>: ClanERPPC - Sorry; it remains our standing policy not to release promise dates if a street date has yet to be confirmed.
<Habeas2>: Martian - Mmmmmmmmaybe
<ClanERPPC>: Ah, well, I thought I'd try. Thanks anyway.
<Logging-Guy>: How is your development time currently divided? And what are your expectations for the future?
<Mimo>: In the last chat you've said that there are plans for Aerotech Records Sheets "Unabrigde", any idea when this will come out?
<martian>: Thanks
<Nerroth>: Some of the options included in AToW Companion include things like Animal Cognition or Animal Language. Are these designed more to handle "sub-sentient" or "pre-sentient" species in known space, or would they also go so far as to cover the likes of the Tetatae?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - Right now, I spend about half my time between getting current projects ready for layout, and the rest of it planning future developments. We're currently in something of a blitz to narrow down all the details for the 2013 product line and have even begun talking about a possible box set for 2014.
<Habeas2>: Mimo - Not at this time, no. There are a number of technical issues to resolve.
<martian>: Possible Box Set - you mean Intro box set with new miniatures? Or Clan Expansion Box Set?
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - They are for pre-sapient/proto-sapient species (note: while studying this stuff for the game rules, I found out there's a difference between sentient and sapient; it's fascinating, and there's a reason I use "sapient" rather than "sentient" now). In other words, for species probably only about 10,000 years or so from acheiving the self-awareness needed to start a real civilization....
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - For Tetatae, you would NOT use those features, and indeed should probably not even use the creature rules exclusively at all.
<Habeas2>: Martian - Neither.
<DeJaVu>: Hi, mr Beas. Is there any news on paperbooks?
<Nerroth>: Thanks for the clarification.
<DeJaVu>: for example - Dark Age 31
<Habeas2>: DeJaVu - Sorry, I have no news on paperbacks. As it stands, I would not expect to see them resume this year or next, but it remains solidly on my list of goals.
<MrKiasu>: Hi Herb! What's the current status for the 2750 field reports? Last thing I read was that they might not happen due to the continuity burden.
<Nerroth>: Could there ever be soem sort of semi-official "advice" on what kind of templates that Tetatae characters would need to work in AToW terms; or will anyone crazy enough to want to role-play on Kaetetôã or Far Country going to have to figure it all out by themselves?
<MrKiasu>: Would love to see them happen!
<Nerroth>: *some
<Nerroth>: Ah, the typo dæmon strikes again...
<ClanERPPC>: What's XTRO: Phantoms going to be about? It's the only one where I can't figure out.
<Habeas2>: MrKiasu - I'm happy to report the 2765 Field Reports are now in production, and the first is already going through a continuity/quality check.
<MrKiasu>: Woot! That makes me a very happy camper!
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - You might be on your own for a while there, but I wouldn't say it's impossible either. There is a product line I am contemplating where just such rules would be perfectly suited.
<Habeas2>: ClanERPPC - Black Ops units
<Nerroth>: That would be great to see; not least if it could expand on just what is out there on the Far Country moon to be discovered.
<ClanERPPC>: Neat!
<Logging-Guy>: Can you tell us anything more about Interstellar Expeditions?
<Nerroth>: One last Tetatae-related question; is Kaetetôã somewhere within the boundaries of the Milky Way Galaxy, or is it in another galaxy (or, perhaps, another quantum reality)? Or is that the kind of question that should wait for that potential new product line to be addressed?
<Nerroth>: That might technically count as two questions, sorry.
<DeJaVu>: How many pages Interstellar Expeditions? We read in the book about Wolverine?
<tolan>: Can you say if your think that you might be able to find time to continue work on a new Bonfire of worlds installment?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - It's set in 3095, so players can expect some bits about the post-Jihad Inner Sphere, though not an abundance abut it simply because of the focus on more outward activities and discoveries.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - If we ever deal with it, we'll probably address the notion of where the Tetatae homeworld is, but don't expect a definitive answer only because, well, there's no way to confirm it.
<tolan>: I hope that the Pygmalion is found.
<Nerroth>: Understood, thanks.
<Habeas2>: DejaVu - At this moment, Interstellar Expeditions is coming in smaller than usual, at about 120-124 pages. There will be some mention on the WOlverines, if only because it remains a part of IE's agenda to learn the truth about them.
<Habeas2>: Tolan - I'm afraid not. Bonfire of Worlds will be the last of the Dark Age-setting stories for a while.
<Logging-Guy>: Will Interstellar Expeditions list know missing WOB assets and what players are likely to find in WOB caches?
<Nerroth>: How in-depth will IE go into the New Delphi Compact?
<martian>: BV3 - do you know how will you replace existing BV2?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - A basic idea of what players might find while hunting the Word of Blake's missing assets will be discussed, but don't expect hard numbers or data. That would be totally anticlimactic (not to mention a continuity violation).
<Logging-Guy>: thanks, I do actually prefer that.
<Habeas2>: Martian - Not at this time, but expect a system far less detail-driven and nitpicky.
<martian>: Okay.
<martian>: Unseens and new appearances - any info?
<Habeas2>: Martian - There will be no new appearances of the Unseen. We will not be going back to those images.
<Habeas2>: 25 minutes
<martian>: So you have decided not to retcon how they have looked like?
<Habeas2>: Martian - At this time, it has been deemed too costly and problematic to do so, yes, especially as we are moving away from the eras when those units were in play.
<martian>: Thanks.
<DeJaVu>: PDF Bounty Hunter - freeze? Or a problem in the miniatures iwm?
<Nerroth>: Along with the NDC previewed on the spinward map, would any of the "new" planets (such as New delphi itself, or any other notable worlds in the other three DP sectors) be given detailed data?
<Nerroth>: With world maps, population data, etc.
<Nerroth>: *Delphi
<Logging-Guy>: During the 'peace' period will factions and mercs going to upgrade their introductory version Mechs to royal versions?
<Habeas2>: DeJaVu - The miniatures for the Bounty Hunter's Lance already went into production, actually. We simply hit a stall in our PDF releases in the run up to GenCon. Bounty Hunter is one of several PDF projects simply awaiting layout for release.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - Yes
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - No world maps, though; that would have been too costly.
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - Not likely, no
<Logging-Guy>: Are you surprised with the current results of the Retcon Reset polls? Any special observations?
<Nerroth>: As someone who originally hails from the Hibernia here on Terra, I can't help but imagine its namesake in the Compact as having similar weather issues...
<mib_csftl6>: Dezoat
<DeJaVu>: thx
<DarkISI>: that was... strange
<Nerroth>: Aff.
<ClanERPPC>: Will we ever see Mercenary Field Manuals again, or are those too unprofitable?
<Nerroth>: Were any of the four sectors of the Deep Peiphery more of a deisgn challenge than the others?
<Nerroth>: *design
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - A bit, yes. Some of the results I predicted, but others--like the notion of making retcons as far back as present day--were a minor surprise. Of course, with only about 220-230 respondants in each poll so far, the data is not considered all that representative of the community at large. (Only one poll I ever ran was THAT significant...)
<martian>: Objectives: FWL - this year, or next year?
<Habeas2>: ClanERPPC - Single-faction sourcebooks have proven more costly than the moneys they bring in, though mercs tend to get more fan interest than others. It may, however, be a long time before we see more merc unit books.
<Lance>: Nerroth - none of the sectors was a real design challenge. We had a notion of what to include besides what the authors put in, and went with that. I am fairly pleased with how they turned out.
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - Not to trump Oystein, but I think the bigger challenges were the Rimward and Spinward directions, because they were nearly blank slates and we had to try and fill them up with interesting things. One of thoe things, of course, is the collection of real-world nebulae and clusters that exist around Terra. Overall, it wasn't a GREAT challenge, just more of a creative one.
<Habeas2>: Martian - This. It's one of the PDFs in the standby queue already.
<martian>: Good. Finally.
<Logging-Guy>: How is Objectives: Clans doing?
<Nerroth>: That is a nice touch; to add in the likes of the Orion Nebula. Those kind of details are appreciated.
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - Also in the final lap. All of the remaining Objectives were actually written and have been for a while, but needed editing, approval for layout, and some art. That is all being handles in turn.
<Habeas2>: 7 minutes
<Logging-Guy>: 3150+ products are currently planned for 2014 right?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - Yes
<Nerroth>: Aside from any notes in IE, will the coreward deep Periphery (or, more specifically, the fate of those places within the Homeworld Clans' post-Reaving sphere of influence) have to wait a few years yet to be further updated?
<ClanERPPC>: Is anyone here planning on making a transcript? I was going to, but my internet connection just skipped out for a couple minutes.
<Logging-Guy>: I have noticed a issue with the catalystdemos website, I have reported it but I haven't gotten a response. To who do I turn to now?
<Logging-Guy>: I am also logging
<DeJaVu>: log - viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5080&p=91773#p91773
<DarkISI>: ClanERPPC - As usual when I'm around: I'm logging and sorting
<Habeas2>: Nerroth - Expect to see some updates to the Coreward region in IE
<tolan>: What is the status of lib of terra Vol 2?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - Hmmm. I'm not sure who handles the tech support for the Demos site now, I'm afraid.
<Habeas2>: Tolan - Several chapters and all the new units for Liberation of Terra Volume 2 are in playtest/fact-check as we speak. The rest is still being written.
<Habeas2>: Last call for questions!
Live BattleChats, Every Month! Next chat scheduled for Saturday, 29 September 2012, at 8 PM (Eastern)
Topic set by Habeas2 on Sat Sep 29 2012 20:58:55 GMT+0400 (Арабское время (зима))
<Logging-Guy>: I just had some stew (potato, cauliflower, cheese), what are you going to eat today?
<Mimo>: DarkIsi Excellent, then my pc can crash again and we will ahbve our report on hpg
<DarkISI>: will be up the moment Herb says we are done
<ClanERPPC>: How excited are you for the timeline to start moving forward again?
<tolan>: Would it be possible to tell us the name of the new era (if you have one )or is that to far out of scope?
<Habeas2>: Logging-Guy - I've not decided what I'm eating today.
<Habeas2>: ClanERPPC - More than you can possibly imagine.
<DarkISI>: I had noodles with shrimps, salmon, tomatoes and spinach
<Habeas2>: Tolan - The working title for the new era is the 3250 era for now.
<DeJaVu>: thx mr. Beas for your answers)
<ClanERPPC>: Oh gosh!
<Nerroth>: 3250... oh my.
<Nerroth>: Talk about a great leap forward.
<Habeas2>: With that said, thank you all for your attendance! Net chat is today at 8 PM Eastern (so, in 7 hours from now). See you then!
<ClanERPPC>: Thanks for your time!
<Nerroth>: Thank you for your time, Herb!
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