That's right. Deleterious Dave had 5 years after GDW closed in which he could've made his vision known, and he didn't do it. MJD is doing it. Therefore, IMO, through inaction Dangling Dave has forfeited 'his' vision, and Martin's is now THE vision for Traveller's New Era. Sure, some fans might still prefer to have seen what Despotic Dave had planned, but by the same token some of us might've liked to see what the Keith Bros or DGP (or even Courtney Solomon) had planned as well. In a cooperative creative exercise based on someone else's intellectual property, your 'vision' only holds authority so long as you're acting on it. Sit too long and it's only fair that someone else take up where you left off, impose their own vision, and continue the cycle. TNE 2002 won't be exactly like TNE 1994 any more than CT 1986 was exactly like CT 1979, but it's all still Traveller, and that's what matters.
I suppose if someone's curious enough, perhaps they could track Disappearing Dave down to wherever he is now (AFAIK he's no longer involved in the gaming industry), ply him with enough alcohol and/or flattery, and he might finally spill his great unrealized 'vision,' but at this point it's only interesting as trivia, no moreso than DGP's 'Baddies from the Core.' The New Era is dead. Long live the New Era!
