Virus Redux Epic

[mike wightman]

Did anyone out there pick up any hints or rumours concerning adventures 2 and 3 in the Virus Redux Epic series which began with The Guilded Lilly?
There's just enough info in it to design adventure 2. I just wondered if anyone knows what was planned officially, especially for number 3?

 

[MJD]

Somebody does. I have vol 2 on my desk right now.

Vol 3 is currently being written

 

[Flynn]

Martin,

You've got so many irons in the fire, I don't see how you keep up with it all.

Sounds like it's an exciting time ahead for QLI and Traveller in general,
Flynn

 

[MJD]

I have been known to get confused with this much going on... not to mention events in my other two jobs... but I try.

 

[Malenfant]

What was the Guilded Lily (the TNE adventure, right?) about anyway?

 

[mike wightman]

The players are a RC contact team sent to the planet Berens in the Madoc subsector. Their mission is to open relations with the native population (all 40 of them) who run the best starport in the sub-sector and gather intelligence on Free Trader and Mercantile Guild activities on the planet.
On arrival the PCs discover a Guild plot to take control of the Free Traders by selling them brand new spaceships at bargain basement prices on the proviso they join the Guild.


spoiler alert.....


The Guild rep is actually an agent for a Virus entity that has taken control of a spaceship production facility in a neighbouring sub-sector and all the new ships are Virus infected, including the ship of the title which is on the starport landing field waiting to welcome its new owner.

 

[kafka47]

MJD,

You mean that you have actually written part II and will write part III? By God and all that is holy give this man a commendation. This is excellent news, any idea when we might see a dead tree version or is Quicklink only thinking of releasing it in PDF?

 

[MJD]

It's been/being written. Not by me.

 

[MJD]

It's been/being written. Not by me.

 

[Flynn]

Martin,

I understand that there are a few projects (like this one) where the authors do not report their progress in the TA Authors thread of the T20 section of COTI. Are there any others that you can tell us about which we might not yet have heard about?

If so, would you please drop us a few hints?

Thanks in advance,
Flynn

 

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Flynn

The Guilded Lilly Part 2 has been written by Myself, Liam and Matt Ashley. Martin is currently reading it. Unfortunately it was written for the TNE rules system but we will be converting it to T20. Its currently approx 120 pages long.

We (me, liam and matt have a 2-3 page outline of part 3).

Looking forward to your robots TA, as GL Part 2 needs some T20 robot designs.

Cheers
Richard

 

[shield]

Martin,

Just a quick question or two relating to Guilded Lilly Part 2.

Have the classic RCES ships been done in T20?

Is there a mass combat system for Traveller T20?

Cheers
Richard

 

[Flynn]

There are a number of D20 mass combat systems that could be adopted for use with T20. Cry Havoc by Malhavoc Press, as I understand it, can be run using D20 Modern, so that translation shouldn't be that difficult.

Hope this helps,
Flynn

BTW, Let me know what robots you need designed and perhaps we can work something out.

 

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Flynn

After a selection:

the classic PR-317 security robot

A couple of tech / maint bots.

A couple of humanoid nursing bots

A couple of basic humanoid admin bots.

They are probably in your TA.

PS when is the robots TA due for release?

Cheers
Richard

 

[MJD]

We need the ships doing....

 

[kafka47]

Originally posted by RichardP:
We (me, liam and matt have a 2-3 page outline of part 3).

[/QB]

Is there any chance that any one of you guys could post the outline here or at least the synopsis of all three parts. Also, do you plan to release it as one mega adventure (certainly the dead tree version would get me and my credit card out) or again as three separate parts?

The fact that Liam is on board makes me very happy as I think we share a wavelength on the TNE front...even though I tend toward liking more of what Dave Nilsen was producing toward the end of the TNE line.

 

[Flynn]

Originally posted by RichardP:
the classic PR-317 security robot

TA9 has a security guard-bot in it, but I don't have Vampire Fleets, so I don't have the PR-317 stats for conversion purposes. If you can send them to me, I can send you a robot design within the next few days.

A couple of tech / maint bots.

Done in TA9.

A couple of humanoid nursing bots

I've provided a medrobot and a general servant robot, whose programming can be altered to reflect a nursing skill set.

A couple of basic humanoid admin bots.

Done.

They are probably in your TA.

PS when is the robots TA due for release?

Last I heard, it's due out right after TA8, so I imagine it'll be late January or sometime into February. But that's just a guess. For that info, you'll need to talk to Martin.

Hope this helps,
Flynn

 

[shield]

Flynn

Many thanks, I will send the stats for the PR-317 across in the next post (only 5 minutes to dinner).

Has TA9 got the famous janitor bot in?

Do you happen to know whats in TA8?

As for a mega adventure, I think its unlikely Part 1 is GDW copyright. But I hope to be able to issue parts 2 and 3 (martin willing). Part 2 has an introduction so you can run it even if you missed part 1 (although Guilded Lilly turns up reasonable frequently on ebay)

Have to see if I can do a short summary without giving away the plot - all subject to martins review (and hopefully not too much of a rewrite).

It will need to reflect some of the stuff in the TNE book - virus for instance.

Cheers
Richard

 

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Martin

Re the ships

Sigg Oddra has got a couple of Victrix stats.

I plan to knock up the other two vessels, and hopefully Flynn's TA9 Robots will supply the necessary robots

Cheers
Richard

 

[shield]

Flynn

The Pr-317 security bot is modelled on the basic zho warbot. Its stats are on P262 of the TNE rulebook (its the robot without any legs).

Give me a bell if you need any more stats.

Cheers
Richard