User blog:Atarumaster88/EfFEctive 7 November: No More Old Covers

The signs are written in the sky of cyberspace for all to see. The portent of the coming events is an awful pun eliciting all sorts of grimaces and facepalming. A star shines in the East. Wait, no, that was something else. At any rate, you know what that means.

It's time for another content blog from Ataru. Yes, I know the last content release was just two weeks ago, and I'm already scheduling another one. Wow, right? Not really. I've been behind and have failed to release a lot of content that was originally planned to already be out there for you to feast on it. I'm working to rectify that, partially by scaling down the content releases into smaller chunks that I can actually complete.

Here's what you can expect to see:
 * 1) Redemption's Call will be released. The story has grown beyond its original dimensions, but I only have a few more pages to write.
 * 2) The B-wing fighter and the S-3 autorifle will get EGTFE entries.
 * 3) The rest of the Vehicles and Vessels will be updated for FE IV.
 * 4) The last 3 characters will get quotes, if I can find them.
 * 5) I'll be starting a new feature, called Excerpts. It'll be under the Yanibar Tales umbrella and will contain a series of character vignettes of the 5 major FE characters. The first character to get their vignette is Spectre. Also, I'll be doing a sort of BTS-ish mock interview with Spectre in an odd mix between IU and OOU in a special feature. If you've ever wanted to know anything about Spectre, leave me a question here. I'll try not to censor them too much. Babylon, if you're out there reading this, you may not ask about anything, so spare me the petulant comments and the obloquy. Yes, that's a word.
 * 6) Some new FE V teasers will be out also.
 * 7) Finally, I will be replacing the Force Exile II: Smuggler and the Force Exile IV: Guardian covers. The former has been completely redone and looks freakin' sweet. The latter had some minor touch-ups. Both are courtesy of Solus, who's responsible for all the Force Exile covers. If you think FE has excellent cover images, go tell Solus that. It'll make her day. If you tell her that they're awful, we'll both kill you.

And one more bit of news. Let's talk Warrior for a bit. You know, Force Exile V: Warrior. That one. I'm a long way away from even starting to release any substantial content, but I figure I might as well start whetting your appetites now.

There is all kinds of content planned to come out with Warrior, and if all goes well, you'll see a lot of it in January. Some of it you'll see before then. Things like the cover. And a couple other very special surprises. For one, Warrior will have not one, not two, but three companion stories. All 3 of those stories will be set in and around the events of Warrior. There was so much story I wanted to tell, but I didn't want to crowd the novel. Rather than cut it, I've moved it to smaller companion works so I don't distract from the main story arcs of Warrior so I can focus on the conflict between some old Force Exile favorites and some new players versus MAJORSPOILER.
 * Two of them deal with a new unit of the Yanibar Guard, called the Pathfinders. They're a small elite unit of soldiers with some very fun and expensive-looking toys.
 * In the third story, Cresh Squad returns with The Ninth Man. The baddest infantry squad on Yanibar is back!

The source images for FE V's cover are already collected. The list includes Hollywood actors, Olympians, a dead Jedi or two, and some awesome-looking Yanibar Guardsmen. The Dramatis Personae is fairly well finalized. It contains, among others, Selu Kraen and Wedge Antilles. And did I mention that Kyle Katarn would be making an appearance?

January's just a few short, wintry months away. Until then, stay tuned. Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 03:28, October 28, 2009 (UTC)