Charles Ryan: [BAB]: Earthforce contents and release info

This just vame in on the Babylon Project Mailing List. I thought people here
might be interested.:)

        -=- Matthew L. Seidl

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Date:    Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:54:16 +0000
From:	 Charles Ryan <charles@blackeagle.com>
To:      "BAB-l" <the-babylon-project-l@perspex.com>
Subject: [BAB]: Earthforce contents and release info

> Hi Joe & Charles (and don't read anything into this order it was the

There've been a lot of questions and speculation about Earthforce. For
starters, sorry for the delay. We just couldn't get Warner Bros.' approval
schedule to mesh with our printer's press schedule. Believe me,

if you think it's frustrating waiting for the book to come out at your
end, imagine how frustrating it is to sit on a complete, ready-to-print
manuscript and $100,000 worth of orders for weeks, while fielding scores

of emails and telephone calls... In any event, we're happy to say that the
book is now with the printer, and they should give us a firm ship date
sometime this week. We'll post that date as soon as we have it.

As for what to look forward to, here's a basic outline:

The history of Earthforce: how it (and to an extent, earthgov) came into

being over the period between 2000 and 2250.

Earthforce's structure: the branches of Earthforce fully described, along with
detailed info on life as and Earthforce officer or soldier (lifestlye, pay,
benefits, training, promotion, ranks, etc.). Also overviews of the many types
of assignments and backgrounds for Earthforce player characters.

Additional rules for Earthforce characters: new characteristics, areas of
expertise, martial arts, etc., along with some additional rules for combat.

Earthforce equipment: a bunch of standard EF equipment covered in detail.

Earthforce ships: Earthforce ship classes described, with record sheets
(detailing combat system stats) provided for each class. Also, all of the
major alien ship and weapon technologies are discussed, with record sheets
provided for a bunch of major alien ship classes.

Ship-to-ship combat rules: complete and really cool combat rules that
can be played standalone or during roleplaying games.

Earthforce personnel: detailed info on major EF personnel. Some are familiar
faces; all are NPCs that might be influential on EF characters or any story
arc in which Earthforce plays a role.

I may have forgotten a thing or two, but that's most of the big features.
Hope that helps for those eagerly awaiting the book--it won't be long
now!

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Charles Ryan Chameleon Eclectic charles@blackeagle.com
http://www.blackeagle.com

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