Recently we previewed a NEW fleet of Full Thrust Starships which as yet has no
name, nation or race attached to them! Basically, I had the idea for the ship
designs and wanted to do a couple, but had not
decided who they should "belong" to in the GZG-verse.
So, as I still haven't made up my mind on it, I thought we'd run a little
impromptu contest for it!
What we'd like you to do is to send us your ideas for the name and background
of the new fleet; while it needs to fit somewhere into the
GZG-verse background (as used in FT, DS and SG), it doesn't have to
be a nation or power that we've already mentioned in canon; you can do any of
the following:
1) A nation that exists in the GZG-verse canon which doesn't already
have it's own fleet, examples being (but not limited to) the Dutch, the
Indonesians, the PAU, the LLAR etc..... If you're going this route, what we
would be looking for is some background fluff on ship and fleet design
philosophy that fits both the style of the minis and
the position of the nation/power in the 'verse.
2) A NEW human nation or power of your own devising, set within the
GZG-verse but not already mentioned in canon - for example, a
breakaway group of outer colonies - in this case, we'd like some
background as to how and why they turn up with a fleet of rather
high-tech-looking ships....
3) A new ALIEN race that fits the look and feel of the ships - if you
go this way, some background material on their fleet design and technology
would be helpful, though you don't have to go into a full set of separate
rules for them at this stage unless you want to of course!
So, it's a pretty open brief - feel free to send us anything from a
couple of hastily scribbled paragraphs to a whole sourcebook!
If we feel that an idea is right for the new fleet, then you'll get the credit
for coming up with it, PLUS a FREE fleet of the ships as they are released
(this may come in several batches as we produce the various classes).
We reserve the right to make use of any and all entries in whole or part as we
see fit, and to edit, alter or amend any chosen winning entry as necessary; if
we end up using partial ideas from several entries we'll try to ensure that
all those contributing to the finished product will get a selection of free
minis in some sort of proportion to the stuff we use.
All entries should be submitted directly to me by email, to
3) A new ALIEN race that fits the look and feel of the ships - if you
go this way, some background material on their fleet design and technology
would be helpful, though you don't have to go into a full set of separate
rules for them at this stage unless you want to of course!
I'll compile my notes and forward directly
Michael Brown mwsaber6@msn
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From: "Ground Zero Games" <jon@gzg.com>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 8:35 AM
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Little contest for FT "unknown fleet".....
> Recently we previewed a NEW fleet of Full Thrust Starships which as
This is an awesome idea, but quick question: do you have a link to the images
of the ships to get our minds going? I recently saw new ships on TMP, but they
are listed as ScanFed, so I'm not sure if the fleet pictures are out yet.
Rob
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
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't have time to do a write-up just now. But my theory is that they are
a previously unknown race who live inside the GZG wormhole as guardians of the
time tunnel....
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Subject: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Little contest for FT "unknown fleet".....
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Recently we previewed a NEW fleet of Full Thrust Starships which as yet has no
name, nation or race attached to them! Basically, I had the idea for the ship
designs and wanted to do a couple, but had not
decided who they should "belong" to in the GZG-verse.
So, as I still haven't made up my mind on it, I thought we'd run a little
impromptu contest for it!
What we'd like you to do is to send us your ideas for the name and background
of the new fleet; while it needs to fit somewhere into the
GZG-verse background (as used in FT, DS and SG), it doesn't have to
be a nation or power that we've already mentioned in canon; you can do any of
the following:
1) A nation that exists in the GZG-verse canon which doesn't already
have it's own fleet, examples being (but not limited to) the Dutch, the
Indonesians, the PAU, the LLAR etc..... If you're going this route, what we
would be looking for is some background fluff on ship and fleet design
philosophy that fits both the style of the minis and
the position of the nation/power in the 'verse.
2) A NEW human nation or power of your own devising, set within the
GZG-verse but not already mentioned in canon - for example, a
breakaway group of outer colonies - in this case, we'd like some
background as to how and why they turn up with a fleet of rather
high-tech-looking ships....
3) A new ALIEN race that fits the look and feel of the ships - if you
go this way, some background material on their fleet design and technology
would be helpful, though you don't have to go into a full set of separate
rules for them at this stage unless you want to of course!
So, it's a pretty open brief - feel free to send us anything from a
couple of hastily scribbled paragraphs to a whole sourcebook!
If we feel that an idea is right for the new fleet, then you'll get the credit
for coming up with it, PLUS a FREE fleet of the ships as they are released
(this may come in several batches as we produce the various classes).
We reserve the right to make use of any and all entries in whole or part as we
see fit, and to edit, alter or amend any chosen winning entry as necessary; if
we end up using partial ideas from several entries we'll try to ensure that
all those contributing to the finished product will get a selection of free
minis in some sort of proportion to the stuff we use.
All entries should be submitted directly to me by email, to
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could use the idea of a group of human colonists, possibly some sort of
scientific community, that stumbled onto the ruins of an alien civilisation
and has reversed engineered some of the alien technology. Â Something like
this gives you humans with potentially understandable motives, an explanation
for how they got the high tech looking ships (very nice BTW) and futher
mystery about the abandonded alien technology.