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Reply #1575 – July 28, 2016, 12:10:44 PM

STORY OVERVIEW

I took the time to compile a new overview so that everyone knows what's next for them. Don't forget the threads Inner Space and the Accipiter, for example, where a lot more people can participate. Tonight, I will be sending out individual posting notices too, all in friendly spirit and not meant to nag at you all.

Below is a list with all the threads in the Interregnum and Episode 04, sorted chronologically with the oldest one first. The threads in green are finished already and the yellow ones are on-going. Also, all these are links to click which ought to make it easy for those who wish to browse and read the story too.

INTERREGNUM 03-04

EPISODE 04: SIMULCAST

PROLOGUE: Homecoming - Finished!
CHAPTER 01: Tensions Rising Next Poster:
- USS Resolve | Briefing Room: 1) Vystori 2) Kaligos
- Jefferies Tubes SB84: 1) RosariaRosette 2) Kaligos 3) Auctor Lucan
- Docking Pylon: 1) Brutus 2) Havenborn 3) Julia. DocReno ad hoc.
- USS Resolve | Aerowing: Auctor Lucan

There we go! The critical development for the story to enter Episode 04 in full is that the opportune time for the Theurgy needs to arrive, and right now, I think that is when the Aerowing has launched from the Resolve - stirring things up and distracting Starbase Security. Vystori and Kaligos, if the two of you post in the Briefing Room, the latter giving clearance to launch to the Aerowing, we are ready to go! I will then post with Drauc and Ian Hawthorne both.

Best,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1576 – July 28, 2016, 07:40:03 PM

Well folks, I'm headed out on holidays.

I'll be gone from the evening of the 28th of July, and I should be back on the 14th of August.

I'll be mostly incommunicado for the time being, and I certainly can't guarantee I'll be able to do more than occasionally poke my head in.

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Reply #1577 – July 28, 2016, 11:21:18 PM

I have watched 'Star Trek: Beyond' and I can only agree with the few of you who've already commented on it and said it was cool. :D

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Reply #1578 – August 02, 2016, 12:41:19 AM

Just a heads up, I'll be flying off to Alaska tomorrow afternoon (Aug 2) and won't be back until the following Monday (Aug 8). This shouldn't affect any posting from me, but just in case....

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Reply #1579 – August 03, 2016, 06:37:31 PM

Hey everyone, Sorry for being away for so long. I kind of had to sort out some personal stuff in my life as well as another surgery that partially reset my recovery. I'm back now and feeling a lot better.

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Reply #1580 – August 08, 2016, 01:24:12 AM

Hi there! Thanks for the updates on leave-takings and returns everyone, and I will likely go and see Beyond a second time before it is removed from the theatres. Good to hear you are back in health too, Kaligos, and I will make sure to send you a note about your next post in Tensions Rising so that we can tie up loose ends and get on with the next phase of the story.

Now, two updates for everyone!

The Star Trek: Theurgy Wiki Database has a new URL!

If anyone has tried to access the wiki by using their own locally saved hyperlinks, you will likely have noticed that one hour ago, that link ceased to work. The reason why is that I changed the URL to something shorter, and I did so because of the HoE forum's character limit-per-post. The limit would prevent further links to be added to our Wiki shortcut link page here on the main board, so by shortening the URL of the pages on our Wiki, we can now add a lot more links to it before the character limit-per-post kicks in.

The old URL looked like this:
https://uss-theurgy.com/mediawiki-1.26.2/Example_Page

And the new one looks like this:
https://uss-theurgy.com/w/Example_Page

I have already updated all the links on the the Wiki link page:
http://houseeros.com/roleplay-role-playing-forum/index.php?topic=59910.0

...the Crew Manifest for our Theurgy-based characters:
http://houseeros.com/roleplay-role-playing-forum/index.php?topic=5458.0

...as well as the Non-Crew Listing for characters on SB84 or the USS Resolve:
http://houseeros.com/roleplay-role-playing-forum/index.php?topic=25901.0

...so the changed URL should only be a problem if you guys have locally saved links to the Wiki. In that case, you need to update it to the new URL, but that's all there is to it.

New Link to the Main Page

Some parts of the Wiki might still be cached, I've noticed, like the Recent Changes link in the bottom of the sidebar, but that should sort itself out in a couple of hours. In the meantime, please update the URL manually after you click that link, and it should still work if you want to go check what has happened lately on the site.

New Artwork!

Since Pinarci finished making us the Reavers, I have been making some new images featuring this mean machine. Have a look below and feedback is always welcome:

The Thing That Should Not Be

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Launching the Reavers
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The Temporal Breach
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Reaver Patrol

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Scorching the Distance

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Reaver Ascension

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I have also updated the USS Calamity's page on the wiki: https://uss-theurgy.com/w/index.php?title=U.S.S._Calamity

In that process, I also found a fitting stock image that could represent Cala's mobile emitter, so I added that too:

Cala's Mobile Emitter
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Next in the Story

As I have mentioned before, we are on the very verge of introducing the Theurgy into Episode 04! Kaligos, you wlll be getting a PM from me with some notes to tie things up, and the rest of you, stay tuned! More posts of mine to come.

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1581 – August 09, 2016, 01:13:31 AM

i love this artwork.

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Reply #1582 – August 09, 2016, 06:51:02 AM

Ugh, as much as I love flying, that was absolute torture. I'll never fly Delta again.

On a good note, I'm back from Alaska so it's back to business as usual for me!

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Reply #1583 – August 14, 2016, 05:40:18 AM

Well, I just got home.

I know I owe replies aplenty, but once I get myself situated again, I'll be getting cracking on those.

2 weeks holiday, and a chance to unplug for the duration, did me good but it's good to be home.

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Reply #1584 – August 14, 2016, 07:14:24 PM

Hi everyone,

Just a heads up. I will be going on vacation to Pennsylvania, starting August 16 -September 2.

With the exception of the three days of travel each way to get up and back, I will have all my electronic devices with me and I expect to get some writing time in between spending time with my family and friends.

I'm not sure exactly how much writing time I'll have, but I'm going to do my best not to fall too far behind in my JPs since I go through writing withdrawal if I'm completely cut off. :-) I'm going to go head and put myself on extended LOA, but you'll still be receiving replies from me until Tuesday.

See everyone on the flip side!

~Lori

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Reply #1585 – August 16, 2016, 01:46:34 AM

Tensions Rising Ended

Hi there everyone and thanks for leaving notices here about your comings and goings!

Just a short notice about Episode 04, where I have ended Chapter 01: Tensions Rising with a long post of mine. I figured that the situation was ideal for a break and a new Chapter in the Episode, and I have written the starters for the next Chapter already. It is, however, almost 2 am here in Sweden and I have not proofread the starters yet, so I will make sure to post it all tomorrow.

In the meantime, feel free to read up on the ending of Tensions Rising!

http://houseeros.com/roleplay-role-playing-forum/index.php?topic=55519.msg1677140#msg1677140

Best,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1586 – August 16, 2016, 01:32:41 PM

Said and done, here are the new starters in Episode 04: Simulcast (click the links ot read them):

Episode 04: Simulcast | Chapter 02 "Crucible"

Here is the chapter where everyone on the Theurgy can post. There is a suggestion that CanadianVet posts next, followed by Brutus, but feel free to jump in and post reactions to Ives' speech ahead of him if you guys want. I know that the anticipation for this starter has been high, and I hope it lives up to everyone's expectations.

Episode 04: Simulcast | Chapter 03 "Loyalty"

Here continues the story for those on the Resolve (as well as Hi'Jak and Sera vers Aldnoah, who are trying to reach the Sabine). See the notes about suggested posting order, and aside from the scenes introduced in this starter, SummerDawn is next to post with K'Ren on the Aerowing, just as Kaligos is next to post in Starbase 84's Jefferies tubes with Hi'Jak.

Post away everyone, and I am really excited about the way things are going in Episode 04.

New Feature on the Star Trek: Theurgy Wiki

SummerDawn has arranged it so that we now have rank isignias on the Wiki's character pages! With tireless coding, and fixing the pages a little from my end too, all characters now have rank insignias below their character images. Before, these could only be seen on the Crew Manifest here on HoE, but now the ranks are more plain in our database as well.

Many thanks to SummerDawn for the update!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1587 – August 18, 2016, 02:07:25 AM

Hi again everyone! I have some eye-candy for you all, as well as a reveal of a new craft in our story

VANGUARD OF TRUTH POSTER

This one in huge (3452x1939), and with really good detail. I hope you like the compilation, featuring four of our crafts in the same image.

Theurgy[/i]-628867573]

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MK I TOVAREK-CLASS FTR DRONE

As you may remember from For the Sake of the Galaxy, a drone was mentioned, and here it is - the joint design between Nolan and me developed by a new 3D artist that was willing to help us out:

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Our new benefactor, aside from Omardex and Pinarci, is Kalashnikov89. Furthermore, it is not just the visuals of the drones that's completed, but the wiki page as well, so feel free to read up at your own leisure:

WIKI DATABASE LINK: MK I TOVAREK-CLASS FTR DRONE

These drones will be playing a role at Starbase 84, able as they are to both act as decoy ships and also equipped with (small) phasers and able to carry one torpedo each into the fray. I hope you like this expansion to our story and available crafts that we have, and many thanks to Nolan, who came up with the original idea for these.

That's it for now, and I will be posting in For Sake of the Galaxy, Scotch & Fire and Fighting Shadows tomorrow, but I have time for more if anyone cares to post more replies tonight. Have a great evening and please leave comments and feedback here.

Best,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1588 – August 20, 2016, 02:07:54 AM

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but the USS Theurgy has a new deck arrangements after the temporal "butterfly effect" has changed the starship from a Prometheus class to the first ship of a new class. Check out the USS Theurgy's wiki page to find out which deck your characters are on before beginning a scene. It's a whole new starship now!

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Reply #1589 – August 20, 2016, 03:06:11 PM

Quick heads up for everyone, I will be away most of next week on work and Internet access will be iffy most of that time.

For those who don't know, I am an IT person by trade so it may seem funny that an IT guy is going to places for work where Internet access is iffy. Not all of North America is 100% blanketed by cell towers and fast cheap high speed internet. In some remote places, the cellphone doesn't work, internet comes in by satellite, and voice communication is done by either hardline, or by commercial radio. It is in this technology dead zone that four small beacons of light shine forth, remote offices I keep running in the midst of such technological darkness. :D :D :D

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Reply #1590 – August 20, 2016, 04:22:08 PM

Don't forget your floppy disks! You might need them in such a place...

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Reply #1591 – August 21, 2016, 03:09:05 PM

Hi everyone!

I'm back!

You didn't know I was gone to begin with, did you?

My bad. Had a few personal problems to deal with.

They're dealt with, and I'm back. Raring to go!

I wanna interact with more crew members on either ship or starbase!

My characters are a skittish biologist Radiant named Heather McMillan, and a rowdy, psychotic, quasi-suicidal pilot named Krystal "Meony" Tancredi. Take your pick, and if you pick Tancredi, also make sure your will and so on is in order.

Kidding...

...maybe...

Anyway, hope you all have a good day/evening/whatever wherever you are!

♥

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Reply #1592 – August 21, 2016, 03:13:32 PM

Ha Ha. :P

It may be out of the way but the tech that's there isn't that stone age. Computers are 2013 vintage, run well, and give me less trouble then the ones closer to home. I'm just going onsite this week because we have new routers to install that'll support better traffic control over the Satellite links up there.

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Reply #1593 – August 22, 2016, 08:31:30 AM

hey sorry i havent posted in a while things are hectic here at college. I have my first exam in my first semester of nursing coming up wednesday. I will try and make posts sometime wednesday afternoon. sorry for the delays.

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Reply #1594 – August 25, 2016, 08:58:56 AM

Thanks for all the status updates here, and for those who have been away a little bit during the past couple of week, welcome back!

I have this to show you guys:

Star Trek: Theurgy 3D Printing Workshop

So far, the Gryphon, the Valkyrie and the Reaver are in the making, and as for Thea herself, she will be printed in two parts and glued together in the middle. The delay there is that the STL file used for 3D printing takes a lot of time to prepare. For those who knows what geometry versus textures are on a 3D model, then you will know the difficulty when I say that the Theurgy model has 80 % of its detailing done in textures (using Substance Painter) as opposed to geometry, and would therefore not show up in a 3D print. Hence, Thea's details are re-made in the STL file.

The fighters measure to ca 20 cm in length, which equals roughly 8 inches. I have opted against painting them, instead applying a glossy black base coat before finishing the silver look with a high-end chrome spray product (the kind you use for cars).

I will just have to figure out where to put all these when they are done, lol!

Best,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1595 – August 28, 2016, 09:30:12 PM

Every time I look there's some sort of new cool thing going on in Lucan's corner. I wish I had that time and resources to dedicate to the group :,D

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Reply #1596 – August 29, 2016, 01:53:55 AM

Thanks, glad you like the Theurgy-related stuff.

HOLOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST LIN KAE HAS A NEW ACTOR!

Well, the butterfly has flapped its wings, and Lin Kae is no longer - and never were - played by Jeremy Gilbert. Instead, here is the new face of our Holographic Specialist:

Welcome aboard the show, Robert Pattinson! I do have to say that DocReno made a good choice here in his ambition to make this character to his own liking.

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #1597 – August 29, 2016, 05:45:52 AM

So long as he doesn't start sparking in direct sunlight...

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Reply #1598 – August 29, 2016, 06:41:20 AM

Just for that Vet I am wanting to write a gratuitous character description of Lin Kae in the terrible Twilight style.

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Reply #1599 – August 29, 2016, 07:13:20 AM

Someone please get Kristin Stewart on board now, for giggles. :P