BJ Lockhart of InterGalactic Games on October 12th, 1995 Wrote:I've just learned of the existence of this group from some of the Dark
Lords, who feel it would be a good way to allow everyone access to the
playtest news(not everyone has access to AOL,or CI$)(except for the
Star League of course...). The IS playtest is now complete. All but
the player front ends have now been tested and should remain pretty
much the same. Check with your Alliance leaders for the details,or
e-mail me. The front ends are now being programmed,and I hope to have
the proto-types ready in the next two to three months,but IS being one
of the most complex upgrades we have been through over the last 12
years,it may take longer. When we do start,everyone will be in the
same Galaxy(a VERY large Galaxy) and the NulPoint/Subspace system will
be in place to make exploration/discovery quite "interesting"...<g> We
will start out with PBEM,and totally cut Snail mail out of the loop. I
hope to have the release version of the IS rules ready for
transmission in the next month,but to keep from being swamped by
requests you will have to contact your Alliance leaders for copies.
Anyone who does not have access to email will not be able to play the
new game. Sorry if that annoys a few of you,but thats the direction
Doug and I have decided to take the game. More later.

BJ Lockhart, InterGalactic Games

BJ Lockhart of InterGalactic Games on October 28th, 1995 Wrote:As I mentioned last time,the playtest for IS is now complete,and we
are currently writing the player front end programs. These will deal
with all aspects of Empire activities,as well as turn results through
e-mail data packets. I have decided the Death Globe race type WILL be
in the new game(one of ten player determined races) as there are quite
a few players from the old game that enjoyed playing that empire type.
I know thats going to annoy the Star League and Dark Lords,but thats
life. Galactic transport will involve the use of NulSpace points as
well as SubSpace transfers(as in the old game). But the NP system will
allow the development of rear areas,not to mention that the P.O.D's
will allow for real time intel reports on fleet movements. The fleet
and ground combat systems will remain as they are(for now...) as they
have reached a good balance that relies on fleet/ship design as much
as the number of ships you have to throw into a given system.
StarFighter tech will advance as a part of Battlecraft design(in that
sub research area),and thus will be much the same as StrikeFighter and
Interceptor tech. The NPE generation ;program worked out well for the
playtest,and so will also be used when we open IS. The GTC is now 13
NPE races that survived the War of Shadows(Daemon finally had all of
the segments of the penta-ring(its rumored that the T'sang were
involved) and managed to open the Hell Gate,and free the DarkOne from
its endless enforced slumber(imposed by the Que'lin and Genar at the
close of the Transdimenional War(Intrusion) in the Second Age). But
neither he nor his avatar was able to control it...Thus begins the
battle of the Three who are One,which leads to the current age more
than ten thousand years after the devastation of the War of Shadows).
Any way thats the current story line for those who have missed it.
More will be available from the GDB as the game progresses.
More later.

BJ Lockhart, InterGalactic Games.