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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #30 on: 16 June 2017, 16:42:50 »
He did say 3150 tho.

But is the sidebar 3150? Dun dun dun...


Also, in 3150 for 1sw the paladin was of hopeful spirits. What is her tone now?
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #31 on: 16 June 2017, 16:54:16 »
The story takes place in 2819. The introduction is from 3150. The note to the ilKhan is from "nearly a century" later. And there are a few names/titles In the brief paragraph, not all have been posted yet. 
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #32 on: 16 June 2017, 16:56:01 »
The story takes place in 2819. The introduction is from 3150. The note to the ilKhan is from "nearly a century" later. And there are a few names/titles In the brief paragraph, not all have been posted yet. 

You really love teasing us don't you?  8)  ;D

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #33 on: 16 June 2017, 16:57:21 »
The story takes place in 2819. The introduction is from 3150. The note to the ilKhan is from "nearly a century" later. And there are a few names/titles In the brief paragraph, not all have been posted yet.

I hope you are smiling that the circle weirdly obsessive about this intro did not attend origins where others did pick up the book and we are left salivating.

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #34 on: 16 June 2017, 18:33:06 »
You really love teasing us don't you?  8)  ;D

He could tell us, but then he'd just be stealing the chance for some fan to have the joy of revealing it..
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« Reply #35 on: 16 June 2017, 18:33:52 »
The story takes place in 2819. The introduction is from 3150. The note to the ilKhan is from "nearly a century" later. And there are a few names/titles In the brief paragraph, not all have been posted yet.

Ok...so call whoever you need to & get that PDF released! LOL
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #36 on: 16 June 2017, 20:40:01 »
SorrY, I've literally been at the tables all day since my last post. Going to grab some dinner, but I will type up the sidebar in full when I get done. I saw the nearly a century by t, but wasn't sure if that meant 3150 being 100yrs after the invasion, or if it meant 3250.

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« Reply #37 on: 16 June 2017, 20:48:57 »
Please keep Rule 11 in mind when doing that typing, please. :)
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #38 on: 16 June 2017, 21:02:17 »
Sorry, not verbatim copy, but gently extract the factual juices from the sweet textual orange, making a delicious and potent juice of information! I would have brought the book with me to read while I eat, but I didn't want to get beer and food all over it.

In other news, they had new dice for sale. I'll try to get some pics up later. Lance packs on sale for $10 and IWM didn't have any new stuff on Friday but were hoping to get something they wouldn't elaborate about n for Saturday. Also, I saw speck playing in the BT pods. He was doing pretty well. I didn't stick Round to fanboy him though.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #39 on: 16 June 2017, 21:06:02 »
Sorry, not verbatim copy, but gently extract the factual juices from the sweet textual orange, making a delicious and potent juice of information! I would have. Rough the. Ok with me to read while I eat, but I didn't want to get beer and food all over it.

You really.dont have to. We are a bunch of obsessives and we won't actually die to wait a bit longer. Us analyzing every morsel is part of the fun.

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #40 on: 16 June 2017, 21:13:00 »
It isn't a big deal. I'm just chilling at the bar in the Hilton having some food. I'm on to the food and beverage portion of the evening, and I'll be reading 2SW till I fall asleep later anyway. I'm happy to share. If anyone is at the hotel, feel free to come say hi. I've got the battlemaster tshirt on!
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #41 on: 16 June 2017, 21:20:46 »
The information to the ilKhan was recovered by Gunslinger Eli Sender.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #42 on: 17 June 2017, 00:01:39 »
Ok, a slightly more descriptive summary here: the introduction is signed as being written by paladin Contsance McGuire in 3150. The sidebar, which it not dated, only signed by lore master Stephan Roshak and addressed to the ilKahn, does mention motion that the 'original document', referring to the intro and the book as a whole, are a draft that was written over a century ago. That draft was, 'made available' by the exarch,  it was 'discovered' by gunslinger Eli Sender. Furthermore, it notes that, while the document (the 2SW book) is old, it may make a useful reference for sibkos of the history of the inner sphere 'during our exile'. Now, I assume that to mean the original exile of the SLDF, since that is when much of 2SW happens.

That bit about the exile, and the fact that 3150 is pretty much a century after that exile ended, threw me, and made me question whether the sidebar to the ilKahn was 3150 or 3250. Reading it again, I believe the sidebar is written in 3250-ish.

Also, I read through the intro story about the death of Jerome Blake and the beginning of Comstar as we knew it in 3SW. It is a complicated piece with a number of details, and I don't want to paraphrase it here because I would honestly be giving you my opinion of what it meant, when you might not agree with me after reading it yourself. What I can say, unequivocally, is that Jerome Blake died peacefully and that Conrad Toyama predicted they might name a BattleMech after him (him being Toyama, not Blake.) Actually, he thought it might be a BattleMech or a Warship, but I think between the two, he would be more pleased with the Mech than the Warship.

Anyway, for me, the intro fiction alone was worth the price of admission. It isn't Earth shattering, but I think it is a very honest explanation of a longstanding mystery. Now, on to the destruction! At least until I fall asleep.

EDIT: also, I think there is an error in the "weapons and ammo" box for the Thunderbolt on p.117. The stat box on p.116 says that both variants have an ER Large, 3 Mediums, and two Small Pulses, and that the -5L has an LRM15 with Artemis IV and a streak 2, while the -5LS has a standard LRM15 and standard SRM2. The weapons and ammo box on 117 says they both have an ER Large, a standard LRM15, 3 mediums, and 2 small pulses, while the -5L has an additional ER Large and Streak2 (plus CASE) and the -5LS has only an additional standard SRM2. I'm pretty sure, of the two, the stat box on 116 is right and the weapons and ammo box on 117 is wrong.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #43 on: 17 June 2017, 00:45:48 »
The information to the ilKhan was recovered by Gunslinger Eli Sender.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #44 on: 17 June 2017, 07:26:28 »
Sorry, not verbatim copy, but gently extract the factual juices from the sweet textual orange, making a delicious and potent juice of information! I would have brought the book with me to read while I eat, but I didn't want to get beer and food all over it.

In other news, they had new dice for sale. I'll try to get some pics up later. Lance packs on sale for $10 and IWM didn't have any new stuff on Friday but were hoping to get something they wouldn't elaborate about n for Saturday. Also, I saw speck playing in the BT pods. He was doing pretty well. I didn't stick Round to fanboy him though.

Always a fun time with the pods. We got two games in last night. Also played in the Solaris meter challenge for a few hours.

Today should have 2nd quarter release and two BT that came out after gen con that are not in the booth.

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #45 on: 17 June 2017, 07:42:44 »
2sw book is in print. Nice, can't wait for Gencon on that one.
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« Reply #46 on: 17 June 2017, 10:50:10 »
Getting excited!  :D
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #47 on: 17 June 2017, 12:42:06 »
How long before 2nd SW book (hardcopy) will be available for the rest of the masses not able to travel to the conventions?

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #48 on: 17 June 2017, 13:03:23 »
We don't have a street date yet, the books sold at Origins were rush copies.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #49 on: 17 June 2017, 13:23:16 »
We don't have a street date yet, the books sold at Origins were rush copies.

If you don't mind me asking, how do you do that?was it a US rather than China printing, or do you order them flown in?

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« Reply #50 on: 17 June 2017, 13:37:16 »
Print on demand can be done anywhere.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #51 on: 17 June 2017, 13:50:37 »
Post 3150....ilkhan...roshak bloodname.....think about the possibilities....
I think of the possibilities if they had used the N`Buta bloodname ...  ;)
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #52 on: 17 June 2017, 13:51:04 »
If you don't mind me asking, how do you do that?was it a US rather than China printing, or do you order them flown in?
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #53 on: 17 June 2017, 13:53:23 »
Did I miss something about the pdf release date or it wasn't announced yet?

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #54 on: 17 June 2017, 14:03:39 »
Advanced copies are available at Origins, the PDF has not been released yet. It's "set" to be released already, so any minute, any day now.
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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #55 on: 17 June 2017, 14:16:25 »
Print on demand can be done anywhere.

Good point. I guess if it was a small run any local output would be sufficient.

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #56 on: 17 June 2017, 16:56:12 »
Always love new books. Cant wait for the release.
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« Reply #57 on: 17 June 2017, 17:14:29 »
Advanced copies are available at Origins, the PDF has not been released yet. It's "set" to be released already, so any minute, any day now.

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« Reply #58 on: 17 June 2017, 17:16:46 »
And that's a Widiowmaker, now Wolf, Bloodname.

It is shared by the Falcons, Foxes, Ravens, and Wolves.  So there are many possibilities.

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Re: Any news from Origins?
« Reply #59 on: 17 June 2017, 17:22:18 »
After the scientist caste "tweaked" the various bloodlines, all the Inner Sphere Clans were forced to share bloodlines, so it could belong to anyone.  And if there is an ilClan, all the other clans have merged with it or are taking their orders.

I suspect that the Second Succession Wars pdf will not be released until after Origins ends.
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