Fall of the Aurigan Coalition

[Daryk]

Feel free to think me as stupid as you like.

[tassa_kay]

Bold of you to assume I'll think of you at all. ;)

Anyways... Colt, which issue of Shrapnel is this in? I've got a passing interest in Aurigan fiction and I don't have the most recent issue of Shrapnel yet, is it in there?

[Daryk]

By all means, carry on.  ;)

[Colt Ward]

Based on when I posted, it was probably #10?

[Daryk]

Thank you for the clarification.  :)

[tassa_kay]

Based on when I posted, it was probably #10?

That's the last one I have (bought it for Kara's Scorchers, stayed for "A Trial Most Acceptable"), I'll dive into it. :)

[Hammerhead]

Sharpnel

Ah. Is Shrapnel digital only? The Catalyst Store shows only digital when I looked. Is there print issues?

Edit: outside of what I just saw on Amazon? To purchase directly?

[Daryk]

You can download them via DriveThru RPG as well.

[Hammerhead]

You can download them via DriveThru RPG as well.

I’m looking for print issues. To clarify. Apologize.

[Frabby]

I’m looking for print issues. To clarify. Apologize.

Afaik, there’s no classic print run of Shrapnel, but there's a print-on-demand option going with the digital distribution.

[Hammerhead]

Afaik, there’s no classic print run of Shrapnel, but there's a print-on-demand option going with the digital distribution.

Ah. I saw a “Paperback” listing on Amazon. That’s why I asked.

[Adventwolf]

I got a full printed version when I ordered my copy. Which is likely what the amazon paperback option is also for.

Kamea in it also seems to be little different than what she ended up being by the end of the war. A hardened and more pragmatic ruler willing to do what she needs to secure her hold. The House Arano source book also paints the same picture of her. Since she kept the centralized organization that her Uncle created to streamline the Reach.

[Colt Ward]

SO . . . trying to remember, but what was the name of the dropship Victoria blew up to cause the Taurians to side with her father as part of fearing the FedSuns were on the move?  When did that happen?

[Daryk]

It was the Newgrange... I don't recall the date exactly.

[Colt Ward]

No, Newgrange is the one that Kamea's mercs destroyed that brought in Osterluude. 

Victoria was yelling about why was her father surrendering making her covert destruction of a dropship to spike the Taurian paranoia irrelevant.

[tassa_kay]

It was the Iberia.

[Daryk]

I thought Iberia was Ostergaard's Fortress?

[Fire Scorpion IIC]

I thought Iberia was Ostergaard's Fortress?

Yes it was, the boss ship that Locura virus took down

Victoria blew up something else

[tassa_kay]

I thought Iberia was Ostergaard's Fortress?

You're probably right. I barely remember the HBS game. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Daryk]

Yes it was, the boss ship that Locura virus took down

Victoria blew up something else

Thanks!  At least I know I'm not totally crazy... ;)

[smdvogrin]

SO . . . trying to remember, but what was the name of the dropship Victoria blew up to cause the Taurians to side with her father as part of fearing the FedSuns were on the move?  When did that happen?

I don't believe a dropship was involved - I think you're referring to her assisting with the Perdition massacre, which was a chemical weapons attack:
https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Perdition_Massacre

[Daryk]

Yeah, that's it!  Talk about the very definition of FAFO!  Especially with the Taurians... :D

[Moragion]

Correct. It was a chemical attack that Victoria did.

There was the dropship Newgrange that the Restoration forces destroyed, which was captained by Samuel Ostergaard II, son of the Commodore Samuel Ostergaard, which made the commodore go rogue when the Taurians retired their support to the Directorate. The commodore's Fortress Dropship was the Iberia, which was disabled by the virus, and crashed on Coromodir, provoking a small ice age.