Author Topic: Strategos Concludes!! (a Great Captain Roberts story) (Read 20838 times)

mikecj · « **Reply #330 on:** 05 July 2023, 23:07:02 »

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cawest · « **Reply #331 on:** 05 July 2023, 23:43:19 »

WOW... just WOW. great stuff

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #332 on:** 05 July 2023, 23:54:15 »

Damn shame this is fanon only, it made a great read. Shame to see it fulfilled, in all honesty. Maybe there's openings for more, what with Amanda's "ghost" and all being out there.

Artifex · « **Reply #333 on:** 06 July 2023, 00:34:16 »

Nice, well done the three (or four) of you on writing and publishing this to us! :) :clap:

Liam's Ghost · « **Reply #334 on:** 06 July 2023, 00:53:35 »

Congratulations on finishing such an ambitious story.

paulobrito · « **Reply #335 on:** 06 July 2023, 03:22:46 »

Really great job, congratulations.

Daryk · « **Reply #336 on:** 06 July 2023, 03:28:17 »

I wouldn't say suffering at all, unless you want to count Google's super annoying habit of locking me out periodically... ::)

willis · « **Reply #337 on:** 06 July 2023, 04:16:22 »

First of all this is an excellent story....great ending....and open ended enough to lead into another story arc....and if I may ask....that you folks could do some short stories with the fallout from the revelation of the social experimentation's done by the SLIC, ComStar and the Clans....as well as the mystery of Alabaster AI, where it is located, what will its next moves be....the reference to white....could it be located on Terra....what is the state of technology in the Inner Sphere....what are the AI's status....lots of questions....

Shadow_Wraith · « **Reply #338 on:** 06 July 2023, 07:58:49 »

Excellent story and thank you for writing and sharing it with us! :thumbsup:

monbvol · « **Reply #339 on:** 06 July 2023, 08:51:19 »

Hehe.

Once I'm back on proper internet and a proper computer yeah we got a lot more to coordinate and plan. Plus I have that mapping project to finish at some point.

But yeah we have a few ideas, especially for side stories to come back and revisit.

Not sure how long it'll be before we get to the conclusion of Helena's arc. As mentioned we do have a lot left to figure out/plan and well I suspect Cannonshop needs more of a break than I do at this point because I've been on vacation and thus forced to take one(why the spotty internet and laptop).

Luciora · « **Reply #340 on:** 06 July 2023, 09:42:25 »

That last Amanda scene, gave me a visual effect of Esmeraldas from Harlock crossed with Yogurt from Spaceballs. ;D

DOC_Agren · « **Reply #341 on:** 06 July 2023, 12:05:12 »

So Amanda is now an immortal terminator/pirate hunter :thumbsup:

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #342 on:** 06 July 2023, 12:30:54 »

Quote from: DOC_Agren on 06 July 2023, 12:05:12

So Amanda is now an immortal terminator/pirate hunter :thumbsup:

and they converted her ship to house her core. i wonder if the fact she's got a "split personality" in the form of Desmond helps her run a drone body and the ship at the same time.

ThePW · « **Reply #343 on:** 06 July 2023, 16:59:43 »

Wait? Your done? :o

Cannonshop · « **Reply #344 on:** 06 July 2023, 17:01:18 »

Quote from: ThePW on 06 July 2023, 16:59:43

Wait? Your done? :o

I know, I know, the story was very long. (Longer than my usual, but then, I usually don't get this much help). However, stories have to end so new stories can begin.

Maingunnery · « **Reply #345 on:** 06 July 2023, 17:29:23 »

:clap: :clap: :clap:

Magnificent story, and the pace in which it was written was also just amazing. 8)

monbvol · « **Reply #346 on:** 06 July 2023, 18:12:50 »

I will say it has been kind of surreal for me. I don't usually write this much, at this pace, and definately not for this long.

There are entire scenes in there that were written by me, numerous times the timing worked out and we were able to colaborate in real time, and always ideas being bounced around.

Also for some reason it amuses me to no end that no one can tell which were written by me.

DOC_Agren · « **Reply #347 on:** 06 July 2023, 18:43:03 »

Quote from: glitterboy2098 on 06 July 2023, 12:30:54

and they converted her ship to house her core. i wonder if the fact she's got a "split personality" in the form of Desmond helps her run a drone body and the ship at the same time.

that would explain why the Evanescent is being haunted... But how did she "Disappear" from Colonel Richard Mitchell, 200th Royal Light Horse, SaRI Confederacy and did her people go with her??

Daryk · « **Reply #348 on:** 06 July 2023, 18:47:09 »

Monbvol:
I wouldn't say "no one"... ^-^

In all seriousness, it was immense fun, and I'd totally do it again! :thumbsup:

Of course, I'm also trying to extend my active duty time beyond 30 years, so I'm not exactly "normal"... ;)

DOC:
There's definitely more to tell there, but it's not mine to say... 8)

Wrangler · « **Reply #349 on:** 06 July 2023, 19:35:25 »

What awesome way start the summer and pass the spring by. Great story.

I hope all did smashing time writing it up! I know it was tiring work!

Thanks for putting up my nickpicking background!

Story all archived on wiki now!

Daryk · « **Reply #350 on:** 06 July 2023, 20:10:03 »

Smashing fun it was, and tiring it wasn't! :thumbsup:

RangerKarl · « **Reply #351 on:** 07 July 2023, 00:34:19 »

Congrats on hitting story completion!

mikecj · « **Reply #352 on:** 07 July 2023, 22:59:17 »

Of course now you have to find another odd corner of the universe and write a story that doesn't involve the Ngo's, the Cameron Sisters, or a Desmond.

... and go!

monbvol · « **Reply #353 on:** 07 July 2023, 23:33:20 »

But this saga isn't finished yet.

Just this part. :D

Wrangler · « **Reply #354 on:** 08 July 2023, 10:41:16 »

Quote from: monbvol on 07 July 2023, 23:33:20

But this saga isn't finished yet.

Just this part. :D

Are you going to write another story / book for saga? Something that's parallel to what's going on with this or in between until the next part happens?

Cannonshop · « **Reply #355 on:** 08 July 2023, 10:48:32 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 08 July 2023, 10:41:16

Are you going to write another story / book for saga? Something that's parallel to what's going on with this or in between until the next part happens?

There are plans for a few short stories while we get the next major installment ready.

Wrangler · « **Reply #356 on:** 08 July 2023, 10:50:20 »

Oh, that sounds great!

Daryk · « **Reply #357 on:** 08 July 2023, 10:50:39 »

Branding is up the Pirate Captain(s) here... I'm just the Quartermaster... ::)

Wolf72 · « **Reply #358 on:** 08 July 2023, 23:35:10 »

that was a catch up and a half!

oh my ... so very good.

Also, CSA now has Cameron bloodline to start working with?

What the heck is Kolossus up to?!

croaker · « **Reply #359 on:** 09 July 2023, 22:57:53 »

Quote from: Wolf72 on 08 July 2023, 23:35:10

What the heck is Kolossus up to?!

That, my friend, is an excellent question!

It's clear what Alabaster is up to -- social engineering to stop the endless cycle of wars and bring about a peaceful Star League, presumably maintaining Terran supremacy.

I wonder if Kolossues wasn't there to monitor Alabaster, to keep "the experiment" from getting out of hand. Perhaps "The Master" was actually something similar on Terra, before it ran into Thomas Marik and things got really out of hand. Ah well. Time will tell. :)