[08/02/2020] Future Tactics, and Future Plans 2 · 3:49pm Feb 8th, 2020
Hello everyone! Yeah, I've finally finished the next chapter! With a lot of it, I struggled with the sense of scale I was trying to convey. In a sense, I was thinking of the market scenes you would see in the show Firefly, which to me felt real, alive. I've been in markets like that, back in 2010, when I went down to Guatemala. The markets are loud, filled with bartering, and they're always a treat to be in. You never know what you'll find (In my case, I found an actual Cavalry Saber. Keep in mind, Sabers like that are not well balanced like a normal sword, as they're designed to take the horse's momentum into account)
Now, various questions may arise, and all of them will be answered as best I can.
One question that still sticks with me is one asked a while ago
Are there only humans, or will there be other alien races in this story?
This question stuck with me, and I've been hard-pressed to create analogues to other alien races from popular science fiction franchises without them being too close to the actual thing.
Now, with the new chapter, you'll have noticed a new alien species - the Torassi! They're the merchantbeings of Messier 83, the mainstay of the commercial industry, and a common sight on many a station. Their equivalent was me, and the guy who helped me create Future Tactics originally, thinking of a good way to make a parallel to the Bentusi of Homeworld fame.
Now, onto future plans.
I definitely want to keep working on Future Tactics. It's my favourite story to write, and one I don't have to keep going back to a reference source (See: Secrets of the Zone - Ghosts of Chernobyl), or having to come up with interesting new case ideas (See: Deadwood's Detective Agency). Instead, Future Tactics allows me to go far more into my love of Science Fiction, and in this case, Military Science Fiction, than I ever previously wanted. It warms my heart to write the stories that people like to read, and I've been finding, more and more, that I'm enjoying making stories for people again.
Other future plans include fixing up my old desktop so I don't have to rely on my laptop so much anymore - this girl's had a beating put into her, and she's tough, but it's still a laptop, and I do know that my desktop has far more power in her than any laptop I use.
Anyways, watch the stars, and see you around, space cowboys.
