Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Little contest for FT "unknown fleet".....

3) A new ALIEN race that fits the look and feel of the ships - if you 
go this way, some background material on their fleet design and 
technology would be helpful, though you don't have to go into a full 
set of separate rules for them at this stage unless you want to of 
course!

I'll compile my notes and forward directly


Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn

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From: "Ground Zero Games" <jon@gzg.com>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 8:35 AM
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Little contest for FT "unknown fleet".....

> Recently we previewed a NEW fleet of Full Thrust Starships which as 
> yet has no name, nation or race attached to them! Basically, I had 
> the idea for the ship designs and wanted to do a couple, but had not 
> decided who they should "belong" to in the GZG-verse.
> 
> So, as I still haven't made up my mind on it, I thought we'd run a 
> little impromptu contest for it!
> 
> What we'd like you to do is to send us your ideas for the name and 
> background of the new fleet; while it needs to fit somewhere into the 
> GZG-verse background (as used in FT, DS and SG), it doesn't have to 
> be a nation or power that we've already mentioned in canon; you can 
> do any of the following:
> 
> 1) A nation that exists in the GZG-verse canon which doesn't already 
> have it's own fleet, examples being (but not limited to) the Dutch, 
> the Indonesians, the PAU, the LLAR etc..... If you're going this 
> route, what we would be looking for is some background fluff on ship 
> and fleet design philosophy that fits both the style of the minis and 
> the position of the nation/power in the 'verse.
> 
> 2) A NEW human nation or power of your own devising, set within the 
> GZG-verse but not already mentioned in canon - for example, a 
> breakaway group of outer colonies - in this case, we'd like some 
> background as to how and why they turn up with a fleet of rather 
> high-tech-looking ships....
> 
> 3) A new ALIEN race that fits the look and feel of the ships - if you 
> go this way, some background material on their fleet design and 
> technology would be helpful, though you don't have to go into a full 
> set of separate rules for them at this stage unless you want to of 
> course!
> 
> So, it's a pretty open brief - feel free to send us anything from a 
> couple of hastily scribbled paragraphs to a whole sourcebook!
> 
> If we feel that an idea is right for the new fleet, then you'll get 
> the credit for coming up with it, PLUS a FREE fleet of the ships as 
> they are released (this may come in several batches as we produce the 
> various classes).
> 
> We reserve the right to make use of any and all entries in whole or 
> part as we see fit, and to edit, alter or amend any chosen winning 
> entry as necessary; if we end up using partial ideas from several 
> entries we'll try to ensure that all those contributing to the 
> finished product will get a selection of free minis in some sort of 
> proportion to the stuff we use.
> 
> All entries should be submitted directly to me by email, to 
> <jon@gzg.com>, preferably as attached Word files or PDFs. Please put 
> "GZG Mystery Fleet Contest" in the subject heading of your email.
> 
> There is no set closing date - we'll keep it open until either we get 
> an entry that we really like, or we come up with something ourselves!
> So get thinking....
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jon (GZG)
> www.gzg.com
> 
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