So I've been a busy little bee. While getting the novella ready for editing and writing another (long) short story, I've also been working on an idea that I've been mulling over for the last few months.
This idea stemmed from all the cool sourcebooks and technical readouts (TROs) that are produced by the crew over at
Battletech. I've been a Battletech fan for over thirteen years now (damn, I feel old...). The amazing stories of 'Mech combat in the 31st Century, along with the awesome BattleMechs, Battle Armor, Aerofighters, and so much more are the leading material that has inspired my writing. I love how vast and diverse the BattleTech universe is, and how detailed authors of both novels/short stories and of sourcebooks get into the technology, history, and politics of the universe.
This level of detail is what I'm searching for when I write in the Post-Earth universe I've created. I want to capture the details, the people, the cultures, the politics, history, and wars. I want the reader to see, smell, and feel the worlds and ships I throw them into.
With this desire in mind I am working on a daunting, but awesome project:
A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM: A POST-EARTH SOURCEBOOK.
Written from the perspective of an academic from Elysium on Mars, A TRAVELER'S GUID TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM with delve into the history that led to the death of Earth, and the solar system that Peter Drexel and his crew live in. Below I have included the rough outline, but note that this is just a draft. I plan to have full faction sections replete with pictures, military unit dossiers, and company and personnel profiles. When all said and done this sourcebook will be 250+ pages of COMPLETELY AWESOME! You can also see on the
PRODUCTS SECTION of the website where I've added a block for the sourcebook.
Enjoy my notes! Until next time. . .
A Traveler’s Guide
to the Solar System: A Post-Earth Sourcebook
·
Credits
·
Intro
o About
the book
·
“Letter”
from an Elysian Historian (2306)
·
That
Final Frontier (2012 to 2032)
o When
Dreams Come True (2012)
o Cornering
the Bear (2015)
§
[The Legacy of the CIS]
o They
All Fall Down (2015-2018)
§
Scandinavia Rising
§
Iron Cross
§
Federation
§
Restless Dragon
§
Brasilia
o Digging
In (2018)
§
[4 Vesta]
o How
Many Companies Does It Take to Colonize Luna? (2019)
o God
of War (2026)
§
[Ancestors of Olympus]
§
[Kangaroo Lovers]
o Unlocking
Venus (2030)
§
The Russo-Brazilian Pact
o Go
to Jupiter, Young Man (2032)
·
A Series
of Unfortunate Events (2032 to 2062)
o Free
Luna! (2034)
§
[Irony]
o Titan
(2036)
o Hot
Feet (2036)
o The
Bear Strikes Back (2038)
o The
Bear, The Dragon, and The Eagle (2039)
§
Playing All Sides: Brazil’s Involvement
o Land
Grab (2040)
·
Exodus
(2062 to 2092)
o One
Way Ticket (2062-2063)
o Shattered
Moon (2064)
o Battlefield:
Space (2063)
§
[A Primer to Space Combat]
o Chinese
New Year (2065)
o Learning
to Love the Bomb (2067)
§
Bye Bye Pakistan
§
More Problems Than Solutions
o Ring
of Fire (2067-2071)
o Flexing
the Muscles (2070-2075)
o Resource
Wars (2074-2092)
§
Dry At the Pumps
§
If I Can’t Have It, No One Can
§
The Failure of Alternative Energy
§
Falsely Entitled
§
Opening Shots: The Eagle Strikes the Bear, The
Dragon Sleeps (2085-2086)
§
The Dragon’s Share (2086-2087)
§
Raging Bear (2087)
§
Vikings and Huns (2087-2090)
§
CIS Wall (2087-2090)
§
Caught in the Middle (2087-2090)
§
Total War (2090-2092)
§
[Silence in the Land of the Rising Sun]
·
Apocalypse
(2092 to 2095)
o Last
Ditch Efforts (2092-2094)
§
Make Peace, Not War
§
Massacre
o If
the World Dies And No One Is Around, Does It Make A Sound? (2095)
§
[The Mystery of Earth’s Demise]
·
Dark Age
(2095 to 2230)
o Let
the Solar System Burn!
o Mercury
o Venus
o Earth
Orbit
§
A Fleet By Any Other Name
o Luna
o Mars
§
The Olympus Mons Technocracy
·
[The Yorks, The d’Helions and The d’Angers]
§
Elysium
§
Rivalry
o The
Asteroid Belt
o Jupiter
§
Ganymede
§
Callisto
o Titan
·
Getting
Back Up (2230 to 2304)
o Silence
in the Void
o Mercury
o Venus
§
Lakshimi
o Luna
o The
Star Folk
§
Community Fleet
§
The Council, or Keeping My Enemies Closer
§
Principalities
§
The Grounding Movement
o Mars
§
The Olympus Mons Technocracy
§
Elysium
o The
Asteroid Belt
§
A Pirate’s Life For Me
o Jupiter
§
Ganymede
§
Callisto
o Titan
·
The
Present (2304 to 2306)
o Demons
of Ancient Earth
o A
Wakening Olympus Mons
§
[A History of Polygamy]
o Spreading
Their Wings
o [Martin:
How A Single Ship Can Cause So Much Trouble]
o Slowly
Forming
§
Lunans: Wrong In The Head
§
Tharsis Tholus
§
Svol League
§
The Feng Business Consortium
·
Image Inserts
o Maps
§
Mercury
§
Venus
·
Lakshimi
§
Luna
§
Mars
·
The Olympus Mons Technocracy
·
Elysium
§
Ganymede
§
Callisto
§
Titan
o Venus
§
Lakshimi
·
Colette
·
King
·
§
Novo Liberec
o Mars
§
Olympus Mons Technocracy
·
Olympus Mons
·
Emperor Elect Edward York with four wives
·
Rickard d’Helion with three wives, and sister
Celeste
·
Henry d’Angers with three wives
·
Giuseppe Della-Moretta, two wives, and sons
Michael and Theodore
·
Samuel Drella, two wives, sons and daughters
·
Mary Cartwright and three husbands
·
Kraken, Lynx, and Spartan Colossi with Oracle
surrounded by Titan- and Ranger-pattern power armor and Auxillia Infantry
Combat Vehicles
§
Elysium
·
Elysium City overlooking the beach
·
Albor
·
President Sean McIntosh and parliament
·
Hecatus Tech Headquarters
·
Knight, Guardian, and Ferret Colossi, Champion
MBTs, surrounded by Digger-pattern power armor and regular infantry with Heavy
Wheeled APCs
§
Schmidt Principality
·
Schmidt (city)
·
Prince
·
Two Spartan Colossi with four tanks, surrounded
by tracked APCs, and cold-weather gear equipped infantry
§
Sirenum – Nomads outside a walled city
o Star
Folk
§
Community Fleet with Midgard, Luebeck, and Dire Wolf at the center
§
Luebeck’s commercial
district
§
Thiemmo Rautenstrauch von Midgard
§
Scion Brandt Krueger von Luedeker with wife
Sophia, with von Luedeker crest
§
House von Sibenthal crest
§
House von Croy crest
§
Peter Drexel, Amelia Krueger von Luedeker,
Balder Faltskog, Eyolf “The Wolf” Aune, Zoryn Revnik, and Maria Hannover
§
Renegade-, Hankyu-, and Ranger-pattern power
armor suits each decorated differently (Renegade: All Black; Hankyu: Hessen
Colors; Ranger: Brown with feathers, decorations, and Norse pagan fetishes)
§
House von Luedeker Guards in front of von
Luedeker keep on the Dire Wolf
o Jupiter
§
Ganymede
·
Ta-Urt
·
Dendera
§
Callisto
·
Doh – Feng Business Consortium
·
The Svol League
o Skuld
o Ieiwa
o Nar
o Saturn
§
Titan – The Principality of Haven Butte
