Info on the Next Titan Novel: Fortune of War

[DS9forever]

Why people want Starship Collection models of the Titan and the Aventine I'll never understand.

 

[ryan123450]

What's the issue with that?

 

[JD]

I'd rather we go back to the 'character faces' covers of the first handful of Titan books, honestly. I realise it was quite a coup - not to mention a substantial promotional layout - to get a ship designed exclusively for the books, and they probably want to make the most of it. But this will make the fifth book in the series - and indeed fourth in a row - with the ship on the cover, and there are still plenty of the crew who we never got a good look at.

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I don't mind the occasional ship cover, but a bit more variety would be nice. I still find it a bit annoying that Christine Vale has been around for 17 years now, and we've still never seen her on a cover.

 

[Csalem]

I don't mind the occasional ship cover, but a bit more variety would be nice. I still find it a bit annoying that Christine Vale has been around for 17 years now, and we've still never seen her on a cover.

I find it worrying she is around 17 years now. Is it just me or is time speeding up with each passing year cos I am sure she was just a new character five years ago?

 

[JD]

I double checked before my post, and she was first introduced in SCE #1: Belly of the Beast, which came out in August of 2000.

 

[The Wormhole]

Why people want Starship Collection models of the Titan and the Aventine I'll never understand.

Why? They're cool looking ships regardless where they originate, so why shouldn't people want models of them?

 

[MarsWeeps]

That is an actual model. It's just perspective.

That looks like a drawing to me, not a photo of an actual model.

 

[Christopher]

That looks like a drawing to me, not a photo of an actual model.

I think they mean it's a rendering of a 3D digital model. One can do things to a digital model to make it look more "painted," but it's still a 3D wireframe underneath, so the proportions would be correct.

 

[Csalem]

I double checked before my post, and she was first introduced in SCE #1: Belly of the Beast, which came out in August of 2000.

I believe you. Just hard to remember I was only 16 years old when she was introduced, and now I am not. :-(

 

[F. King Daniel]

I find it worrying she is around 17 years now. Is it just me or is time speeding up with each passing year cos I am sure she was just a new character five years ago?

They grow up so fast.

 

[Markonian]

Error or not, the Akira looks awesome on that cover.

And even when it's fixed, that preview is on the Internet and will exist forever.

 

[Jinn]

Error or not, the Akira looks awesome on that cover.

And even when it's fixed, that preview is on the Internet and will exist forever.

Is it? Did anyone save that image?

 

[Markonian]

Is it? Did anyone save that image?

It's on Memory Beta now.

 

[Jinn]

It's on Memory Beta now.

Oh, thanks, that's good to hear. I really liked that cover.

 

[Defcon]

I'll keep it on the book's entry on my blog as well as a “cover draft“ , even when the actual cover is revealed.

 

[David cgc]

Is it? Did anyone save that image?

I had the devil's own time trying to find the SNW cover draft with the A-Wing on it. I think I found a thumbnail.

 

[DarkHorizon]

Updated cover looks really awesome - I like the angle on the Titan:

http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-titan-fortune-of-war

 

[Mage]

Updated cover looks really awesome - I like the angle on the Titan:

http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-titan-fortune-of-war

Stunning!!!

 

[JD]

Wow. I was just thinking the other day how tired I am of ship covers, but this one is actually really cool. Definitely like that better than the Akira stand in cover they posted before.

 

[David cgc]

David Mack posted a quick note about the cover change to his blog. I guess that explains why Mojo was asking about who'd made CG models of the Titan on Facebook the other week. Probably should've put that together.