Star Fleet Battles - Module C6: Lost Empires hit the presses on Monday. It's shipping to distributors this week, and will go out for mail orders from the 30th. (A larger version of the cover art is shown here.)
C6 looks at a series of "what-if" timelines, in which the Paravians and Carnivons (a pair of SFU-native species introduced to the Early Years in Module Y1) managed to survive into the "modern" era in the Alpha Octant. Historically, both species became extinct in "our" corner of the galaxy (as portrayed in the SFU); but a group of Paravians would later become a power in the Omega Octant, while rumours abound of a "last command" of Carnivon exiles who may, perhaps, have made it as far as the distant Sargasso Storm region.
But in C6, a series of "pre-war" and "wartime" hulls is being presented for both empires, intended for use in alternate timelines (or simulator exercises) in which one or both empires managed to stake a claim in the Alpha Octant for the long haul.
In addition to the Paravian map preview shown last year, a new file shows what the two alternate histories done up for the Carnivons turn out like. (The top map shows a Carnivon realm which had managed to unite and survive long enough to last into the modern era, and includes planets which were depopulated by the Lyrans and Kzintis in the "standard" timeline. The bottom map shows a quantum reality in which two Carnivon Hordes fled into the WYN Cluster, and went on to use it as a launchpad for a fresh round of conquest in Y178, taking advantage of their neighbours' mutual exhaustion in the General War.)
Also, there are sketches done by Adam Turner which show his visions of what a Carnivon and a Paravian would look like. (Adam also sketched his take on a SFU Gorn, and made a welcome point to include traces of the genetic link between that species and their Paravian cousins/nemeses, as it exists in the Star Fleet Universe.)
C6 looks at a series of "what-if" timelines, in which the Paravians and Carnivons (a pair of SFU-native species introduced to the Early Years in Module Y1) managed to survive into the "modern" era in the Alpha Octant. Historically, both species became extinct in "our" corner of the galaxy (as portrayed in the SFU); but a group of Paravians would later become a power in the Omega Octant, while rumours abound of a "last command" of Carnivon exiles who may, perhaps, have made it as far as the distant Sargasso Storm region.
But in C6, a series of "pre-war" and "wartime" hulls is being presented for both empires, intended for use in alternate timelines (or simulator exercises) in which one or both empires managed to stake a claim in the Alpha Octant for the long haul.
In addition to the Paravian map preview shown last year, a new file shows what the two alternate histories done up for the Carnivons turn out like. (The top map shows a Carnivon realm which had managed to unite and survive long enough to last into the modern era, and includes planets which were depopulated by the Lyrans and Kzintis in the "standard" timeline. The bottom map shows a quantum reality in which two Carnivon Hordes fled into the WYN Cluster, and went on to use it as a launchpad for a fresh round of conquest in Y178, taking advantage of their neighbours' mutual exhaustion in the General War.)
Also, there are sketches done by Adam Turner which show his visions of what a Carnivon and a Paravian would look like. (Adam also sketched his take on a SFU Gorn, and made a welcome point to include traces of the genetic link between that species and their Paravian cousins/nemeses, as it exists in the Star Fleet Universe.)
