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Alternate Shemarrens

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:17 am
by Rathorc Lemenger
Does anyone know if it would be possible for there to be alternate Shemarrians?? or theres going to be any in the upcoming Shemarren book? The reason for my question is that I was thinking of doing up some Alternate Shemarrians. Such as: Hunter Class, Stealth Class, Typical Class (the originals), and even a Leader Class. Then I was thinking about doing Alternate versions of the Monster Rex, I.E.: Draconic, Bipedal, and Underwater versions.

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:37 am
by Jockitch74
There is an upcoming sourcebook for them.... but who knows when that will actually see the light of day.

In the mean time, should submit it for the Rifter. Would be a great idea

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:20 pm
by taalismn
In the vast Megaverse, it may be entirely possible for there to be a D-Bee Loving Coalition, an Evil Erin Tarn(the Ann Coulter of her Rifts Earth), Good Splugorth, and even Alternate Shemarrians of natural origin(or who have split off from ARCHIE-3 in an unexpected display of machine evolution)...let your imagination run wild!

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:31 pm
by Danger
Josh is working on a new book for them. I assume he'll update them, & add some new 'classes', but who knows?

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:31 pm
by Josh Sinsapaugh
SB1 notes that Archie is obsessed with variations, so Shemarrian variants are highly plausible.

Will they be in Shemarrian Nation? Yes.

For a little more insight into that, including the rationale behind it, check out the interview I did with Prince Artemis's podcast.

~ Josh

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:23 pm
by The Galactus Kid
I WANT THAT BOOK, JOSH!!! The manuscript is in, correct? I hope it comes out this year.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:27 pm
by rat_bastard
The Galactus Kid wrote:I WANT THAT BOOK, JOSH!!! The manuscript is in, correct? I hope it comes out this year.


speaking of books I want this year...

GET BACK TO WORK!

:P

rat_bastard smells funny.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:54 pm
by Josh Sinsapaugh
The Galactus Kid wrote:I WANT THAT BOOK, JOSH!!! The manuscript is in, correct? I hope it comes out this year.


Yup, it's in.

I sent it in just after Labor Day (in fact, Labor Day delayed it's submission).

~ Josh

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:03 am
by Aramanthus
Sounds very cool! I'm looking forward to that book seeing print! Looking forward to seeing your variations!

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:56 pm
by Rimmerdal
Nice! more stuff that I can sink my teeth into.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:59 pm
by BookWyrm
Ah, but the big question is:

Are the Shemarrians just an artificial race created by Archie, or are there actual flesh & blood Shemarrians in the Megaverse? :demon:

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:57 pm
by Aramanthus
It's a huge multiverse..... Supposedly every possibility exist in an infinite universe. So flesh and blood ones could exist in some of them.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:22 pm
by The Galactus Kid
Whatever the case, I want that book. In my opinion, it should have been the next book released after Revised SB1.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:32 pm
by Aramanthus
It'll be out soon enough! I'll be happy to have it too!

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:20 pm
by Rathorc Lemenger
Well, here's what I got for ideas so far for each class: Hunter Class: More of a selection of weapons and slightly more of an organic look to it due to projections for when its tracking. Stealth Class: I was thinking of a more sleek look with less armor to it, but more sensors and maybe somsort of sound filtration unit; I was also thinking of having some rubber on the feet in oreder to silence the robot as it goes about on stealth missions of various types.Typical Class (the originals): No changes here. Leader Class: More dense Armor that's 2x the normal thickness, a full and more complex communications suite, And in order to tell it apart from the typical Shemarrian a different (and more ornate with most of the communication gear in the projections) headdress.

That all I got for now.

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:59 pm
by Defender_X
I had an idea for a flesh and blood version, basicly young girls that got rescued from splurgoth slavers and raised by the Shemarrians, mainly as a way for Archie to through everyone off the real story. I figure that the merc or robot pilot OCC with mods might work. Then outfit and equip accordingly and send them out to 'explore' so the girls won't accidentally discover the truth. It might work.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:52 pm
by Josh Sinsapaugh
It's always been noted that Hagan came up with them, not Archie by himself.

~ Josh

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:49 pm
by Rathorc Lemenger
Well, any ways, if anyone is wondering about my earlier post when I said that the Leader Shemarrians had armor that was 2x more dense, I ment that Archie 3 had some how been able to do it in such a way that he bonded them on a lower level than the atomic level. It was on the level of Quarks (and I'm not talking DS9 here), Protons and Nuetrons.

As to the Monster Rex Varients that are being produced, people explain them away as different SubSpecies, like the subspecies of dogs.

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:51 pm
by Rathorc Lemenger
I also like Defender_X's example of the rescued "Shemarrians".

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:00 am
by Library Ogre
Rathorc Lemenger wrote:I also like Defender_X's example of the rescued "Shemarrians".

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.


I do, too. Rescued Shemmarians might include rogue Blind Warrior Women and they would borg themselves out as time went on.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:01 am
by Aramanthus
Hagan created them........... I remember that. Thanks for the reminder Josh. But then did Hagan encountered them. The two questions are Where? And When?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:43 am
by Mech-Viper Prime
hey josh i might have a few models you might like

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:35 am
by Defender_X
Mark Hall wrote:
Rathorc Lemenger wrote:I also like Defender_X's example of the rescued "Shemarrians".

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.


I do, too. Rescued Shemmarians might include rogue Blind Warrior Women and they would borg themselves out as time went on.

thanks, I like to have Archie and Hagan come up with new ways to hide their tracks. They seem to work best just off stage, but enough of a presense to see some shadows.

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:42 am
by Aramanthus
It does make sense that there had to be an inspiration for it from Hagan. We'll have to see where Josh goes with it! :D