The Sathar Swarm

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jedion357
February 8, 2019 - 7:32am
was thinking of this picture and inspired by it for an illustration
(I've actually seen the WIP version of how he put it together)

got me thinking of a group of SF characters surronded by and being swarmed by Sathar.

If you think about it the sathar are possibly a good fit for swarm attacks from a game desing or referee perspective: they are never presented with a lot of equipment.

Certainly a sapient creature would look to preserve itself and find advantages to make up for lack of equipment but we also know the sathar dont care to preserve their own lives and frequently suicide.

I suppose maybe the "swarm" could be slave bots? as well.


I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!
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jedion357
April 16, 2019 - 10:10pm
KRingway wrote:
Btw, my article on Sathar weapons is almost ready. It's about 2300 words and has 7 or 8 illustrations. I'd still like to create some cover art but just need a cool idea to surface from my brain Cool


I've been toying with the following inspiration because of content that we have:
Idea is basically the first picture of a few members of the core four jumping off a cliff to escape quickdeaths but also a ghostly sathar face in the night sky looking down on the action.





I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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KRingway
April 17, 2019 - 12:08am
I could recreate the Alpha Dawn box art but replace all of the characters with sathar Smile

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JCab747
April 17, 2019 - 3:25am
KRingway wrote:
I could recreate the Alpha Dawn box art but replace all of the characters with sathar Smile
 

Now that might be nifty!
Joe Cabadas

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jedion357
April 17, 2019 - 4:31am
KRingway wrote:
I could recreate the Alpha Dawn box art but replace all of the characters with sathar Smile

The crashed ship should be the sathar scout ship from the beyond the frontier campaign there is a picture of it in War Machine.
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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KRingway
April 17, 2019 - 7:24am
Or perhaps the Sathar shuttle.

The AD cover a rather complex scene (all those rocks), but possibly some sort of homage is possible. It's eally just down to my free time, of which I don't have much at the moment. If the deadline is still sometime in May/June, it might be possible.

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KRingway
June 12, 2019 - 6:17am
I just wanted to check what the deadline is? I'm still working on my Sathar material.

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jedion357
June 12, 2019 - 5:57pm
KRingway wrote:
I just wanted to check what the deadline is? I'm still working on my Sathar material.

quite honestly we might have to much sathar material. Articles like "Things that Go Boom" series will likely be bumped. Premium will probably be on material with artwork me thinks. We actually have 2 full issues of material at this point so I would say just do it and submit it.
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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JCab747
June 12, 2019 - 7:06pm
KRingway wrote:
I just wanted to check what the deadline is? I'm still working on my Sathar material.


Yes, keep working on your stories. I am very interested in seeing your work published!
Joe Cabadas

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KRingway
August 15, 2019 - 5:28am
This Sphinx moth caterpillar looks somewhat familiar... Surprised

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JCab747
August 15, 2019 - 10:36am
KRingway wrote:
This Sphinx moth caterpillar looks somewhat familiar... Surprised
 

Yes. definitely wormy.

I think I saw your submissions on the FE website. Very, very good. 

I tried to keep the descriptions of most Sathar weapons vague in my stories for the recent issue so your weapons could easily be used!

I guess Tom & Tom will just need to do another Sathar themed issue... or least one with a heavy worm emphasis.
Joe Cabadas

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KRingway
August 15, 2019 - 2:18pm
Thanks! I need to rework the cover art slightly but everything else is good to go. And yes, maybe another Sathar special issue is needed. It seems that there are plenty of new ideas about them!