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What Shall The Future Bring... Only The Patrons Shall Know!!
🕑 Added 2022-08-19 16:12:43 +0000 UTCHello Patrons!
Today I made an announcement to the BTA Discord about BTA's regular updates coming less frequently as I combat burn out. I also mentioned that I would be working on a large new BTA project, but that I couldn't give any details about it in public right now. Well, guess what! You guys aren't the public and you most directly support my ability to do this for a living, so you get more details and actual info. I would ask however that you not share this information outside of Patron-focused spaces, such as on Patreon or in the patron-only channel of the Discord. I want this to largely be a major surprise for the community once I unveil it.
Those of you who have been around for a long time may remember the Dane Sacellum project I was toying with back in 2020. The new BTA project is a resurrection of that old idea but done with better knowledge, more tools, and more abilities that we have developed in the several years since then. The name has also changed, this is the Sanctuary Worlds project and is going to take awhile to make. The general scope is that I'll be creating 4 new factions (the Sanctuary Alliance, the Dane Sacellum, the Jacobson Haven, and the Mallard Republic), a large section of space for them to inhabit (the Sanctuary Worlds and the Shield Worlds, as well as the jump points necessary to get to them), their entire tech tree which is unique and distinct from IS technology, their mech and vehicle forces (which are probably going to number hundreds of units, including using models that appear nowhere else in BTA), and an event and WarTech IIC driven story line of their return to the Inner Sphere and their war with the Taurian Concordat. If I can manage it, there might also be a Flashpoint in there to help drive home the story aspect, though I don't want to commit to that just yet.
I won't lie, this is an intimidating amount of work and I already abandoned this project once, I'm a little trepidatious. However, my situation and my ability has changed dramatically since 2020. I'm happier, I'm healthier, I've got a better support network, I've got more tools at my disposal, I've got more knowledge of the game and of the systems at hand, and I've got better planning skills and a better sense of what it's gonna take. I also, to be honest, have you, the patrons, to help keep me honest. I'm going to make a real attempt to keep you updated as I go with insights as to what I'm working on which will hopefully keep me dedicated to making forward progress. Finally, with core BTA taking a bit of a back-seat, I can more easily focus my efforts on the Sanctuary Worlds project instead of throwing all my time at core BTA. Hopefully, all of these elements will keep this a realistic project.
I know this is a lot of talk and not much action so far, but I've already been going back into my old files from the first attempt and updating them and starting to change them with modern knowledge and information, which is a nice start. I've already been bulking out their weaponry and their equipment with further details. As I have more to demonstrate, I'll share with you. Finally, as an incentive to stick around, I've also decided that once I have something to demo, I'll be making demos available to Patrons of Diamond Dove-tier and above. That may not happen for awhile as this is still very early days and this project is gonna take probably months to complete but I'm looking forward to getting this into your hands.
Thank you for sticking it out with me and supporting me here on Patreon. I very legitimately could not do this for a living without your help! Keep an eye on this space, more is coming!
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I love all all that you have done to make BTA amazing and fun. Excited to continue supporting you as you add even more new content.
BTA has added SO much to Battletech and kept me playing regularly. You are a Rockstar and I just upped my tier to show my sincere appreciation and admiration.
