Well this account's been quiet for a minute, eh?

For those of you following us on here, Star Captains is still under active development! It's just most of the work being done currently is writing out GM-material, forming the 'bestiary' of example NPCs, and of course loads of play-testing.

The one thing that I haven't had time to work on has been any of the artwork, hence the ghost-town quality of the FA page. (There's several ship designs fully sketched out, that I just haven't had time to scan in and splice together. Hopefully I'll be getting some of those up soon)

So, while it's not very visually-stimulating, I've put up another chunk of the History section to hopefully keep you folks interested:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9193474/

Also, updated the icon! Woo!

Now, back to work!

Fair skies, Out to the Black, and Tail High!
~Windpaw

Hello again, folks! This week we look at the AV-1 Buzzard-class Corvette; a sleek, maneuverable ship designed by the avians to put the zip-zams in your photon-whizzoos!* Buckaw!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8215408/

Next update? Yeah probably more ships. I'm building up quite the back-log of finished designs! Going to try and squeeze in some species page art in the next few weeks, and hey the more questions you guys ask the quicker the FAQ will be complete! See you in two weeks, captains!

Fair skies, Out to the Black, and Tail High!
~Windpaw

*Star Captains™ is in no way endorsed by Bill Cosby, his affiliates, or his cybernetic discendents, the Space Cosby Collective.

Yup, more ships! This week we look at the Intrepid; a low-tech junker with considerable cargo capacity. The perfect thing for a captain just starting out.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8112107/

I -might- post a non-ship update soon, maybe History or even a Species if I have the time. For now though, enjoy the space ships! And as always, feedback and questions are always appreciated!


Fair skies, Tail High, and Out to the Black,
~Windpaw

Another Star Captains™ update! And, it's another ship! The D-7 Vankka is one of the first 'faction-specific' ships I've posted on here so far, designed originally by the Dwarven Clans to help with their mining operation.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8015752/

So! It's taken me a while to organize things, what with my annoyingly full schedule, but I can easily promise a steady bi-weekly update for the FA page. Hell, at the rate I'm going maybe even the occasional week-by-week update TYPHOON of space-goodness will find its way on here!

Fair skies, Tail High, and Out to the Black,
~Windpaw

Update! A week later than intended...

Oh well.

More ships this time around (will probably be just ships for a bit), with this preview taking a look at the Horizon IPV (Inter-Planetary Vehicle). An all-but-unarmed single person warp transport.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7710803/

Trying to keep a bi-weekly schedule for the updates. Hopefully by the time I start running low on ships that I already have their designs of on paper I'll have enough free time to switch back to the old history>species>mechanic>ship routine.

~Windpaw

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7575634/

So, month and a half break. Longer than intended.

I had originally started these updates with a structured plan in mind:

History

Playable Species

Game Mechanic

Ship

But even though I have the history for the next update written up, I haven't had time to work on the little concept art I want to tack on to the update. And, I was too stubborn to break the update structure, even though I have quite a few ships already drawn up that I could've used to keep the updates semi-regular while I'm going through this busy-period.

So, nuts to that. Every-other-week I'll go ahead and post the preview updates with just ships until things get less crazy around here. No more huge black-outs for Star Captains ™ for the time being :D

Next update, I have no idea. It'll be a ship, I know that!

~Windpaw

Hi again folks!

This week's Star Captains™ preview takes a look at the Victory-class Battleship: an ancient but reliable fleet ship from before the days of warp travel (retro-fitted for the modern captain, of course).

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7188797/

Unfortunately, the weekly preview updates will have to go on hold for a little while whilst I catch up on my public commission queue. I simply don't have the time to work on them and maintain everything else I have going on right now (which includes proper Star Captains™ development). After my public commissions are cleared (hopefully no more than a couple weeks, a month tops) the updates will resume on schedule. Don't worry, the Star Captains™ page will stay active. I have plenty of bits of random concept sketches to keep everybody occupied during the hiatus!

Now, when the updates DO resume we'll be looping back around to History, with the "Foundation of the Zxaah Empire" (one of the major non-Terran alien factions in the SC universe). Stay tuned for other updates in the meantime!

~Windpaw

Okay, so while the update itself was on time, the journal mentioning it is almost a week late. Apologies for that, as it's been one hell of a week. -.-;

This week we look at the basics of how warp travel works in the Star Captains™ universe!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7151584

Next week (read: tomorrow) we'll be showing off an archaic, yet still formidable fleet ship hull, the Victory-Class Battleship. Stay tuned, folks!

~Windpaw

Well, despite what the last journal said this week's Preview update was posted on time early this morning. Huzzah! This week we take a look at the Aquila, a proud species of predatory birds:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7105424/

As always, questions and feedback are welcome!

Next update, we'll be explaining how warp-travel works in the Star Captains™ universe! Stay tuned!

~Windpaw

Here's wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday week! The next Star Captains ™ preview update is being held off for the holidays and will return in a week or two.

Merry Space-Christmas, Space-Chanukah, Space-Yule, and Space-Kwanzaa to everyone.

~Windpaw

This week's update continues the known-history of the Star Captains ™ game setting with the "Age of the Builders". I know, more tedious tl;dr reading, but hey there's some snazzy concept art to go with it!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7027790

One of the main reasons why this update was put off for a week was 'cause I realized all of the concept art for the Havens was on notebook paper... So I whipped up some nice colored pieces to go along with the history.

Hopefully the holidays wont interfere with the update schedule, but if they do I'll post some more concept sketches to fill the void. For the next preview update, we'll be taking a look at one of the two playable avian species, the Aquila! Stay tuned, folks!

~Windpaw

Well, that was quick.

Last week I was two days late, and this week one day early.

CHAOS!

So we have our fourth sneak-peak update for Star Captains ™ this week: The SF-3 Star Eagle http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6939546 Yeah, you know how I said the next few updates would be made from finished, pre-existing material?

Yeeeaaah about that.... <.<

Seems like every time I check over the next update, I find something that I need to tweak/edit, or I don't like the older concept art I have for something so I redesign/draw it again from scratch. It's fantastic for development, but not-so-great for getting these preview updates out on time :P

As it stands, however, we're on schedule for next week's update, which will be part two of the History section: "Age of the Builders" More exciting reading ahead for you all! Stay tuned!

~Windpaw

Posted the latest preview update last night. Granted, it was a couple days late (and a week, if I don't count the miniature picture posted last week as an update, which I am <.<) but the material I (Windpaw) had written up on the tech-levels was almost two years old, sparse, and horribly out-of-date. Various other things contributed to the tardiness this time around, but the next couple updates are composed entirely of pre-existing concept art and in-game info so they should be on time.

Next week, we cook a *caw*ing starship. 8[ The SF-3 Star Eagle to be exact. I already posted some paper-minis made up of that particular ship hull, but next update we'll be seeing some actual concept art of the ship, along with a more detailed history/description.

See you folks then,
~Windpaw

Yesterday, we posted the second sneak-preview for Star Captains™: The "Canid" player-species.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6820893

Next week, we'll be posting the "Tech Level" system that the equipment system runs off of. Stay tuned!!

For the first Star Captains™ preview, we have an excerpt from the "History" chapter of the Galaxy Master's book, starting with the chapter's introduction and delving into the mysterious "Magi" civilization.

Next week, we'll give a peak of the "Canid" playable race, along with some concept art!

~Windpaw

^^^

First icon for Star Captains. What do you guys think?

~Windpaw

Beginning at some point next week, the Star Captains™ page will begin to update regularly on a weekly basis. Each update will provide a peak of some aspect of the game; races, ships, technology/equipment (accompanied by concept art), as well as lore, history, and FAQs about game play However, those questions must be 'frequently-asked' before I can answer them, which is where input from you guys will come in!

So stay tuned! Exciting things are happening in the Star Captains™ universe!

~Windpaw