Official Books

[Lowly Uhlan]

For Jesse,Don, or Dan:does Paramount consider ST Starcharts and the DS9 Technical Manual to be official?Will we see new editions of the Encyclopedia or Chronology?Since Paramount has made the Starship Spotter official is Decipher changing any of it's ship stats in Starships to match the descriptions in that book?What's Deciphers opimion on Strcharts?Too many dumb questions from Lowly Uhlan?

[Ineti]

Originally posted by Lowly Uhlan
Will we see new editions of the Encyclopedia or Chronology?

This is the only question of yours I can help with. Over at the Trek BBS Literature forums, and on the Pocket Books Trek forums, this question gets raised all the time. The answer from TPTB has consistently been that there will be no updates to either the Chronology or the Encyclopedia for the forseeable future.

Which is a shame. I really like the latest version of both books.

[Eric R.]

I second that and say that it seems that Pocket Books has turned completely away from Faction books The way I understand it the Survival guide and Starchats were the last projects of this sort in the works and now they have both been published.

They site cost but seem unwilling to consider other alterntives to lower them. for instance they seem to be focus that the encyclopedia has to be in a single volume, when a nice two volume edition would more then easily solve the price issue and production issue.

[Lowly Uhlan]

Thanks ,Gents.Bummer.It seems like they'd allmost have to print at least a new chronology due to ENT.I'm sure the cost would be offset by all of us buying the books!How do you petition a publishing company?

[Ineti]

Originally posted by Lowly Uhlan
How do you petition a publishing company?

Write a well-thought out and eloquent letter expressing your concerns, and snail mail it.

www.simonsays.com/startrek will get your started on the right foot.

[Cochrane]

How many copies of Star Charts did everyone buy? I bought three: two to take apart and make posters from, and one to keep intact. Think we can buy enough to merit a second edition?

[Cochrane]

Who thinks the silence from The Decipher Powers That Be concerning Starcharts means they're having top secret juicy discussions on the subject?

[Doug Burke]

If so, it would be news to me. ::shrug::

[Lowly Uhlan]

So what do the other higher-ups have to say?

[SIR SIG]

Originally posted by Doug Burke
If so, it would be news to me. ::shrug::

So Doug, do you know if any Star Charts material has been used by Decipher for the rpg at all?

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by SIR SIG
So Doug, do you know if any Star Charts material has been used by Decipher for the rpg at all?

To my kjnowledge, no. However, they really haven't done much that would be able to use that information yet. Worlds might reference it when discussion the location of the planets, though I haven't heard for certain if this is the case.

[SIR SIG]

Okay thanks for the Heads up Doug.

Still it would be good if there is some cross ref with future products that deal with space/sectors etc.

[Cochrane]

I like someone's idea of Essential Guides (called something else of course). Some of the same categories would make sense. Ships has already been done, but could of course stand to be more comprehensive. Characters could be basically Encyclopedia entries for everyone or more flowing biographies for the stars. I think I've already suggested a new Worlds book, possibly hand in hand with the released Star Charts or with a Second Edition. A more narrative Chronology would be nice alongside the past format. The idea with all this is to go in a new direction and to split the Encyclopedia into separate books.

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by Doug Burke
To my knowledge, no. However, they really haven't done much that would be able to use that information yet. Worlds might reference it when discussion the location of the planets, though I haven't heard for certain if this is the case.

I'd like to correct myself on this. I know now that TPTB are going to be using Star Charts as a reference not only for planet location, but also for the layout fo some worlds (which are apparently pictured in Star Charts). So I guess the answer your question, Sig, is "yes, it will be."

[Ergi]

Originally posted by Doug Burke
I'd like to correct myself on this. I know now that TPTB are going to be using Star Charts as a reference not only for planet location, but also for the layout fo some worlds (which are apparently pictured in Star Charts). So I guess the answer your question, Sig, is "yes, it will be."

I think they have already deviated from the distances given in starcharts. I can't tell you any numbers now, but in "2 days and 2 nights" (or something like that) the crew is on Risa and Archer shows an alien woman our sun and tells her how far it is away from their location. And the distance he told her was too far, I think.