Traviss's new novel, True Colors
Posted: 2007-02-10 04:09am
The OS has posted a blurb on Traviss's new novel, True Colors.
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Posted: 2007-02-10 04:49am
[sarcasm]Oh yeah, I'm so going to buy this.[/sarcasm]
Posted: 2007-02-10 04:51am
That's an interesting set of armor, at least.
Posted: 2007-02-10 06:52am
looks like just an update of the Katarn class Clone Commando suits.RogueIce wrote:That's an interesting set of armor, at least.
Posted: 2007-02-10 06:56am
I don't dare to think, what that might mean.A growing menace threatens Republic victory, and the members of Omega Squad make a discovery that shakes their loyalty.
Posted: 2007-02-10 07:01am
"Oh my, the Trade Federation is holding back 99.98% of their droid army! It's almost as though someone is manipulating both sides!"FTeik wrote:I don't dare to think, what that might mean.A growing menace threatens Republic victory, and the members of Omega Squad make a discovery that shakes their loyalty.
Posted: 2007-02-10 07:30am
"And the Jedi are in on it! And, oh look, Ker-Flop'oa Mando'vode'oa'dergon'flip'vibrador, the Mandalorians saved the galaxy!"
Posted: 2007-02-10 08:56am
Wow, that blurb was like a "greatest hits" collection of Traviss's bullshit. Whether or not the book is like what we're all suspecting it to be I'll never know, since I'll never buy something with Traviss's name on it.This August, readers who loved Hard Contact and Triple Zero will have a third hard-hitting Republic Commando novel to add to their bookshelves. Karen Traviss returns with Star Wars: Republic Commando: True Colors, a novel set during the explosive Clone Wars.
In the Grand Army's desperate fight to crush the Separatists, the secret special ops missions of its elite clone warriors have never been more critical... or more dangerous. A growing menace threatens Republic victory, and the members of Omega Squad make a discovery that shakes their loyalty.
As the lines continue to blur between friend and enemy, citizens -- from civilians and sergeants to Jedi and generals -- find themselves up against a new foe: the doubt in their hearts and minds. The truth is a fragile, shifting illusion -- and only the approaching inferno will reveal both sides in their true colors.
Here's a first look at the novel's cover by Greg Knight. The book will be available in paperback this August from Del Rey Books.
Re: Traviss's new novel, True Colors
Posted: 2007-02-10 09:29am
True Colors. What an ironic title from an author who went ballistic when people exposed hers.Mange wrote:The OS has posted a blurb on Traviss's new novel, True Colors.
Posted: 2007-02-10 10:02am
Yes, it seems to contain every cliché Traviss has spouted for the last year. And the title is quite striking as well...Jim Raynor wrote:Wow, that blurb was like a "greatest hits" collection of Traviss's bullshit. Whether or not the book is like what we're all suspecting it to be I'll never know, since I'll never buy something with Traviss's name on it.This August, readers who loved Hard Contact and Triple Zero will have a third hard-hitting Republic Commando novel to add to their bookshelves. Karen Traviss returns with Star Wars: Republic Commando: True Colors, a novel set during the explosive Clone Wars.
In the Grand Army's desperate fight to crush the Separatists, the secret special ops missions of its elite clone warriors have never been more critical... or more dangerous. A growing menace threatens Republic victory, and the members of Omega Squad make a discovery that shakes their loyalty.
As the lines continue to blur between friend and enemy, citizens -- from civilians and sergeants to Jedi and generals -- find themselves up against a new foe: the doubt in their hearts and minds. The truth is a fragile, shifting illusion -- and only the approaching inferno will reveal both sides in their true colors.
Here's a first look at the novel's cover by Greg Knight. The book will be available in paperback this August from Del Rey Books.
Hilarious!Vympel wrote:"And the Jedi are in on it! And, oh look, Ker-Flop'oa Mando'vode'oa'dergon'flip'vibrador, the Mandalorians saved the galaxy!"
Posted: 2007-02-10 10:21am
Man, this sucks.
The RC novels were fairly good by EU terms.
I should've figured that hack would shoehorn some sort of self-serving crap into it soon enough. Stupid egomaniacal idiot is ruining a book series that I like just to prove her bullshit point about there only being 3 million clones.
The RC novels were fairly good by EU terms.
I should've figured that hack would shoehorn some sort of self-serving crap into it soon enough. Stupid egomaniacal idiot is ruining a book series that I like just to prove her bullshit point about there only being 3 million clones.
Posted: 2007-02-10 12:06pm
Tell me about it.Darksider wrote:Man, this sucks.
The RC novels were fairly good by EU terms.
I should've figured that hack would shoehorn some sort of self-serving crap into it soon enough. Stupid egomaniacal idiot is ruining a book series that I like just to prove her bullshit point about there only being 3 million clones.
The truly sad part is that Hard Contact and Triple Zero were actually good reads, and in my case, have proven invauable in beating back Trekkie claims of all Clones being retards, that the Jedi are fools who never wear armor, that Wars' obrtial-to-ground bombardments would be useless due to poor accuracy, and that Coruscanti citizens are all a bunch of unarmed peasants.
I might have considered getting this at one point in time. But now, since Traviss has apparently thrown all shreds of common sense and logic to the wayside...
Where are the sane EU authors when we need them?
Posted: 2007-02-10 01:43pm
They made their money and got out? It's what I'd doAratech wrote:Where are the sane EU authors when we need them?
Posted: 2007-02-10 02:59pm
I wonder if crack clone troopers Krad Esoom and SemaJ Remlig make an appearance?
Posted: 2007-02-10 03:42pm
Lord Poe wrote:I wonder if crack clone troopers Krad Esoom and SemaJ Remlig make an appearance?
Please tell me that's a joke. Clone Troopers don't have names, they have numbers. At least, they do from the Clone Wars EU I've read.
Posted: 2007-02-10 03:45pm
It must be; the first one seems to be Dark Moose backwards, while the second appears to be James Gilmer with the same treatment. James Gilmer I'm ignorant of, but the Moose is poorly thought of around here, I think for his favorable opinions of Ms Traviss.The Vortex Empire wrote:Lord Poe wrote:I wonder if crack clone troopers Krad Esoom and SemaJ Remlig make an appearance?
Please tell me that's a joke. Clone Troopers don't have names, they have numbers. At least, they do from the Clone Wars EU I've read.
Posted: 2007-02-10 03:46pm
Clones with names is not some bullshit Traviss made up herself. It's in lots of EU, including G-canon. Palpatine even called the orange clone commander who tried to kill Obi-Wan "Commander Cody." Labyrinth of Evil explains that clone names were something the Jedi and some other progressive people came up with.
Posted: 2007-02-10 03:46pm
Psst, If you rearrange the letters in the first name you get Dark Moose as for the second one I'm drawing a blank but I think the point he's trying to make is pretty clear.The Vortex Empire wrote: Please tell me that's a joke. Clone Troopers don't have names, they have numbers. At least, they do from the Clone Wars EU I've read.
Posted: 2007-02-10 03:48pm
James Gilmer, some fanboy asskisser on Traviss's LiveJournal.Cpl Kendall wrote:[as for the second one I'm drawing a blank
Posted: 2007-02-10 03:54pm
Some clones are allowed to have names. Only the ones who recieve the more advanced training from mercenaries and such for greater individuality are allowed them (Commanders, Commandos, etc.).The Vortex Empire wrote:Lord Poe wrote:I wonder if crack clone troopers Krad Esoom and SemaJ Remlig make an appearance?
Please tell me that's a joke. Clone Troopers don't have names, they have numbers. At least, they do from the Clone Wars EU I've read.
Posted: 2007-02-10 04:24pm
Not necessarily. Normal Clones seem to receive names as well. However, it is a very personal thing, as the name appears to be something given to them by their fellows. They appear to prefer outsiders not refer to them by their names. Why, I'm not sure, but some of my friends have speculated that they might see it as some manner of violation of what little privacy they have.DPDarkPrimus wrote:Some clones are allowed to have names. Only the ones who recieve the more advanced training from mercenaries and such for greater individuality are allowed them (Commanders, Commandos, etc.).The Vortex Empire wrote:Lord Poe wrote:I wonder if crack clone troopers Krad Esoom and SemaJ Remlig make an appearance?
Please tell me that's a joke. Clone Troopers don't have names, they have numbers. At least, they do from the Clone Wars EU I've read.
Posted: 2007-02-10 04:40pm
Jim Raynor wrote:Clones with names is not some bullshit Traviss made up herself. It's in lots of EU, including G-canon. Palpatine even called the orange clone commander who tried to kill Obi-Wan "Commander Cody." Labyrinth of Evil explains that clone names were something the Jedi and some other progressive people came up with.
I'm aware that Commanders and Commandos do have names. It's just the Grunts that usually don't.
Posted: 2007-02-10 04:48pm
Wasn't he privy to the first look of some of the material she had written?Jim Raynor wrote:James Gilmer, some fanboy asskisser on Traviss's LiveJournal.Cpl Kendall wrote:[as for the second one I'm drawing a blank
Posted: 2007-02-10 05:20pm
Wrong, all the one's In my list aren't Commanders or Commandos:The Vortex Empire wrote:Jim Raynor wrote:Clones with names is not some bullshit Traviss made up herself. It's in lots of EU, including G-canon. Palpatine even called the orange clone commander who tried to kill Obi-Wan "Commander Cody." Labyrinth of Evil explains that clone names were something the Jedi and some other progressive people came up with.
I'm aware that Commanders and Commandos do have names. It's just the Grunts that usually don't.
CT/A-1707 "Able"
Able 472
"Clanky"
CT-44/444 "Forry"
"Fi"
CT-0000/1010 "Fox"
"Galle"
"Inc"
"Mort"
CT-12/74 "Seefor"
CT-36/732 "Sirty"
CT-X270 "Xutoo"
CT-12/12-0068 "Twelve"
CT-41/14-0301 "Barr"
CT-43/76-9155 "Jorir"
CT-52/89-9204 "Tyto"
CT-53/21-8778 "Green"
CT-5108/8843 "Corr"
Sergeant Remy
Posted: 2007-02-10 05:24pm
General Schatten wrote:Wrong, all the one's In my list aren't Commanders or Commandos:The Vortex Empire wrote: I'm aware that Commanders and Commandos do have names. It's just the Grunts that usually don't.
CT/A-1707 "Able"
Able 472
"Clanky"
CT-44/444 "Forry"
"Fi"
CT-0000/1010 "Fox"
"Galle"
"Inc"
"Mort"
CT-12/74 "Seefor"
CT-36/732 "Sirty"
CT-X270 "Xutoo"
CT-12/12-0068 "Twelve"
CT-41/14-0301 "Barr"
CT-43/76-9155 "Jorir"
CT-52/89-9204 "Tyto"
CT-53/21-8778 "Green"
CT-5108/8843 "Corr"
Sergeant Remy
Huh. Guess I haven't read enough Clone Wars EU.