Synopsis for At the Sign of Triumph

OAR said Safehold was "thousands of light years" beyond any Gbaba sightings. If they are going to have a multi-thousand year head start, might as well let electric technology develop naturally. It took only one thousand years to go from Safehold-level tech on Earth up to the level of the TF, which was only fifty years from defeating the Gbaba. This time around Safehold has access to the equivalent of a major TF university library to use for bootstrapping. Further, the technological development could be specialized for fighting Gbaba.

If I were Merlin I'd even allow radar.

Expert snuggler wrote:OAR said Safehold was "thousands of light years" beyond any Gbaba sightings. If they are going to have a multi-thousand year head start, might as well let electric technology develop naturally. It took only one thousand years to go from Safehold-level tech on Earth up to the level of the TF, which was only fifty years from defeating the Gbaba. This time around Safehold has access to the equivalent of a major TF university library to use for bootstrapping. Further, the technological development could be specialized for fighting Gbaba.

If I were Merlin I'd even allow radar.

Minor nit: It was from point of origin, not "beyond any Gbaba sightings." The hope, of course, is that there wouldn't be a major difference between the two.

Don

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n7axw wrote:Minor nit: It was from point of origin, not "beyond any Gbaba sightings." The hope, of course, is that there wouldn't be a major difference between the two.

Don

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I got the impression that Safehold is so far out that the Federation had never explored that far out before. For all they know, the Gbaba (or someone else just as advanced if not more) are right next door.

evilauthor wrote:

n7axw wrote:Minor nit: It was from point of origin, not "beyond any Gbaba sightings." The hope, of course, is that there wouldn't be a major difference between the two.

Don

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I got the impression that Safehold is so far out that the Federation had never explored that far out before. For all they know, the Gbaba (or someone else just as advanced if not more) are right next door.

I wouldn't think the Gbaba. But the someone else just as advanced if not more is something I've wondered about. If so, let's hope they are benign.

Don

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I wouldn't think the Gbaba. But the someone else just as advanced if not more is something I've wondered about. If so, let's hope they are benign.

Don[/quote]
Didn't RFC do post about "How Safehold WON'T end. Multiple Gbaba fleets closing in. Outnumbered good guys detect yet another fleet. But of only 50 ships. Only they are each the size of a small gas giant.... Commanding Admiral apologises that this nest of Gbaba had been missed

martin wrote:
Didn't RFC do post about "How Safehold WON'T end. Multiple Gbaba fleets closing in. Outnumbered good guys detect yet another fleet. But of only 50 ships. Only they are each the size of a small gas giant.... Commanding Admiral apologises that this nest of Gbaba had been missed

Yeah, that was a wonderful spoof in which David combined elements of all of his universes in a grand finale for Safehold, announcing that it wasn't going to happen that way. A nice piece of writing...

Don

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martin wrote:

I wouldn't think the Gbaba. But the someone else just as advanced if not more is something I've wondered about. If so, let's hope they are benign.

Don[/quote]
Didn't RFC do post about "How Safehold WON'T end. Multiple Gbaba fleets closing in. Outnumbered good guys detect yet another fleet. But of only 50 ships. Only they are each the size of a small gas giant.... Commanding Admiral apologises that this nest of Gbaba had been missed[/quote]

You lost a zero.

It appears that the book description has been taken down at both the Macmillan and Amazon sites.

Does that mean anything? Delay in releasing the book? Change now that David's starting writing it?

-- Bob G

BobG wrote:It appears that the book description has been taken down at both the Macmillan and Amazon sites.

Does that mean anything? Delay in releasing the book? Change now that David's starting writing it?

-- Bob G

Sorry to say but the answer is yes, no chance for the expected date of 10/25/16. Just after 9am today (07/01/16) DUCKK posted the following on another thread;

Ok, I have spoken to Tom Pope (who in turn spoke to David), and he has confirmed that AtSoT is not complete. David is working on it right now, but he has not completed the first draft yet.

So no BOOM this year, Boom next most probably!

Randomiser wrote:

lyonheart wrote:Hi Evil author,


Given the 608 pages with the sizable and increasing character appendix among others, this will be less than a hundred pages shorter in text than HFQ, but still longer than others in the series.

I wouldn't base too much on the page count at this stage, 608 seems to be some kind of standard number. Amazon UK still says the hardcover version of HFQ has 608 pages despite my Kindle version saying it has 784.

I doubt that the length of the ercs bears any relationship to the page count of the printed edition.

Don

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