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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RodneyThompson" data-source="post: 1708967" data-attributes="member: 3594">Well, I do plan on including a lot of stuff that I felt was left out of the book in any book that I can con a publisher into putting out...but as any writer can attest, selling a publisher on a book is not an easy task.Also, I'd like to address some concerns and a general attitude around here that has me a bit worried. I know everyone is upset that you're hearing JD say that his starships section was heavily altered, and you've probably heard me say something I wrote was cut a couple of times. The fact of the matter is that this process occurs on every book, it's just that we are (for right or wrong) giving you a bit of a peek behind the scenes of this process. There was a ton of stuff cut out of the first book that JD and I collaborated on, the Hero's Guide for the Star Wars RPG. Some of it eventually saw its way into free web enhancements; some of it didn't. The point is, you shouldn't think that this was some special case where evil, moustache-twirling villains at WotC decided to screw us poor, benvolent authors and their malleable fan base over. It's just a normal part of the editing process.Secondly, don't count out the possibility of support from WotC. I have been told that an entire 16-page chapter that I wrote will be appearing as a free web enhancement sometime in the near future. Additionally, while I haven't heard anything in any official capacity, it wouldn't surprise me to hear WotC is planning on increasing its support for Modern/Future in the next 2 years at all. They've been doing well financially, and have even hired on new members for it's R&D staff (a contrast to the job cuts of two and three years ago). Also, I think it's totally unfair to call the book half assed. I mean, while the starship combat system might be different from what JD wanted and sections were cut, the fact of the matter is that it's still so jam-packed full of mechanics and ideas that you're going to have a hard time convincing me that it's anything but a solid book. I knew this problem was going to crop up when we were writing it, though. I did the whole gear chapter, and as I'm going through there I'm realizing that there's no possible way I could please everyone with it. I couldn't include every single gun, armor, or piece of gear. So I create the gadget system in order to expand on it. Still not enough. I'm going through, trying to hit my word count, realizing I'm having to make hard choices on what I'm gong to include. The truth is that science fiction is just too big for any one book to adequately cover. All it can do is lay down a solid foundation for you to build on, which I defy anyone to tell me this book doesn't do.I'm not ranting or tooting our own horns here, but I think there's been too much focus on what's not in the book and not enough on what is. And now I'll go back to being your Future Q&A slave! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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