Put my previous TC on a back-burner (okay, removed it from the fire completely; it was already on a back-burner.) Now throwing together a less ambitious plug just to prove to myself I can do it.
It is a small TC; replacing most resources but using three primary governments and branching plot strings that should resolve in a few evening's play. Aiming for a download of well under 10 megs.
I've rendered out about half the ships and a quarter of the spobs, and the growing design document is up to 12 pages. I am working modularly and should be able to fight some pirates by next weekend -- I'll see how I feel about the rest of it after that.
(url="http://"http://home.earthlink.net/~nomuse/p2.JPG")http://home.earthlin.../~nomuse/p2.JPG(/url)
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You see a Grue.