Quote from: "Steve Walmsley"Quote from: "Kurt"My original plan was to do the single-perspective write-ups, all from the Jovian perspective. The thing is, I find that I flesh things out a lot better, and get a much more complete feel for what the government is all about, if I do a report and update from their perspective.I feel the same way. The only downside (and I don't think this is a major issue) is that I always spend more time and effort on the race for which I am writing the reports than on any of the other races. That might be an issue if this was a competitive game but in a single perspective story the other races provide the background and colour so you don't really need to play them to the same depth as the main protaganist. In Aurora terms I find this means I will do a review of their fleets and pops more often than the others and spend a little more time on command assignments.
Steve
I've noticed myself doing the same on the FLOP. They get the majority of the attention while the Andarmax and the Imperium get less.
Quote from: "Kurt"My original plan was to do the single-perspective write-ups, all from the Jovian perspective. The thing is, I find that I flesh things out a lot better, and get a much more complete feel for what the government is all about, if I do a report and update from their perspective.I feel the same way. The only downside (and I don't think this is a major issue) is that I always spend more time and effort on the race for which I am writing the reports than on any of the other races. That might be an issue if this was a competitive game but in a single perspective story the other races provide the background and colour so you don't really need to play them to the same depth as the main protaganist. In Aurora terms I find this means I will do a review of their fleets and pops more often than the others and spend a little more time on command assignments.
Steve
My original plan was to do the single-perspective write-ups, all from the Jovian perspective. The thing is, I find that I flesh things out a lot better, and get a much more complete feel for what the government is all about, if I do a report and update from their perspective.
I enjoy single perspective stories (as you might guess) so I am following the Jovian reports with great interest. I am trying something different for my current campaign because I spent ten years writing Rigellian reports but they are still mostly single perspective reports but from different perspectives at different times.
Something I have tried in the past is writing two concurrent single perspective reports (rather than a combined report) which makes very interesting reading but is a lot of work. This is because I really enjoyed a Flat Top after action report written in The General about 25 years ago which was shown in two columns per page with the Japanese report on the left and the US report on the right. It was fascinating to see the different views the two sides had of the battle as it progressed.
Steve
) so I am following the Jovian reports with great interest. I am trying something different for my current campaign because I spent ten years writing Rigellian reports but they are still mostly single perspective reports but from different perspectives at different times.
