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==2014==
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* June 11: Timo last updated his ''Guide'' in December 2012 and I'm of the belief that the wiki isn't so far along as to be unable to bring this version of the ''Guide'' somewhat in-synch. At this point, I've completed adding all of the new ship classes in to each chapter page and to the [[Timo's Guide to Starfleet|''Guide'''s front page]] and am in the process of making the extensive changes to the first article, [[DY sublight series (Guide)]]. It should be noted that Timo's latest version breaks the ''DY'' series into two separate articles, one sublight, the other warp. However, the sublight version appears to discuss craft that are not obviously not ''DY'' series, so I've had to re-craft that article somewhat to allow for this.
==General==
: This re-design of the wiki ''Guide'' requires, too, a consideration of the game's [[Canon Timeline]], as I'm rather certain Timo jiggered with dates of events. Something to consider might be re-doing the timeline from scratch, as bouncing non-''Guide'' dates against the ''Guide'' might require even more time.
* '''Andorian Imperial Guard''' versus '''Andorian Self-Defense Forces''': Timo uses "Andorian Self-Defense Forces" (ASDF) in [[Guide:Sevaijen]] article, but also mentions the (canon) [[Andorian Imperial Guard]] (AIG), without any discernment. Therefore, to reduce confusion, any mention of the ASDF will be altered to refer to the AIG.
: Thought: would there be any benefit into making the timeline sortable?  Probably not, as it is already in order of date and there is not obvious benefit in making the narrative text of Events nor the references the primary column.


* June 16: <strike>Okay, in order to not delete a whole bunch of Year pages, I'll mark progress on the 're-writing of history' thing by removing the 'Years' category from each one as I update it, leaving the 'Timeline' category.</strike> The project itself will delete all recorded dates from the 'Historical Events' section upon first re-edit, replacing them with the new entry. <strike>The removal of the 'Years' category will allow me to quickly determine whether or not a date is from the previous version of the ''Guide'' or not.</strike> '''Note''': dates derived from non-''Guide'' sources will be retained, unless found to be in error.
* '''Earth Fleet''': In [[Guide:Djartanna]] and [[Guide: Vanguard]], ships are mentioned as staying with the [[UESF]] after the war, or remaining active but not registered to the [[UFP Star Fleet]]. As there are indications that some ships were completely mono-species well after the war, and the Romulan War was fought by separate but jointly operating nation fleets, it stands to reason that some assets were not transferred to the new Star Fleet, but retained for local defense, especially at the beginning of the alliance. Certain older warships and support vessels (as indicated in the ''Guide'' and as prudent) will be kept in or near [[Earth]] territories, or escorting Earth-specific ventures. And, once the term "Star Fleet" is applied to the UFP, the UE government declares "Earth Fleet" as the term for the minor forces making up its defense (until Star Fleet formerly takes over all defense for Earth...whenever that is).
: Okay...that won't work, as the 'Years' category is embedded in the Timeline nav template. Removing it from the template will result in it being automatically removed from every page, rather than serving as a progress indicator. Instead, I'll remove the 'Reminders' section altogether from updated pages, as a less informative but workable solution. (Also, I'm removing the 'Years' category from the template, since it doesn't appear to have a distinct difference from the 'Timeline' category.)


* June 19: the 4 sub-DY articles ([[Afrodite (Guide)]], [[Ares (Guide)]], [[Apex (Guide)]] and [[Aventeur (Guide)]]) have been completed. <strike>The next sub-project up-to-bat is the [[DY_sublight_series_(Guide)#Major_Production_Runs|DY-specific pages]]. At this moment, I ''want'' to do them, but I'm not sure they're needed, since I'm not likely to gameplay this era. However, if I want to field-test in-game ship and ship class pages, I might as well start here. I'll go ahead and start them, with the understanding that if they get too tedious, I can drop it.</strike> The game pages aren't necessary yet, until I get to that point of the game, so I won't construct them [the [[DY-50]] page is done]. Instead, time to move on down the ''Guide'''s table of contents.
* '''NCC Registry''': The [[NCC Registry]] project is representing the current state of Delta Dynamics, since issue #300, with no "future" ships listed. This is to allow for a "clean" registry to be developed, as ships (and ship classes) are introduced.


* July 6: [[Liberty (Guide)]] indicates the ''SS Leif Eirickson'' makes first contact with the Tellarites in [[2073]], while the original pictorial text from [[DY warp series (Guide)]] indicated the ship was a ''Hawke'' subclass patrol cruiser that first saw service in [[2087]]. Since it is clear the vessel is intended to be a private one and that the contact occurred before the latter date, the text was changed to indicate the ship was of the SY-500 ''Wheeler'' subclass.
* Starbases built prior to the founding of the UFP (in [[2161]]) will be designated as "United Earth Starbase" followed by its numeral.


* July 13: I've gone thru Part 1 of the ''Guide'' and listed all of the provided and assumed [[Help:Scratchpad/Historical NCCs|NCCs for UFP ships]], a bit past the ''Constitution'' class. Doing so made me relaize that the ship histories (and some cases designs) will not be able to follow the ''Guide'' that closely. In fact,  other than non-class related events, the most likely we'll get to following the ''Guide'' is with when classes start.
==Game==
Annual Checklist (1988) in progress:
* construction backdate process for [[DY-100 class]]


* July 13: Also, in order to keep this wiki-based ''Guide'' helpful, the other two sections (Corvettes ''et al'' and Shuttlecraft ''et all'') should be done up to the relevant dates for where the first section is completed (probably by era). Since we just finished the [[Phoenix (Guide)]] page, everything up to the year 2065 should be completed in each of the other 2 sections. Also, consider galleries of pictures ''as'' articles are completed.
==Where I Left Off==
* I'm working on several rules aspects:  
** ingest and re-write the [[Fleet Combat|Fleet Combat]] rules (from ''Spacedock'')
** I'd like to also set up a 'Game Portal', to replace the Phase rules currently located in the Sidebar; this will involve relocating all Rules, Background and possibly Scratchpad articles to a new namespace ("Game" or "RPG")
** Move orbital zone tables from talk page to [[Surveys]]
** The [[Tech Level]] rules are being transcribed from ''VBAM CMC'' and need to be adapted to SFC
* The next Guide articles are: (see the [[MediaWiki:Sidebar|Sidebar]])
** Note: Guide articles need to have the following completed:
*** Page created, with an Article template added and the Sidebar text portions populated.
*** Pictures identified/uploaded/cleaned up
*** data-mined for dates, events, corporations, people
*** <strike>known ships (of all classes) put into the [[NCC Registry]]</strike> On hold; will be done by Delta Dynamics publishing
*** Redirects created for class variants
*** Era gallery picture uploaded
*** The SFC Projects portion of the [[MediaWiki:Sidebar|Sidebar]] updated


==Left Off==
* The next Class article:
* I'm working on several rules aspects: [[Starfleet Command:Surveys]] (add moon tables, per planet types; see Gurps Space), initial Command and Crew Skills (need to fix the use of the term 'Captain skill', back to 'Command skill'), ingest and re-write the Fleet Combat rules (from Spacedock) and saving my sector work on the first 8 canon sectors...somewhere. Also, next Guide article is [[Verne (Guide)]].
** [[DY-110 class]]
* I'm also "building" the world of [[1988]]: establishing the spaceports and shipyards that would have existed at that time on [[Earth]]
* [[Checklists]] development: review [[Purchase and Maintenance Costs]]
 
* Consider adapting [http://trekipedia.com/file/Four_Years_War#Taking_the_Offensive Trekipedia's] version of the [[Four Years War]] to what is incorporated from ''Timo's Guide''.
 
* Work continues on transcribing the [[Random Missions (alternate)|random missions]] from VBAM's ''With a Purpose'' campaign guide.

Latest revision as of 03:03, 10 March 2025

General

  • Andorian Imperial Guard versus Andorian Self-Defense Forces: Timo uses "Andorian Self-Defense Forces" (ASDF) in Guide:Sevaijen article, but also mentions the (canon) Andorian Imperial Guard (AIG), without any discernment. Therefore, to reduce confusion, any mention of the ASDF will be altered to refer to the AIG.
  • Earth Fleet: In Guide:Djartanna and Guide: Vanguard, ships are mentioned as staying with the UESF after the war, or remaining active but not registered to the UFP Star Fleet. As there are indications that some ships were completely mono-species well after the war, and the Romulan War was fought by separate but jointly operating nation fleets, it stands to reason that some assets were not transferred to the new Star Fleet, but retained for local defense, especially at the beginning of the alliance. Certain older warships and support vessels (as indicated in the Guide and as prudent) will be kept in or near Earth territories, or escorting Earth-specific ventures. And, once the term "Star Fleet" is applied to the UFP, the UE government declares "Earth Fleet" as the term for the minor forces making up its defense (until Star Fleet formerly takes over all defense for Earth...whenever that is).
  • NCC Registry: The NCC Registry project is representing the current state of Delta Dynamics, since issue #300, with no "future" ships listed. This is to allow for a "clean" registry to be developed, as ships (and ship classes) are introduced.
  • Starbases built prior to the founding of the UFP (in 2161) will be designated as "United Earth Starbase" followed by its numeral.

Game

Annual Checklist (1988) in progress:

Where I Left Off

  • I'm working on several rules aspects:
    • ingest and re-write the Fleet Combat rules (from Spacedock)
    • I'd like to also set up a 'Game Portal', to replace the Phase rules currently located in the Sidebar; this will involve relocating all Rules, Background and possibly Scratchpad articles to a new namespace ("Game" or "RPG")
    • Move orbital zone tables from talk page to Surveys
    • The Tech Level rules are being transcribed from VBAM CMC and need to be adapted to SFC
  • The next Guide articles are: (see the Sidebar)
    • Note: Guide articles need to have the following completed:
      • Page created, with an Article template added and the Sidebar text portions populated.
      • Pictures identified/uploaded/cleaned up
      • data-mined for dates, events, corporations, people
      • known ships (of all classes) put into the NCC Registry On hold; will be done by Delta Dynamics publishing
      • Redirects created for class variants
      • Era gallery picture uploaded
      • The SFC Projects portion of the Sidebar updated
  • Work continues on transcribing the random missions from VBAM's With a Purpose campaign guide.
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