by AlexeiTimoshenko on Sat 29 Sep 2012 20:29
Crucis, I'm glad that you're here to provide us with insights on the early novels. I know that the short cut to Zephrain via the Anderson Chain didn't exist prior to the publication of IDG. Readers of the novels that weren't familiar with the game might have noticed the short cut from the map in Shiva and wondered why that route wasn't taken. The other thing that gets a bit confusing is when Admiral Li was patrolling the old Rigellian and Bug warp lines. I know that it's literary license, but it seems hard to get from the Rigellian warp lines to the Bug lines without crossing the rim or heart worlds. The most logical choice I can see is a connection from the unmapped end of the Romulus Chain to Republic systems near MXL-23.
Charles Rosenberg.
Alexei Timoshenko is the name of my protagonist in the fanfics, although I wish it could have been me.