Dinosaur Swamp....does that look like a coloring book?

ghost2020 · Unread post by **ghost2020** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:31 pm

I'm looking forward to a big book detailing the south east U.S., that being Dino Swamp, but the cover kinda cracks me up. It reminds me of a coloring book that one would buy at a museum.

:lol:

Still, looking forward to it. So when the hell is it going to be out? : )

Syndicate · Unread post by **Syndicate** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:33 pm

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Mike Taylor · Unread post by **Mike Taylor** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:35 pm

Coloring book or not, I want to see what the Coming of the Rifts did to Southwest Georgia and North Florida. Maybe there's a Holy Order of Ray Charles or the Athletic Knights of St. Bobby of Bowden (hehe).

Todd Yoho · Unread post by **Todd Yoho** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:43 pm

I like it.

It reminds me, and a several of my gaming buddies, of a "classic" 60's pulp adventure comic.

ghost2020 · Unread post by **ghost2020** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:42 pm

Yeah, I can see the pulp style there.

Brian Manning · Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:02 pm

Crappy? I watched that every afternoon when it was on

Pox · Unread post by **Pox** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:31 am

Jaguar Wong wrote:Crappy? I watched that every afternoon when it was on

The only thing that bothered me about that toon is the stoopid kids and their dumb vehicles.

The only thing that I have in depth knowledge of in the southeast, is underwater...so my feelings are luke-warm at best.

I wonder if Camp LeJuene, Fort Bragg, and Cherry Point amongst other bases in NC have been plundered or if there riches were used to establish any of the existing power blocs in the swamp?

(forgive me if I screwed up the name LeJuene)

Pox · Unread post by **Pox** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:48 am

Misfit KotLD wrote:Pox, it's Lejeune, and i wonder how much of Lejeune and Cherry Point survive. They are right on the coast. Fort Bragg would make a nice source of supply for someone. There's also an army base in Savannah and south of Jax, but being in Fla, it probably is sunk. Now if they follow the actual region and have the Everglades and Okeefenokee engulf the region.

I only mention the previous bases, namely the underwater ones, because GAW was able to salvage those ships from N.O.B. and F-14s from NAB Oceana (presumably) due to there being hardened storage facilities that preserved the equipment.

Of course, the New Navy might have already been there and made off with any choice pieces for resupplying.

devillin · Unread post by **devillin** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:40 am

Misfit KotLD wrote:Pox, it's Lejeune, and i wonder how much of Lejeune and Cherry Point survive. They are right on the coast. Fort Bragg would make a nice source of supply for someone. There's also an army base in Savannah and south of Jax, but being in Fla, it probably is sunk. Now if they follow the actual region and have the Everglades and Okeefenokee engulf the region.

I'm going to plug my webpage, which has fairly accurate maps of the East Coast. Since I based the maps off of what was previously written, I wonder how much the authors of Dinosaur Swamp actually ended up reading the previous books. It wouldn't be the first time that a new book contradicts what was written in an earlier book.

Todd Yoho · Unread post by **Todd Yoho** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:30 am

I went out of my way to maintain continuity concering the coastlines and other particulars along the east coast. Considering my extensive university education in geology and paleontology, and that I'm from the southeast, I think I knew what I was writing about, there folks. :wink:

Remember, I'm just as much a Rifts and Palladium fan as all of you are! I wanted to produce a quality addition to the line that while I know won't please everyone (quite an impossible task!), I do think the majority of fans will like it. Have a bit more patience and all your questions will be answered.

Slag · Unread post by **Slag** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:51 am

Misfit KotLD wrote:Pox, it's Lejeune, and i wonder how much of Lejeune and Cherry Point survive. They are right on the coast. Fort Bragg would make a nice source of supply for someone. There's also an army base in Savannah and south of Jax, but being in Fla, it probably is sunk. Now if they follow the actual region and have the Everglades and Okeefenokee engulf the region.

Just as long as Seymour Jonson AFB is utterly destroyed I'll be happy! :lol:

I'm sure the rest of my old SJAFB Rifts group would wholeheartedly agree!

Pox · Unread post by **Pox** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:04 pm

I just remembered something that I thought would be funny for the NC section.

The settlers of the outerbanks come back. You know, the ones that disappeared and the only thing left was the word "CROATOAN" or something like that.

Would just be an unique explanation to what happened to them back then. :lol:

Mack · Unread post by **Mack** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:19 pm

Slag wrote:Just as long as Seymour Jonson AFB is utterly destroyed I'll be happy!

No, no. SJAFB has got to survive. It's got the best name in the whole AF!

ghost2020 · Unread post by **ghost2020** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:18 am

Actually it is Croatoan, and I would think that that would make a great addition to the mysteries of the Rifts world. Croatia is in the Balkans.

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0814071.html

Mike Taylor · Unread post by **Mike Taylor** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:58 am

ghost2020 wrote:Actually it is Croatoan, and I would think that that would make a great addition to the mysteries of the Rifts world. Croatia is in the Balkans.

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0814071.html

MattBaby was making a joke about his own ethnicity with the Croatian comment. Though I have to agree, he does more closely resemble a cretin than a Croatian. Must be the hair.

Mike Taylor · Unread post by **Mike Taylor** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:16 am

Rift Jumper wrote:Or, since things are appearing out of nowhere, why not have the Avengers that got lost in the Bermuda Triange finally manage to find their way back, along with god knows how much else that was lost to the area.

Captain Charles C Taylor and his squadron become the equivalent of Sea Titans and their TBF Avengers become P.P.E. charged living supernatural aircraft. Heh.