Difference between revisions of "Tale of the Green Ghosts"

(serious question whether this story was actually written)
(vaporware - apparently never published and presumably never written)
Line 16: Line 16:
 
| followedby          =  
 
| followedby          =  
 
}}
 
}}
'''''Tale of the Green Ghosts''''' is a short story by [[Christoffer Trossen]] that was published in Issue 29 of [[Games Unplugged]] in September 2003.
+
'''''Tale of the Green Ghosts''''' is a short story by [[Christoffer Trossen]] that was supposedly published in Issue 29 of [[Games Unplugged]] in September 2003. However, it is unclear if the story was ever written, or whether the issue of Games Unplugged it allegedly was published in was ever printed or compiled. According to the [[Assistant Line Developer]], the [[Catalyst Game Labs]] archives that should contain anything ever officially published as BattleTech [[canon]] only have an empty folder for Games Unplugged #29, and nothing thereafter (while they did have content for issues up to #28).<ref>According to [[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=48853.0 this] forum thread</ref> The story is thus considered [[Vaporware]].
 
 
==Plot summary==
 
{{Sectionstub}}
 
  
 
==Canonicity==
 
==Canonicity==
BattleTech-related content from the Games Unplugged magazine, including this story, has been confirmed as fully canonical (see [[Games Unplugged#Canonicity]]).
+
BattleTech-related content from the Games Unplugged magazine has been confirmed as fully canonical (see [[Games Unplugged#Canonicity]]).
 
 
==Notes==
 
There is significant question about whether the story was ever written, or whether the issue of Games Unplugged it allegedly was published in was ever printed or compiled.
 
 
 
[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=48853.0 Tale of the Green Ghosts]
 
  
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Short Stories]]
 
[[Category:Works by Christoffer Trossen]]
 
[[Category:Works by Christoffer Trossen]]

Revision as of 11:15, 14 February 2018

Tale of the Green Ghosts
Story information
Author Christoffer Trossen
Type Short story
Product Games Unplugged
Content

Tale of the Green Ghosts is a short story by Christoffer Trossen that was supposedly published in Issue 29 of Games Unplugged in September 2003. However, it is unclear if the story was ever written, or whether the issue of Games Unplugged it allegedly was published in was ever printed or compiled. According to the Assistant Line Developer, the Catalyst Game Labs archives that should contain anything ever officially published as BattleTech canon only have an empty folder for Games Unplugged #29, and nothing thereafter (while they did have content for issues up to #28).[1] The story is thus considered Vaporware.

Canonicity

BattleTech-related content from the Games Unplugged magazine has been confirmed as fully canonical (see Games Unplugged#Canonicity).

  1. According to [this forum thread