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Line 4: The '''[[BattleTech]] Line Developer''' ("LD") is the lead developer and director of the BattleTech tabletop universe. Overseeing things from start to finish, the Line Developer solicits and manages the efforts of the writers and artists, freelance or otherwise, who create official BattleTech products and events. While generally operating in concert and collaboration with a variety of elements on the creative team, the Line Developer is also effectively the final word in the BattleTech universe and its [[canon]], ultimately determining the overall direction and tone of the books and storyline. The '''[[BattleTech]] Line Developer''' ("LD") is the lead developer and director of the BattleTech tabletop universe. Overseeing things from start to finish, the Line Developer solicits and manages the efforts of the writers and artists, freelance or otherwise, who create official BattleTech products and events. While generally operating in concert and collaboration with a variety of elements on the creative team, the Line Developer is also effectively the final word in the BattleTech universe and its [[canon]], ultimately determining the overall direction and tone of the books and storyline. − BattleTech fans summarily refer to people who are in a position to define [[Canon]] because they own or have righfully licensed the appropriate [[w:Intellectual Property|intellectual properties]] or are trusted with the IP by the owner or licensee, particularly the Line Developer himself but also the staff of authors and artists answering to the LD, as ('''The''') '''Powers That Be''', TPTB for short. + BattleTech fans summarily refer to people who are in a position to define [[Canon]] because they own or have righfully licensed the appropriate [[w:Intellectual Property|intellectual properties]] or are trusted with the IP by the owner or licensee, particularly the Line Developer himself, as ('''The''') '''Powers That Be''', TPTB for short. They are typically the authors and artists answering directly to the Line Developer. In the current Internet era the Line Developer is also an increasingly accessible means of seeking canon clarifications via either the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,34.0.html Ask the Lead Developers] or [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,41.0.html Ask the Writers] sections on the [[BattleTech Forum]]s. In the current Internet era the Line Developer is also an increasingly accessible means of seeking canon clarifications via either the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,34.0.html Ask the Lead Developers] or [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,41.0.html Ask the Writers] sections on the [[BattleTech Forum]]s.
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The '''[[BattleTech]] Line Developer''' ("LD") is the lead developer and director of the BattleTech tabletop universe. Overseeing things from start to finish, the Line Developer solicits and manages the efforts of the writers and artists, freelance or otherwise, who create official BattleTech products and events. While generally operating in concert and collaboration with a variety of elements on the creative team, the Line Developer is also effectively the final word in the BattleTech universe and its [[canon]], ultimately determining the overall direction and tone of the books and storyline. | The '''[[BattleTech]] Line Developer''' ("LD") is the lead developer and director of the BattleTech tabletop universe. Overseeing things from start to finish, the Line Developer solicits and manages the efforts of the writers and artists, freelance or otherwise, who create official BattleTech products and events. While generally operating in concert and collaboration with a variety of elements on the creative team, the Line Developer is also effectively the final word in the BattleTech universe and its [[canon]], ultimately determining the overall direction and tone of the books and storyline. | ||
| − | BattleTech fans summarily refer to people who are in a position to define [[Canon]] because they own or have righfully licensed the appropriate [[w:Intellectual Property|intellectual properties]] or are trusted with the IP by the owner or licensee, particularly the Line Developer himself | + | BattleTech fans summarily refer to people who are in a position to define [[Canon]] because they own or have righfully licensed the appropriate [[w:Intellectual Property|intellectual properties]] or are trusted with the IP by the owner or licensee, particularly the Line Developer himself, as ('''The''') '''Powers That Be''', TPTB for short. They are typically the authors and artists answering directly to the Line Developer. |
In the current Internet era the Line Developer is also an increasingly accessible means of seeking canon clarifications via either the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,34.0.html Ask the Lead Developers] or [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,41.0.html Ask the Writers] sections on the [[BattleTech Forum]]s. | In the current Internet era the Line Developer is also an increasingly accessible means of seeking canon clarifications via either the [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,34.0.html Ask the Lead Developers] or [http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/board,41.0.html Ask the Writers] sections on the [[BattleTech Forum]]s. | ||