{"product_id":"nexus-8","title":"Nexus #8","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilence. I remember the silence the most.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Dennis R. Ricketts, \"Patrol.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 1984 and \u003cem\u003eNexus #8\u003c\/em\u003e has just been released. This issue has \"History of the Second World War\" which is background for a game of the same name and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStarfire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e with a history of their Orions. Of course there is a section on the \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStar Fleet Universe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, too. In that section you will find \"Patrol\" by Dennis R. Ricketts, an article on names of Federation ships, some scenarios, term papers, and the Academy. These appear along with a Q\u0026amp;A with Steve Cole. There was also the inevitable (at the time) collection of errata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStarfire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has a good number of articles. There is one on the Khanate of Orion, one on Khanate Military Service, and one on incidents from the first interstellar war. There is also an interesting pair of articles examining balanced design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the historical gamer there is the aforementioned background on the forthcoming game \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory of the Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and a timeline of events in the Russian campaigns. There is also a scenario for \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBattlewagon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (\"The Last Sortie of the Yamato,\" released in PDF as \"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBattlewagon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Article #3\"). There are reviews of the computer games \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eComputer Football Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTelengard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCyborg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pharaoh's Curse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis PDF is provided by Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. with the kind permission of Allen D. Eldridge. It includes ads and offers from 1984; these are no longer valid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten by \u003c\/strong\u003eStephen Cole \/ Allen Eldridge\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amarillo Design Bureau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52414514921762,"sku":"cap1787935961513","price":2.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/2249\/9618\/files\/nexus-8_1.jpg?v=1787935966","url":"https:\/\/softmere.shop\/products\/nexus-8","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}