Star*Soldier Gloss: Page 10

This is the Star*Soldier gloss for the sixth Joan's page:

CONCEPT: See the previous post!

REFERENCES-

• The magnitude of the whole thing hits me when I think about this page - I got to grow up and help tell the shared history of the Dralthi. It's unbelievable.
• "Two hundred years" - to jive with a reference to the KF-100 Dralthi's age in the Confederation Handbook.
• "ten major revisions" - In my opinion, this can mean either that there have been ten different Dralthi (KF-100 and I through IX) or eleven (KF-100, I through IX and something else). We'll see what future projects add to the history...
• The true story of how the Dralthi IX got its numeral:

  Me: The Dralthi should get a number. It was Dralthi IV in Wing Commander III and so forth.
  Them: Well, what's the highest one we've seen?
  Me: Dralthi VII.
  Them: Then this can be the Dralthi VIII.
  Me: Let's call it the Dralthi IX, to leave room just in case...
  Them: Eh.
  Me: The 'X' would look cool.
  Them: Sold.

• "spit-and-glue Dralthi IV models" - The previously unspecified Dralthi models seen in Wing Commander Prophecy.
• "Bloodhunters" - The Kilrathi pirate group from one of the Privateer Online concept pitches. I like that it ties that unused mythology to the Kilrathi pirates seen in Prophecy.
• "Hurricane II," "Predator" - Two of the fighter names from that same Privateer Online document. Note that I added the 'II' so that the Hurricane would jive with the old fighter seen in Action Stations.
• "Caxki Clan" - Another of the 'eight noble clans' (concept introduced in Fleet Action). Caxki is probably the most frequently referenced one... presumably because - and I'm serious - the X makes it look cool.
• Are you wondering why the Kilrathi would name their elite Dralthi model after a human animal? Keep wondering, Heart of the TIGER.
• "Puffer-class Ships" - Puffers! I wanted to suggest that there were all sorts of other Nephilim ships... but I also wanted to do a cool ship identification poster using Prophecy's graphic resources. You'll see how that pans out...