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| + | [[Image:Drew_Wagar.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Drew Wagar, courtesy of www.drewwagar.com]] |
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| + | Drew Wagar is an author of [[Oolite]] stories. |
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| − | [[Status Quo]] - The Oolite Novella |
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| + | == Elite biography == |
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| − | [[Mutabilis]] - A second Oolite Novella, and sequel to Status Quo |
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| + | Drew Wagar first played [[Classic Elite]] at age 13, a month after it was released on the BBC Model B. A friend (with rich parents) had received the game as a Christmas present. His most vivid recall is the wireframe presentation but with addition of a new technique - 'hidden line removal', making the objects appear solid, a remarkable achievement he had not seen before. Wagar played Elite mostly on a ZX Spectrum. He originally had a 16k model and bought the extra 32k mostly in order to play Elite. He genuinely reached [[Elite Rating]] after many months of playing, despite [[lenslok]]s and the occasional "R: Tape Loading Error". |
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| − | [[Incursio]] - A third Oolite Novella, and sequel to Mutabilis. Incursio will be the third and final part of the [[Oolite Saga]] Trilogy |
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| + | Somewhere in the open ended game play, the vast nature of the universe portrayed, the encouragement for the player to put their own imagination into the game and the novelisation that set the scene... he discovered the magic that is Elite. Drew considers that the game, combined with some of the TV and books of the time (Ulysses 31, Hitch Hikers Guide, Blakes 7 etc), was a perfect moment in time. |
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| − | [[Schism]] - An Oolite Short story based on the 'Generation Ships' |
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| + | He was never too enamoured with computers in the 16 bit age, and pretty much ignored the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. His next machine was a 386 SX PC. He enjoyed [[Frontier: Elite II]]. As an astronomy buff, the realistic physics was actually more fun to him. Drew considers [[FFE]], however, to be a backwards step in many ways. In any case, neither FE2 nor FEE were 'Elite'. Elite didn't come back into his conscious thought until he came across "The New Kind" a few years ago. He was very disappointed that the Palm version of Elite was never released. Then on a search for an 'Elite' that would run on Linux he discovered [[Oolite]] early in 2006. |
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| − | [[Nine]] - A 'tale of the unexpected' in the Ooniverse |
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| + | == Contributions to Oolite == |
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| − | [[Ascension]] - A slightly messianic tale of the Ooniverse |
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| + | === Literary === |
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| − | [[Replay]] - Another 'tale of the unexpected' in the Ooniverse |
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| + | Inspired by the Oolite game, Wagar has written an Oolite novella named [[Status Quo]]. Status Quo was an attempt to provide a link between the back stories of Elite, Oolite and the later events of FE2/FFE, giving a newcomer to Oolite some information on how things differ from Elite in a narrative context, reminiscent of the original Elite novella, 'The Dark Wheel' by [[Robert Holdstock]]. |
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| − | [http://www.wagar.org.uk/downloads/software/oolite/Tianve1.3.zip Tianve] - An OXP add-on for Oolite, for the Tianve star system in Galaxy 1. |
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| + | Drew has now written four sequels to Status Quo. |
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| − | Drew's stories have a [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Oolite-Saga-by-Drew-Wagar fan page] on facebook, and his website can be [http://www.wagar.org.uk/website found here]. |
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| + | Drew has also written a short story about the Generation Ships called [[Schism]], a very short story about an attempt to travel to the 'ninth chart', called [[Nine]], a further very short story called [[Ascension]] and another called [[Replay]]. |
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| − | == |
+ | === Game contributions === |
| − | [[Image:Drew_Wagar.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Drew Wagar, Courtesy of www.wagar.org.uk]] |
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| + | Drew has also written a small [[OXP]] for Oolite which features the [[Tianve]] Star System in the North East area of Galactic Chart One, where some of the action in Status Quo takes place. This OXP creates the features mentioned in the story and the player can thus go sightseeing. The Tianve OXP can be downloaded [http://www.drewwagar.com/downloads/software/oolite/Tianve1.3.zip here]. |
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| − | Drew Wagar first played Elite a month after it was first released on the BBC Model B. He was 13. A friend (with rich parents) had given it to their son as a Christmas present. His most vivid recall is the wireframe presentation but with addition of a new technique - 'hidden line removal', making the objects appear solid. A remarkable achievement he'd not seen before. He played it mostly on a ZX Spectrum. He originally had a 16k model and bought the extra 32k mostly in order to play Elite. He genuinely became 'Elite' after many months of playing, despite lensloks and the occasional "R: Tape Loading Error." |
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| − | Somewhere in the open ended game play, the vast nature of the universe portrayed, the encouragement for you to put your own imagination into the game and the novelisation that set the scene.... was the magic that is Elite. Drew considers that the game, combined with some of the TV and books of the time (Ulysses 31, Hitch Hikers Guide, Blakes 7 etc), was a perfect moment in time. |
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| + | Drew also contributed the Tionisla Chronicle articles for [[Snoopers]]. |
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| − | He was never too enamoured with computers in the 16 bit age, and pretty much ignored the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. His next machine was a 386 SX PC. He enjoyed FE2 immensely. As an astronomy buff, the realistic physics was actually more fun to him. Drew considers FFE to be a backwards step in many ways. But neither of them were 'Elite'. Elite didn't come back into his conscious thought until he came across "The New Kind" a few years ago. He was very disappointed that the Palm version of Elite was never released. Then on a search for an 'Elite' that would run on Linux he discovered Oolite early in 2006. |
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| + | == Stories == |
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| − | == Non Elite interests == |
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| + | * [[Status Quo]] - An '''Oolite''' novella - source of the [[Lave OXP]], the [[Tianve OXP]] and the [[Tionisla Chronicle Array]]. |
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| + | * [[Mutabilis]] - A second '''Oolite''' novella, and sequel to Status Quo. |
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| + | * [[Incursio]] - A third '''Oolite''' novella, sequel to Mutabilis, and the final part of the [[Oolite Saga]]. |
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| + | * [[Finis]] - A fourth '''Oolite''' novella, sequel to Incursion and an even more final part of the [[Oolite Saga]]. |
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| + | * [[Altera]] - A fifth '''Oolite''' novella, sequel to Finis and absolutely the final part of the [[Oolite Saga]]. |
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| + | * [[Schism]] - An '''Oolite''' short story based on the 'Generation Ships' |
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| + | * [[Nine]] - An '''Oolite''' short story about an attempt to reach the ninth chart |
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| + | * [[Ascension]] - An '''Oolite''' short story about what happens when a spaceship crashes on a pre-spacefaring world |
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| + | * [[Replay]] - An '''Oolite''' short story about Thargoid experiments |
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| + | * [[Reclamation]] - A new novel based on [[Elite: Dangerous]] by Frontier Developments - first in a series. |
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| − | * Amateur Astronomer |
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| + | * [[Ship Library Book-Status Quo|Status Quo]] and Mutabilis are downloadable through the Expansions Manager to read from your ship's library. |
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| − | * Plays the piano tolerably well |
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| − | * Plays the guitar and clarinet tolerably less well, in that order |
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| − | * Enjoys Cycling and Walking the dog. |
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| − | * Writing passable fiction |
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| − | * Mucking about with Linux, pretending he knows something about computers. |
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| − | == Fiction Contributions to Oolite == |
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| + | == Personal life == |
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| − | Inspired by the Oolite game itself, Drew has written a 'Novella' for Oolite, called [[Status Quo]]. [[Status Quo]] was an attempt to provide a link between the back stories of Elite, Oolite and the later events of FE2/FFE, giving a newcomer to Oolite some information on how things differ from Elite in a narrative context, reminiscent of the original Elite novella, 'The Dark Wheel' by Robert Holdstock. |
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| + | Drew is married with two young sons, a dog and a feline lifeform from the planet [[Tianve]]. |
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| − | Drew has now written a sequel to [[Status Quo]], entitled [[Mutabilis]]. |
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| + | It is reported that he spends most of his time on a rather backward planet called 'Earth', that he does not live in Essex, that he does not require any double glazing or a conservatory and disposes of unsolicited callers with a small plasma accelerator. |
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| − | Drew has also written a short story about the Generation Ships called [[Schism]], a very short story about an attempt to travel to the 'ninth chart', called, rather unsurprisingly - [[Nine]] and a further very short story called [[Ascension]] and another called [[Replay]]. He is currently working on another short story entitled [[Family]]. |
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| + | === Non-Elite interests === |
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| − | == Game Contributions to Oolite == |
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| + | * Amateur astronomer |
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| + | * Plays the piano tolerably well |
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| − | Drew has also written a small [[OXP]] for Oolite which features the [[Tianve]] Star System in the North East area of Galactic Chart One, where some of the action in [[Status Quo]] takes place. This creates the features mentioned in the story and the player can thus go sight seeing. The Tianve OXP can be downloaded from [http://www.wagar.org.uk/downloads/software/oolite/Tianve1.3.zip here]. |
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| + | * Plays the guitar and clarinet tolerably less well, in that order |
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| + | * Enjoys cycling and walking the dog |
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| − | Drew also contributed the Tionisla Chronicle articles for [[Snoopers]]. |
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| + | * Writing passable fiction |
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| + | * Mucking about with Linux, pretending he knows something about computers |
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| − | == Miscellaneous == |
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| − | Drew is married with two young sons, a dog and a feline lifeform from the planet [[Tianve]]. |
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| − | It's reported that he spends most of his time on a rather backward planet called 'Earth', that he does not live in Essex, that he does not require any double glazing or a conservatory and disposes of unsolicited callers with a small plasma accelerator. |
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| + | == Links == |
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| + | === Internal === |
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| + | *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=21896#p21896 Ah.. how I came across Elite...] (2006) |
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| + | *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2524 The Oolite Saga] Note his post of Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:22 pm |
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| + | *See discussion in [[Lore]] |
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| − | Drew's website/blog can be found [http://www.wagar.org.uk here]. |
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| + | === External === |
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| + | * Drew's website/blog is located at http://www.drewwagar.com/ (he has removed the Oolite content - presumably due to ED breathing down the back of his neck!). |
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| + | * A Facebook fanpage for his stories is located at http://www.facebook.com/drewwagarwriter (He has removed the Oolite content). |
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| + | * He has a page on YouTube with snippets about Oolite hidden away in it (try his histories of the game if he has not taken them down yet). |
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+ | [[Category:Authors]] [[Category:OXP authors]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 3 December 2021
Drew Wagar is an author of Oolite stories.
Contents
Elite biography
Drew Wagar first played Classic Elite at age 13, a month after it was released on the BBC Model B. A friend (with rich parents) had received the game as a Christmas present. His most vivid recall is the wireframe presentation but with addition of a new technique - 'hidden line removal', making the objects appear solid, a remarkable achievement he had not seen before. Wagar played Elite mostly on a ZX Spectrum. He originally had a 16k model and bought the extra 32k mostly in order to play Elite. He genuinely reached Elite Rating after many months of playing, despite lensloks and the occasional "R: Tape Loading Error".
Somewhere in the open ended game play, the vast nature of the universe portrayed, the encouragement for the player to put their own imagination into the game and the novelisation that set the scene... he discovered the magic that is Elite. Drew considers that the game, combined with some of the TV and books of the time (Ulysses 31, Hitch Hikers Guide, Blakes 7 etc), was a perfect moment in time.
He was never too enamoured with computers in the 16 bit age, and pretty much ignored the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. His next machine was a 386 SX PC. He enjoyed Frontier: Elite II. As an astronomy buff, the realistic physics was actually more fun to him. Drew considers FFE, however, to be a backwards step in many ways. In any case, neither FE2 nor FEE were 'Elite'. Elite didn't come back into his conscious thought until he came across "The New Kind" a few years ago. He was very disappointed that the Palm version of Elite was never released. Then on a search for an 'Elite' that would run on Linux he discovered Oolite early in 2006.
Contributions to Oolite
Literary
Inspired by the Oolite game, Wagar has written an Oolite novella named Status Quo. Status Quo was an attempt to provide a link between the back stories of Elite, Oolite and the later events of FE2/FFE, giving a newcomer to Oolite some information on how things differ from Elite in a narrative context, reminiscent of the original Elite novella, 'The Dark Wheel' by Robert Holdstock.
Drew has now written four sequels to Status Quo.
Drew has also written a short story about the Generation Ships called Schism, a very short story about an attempt to travel to the 'ninth chart', called Nine, a further very short story called Ascension and another called Replay.
Game contributions
Drew has also written a small OXP for Oolite which features the Tianve Star System in the North East area of Galactic Chart One, where some of the action in Status Quo takes place. This OXP creates the features mentioned in the story and the player can thus go sightseeing. The Tianve OXP can be downloaded here.
Drew also contributed the Tionisla Chronicle articles for Snoopers.
Stories
- Status Quo - An Oolite novella - source of the Lave OXP, the Tianve OXP and the Tionisla Chronicle Array.
- Mutabilis - A second Oolite novella, and sequel to Status Quo.
- Incursio - A third Oolite novella, sequel to Mutabilis, and the final part of the Oolite Saga.
- Finis - A fourth Oolite novella, sequel to Incursion and an even more final part of the Oolite Saga.
- Altera - A fifth Oolite novella, sequel to Finis and absolutely the final part of the Oolite Saga.
- Schism - An Oolite short story based on the 'Generation Ships'
- Nine - An Oolite short story about an attempt to reach the ninth chart
- Ascension - An Oolite short story about what happens when a spaceship crashes on a pre-spacefaring world
- Replay - An Oolite short story about Thargoid experiments
- Reclamation - A new novel based on Elite: Dangerous by Frontier Developments - first in a series.
- Status Quo and Mutabilis are downloadable through the Expansions Manager to read from your ship's library.
Personal life
Drew is married with two young sons, a dog and a feline lifeform from the planet Tianve.
It is reported that he spends most of his time on a rather backward planet called 'Earth', that he does not live in Essex, that he does not require any double glazing or a conservatory and disposes of unsolicited callers with a small plasma accelerator.
Non-Elite interests
- Amateur astronomer
- Plays the piano tolerably well
- Plays the guitar and clarinet tolerably less well, in that order
- Enjoys cycling and walking the dog
- Writing passable fiction
- Mucking about with Linux, pretending he knows something about computers
Links
Internal
- Ah.. how I came across Elite... (2006)
- The Oolite Saga Note his post of Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:22 pm
- See discussion in Lore
External
- Drew's website/blog is located at http://www.drewwagar.com/ (he has removed the Oolite content - presumably due to ED breathing down the back of his neck!).
- A Facebook fanpage for his stories is located at http://www.facebook.com/drewwagarwriter (He has removed the Oolite content).
- He has a page on YouTube with snippets about Oolite hidden away in it (try his histories of the game if he has not taken them down yet).
