Due to an exciting new product development, the Adobe Fuse files for Armada Wars characters have been removed from the site.

We will be prototyping the entirely new, physical product line at the end of Q1 this year, with Series 1 items hopefully appearing on the store in late summer 2018.

All will be revealed in due course!

​:-)

The web site just keeps getting bigger, better, and badder! Here's whats been added or changed in the past week or so:

1. New character profiles created for Nur Rohana binti Ishak (Doctor Rohana), Brehim, Imbris Laselle, and High Admiral Audrene Bel-Taulon.
2. Rupus Dyne, Frane Harth, and Ragnar Otkellsson updated with character images.
3. All Tanker profiles now include a scale visualisation image.
4. The Tanker Regiment featured article has been updated/enhanced with the latest images and links.
5. New character/society page added for Glanced Esteem.
6. Profile page added for the ICS Hammer.
7. Category pages added for the Imperial Starship Design Roadmap and Imperial Facilities.
8. Pages created in Facilities for Gemen Station and Forge Ruinous.
9. Planet profile created for Jasamma.
10. As well as Uninhabited Planets, the Places section now lists Incidental Planets. These are worlds about which there is insufficient information to justify an entire profile page.

There have been yet more additions and improvements this weekend. Strap yourself in!

Quite a lot of work goes on behind the scenes, as well as constant edits to keep the site current with the latest books and correct small, unnoticed errors.

It's always good to know that people are visiting the site and poring over the information here, so feel free to comment. And if you're feeling particularly saintly, then please support the Armadaverse through Patreon!

1. ​A new (and quite long) page was added for MAGA.
2. A new page was added for the Imperial Navy, which is now the parent to the freshly streamlined Imperial Starships page. Expect individual ship profiles soon for the featured ships.
3. A section on meritocracy was added to the Imperial Combine overview, and the page has been cleaned up.
4. The [spoiler] panel has been added to more character profiles, particularly those whose latest involvements are heavily plot-related.
5. The legends on [spoiler] panels have been edited to show which book/s the spoilers are from.
6. Many character profiles have been edited and cleaned up, those with long entries being broken into sections.
7. The people section was trimmed down and no longer duplicates links to all the characters listed elsewhere.
8. Image tiles for secondary characters were added to the homepage.
9. Facebook Like/Share buttons were added to main and secondary character profiles.
10. Preparations are underway to add images for Ragnar Otkellsson and Joarn Kages.
11. The "signing" item was removed from the store, and all paperbacks now come signed.
12. Flairs were added to product thumbnails to show sale prices or low stock.
13. The storefront was cleaned up and now only shows key featured products.
14. The Privacy & Policies page has moved under the FAQ, along with a new Asset Usage page.
15. The Books 4 & 5 Omnibus now has a placeholder page.
16. There's now a "character connect" section on the Community page.

Some improvements have hit the site over the past week... some major, some just tweaks:

1. All main and secondary human characters now have images.
2. Some of the character images are now used as the header images for the respective pages.
3. Most characters with images now have a downloadable, high resolution image with a transparent background, which you are free to use for personal projects.
4. Deceased characters now have a skull and crossbones ☠️ icon in the browser page title.
5. For characters who have associates and/or enemies listed, it is now indicated if those people are deceased ☠️, a current love interest ❤️, or an ex-partner 💔.
6. A page was added for the planet Damastion, and one was also added for Eyes and Ears. Links have been updated accordingly throughout the site.
7. Pages were added for the characters Captain Orri Hekekia, and Master-at-Arms Willon Panovar.
8. A new section titled 'Adversity' was added to the profile pages for Elm Caden, Rendir Throam, and Euryce Eilentes.

Regular visitors might have noticed that the previously mentioned character pictures have been undergoing rapid and iterative improvements. They're now available for all human main and secondary characters, and higher resolution images are replacing the pictures which were first uploaded.

Thanks to Adobe's "free-use preview" of Fuse, their developing character design tool, the site is now getting some images of your favourite characters.

So far as it is possible, these images follow the descriptions given in the books to illustrate what various characters would look like. They are now populating to the Main Characters and Secondary Characters sections.

There are some shortcomings. For example although it's possible, it's still really difficult to apply Ren's tattoos and scars. And the controls for eye shape are fairly primordial, so Santani's heritage doesn't exactly leap out at you.

Yes, the Eyes and Ears personnel all doing a "dunno?" pose is deliberate.

As you probably guessed, this software is nowhere near sufficient to model Bruiser, Burner, or Caecald. If any 3D or digital art whizzes out there fancy a crack, fan art is ALWAYS welcome on the Facebook page.

Amazon OneLink is now being rolled out across the site. This system means that you only have to click one button to go and find a particular Armada Wars book on your local Amazon store — Amazon works out for itself what geographical region you are in, and routes you accordingly.

The system is being implemented for Kindle edition links, paperback links, and some audiobook links.

At the moment it's up and running for readers in the USA, the UK, and Canada. People from other regions can click the same link to use the Amazon.com site, or choose from the regional links which are still listed.

One known issue is that OneLink doesn't always register your region on the first click, and sends you to Amazon.com regardless of where you are. Subsequent clicks seem to be handled correctly. Presumably this is a bug that Amazon is working on already.

In addition to the previous update which enabled Apple Pay, SSL has now been turned on across the site. This means that all your browsing on the Armada Wars web site is secured by design, not just the shopping cart.

The home page has been streamlined to make it easier to focus on what matters to most visitors. The Chronology page has been moved from the Universe section to the Books section, which is a more fitting location for it.

Just a reminder that a new Audiobook status page was added recently. It will keep you abreast of which novels are available on Audible and iTunes, and which one is coming next.

The official Armada Wars online store has until now only accepted PayPal, which may have put off those of you who don't use (or don't wish to use) that service.

Not any more. Now the store is partnered with another service, so you can pay with PayPal, Apple Pay, or pretty much any conventional card!

Independent writing is not particularly profitable, and it takes a great deal of time. If you want to help guarantee the future of this series, and ensure that books keep coming according to the great big game plan, there are five ridiculously powerful things you can do:

1. Buy the books, obviously,
2. Write a review! Whether it's on Amazon or Goodreads, this makes a huge difference,
3. Share your enthusiasm with friends, and on social media,
4. Like/Share and Tweet content from this web site and the Facebook page, 
5. Become a patron in exchange for rewards.

As you probably know this whole series is produced independently, without any backing from a publisher, agent, or marketing firm. It relies mostly on your word of mouth to generate interest amongst potential new readers! You are the best chance it has of continuing and growing.