The Path Not Taken version 1.3
README
(updated 4-2-04 with current contact info)


FROM THE AUTHOR:
	I created PNT to prove once and for all that there's no excuse 
for mission builders to cut corners.  Anyone else out there tired of 
reading notes like this in custom mission readme files?
	"I didn't feel like making briefings, so just press "G" to 
		figure out what your goals are."
	"I didn't bother using planet ACTs in my missions, because 
		they're a pain to put in right."
	"I didn't set up teams right, but it's not that big a deal."

	Horsecrap.  If you're not going to do the job right, if you're
not going to show the player enough respect to give him a COMPLETE 
mission, then just don't do a mission at all.  If you aren't 
interested in making a full mission, a full campaign, a FULL shipset, 
then just DON'T DO A MISSION.  And DON'T make a half-done 
mission/campaign/shipset, and then try to pass it off to me as a 
completed one!

	So, for better or for worse, PNT is my soapbox on this issue, 
my attempt to prove that a high-quality shipset CAN be produced...
	... and that there's no excuse for producing less.
	It is up to you, the player, to determine how successful I 
was.  So let me know!

- Scott "Dreagos" Thompson, deceased
draegos1@comcast.net



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Shipset credits:
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Scott Thompson
	Created the shipset, spent months just writing the story, 
spent MORE months creating the missions and modifying the .EXE...
Basically, the man behind the shipset.


Troy Dangerfield
	The superhuman author of XvTED, the ultimate mission builder 
for X-Wing Versus TIE Fighter.  Without a doubt, the single most 
important man in XvT editing.  And the strain of being a demigod 
among mere mortals very rarely shows on him, too.


Michael "Steele" Boewes
	OPT author: Vampire, Dragon, Arrow, Piranha, Galaxy 
transport, Midway.  Wonderful fellow and a source of endless possitive 
support.


Michael Andersen
	OPT author: TIE Droid.  Creator of MXvTED, the .EXE editor 
for XvT used to create the new performance stats for the shipset's 
new ships.


Andreas Kroell
	OPT Author: Colonial Viper, Colonial Battlestar.  Aided 
in beta testing phase.  Was also so incredibly cool that he re-tooled 
some of the OPTs for this shipset for me, without my even asking, 
just to help me out!


Jesse "bobonugget" Kaufman
	Beta tester extraordinare!  If not for Bobo, half these 
missions would be glitched so bad they wouldn't be worth playing!
(Well, wasn't really THAT bad, but he was a TREMENDOUS help...)


Kevin Thompson
	An invaluable source of inspiration and a handy idea 
springboard in any situation, as well as the source for many of
the missions' titles.