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STELLAR JOCKEYS
JUNE NEWSLETTER

Welcome to the Stellar Jockeys June Newsletter. Each month youwill get a digest of what we have been up to, where we're at withour current projects, and a round up of our community
submissions.
Benjamin, Stellar Jockeys

Brigador Killers Announced
We're very excited to announce that our next entry in the Brigador
universe is called Brigador Killers. Brigador Killers is a directsequel to the events of Brigador, where you will take control of ahit team from Solo Nobre, who have been sent to Mar Nosso with
one objective - kill the Brigadors. We have a store page up on
Steam where you can wishlist the game right this second.
WISHLIST NOWRock Paper Shotgun broke the news rst, having cleverly seen thegame's title listed on our BitSummit exhibitor page, though if you
happened to be at either PAX East, BitSummit, or attended ParisIndies, then you've already seen a little of what's in store. PC
Gamer interviewed Hugh in Kyoto a few days later at the show,and he had this to say about Brigador Killer's main campaign.
"[On] the story side we're following a small group of characters. You
have a full narrative arc. We'll still have a lot of the freelance andrandomization stu from the rst game. That's now secondary to thismain story arc."- Hugh Monahan, interviewed by PC Gamer
A few more details were also teased by PC Invasion, who tuned into our recent dev stream with Jack on Twitch.

Dev Streams with JackIf you followed the development of Brigador, you might recall that
Jack frequently livestreamed the creation of the game's art assetsin 3DS Max. Here's a timelapse from 2014 of that process.

What, you thought everything in Brigador was 2D sprites? Jackcreates a detailed 3D model of almost every asset in the game,
which makes it less di cult to, say, make a destroyed version ofit, such as the suburban McMansion in the video above.

Jack is back to streaming, and on his recent broadcast he createda new NPC tank for Brigador Killers called "Another Bad Dream".

You can follow Jack on Twitch or keep an eye on his Twitter to getnoti ed when he's going to stream next. Drop in and chat withJack and any other of the Stellar Jockeys devs that happen to bewatching. Even if you miss the live broadcast, the VODs willusually stay up for a week, plus we make clips of the amusing
moments.

Stellar Jockeys at BitSummit
Part of the reason we sent out last month's newsletter earlier thanusual was because we were exhibiting both Brigador and Brigador
Killers at BitSummit 7 Spirits in Kyoto, Japan. Youtubers Ron & Ira
were covering the show and got talking to Hugh, who showed owhat's new in Brigador Killers.Hugh also took a few snaps of folk who came to play, which you
can check out in this imgur gallery, and caught up with thetranslators responsible for our Japanese and Korean localizations.

Introducing Simon Roy
Joining us in helping esh out the campaign of Brigador Killers isSimon Roy (@simonroyart on twitter, and his blog), an artist fromVancouver, BC. You might already know him from his work on
Habitat, Prophet, The Field and others. Simon is currently in theprocess of drafting comic panels for screens between missions
for Brigador Killers. Here's a thumbnail sketch mock-up.

Initially, Simon worked with Karl on a more visual novel-oriented
project, but we instead decided to take advantage of an elementthat barely got any use in the rst game's campaign, which werethe messages you would see at the very start and end of the main
campaign mode.

What We're Up To
Did you know that Brad Buckmaster is hard at work on theBrigador Killers tie-in novel? Jack, Hugh, and Karl recently had abull session with Brad about the Brigador Killers book. Here's abrief excerpt from that exchange:
Brad: I'm going for initial awe from the protags, turning to disgust
as it sinks in where the money comes from. They thought it was
all about them, but they're going to nd out Novo Solo is just thelatest chapter.
Karl: :blessed:

Brad: Then I've got to get from there to my boys whipping o theirrain macs to reveal pinky armour and cut down .50 cal hmgs,
before ripping into a crowd to get one dude. Like Vasquez "LET'SROCK" but the aliens are innocent civilians packed together on astreetKarl: Is there anyone else that gets hit in the book? don't want todouble dip
Brad: Preferably a relatively popular Brigador with the fans,because they're going to die in as useless way as possible
Hugh: lol
Jack: lol
Overall, Brigador Killers is about the actions of two hit squads
sent from Novo Solo. The game's campaign will focus on one
team while the other is left to Brad's devices. If you've read theBrigador novel or Brad's Contractor series of novellas, you likely
have a good idea of what's in store for the majority of the novel'scast.
As for the rest of the team, Hugh returned unscathed fromBitSummit, Karl had such a good time at NarraScope 2019 inBoston that he lost his phone, while Jack has been busy in 3DS
Max not just kitbashing, but also sculpting the faces of theBrigador Killers cast.

Almost There: Merchandise StoreOur stock of merchandise has been sent to our ful llment centerand processed and we are just about ready to launch. Keep an eye
on our Twitter account and elsewhere to nd out when our store
goes live.
We also mentioned a sneak peek at an upcoming merch item lastmonth. Without further ado...

Here's our next pin design, which will make its debut at PAX West2019 in Seattle.

Game Updates
The summer update for Brigador: Up-Armored Edition will drop in
mid-July and will chie y contain the F-series of maps and Korean
localization. If you haven't picked the game up already, now would
be a perfect time as it's currently on sale on Steam until July 9th.

Community Spotlight
Seen above, on our Discord, community member Zi has given ahandy alternative title to what "Brigador Killers" actually means.
Meanwhile Dust and Echoes (whose work was originally seen on
Deviant Art) has done some phenomenal pieces.

Community member Hexenritter decided to mod in his own
Corvid pilot named "Joybastard".

Not to be outdone on the LEGO front, Skybriggs has returned with
an amazing Sleepwalker (see more images here).

Lastly, keeping things lighthearted is Flyingdebris demonstrating
what the Corvids would actually do if they ever encountered
Cephei Chat eld.

This is only a handful of the community submissions we got thismonth. Many more can be found in the #becks_best channel on
our Discord server. Join up and see more of what the above
community members have done and much more.
Join our Discord serverNext Month
In July's newsletter, we'll nd out what our plans are for PAX West,see what Jack has kitbashed on Twitch, sneak a peek at more ofSimon's artwork as well as your regular curated selection ofcommunity submissions.
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