Difference between revisions of "Dave Thomas"

Latest revision as of 21:04, 8 November 2019

Dave Thomas is a Traveller artist, contributor, and fan. He is also a professional biologist who studies astrobiology. Dave occasionally refers to himself in the third person, but usually avoids doing so in public.

He is also cited as David J. Thomas.

Description (Biography)[edit]

Professor of Biology at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, USA.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Dave has been a Traveller player, on and off, since 1982. He especially enjoys designing starships, usually using Book 5 High Guard rules. While he owns books from all of the various Traveller rule sets, he usually uses the classic "Little Black Books" and adds in the parts he likes from later books.

External Link/s[edit]

This gentlesophont has the following external links available:

EXTERNAL LINK: Dave's Home Page
EXTERNAL LINK: Full-size Traveller coporation logos in JPG format
EXTERNAL LINK: Full-size Traveller coporation logos in PNG format

Favorite Wiki Pages[edit]

Dave designed most of logos for the many corporations and megacorporations listed in the Traveller Wiki. While he tried to avoid duplicating/replacing logos that exist in the Traveller canon, he may have done so inadvertently on occasion anyway. What started out as a few Traveller-related memes grew into a monster project. So far, Dave has uploaded and linked more than 600 logos to the appropriate wiki pages.

Dave's To-do List[edit]

LAST UPDATED: 6 November 2019 CE

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

Traveller RPG Wiki Participation[edit]

This person has elected to participate at the wiki.

He has created and contributed numerous corporation and organization logo images.

Bibliography-Ludography (Published Products)[edit]

This person has authored, contributed, playtested, or otherwise participated in the publication of the following products:

Real-world scientific articles on astrobiology, exobiology, ecopoeisis, planetary engineering, and terraforming:

Publications where this person is mentioned in the credits
No Listed works

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: David J. Thomas, Ph.D.
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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 [[File:March_Designs.png|200px|thumb|right]]
-[[Dave Thomas]] is a Traveller [[artist]], contributor, and fan.
+[[Dave Thomas]] is a Traveller [[artist]], contributor, and fan. He is also a professional biologist who studies [[astrobiology]]. Dave occasionally refers to himself in the third person, but usually avoids doing so in public.
 * He is also cited as ''[[David J. Thomas]].''
 == Description ([[Biography]]) ==
 Professor of Biology at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, USA.
 == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
-I've been a Traveller player, on and off, since 1982. I especially enjoy designing starships. While I own books from all of the various Traveller rule sets, I usually use the classic "[[Little Black Book]]s" and add in the parts I like from later books.
+Dave has been a Traveller player, on and off, since 1982. He especially enjoys designing starships, usually using Book 5 High Guard rules. While he owns books from all of the various Traveller rule sets, he usually uses the classic "[[Little Black Book]]s" and adds in the parts he likes from later books.
 === External Link/s ===
 This [[gentlesophont]] has the following external links available:
 * EXTERNAL LINK: [https://davidthomas0.wixsite.com/dave Dave's Home Page]
+* EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidjthomas/albums/72157706862286421 Full-size Traveller coporation logos in JPG format]
+* EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidjthomas/albums/72157691212532103 Full-size Traveller coporation logos in PNG format]
 === Favorite Wiki Pages ===
-I designed logos for the many [[corporation]]s and [[megacorporation]]s listed in the Traveller Wiki. I tried to avoid duplicating/replacing logos that exist in the Traveller [[canon]] (but may have done so inadvertently on occasion anyway). This started out as a few Traveller-related memes, but it grew into a monster project. Currently, I have uploaded and linked over 500 logos to the appropriate wiki pages.
+Dave designed most of  logos for the many [[corporation]]s and [[megacorporation]]s listed in the Traveller Wiki. While he tried to avoid duplicating/replacing logos that exist in the Traveller [[canon]], he may have done so inadvertently on occasion anyway. What started out as a few Traveller-related memes grew into a monster project. So far, Dave has uploaded and linked more than 600 logos to the appropriate wiki pages.
 === Dave's To-do List ===
-LAST UPDATED: 16 June 2019 CE
+LAST UPDATED: 6 November 2019 CE
-# [[Granger, Webber and Griffin]]
+#
 === [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
 # [http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Category:Corporation Corporations in Traveller]
+# [[Megacorporation]]s in Traveller
 # [https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Special:ListFiles?limit=700&ilsearch=&user=CaveDoctor The List of Dave Thomas' Logos]
-# [[Megacorporation]]s
 === Traveller RPG Wiki Participation ===
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 {{Sources
 |S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
-|S2= [https://davidthomas0.wixsite.com/dave David J. Thomas, Ph.D.]
+|S2= Author & Contributor: [https://davidthomas0.wixsite.com/dave David J. Thomas, Ph.D.]
 |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 }}