I always tell to myself that I’ve been working too much lately. Indeed, I completely forgot to post Lola’s introduction!! 🙂 Which is important, as you’ll read below…

Name:  Lola Fox
Nation of Origin:  Argentina
Service Branch:  Reporter for Solarian News Network

Born to a wealthy mercantile family, Lola had every luxury one growing up could have, bar one:  a purpose.  Having every need and desire filled on a silver-platter left Lola feeling somewhat hollow, though she couldn’t put a finger on why.

It wasn’t until she attended private school she figured out why.  Here, among other children of the Empire’s upper class, she saw other scions in the same predicament.  Lola shied away from those people who turned to vice and self-indulgence to stave off their boredom.

Initially, she joined the fencing team, and did quite well, but something was still missing from her life.  Instead, Lola found her passion when she literally overheard her coach and a member of the criminal underground agree to throw match in exchange for a sum of money.  Outraged, Lola went to her school’s paper, and with her testimony, they broke the story.  Further investigation revealed far ranging corruption…and ignited a passion in Lola to expose the dark side of society.

Upon graduating, Lola joined a small media company, doing the typical fluff pieces one might expect such as covering the local county fair, or interviewing the politico of the moment.  She might have continued in this vein when Lola discovered a conspiracy of politicians and criminal abducting the homeless, and selling their organs to the rich and powerful.

This story led to an offer from Solarian News Network (SNN), and Lola joined without a second glance.  Never one to shy away from danger, she saw first-hand witness what the Apex Rahn did to their prisoners when they tried to swarm Procyon V.  Given her previous experiences, Lola takes delight in digging out corruption within the empire itself, though this has created many enemies from the friends and families of those imprisoned by her investigations.

Looking for the next big story, Lola has come to Planet Stronghold, and what she’s already unearthed has excited her for what she may yet uncover.

Introducing the planned romance DLC!

Of course, first the main game will be released 🙂 But thanks to the artist and writer’s speed, we can already begin production of the content for the DLC.

Don’t think this will be a “day 0 DLC”, because already the base game has a LOT of romances (4 for each playable character for a total of 8) and even friendship dialogues, a big amount of content. So the base game will totally be worth the price, be sure of that. It’s just that we believe so much in the idea/product that I’m willing to risk investing even more in a DLC already.

For now the extra content planned involves “only” the extra romances, but I could even add some more gameplay elements (extra cards, missions, etc). It’s too early to say it now.

If you’re curious, take a look at the “romance graph” below:

The red lines shows homosexual romance, while the green lines straight romances. The extra romances for the DLC feature two of the new characters (Lola and Kaden) and two that before weren’t romanceable (Galina and Christophe).

Before you complain: I know that Diana got an extra romance with Lola. But Alex has an extra final CG that will show up depending on Mira’s romance, and it’s one of the most beautiful of the whole game. So I think it’s fair 😉 Also, the writer offered to write it for free (she really liked Lola/Diana as couple), so I really couldn’t refuse!

In other news, finished the catacombs of Queen Of Thieves, and artist started with the first of the many (12) romance CGs. I’m going to start the robbery missions next week, so I am more optimistic now on a possible beta release of the game (maybe missing some romance CGs, but still) before end of year 🙂