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Crisis Of Faith (Touched By An Angel Episode)
''Crisis of Faith'' is a supplement published by Dream Pod 9 in 1997 for the science fiction mecha role-playing game ''Heavy Gear''. Publication history In 1994, Dream Pod 9 published the science fiction role-playing game ''Heavy Gear''. After publishing several supplements dealing with advanced weaponry and geographical information about the Terra Nova setting, they released ''Crisis of Faith'' in 1997, a 112-page softcover book that was the first in a series to reveal the events on Terra Nova leading up to the current ''Heavy Gear'' storyline. The history is presented as a series of conversations, government memos, excerpts from personal diaries and news stories. Reception The reviewer from ''Pyramid (magazine), Pyramid'' #30 (March/April, 1998) stated that "Crisis of Faith advances the Heavy Gear timeline with excerpts of source material and snippets of fiction detailing or hinting at great changes on Terra Nova, the colony world that Heavy Gear is set on. The format of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis Of Faith, Role-playing Supplement
A crisis (plural, : crises; adjectival form, : critical) is either any event or period that will (or might) lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affairs, especially when they occur abruptly, with little or no warning. More loosely, a crisis is a testing time for an emergency. Etymology The English word ''crisis'' was borrowed from the Latin, which in turn was borrowed from the Ancient Greek language, Greek ''krisis'' 'discrimination, decision, crisis'.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1893''s.v.'' 'crisis'/ref> The noun is derived from the verb ''krinÅ'', which means 'distinguish, choose, decide'. In English, ''crisis'' was first used in a medical context, for the time in the development of a disease when a change indicates either recovery or death, that is, a turning-point. It was also used for a major change in the development of a disease. By the mid-seventeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
