Lee Hammock is a professional writer and

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er. Hammock has worked on numerous products for numerous companies, including '' NeoExodus: A House Divided'' RPG by Louis Porter Jr. Design, ''

The Halo Graphic Novel ''The Halo Graphic Novel'' is a graphic novel anthology of the military science fiction video game series ''Halo'', published by Marvel Comics in partnership with Bungie. ''The Halo Graphic Novel'' was the series' first entry into the sequential ...

'' and the '' Dawning Star Campaign Setting'' by Blue Devil Games.

Career

Lee Hammock co-designed the licensed ''

Farscape ''Farscape'' is an Australian-American science fiction television series, produced originally for the Nine Network. It premiered in the US on Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday, 19 March 1999, at 8:00 pm EST as their anchor series. The series was c ...

'' role-playing game for

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. He also co-designed the '' Dawning Star Campaign Setting'' with Justin D. Jacobson for Blue Devil Games. Hammock has worked for

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. Hammock wrote the story "The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor" for ''

''. He described the process of writing the story as a "heady task" since he had to respect ''Halo'' fans' knowledge of the characters and canon, ensuring that "characters that

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know as a part of themselves are portrayed aptly".''Halo Graphic Novel'', page 55 () Hammock described the basis of the story as a way to showcase the true danger of the

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as an intelligent menace, rather than something the player encounters and shoots. Hammock also stated that the story would prove the intelligent nature of the Flood, and "hopefully

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the idea that they are just space zombies". Hammock co-designed the '' NeoExodus: A House Divided'' RPG for Louis Porter Jr. Design. He also co-designed the ''Arcane Tech'' book for the ''

Fading Suns ''Fading Suns'' is a science fiction space opera role-playing game published by Holistic Design. The setting was also used for a PC game (''Emperor of the Fading Suns''), a live action role-playing game ('' Passion Play''), and for a space co ...

'' role-playing game. Hammock was lead game designer on ''

Fallen Earth ''Fallen Earth'' is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions (formerly by North Carolina-based Icarus Studios and Fallen Earth). The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located a ...

''. On April 5, 2010, the Fallen Earth team announced that Hammock was leaving Fallen Earth to work as story designer on a new MMO title, Gargantuan.

References

External links

Lee Hammock at Geekdo.comDawning Star websiteLouis Porter Jr. Design website
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