Apologies for the long absence, everyone, and for my failure to keep you all updated. An unexpected day-job work project arose in early December that has taken me abroad and filled my time (12 hours a day) - and it's not over until I get home at the end of January. This has meant that New Albion 3 is still in progress. The words are nearly all down on (electronic) paper and I now have to tidy them up (which I'm doing in the little spare time I have this month), read through a few times...