Ascendants,
I hope you are well and are enjoying the holiday season. I'm pleased to announce that Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron Volume II has finally been delivered to the printer for production. 

As I mentioned in our last update, I decided to re-evaluate our choice of printer due to the increasing cost of shipping and the risk of tariff wars. Ultimately I decided to use the same printer, GPSD, that we used for the first volume.  My choice came down to aesthetics. Star-Spangled Squadron Volume II is a companion to Volume I, and I wanted the second book to match the first in its cover, paper, coloration, and so on. The only way to guarantee the second book looked and felt just like the first was to use the same printer that had manufactured the first book.  

The downside to using GPSD is that it will take some time for the books to be manufactured and shipped. Here is the schedule:

In order to finalize production numbers, I've begun issuing backer surveys. Over the next 48 hours you should receive your surveys. Please fill them out by the end of December if possible. This will enable us to finalize the count of all items (including add-ons) and collect shipping. If there were add-ons you missed during the initial campaign, you can add them on at this time.

I apologize that the books have ended up taking much longer than I expected to deliver to you. Those of you who are in my Autarch Discord or who follow my blog know that this ended up being a rough year for me, as I succumbed to a fungal illness that gave me severe brain fog and necessitated surgery last month. As a result of ill health, the various projects I'd hoped to ship this year all got delayed, this one included. I'm exceptionally grateful for your superheroic patience with me on this project.