My name is Andrés Lucero Peña, cavalry officer in the Mexican Army by profession, writer and worldbuilder by heart, and a man of many interests. I believe these interests, and the knowledge I have thereof derived from them, are what allowed me to develop Crimson Blues as a world beyond our own, a mixture between fantasy and reality. Crimson Blues hides in its lines many of my ideas, aspirations, ideologies, philosophies, critiques and parodies. It's up to you to find them!
However, it is undeniable that this project would have been impossible without the help of some, and the simple presence of others. Thereby I extend my most sincere thanks to them as follows:
From my personal life.
- I thank my parents, Froylán and Alma Luz, from whom I have derived an insatiable thirst for knowledge, art and the truth.
- I thank my childhood friends and my comrades in arms, with whom my life experiences have shaped me profoundly, particularly Fernando, my brother in all but blood.
- I thank Clio, the love of my life, once a Greek muse and now my own. She makes me whole as a self-proclaimed knight, for she is a dame in every sense of the word.
- I thank God for granting me the natural tools to develop this project, the same ones I use in my lifelong quest for liberty and peace for mankind.
- I thank the Mexican Army for giving me nourishment and shelter, for making me a tough man, and for teaching me the value of discipline and leadership.
- I thank my country, Mexico, for giving me a purpose and a path, as well as a profound cultural heritage, and endless inspiration. Oceanyka's soul is inherently Mexican.
- I thank the grand human race for my existence, and for giving my life an ultimate purpose as a cosmopolitan man.
From the great wealth of human knowledge.
- I thank the SCP Foundation's writers and wiki staff, whom I've admired for many years, and one of the main sources of inspiration for Crimson Blues.
- I thank H.P. Lovecraft who, despite being an extremely racist bastard, was the pioneer of eldritch horror, a genre in which Crimson Blues often dives.
- I thank Games Workshop, creators of Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k, from whom I've derived a few tropes and occasionally referenced.
- I thank Paradox Interactive, who successfully psy-opped me into joining the Army, and made me obsessed with maps, history, economy and politics.
- I thank NationStates, in particular the Imperial Federation and the Coalition of Democratic Nations, the communities where Oceanyka and its world were born.
- I thank Bethesda Interactive and Obsidian Entertainment for the Fallout franchise. Much of Crimson Blues is heavily inspired by Fallout, as one might rather easily tell!
From the artists and corporations whose work I've used over the years.
- The SCP Foundation for the Paranormal Hazard icon.
- Ares Armaments Research Services for the Thorneycroft Carbine image.
- Katya Gudkina Chiu for the Locust Ant Queen image.
- Reddit user u/puckee21 for the Lich image.
- 2K Games for the Microfission Cell image, from The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
- Stormovyk from Devianart for the original version of the Australian Emergency Committee trooper at the bottom of the page.