Just putting up a few bits of info to tantalize my readership. Don't expect serious explanations or answers to go with these...at least, not immediately.

First off, I have every intention of making my planned hiatus a temporary one, and fully intend to continue with - and finish! - T:A-R sometime in the near future. And at the rate I'm going, said 'near future' will probably be something like 2011. Which isn't a bad thing. I just want to get a couple other things done first. All this is just notification that I've got ideas in the works for Arc Four, some firm and others less so.

- I've decided on preliminary titles for all thirteen installments, and have a general plot in mind for each of them. Two homage 'Babylon 5' - "Phoenix Rising" and "A Race Through Dark Places" - one 'Torchwood' - "Exit Wounds" - one the animated 'Star Trek' - "Yesteryear" - and the final story will be a bookend with the first installment from way back at the beginning - "Into the Future" to "Out of the Past". Assuming I don't change my mind on any of them, I'll achieve my goal of using each letter from the alphabet as the first letter for each title.

- I currently have a list of seventy guys that I want to include in the storyline. Three of them are planned to make their first appearance in the first installment of Arc Four, another twelve in the second - feel free to note me with your guesses about who. The vast majority, however, won't be seen until later on. This list, however, is currently tentative - it will no doubt grow as more toys are release in the near future, either through BotCon or the RotF/Universe lines.

- As of right now, I don't have a firm plan to do anything with the 'Shattered Glass' universe. Axiom Nexus, however, is another matter.

- Gigantion will feature in Arc Four, and Earth and the colony worlds will continue to feature.

- Expect one story set mostly in flashback, one story revolving mostly around a few specific characters akin to "Fun and Games", and one story paying homage to the DW ongoing.

...and that's all I'm prepared to say for now. If you'll excuse me, I have an evil laugh to practice...