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| {{cleanup}} | | '''Eric S. Trautmann''' is an American science fiction author associated with [[Microsoft]] projects. He has also worked heavily in the ''Star Wars'' universe, co-authoring several ''Star Wars'' reference books. In addition, he began writing books for [[Xbox]] games starting with ''Crimson Skies'', which he co-authored along with fellow ''Halo'' novelist [[Eric Nylund]]. |
| '''Eric S. Trautmann''' is an American comic book author. He has co-authored several pieces of ''Star Wars'' literary references from 1992 to 1998.<ref name="starwars">[[starwars:{{PAGENAME}}|'''Wookieepedia''': ''{{PAGENAME}}'']]</ref> In 1999, he became the content developer for [[Microsoft Game Studios]] Franchise Development Group (MGSFDG).<ref name="FDG">[[User:Subtank/Archive|''MGS Development Group Expands'' (Archived)]]</ref> where he co-authored a number of story bibles for a variety of Xbox such as ''[[wikipedia:Crimson Skies|Crimson Skies]]'', ''[[wikipedia:MechWarrior 4|MechWarrior 4]]'' and ''[[Halo universe|Halo]]''. | |
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| During the writing of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Bungie almost cancelled the novel but was convinced by Trautmann to approve it in exchange for himself, [[Matt Soell]] and [[Brannon Boren]] writing an estimated "80 percent" of the in-game dialogue of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. The dysfunctional relationship between Bungie and the Microsoft team working on the game created some disconnect - the notorious "this cave is not a natural formation" line was caused by Bungie promising that the environment would not be immediately obvious as an artificial formation. During development of ''[[Halo 2]]'', Trautmann and Boren argued for the inclusion of [[ODST]]s in the game, although Bungie questioned their recognizability to fans and the in-universe role they served. During development of the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'', Trautmann set up a franchise group for Halo media and was told that Bungie were unhappy with the creative team, consisting of [[Wikipedia:John Ney Rieber|John Ney Rieber]] and [[Wikipedia:Adi Granov|Adi Granov]], and was told by [[Pete Parsons]] that Bungie would rather have [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore|Alan Moore]] and [[Wikipedia:Joe Kubert|Joe Kubert]]. He ended his involvement in the Halo franchise on November 9, 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151109053509/http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/8/2/3/823a5cd1ac38d28e/Episode_005_final.mp3?c_id=3307764&expiration=1447051643&hwt=9c0743cdf3432035c7a154a6ebfa9d8e '''The Sci Fi Show''': ''Episode 005: DC Reboot/Eric Trautmann (Archived)'']</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbhoNpcXZ_k '''Timestamped version of Episode 005'': ''Halo Story Eric Trautmann interview 2011'']</ref>
| | In [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], Eric Trautmann did some writing for the story along with [[Matt Soell]] and [[Brannon Boren]]. |
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| He is the author of the book ''[[The Art of Halo]]''.
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| [[Category:People|Trautmann, Eric S.]] | | [[Category:People|Trautmann, Eric S.]] |
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