Helios

Overview

The Helios is a publication of the Total War Center forums reporting on the various non-TW related activities of the forums, though in the past it has carried advertisements for the University. The publication is also characterised by being TWC's second oldest publication, first having been brought out December 2005 [1], and by being one of the most broken-up in terms of its publication history, having taken several hiatuses and gone through a long series of editors. It is currently released approximately every fortnight.

History

In fact, the editorial history alone is worthy of note due to the great names involved; begun by imb39, Kscott and Grimsta, it then fell to Grimsta alone to edit the Helios. After a period a hiatus begun, sparked off by the Helios Political Issue (outlined below) and when it restarted, King Henry V was editing it. After a happy period as editor, bringing in a variety of innovations in style, he resigned in favour of Saint-Germain. However, on the retirement of Saint-Germain, the Helios fell into abeyance with no replacement editor until Justinian, during his long period as Republican Consul, restarted it and added innovations of his own, including the contents (a forerunner of that in use in the present Helios), before finally stepping aside in favour of Tom Paine, who it on to Scorch who in turn has recently passed the reigns to The Sundance Kid. In late December 2008, The Sundance Kid opted to stand down from his post due to increasing workload and diminishing online activity; though his successor has not yet been named, the deputy editor Freddie will most likely fill the gap until an applicant arises.

The Helios style has changed greatly; the original Helioi were written by the editors alone, and got very involved in politics. This ended with the Helios Political Issue, and since then the Helios has not only been less involved in politics but has also hired reporters in order to put in an extra layer of protection, a practice continued to this day.

Contributors

Editor:

• Freddie

Reporters (as of last issue):

• Thanatos (Political Mudpit)
• Shyam Popat (Vestigia Vetustatis)
• _Pontifex_ (Ethos, Mores, et Monastica)
• Captain Blackadder (Political Academy)
• Caradog (Curia)
• Freddie (The Basement)
• Elzabar (Coliseum)

Editorialists

• the Black Prince

Editions

The Helios

Released Editions:

*Issue One                            *Issue Two
*Issue Three                          *Issue Four
*Issue Five                           *Issue Six
*Issue Seven                          *Issue Eight
*Issue Nine                           *Issue Ten
*Issue Eleven                         *Issue Twelve
*Issue Thirteen                       *Issue Fourteen
*Issue Fifteen                        *Issue Sixteen
*Issue Seventeen                      *Issue Eighteen
*Issue Nineteen                       *Issue Twenty-one
*Issue Twenty-two                     *Issue Twenty-three
*Issue Twenty-four                    *Issue Twenty-five
*Issue Twenty-six                     *Issue Twenty-seven
*Issue Twenty-eight                   *Issue Twenty-nine
*Issue Thirty                         *Issue Thirty-one

The current series of Helios has so far run for 29 issues, approximately fortnightly, usually late; the number of previous editions is, however, rather large and noteworthy in and of itself, and should not be forgotten, locatable as they are in the Archives

Controversy

GrimSta's political Helios edition was written in January 2006. It was an article featuring an interview with Belisarius which included a large attack on Simetrical. Simetrical Posted a reply, and things soon escalated as a group of members led by Belisarius pushed for Simetrical's resignation from staff and as Pro-Curator. This failed as most Citizens voted in support of Simetrical. some now believe the whole incident was started by Belisarius for his own ends.

See Also

• The Total War Center
  • The TWC Podcasts
  • The Eagle Standard
  • General Sun's Tent
  • The Scriptorium

External Links

• The Helios on TWC