Colonial Troopers: Knight Hawks Adds Print-on-Demand Edition and Minor PDF Revisions

Colonial Troopers: Knight Hawks is now available in print on demand after its creator discovered the format was missing from its DriveThruRPG listing. The new print proof has arrived and looks good, and the PDF is being refreshed with a handful of small corrections. The supplement remains the same edition; the changes are housekeeping rather than a new rules version.

That distinction matters for anyone who already owns the file. The revision corrects minor grammar issues, adds experience point values for the creatures, and adjusts some graphics to better match the book’s visual identity. The creator says existing PDF owners will receive the updated file. No new release date or separate edition is described.

A small revision shaped by print preparation

The path to the new format began with a customer asking why the book wasn’t available as a print-on-demand title. The creator had assumed it was already listed, then checked and found that it wasn’t. After locating the production files, they worked through DriveThruRPG’s process for preparing a print book and ordered a proof copy. Its arrival prompted a final pass through the material.

That pass stayed deliberately narrow. In a laid-out book, even a modest wording change can push text onto another page and disrupt the pages that follow. The creator describes that risk directly: a sentence that runs long can affect later formatting, turning a quick cleanup into a much larger production job. They stopped after the grammar, creature values, and graphic refinements, then published the result.

For a reader, that means the changes address clarity and presentation without signaling a redesigned combat system. The addition of experience point values gives game masters a missing reference when using the creatures, while the grammar fixes tidy up the text. The refreshed artwork is described as a visual adjustment, with no claim that it changes how the supplement plays.

What the supplement contains

Colonial Troopers: Knight Hawks is a light starship combat supplement for the Colonial Troopers RPG. It can also be used as a standalone system with most games compatible with the original edition. Its material brings together tabletop starship combat rules, descriptions of spacecraft, adventure locations set around space mining colonies, and a collection of space-bug creatures.

That mix gives the book a few different jobs at the table. Groups already playing Colonial Troopers can draw on the ship combat material when a session moves beyond ground action. Game masters looking for a compact space scenario can use the mining-colony locations as settings, while the creature entries offer opponents for encounters in that environment. The standalone option gives groups using compatible older rules another route into the material, though the source doesn’t specify a complete list of compatible games.

The “light” description is useful context for setting expectations: this is a focused addition built around starship encounters and related adventure material, rather than a new core rulebook. The source doesn’t give a player count, play time, price, or a detailed account of the combat turn sequence, so those details can’t be inferred from the announcement. Groups should check the product listing for current format and purchasing information.

What existing owners should expect

PDF owners can expect the minor revision to arrive as an updated file, according to the creator. The book’s edition stays the same, so the update doesn’t call for readers to treat it as a new release or replace their existing campaign notes. Since the edits include missing experience point values, game masters who use those entries may want to check the revised copy before preparing creature encounters.

The print proof’s approval also means readers can now choose a physical copy through the print-on-demand listing. The creator reports that the proof looks good, but gives no information about print specifications, shipping, or price in the source. Those practical details belong with the current product listing.

My read is that this is a tidy production fix with a useful addition for current owners: access to a printed copy, plus a more complete creature reference in the refreshed PDF. For groups already using the supplement, the key thing to watch for is the updated file; for new readers, the listing now offers the print format alongside the existing digital material.