Since we got the official confirmation Ian is with us on the JA:F KS, let's think of some questions for an interview. I'll compile the best and send them over to him.

Disclaimer in very small print: we reserve the right to select the questions we find appropriate.

1. Are you happy that FC picked up the Jagged Alliance Franchise and is trying to make a game worthy of the name?

2. Would you like to make another Jagged Alliance?

3. Have you played BIA? How did you like it?

• Everyone thinks they know "what is JA". Most got it wrong. For you which is THAT feature that makes JA a unique title and defines it as a highlight of the TBS genre?
  
• Have you ever before felt as confident about a successor of JA2 being made? And did you try to offer advice to any of the previous developers?
  
• Back in the old days you talked in great detail about the hardships to put a game on the market, with distribution chains being controlled by the big companies and absurd pressure being put on smaller developers. Do you think that has changed since Steam and other digital platforms emerged? Would've JA2 had a much brighter future if you had Steam back in 2000s?
  
• If you still had the JA license yourself, you would've made the next game by crowd-funding or the traditional way (through a publisher)? We know a couple of former Sirtechies were let down by the Kickstarter adventure, did that lower your enthusiasm about crowd-funding?
  
• On one of this posts on Bear's Pit, Chris Camfield estimated that JA2 budget was roughly 4 million USD. And that was for a team of 12 people working on an isometric engine. Would that be enough to make JA2 at today's standards?
  
• About JA2, there was a debate on what engine you used for it. Camfield said on the forums that you basically had to write it from scratch. Some websites are reporting JA2 and Fallout share the same isometric engine. Care to clear tha up?
  
• And while are on game engines, if you were to make JA3, would you pick Unity or go for something like Unreal? If the money wasn't an issue (it always is, we know) which of the modern engines you'd see best suitable for a game like JA3?
  
• Going back to JA:F, considering nowdays you're just a fan (with golden wings, but still) like the rest of us, what feature from the past games you'd like to see in it? You can pick from anywhere in the series, from the features that were scrapped for JA2 or from v1.13 (or any other mods). And you can only pick one.

• You worked for a year on JA3 only to see it cancelled. If you'll ever get the chance to start again on it, what is that one feature from the old project you'd bring along?
• We know how you felt when you heard the news about JA3 project being canned and we shared those feelings over the years. We didn't push much for info back then, but now would you tell us a few words about what you left behind? What stage was JA3? What did you had in store to amaze us?
• Have you ever thought about going to Kickstarter to publish a game yourself or you got turned away from it by what happened to Brenda's project?
• We know you were a driving force behind rallying former Sir-tech staff to support JA:F. We know Ian and Andrew Simmons are backing JA:F KS. What are the others feeling about this?
• Would you pay for a young-sexier-than-Brad-Pitt Gumpy if we get Full Control to make one for you?
  

• What did you know about the JA community before the project and how did this KS change your views?
• We know Sir-techies basically put themselves in JA2, with mercs, NPCs and locations sharing their looks or their names. Ian was Madlab, Eric was Dr. Q, etc. If you were to put yourself in the game, describe your merc/npc in a few words.
• On that line, ask around the office and tell us how your main team sees them as a JA:F merc/NPC.
• Which is your favourite fan-made suggestion so far (made on KS page, your forum or Bear's Pit), the one that made you go "oh why didn't we think of that"?
• Now that you have earned the trust and friendship of so many people in the community, if the KS doesn't work, have you considered developing your own TBS title with community help, even without a JA license?
• Did we make you work more overtime on this KS than you ever imagined?

He already covered himself in camouflage already

Is Shanga your illegitimate relative/love child?

Aren't you getting sick of all these fans harassing you about something you did so many years ago?

Ian / Chris, do you remember the early screenshots of JA3 which was never-finished:

Gamers Central: From the huge number of dedicated JA2 fans, it appears that JA2 sold at least well enough to warrant an expansion. How come Talonsoft, who published JA2, isn't publishing the expansion?

Ian Currie: I wonder the same thing, but don't have an answer. It's my understanding that JA2 was Talonsoft's 2nd best selling title (ever). I could speculate, but I won't, as there are always two sides to every story and I obviously can't speak for them.

@Shanga Would you allow to translate this interview to Russian and place on our Russian website?

I'll write that you've made it.