Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

10 posts ยท Jun 1 2000 to Jun 3 2000

From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 08:31:52 -0400

Subject: RE: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

OK, OK! You made me do it!

Grazer/HPS (Herbavore Projection System)

Class: 1-10
Mass: 2 per class Arcs: 1 Extra Arcs: 1 mass each (max 3) per class Ammo: Mass
2 each (includes space for organic nutrients and waste disposal) Damage: As
Beam, ignores screens, causes threshold check against Bridge core system.

Developed on the agricultural world of Bo'Vine, the Grazer or HPS was
developed as a way to meet the requirements of defense, enviroment, and
peculiar religious beliefs. The system quick-freezes a herbavore (Guinea
Pig size to Elefant size depending on class of weapon), coats it with a
ferrous
coating, and projects it using magnetic fields at percent-of-C
velocities. Due to the disquieting nature of this weapon, the first time a
ship is hit by a Grazer, a threshold check is made vs the Bridge system
(failure indicates the bridge crew is too busy throwing up to continue combat
until a DCP can clean up the mess).

Duck and hide from the Narn Bat Squad.

8-)

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From: Alex Kettle <squawk@c...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 08:39:51 -0400

Subject: Re: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

Hi all, I just had to point out (you must have heard it on this list before)
that this is earily similar to a discussion on the B5-Wars forum a while
back about the dreaded Centauri Furry-Mammal accelerator...it utilized
different mammals as ammo depending on the situation....and I remember
something about shooting down Starfurry fighters...... the Narns were busy for
quite a while there...broke a lot of bats I
hear...
I think I still have the SCS for a Centauri Vorchan warship that mounted the
FMA somewhere here.

Later, Alexander Kettle, Upper Canada Battle Group
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From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 07:48:38 -0500

Subject: RE: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

***
Ammo: Mass 2 each (includes space for organic nutrients and waste disposal)

***snip***

The system quick-freezes a herbavore (Guinea Pig size to Elefant size
***

Isn't this where Oerjan steps in an suggests the meat locker for the
GP's would be a tad smaller than for the Pachyderms? ;->=

'course, the whole discussion reminds me of the Murphy's Rules cartoon of
Alien Space, and it's 'Magma' weapon. Volcanoes in space?

The_Beast

-Douglas J. Evans, curmudgeon

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From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:07:23 -0400

Subject: RE: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

Ok...
Ammo mass is 1 per class.

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From: Nathan Pettigrew <nathanp@M...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 06:13:41 -0700

Subject: RE: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

Oh yes, they will come for you... <g>

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From: Robert Crawford <crawford@k...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:49:49 -0400

Subject: Re: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

> On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 07:48:38AM -0500, devans@uneb.edu wrote:

The GP magazine provides more shots, of course.

From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:50:55 -0400

Subject: RE: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

I was not on the B5 forum, but I do rember that someone had a frozen weiner
gun (that I stole ideas from without credit because I forgot who designed it
or exactly what it was called).

I gladly submit that the idea was not original, and just submitted for humor.

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From: Donald Hosford <hosford.donald@a...>

Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 14:12:15 -0400

Subject: Re: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

The "weiner gun" came from Jerry Han's Page

I just love these alturnate weapons...

Donald Hosford

> "Bell, Brian K" wrote:

> I was not on the B5 forum, but I do rember that someone had a frozen

From: Jerry Han <jhan@w...>

Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 17:14:49 -0400

Subject: Re: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

> Donald Hosford wrote:

Somebody remembers THE WEENIE GUN (tm)?

Oh, man, that's frightening.  (8-)

J.

From: Donald Hosford <hosford.donald@a...>

Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 01:56:10 -0400

Subject: Re: Grazers (was: Pre-measuring things)

Be afraid...very afraid...

8-D

Donald Hosford

> Jerry Han wrote:

> Donald Hosford wrote: