Adam wrote
<something about buying the new irregular miniatures & them being like Star
Trek>
I would be interested in a bit more information on the style of ship, I have
always been a fan of irregulars 'cheap' metal policy but their old FT ships
were a not my cup of tea. If they are jumping on the 'its close Jim' but
doesn't quite infringe copyright bandwagon for Star Trek then I'm interested
in any details.
Anyone read the Physics of Star Trek book, quite good, but depressing in that
were never going to beam anywhere folks (requires heating of matter 1,000,000
times hotter than the suns core, require more energy than humanity produces,
improve computer storage by a factor of 1000 billion billon, flaunt the laws
of quantum mechanics, imaging system bigger than the earth's diameter -
no wonder McCoy was nevous).
Date sent: 25-JUN-1996 16:18:16
> Adam wrote
> <something about buying the new irregular miniatures & them being like
> I would be interested in a bit more information on the style of ship, I
but
> doesn't quite infringe copyright bandwagon for Star Trek then I'm
Don't have much. I just picked 'em up off the stand. 1.60 each. About the same
size as Micromachines. Comes in two parts (main hull and saucer).
> Tim Jones
In message <009A4635.F7A12760.85@uk.gdscorp.com>, timj@uk.gdscorp.com writes:
> Anyone read the Physics of Star Trek book, quite good, but depressing
Check out http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/
> Date sent: 25-JUN-1996 16:18:16
but
> doesn't quite infringe copyright bandwagon for Star Trek then I'm
I got Irregular to send me assorted old and new ships a couple of weeks
ago-
they included what I assume is the same ship Adam bought, an "Imperial
Cruiser" a bit like an Ambassador class but not so pot-bellied. Also,
an
older vessel (I _think_ the Human Destroyer SH3) is like a stumpy Star
Destroyer about 30mm long. Another new vessel is a carrier for £2, consisting
of a flightdeck with island, a boxy main hull with a bulblike forward
projection, and a pylon with 2 pods or nacelles resembling those on
the "Trekkie" cruiser. There's also a fleet of "Klingonesque" vessels-
my sample is a cruiser for 90p, resembling the original Klingon BCs but with
forward-swept "wings" so that it fits very well (with my prehistoric
Garrison starcruisers) into my Scottish space-fleet. The new vessels
are notably neater than the old.
Rob
> Adam wrote
Stick with those fine Space-Commies (sorry, Mark! ;-) ) of Iain
M
Banks "Culture" stories- in "The State of the Art", the drone
Skaffen-Amtiskaw comments rather sniffily about humans not understanding
the difference between ST beaming and Culture "displacement"...
Don't forget, once upon a time, "death-rays" were impossible, as
"any such object hot enough to radiate so intensely would explode
instantaneously". Also remember (Arthur C.) Clarke's Law, "Whenever an eminent
scientist says a thing is impossible, it immediately becomes inevitable" (Hmm,
I must get someone famous to say I'll never win the
lottery...)
Rob