From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 13:49:31 +0000
Subject: [OFFICIAL] MORE NEW SHIPS....
Hi all, We've just got the remainder of the UNSC fleet finished and moulded, no pics yet, because I haven't even had time to assemble display ones of most of them! Hopefully that will be done and some pics taken sometime in the coming week. All of these models are now in production and available from us in the UK. GeoHex and Eureka will both have masters soon. This is a COMPLETE listing of the UNSC line, including the ones already announced - the newest releases are marked. You'll notice that the new ones don't even have class names yet - as usual, suggestions are welcome! FT-1101 UNSC Light Fighters (x 6) 0.95 NEW FT-1121 UNSC Heavy Fighters (x 6) 0.95 NEW FT-1102 UNSC Diplomatic Courier (x 3) 1.25 NEW FT-1103 UNSC Battle Corvette (x 2) 1.95 NEW FT-1104 Patrol Cutters (Frigate-sized)) x 2 1.95 FT-1104A UNSC Patrol Cutter/Frigate type II (x 2) 1.95 NEW FT-1105 Destroyers (DD) x 2 - Lake class 2.25 FT-1106 Light Cruiser (CL) - Mountain class 1.95 FT-1107 UNSC Escort Cruiser (CE) 2.25 NEW FT-1108 Heavy Cruiser (CH) - River class 2.75 FT-1109 UNSC Battlecruiser (BC) 3.95 NEW FT-1110 Battleship (BB) - Luna class 4.25 FT-1111 UNSC Battledreadnought (BDN) 5.95 NEW FT-1112 Superdreadnought (SDN) - Gaia class 7.95 FT-1112A Extended-Range SDN (SDN-X) - Sol class 9.95 FT-1113 UNSC Light Carrier (CVL) 6.95 NEW FT-1114 UNSC Heavy Carrier (CVH) 9.95 NEW FT-1115 UNSC Deeprange Explorer 4.95 NEW FT-1116 UNSC Fleet Replenishment Tender 4.95 NEW Also NOW AVAILABLE: GF-022 Winged Interface Shuttle (x3) 0.95 NEW (A very useful little general-purpose model, usable with any human fleet). A note on the fighters: when they were released, we designated the Star Tiger and Star Sabre minis in the GF range as UNSC fighters; though these remain in production, I decided to do some new fighter designs for the UNSC fleet, more in keeping with the style of the rest of the ships in the fleet. Both the 1101 and 1121 fighters are in the "techno-brick" style, obviously optimised for space combat rather than being interface-capable. The 1102 Diplomatic Courier is, on they other hand, at least semi-streamlined and probably capable of planetary landings. It will double nicely as a scoutship, although it is a little bigger than most of the other FT scouts. The 1103 Battle Corvette is a heavy corvette/light frigate size craft, designed to pack a reasonable weapon punch as a small strike vessel. The 1104A is a modified version of the original FT1104 (which is still available), with some changes to the model's drive unit and weapon outriggers. As with the earlier UNSC ships, all the new releases are of modular construction and provide endless possibilities for mix-and-match designs.... :-)