From: Bobby Mock <hansuke@g...>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:01:35 -0400
Subject: Surfin' Bugs, Dude! (Stargrunt II)
The clouds were rolling in on Cyrenus IV, when I first noticed the strange sights in the sky. At first I thought, they were small planes, then their bio weapons started spurting death all around me. THEY WERE AIR SURFIN' BUGS, DUDE! Apparently, they were each riding on grav plates: some were round, but the majority of the grav plates were elongated, much like common surf boards. The air surfin' bugs were small, under 6 feet (1"), and armed with two handed bio weapons (3,D8). There were about 7-15 in each group. These were probably scout groups, because they did not appear to be wearing any armour. Their skin looked as if it would provide a D4 armour roll. I had seen these bugs before; maybe in a dream, or in a local hobby store with a GW stamped on their packaging. The surf boards were affected by terrain as per ground-skimming grav vehicles. They moved 12" (D12 x 2 combat). Later that day, I saw the same kind of bugs, on the ground. They were moving 8" (D8 x 2 combat). I never saw the ground bugs with surf boards, so I concluded that there were two types of these bugs: air surfin' and ground boogying. Unit quality appeared to be D6, both in ranged combat and close combat. Their sensors were unaided eyes at D4. I never saw any heavy or special weapons with either bugs, so I concluded that these scout groups did not carry any. I named these bugs ASB's and GBB's (air surfin' bugs and ground boogying bugs). Later installments will detail other bugs, that were encountered in the Bug Beating Battle for Cyrenus IV. Yee Haa! Ninja Cowboy