From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:28:51 -0600
Subject: Time to speak of many... Re: Gas Skimmers, Wings and Things
Schoon, the man, said: ~~~ > Robertson, Brendan <Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> wrote: > ***** Generally a very nice job Robert. ~~~ And I say: Agreed! People, and Los in particular, shame me on my meagre attempts at writing. But, not enough to stop trying... ;->= ~~~ Then Schoon, the myth, said: > Everything was ready, as he finished strapping into the flight deck. Three ships lost in a week seems excessive to me. Not even hardhat divers, experimental pilots, or even high risk miners loose that many people. Look at the economics as well. For the ships alone, that's a 264 MUcr loss. Idoubt they'll make that up with sales. ~~~ And I, the base reality say: Had the same feeling, though, we don't know how many are involved in the 'mining'. Or, how strategic this site is. Perhaps it's the only scoop-able gas ball in several light years. Or, we can pretend he meant the three pulled up stakes and headed for simpler locals... ~~~ Then Schoon, the legend, said: > ***** I'd consider increasing the hull integrity. If operations in the atmosphere are that dangerous, I think they want something that could withstand a "bump" or two. Schoon ~~~ You ain't lied yet, bro. Though the term weak hull doesn't necessarily mean unable to take punishment, I'd be assuming at least the cabin would be built like a brick s**t house (crude American aphorism that I've heard at least three Brits use). This has certainly gotten me thinking about my Texacoan Free State Navy. My idea was that the interstellar corporation Texaco was one of the big losers in the corporate wars, and that small group of company loyalists would make a thriving colony-state out of some out-of-the-way holdings. What I need is some physics/astronomy insights: do deuterium and tritrium still figure in high grade fusion reactions? Would the heavier isotopes be more or less common in older, and pre-nova-salted, systems? Ok, not needed for gaming, but useful in fluff. On another topic, totally, can I get some pointers on the Wings-and-Things packet? When I bought it, I thought it made specific variants on standard GZG figs, but now I'm not so sure. Not a problem, I have plenty of ideas, including one or two pieces being ships themselves, but does anyone have ideas, either official, Jon/KR/Nic, or likely suggestions, rest of list? The_Beast