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Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:24:03 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Greg Perry writes:
> In lugnet.space, Jesse Alan Long writes:
> > Did you ever see the Millennium Falcon in the first Star Wars motion picture
> > where that space craft travelled inside a crater to hide from the Galactic
> > Empire and they flew inside a space monster?
>
> No I'm not familiar with that motion picture. That's keen that they
> featured an Asteroid Cave-Mouth Monster in a movie. I just hope that it
> wasn't a comedy because the danger posed by these creatures to space ships
> is very real and no laughing matter.
>
> (Snipped some stuff about a "Sarlacc Pit Monster" which quite frankly to me
> sounds like something that is made up and therefore has no place in a
> serious scientific discussion such as the ones being carried on in this
> forum in response to the dictate that "space ships must have wings." Let's
> try and stay on topic.)
>
> > My space craft is very handy because it has two
> > support craft that are by themselves very well armed and the engines can
> > also double as guns and I believe I have around forty weapons total on my
> > space craft or possibly more than forty weapons and it is only seventy three
> > Lego studs long, or in the case of human measurements, about the size of the
> > Galactic Mediator, which is about two feet in length so I think that I do
> > not need to poke the monster, I think I need to make some nice space monster
> > burgers and space monster steaks.
>
> I'm sorry - it's been many years since my class on Faulkner so I'm a little
> rusty on interpreting the meaning of run-on sentences with multiple layers
> of ideas attempting to be expressed so I'm left a little confused by this
> statement. Could you perhaps clarify how an engine can also be a gun? Are
> the bullets fired out the exhaust pipe? I must admit that a "forty weapons
> total...or possibly more than forty weapons" to "seventy three Lego studs
> long" ratio sounds very impressive. I must confess my ignorance though
> about this "Galactic Mediator" you've mentioned but if it is only two feet
> long I'd have to say that I don't see how much mediating could be
> accomplished in the galaxy or how this negates the need to "poke the monster".
>
> > My space craft is known as a Gaea
> > Federation Galaxy Destroyer not because it is a good name but the fact that
> > a destroyer is equipped with many guns but not as many as a battleship, or
> > in the context of space, a battle cruiser.
>
> I applaud you for not choosing a name just because it is "good" - too often
> those who don't know any better make this fatal mistake in the naming of
> there vessels. My ship is known as "Ralph" - also not because it's a good
> name but because I once saw a documentary on TV about folks who worship a
> head of lettuce named Ralph and I figure if it's good enough for a leafy,
> spherical god then it's certainly good enough for a space ship. I'm not
> quite sure why the "Gaea Galaxy Federation" part is required because it is a
> destroyer but I'll take your word for it. However, you've also left me with
> another question - If a destroyer has 40 weapons per 73 studs then what is
> the weapon to stud ratio for a battle cruiser (sticking with the context of
> space though I am tempted to start speaking in the context of time which for
> me has always been the more attractive half of the whole space-time duo).
>
> > The primary function of a
> > destroyer is not only to provide support for reconnaissance teams but to
> > also patrol the enemy territory for signs of terrorism, violence, and other
> > threats and to destroy smaller vessels as well as defending the larger
> > vessels of the representative space fleet, or protecting the bigger space
> > craft in the space fleet.
>
> If the destroyer is patrolling in the enemy terriory and spots signs of
> "terrorism, violence and threats" does it help to encourage these
> activities? After all these are exactly the kinds of activities I would
> think one would wish upon an enemy. Also I think your use of the word
> "patrol" is a little deceptive - if the destroyer is in enemy territory
> isn't "invade" a more appropriate description of its action?
>
> > Some of the features on my wings also are part of
> > my DualFire (IGTM) technology and this technology allows the nine engines,
> > three main engines, two auxillary engines/intergalactic ballistic missiles,
> > and four guns/teritary auxillary engines, to act as either thrust or as a
> > weapon andevery engine is controlled individually so that they change their
> > functions at the press of a button on the control panel inside of the ship.
>
> Wow! From your many posts I kniew that you weren't simply some guy playing
> with LEGO toys and I was right. I can only hope (being the patriotic U.S.
> citizen that I am) that your Dualfire (IGTM) technology does not fall into
> the hands of some rogue enemy nation such as England or New Zealand. I'm
> particularly impressed by the fact that these dual purpose engine/weapons
> are all controlled by a the presse of a single button - AND you've actually
> but that button inside the ship. And I thought I was hot stuff because my
> ship Ralph is completely controlled by telepathy from a lay-z-boy and the
> only buttons inside of it are the ones holding my space trousers up (I have
> this thing about zippers and velcro and don't even get me started on belts).
>
> > Have I answered your question correctly, G?
>
> What was my question again? I forgot. Oh well, lets just say that you
> answered it correctly - I'll give you a B+ which is a respectable passing
> grade by any standard.
I am sorry that I confused you on the motion picture Star Wars but if you
wish to know more about Star Wars, there is a seperate discussion board on
Lugnet for Star Wars Lego sets and if that does not satisfy your interests,
then go to http://www.starwars.com . The following sentence that you
snipped was a comparison between two monsters in two different movies of
this trilogy. The Star Wars Trilogy consists of the motion pictures Star
Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. These motion
pictures are commonly referred to as Episode IV, Episode V, and Episode VI.
I apologize for also confusing you about my weaponry on my space craft. I
will rephrase my information about my space craft.
The Gaea Federation Galaxy Destroyer is seventy three Lego studs long or, in
the case of human measurements, about twenty one and three quarter inches in
length. The size of this vessel is almost the same size as the Galactic
Mediator, which is a Space Police II vessel and the largest Space Police II
vessel. I counted the weapons on my vessel again and I discovered that I
had closer to eighty guns on my vessel if I included my support ships and
defense robot. I said in this response that I do not need to poke the
monster, I need to make some nice space monster burgers and space monster
steaks and with the many weapons I have on my space craft (which could also
destroy some of the big two hundred and three hundred stud long capital
ships), accomplishing such a task would be very easy for my space craft.
You also said that some of the guns are shot through the exhaust pipe and
the answer is that some of the guns are indeed shot through the exhaust pipe
and they are also shot through the front as well, at least on my wing
guns/auxillary engines and intergalactic ballistic missiles/auxillary
engines. I only have a collection of about eight to ten thousand Lego
pieces so I can not build an acceptable capital class cruiser at this time,
Greg. I named this vessel the Gaea Federation Galaxy Destroyer because this
vessel is made for the Gaea Federation, a story I have built for around six
years using my Legos. The other side of my conflict is known as the Nomadic
Empire, or, more simply, the Nomads.
The question of my space craft encouraging violence, terrorism, and threats
is false because it is used to discourage such actions from occuring in the
patrolled region of space and when a space craft such as the Voyager enters
unknown or hostile space, are they invading that part of space or are they
exploring space? The only way that my space craft could be considered an
invading space craft is that my space craft commits an unprovoked attack on
the native forces of that region of space.
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| (...) I really don't think you confused him. Maybe I'm giving it away, but it was all well crafted sarcasm. (...) AMAZING! Those movies sound pretty neat. I wonder why I haven't seen those before, being a space nut and all. Are they in theatres or (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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| (...) I believe there is also an Episode I: The Phantom Menace (recently released), and there may also be sequels to Episode I, called Episode II and Episode III, forming a prequel trilogy. Who knows what types of Freudian Symbol Monsters might (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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| (...) I've always envisioned an empire as a large, sprawling governmental body that tended to stay put, at least until the natives got restless. It must be stressful to return from a long range deep penetration preemptive "patrol" and find your home (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) No I'm not familiar with that motion picture. That's keen that they featured an Asteroid Cave-Mouth Monster in a movie. I just hope that it wasn't a comedy because the danger posed by these creatures to space ships is very real and no laughing (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.space) !
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