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MOC: Starship "Suffren" Fighter Module; Basic Page Now Up
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:11:33 GMT
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Hi everyone,

Well, I finally have a mini-page up for _Suffren_.  It contains much
backstory, so page down to the bottom half if you need either the links
for the old command module shots or the thumbnails/image links to the
"new stuff" and don't want to wade.  In the future I'll break it up into
a page-tree, but for now this is how it works for me.  (Oh, yeah, I'm
lazy too.)

What I've added:

-Pictures of the two competing fighter designs and a little bit of quick
and dirty backstory on them;
-Backstory on _Suffren_'s own design and construction;
-Pictures of the (mostly-completed) fighter module, which will be
mounted ventrally on the finished ship; it launches two of the nifty
little one-man AMX fighters I designed from each side.  The finished
ship will (God willing) have two such modules, one abaft the other, and
connected by docking rings.

In the future I'll add photos of other modules, pictures of the revised
command module (I rebuilt it so the front panel comes off for access to
the bridge, put a conspicuous tricolour on the upper hull, added
anti-fighter light weapons around the module, and installed the FuCon
main armament), and perhaps even a few shots of our bridge crew.  And,
of course, when the ship's ready for launch, _Suffren_ will appear in
all her assembled glory.

The address, of course:

http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/suffren.html

Enjoy--comments, suggestions, un-stale bagels, poodle dogs, orange
sweatsocks, and "Have a Nuclear Day" buttons are welcomed.

best,

Lindsay

PS:  I hope Pat will forgive me for citing/linking his
brand-spankin'-new fighter as a "nightmare" for my growing destroyer.
;)



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: MOC: Starship "Suffren" Fighter Module; Basic Page Now Up
 
...The fighters are excellent. I like the vertical design and may incorporate some of that idea into my designs :-) (...) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
  Re: MOC: Starship "Suffren" Fighter Module; Basic Page Now Up
 
I LOVE your new "snub" fighters with their little docking module. That is a very elegant solution for a destoyer-size capital ship that doesn't have the luxury of a landing bay. One technical concern: It appears that the whole module serves as an (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
  Re: Starship "Suffren" and earth politics of the Lego future
 
Hey, nice work. I also really like the fighter designs, you have some great-looking models there. I can't wait until the Suffren is complete. What I really like, however, is the background setting you're giving all your space stuff! :) It has always (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)

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