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Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
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Date: 
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:37:07 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:


Aaron West wrote:

I am building the heavies.  Mine has four 360 range L&S cannons and various
other weapons.  The Launch Command L&S Element (4 so far) serves as drive
engines for the beast.  Mostly I am working on the super-structure, interior
and vehicle bays.  Got no pictures now and I am being derailed by(buy) • Castle
projects and fatherhood.  My crew and spacemarines (aqua-dudes
w/modifications) are assembled and awaiting orders...
Need...more...bricks...Gahgh!

I don't have anything with that kind of armament, but the "concept ship" • Marathon
still had a nice bit of punch.  (four spots with 360-degree coverage?  without
shooting the ship they're on?  I'd like to see that, it must be some layout!) •  I
have some pictures, at:

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

The big bummer is that (again) they're black and white images; but the trans • is
all fluoro-green (with a tiny bit of yellow) and the hull is all black, white,
and grey.  It had a nice vehicle bay and a working ramp.  I outfitted it with
sixteen crew and six marines; amazingly, they had enough space to sleep in • three
shifts, and eat in three shifts.  However there was only one toilet, one • shower,
and one sick-bay bed...but three bridges (science, tactical, and main, the • last
being a nice transparent square at the front).

So bring those marines on!  ;)

best

LFB

That is a nice ship.  Well designed, I like it.  It is a little small though.
I don't mean to sound rude but it would not survive one hit from my cruiser.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/sputnik/86/gc.html

I would be interested in your opinion.

-Lord Insanity (whom is wondering what good dead marines are :-P)

"A little nonsense now and then relished by the wisest men"



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  Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
 
(...) Depends on what you hit it with. It's not designed to go toe to toe with capital ships; that's what capital ships are for, naturally. ;) The purpose of Marathon was to test modularity in large, multi-lobed vessels; to test the feasability of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
  Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
 
(...) My God, that is a lot of black LEGO. Were (are) you a Blacktron collector? Wow. Aaron (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)

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  Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
 
(...) I don't have anything with that kind of armament, but the "concept ship" Marathon still had a nice bit of punch. (four spots with 360-degree coverage? without shooting the ship they're on? I'd like to see that, it must be some layout!) I have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)

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