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Re: Day of the ANZACS
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:03:18 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> > With a flux that sent harmonics cascading through Ahab's sensitive
> > comunications equipment, the battleship Alexander crashed out of the
> > foldspace manifold and into the usual three dimensions. Within seconds, all
> > of Ahab's weaponary was trained on the most vital parts of the intruder and
> > several extremely cross pirates had fingers hovering above large red
> > buttons. However this was not an attack but merely an old friend returning...
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> > The hailing frequencies beeped, lights flashed and gobbledygook translators
> > did their stuff, eventually a picture formed on the forward viewy screens of
> > that mad Welshishish Captain, James T Quirk...
www.geocities.com/jehowse/quirk.jpg The man himself accompanied by one of
She Who Rules' enforcer/bodyguards.
> Quirk always was one for the showy entrance. One of these days we'll quad
> laser four neat holes through and through by accident, and then there'll be
> hell to pay.
You'd very quickly find some pointed questions being asked...
> > "Ahab me mate!,sorry about that base debacle, who knew the bricktorians were
> > a nuclear power? Anyway I heard you was planning a party in the smoking
> > ruins of Melboring and I persuaded She Who Rules to let me join in."
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> Always pleased to have a large slab of friendly weapons in near space. And
> they won't be a nuclear power after our next get together. In fact, my plan
> is to drive on and on until they think that banging the rocks together
> constitutes high tech ;-)
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> Dunno if I can make it to Gosford at the moment, but the Menzies weapons
> range and proving grounds sounds like a most excellent venue for late April.
> Mmmm. More building time - gotta turn two imperial shuttles into something
> considerably less shuttle-y and a lot more tear open your hull and peer into
> the flaming wreck-y.
Drool. I recieved the requisition order from W sector command which included
one of said shuttles. It's already been modified (in the wings for proper
angle when lowered) but methinks it'll end up parts like the Falcon sitting
on the shelf beside it.
> Sooo, does the trek moniker indicate a trek ship? Do tell - I have been
> keen for years but not yet seen the pieces to even begin...
> (And I would just llluuuuuuuuvvv to turn up over Melboring with a
> Constitution Class Federation Starship, perhaps the Saucy Saratoga or something)
Oh man, I'd love to. As it is though, the most anyone is likely to see in
the ABS is the "01-Sword of Alexander" the first dropship of the Alexander
and Quirk's prefered battlefield entrance platform. As it stands Battleship
is a misnomer, the Alexander carries around 20 of these dropships so really
it's more of a Landing Craft Launcher, which doesn't inspire quite the same
amount of fear.
I think that I will go the way that Star Trek has boldly gone, ie. Large
ships computer generated, interiors and some shuttles (when on planetary
surfaces) in reality.
Anyone else keen on joining in the fun on ANZAC day? the more the merrier.
James (who is looking forward to visiting home in the holidays for some
intense building action..)
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| (...) The 'Brittany Spears' could do with some battle experience. This band of women armed with their blonde-tipped projectiles are yet to be tested in combat, their only practice being hand-to-hand encounters in the Church of S. Their spears are (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Quirk always was one for the showy entrance. One of these days we'll quad laser four neat holes through and through by accident, and then there'll be hell to pay. (...) Always pleased to have a large slab of friendly weapons in near space. And (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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