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Re: SF convention
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Thu, 17 May 2001 20:27:58 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Trevor Pruden writes:
> Chris, Scott & all: No problem. I don't have any train or monorail sets.
> Like I said, most of what I will bring is in my big ships. So the probably
> the best thing to do is to list off what we want to see (building wise) and
> then we all draw from a hat or just volunteer. Please note that I'm limited
> in what I can build not because of time but because of lack of pieces due to
> my big ships. So we need volunteers.
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> So far the list is (I've included more ideas, others are welcome, and the
> list can be changed no problem - just post your thoughts):
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> 1. tokomak fusion reactor - Trev
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> 2. atmospheric processor - Trev (Scott, the planet is atmosphere covered -
> but terraforming is a major recurrent theme. If we want I can ditch the
> processor, or simply combine it with the fusion reactor as described in one
> of our offline conversations, since that is what would happen in real life)
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> 3. water reclamation facility/drinking water storage/waste
> processing/reactor deuterium separation and storage - Scott has agreed on
> the water reclamation, but we could do this all together if we worked on the
> layout.
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> 4. water tanks - open (Scott, could you do this with the reclamation facility?)
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> 5. barracks and mess hall - open
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> 6. central command building (communications and computer control. The field
> hospital and barracks could join up with this building.) - open
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> 7. field hospital - open
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> 8. small manufacturing facilities for various parts (two or three) - open
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> 9. ore mine (open pit or otherwise - iron ore, other raw materials) - open
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> 10. small materials/chemical processing and refinery (to get tritium,
> lithium for reactor, vehicle feuls, processed chemicals, etc.)
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> 11. spamcake processing for the spacecrafts' spamcake/anti-spamcake FTL
> reactors. :^D ha ha! This one could be a LOT of fun!
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> 12. small integrated steel mill - open (raw ore blast furnace, steel
> refining oxygen furnace, casting into billets and slabs, heated rollers to
> roll the steel to make bars or sheets) - this can be placed right next to
> the mine.
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> 13. hydroponics domes (Preferably one color) - Trev (will bring 3 qtrs)/Rick
> (has domes)/Scott (has domes) - (these are really easy - no work involved)
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> 14. deep space communications array - open (I would prefer one big dish like
> the ones in Arizona. This could be a single project that could be done by
> one person)
> 15. mass transit (mono rail)- tentatively Chris (please correct me if I'm wro
Yep you can put me down for the monorail.
> who does not own space sets, and is really into town themes. This is an
> atmosphere covered planet, and does not have to be very futuristic. We
> should try to include a logical arangement of facilities that you would see
> in a typical small colony or outpost, that's all. And cram it all together
> like Larry suggested for the upcoming train show. Then we could fit the
> whole thing onto 2 tables tops allowing for a suitable monorail track (I
> know that the length of the monorail will be limited, so it really gates how
> far we can spread things out. If we want to, the monorail can be used for
I wouldn't worry about having to cram it to close Trev,as Scott can atest i
have a ton of monorail( 104 of the big 10 inch straights alone) so we can
spread it over more then 2 tables.
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> Comments, critisms, general insight and feelings on the matter?
>
> ~Trev
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> In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Chris Leach writes:
> <snip>
> > Guys,not sure what i can bring/provide for this show other then my
> > monorail.I really havn't bought a space related set since the futron
> > monorail came out.Again i guess this is something we can discuss when we get
> > together.
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