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Re: Classic Space, With a Twist
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 27 May 2002 17:52:40 GMT
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"Michael Dallaston" <dallasto@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Agh! Such wanton violence is against the very principles of classic space
> (apart from the odd ship-mounted laser and, of course, the ubiquitous • JFLS-R
> [1] rockets).
What about those missiles? FX Star Patroller had two on the tail, for
instance (or, if it's my FX, it also has two on the front wings). I guess
those were just thrusters with nose cones. ;) And if I remember, the 87
(or 88, or somewhere around there) catalog has a Blacktron holding up a
monorail pilot with a ray-gun. I know, technically, not classic space, but
very close. I suppose it could have just been a megaphone. Not that that
would work in space... <envisions Blacktron moving mouth like screaming,
but nothing coming out; also imagines very perplexed monorail pilot>
> Whatever happened to the idea of happy, identical spacemen working • together
> towards a better future. No rulers, elites, classes, etc etc... Marx's
> Dream of anarcho-communist utopia!
Ah, the good old days of classic space. Where everybody is your brother and
the cloning lab is just a hop-step away from the rocket base. I don't know,
though... some of those rockets looked suspiciously like ICBM's. It was
the early 80's, you know, and the cold war was in full swing. Didn't you
ever think that the red astronauts were just a little *too* red?...
> Seriously, I've thought of making 'Space-Brother Is Watching You' signs :)
Well, yeah! That's what Beta 1 Command base was for! Nobody needs *that*
big of a monitor. Unless Beta 1 was the annual Superbowl hang-out. Then it
would be okay.
-- Tom
<wanders off to formulate more classic space conspiracy theories>
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> Michael Dallaston - NAAS-R [2]
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> [1]: Just for launching satellites - really! Predeccesor to the • Exploriens
> 'Just a long-range telescope - really!'
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> [2]: Not an anarcho-syndicalist - really! :P
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