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Here is my entry: The Ammonia Sea Scout. I am entering it in category
9 (Ice Planet Insanity).
Shortly after establishing Ice Station Odyssey, the Ice Planet 2002
research team had a rocket go astray. The rocket and it's cargo - an
expensive data collection satellite - were lost in the vast sea of ammonia
near the planet's North pole.
To retrieve their lost equipment, they had to procure a seafaring
vessel from the nearby Sunny Planet 2004. "A sailing vessel??" you ask? It's
all they could afford with their limited research budget!
With some spare hardware and a lot of ingenuity, the team made the
modifications necessary to allow the ship to survive the desperate cold of the
northern Ammonia Sea and perform the required retrieval operations. Later,
the team added computers, radar, and other scientific equipment enabling the
Scout to perform exploration and more extensive research duties.
Here is the Brickshelf folder:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18744
In this view of the deck, you can see a clutter of equipment, including the
robot sub that the crew has affectionately dubbed the "Ice Worm."
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186758
The engine room is a pleasant shelter from the cold. It also contains spare
equipment, a bunk, and a computer terminal.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186759
Here, a research assistant retrieves a satellite from the Ammonia Sea.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186760
Here, she is deploying the sub. Note the expression of quiet determination on
her face:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186761
A close-up of the sub:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186762
The radar arrays are perched on top of the masts. The taller dish tracks
airborne rockets and satellites. The rectangular dish is for surface tracking.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186763
After a hard day's work, the research assistants like to blow off some steam:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186764
The assistants look on as the director puts the finishing touches on one of
his lovely ice sculptures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186765
Thumbnail pic for the website:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jjardine/Scout/scouttn.jpg
Thanks for looking!
Jeff J
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| (...) whose sheer size and ferocity make it capable of rising from the Ammonia Sea just to shatter your puny vessel into a thousand shards of ABS! The Ice Worm, as legend has it, is so vast that he encircles Ice Planet and is capable of biting his (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.space)
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