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Re: New quasi-moonbase MOC
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 9 Mar 2003 02:12:48 GMT
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forgot to x-post to .space... oops.
> it occurred to me one night, 'what would happen if there were a major • breach
> on the moonbase, like something caused by a meteor shower. how would you
> save all of those people?'
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=36295
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> this is what came of that thought process. it's ugly, yes, but it's
> functional. I imagine a large number of these converted freighters docked • to
> unused corridors around the moonbase, their pilots hoping they'll never • have
> to do their jobs.
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> details:
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> the pilot accesses the cockpit through a ceiling hatch, which his chair is
> also attached to. the cockpit is "cozy" in much the same way that a coffin
> is "cozy".
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> the rear door (the one with the moonbase corridor on it) needs work. I may
> redesign it with a horizontally sliding door instead, but I wasn't sure • how
> that would fit with the standard.
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> the front ramp is there because it's supposed to be a converted freighter,
> and also so that, when the craft reached the safety of another moonbase's
> hangar, people could debark quickly and easily (so that, if necessary, the
> pilot could go back to rescue more people.)
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> anyway, LMKWYT, please.
> -Anthony
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 | | Re: New quasi-moonbase MOC
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| Hey, that's a neat MOC. I love the boxiness of this ship-it works just right, yet using the thrusters and the black reccesed top stops it from looking like a big rectangle. And the choice of a cockpit is a good one. The red stripes are a nice touch, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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| it occurred to me one night, 'what would happen if there were a major breach on the moonbase, like something caused by a meteor shower. how would you save all of those people?' (URL) is what came of that thought process. it's ugly, yes, but it's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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