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Re: Volkswagen B3
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:26:51 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch writes:
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> Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ...
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> > I love the model! Orange is a nice color for it, even if it is actually
> > yellow :) It really captures the look of a Beetle while obviously being a
> > spacecraft of sorts. The thrusters aren't just tacked on... (Interstellar
> > seems to stretch it though :)
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> Pah!
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> You know, it never ceases to mystify me about how people studiously point
> out which pseudoscience isn't "feasible" according to some arcane,
> unmentioned and most importantly _singular_ reference material which
> apparently dictates how everything is going to work in "the future".
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> Well, in my "universe", any craft, no matter how _small_, shall be referred
> to as "interstellar" if it has a double-size fuel tank to allow passage
> through the Hyperspace Tunnels between neighbouring systems.
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> Wormhole generators... Pah! Hyperdrives... A spaceship needs not such
> things. How dark ages... I suppose we should still be using ferries to cross
> rivers too, yes? ;-)
So, your world bases its spacefaring technology on something similar to
Jumpgate technology from Babylon 5? That always seemed one of the more
reasonable ways to get from point A to point B.
Adrian
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www.brickfrenzy.com
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Volkswagen B3
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| Adrian Drake wrote in message ... (...) Well, my point was that they're all _possible_ ways, and because their pseudo-science leans so heavily toward the "pseudo" then there's lots of creative fun to be had imagining reasons why it was "the way it (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: jumpgate technology (was: Volkswagen B3)
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| (...) This raises a question - how do you first get to the point where you build the new jumpgate? If it takes you years / decades / centuries to get there, it would still make exploration and expansion painfully slow. But of course once you've (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) Pah! You know, it never ceases to mystify me about how people studiously point out which pseudoscience isn't "feasible" according to some arcane, unmentioned and most importantly _singular_ reference (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.space)
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