 | | Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | (...) OK, maybe I'm throwing too much quasi-realism at it, but I think this sort of discussion is fun. Transports should have a fighter escort, yes, but they have a different role than a dropship, and IMO, a dropship is better off if it can defend (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Wayne McCaul
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| | | | | Okay, here's my .02 cents (which has recently been devalued to .001 on the dollar, but that's a different story). This could be getting more off track, but I believe it's a matter of numbers. You're ship needs x amount-fuel to move y amount-mass and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) I'm not talking about adding big guns. Just a small antipersonnel turret that could fire a combination of grenades and (lasers or bullets). (...) I think the value of a small antipersonnel turret would be worth the increase in weight, and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Wayne McCaul
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| | | | | | :::Shaking fists in air, voice echoing into the sky:::: Damn you Muffin Head! DAMN YOU!!! Just kidding. My total knowledge of the Aliens dropship is from the movie, but my brother does own the book you're talking about. Whole lot of good it does me. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, I have out-geeked you for the day. you just come back when you're ready for another geeking. (...) It's a fun book. I recommend any fan of Aliens buy it. (...) This is true, but a fighter might have a hard time with these too. Better (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | Mark & All, (...) role (...) itself. (...) Ah, one of my favorites. Or the dropship from Starship Troopers. (...) of (...) The one from ST had some as well, although they couldn't do too much with it. It's hard to fight against Anti-aircraft fire, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) Yeah, I guess it can be, but when critique of someone's modelling is involved, I see it as a double-edged sword, potentially working to complexify, clumsify or blandify (sometimes even uglify!) someone's (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Dropship Role ( Was: Re: New MOC - Wyvern Dropship) —Marc Nelson, Jr.
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| | | | (...) I recommend a really neat book called Hunter-Killer Squadron. It's a collection of stories from helicopter pilots and grunts from the Air Cavalry (1st Cav) in Vietnam. It just now struck me that the whole idea of dropships was probably taken (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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