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Re: 12 pics of Benevolent Grace interior
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Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:20:27 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Joel Kuester writes:
> In lugnet.space, George Haberberger writes:
> > I'm really impressed with the grittiness and realism in your model. It's
> > nice to see an engine room with hoses and pipes everywhere. The
> > claustrophobic aura reminds me of a naval ship.
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> > George
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> thanks, I really like the look of a room full of hoses too... I dunno why.
> It just says "this is some serious stuff, and you'd better not muck around."
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> Actually, I designed a M/A reaction engine and worked out what each of those
> hoses is doing ahead of time if you can believe it. I go into waaaaay too
> much detail sometimes :) The engine is also modular, and all the
> components come out, I'll be detailing that aspect eventually, and showing
> what all the parts look like and what they are called.
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> cheers!
> Joel K
I believe it. I've been mentally building a Scout type from from Traveller
(ca 1984) for the last six months, and thinking about how I want to build
the engine room, with reactors, thrust engines, fuel intakes, purifiers,
heat exchangers. It will have lots of bright yellow, thanks to a cheap 1680
Aqua thingie. Planning it out, thinking what each part does helps me build
the final thing.
George
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| (...) That's cool... I acually use the Space Law and Space Tech books from a RPG of the same time. They go into a lot of detail with the way things work... I find their systems to be a good base point for the stuff I do. I find that if I don't know (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) I too find most of my ideas influenced by Traveler (the role playing game) I tend to think of my fictional universe similar to theirs and i break my ships into High Guard, Mercs, Scouts, etc. like the game did how many others are similarly (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 12 pics of Benevolent Grace interior
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| (...) thanks, I really like the look of a room full of hoses too... I dunno why. It just says "this is some serious stuff, and you'd better not muck around." Actually, I designed a M/A reaction engine and worked out what each of those hoses is doing (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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