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Re: Galaxy Enforcer Contest
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:33:46 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jeromy Irvine writes:
> Hi all. I figured that I'd go ahead and throw in my ship for the Galaxy
> Enforcer contest since it looks like so much fun.
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> So, without further ado, here's my entry for the contest.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=54316
Let me congratulate you on your superb use of transparent bricks. It's
amazing the results that can be achieved with good lighting techniques.
> First off, as the more observant readers have already noticed, my version of
> the Galaxy Enforcer has a very good stealth mode. Don't worry though, I
> assure that it does not have wings.
I particularly like the low-profile aspect of this craft. Its minimal aspect
presentation is beyond compare.
> Another feature of note is the advanced vending machine system that can be
> found throughout the ship. One of the major design criterion for this ship
> was that no crew member should have to go more than 20 feet to get a Pepsi.
> Granted, all the machines just eat the money and never actually serve up the
> drink, but that's a minor issue that Engineering has promised to "look into
> just as soon as we finish this next hand".
Now, is this like micro-transporter technology as is supposedly found in the
Star Trek I-IV movies, replicator technology, greased-up pneumatic chutes,
or what?
> The last feature that I'd like to point out - and I hope you're sitting down
> for this one - is that the ship can also be used as an emergency floatation
> device. Now is that great, or what?
Very impressive. For those who didn't catch it, it does in some ways
resemble the yellow inflatable raft piece found in many X-treme Team sets.
I have only one other question about the ship: why is it upside down?
-Tom McD.
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| In lugnet.space, Tom McDonald writes: <snip> (...) I was thinking more along the lines of an interconnected system of those machines that spit out a cup and then proceed to spray the liquid all over the floor, your legs, etc.; but a properly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.space)
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| Hi all. I figured that I'd go ahead and throw in my ship for the Galaxy Enforcer contest since it looks like so much fun. So, without further ado, here's my entry for the contest. (URL) if I could draw your attention to the advanced features of this (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.space)
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