RE: Surfin' Bugs, Dude! (Stargrunt II)

Ummmmmmmm...... I hate to burst your bubble, but 

BUGS DON'T SURF !!!!

I simply couldn't resist.

Gene
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>From:	(Ground Zero Games)[SMTP:jon@gzero.dungeon.com]
>Sent:	Wednesday, April 16, 1997 1:42 PM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Cc:	George,Eugene M
>Subject:	Re: Surfin' Bugs, Dude! (Stargrunt  II)
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>>The clouds were rolling in on Cyrenus IV, when I first noticed the
strange
>>sights in the sky.  At first I thought, they were small planes, then
their
>>bio weapons started spurting death all around me.  THEY WERE AIR
SURFIN'
>>BUGS, DUDE!  Apparently, they were each riding on grav plates: some
were
>>round, but the majority of the grav plates were elongated, much like
common
>>surf boards. >
>>The air surfin' bugs were small, under 6 feet (1"), and armed with two
>>handed bio weapons (3,D8).  There were about 7-15 in each group. 
These
>>were probably scout groups, because they did not appear to be wearing
any
>>armour. Their skin looked as if it would provide a D4 armour roll.  I
had
>>seen these bugs before; maybe in a dream, or in a local hobby store
with a
>>GW stamped on their packaging.  The surf boards were affected by
terrain as
>>per ground-skimming grav vehicles.  They moved 12" (D12 x 2 combat).
>>
>>Later that day, I saw the same kind of bugs, on the ground.  They were
>>moving 8" (D8 x 2 combat).  I never saw the ground bugs with surf
boards,
>>so I concluded that there were two types of these bugs: air surfin'
and
>>ground boogying. Unit quality appeared to be D6, both in ranged combat
and
>>close combat. Their sensors were unaided eyes at D4.	I never saw any
heavy
>>or special weapons with either bugs, so I concluded that these scout
groups
>>did not carry any.
>>
>>I named these bugs ASB's and GBB's (air surfin' bugs and ground
boogying
>>bugs).
>>
>>Later installments will detail other bugs, that were encountered in
the Bug
>>Beating Battle for Cyrenus IV.
>>
>>Yee Haa!  Ninja Cowboy
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>What is this guy smoking, and where can I get some...??  :)
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>Jon (GZG).
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>PS: Seriously, it's good to see someone not taking things too
seriously...
>(I think that makes sense, kind of).
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