RE: Vogon Poetry Transmitter

It's been a long time since I last saw hitchhikers, so I couldn't
remember what the thumb was for.  I guessed it was some sort of vogon
torture device (as if their poetry wasn't bad enough...)
You're right though, it should be used *against* the Vogons.

'Neath Southern Skies
http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
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Mary had a little LAM,
It's thrusters all aglow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
The 'Mechs were sure to blow.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Brian Burger [SMTP:burger00@camosun.bc.ca]
>
>> After I stopped chuckling, I read:
>> -Electronic Thumb: Used in boarding actions.  If the Vogon's win a
round
>> -of Boarding combat, they begin torturing the prisoners. Roll a d6.
On a
>> -roll of 6, the Vogon's BF is _increased_ by 1 to represent the
prisoners
>> -telling them how to bypass the security codes.
>> 
>> Actually, I think this is what the opposition's bf's would use to get
on
>> the Vogon ships, with, of course, the assistance of the Dendrassi
in-flight
>> caterers...
>> 
>That's right - the Vogons don't use the Thumb, the hitchikers do, to
get
>onto passing ships...
>
>So a boarding party device it is, but only for the Vogon's opponents -
as
>defense, the Vogons have the dreaded Vogon Poetry...
>
>hee hee hee...
>
>Brian (burger00@camosun.bc.ca)
>