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Re: HKP's (was....]

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 07:36:29 +0100
Subject: Re: HKP's (was....]

>On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 10:29:58PM +0100, Ground Zero Games wrote:
>> Just to set the record straight, the HKP was "inspired" by the
>> hypervelocity antitank guns in one of the Slammers books (The
Warrior,
>> IIRC); in the book they used a tiny plasma burst rather than a chem
>> explosive, to propel a small calibre osmium round that penetrated and
>> killed with KE alone. Don't know how practical this is/would be, but
it
>> sounded a cool idea so it went into the game!!  :-)
>
>	I think that was "The Forlorn Hope" -- actually a non-Slammers
>book, but set in the same universe.

No, it wasn't, because I've never read Forlorn Hope - it is one Drake
book
I've been unable to find. Anyone got a copy to trade?  :-)

Jon (GZG)
>
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