Re: [OFFICIAL] New Stuff from GZG!

>OK, I've just got to pester you with questions on these:
>
>1)  When will/are the stats available for these?

When we get round to doing them! (Or someone else does them for us....
<hint!>)
>
>2)  When is Geohex going to carry them?!?!?

Masters will be shipped to both KR and Nic shortly; when they get them
into
production is up to their scheduling.

Jon (GZG)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark
>
>Ground Zero Games wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A little commercial announcement - we've just released the first NEW
batch
>> of human-force FT ships for quite a while!  The moulds were made
today, so
>> they are officially available as of tonight - and all you GZG
"listers"
>> (hmmm, that has worrying connotations for Red Dwarf fans.... <grin>)
are
>> the first to know about them!
>>
>> OUT NOW are the first six releases in the ISLAMIC FEDERATION fleet;
in
>> keeping with the Islamic theme they all feature forward-swept
crescent
>> "wings", which by a fortuitous conincidence means that a number of
you may
>> find places for them in certain other fleets that you may be
building.....
>> not that that would have anything to do with us, of course... ;-)
>>
>> All these will be on sale at SALVO this Sunday, for those of you who
are
>> coming along - but see us early, there won't be many of each in
stock!!
>>
>> In cidentally, I've done these models myself (as opposed to all the
"old"
>> FT ships which were Paul Copeland's work, and the SV and Phalon stuff
which
>> are Dave Garnham's) and I have to say I'm very pleased with the way
they've
>> turned out - I hope you'll like them as much. Expect more Islamic
releases
>> soon to fill out the fleet roster, plus the start of fleets for the
>> Japanese, New Israelis and maybe even some UNSC stuff - I'm on a roll
at
>> the moment....!
>>
>> Please don't pester us for photos yet - we've only just finished
making the
>> damn things! As and when I get the chance to photograph them I'll try
to
>> get the pics onto a website somewhere and tell you all about it.
>> Oh, and before you ask, no we haven't done official stats for them
yet
>> either..... :-/
>>
>> One way you listers (there's that term again...) could help is to
suggest a
>> few suitable class names for the Islamic ships - something in keeping
with
>> the background and national identity. Any thoughts?
>>
>> Anyway, here's what is out so far:
>>
>> FT-1001 Islamic Fed light fighters (6)* 0.95
>> FT-1021 Islamic Fed heavy fighters (6)* 0.95
>> FT-1022 Islamic Fed strikeships (3)	   1.25
>> FT-1004 Islamic Fed frigates (2)	   1.95
>> FT-1005 Islamic Fed destroyers (2)	   2.25
>> FT-1010 Islamic Fed battleship	   4.25
>>
>> (All prices in UKP)
>>
>> * We could have cheated and just renamed the GF013 and 016 fighters
as
>> Islamics, but we didn't - these are wholly new designs.
>>
>> Happy thrusting......
>>
>> Jon (GZG)