Re: Building 'unusual' starships

> I took a similar approach for my saucer fleet, but using
> o  Wooden buttons in various sizes, and a wooden yo-yo kit,
>    for the main body. (I filled the holes with a bit of
>    epoxy putty, then sanded.)
> o  "acrylic cabochons" and "acrylic faceted gems" in various sizes
>    (1, 3, 5, 7 mm, I think) for sensor & weapon pods.
> For engine pods (to provide a directionality for gaming), I used
> gun turrets from an old (and incomplete) 14"-long SDF-1 model.

I also have some 'saucer' spacehips made from glitzy fancy buttons. With
the
right kind of buttons, you need to do little more than mount them on a
base.
Trouble is, the bigger ones can cost as much as a spaceship mini.

Greetings
Karl Heinz
From - Mon Dec 04 11:29:36 2000
Return-Path: <owner-gzg-l@scotch.csua.berkeley.edu>
Received: from scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (scotch.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[128.32.43.51])
	by lilac.propagation.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA32223;
	Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:50:22 -0600
Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost)
	by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) with SMTP id
eB1Km5V14792;
	Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:48:05 -0800 (PST)
Received: by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (bulk_mailer v1.12); Fri, 1 Dec
2000 12:48:00 -0800
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
	by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB1Klx914756
	for gzg-l-outgoing; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:47:59 -0800 (PST)
Received: from soda.csua.berkeley.edu
(IDENT:dL46fYckrXDTfkkF8+pjWzEtoor4OgMT@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[128.32.43.52])
	by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id
eB1KlvP14747
	for <gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:47:57
-0800 (PST)
Received: from web1405.mail.yahoo.com (web1405.mail.yahoo.com
[128.11.23.169])
	by soda.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.1) with SMTP id
eB1Klvf74435
	for <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:47:57 -0800
(PST)
	(envelope-from imperialdispatches@yahoo.com)
Received: (qmail 10448 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Dec 2000 21:01:16 -0000
Message-ID: <20001201210116.10447.qmail@web1405.mail.yahoo.com>
Received: from [216.88.141.240] by web1405.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 01 Dec
2000 13:01:16 PST
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:01:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Llaneza <imperialdispatches@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] Starship Troopers
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Sender: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Delivered-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Status:   
X-Mozilla-Status: 0000
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
X-UIDL: 39d245de00000661

--- Jesse Casey <jessecasey@netzero.net> wrote:
> GAMES
> Humanity battled the bugs in Robert Heinlein's novel and Paul
Verhoeven's
> film, and now it's time for gamers to become "Starship Troopers"
themselves
> on their PCs.
> 
> http://www.scifiweekly.com/issue188/games.html
> 
Definitely try the demo before purchasing. It's an ok realtime
squad-level
game, with nice graphics and lots of bugs (the kind you shoot). There
are a few
'issues' with things like facing of formations (but maybe with the
actual
manual I'd find something I missed). I may pick up a copy, but not til
it drops
to about $30.

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/
From - Mon Dec 04 11:29:36 2000
Return-Path: <owner-gzg-l@scotch.csua.berkeley.edu>
Received: from scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (scotch.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[128.32.43.51])
	by lilac.propagation.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA12917;
	Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:32:48 -0600
Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost)
	by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) with SMTP id
eB1LV8416044;
	Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:31:08 -0800 (PST)
Received: by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (bulk_mailer v1.12); Fri, 1 Dec
2000 13:31:06 -0800
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
	by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB1LV5r16022
	for gzg-l-outgoing; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:31:05 -0800 (PST)
Received: from soda.csua.berkeley.edu
(IDENT:yweUOpWoGaTvRcHsXFKlPuy4Tc89jygw@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[128.32.43.52])
	by scotch.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id
eB1LV2P16015
	for <gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:31:02
-0800 (PST)
Received: from exsrv.bitheads.com (mail.bitheads.com [64.26.142.194])
	by soda.csua.berkeley.edu (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id
eB1LV1f85550
	for <GZG-L@csua.berkeley.edu>; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:31:02 -0800
(PST)
	(envelope-from tomb@bitheads.com)
Received: by host-253.bitheads.com with Internet Mail Service
(5.5.2448.0)
	id <X54KGTX6>; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:30:56 -0500
Message-ID:
<417DEC289A05D4118408000102362E0A34CF9C@host-253.bitheads.com>
From: "Barclay, Tom" <tomb@bitheads.com>
To: "Gzg Digest (E-mail)" <GZG-L@csua.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [FT] Defsats - next question
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:30:50 -0500 
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Sender: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Delivered-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Status:   
X-Mozilla-Status: 0000
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
X-UIDL: 39d245de00000662

Q1: Efficient vs. Inefficient builds... what is legal and how would you
do
it?

Defsat Design 101:
Do you 
A) Build with Thrust 0 (only able to orbit) but presume this allows you
to
pick any facing at the start of turn in orders, thus build 1 arc weapons
(thus making a very nasty weapons platform) 
B) Build with Thrust 0 (assume you can't voluntarily rotate) and build
with
multi-arc weapons or 360 weapons
C) Build with Thrust 1 (only use to rotate though....) and build with
single
arc weapons

Following on to this strain of thought.... how fast would these babies
rotate if no thrust was applied? Could they constantly keep the same arc
out
from the planet (ie Front arc always directly away from the planet)? 

You can pack a lot of firepower in a mass 40 defense station with no
engine
and the ability to limit its required arcs.

------------------------------------------
Thomas R. S. Barclay
Voice: (613) 722-3232 ext 349
e-mail: tomb@bitheads.com

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Voltaire (1694-1778), on his death bed in response to a priest asking
that
he renounce Satan.
------------------------------------------