RE: [OFFICIAL] Progress report from the shipyard......

>From: ~ On Behalf Of Ground Zero Games
>Sent: 28 January 2002 19:01
>Subject: Re: [OFFICIAL] Progress report from the shipyard......
>
>> We haven't done any PAU ships, and though we may well at some point
>> they're a fair way down the list of potential fleets to be worked on.
>> As a taster, next up will be the remainder of the Japanese classes,
>> then the Free CalTex  and probably the New Israelis - there MAY also
>> be a couple more Islamic classes to round off their fleet.
>
>> But while on the point, who among you would LIKE to see a PAU fleet?
>> Or a Romanov one? Or Indonesian? Or LLAR? Or Dutch, Scandinavian,
>> New Indian Republic, Free People's Democratic Republic of Central
>> Rutland, whatever.....?
>
>Congratulations Jon, you've managed to flush me from my lurking.

Ah, the Stalwart Native Beaters* have done their job well.....

(*Er, that's as in "beaters of game, not beaters of natives....)
>
>Yes, the Japanese are very tempting, and I've forwarded some of the
>shop JPGs to some parties who might be interested but wouldn't
>routinely go looking.

Thanks!  :-)
>
>New Israelis? Where does that leave the Brigade figures (other than
>being more unoffical than before?) Or would you be licensing the
>same models back off of them?

I've always planned (and wanted) to do our own NI fleet, long before
Brigade brought out their stuff (which is, of course, SemFed, not
NI....).
It leaves the Brigade ships exactly where they were before - something
that
people will buy and use for whatever force they choose!
>
>I only ask because I prefer the styling of this range over the
>"soft 'n squelchy" look of the Sa'Vasku-oops-I-meant-to-say-Phalons
>and the slightly Trekkie saucer hulls of the ORC. The Japanese are
>more in keeping with the original ranges so could fit in nicely.

We've got two bio-fleets, there are unlikely to be any more in the near
future - I'm going back to concentrating on the human tech.
>
>To answer an earlier posting, I don't think we would want the
>canonical PHB* to stand in the way of a new range of figures.
>
>* the historical equivalent of PSB
>
>What ranges would I like to see? Yes, finish the Japanese and
>add some more FCT, and also a few individual merchantmen if you
>could do with some single ship projects. Did someone recently
>mention an OU CVL? The OU desperately need some heavies.

The OU are done by Nic at Eureka, and any additions to the range (or
not)
are really up to him to do....
>
>Approaching the problem from the opposite end ("what can we
>model a spaceship to look like?") I noticed that the computer
>game Homeworld received some discussion in the list when it
>was released late in 1999. (Keep up the good work, Jerry.
>Those archives are invaluable for catching up.)
>Some of the Kushan designs aren't that different from the
>lighter Neu Swabians, so why not borrow some ideas back off
>of Relic? Anyone else fancy a Kushan carrier?

Anyone got a Jpeg....?

Jon (GZG)
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>Nathan Girdler
>
>formerly posting as Nathan_at_Spring_Grove_UK@msn.com