Re: Blakes 7 Ship Stats

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	  steve@pugh.net wrote:

> > Does anyone have some stats for the liberator and the federation
> > pursuit ships ?
> 
> Tricky, as the writers didn't give a damn about consitency or science 
> and the FX had next to zero budget.
> 
> Liberator: Big. Fast, B7 especially the early seasons didn't really 
> distinguish between FTL and sub-light drives so it's hard to judge 
> whether the Liberator should have high thrust or not. Force fields of 
> some type - maybe FT standard Screens, maybe something borrowed from 
> one of the Trek adaptations. Neutron Blaster - big (B3 or B4) forward 
> firing beams. Cargo holds. Superior Sensors (especially if Orac's on 
> board).
> 
> Pursuit Ships: Small. Fast. Forward firing plasma bolt weaponry (FT 
> pulse torp or small Phalon plasma bolt?).

Actually, the 'Starburst' class Pursuit ships were almost as big as the
Liberator (in 'Dual' we get a reasonable comparison of sizes as
Liberator
almost rams one - I don't recall ever seeing the two ship types
together in any other shop).
> 
> Do you have the B7 Tech Manual produced by the Blake's 7 Appreciation 
> Society? http://www.horizon.org.uk/
> I'll have a look through mine tonight and see if I can come up with 
> some stats.
> 
> > Also does anyone know of a source of miniatures ?
> 
> The old Corgi die-cast Liberators must be worth a fortune by now. 
> Mine got rather battered and, um, chewed. :-(
> 
>	Steve

Well, there were the old Comet Mini-Metals, but they are currently out
of production - Comet _may_ bring them back, possibly.

Charles