Re: FT: NAC Lancers

Greetings!

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Sorry not answering earlier, I was unable to reach the Hungarian 
Freemail server
(well, reaching was OK, but it would demand installing the Eastern 
European character set)

>Whoops! I hadn't realized that there were even figs named 'Lancers'. 
Natch,
>the pre-FB Lancers had two packs, while I think the Braves were 
supposed to
>have a single pack. No staying power there. Still, I guess a way to
>overwhelm FC's.

Yep, the Arapaho Braves had 1 pack, but I do not recall anything called 
Lancers. 
I will check out FT and MT.

The Lancers looks more like a race ship, a bit like a scaled up version
of 
the new
NAC heavy Fighters. 2 huge Engine pods that would suggest thrust 6 
or above.
I know we don't really know how Beam batteries looks like, but there's 
2 pipes
looking forward under the cockpit/bridge section. They look like 
snapped-on single tube 
missile launchers or snapped on beam "cannons". 

I was toying with the idea of some kind of 1 arc Class-2 beams or 
those single missles
from MT, but as far as I remember they are not really in the FBs. And 
again,
the guys like if everything is official.

As for Submunition packs - I was wondering why the Tacoma doesn't 
have one. 
The first time I saw the model - Heck, they are nice looking missile
pods 
on
the sides. I have a design based on that, but I've never gave a try so 
far.

>Oerjan, have you given thought to working up stats? I'm sure Paul 
would be
>delighted to add them to the web site to make 'em 'official'. Wait, do
I
>hear groans in the distance? ;->=

:-)

>Büky Ákos (interestingly, the diacritical marks are missing from the
text
>of the posts, but present in the 'from' field),

At least there - that is how it should be written, but being here and 
there
I got accustomed to be written in several versions, and even more 
pronounciations.
In English I use Buky Akos, in German Bueky Akos.

Yep, Büky is tha family name. In Hungarian family names come first. 
(There are
nice legends about family coming before the individual, but as far as I 
know,
not even our brightest know for sure.

The nice suprise was in the GZG catalogue - NSL Szent Istvan Class 
Battledreadnaught.
Szent Istvan is also Hungarian. ;-) We are everywhere... 
>
>Course, I still don't know what your friends call you... ;->=

Normaly simply Ákos (Á is pronounced like the u in "cut"), or fool -
or some other names that should not be written for the sake of not 
geting banned from the list for using incorrect words - depending on my 
last action taken. :-)

Many thanks for the feedback!

		     Greetings,
		     
				 Akos Buky