Re: [OT] English As She is Spoke

Smite, smite, smite, smite!

You  __were__  aware he built a reflex shield into the hideaway, right?

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:13:35 +1100 "Robertson, Brendan"
<Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> writes:
>*Fiction*
>	The barrel of the plasma carbine gently pushed aside the palm 
>leaves
>shrouding the poolside of The_Beast's secret hideaway.  It had taken 
>all the
>sensor capabilities of the suit and heavy reliance on the the Mk1 
>eyeball to
>locate this facility that was shielded and very well defended.  In the 
>end,
>it had been the thermal steaming of the hot-tub against the almost as 
>warm
>surround air that gave away his position.
>	With the target finally sighted, all reason for stealth had
>vanished.  A click of the tongue controls locked onto secondary 
>targets for
>the rest of the squad and also tertiary targets for the bounce bombs.	
>In
>seconds, all was ready.
>	An indicator light on the HUD turned from the steady blue of
>"mission search" to the amber of "mission hold".  All that was 
>required was
>for command to hit the "smite" button and all hell would break 
>loose...
>*/fiction*
>
>Do you want me to continue?  :-)
>
>Brendan
>'Neath Southern Skies
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Doug Evans [SMTP:devans@nebraska.edu]
>> Sent:	Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:37 AM
>> 
>> Boy, this thing is JUST getting boiling!
>> 
>> Starship Troopers! There, I said it!
>> 
>> *laugh* *run away*
>> 
>> The_Beast
>> 
>> 
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