Re: [SGII] Alien seed

Yes, about 1 in 20 carried a "blaster" or "heat gun".  It wasn't that
deadly vs the powered armor, but sustained fire could burn through.

BTW, the book Armor *is* an excellent read.  Every time I read it
though,
when Steakley switches to Jack Crows point of view in the middle, my
brain
goes, "What?  huh?", and then I recover. :)

If they weren't true 25s, and thus very small and thin, I'd use
something
like McEwan Miniatures Dreenoi, though they'd be better with a second
set
of smaller arms.  The Dreenoi with Disruptor would be fine for an Ant
with
a blaster, and he does sell ones with no weapons.

<http://www.tin-soldier.com/sg/dreenoi.html>

J

John K. Lerchey
Computer and Network Security Coordinator
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Doug Evans wrote:

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> In Armor the "ants" were clearly bipedal, with a central set of weak
> "manipulator" arms and a heavier set of "combat" arms at the shoulder.
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> Those are neat bugs, and would be useful for games, but not for Armor
> Ants. :)
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> I was thinking of plastic ants, and a desparate player could get by
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> raising 'em up at an angle, shoving the rear legs into epoxy on a
washer,
> and trim the middle pair to be 'weak'.
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> Tough to mount weaponry; did they have weapons?
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