RE: DSII & SGII: Looking for info on Jerry Pournelle's Saurons

On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Adam Delafield wrote:

> Date sent:  13-JUN-1996 15:33:25 
> 
> >I have a friend that wants to create a Sauron army based on Jerry 
> >Pournelle's (?) books like Mote in God's Eye.  What other books are
the 
> >Sauron's in?  I've searched the internet for "Saurons" & only found 1

> >reference to them.  Does anyone have suggestions how to model their 
> >forces in DSII & SGII?
> 
> >Thanks,
> >Nils
> 
> I can't remember any 'Saurons' in 'Mote in God's Eye'. In fact I
pretty
> sure that the Humans and Moties were the only two races (unless the
> Saurons is another name for the moties). There is a sequel, the Mote
> around Murchuson's Eye. (By Niven and Pournelle, as was the original)
> 
> It's a while since I last looked at these two, so sorry if I've got
> anything wrong.
> 
> And I've NEVER seen a mini that even remotely resembles a Motie.
> 
As best as I remember the Saurons are a race of genetically enhanced 
supermen (groan) mentioned in the second book.	I think the reference is

to the racing acht (Freddie's ?).  I think the engineer on the yacht was
a 
Sauron. 

Stuart.