RE: DSII & SGII: Looking for info on Jerry Pournelle's Saurons
From: aebrain@d... (Alan E Brain)
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 04:15:38 -0400
Subject: RE: DSII & SGII: Looking for info on Jerry Pournelle's Saurons
>>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?
>
>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.
1) Saurons are from the 'War World' series - same universe. They are
mentioned in Mote etc in passing - the wars vs the Sauron Supermen.
Shades
of the Clone Wars from the SW mythos, but I digress. Basically, before
Mote,
a society sprang up based on genetic manipulation. Essentially they
considered themselves Supermen, a la Nazis in WW2, and acted similarly.
They
were utterly exterminated, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
BUT...One
small group got away...
2) I have a few 15mm Moties -er- 'Trimotes', some in power armour,
acquired
15+ years ago...
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