Re: Hibernia Forever

> From: 	 ngilsena@indigo.ie
> Reply-to:	 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> To:		 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Date: 	 Wed, 3 Sep 1997 22:20:32 +0000
> Subject:	 Re: Hibernia Forever
> Priority:	 normal

> 
> > > As I recall, Galloglaich were supposed to get 3 bullocks a
quarter, one
> > > being pay and the other 2 food!  My Scottish Socialist Republic
ships are
> > > mid-green, with a 2-letter ID code derived from the name, and the
larger
> > > vessels bear the old Scottish naval ensign (yellow sun rising from
a blue
> > > and white sea into a red sky).  I'm now scraping the cash together
for a GZG
> > > order- probably ESU, definitely some GF-range!

A friend has painted an entire NAC fleet in plaid!!!

> > > KR mentioning asking Himself for his "papal blessing" made me
think, how
> > > about the Papal States as a minor player?  Probably a core of
(crimson?) FSE
> > > ships, plus mercenaries from all over the place.	I'm thinking
along the
> > > lines of the splendidly terrible old BBC series "The Borgias" 
(Remember
> > > Adolfo Celi ploting to make people "deh Kink of Nipples"?).
> > > 

Or Tony Curtis as Ivanhoe?  Who can forget the immortal line:  "I go 
to claim da kingdom of my fadda" (thick Brooklyn accent here!).

> > > "
> > > Rob Paul
> > > Dept. of Zoology
> > > University of Oxford
> > > South Parks Road
> > > Oxford
> > > (01865) 271124
> > > 
> > > rpaul@worf.molbiol.ox.ac.uk
> > > 
> > > Once again, villainy is rotting meat before the maggots of
justice!
> > > "
> > 
> > In my background I've been using a gov't called the Celtic League.
They
> > are basically several Scottish and Irish settled planets who've
broken
> > away from the NAC, and 1 or 2 breakaway FSE planets, mostly of
Gallic or
> > Galitian descent.
> > Their Fleet is rather small, with the biggest ship being a surplus
NSL
> > battlecruiser, most of the rest of the fleet being smaller, and very
> > much homegrown.
> 
> Yes it would seem appropriate.  Don't forget the Welsh though.  Well 
> North Wales anyhow. They're Celts too!  The Gauls eh?  I can see it 
> now Asterix class Q-ships.  They look harmless but pack a big punch.
> 

Hmmm, Cacaphonix as ECM . . . . (Poit!)

 _______________________________
> Niall Gilsenan,
> Dublin Institute of Technology,
> Cathal Brugha.St,
> Dublin 1,
> Ireland.
> 
KR, Geo-Hex

BTW fellow Celts it's Kieran Patrick Rohan.