Re: [OT] Honor Harrington miniatures

"Robert A. Crawford" wrote:
> 
> I was under the impression that the alpha and beta nodes
> are in part responsible for the fore/aft distinction, so that the
> ship itself has to flip in order for the wedge to flip.

Both impellor rings contain both Alpha and beta nodes.	The alpha nodes
(8 of them if I remember correctly) are larger, arranged on the 8
cardinal points (does that make any sense?) the Beta nodes are smaller
and however many are arranged evenly between the alpha nodes.
 
>	  Or is the cold medicine getting to me?

That I cannot answer, though I spent the last three days in a
Niquil-induced haze myself.  :-)

Tom

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Thomas Pope
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
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