RE: [OFFICIAL] MORE NEW STUFF NEWS!!

Given the wealth of Human vs Kra'Vak (and other Xeno's) gaming going on
at
the moment I'd have to plead for UN since they seem to be the ones
making
most First Contact.

So please UN over Japanese...

Owen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ground Zero Games [mailto:jon@gzero.dungeon.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 1999 7:04 AM
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: [OFFICIAL] MORE NEW STUFF NEWS!!
> 
> 
> Well, you all asked for it, so here's the next update of what 
> we've been
> busy on here at the GZG Command Bunker.....
> 
> Following last week's release of the first Islamic Ships for 
> FT, I've been
> working hard on the next ship line; we're still not 100% sure 
> whose ships
> they'll be (wavering between calling them UN or Japanese at 
> the moment,
> with the Japs as the front runner....), but the first few 
> classes are now
> in pre-production mould stage and will actually be in production and
> available for sale in the next few days.
> 
> These latest ships are very "techno-brick" in style, and I'm 
> very pleased
> with them so far. The ones done so far are, I will freely 
> admit, not too
> unlike some of the Jovian Chronicles ships in overall style - I've
> definitely NOT copied their designs, but I have certainly 
> been inspired by
> the general configurations (to about the same degree, I 
> guess, as a B5 Star
> Fury could be said to be the same general configuration as a Star Wars
> X-wing....); these look very "realistic" ships, with modular (and
> interchangeable) sections for forward hulls, weapon and sensor booms,
> reaction mass/cargo modules and drive units. We (and you) 
> should be able to
> make a very large number of variations from mixing and 
> matching various
> parts from the classes (and yes, they WILL be easy to 
> assemble... <grin>).
> 
> When they are fully available I'll post a list, code numbers 
> and prices -
> we may even have decided whose ships they are by then!!
> 
> (BTW, there will be more Islamics very soon.....)
> 
> Jon (GZG)
> 
>