[OT] Nice folks!

Guys N Gals, 

I recently posted some scenario cards for 
stargrunt by Mike Brown (IIRC) on stargrunt.ca 
and have a broken link to Phil Pournelle's 
infantry costing system for SG2. Not wanting to 
mirror content without permission, I went in 
search of Phil P. I posted to this list (which Phil 
used to be a member of). No luck. 

Then laserlight (repository of a potpourri of 
odd facts) put me on to jerrypournelle.com and 
I dropped Mr. Pournelle a line (ISO Phil, his 
son... yes, that's right.... son of a famous Sci-fi 
author). 

Turns out Phil is serving as OPS aboard the USS 
Duluth. That'll keep one very busy! That and 
family have kept him from participating much in 
the GZGverse lately. 

Phil generously did grant me permission to 
mirror his EW rules for FT and his point system 
for SG, both of which will be appearing (along 
with some Atkinsonia - some of John's work on 
Mercs) shortly on stargrunt.ca as my schedule 
has slackened up a bit (I believe the 
colloquialism is "indefinitely leisured"). I can now 
catch up the long-dormant contribution queue 
and get some lead painted... (There is an 
upside to every turn of events!). 

Anyway, the long and the short of it: There 
should be some new content (and old content, 
refurbished) appearing on stargrunt.ca over the 
next two weeks and I thought everyone should 
know what a decent guy Jerry Pournelle is. A lot 
of "celebrities" would have just ignored my e-
mail, but he hooked me up with Phil in a very 
expedient manner. It is nice to see celebrity and 
fame don't necessarily destroy decency! And 
Phil taking some time out of his busy schedule 
to respond positively was really wonderful as 
well. 

Tomb 
http://www.stargrunt.ca
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Thomas Barclay
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Stargrunt II and Dirtside II game site

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