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RE: Honor Harrington Ships

From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:50:06 -0400
Subject: RE: Honor Harrington Ships

At 10:16 PM -0400 10/16/02, Aaron Teske wrote:
>Try here:
>
>http://www.starshipmodeler.com/contest/scratch_23.htm
>
>Not something that is really usable for a Full Thrust game, however. 
>I am also not sure I agree with the design, as the "front" and 
>"back" of the impeller wedges are supposed to be different sizes -- 
>so shouldn't the front be larger (or the rear smaller) to show that? 
>I also envisioned much more of a "Hammerhead" shape (as in the 
>shark), instead of the bulge on each end.

What makes a hammer head shark such is the double hammer head on the 
front of the shark. Not two hammerheads at either end of the shark. 
In this case its

Also, the impeller wedge is the bent space above and below the ship, 
not the front or back of the ship.

>However, it is based on the drawings in the front of the latest 
>books... kind of a take it or leave it thing. <shrug>

Well, there were drawings inside the books too that showed various 
ship sizes and profiles. Most are very similar, just scaled up.

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