Re: [GZG] More SALUTE teasers - for FT....

>And the lead ship, SS Gruntfuttock leaves the shipyard after being 
>christened by
>Her Royal Highness, Princess Buttercup under the watchful eyes of 
>the Honourable
>Douglas Smith and His Excellency Kenneth Horne

...secretly observed by the evil Doctor Chou En Ginsberg (MA, 
failed), with his faithful Geisha companion, Lotus Blossom ('ello 
mate....)

A significant percentage of people on this list are probably now 
going "HUH?"  ;-)

Ah, the golden age of radio comedy, they don't write 'em like that 
anymore (actually, they probably wouldn't be allowed to!).

Jon (GZG)

>
>
>Robert Jones
>
>>After a hectic few days days of sculpting/building, mouldmaking and 
>>last-minute casting, we have some new FT ship releases ready for 
>>SALUTE this Saturday!
>>
>>We promised to do our best to have the ScanFed Dreadnought ready 
>>for the show - and we've made it! This afternoon the name-ship of 
>>the VALHALLA class left spacedock on its shakedown cruise.... we 
>>will have TWELVE of these Nordic beauties in stock at the show, so 
>>if you want to grab one make sure you come and see us early - no 
>>pre-orders, it's first come first served.
>>
>>Similarly, but in even shorter supply, we'll have just a FEW 
>>special sets of our infamous "Mystery Fleet*", complete with two 
>>NEW ships AND some fighters! We've bundled these into special deal 
>>?25 fleet sets - as of tonight we have just four sets for sale, 
>>there might be a couple more IF we have any spare time left 
>>tomorrow.....
>>Each pack consists of 4 Destroyers (a NEW addition), 4 Heavy 
>>Destroyers and 2 Battlecruisers (both of these previously-released 
>>classes), one NEW Light Carrier (CVL) and two groups of NEW 
>>fighters complete with FT002 fighter stands.
>>(* No, we still haven't sorted out who or what these are, so they 
>>are still a mystery....)
>>
>>Finally, we have the fleet auxiliary that no-one ever talks about, 
>>even less wants to be posted to...
>>Most starships, civil and military, have environmental recycling 
>>systems that are very efficient - but sometimes, there is stuff 
>>left over that is just too impractical to deal with onboard. So, 
>>skulking along at the tail end of the fleet, we have the J.PEASMOLD 
>>CLASS WASTE REPROCESSING SHIP, a flying repository for all the 
>>worst sludge, slurry and unmentionable detritus that all the other 
>>ships need to get rid of.  In space, no-one can hear you gag..... 
>>;-)
>>
>>Actually, joking aside, the Peasmold can be used as any kind of 
>>tanker, refinery or supply ship you like - we just wanted to give 
>>it some "colour" (probably a greenish-brown.....).
>>
>>I have just taken some pics of all these, but I don't know when 
>>Paul will be able to upload them for me - in the meantime if anyone 
>>wants to host them somewhere so other folks can take a quick look, 
>>feel free to email me direct and I'll send you copies over.
>>
>>
>>Jon (GZG)
>>www.gzg.com
>>
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