Hi all,
An ecomomy of replies here:
J Roberson asks:
> 1)What is the "4.5th Frontier War" ? Is it related to the Nth interstellars?
Ahem. The 4.5th Frontier War is a series of stories about some conflicts
between the Imperium and the Zhodani Consulate in 1102, seven years
previous to the Fifth Frontier War. Authored by me. It has no relationship
what so ever to the Nth Interstellar Wars between the Vilini Empire and the
expanding Solomani. It is NOT sanctioned by GDW or anybody. But it IS
copyrighted by Me.
> 2) What does HIWG stand for?
History of the Imperium Working Group. (shrug)
- -----------------------------
Adrian ecrire:
>> 496 6008 08-Sep-1993 Scott S. Kellog Anatomy vs. Architecture
>If you threaten James Perkins with a tactical nuke, or bribe him with enough
>money or alcohol, he might fix this problem. ;-)
James? PLEASE? :-)
>My guess is that Droyne vehicles will be likely to have a geodesic framework.
>Humans have tried this, and it works rather well - one example was the
>Vickers Wellington bomber of WW2. For some reason, though, the rib-like
>framework is still used.
Cool! Sounds rather more complicated to mass produce tho. I take it this
was a stronger design?
> And I have no idea what a Hiver spaceship will look like. :-)
I rather doubt that it would look like a burrow in the ground... :-)
- --------------------
Me:
>>HA! You wanna see different scales of engineering?
>>Try living with a woman who's eight inches taller than you! |->
>>I come in at 5'6". My fiancee' (from Germany) comes in at 6'2".
George:
> *laugh* My wife is 4'11" and I'm 6'5". Eight inches taller gets no
> sympathy, we have nearly a half-meter of difference ;-)
Dang! I thought *I* had anthropometric problems!
Still, you're on the lucky side. You don't have to jump when
your S.O. puts something on the top shelf of the cabinet. But then
again, your knees will smack into the dashboard when she drives. :-)
- ---------------------
Vanya sagt:
>The Cogs&Dogs books shows the inside of a bridge of a Vargr ship. Why
>do they have chairs like Humans? The only seeming difference is the hole for a
>tail. From the original Vargr Aliens book, it doesnt seem that their leg
>anatomy was changed that much from the Terran canine. Are these chairs
>comfortable to the Vargr, or would they prefer a more leaning-forward, almost
>prone position?
In Poul Anderson's _Hunters of the Sky Cave_ The Adziriho used a forward
leaning couch-saddle type arrangement. (Much to Flandry's discomfort)
My guess would have been that that would be more comfortable, but we do
not really know much about the manipulations to the Vargr spine. Perhaps
straight back chairs are more comfortable than it might seem. We've seen
Vargr operate in human ships often enough without mentioning modifications.
It would make thing simpler. (But what's more likely is the artist in
Cogs & Dogs didn't think about it.)
- ----------------
Brian sagt:
> USENET in the Imperium is gone..
>
> Imagine poor [email removed]
>
> What do you mean I can't read alt.sex.aslan.bondage
> and rec.riding.kkree ...arrrgh....sob...
And what about poor [email removed]?
"I can't read alt.sex.bestiality.human anymore? Arrroooooo!"
- --
Scott 2G Kellogg
"Kellogg is just plain nuts!" -- H. Beam Piper