Re: Ship design, was: Marathon II suggestions
From: quattro@netcom.com (Keith Rhee)
Date: 1995/07/31
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vanderHarg@DIMES.TUDelft.NL (Arthur van der Harg) writes:
>normally you would be briefed on proper procedure. You certainly wouldn't
>normally operate a switch with a grenade!
How *else* are you going to activate a switch that's 20 feet up on
a wall? How would an operator hit that switch under normal
circumstances? Fling a coconut?
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Keith Rhee
A boss says "Go." -- A leader says "Let's go."
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Re: Ship design, was: Marathon II suggestions
From: drysdall@waikato.ac.nz
Date: 1995/08/01
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In article <quattroDCLIDA.5t7@netcom.com>, quattro@netcom.com (Keith Rhee) writes:
> vanderHarg@DIMES.TUDelft.NL (Arthur van der Harg) writes:
>
>>normally you would be briefed on proper procedure. You certainly wouldn't
>>normally operate a switch with a grenade!
>
> How *else* are you going to activate a switch that's 20 feet up on
> a wall? How would an operator hit that switch under normal
> circumstances? Fling a coconut?
Actually, the Marathon did have a large number of coconuts placed near many of
these switches. This proved to be a fatal tactical error however, as the
invading Pfhor simply ate all the coconuts.
--
Richard Drysdall |
University of Waikato | "I'm called a theoretical
Hamilton, New Zealand | physicist because in
drysdall@waikato.ac.nz | practice I'm not"
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