Tim/DED--
This one also came through instantly for me.
I am going to go away for a while and stop bothering people.
Dave
> Eamon--
>
> Yeah, when I got to GDW there was a lot of resentment/irritation among
> some of the existing staff (generally those not of the founding-owners
> generation + Loren, sort of) that GDW was widely dinged throughout the
> wargame "industry" for having no sense of humor. Loren would often recite
> the joke most often used against us: "Q: How many GDW employees does it
> take to screw in a light bulb? A: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" The fine-print joke
> was by Brad McDevitt, but I "approved" it.
>
> There probably were more Type S variants planned, but now that you mention
> it, the 20-ton pod "Modular S" probably was the thing I was thinking of
> from that picture, which we did publish.
>
> Dave
>
>> Ah, Prince Caspian, the thrill the words "Tech Level 13" gave to me back
>> in the day. I was wondering when that would happen in the RC timeline,
>> maybe after Promise got liberated? Loved the joke in that advert too "If
>> you're reading this small, congratulations."
>>
>> There is an advert for the Ref's Screen and Player Forms on the next
>> page
>> that has two Type S scouts in it - one zooming ahead into the middle of
>> the pic from the left, the other imitating a Star Destroyer at the upper
>> right.
>>
>> Were there more Type S variants planned, or were these just the one
>> which
>> could carry a 20-ton pod?
>>
>> Eamon
>>
>>> Did that picture also have the back end of a couple Type S scout
>>> variants up in the corner, or am I
>>> remembering something else? I want to say that the illo included a
>>> couple of designs that we
>>> deliberately included in there, to give us a "hook" to detail and
>>> expand
>>> from later, but that never
>>> happened.
>>
>
>
>
This one also came through instantly for me.
I am going to go away for a while and stop bothering people.
Dave
> Eamon--
>
> Yeah, when I got to GDW there was a lot of resentment/irritation among
> some of the existing staff (generally those not of the founding-owners
> generation + Loren, sort of) that GDW was widely dinged throughout the
> wargame "industry" for having no sense of humor. Loren would often recite
> the joke most often used against us: "Q: How many GDW employees does it
> take to screw in a light bulb? A: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" The fine-print joke
> was by Brad McDevitt, but I "approved" it.
>
> There probably were more Type S variants planned, but now that you mention
> it, the 20-ton pod "Modular S" probably was the thing I was thinking of
> from that picture, which we did publish.
>
> Dave
>
>> Ah, Prince Caspian, the thrill the words "Tech Level 13" gave to me back
>> in the day. I was wondering when that would happen in the RC timeline,
>> maybe after Promise got liberated? Loved the joke in that advert too "If
>> you're reading this small, congratulations."
>>
>> There is an advert for the Ref's Screen and Player Forms on the next
>> page
>> that has two Type S scouts in it - one zooming ahead into the middle of
>> the pic from the left, the other imitating a Star Destroyer at the upper
>> right.
>>
>> Were there more Type S variants planned, or were these just the one
>> which
>> could carry a 20-ton pod?
>>
>> Eamon
>>
>>> Did that picture also have the back end of a couple Type S scout
>>> variants up in the corner, or am I
>>> remembering something else? I want to say that the illo included a
>>> couple of designs that we
>>> deliberately included in there, to give us a "hook" to detail and
>>> expand
>>> from later, but that never
>>> happened.
>>
>
>
>