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Spaceship shapes
>From: Jo Jaquinta <jaymin>
>Subject: cherryhlist: What does The Pride of Chanur look like?
>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 9:37:28 GMT

	Has anyone tried to draw The Pride of Chanur? I have a good
mental image of the ship (sort of like a finned, cigar shaped ship
out of "golden-age" SF) but I can't rationalise this with the internal
descriptions given.
	Of the three decks the bridge deck is always considered to be
"up". At dock this would imply that this is the part that is "nose to
dock". Yet the dock access is on the third deck. Also, when they
are inertial and under spin the gravity is the same. I've played
around with sketches and things and can't seem to come up with a
decent combination that doesn't involved big swinging booms, or
articulated rings or cylinders. If that's the best I can do Pyanfar is
right, ships are piss-ugly. Anyone else ever played with ideas?
	The ECS Norway, on the other hand, does have a outline given.
We aren't given as detailed a description of its internals though.
I have a GIF picture of the cover of The Company War boardgame. It
shows the Norway breaking dock from Pell. It isn't very good but if
anyone is interested...

			Jo Grant

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