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>From: Jo Jaquinta <jaymin@maths.tcd.ie>
>Subject: CherryhList-- Norway GIF/Reactionless/Inertialess
>Date: Thu, 3 Jun 93 13:10:20 BST

Onno Meyer:
> Is this the same picture that appears in the front of _DS_? (There is a
> picture of Pell station, too.) If not, where do I get this GIF?
	Not the copy I have. If you FTP into walton.maths.tcd.ie you
can find it in the pub/jaymin directory as norway1.gif and norway2.gif
(One is a different larger scan).  The quality isn't the best. There
is also chanur.gif, the cover from Chanur's Legacy.

> That's possible. An almost unrelated problem: where did the fleet get    
> the ammunition?
	Again her essay with the game she says the carriers (and
presumably their riders) use particle beams, lasers, and shells.
Lasers and (I think) particle beams don't require ammunition.
But she often says that the relative speed difference between
ships is important one can assume that a significant amount of
the damage is through missiles/shells.
	The stations may claim neutrality but they already supply both
side with food, spare parts, etc, etc. I'm sure they also supply them
with shells too. If a carrier docks and doesn't find shells they might
do something nasty. Of course we assume that they aren't using ultra
smart bombs or anything. *That* would require particularly special
manufacturing facilities. Simple shells could be made in any shop.
(Apparently the Somalis recover old shells and fill them with match-heads.
They work about 30% of the time!)
	Since you have _HB_ to hand can you see if they give a time
check on the rider run? They start at the Lagrange point and
end up in Lunar orbit. I can work that distance out. If you can
find the time out we can get an estimate of it's average acceleration.

					Jo