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>From: Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de>
>Subject: cherryhlist
>Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1993 13:21:59 +0200 (MET DST)

> Funny.  Today I saw the german translation of _Heavy Time_ in the book
> shops.  The cover illustration is almost the same as of the collection
[...] 
> Interesting that the publisher would use a "recycled" cover.  Any speculation 
[...]
I've found the cover of _DS_ as the cover of the german translation of
some Larry Niven stories. Never noticed the name on the space station
until I read _DS_.
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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
> 
> 	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.

I think more and more that I "need" this essay even if I can't get
the game. Is there anybody who has it on file? And: Does this game
say anything about the maneuver abilities of riders vs carriers? 

> 	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!)

I don't think simple shells have a chance to hit anything but a station
at point-blank range.

> 	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

That is pretty useless since the Hellburner flight was launched from
a carrier, and while the speed at the separation point was given (some
.3 times lightspeed), we don't know what the carrier did in the 40 
minutes it took to plot and confirm (number from memory).
	Onno