Re: The ships of LoGH
Wayne H. Yin (why@mail.utexas.edu)
Wed, 6 Nov 1996 04:32:33 -0600
hi david,
i've noticed that the empire seems to have all sorts of dedicated
special-purpose ships like mine-clearning, engineering, berthing/repair,
deep-space scouts (with a big "eye" in the front, like the one dispatched
to westerland), and even those "blitzkrieg" boxes with arrays of "pom-pom"
or pulse-guns and rockets... not to mention every variety of tender and
auxiliary vessel!
ironically, it's the alliance that has those neat-looking carriers for
the spartanians. in the empire, every ship seems to carry their own air
wing of valkyries. when the alliance invaded the empire, they didn't seem
to have any of the above special-mission vessels (except for freighters).
and it wasn't until the second series that we even see the black
"enforce-type scout" variant of the spartanian fighter.
> Speaking about technology, isn't it strange that they do not seem to
> have extraordinary weapons of any kind? I mean, they "still" use nukes,
> guns (even if laser), I won't speak about the axes (!!!).
>
i can't speak for any of my friends who worked on SDI, but personally i
think that the "Thor's Hammer" was pretty impressive! :-) so impressive,
that it deserved its own cool music. once in a while, i'll have the anime
playing in the background and hear the "Thor's Hammer music" and think,
"uh-oh! they're about to fire the Thor's Hammer!"
and what was that other BFG on geiersberg? the "vulture's claw" or
something like that? hmmn... sounds like the name of a special martial
arts move from a hong kong foo-flick.
--
Wayne H. Yin
why@mail.utexas.edu