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From: corleyj@helium.Gas.UUG.Arizona.EDU (Jason D Corley )
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Subject: REFERENCE: Tales From The Rebellion Junk
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Date: 29 Apr 1994 13:33:20 -0400
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FIRST: The Winnah of the Tales From The Rebellion Contest
The question was: Chip's droid is named R2 MADIKS. What does
this name refer to?
The answer is: Artie Maddicks, the little pink mutant guy from
the "X-Terminators" comic book series. (He also appeared in
several other "X" books around that time period.) Artie was
a mute, but he could make pictures appear above his head to
communicate. His best friend was Leech, a.k.a. the little
green mutant guy.
The first person to ID R2 was:
John Hogg
muffy@sage.cc.purdue.edu
Congratulations! His wanted poster will be on the way as soon as
I can convince the computer to spit it out.
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SECOND: Some Game Stuff I want to clear up. Yes, this is the
beginning to an eventual Tales From The Rebellion FAQ.
1. What the heck is COMPNOR Science? (from Part 1)
If you haven't seen West End Games' _Imperial Sourcebook_, it's
very likely you don't know what COMPNOR is. COMPNOR stands for
Committee for the Preservation of the New Order. It started as
a sort of "Empire Booster Club", but quickly developed into a
political and military tool for use by the Emperor. It can
be likened to the civilian arm of the Empire: regulating art,
education, colonization, scouting new planets, taxation, and,
as Chip found out, science. It often works closely with Imperial
military forces, as we also found out.
2. Jeez, if Chip is so smart, how come he, Larson and Zorel would
do something as stupid as try to fly to Selerthon when they didn't
make contact with their pickup? (from Part 7)
When we thought about it later, we realized what a stupid idea
it had been. If you like, you can call it a momentary brain
malfunction, but I like to think that when Chip and Larson decide
that a mission is screwed up, they don't want to do it halfway.
3. Tell me about the ships in the story:
OK.
The Z-95 STARFIGHTER that Chip and Larson fly to Atraxis, and later
to Rakrir, is a heavily-modified version of the ancient design
of the Z-95, (of which Han Solo has been known to say: "What did you
do, knock over a museum?") The Z-95 is not widely used by the
Rebellion, since it has no hyperdrive. Of course, since Chip can
make ships sit up and beg just by brandishing a hydrospanner at them,
there was little problem in inserting a hyperdrive into the Z-95,
at the expense of most of the hull, all of the shields and guns, and
most of the sublight capability. Though it is conceivable that
Larson could complain more about the Z-95, it is unlikely that any
human would be able to do so.
The LANCER-CLASS FRIGATE that Chip and Larson blow up on Atraxis
is slightly different from the Frigate listed in _The Imperial
Sourcebook_. According to John (our GM), the Lancer _class_
the sort of engine in the frigate (a Lancer, oddly enough).
The military design of the frigate is for starfighter suppression,
though it doesn't hold up well in fleet engagements. The model
that Chip and Larson blew up had been quickly and heavily modified
to carry prefabricated mining facilities to Atraxis and power
stasis field generators to remove the baradium.
3. We've seen Chip's origin story. What about Larson's? How about
Zorel?
There is little hope for a Zorel story. Consider this scene:
CHIP: Where are you from, Zorel?
ZOREL (stares steel-eyed into distance): A ways off.
CHIP: Yeah, but where?
ZOREL (glares at CHIP, then walks away. Cue music)
On the other hand, a Larson story is possible. If you want to
see a Larson story, bug Ryan at the address below.
4. Yeah, gimmee your email addresses!
No sweat. I'm corleyj@gas.uug.arizona.edu. Ryan (who plays Larson)
is franklir@gas.uug.arizona.edu. John Brownlee (our GM and Director)
is jonnie@bozo.lpl.arizona.edu. Eric Vens doesn't have an email
address, but messages about Zorel will certainly be passed on.
5. How come you have so many damn celebrity cameos?
Because we don't have to pay them.
6. Who are Greg Proops and Tony Slattery?
They're the guys who play Chip and Larson in the movie.
7. You dummy. I mean who are they in real life?
They're British comedians. They can be seen on "Whose Line Is
It Anyway?", which currently airs on Comedy Central. Also,
Tony Slattery is in "The Crying Game", in a small role.
This would be Greg Proops first semi-serious role.
8. Are any of the characters from the "real" Star Wars movies
going to turn up?
I don't want to give too much away, but the answer is yes.
We can't just give James Earl Jones the voiceover for the trailers...
--
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"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of
civilization." -----------Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jason D. "corleyj@gas.uug.arizona.edu" Corley might have posted this.