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  1. Newsgroups: rec.games.mecha
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  3. From: Custom built for Lemmings <ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
  4. Subject: Re: Vehicle rules and munchkinism  (with ANSWERS!)
  5. In-Reply-To: foregone@stein.u.washington.edu's message of 28 Dec 1992 21: 26:32 GMT
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  17. Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:23:26 GMT
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  20. >>>>> On 28 Dec 1992 21:26:32 GMT, foregone@stein.u.washington.edu (Carl
  21. >>>>> Chavez) said:
  22.  
  23. Carl> Oh, I forgot: create special structural integrity rules for vehicles
  24. Carl> (similar to the Aerotech rules). That way, a 2 ton hovercraft going
  25. Carl> 630 kph will certainly be ripped apart by various natural forces.
  26.  
  27. This I have to seriously disagree with. If a 6-ton AV-8B Harrier II can
  28. handle Mach 1, there's no reason a 2-ton hovercraft 1.5 millenia from now
  29. couldn't.
  30.  
  31. --Rat                               PGP Public Key Block available upon request
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  34. Carpe Joltem! (Seize the Caffeine)                                         --Me
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