From:	Bruce Ford <shaman@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Brave New World
Date:	Tue, 3 Mar 1998 00:55:01 -0700

On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Jeffrey Mach wrote:

> See _Outland_ (starring Sean Connery on, IIRC Ganymeade). =)

Interesting movie that.

> Okay a bit of a misnomer, like the _F_-117 Stealth _Fighter_ despite is
> complete lack of air-to-air weaponry. The idea is an attack aircraft that
> is a hypersonic reentry vehicle capable of dropping from orbit and
> conducting an air-to-ground attack run at any point on the globe in
> minutes. The ultimate FRT. Fast as hell, armored to the gunwales to
> survive wicked reentry angles, and about as maneuverable as a Mac truck on
> a 45 percent grade. Also more cost effective and precise than dropping a
> rock. Launch from a space station (hey maybe even ZO has a few to act as
[snip]

> So, I am not planning on using one any time soon, but would people have a
> major objection to such a thing existing? There would be little reason
> for their existance if there wasn't at least a notable space presence by
> Ares. If it is ZO and ZO alone as the major station up there (anybody
> know how big it is?) then I can't really justify it. I thought it was a
> neat idea a year and a half ago when I thought of it, but so to speak, it
> never came up in conversation here, and there is no real justification for
> using it (yet) but I figure now is as good a time as any to toss it out.

I have no objection and I might even be able to fit a cameo appearance
into a plot that I am developing that will begin to take place in a few
months though the cameo would probably not be for several months after
that ... it's a rather long-term plot.

Bruce Ford.