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Message no. 1
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Archery
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:50:55 +0100
*****PRIVATE: CRUSH, Spirit, Lister, Bill The Galactic Hero
>>>>>[Well, I'm emerging from under a mountain of paperwork, and after I
freshen up with some flying I'll be heading back to Seattle. Now
InterPol have decided to leave me alone, I wondered if I could still buy
some of CRUSH's arrows?]<<<<<
-- Lynch <22:50:39/07-24-57>
Message no. 2
From: NIGHTFOX <djwa@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Archery
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 08:31:52 -0700 (MST)
*****Private: Lynch
>>>>>[ We are ready to take arrow orders. They are 100Y a piece, but they
come with a all the mods and are the best ones we could have designed.
What is the poundage of the bow you want them for? And what is the draw
length you will need?

What type of vanes would you like Real feathers, plastic vanes, synth
feather, aluminum, flu-flu or titanium. Please specify also the number of
vanes and the color combination that you want.

What type of heads are you looking for? Practice, Hunting broad heads
(specify the number of blades), armor piercing, Explosive (Allah RAMBO - I
hope I'm not the only person to have seen this movie. CRUSH and I are the
only 20th century buffs in the group), Armor Piercing Explosive (These are
the fun ones),whistling, Blunted, compartmented (fun for interersting little
things), or some other type (send description).

Also - you have a choice of normal heads, dikoted, or a small selection of
fine bladed heads. I suggest Dikote on Armor Piercing and Fine Bladed on
the hunting broad heads.

Just send me the order then we can set up a safe meeting place.]<<<<<
-- Spirit <Of the Matrix>
Message no. 3
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Archery
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:00:07 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Spirit
>>>>>[I'll take a score of the explosive ones your husband uses <g>
Like
I said back then, I figure I could build a ballista to fire them
(certainly won't be shooting them by hand...)

The other batch is more serious. The bow is a Ranger-X (surprise,
surprise) with a 125lb draw, standard reach for that model.

Standard for all my own arrows (not fussy about the CRUSH-clones) is
three blood-red titanium vanes with black shafts (okay, an affectation,
so sue me <g>). Quantities and types as follows.

Twenty with four-bladed broadheads (Fineblades, if possible).
Twenty Dikoted armour-piercers.
Ten explosive. For use on Russian helicopters <g> (I LOVE 20th century
movies... we'll probably have to compare collections)
Ten AP explosives.
Ten whistlers.
Ten compartmented with smoke charges: I want them for signalling. Mix of
colours if possible. ID the colour by a band on the shaft just
ahead of the fletching.

+++++include transfer: 10,000Y

Let me know if it runs to more and I'll send you the extra.

Sheesh, I hardly use a bow in action anyway, but maybe I'm going Native
again. Or maybe I'm going to start playing Rambo <g>]<<<<<
-- Lynch <20:04:12/07-30-57>
Message no. 4
From: NIGHTFOX <djwa@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Archery
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:35:08 -0700 (MST)
*****Private: Lynch
>>>>>[ None of the arrows look like they will be too hard to biuld (or have
parts biult.) They probably shouldn't cost the 10K Y, but they will cost a
bit.

Personally, I think its more of the "little boy with new toy" syndrome,
CRUSH gets the same way. Of course - if you think the bow is nasty, you
haven't seen his pistol yet :). Its a semi auto pistol, but sized for a
3.8 meter tall troll, which means that it can handle larger bullets, namely
those fun little barret 121 APDS rounds. If feel like a 4 year old
handling daddy's big gun when I hold the thing. I'll never fire it, I
have a rule against shattering the bones in my wrists. So far its done
wonders on most of what we have tried it on (like the breast plate from
heavy milspec combat armor, it goes in one side and out the back.)

I'll give you a holler when they are done.]<<<<<
-- Spirit <Of the Matrix>
Message no. 5
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Archery
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 21:22:26 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Spirit
>>>>>[I know what you mean about the toys syndrome. With me it's
antiques, I'm a sucker for old guns.

I got the bow for a job in Britain, where guns aren't easily acquired
but bows are much easier to come by: never really needed it much outside
those, I just learned to use it because I liked it.

Used to use it for hunting (usually with markers, not broadheads...)
but now I just try to stalk the deer enough to count coup on its neck,
unless I actually need the meat. There's no sport to killing deer when
you're as wired and enhanced as this.

I can see CRUSH with that pistol, I really can... <g> Give him and your
children my best, anyway. Thanks.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <21:20:21/07-31-57>

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