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> >
> > Message: 22
> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 00:11:58 +0300 (EET DST)
> > From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_u...>
> > Subject: Re: Re: Lunar Moonboats
> >
> > How many troops / how much supplies would you say the moonboats
can
> > carry? Also, it would seem that since the boats are
supported "from
> > above" by the moonbeams the boats would be unable to rise higher
than
> > the moon, or fly very far from it. I wonder how far one an get in
a
> > moonboat if one really tries...
> >
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> IMO, Moonboats vary in size from small, fast messenger vessels to a
few
> large lumbering transports. I think the average sized moonboat
could
> carry a few score troops, perhaps as many as a hundred with
equipment -
> or equivalent amount of cargo.
>
> How far you can get in a moonboat depends on the phase of the moon
(once
> you leave the glowline) and the power of the rituals (andhte priest)
> that are driving it. It would also depend on - as Nick said -
cloud and
> wind etc.
And how much glowing, pulsating, crystaline moon rock they've got
onboard. Don't worry though - it's a prefectly safe power source!
Simon Hibbs