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« on: January 21, 2011, 10:00:26 PM » |
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In all the Share novels, what's your favorite solar clipper? What SHIP do you love, not the crew.
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Laith
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 10:46:21 AM » |
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Maybe this poll should be over in a more general board?
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 12:15:09 PM » |
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Maybe this poll should be over in a more general board?
I thought about it...after I set it up. I don't think I have the ability to move it now. |
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The Iris can sail circles around the Lois McKendrick and still be back at the Orbital for the afternoon deals at the flea market.
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2011, 12:31:46 PM » |
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On the other hand, this is where most of the readers are concentrated now.
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Mycroft
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 11:54:42 AM » |
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Going off the board here but the SC Cthulhu led by a senior captain.... Got to have a senior for a ship of the old gods.  |
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2011, 01:47:02 PM » |
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Going off the board here but the SC Cthulhu led by a senior captain.... Got to have a senior for a ship of the old gods. Was that a ship that Ish rode in or served on? I'll add it if I missed it somewhere. I figured that any ship the story spent time on would be acceptable, not just any ship mentioned in the series. |
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The Iris can sail circles around the Lois McKendrick and still be back at the Orbital for the afternoon deals at the flea market.
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2011, 01:52:36 PM » |
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Going off the board here but the SC Cthulhu led by a senior captain.... Got to have a senior for a ship of the old gods. Was that a ship that Ish rode in or served on? I'll add it if I missed it somewhere. I figured that any ship the story spent time on would be acceptable, not just any ship mentioned in the series. I think it was one of the "ships at a distance" |
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 11:09:00 PM » |
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Nitpick: I think that of all the ships mentioned, only the Agamemnon might be a "clipper ship" in the traditional sense, with a moderate cargo capacity but a bit of a speed advantage over, say, the Lois. I forget what the Christiana Ellis was like. That being said, I picked the Iris, for the speed and the view. If it was a car, it would look like this:  ( GM Firebird III) I can see it now... The good reviews of the Iris trigger a sudden interest in vintage ships like the Higby ("Higbee"?) Starlighter, and they become highly sought-after as a collectible classic ship for wealthy playboy types and retired CEOs. "Starlighter Enthusiasts" clubs and swap-meets pop up all over the galaxy. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2011, 12:32:17 AM » |
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Nitpick: I think that of all the ships mentioned, only the Agamemnon might be a "clipper ship" in the traditional sense, with a moderate cargo capacity but a bit of a speed advantage over, say, the Lois. I forget what the Christiana Ellis was like. The Christiana Ellis is/was Jeff Maloney's (and, apparently Christine Maloney's) fast-packet of choice for personal travel. It was the ship that took Ish from Port Newmar to Diurnia. It was reasonably fast and had a notable amount of living space for its size. I think you are correct about what would be analogous to an old clipper ship when you look at the space fleet. I always thought that "solar clipper" was a catchall phrase for any spaceship using the solar wind sail technology, though, and I never tried to take it any farther than that. |
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The Iris can sail circles around the Lois McKendrick and still be back at the Orbital for the afternoon deals at the flea market.
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2011, 05:09:38 AM » |
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Nitpick: I think that of all the ships mentioned, only the Agamemnon might be a "clipper ship" in the traditional sense, with a moderate cargo capacity but a bit of a speed advantage over, say, the Lois. I forget what the Christiana Ellis was like. The Christiana Ellis is/was Jeff Maloney's (and, apparently Christine Maloney's) fast-packet of choice for personal travel. It was the ship that took Ish from Port Newmar to Diurnia. It was reasonably fast and had a notable amount of living space for its size. I think you are correct about what would be analogous to an old clipper ship when you look at the space fleet. I always thought that "solar clipper" was a catchall phrase for any spaceship using the solar wind sail technology, though, and I never tried to take it any farther than that. I agree on the use of "Clipper". |
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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2011, 05:35:07 AM » |
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Going off the board here but the SC Cthulhu led by a senior captain.... Got to have a senior for a ship of the old gods. Was that a ship that Ish rode in or served on? I'll add it if I missed it somewhere. I figured that any ship the story spent time on would be acceptable, not just any ship mentioned in the series. I think it was one of the "ships at a distance" The good ship Cthulhu was captained by the senior captain on the board at Ish's Master's ticket interview. |
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2011, 05:40:18 AM » |
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Going off the board here but the SC Cthulhu led by a senior captain.... Got to have a senior for a ship of the old gods. Was that a ship that Ish rode in or served on? I'll add it if I missed it somewhere. I figured that any ship the story spent time on would be acceptable, not just any ship mentioned in the series. I think it was one of the "ships at a distance" The good ship Cthulhu was captained by the senior captain on the board at Ish's Master's ticket interview. That's right, my bad. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2011, 05:40:28 PM » |
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The Iris can sail circles around the Lois McKendrick and still be back at the Orbital for the afternoon deals at the flea market.
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The Iris can sail circles around the Lois McKendrick and still be back at the Orbital for the afternoon deals at the flea market.
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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2011, 07:52:51 PM » |
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I think I have to say the Lois, just because there's more room in it, space for amenities and plenty of company - and yet, space to disappear into and be alone a while.
With a good laptop and plenty of entertainment storage (e-books - density of e-book storage is incredible!, movies really are about as high-definition as they need to be now, and any reasonable extrapolation of storage density suggests carrying around a few hundred movies would be nothing...) I'd be in hog-heaven on a ship. Except in *real* emergencies, nice steady well definited shifts, and people willing to actually be there on time to replace me - or I can actually get backed by officers about them being late...
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« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2011, 01:01:06 PM » |
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I'm old school; it will always be the Lois for me.
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