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"If the mission were a success, Folsom's planet would bear his name for eternity. The barbarians would be civilized; the planet would join the Federation; the Federation's integrity would be preserved.
"But Hans Folsom had to be on guard. The aliens were intractable, his crew possibly traitorous. There was an incident during the voyage he couldn't quite remember. And a prophetic runic stone...
"Had ancient spacemen visited here in the past? Did that explain the strange religions, the ancient ruins, the mysterious runic stone?"
Illustration by Charles Moll.
1974
This is TV Greats issue 3 from 1978, featuring the "Space Stars of Movies & TV".
At 66 pages there's plenty to see and not much to read. It's mostly photos grabbed from whatever low-cost sources were available, supplemented with absolutely atrocious writing.
While the Monster Times* was clearly a labor of fan love, this is nothing more than a hurried cash-in on the sci-fi craze. Reading the 'articles' accompanying the photos is like getting your IQ pummeled.
The cover promise is true and there is an article on how you can use Mork from Ork's "frantic antics". The article suggested, in order to "amaze your friends", you lay down curled up in a hatchling pose like Mork, or talk to eggs. 😶
And didn't everyone want to know if that Star Wars jinx was "horror or hokum"? The article enforces the jinx angle by listing bad things that had happened to all the cast members during the year since the movie's release. So, since "bad things" didn't really happen to all of them you end up with Carrie Fisher's stage musical being cancelled presented on the same level of "bad things" as Hammill's car wreck. 😏
But, again, there are lots and lots of photos!
CM said he bought this issue because of the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman cover.
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The CR-06 "Croc" Superiority Fighter is an advanced starfighter equipped with the most nimble engines available to private producers, as well as a compliment of four linked lascannons, and two ion blasters. The cockpit can detach in the event of an emergency to serve as a liferaft.
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Sci fi fireplaces at a very rental-friendly 1 land impact. Choose from 7 preset flame colors or tint yourself. Includes on/off sound.
Book cover for "Till There Are Stars," published in the STARCALL Anthology, sold at www.amazon.com/author/bobbello and www.bn.com/s/bobbello
Just a fun chaingun-ish weapon I build from BrickArms M2HB and Minigun parts. I also used this shot to showcase that yes, the hole in the front of the M2HB barrel is sized to fit the "plume" LEGO peg
These are all mods of Mantisking's Kangataur frame. I've literally had these lying around my apartment for 2 years before I got my butt in gear to post them.
Exploring Tomorrowland at SL SciFi Con 12 aerlinnielfantasy.blogspot.com/2020/05/second.html
Tomorrowland (Atompunk) – Kirk Wingtips
A sleeker Version of the original. Based very heavily on www.flickr.com/photos/sydag/8475421997/in/album-721576327...
My first entry to Round 1 of this year's Iron Forge! The seed part is used 4 times in the 50947 variety – specifically the fun printed ones from this Tiny Turbos set. As soon as I saw I had these, I knew I had to use the red headlights as eyes, and the idea of a sprinting robot was born instantly.
Had some fun with the pictures and tried to give the bot some personality. Check out the alternate shot!
Check this model in 3D on Mecabricks
– Why have I chosen RSS Korolev? Every captain wants such ship. Fast. Huge. Convenient. Never mind, I m just joking. Someone else would say something about a new frontier and a spirit of discovery. As for me, it s just a new experience. You know, if you are captain, it s almost impossible to find anything except cargo ship. Or a liner for the lucky ones. It s not bad, but those routine delivery missions are too identical. Fly somewhere, take cargo, go back, repeat. This research voyage is completely different. Much more responsibility. There are larger cargo ships, but the crew is always low, a couple of dozens at the biggest ones. And all of them are captain s subordinates. Captain is a god on his ship. Here… everything is different. Hundreds of scientists are not just passengers. I have to change course if some astronomer finds some unusual star or if a biologist decides to scan particular planet for life. It s a bit annoying. Some more conservative person could find such situation real headache. But I don t want to return to the freighters.
– They can say everything they want, but NavSystems was a general sponsor of this mission. So our aim is establishing new hyperspace routes and correcting old ones. Most expansive and complicated equipment of this ship are all kinds of hyperspace scanners. Laying a new route isn t a simple task. You have to keep in mind many factors to make it fast, reliable, safe, economic. And profitable for company. Days, when ship had to have huge powerful expansive computer onboard to calculate hyperjump, are gone. Companies like NavSystem provide access to their servers to make calculations as simple as it possible. Global hyperspace beacon network collects all necessary data; servers process it and give all parameters of a jump for a fair payment. This entire infrastructure has high running cost, so we can t do it for free.
– Those bastards from the “navigators guild” think they are masters here. But most of them don t even understand that their precious hyperroutes are useless if nobody wants to use them. Every journey needs a reason. The most common and obvious one is valuable resource deposit. Humanity needs more resources for further expansion. That s why we should check every possible planet, moon or asteroid belt. Moreover, every planet is unique and can tell scientists something new and may be important. We ve already done several discoveries. But “navigators” always hurry us up if they find star system useless for them. We must do something.
– This expedition has already given us good results. We collected tons of information and statistics. It will help for new colonists a lot. Some people hope we can find one more earth-like planet. It will be a great success. However, we checked thousands of planets and none of them is suitable for human without any special equipment. We even found some samples of life, but it were just bacteria and a couple of simplest seaweeds. Space is a dead place. I hope we can change this in future.
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I finally got around to parting this guy. If I had a larger collection of Lego I would've kept him. Onwards and upwards!