Alf Peake wrote:
> I couldn't figure out your 1st post, too much to see what was
> what.  But then - I'm ignorant about Cobra Mk IIIs :(  This pic
> I can see and the light dawns. I like now.

From the FFE manual:
"COBRA MK 3
[PICTURE]

SPECIFICATION

HULL MASS: 20 t
MASS (FULLY LADEN): 100 t
INTERNAL CAPACITY (NO DRRVE): 80 t
RETRO THRUSTER ACCELERATION: 7 Earth G
MAIN THRUSTER ACCELERATION: 20 Earth G 
CREW: 1
GUN MOUNTINGS: 2+F
MISSILE PYLONS: 4
ALLEGIANCE: INDEPENDENT, FEDERATION

IN GENERAL:
After a complete rethink following the collapse of the Cobra Mk II,
the Federation shipyard, Faulcon DeLacy addressed some of the
problems facing pilots of their day and came up with what was to be
their best ship ever the Cobra Mk III. In the 20th Century, as any
history buff will know, a motor car company by the name of Ford
came up with a car called an Escort, which was generally regarded to
be their finest hour. The Cobra Mk ill can only be described as the
Ford Escort of the space lanes. It has classic lines, that millions
of ships tried to emulate.  It is nippy, easily manoeuvred, powerful,
attractive, spacious and well defended. The only craft that Faulcon
DeLacy ever built that was deemed to be more classic was the now
defunct Fer De Lance - a vicious piece of combat machinery that is
now outlawed, as the Police deemed it too powerful to be left in
the hands of the public.

BOB'S THOUGHTS:
How can you go wrong with a Cobra Mk III? OK, so there might be a lot
faster ships out there, and there are ones that are larger, ones that
have more weapons and ones that are easier to upgrade, but you sure as
hell aren't going to find one ship that has all of these things. The
Cobra Mk III was the work of a genius, and there hasn't been a ship
yet that has sold so well. Sheesh, these things go so easy, I don't
have any left, so if you know of anyone who wants a good price for
their's, I'm happy to buy it off them for 60% of current value."

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.scifi-fantasy.com

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