Re: Any 'Elite' fans in the house?

On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:41:35 GMT, Catman
<catman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Pip Luscher wrote:
That's my view. I would sometimes have fun figuring out how to
slingshot around planets & moons to get to where I wanted to be with
the minimul amount of fuel burning. The orbit plotter screen came in
handy here.


Indeed. And side slipping past ships with the lasers on.

Oh, yes. Slide alongside, innocent as you like, then open fire as hard
as possible before they can jinx out of gunsight.

--
-Pip
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