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Will in New Haven

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Apr 25, 2013, 7:37:36 PM4/25/13

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The treaty that had allowed humankind entry to the interstellar
community had been harsh. Earth was only allowed a token fleet. No
heroic Captains Kirk and Picard likely to manifest anytime soon.
Still, the treaty obliged Earth to send its best to join the combined
fleets of the Spiral Arm Alliance when a threat emerged from the dark
heart of the cluster.
So it was that the proud Shi-Tzu class runabout Samantha took her
place among the battleships, carriers and cruisers of the Alliance
fleet.

J.Pascal

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Apr 25, 2013, 11:35:06 PM4/25/13

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Shi-Tzu class? OMG.

-Julie

Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)

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Apr 26, 2013, 8:14:21 AM4/26/13

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With related classes _Chihuahua_ and _Toy Poodle_.

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Will in New Haven

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Apr 26, 2013, 11:45:14 AM4/26/13

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Well, the galactic lawyers assigned to enforce the treaty immediately
refused permission to built the Mastiff class battleships and the
Wolfhound class battle cruisers and even the Terrier class destroyers,
so we did what we could.

To be fair, the Samantha is a war-runabout. And i took her namesake
for a walkabout last night and again this morning.

--
Will in New Haven

Will in New Haven

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Apr 26, 2013, 11:46:36 AM4/26/13

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On Apr 26, 8:14 am, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"

<seaw...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
> On 4/25/13 11:35 PM, J.Pascal wrote:
>
>
>
>
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> > On Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:37:36 PM UTC-6, Will in New Haven wrote:
> >> The treaty that had allowed humankind entry to the interstellar
>
> >> community had been harsh. Earth was only allowed a token fleet. No
>
> >> heroic Captains Kirk and Picard likely to manifest anytime soon.
>
> >> Still, the treaty obliged Earth to send its best to join the combined
>
> >> fleets of the Spiral Arm Alliance when a threat emerged from the dark
>
> >> heart of the cluster.
>
> >> So it was that the proud Shi-Tzu class runabout Samantha took her
>
> >> place among the battleships, carriers and cruisers of the Alliance
>
> >> fleet.
>
> > Shi-Tzu class? OMG.
>
> With related classes _Chihuahua_ and _Toy Poodle_.

The intelligence ships of the fleet are Border Collie class.

--
Will in New Haven

I once inserted in someone's list of the Chow-Chow's good qualities
"Will not bite someone who is not physically present."

Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)

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Apr 26, 2013, 12:41:21 PM4/26/13

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On 4/26/13 11:46 AM, Will in New Haven wrote:
> On Apr 26, 8:14 am, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"
> <seaw...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 4/25/13 11:35 PM, J.Pascal wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>> On Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:37:36 PM UTC-6, Will in New Haven wrote:
>>>> The treaty that had allowed humankind entry to the interstellar
>>
>>>> community had been harsh. Earth was only allowed a token fleet. No
>>
>>>> heroic Captains Kirk and Picard likely to manifest anytime soon.
>>
>>>> Still, the treaty obliged Earth to send its best to join the combined
>>
>>>> fleets of the Spiral Arm Alliance when a threat emerged from the dark
>>
>>>> heart of the cluster.
>>
>>>> So it was that the proud Shi-Tzu class runabout Samantha took her
>>
>>>> place among the battleships, carriers and cruisers of the Alliance
>>
>>>> fleet.
>>
>>> Shi-Tzu class? OMG.
>>
>> With related classes _Chihuahua_ and _Toy Poodle_.
>
> The intelligence ships of the fleet are Border Collie class.
>

And don't forget the fearsome Pug class.

david.sh...@ymail.com

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Apr 26, 2013, 6:23:45 PM4/26/13

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On Apr 26, 12:41 pm, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"

<seaw...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
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> And don't forget the fearsome Pug class.
>

I'm reminded of A. Bertram Chandler's Dog Star Line.
I don't recall all of their ship names, but in one
story I just read, the ship _Pomeranian_ appeared.

J.Pascal

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Apr 26, 2013, 9:50:42 PM4/26/13

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On Friday, April 26, 2013 9:45:14 AM UTC-6, Will in New Haven wrote:
> On Apr 25, 11:35 pm, "J.Pascal" <ju...@pascal.org> wrote:
>

(...)

>
> > Shi-Tzu class? OMG.
>
>
>
> Well, the galactic lawyers assigned to enforce the treaty immediately
>
> refused permission to built the Mastiff class battleships and the
>
> Wolfhound class battle cruisers and even the Terrier class destroyers,
>
> so we did what we could.
>
>
>
> To be fair, the Samantha is a war-runabout. And i took her namesake
>
> for a walkabout last night and again this morning.
>

It's actually striking as a ship-classification partly because of the mental whiplash due to the similarity to Sun-Tzu.

I certainly had a "waitaminute-huh?" moment.

-Julie