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From: Jason Patten 
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And I thought I was Weird.


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From: Jay P Hailey [mailto:jayphailey{at}tic1.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:34 AM To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com
Subject: [trekcreative] Fw: [gurps] Magic Weapon: The Tribble Gun



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From: "Michael Layne" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [gurps] Magic Weapon: The
Tribble Gun


> On 13 May 2003, "Troy Guffey"  said:
>
> >Throw Spell can be enchanted onto any ranged weapon so that it fires
> >a fixed spell.  This spell launcher has Create Animal (Tribble).
> >
> >Just imagine!  Being able to bury your opponent under a cooing pile
> >of fur!
>
>     The Klingon Empire considers the Tribble Gun to be "the ultimate
terror
> weapon", and Klingon Diplomats (how's that for an oxymoron?) have been
> insisting it be totally banned by interstellar arms control treaty!
>
>     However, such interstellar merchants as Harry Mudd and Captain Stobor
> have found that a considerable market exists for the Tribble Gun, and
> continue to stock various models of the weapon, in a number of decorator
> colors, aboard their trading ships. Allegedly, the Pakleds are some of the
> best customers for the weapon. ("The Tribble Gun. It is broken.")
>
>      The Romulans have bought a few Tribble Guns, but have devoted a great
> deal of effort to reverse-engineering the weapon, and scaling it up. They
> are rumored to be developing (or may have already developed) a
ship-mounted
> version for planetary strikes, which may be capable of burying Klingon
> outposts under cubic kilometers of Tribbles! When recently asked about
this,
> by a Centauri News Network reporter, an anonymous Starfleet Intelligence
> officer stated that he would not be surprised if this were the case, and
> that he would not be surprised if it were not.
>
>     Another Starfleet officer suggested the Tribble Gun could be used for
> attacks on the Borg, citing the extreme difficulty the Borg would
experience
> in assimilating the Tribbles more rapidly than the furry creatures can
> reproduce.
>
>     A group of "Tribble Terrorists" -- possibly affiliated
with one of the

> Orion factions -- has developed the "Tribble Bomb", an omnidirectional
> version of the Tribble Gun, which is single-shot, but optimized for
creation
> of massive amounts of Tribbles. Set off by timer or remote control, the
> "Tribble Bomb" is capable of wreaking havoc on agricultural worlds.
>
> >
> >
> >"So, what'd we find, Bob?"
> >
> >{Bob casts Analyze Magic}
> >
> >"Hmmm, it's some sort of spell launcher.   It fires an
> >Illusion/Creation spell.   Let's try it."
> >
> >{Aims at the other side of the cavern, fires}
> >
> >"Oh, drat!  *ANOTHER* friggin Tribble Gun!   Put it with the others,
> >Joe"
> >
> >{Joe opens portable hole and tries to put the gun in, but it is too
> >full.  Through the opening it can be seen crammed full of ranged
> >weapons of every type with tags tied on.  All reading
"Tribble Gun"}
>
>      The countermeasure to the Tribble Gun could, of course, be the
Glommer
> Gun! The Glommer was a beast specifically engineered by the Klingons as a
> Tribble predator.
>
>
> Michael Layne
> theherald{at}hotmail.com
>
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