Dear Folks –

Bruce asked:

>> Back in the dawn of the 3I, we had a 16g sub-orbital pogo stick*,

>> so I don't see late 3I VROOM gangs being limited to walking pace...

>> limited by the sound barrier and the ability to hang on, more like.
>>
>> *ok, I know that the designer claimed the pogo stick was capable

>> of orbit, but that's not how you use a pogo stick - it's meant to

>> come down as well as go up.
>
>I forgot the pogo stick. IIRC that was one of Rod Elliot’s mad envelope-vaporizing designs, wasn’t it?

That’s the one. I made up an MT-style equipment sheet somewhere, designed for Ervmisbe the Droyne. All I need is a picture, preferably of a suitably-insane-looking Droyne astride said pogo stick, probably showing the curvature of the planet in the background, with beak open so he can yell “Cowabunga!”

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