Re: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Pestilence

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth Glotmorf,

> On 5/25/02 at 2:09 PM Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> 
>>> On 5/25/02 at 12:20 PM Jonathan David Amery wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Buying a Gun and Armor requires Landing.  Are you Landing?
>>>> 
>>>> I can't see that in the rules...
>>>> 
>>>> WC.
>>> 
>>> Sixth paragraph of r493: "DimShips can be landed at any time, and must
>> be=
>>> landed when adding equipment or conducting repairs."
>>> 
>> So it does.
>> 
>> It does not say in r635 that Guns and Arm. are `equipment' though.
>> Were I Wonk. I'd claim that this meant they wern't.
>> 
>> As it is I just say:
>> 
>> I do not Land.
>> 
>> WC.
> 
> Well, I've got the American Heritage Dictionary listing "equipment" as
> "Something with which a person, an organization, or a thing is equipped."  I'd
> say offhand that if a Gun and Armor are bought for a DimShip, that constitutes
> equipping it, no?
> 
> We can go on with the word "equip": "1a. To supply with necessities such as
> tools or provisions. b. To furnish with the qualities necessary for
> performance."  Given that a Gun is necessary for performing shooting and Armor
> is necessary for performing protection from a shot, it sure seems like you're
> equipping your DimShip.

Ah, but it doesn't say 'adding equipment to the DimShip' now, does it? ;)

-- 
Wonko
is just kidding