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Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 19:23
by Thundershot
Hi folks,
I've been wondering about this for a while now:
Was the
Swordfish a Hovercraft ?
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 19:27
by Quickfire
This is a good question.
Always assumed it was a sort of avant-garde design liberty. But not a hovercraft per se.
Having never read the schematics tho' ... (sole exemplar still unboxed ... ) dunno what enlightenment they provide.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 19:28
by Red Laser
It has a flotation collar like a hovercraft I always assumed it was one.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 20:18
by The Baron
Yes. Yes, it was. So there.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 20:28
by The Kraken Wakes
I've heard that it is one.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 22:26
by Chopper
A ninja?
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 22:34
by The Kraken Wakes
Chopper wrote:A ninja?
Youre thinking of red laser.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 22:55
by Chopper
Ahhh, thanks.
I think its a hovercraft, seems far more logical than a high speed boat that has to float on all that kit.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 26 Oct 2012 23:53
by Monkfish
Which begs the question: why did they never storm a beach with it in BAF?
A swordfish piling into some dunes, crew picking off shads left, right and centre - that would have made great front cover art.
Re: Swordfish question
Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:54
by Quickfire
Ye olde Swordfish never really got any camera time in BAF. Even world enemy number one has a Sealion lurking off some godforsaken Shad infested nation. It was a bit late to make amends then.
There's the
story that so rudely interrupted Bloodhound, but from memory they were all larking about on all manner of artistic-license. And the opening mini-comic. And maybe one of the big stories from the holiday special that Coop drew, the one with the
waltzing towards
