.       ._
                      /-\SCII  | |ATION! - Hardware!

This  is  strangely where it started.  A preliminary ASCII-doodle of  a 
Dalek-like  object quickly became the C-5,  (which actually started off 
as  the less evocative X-13 Henchdroid.) A little idea swiftly  gathers 
momentum,   in   the  same  way  that  a  snowflake  tumbling  down   a 
mountainside, turns into an avalanche, or something....          


          ()_()   
          /  ----(*)      - Henchdroid C-5 series. Heavy copyright
         (_____)            issues relating to the Daleks of Dr Who
         |O|O|O|            are  still  outstanding. Not to mention
         '-----'            that the legal advisors of R2D2 would 
    X----O     O----C       like a little word too!
         | C-5 |
         |||||||
        /_______\
         U     U


       .        .   
        \  /\  /          - Quantum Leap Opressorbot, free-floating
         \/..\/             gravity repellor propulsion. Marginally
         />  <\             brighter than the C-5's. It is chiefly 
        /  \/  \            used for accessing tricky areas with
       / |~~~~| \           stairs!  
       ^^^^^^^^^^

    


 :_v__v_:     /\       /\____,,_ 
 |_|  |_|    /  \     #_/-\_____>  - 'Millenium Faclon '030' (ho ho!)
  _|  |_    / || \                    Heroes ship. Fast, but goes iffy
 (  __  )  (_    _)                   at just the wrong moment! The
  \ \/ /    _|  |_                    fifty percent faster 'Nemesis'
   \  /    |      |    _/__\_         drive is due to be replaced
    \/     :-n--n-:   /__\/__\        shortly by the superior Czuba
                                      Warp system.


  ____             /\_,_
 /    \    /\     |_____>
 \ \/ /   /  \                   - Bigyin 3000, the mainstay of bad guy 
  \::/   / WW \  __/\__            strikeforce! Mass production of 
   \/    \____/  \_\/_/            these makes for huge numbers for
                                   the good guys to shoot down! The
                                   pilots are cloned from the stuntmen                                   
                                   playing the German soldiers in
                                   "Where Eagles Dare!"


                                ____::
                               /__ __/
         _______________________/  \_
        /ZX81_______________________/\
        \---------------------------\ \_   'BLACKSLAB!'
        / 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 0 - +     \_/   Flagship of the evil
       / Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ]     //    Sinclairomorph! It is not
      / A S D F G H J K L ; @ ENTER //     to scale with the others!
     / Z X C V B N M < > / SPACE   //      In fact, it is massively,
    /                             //       massively, huge! We are 
   /_____________________________//        talking trousers suddenly
   v-----------------------------v         turning brown in a socially
                                           embarrassing sort of fashion
                                           huge here!

    ______                   ____
   /_____/]                 |____|      The 'ImPOnance', Wevl's bulk
   [_____]/            ______//         cruiser. The design implies it
      ||    *          \ :::: |___      is useful for shifting large
     /  \  //           |... ____/*     amounts of solid waste matter!
    |   /\//             \__/           Quite a bit bigger than the
    |__/ //                             Millenium Falcon '030, but
     \  .\                              nowhere near the size of the
      \. /                              BLACK SLAB!
       \/                    


                     ____ 
  _^____^_     __   >\___\>           - Rebel Alliance 'Wedgie-Wing'
  \ \  / /    /  \                      fighter. The main means of 
   \ :: /    / || \     _.._            taking the fight back to the 
    \__/    /______\   <_()_>           evil Sinclairomorph Empire!
             v    v                     They are more numerous than
                                        the Millenium Falcon '030, 
                                        but you are still able to
                                        count the total available in
                                        a small circle of intimate
                                        personal friends!


   _____       _       ____ __
  / ||| \     /-\    ||___|\__\       - Fleeship Industries Regina 450
  \     /    /   \                      Series royal escape shuttle. 
   \   /     \   /      ___.___         It has good running away from
   /   \     / | \     /_/_W_\_\        extreme danger properties, but
   \\_//    /     \                     it is abysmally poor at 
    \W/     \_|||_/                     shrugging off stray laser hits! 
     


  To Scale??
  
None of these illustrations give any idea of comparative size, so here's
my bid to do that. Firstly, we witness the size differential between the
Millenium Falcon '030, and the ImPOnance  


                             ____
                            |____|      
                       ______//         
                       \ :::: |___      
                        |... ____/*     
                   -     \__/           
                        
   The Millenium Falcon is the little line in front!                    

And next, the different sizes of the ImPOnance and the BLACK SLAB when
they are next to each other!


                                ____::
                               /__ __/
         _______________________/  \_
        /ZX81_______________________/\
        \---------------------------\ \_   
        / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - +    \_/   
       / Q W E R T Y U I O P [ ]     //    
      / A S D F G H J K L ; @ ENTER //     
     / Z X C V B N M < > / SPACE   //      ,
    /                             //       
   /_____________________________//      The ImPOnance is the little 
   v-----------------------------v      comma just above this sentence!
                                          
I hope that is nice and clear for you now!

                                -The End -               
                                           
                                           

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