That’s the built in leaf blower to make sure that the runway is clear for autumn landings. Most airports have their own de-leafing crews, but not all of them.
They were mandated to be installed after a string of landing crashes in the 90s got people making “fall” jokes too often, which upset the FAA.
Wait, what’s going on with those refit nacelles on the o.g Connie hull
Hmmm… now I want a penicillin. ‘Course I always want a penicillin.
The cocktail, not the antibiotic. But it will cure what ails you…
Heh, yeah I was gonna make people guess which one was “north” for Montreal
Oh, what a terrible day to have eyes
Man, Myth 2 was my JAM. The feeling of landing a dwarf grenade in a pack of enemies (and the grenade actually exploding) was 👌
The writing for this series was great. Overall the game was really a cut above most other things out there at the time. As a Mac gamer (a rare breed for sure) it felt special to have something so good just for us. They did port Marathon 2 for windows, but I don’t think it was a huge commercial success. I’m glad that it was open sourced though so that it could be shared with everyone.
Marathon had a function to record and replay gameplays, and there was a community of people sharing their in game accomplishments and challenges. Vidmasters was probably my first taste of something like a speedrunning community. But it was enough to beat the level, we needed to vid it with style.
I imagine that most fans already know this, but just in case, I recommend checking out Marathon Rubicon, which is an excellent unofficial sequel to Marathon Infinity.
Peak design for sure. That and the Miranda have something special going for them.
I also do like me some Ambassador class though.
Hmmm sounds like someone is looking for a hard to find…
…Big Foot
The employees must be crushed to hear this
Huh…
Looks like that image specifically is from a fan-made version of Phase II, but yeah you’re spot-on.
https://trekmovie.com/2008/08/28/fanmade-new-phase-ii-enterprsie-ogam-announce-dvd/
I knew about Phase II, and that elements of it were merged into TMP and TNG, but I only remembered the triangular Enterprise concept that was later the basis of Discovery.
This all sent me down a rabbit hole where I learned things like Xon (originally a replacement for Spock) became Saavik, and Decker and Ilia were the basis for Riker and Troi.
Thanks!