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Head Start

We’re stepping into the lower levels of pioneer station today. Not for us the shiny science lab, the calm efficiency of the command centre or even the clinical medical centre. Nope, today we hit the head. Any sailors will know … Continue reading

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Multipurpose Gun Mounts

A friend at our club recently asked us if we could make a small resin base to replace a missing piece from a second hand model he’d picked up at a bring-and-buy. His suggestion was that to make it worthwhile … Continue reading

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Maidstone Wargames Society Open Day

As you may be aware (we mention it often enough) we’re both members of Maidstone Wargames Society. It’s the society’s open day on Saturday, where we open the doors, put on some games and invite the public in to see … Continue reading

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Roboservants

We’ve introduced you recently to Pioneer station, a remote outpost in the Gliese-876 system. We also met some of the inhabitants, both station crew and research personnel. The human workforce are supplemented by a mechanical labour force, ranging from clanking … Continue reading

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Colonial Expansion

Our 6mm Agricultural Colony range has been going for a couple of years and continues to be popular, and we launched a new 15mm set at Salute. At Broadside tomorrow we’ll be helping the Werelords put on a 6mm Slammers … Continue reading

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Last Chance to Order…

A reminder that we’re at Broadside in Gillingham on Saturday (that’s the Kentish Gillingham, not one of the others). We’ve managed to replenish our show stocks back up to reasonable levels (certainly more than we thought likely) but you still … Continue reading

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Meet the Crew #2

We meet four more members of Pioneer Station’s crew today. Madiwa Aquino is a senior member of the station’s command crew, and is often seen, clipboard in hand, checking on something or someone. She’s primarily responsible for making sure that … Continue reading

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Meet the Crew

Spacestations are generally classified by a standard naming system – the name of the system that they occupy, followed by Roman numerals indicating the planet they orbit (if any). If more than one station orbits a planet, this is suffixed … Continue reading

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House of Healing

Every space station needs a medical centre to keep the crew in tip-top shape. It’s too expensive to keep a full-time doctor on the payroll, so members of the crew with basic medical training are aided by state of the … Continue reading

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Broadside, and Reasons to Be There

Our next show is our local one, Broadside in Gillingham, Kent on Saturday June 14th. We’ll have as much stock as we can, but we should sound a note of caution; our show stocks, especially Imperial Skies and spaceship fleet … Continue reading

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