Move the mouse pointer over a piece of the big picture and see a description of that part.
Move the mouse pointer over a piece of the big picture and see a description of that part.
DSSL - Dynamic Shield and Sensor Lens
Of the two shield systems onboard, this one refracts energy weapons discharges, allowing in only harmless radiation.
DSSL - DynamicIP Spam Sources List
Like IMRSS, it is a list - but of dialup addresses.
IMRSS - Interlocked Mass Repulsion Shielding System
Of the two shield systems onboard, this one blocks projectiles
IMRSS - Internet Mail Relay Services Survey
A self-funded all-volunteer project that maintains a list of so-called Open E-mail Relay Servers on the Internet. This list may be queried dynamically from various sites via the Unix nslookup command, making this service ideal for blocking unsolicited junk E-mail which frequently is forwarded from open relays.
LART - LAser Rectification and Targeting
The main weapon of all Guilmette-Class snubfighters, if fired at close range it can temporarily disable all small fighters and most transports. The "RFG Special", as part of its customisation, has had one of them replaced by a MALLET.
LART - Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
To apply it is to offer knowledge to the recipient - occassionally in a painful manner. Spammers, unfortunately, become immune, and even appear to thrive on LARTings. But, like anything else, repeated application by enough people can drive even the most unrepentant spammer to repentance. Or so it is fervently hoped.
MALLET - Massive Anti-particle Long-range Linear Emission Technology
The long barrel allows greater range in delivering an accurate and devastating beam of highly-focused cluons. Note the distinctive component arrangement, with the long barrel flanked by twin exciter coils, visible (in other pictures) as a cylinders above and below the barrel - reminiscient of a mallet.
MALLET - Tool with which to flatten a spammer's nads
Coined by Bill Mattocks, the recipient of the first "Golden Mallet Award" for... serious malleting.
Deadbolt
A product of E-SCRUB Technologies, this device is a 100%-secure communications system, allowing the pilot to obtain accurate and timely situational updates without compromise from external energy sources or enemy ECM.
Deadbolt
A product of E-SCRUB Technologies it is a mail filter that automatically maintains a list of addressees who have confirmed a desire to correspond by responding to a message sent them by Deadbolt the first time they sent email to the client system. With this system legitimate correspondance can occur free of the distraction of spam.
Bogon Range-finder
Utilizes sensitive Bogon-radiation detection technology to accurately acquire and lock onto targets.
Bogon Range-finder
Where a cluon is the smallest particle of a clue, a bogon is smallest particle of anti-clue, the presence of which has the effect of dampening any nearby cluons. In Real Life, if you've known anyone around whom others are forced to do stupid things, then you've found a bogon-emitter. A dilbertian pointy headed bastard (PHB) is a typical culprit
Engines
The "RFG Special" has the standard Guilmette-Class engines replaced with larger ones to compensate for the extra weaponry and equipment.
Engines
Generators (port and starboard)
Generators
Auxillary Generators (port and starboard)
Auxillary Generators
Main Sensors
Main Sensors
Cluon Range-finder
A low-energy particle, hitherto overlooked in weapons technology, is used to good effect to identify enemy targets based mostly on the absence of this particle.
Cluon Detector
The smallest particle of a "clue", roughly translatable to "good sense" or knowledge. The rare presence of several people together who all demonstrate a degree "cluefullness" indicates that one or many of them are cluon-emitters. To identify the actual emitters, look for someone who seems to encourage knowledge and good sense in others.
