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Old 03-29-2017, 01:03 PM
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The Scout Ships were scouting for lunch and that is why they were "flanken" the Starship Nova.

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Originally Posted by turbofireball
The reason I mentioned the Nova Scout Ship as the companion piece was not only the catalog description (as stated by tbzep) but also the cover of the Estes Spring 1983 catalog, which shows the Starship Nova flanked by no less than five scout ships as they travel thru the cosmos.
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