Looking for the font used in the credits for Raumpatrouille Orion. Was not able to find an old site that had the font... But when I searched, "Schriftart" I found the draftec.de site below linked to a custom font, mclane, but I can't see where to get that font anywhere today.
| October 2018 | Lewis, Michael. 2018. The Fifth Risk (Audio) |
| November 2018 | Goodall, Jane. 1996. My Life with the Chimpanzees |
| December 2018 | Banks, Iain. 1987. Consider Phlebas. |
Character list from wikipedia:
Major Cliff Allister McLane (Dietmar Schönherr) is the commander of the Orion and a friend to most of its crewmen. He is a daredevil and hero who does not fight for money or glory, but for peace. He has been a member of Earth's space fleet for 15 years and was a soldier in at least one previous large-scale war (in the novels, these adventures of Cliff and his crew were described, too). As a running gag, McLane often has to destroy the spaceship Orion to save Earth, afterwards being awarded command of a better vessel (also named "Orion"). In the TV series it was shown only with the destruction of the Orion VII, though in the novels it went as far as to the Orion X-C.
Lt. Mario de Monti (Wolfgang Völz) is the computer specialist and gunner ("armament officer") of the Orion and a good friend of Commander McLane. He is often shown drinking with his friends and he is a womanizer who likes to flirt with young, attractive women (not even Tamara is safe from him, but she turned him down pretty heavily).
Lt. Atan Shubashi (Friedrich Georg Beckhaus) is the astrogator and star cartographer of the Orion. He is the owner of 264, one of the last 367 poodles that still exist on Earth.
Lt. Hasso Sigbjörnson (Claus Holm) is the Orion's engineer, a character reminiscent of Star Trek's Mr. Scott. (Star Trek premiering on TV on the 8., Orion on the 17. September 1966.) He likes to drink and is the only crewmember who is married (his wife is named Ingrid and he always promises her to retire from active duty). He is an old friend of Commander McLane who usually helps him to explain to Ingrid why he can't retire after all.
Lt. Helga Legrelle (Ursula Lillig) is the surveillance and communication officer of the Orion. Like the other members of the crew, she dislikes Tamara Jagellovsk and feels monitored by her. Like Jagellovsk, Legrelle has a secret crush on Commander McLane and reacts very jealously whenever she notices Jagellovsk paying too much attention to him.
Lt. Tamara Jagellovsk (Eva Pflug) is a member of the GSD ("Galaktischer Sicherheitsdienst", German for "Galactic Security Service", the military intelligence service) who has been given the task of keeping McLane under control. Tamara likes McLane, however, and is very amused by his sense of humour. The Crew at first strongly dislike her, but with time they develop a feeling of mutual respect. Tamara can issue "Alpha Orders" which are orders of highest priority that have to be obeyed by McLane at all cost.
Frogs are a highly advanced and very intelligent, energy-like race of extraterrestrial conquerors who are attempting to destroy Earth's space fleet and eliminate mankind. They have extremely fast starships and powerful energy-weapons. Some of their technological abilities are superior to Earth's, but oxygen is poisonous to them. In the novels, it is finally revealed what they called themselves: Uraceel.
General Winston Woodrov Wamsler (Benno Sterzenbach) is McLane's commanding officer while McLane is demoted to 3 years of space patrol duty at the TRAV ("Terrestrische Raumaufklärungsverbände", "Terran Space Reconnaissance Division").
General Lydia van Dyke (Charlotte Kerr) was Cliff's original commanding officer when McLane was still at the "Schnelle Kampfverbände" ("Fast Battle Cruiser Division") and she expected him "not to resign like a sulking space cadet" when he was demoted, but to return to her fleet after his 3 years of patrol duty. She is also the commanding officer of the space ship Hydra.
Oberst (= Colonel) Hendryk Villa (Friedrich Joloff) is the head of the GSD ("Galaktischer Sicherheitsdienst", "Galactic Security Service") and thus the boss of Lt. Tamara Jagellovsk.
Lt. Michael Spring-Brauner (Thomas Reiner) is the adjutant of Gen. Wamsler and has a strong dislike towards McLane and his crew (which is mutual). He is a stuck-up bureaucrat and tries to make McLane's life as miserable as he can.
Hadde: Unbearable bureaucrat. Commander McLane would most like to be seen as a prisoner in the phosphorus marshes, as General van Dyke suspects. Believes that in a few years the fleet fleet will be robotic.
Space Marshal Kublai Krim (Hans Cossy) is the commanding officer of the Earth Space Forces (Kommandeur der Raumstreitkräfte).
Sir Arthur (Franz Schafheitlin) is the head of the Earth Space Forces (Oberbefehlshaber der Raumstreitkräfte).
von Wennerstein (Emil Stöhr) is a representative of the Earth government.
"Brett Kavanaugh lied yesterday under oath.
He lied about the drinking age in Maryland during his senior year in high school.
He lied about the crass expressions on his yearbook page.
And he also lied about having a perfect memory notwithstanding heavy drinking."
- Jennifer Taub
It's clear he lies about treating women with respect during his interview. He's been unable to answer simple questions about whether he's met with Trump's lawyers.
Find the best candidate for the job. Not the one that dodges simple questions and commits perjury under oath. Suggestion: look outside the political swamp.
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Trying to track down a copy of this role playing game:
| July 2018 | Banks, Ian M. 1988. The Player of Games (Audio) |
| August 2018 | Banks, Ian M. 2004. The Algebraist (Audio) |
"The lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, staggers me."
-Ian Malcolm
| March 2018 | Wier, Andy. 2017. Artemis (Audio) |
| March 2018 | Morgan, Richard. 2002. Altered Carbon(Audio) |
| April 2018 | Morgan, Richard. 2003. Broken Angels (Audio) |
| April 2018 | Cixin, Liu 刘慈欣. 2008. Three-Body Problem (Audio) |
| October 2017 | Zahn, Timothy. 2017. Thrawn (Audio) |
| October 2017 | Azimov, Isaac. 1951. Foundation (Audio) |
| October 2017 | Wendig, Chuck. 2017. Aftermath (Audio) |
| November 2017 | Azimov, Isaac. 1952. Foundation and Empire (Audio) |
| December 2017 | Azimov, Isaac. 1953. Second Foundation (Audio) |
| February 2018 | Bedore, Pamela. 2017. Great Courses: Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature (Audio) |
| February 2018 | Haldeman, Joe. 1974. The Forever War (Audio) |
| February 2018 | Baxendale, Trevor. 2014. Blakes 7: Criminal Intent (Book) |
| February 2018 | Wolfe, Gary. 2015. Great Courses: How Great Science Fiction Works (Audio) |
I'll be running Metagaming's Holy War at the Con of the North, 2018
