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4/19/02 Location: London
King Henry, upon hearing that trebuchets are back in style, hereby has posted a reward for the most accurate trebuchet to be built. Engineers around England flocked to Scarbourgh for the annual Trebuchet model show for the latest ideas in aeronautical trebuchet design. New this year is the Stealth Trebuchet, model MCXVII. After many years of Scottish military development, the cloak of secrecy has been revealed. Here is the interview with the head engineer:

Q. FNNN: So what can you tell us about the new model MCXVII Trebuchet?
A. Sprocket: It’s big, bigger than a house, smaller than a castle.

Q. FNNN: And what about the rumors that cannons are to be rendered obsoleteby this new design?
A. Sprocket: Aie, tat be tue, the new design can hurl missiles twice the distance of the current design cannons. Never have to worry about the explosions that cannon make either.

Q. FNNN: So is that why they call it a stealth trebuchet? A. Sprocket: Aie, tat be tue, it can be placed in the middle of the nite with nary a sound.

Q. FNNN: So what is the current range of the new trebucht?
A. Sprocket: No Comment

Q. FNNN: OK, well how about the missile size that can be thrown - do we have any weight specifications on this model?
A. Sprocket: No Comment.

Q. FNNN: So what can you tell us about it?
A. Sprocket: It’s big, bigger than a house, smaller than a castle.

At this point the interview had to be cancelled due to 5 harquebusiers coming and carting off the engineer. All that was said was something about the cannoniers guild wishing a word about the new design, and missing cannons.

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