How many Combine troopers does it take to change a glow strip? Seventeen: one to change it and sixteen to fill out the requisition forms. How many Lyrians does it take to change a glow strip? Five: one to change it, one to sell it at three times its market value, two to film it and sell the rights, and one to design a new, official glow strip changer uniform. How many Free Wapitis Leaguers doe it take to change a glow strip? Only two: one to change it and one to ask ComStar's permission. How many Capellans does it take to change a glow strip? Thirty Six: one to change it, five to propagandize against the rumors of a glow strip shortage, and an elite thirty-man commando team to steal it from a neighboring system. How many Davion soldiers does it take to change a glow strip? One: plus two Regimental Combat Teams! One to change it and two RCTs to invade the Capellan Confederation and take it back. How many ComStap Adepts does it take to change a glow strip? Three: one to change it and two to perform the required sanctifying rituals to assure proper operation. How many Bandit Lords does it take to change a glow strip? What's a glow strip? These were Recorded on Solaris in the Cobalt Coll during an evening billed as "Bad Joke Night". BattleTechnology Magazine did not record the names of those who told these and many other, far less printable jokes. Any readers who find them objectionable are free to discuss the issue with the management of the Cobalt Coil. For those of you who are unfamiliar with them, a Glow Strip is a temporary, disposable light source used by Techs working in cramped spaces where electrical lights might prove hazardous. Each strip is a one meter long, one millimeter thick flexible strip that produces light by chemical luminescence when activated. To activate, the strip is 'snipped'; It then will glow with a greenish-yellow light for approximately ten hours. One side of each strip is adhesive, allowing it to be set in place. Usual cost is 1.5 Crs. Back to BattleTechnology 12 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com