_             _
             //             \\
            /'               `\
           /,'     ..-..     `.\
          /,'   .''     ``.   `.\
         /,'   :   .---.   :   `.\
        I I   :  .'\   /`.  :   I I
        I b__:   . .`~'. .   :__d I
        I p~~:   . `._.' .   :~~q I
        I I   :   ./   \.   :   I I
         \`.   :   `---'   :   ,'/
          \`.   `..     ..'   ,'/
           \`.     ``~''     ,'/
            \`               '/    - mfj
             \\             //
              ~             ~






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||                          ||
||                          ||
||           ____           ||
||         .''''''.         ||
||        /   __   \        ||
||\__..-':   /\/\   :'-..__/||
||=__ =|='  |-()-|  '=|= __=||
||/  ''-.:   \/\/   :.-''  \||
||        \   ""   /        ||
||         `.____.'         ||
||                          ||
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||           tre            ||




Martin Atkins (mga) posted this TIE Fighter to alt.ascii-art ...

     _                       _
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |        .---.        | |
    | |     _.'\   /'._     | |
    | b__--- | .'"'. | ---__d |
    | p""---_| '._.' |_---""q |
    | |       ./   \.       | |
    | |        '---'   mga  | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    |_|                     |_|


... and Zeus changed it to this :


          _                       _
         | |                     | |
         | |    N E C K T I E    | |
         | |    F I G H T E R    | |
         | |                     | |
         | |      _ .---. _      | |
         | |     r.'\   /'.Y     | |    - Zeus Simeoni
         | b__---|| .'^'. ||---__d |
         | p""---|| '._.' ||---""q |
         | |     \ ./   \. /     | |
         | |      \ '-,-' /      | |
         | |       `\___/`       | |
         | |        (  \)        | |
         |_|         \_/         |_|
                     / \
                     |\|
                     /\\
                    |\ \|
                    /\\ \
                   |\ \\ |
                    \\ \/
                     \\/
                      V



Immediately the following diddles of his ship
appeared :


      _                       _
     | |     B O W T I E     | |
     | |                     | |
     | |    F I G H T E R    | |
     | |                     | |
     | |      _ .---. _      | |
     | |     r.'\   /'.Y     | |
    /  b__---|| .'^'. ||---__d  \
    \  p""---|| '._.' ||---""q  /
     | |     \ ./   \. /     | |
     | | |"-_ \ '-,-' / _-"| | |
     | | |   "-_\___/_-"   | | |
     | | | _----(  \)----" | | |
     |_| |    _-"""""-_    | |_|
         |__-"   mga   "-__|






Pie-Fighter
     _                       _
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |      ..--^--..      | |
    | b__---<_ _ _ _ _>---__d |
    | p""--- \_______/ ---""q |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    |_|                     |_|
Zeus



Bi-Fighter:
 _   _                       _   _
| | | |                     | | | |
| | | |                     | | | |
| | | |                     | | | |
| | | |                     | | | |
| | | |        .---.        | | | |
| | | |     _.'\   /'._     | | | |
| b-d b__--- | .'"'. | ---__d b-d |
| p-q p""---_| '._.' |_---""q p-q |
| | | |       ./   \.       | | | |
| | | |        '---'   mga  | | | |
| | | |                     | | | |
| | | |                     | | | |
|_| |_|                     |_| |_|

Zeus



Octopi-fighter:
     _                       _
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |        .---.        | |
    | |     _.'\   /'._     | |
    | b__--- | .'"'. | ---__d |
    | p""---_| '._.' |_---""q |
    | |     / ./   \.\__    | |
    | |    / / |-|-\ \_ \   | |
    | |   | |\ | | \\ \\ \  | |
    | |   | | || |\ \| |\ \ | |
    |_|   / // | |/ /\ \| | |_|
         | |/ /| | /  | |`
          ` \/ | |~    `
                `
Zeus




Semper-fi-fighter
     _                       _
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |      |^^^^^^^|      | |
    | |     _|`     `|_     | |
    | b__--- | @  @  | ---__d |
    | p""---_|  ''   |_---""q |
    | |       .`--' .       | |
    | |        '---'   mga  | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    |_|                     |_|
Zeus




     _                       _
    | |    LIE FIGHTER      | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |           \ /       | |
    | |      __O___0__      | |
    | b__---|O  O   O |---__d |
    | p""---| ooo O "=|---""q |
    | |      `|`|`|`|`      | |
    | |       | / / |       | |
    | |       | \ \ |       | |
    | |       |_____|       | |
    |_|                     |_|

-- Randy Gardner




     ||   DIET   ||
     ||          ||
     ||  FIGHTER ||
     ||          ||
     ||    --    ||
     ||  r'  'Y  ||
    / b_-| '' |-_d \
    \ p"-| .. |-"q /
     ||  \.  ./  ||
     ||    --    ||
     ||    __    ||
     ||          ||
     ||          ||
-- Randy Gardner


              _                       _
             | |  T I E D - D O W N  | |
             | |                     | |
             | |    F I G H T E R    | |
_            | |                     | |
 |____      .XXXX.    _ .---. _      | |
  _XXXX..XXXX| |`X   r.'\   /'.Y     | |
 |__| `XX`  /  b_.---|| .'^'. ||---__d  \
  ____/     \  p""---|| '._.' ||---""q  /
 |   `XXXX.  | |.X   \ ./   \. /     | |
 |       `XXXXXXX`    \ '-,-' /      | |
 |           | |       ```````       | |
 |           | |                     | |
 |           |_|                     |_|
_|
-- Randy Gardner






Die-fighter
     _                       _
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |      _______        | |
    | |     |\ .   .\       | |
    | |     |.\ .   .\      | |
    | b__---|  \______\---__d |
    | p""---\ .| .    |---""q |
    | |      \ |   .  |     | |
    | |       \|_____.|     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    |_|                     |_|
ejm




Veronica's "My Fighter" with a companion by Zeus :
     _                     _    _                     _
    | |                   | |  | |                   | |
    | |       |||||       | |  | |       .^^^.       | |
    | |      ||. .||      | |  | |       |'.'|       | |
    | |     |||\=/|||     | |  | |      _.\=/._      | |
    | |     |.-- --.|     | |  | |     (       )     | |
    | |     /(.) (.)\     | |  | |     |\.   ./|     | |
    | b__---\ ) . ( /---__d |  | b__---\ |   | /---__d |
    | p""---'(  v  )`---""q |  | p""--- || . || ---""q |
    | |     `-\ | /-'     | |  | |      `/  /\'      | |
    | |       ( | )       | |  | |       | | |       | |
    | |       '- -`       | |  | |       \ | /       | |
    | |                   | |  | |       <_|_>       | |
    |_|                   |_|  |_|                   |_|






     _     un-tied fighter       _
    | |                         | |
    | |                         | |
    | |                         | |
    | |                         | |
    | |        .-     -.        | |
    | |     _.'\       /'._     | |
    | b__--- | .'     '. | ---__d |
    | p""---_| '.     .' |_---""q |
    | |       ./       \.       | |
    | |        '-     -'        | |
    | |         /     \         | |
    | |        /       \        | |
    |_|       /         \       |_|
             /           \
            /             \

steve



     _                          _
    | |                        | |
    | |   P I                  | |
    | |                        | |
    | |      F I G H T E R     | |
    | |                        | |
    | |                        | |
    | b____ ,;;;;;;;;;;;;'_____d |
    | p---- ;;'';;'';;''' -----q |
    | |     '   ;;  ;;         | |
    | |         ;;  ;;         | |  - Joan Stark
    | |         ;;  ;;         | |
    | |         ;'  ;'         | |
    |_|                        |_|

     _                          _
    | |                        | |
    | |              Bzzz...   | |
    | |                        | |
    | |           /\           | |
    | |         (#)(#)         | |
    | |          \__/          | |
    | b________`-/||\-'________d |
    | p--------`/ || \'--------q |
    | |        /  ||  \        | |
    | |       (   )(   )       | |  FLY FIGHTER by Shimrod
    | |        `-'  `-'        | |
    | |                        | |
    |_|                        |_|





     _                          _
    | |                        | |
    | |                        | |
    | |   .-===-.    .-===-.   | |
    | |  (  (o)  )  (  (o)  )  | |
    | |   '-...-'   o'-...-'   | |
    | |          O             | |
    | b____________ (__________d |
    | p----------- (_)---------q |
    | |        (               | |
    | |       (_)              | |  Cry Fighter by Joan Stark
    | |                        | |
    | |            )           | |
    |_|           (_)          |_|



Spy vs Spy Fighter by Zeus :

 _             __             _  _         ________\##,    _
| |        />=<              | || |        `.     o \##,  | |
| |       </  o\             | || |          `-.     \##  | |
| |      =`<`.  \            | || |             `-.  e\   | |
| |       / ^|`. \           | || |               //##|\  | |
| |      /   |  `.|          | || |      _/*     |####\   | |
| |     (  \ |               | || |     /#^\_    /##/##|  | |
| b__---/\  \|  ||_______  __d || b__  ,\__//  _/##/###|__d |
| p""---| \/\^)=||_______> ""q || p""  `---.`/####/####|""q |
| |     |   |`  ||           | || |         ````|######|  | |
| |     |    \               | || |             |######|  | |
| |     |     |              | || |             |######|  | |
| |     |____/\__            | || |             |######|  | |
|_|      L___)---`           |_||_|             _ _|| |   |_|
                                               <_<_____)

     _                      _
    | |                    | |
    | |                    | |
    | |                    | |
    | |    __        __    | |
    | |    \ \      / /    | |
    | |     \ \    / /     | |
    | |      \ \  / /      | |
    | b__-----\ \/ /-----__d |
    | p""------|  |------""q |
    | |        |  |        | |
    | |        |  |        | |
    | |        |__|        | |     - Valentin Valciu
    | |                    | |
    | |    F I G H T E R   | |
    | |                    | |
    |_|                    |_|



             Mai-Tai Fighter
    _________               _________
    \       /               \       /
     \~~~~~/      .---.      \~~~~~/
      \~~~/    _.'\   /'._    \~~~/
       \~/ _--- | .'"'. | ---__\~/
        | ""---_| '._.' |_---"" |
        |        ./   \.        |
        |         '---'         |
       ---                     ---
Steve


The Thai Fighter ;)

     _                       _
    | |                     | |
    | |                     | |
    | |         .-.         | |
    | |      __:___:__      | |
    | |        )= =(        | |
    | |        \ " /        | |
    | |  __     |~|     __  | |
    | >=CCC==,=='-'==,==JJJ=< |
    | |  \/  _      _  \/   | |
    | |   \_/ |    / \_|    | |
    | |     _/ '--'\        | |
    | |    ||__/|__/        | |
    |_|    '-' '-'   snd    |_|






and finally a shy fighter :

|
|    __________________
|   /                  \
|  | I'm not coming out |
|   \_______   ________/
|          /  /
|          //
|         /
|
|
|
|
|
|
keith lawler







And some more. If you want to see all, try Dejanews and
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