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Heart of Gold Sales Brochure

A glossy promotional sales brochure discovered on the floor of the Heart of Gold's embarkation area, extolling Infinite Improbability Physics and Genuine People Personalities.

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Heart of Gold Sales Brochure

"'It says: Sensational new breakthrough in Improbability Physics. As soon as the ship's drive reaches Infinite Improbability it passes through every point in the Universe. Be the envy of other major governments. Wow, this is big league stuff.'"

— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 11

The Heart of Gold Sales Brochure is a piece of corporate marketing literature found discarded on the floor of the Heart of Gold's number two entry bay by Ford Prefect moments after the pink probability cubicle dissolved.

Contents & Promotional Highlights

  1. The Universe Can Be Yours: Enthusiastically markets the starship's revolutionary capabilities to potential galactic superpowers.
  2. Infinite Improbability Physics: Details the breakthrough where, upon achieving Infinite Improbability, the ship simultaneously passes through every point in every universe.
  3. Genuine People Personalities (GPP): Heavily promotes the ship's cybernetics, boasting that a new generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and computers have been endowed with GPP to give every console, robot, and door a cheerful, convivial disposition.

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