Question about OiS

POSTED BY: Rekka2
UPDATED: Sunday, January 18, 2004 16:17
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REKKA2

Friday, January 16, 2004 7:59 AM

I was just wondering, when Early entered the ship, how did he just open that hatch without affecting the life support of the ship? I mean, the oxygen should have been sucked out, not to mention the crew being exposed to space (never a pretty picture)...

Just wondering if im missing something...

TALONPEST

Friday, January 16, 2004 8:00 AM

Presumably all the hatches have airlocks on them... it would be kinda silly not to.

SLOWSMURF

Friday, January 16, 2004 8:04 AM

The lightning there was kinda iffy...looked like you'd assume its space, but of course it isn't. (besides, almost no light would come in from outside anyway(compared to internal lightning), so there must've been a light in the airlock.

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:27 PM

I had questions about it as well.

Doesn't Serenity have some sort of proximity alert to warn of ships or objects approaching too close to the ship, a collision alert or something?

I suppose Early could have had a device to disable such a sensor, but it seems to me once the outer hatch to the airlock was opened, some sort of alarm or warning should have been sounded, at least on the bridge.

I would be willing to bet that Mal would be asking himself these same questions and coming up w/ some way to keep such an intrusion from happening again.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

BOOMERGOODHEART

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:31 PM

I think it definitely has some sort of airlock, as Early puts his helmet up above the ladder. Be kind of silly to set it on the outside of the ship, right?

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

SAINT JAYNE

Friday, January 16, 2004 4:34 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I suppose Early could have had a device to disable such a sensor, but it seems to me once the outer hatch to the airlock was opened, some sort of alarm or warning should have been sounded, at least on the bridge.

This information might keep me from buying a Firefly, but it's not anything that should hamper your enjoyment of the episode. Early simply knows what he's doing, sneaking up in a blind spot. And the lack of alarm when the hatch opened isn't too surprising. When Jayne was nearly sucked through the hatch in Ariel it would have been funny to hear a voice calmly stating, "door is ajar; door is ajar" and repeating in Chinese, of course.

REKKA2

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:08 PM

actually, if you think about it, why would there be an alarm for a door opening? Any alarm would prob be more rigged to trip in case of damage or a breach, but not a door opening. I mean...who boards a ship manually in outer space? its not somewhere youd normally have someone just drop in. Would have been kinda funny if he knocked or rang a bell...lol

As for the proximity alert, Wash didnt seem to have trouble in War Stories avoiding such things.

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, January 16, 2004 5:42 PM

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Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I suppose Early could have had a device to disable such a sensor, but it seems to me once the outer hatch to the airlock was opened, some sort of alarm or warning should have been sounded, at least on the bridge.

This information might keep me from buying a Firefly, but it's not anything that should hamper your enjoyment of the episode. Early simply knows what he's doing, sneaking up in a blind spot. And the lack of alarm when the hatch opened isn't too surprising. When Jayne was nearly sucked through the hatch in Ariel it would have been funny to hear a voice calmly stating, "door is ajar; door is ajar" and repeating in Chinese, of course.

Actually, a red warning light starts flashing & a computer voice said something about leaving the atmosphere and to close the airlock. Don't remember exactly what it said word for word, but that is the basis of what it said.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SHINY

Friday, January 16, 2004 6:35 PM

It says "leaving atmo in two minutes...secure airlock door at once"...kind of funny now that I think about it, that the computer is programmed with slang ('atmo' instead of 'atmosphere')...

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

DRAKON

Friday, January 16, 2004 6:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I had questions about it as well.

I suppose Early could have had a device to disable such a sensor, but it seems to me once the outer hatch to the airlock was opened, some sort of alarm or warning should have been sounded, at least on the bridge.

That has ALWAYS really bugged me. I come from a submarine background, and we had a system that would do exactly that, tell you if a hatch was open. And it was simple and basic, why Serenity does not have it, well...

Maybe Mal has not been keeping his ship maintained the way a good captain should.

"Wash, where is my damn spaceship?"

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