when did serenity get weapons???
POSTED BY: wytchcroft
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 17:55
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Originally posted by daveshayne:
Assuming it uses a gunpowder type propellant it doesn't need an external source of oxygen to fire. The whole thing with Vera needing a case in OMR is therefor either a science mistake on the part of ME or a special situation in which that particular gun needs oxygen to fire for no reason that anybody can really think of.
Apparently at the time of writing, there was a massive debate over whether Vera needed oxygen, and the scientific reply was that it did. Not for any unknown reason but how that gun functioned on scientific principle. (No idea what exactly, but they got outside opinion on the matter.)
On the other hand the "turbine" engines that Serenity has would not work too well, if they are based of any current design.
For a show where science made the producers head hurt, it got a lot right.
and the "fuel" would probably have to be of an interesting mix too.
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I love the ponderings of the stuff in the 'verse. I think the external turbines were used within the atmosphere of planets and moons. which they had oxygen to operate in. If I'm wrong, meh. There is always some explaination to be invented by someone much smarter than I.
We could always say "Powered by Buddy Christ".
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Originally posted by Adamwankenobi:
AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! you made me remember star wars weekly - as if i wasn't geek referential enuff! the first ever jedi mentioned outside of A NEW HOPE... (pre-splinter even) was...
get this...
DON WAN KEEHOTEY
ah ha ha mwa ha ha ha (it's the ruttin truth!)
mine is an evil laugh
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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
I love the ponderings of the stuff in the 'verse. I think the external turbines were used within the atmosphere of planets and moons.
That is the smart answer (though then there is the question of steering in space... but then again there are always more questions.), but does not cover re-entry into atmo. Airflow is the wrong way around for turbine engines.
As always the plausible answer is "This is the future, dude! things have moved on by 500 years." holds sway because, well, there may be a way to adapt the design to turn them into regular rocket engines for re-entry. (close off the top side, throw in the fuel mixture, ignite. Probably much harder actually doing it.)
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can Inara's shuttle break atmo?
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I completely forgot about their use during re-entry. Now I am just plain baffled.
C'mon smart folks. Invent a reason already!
Still siding with Buddy Christ here.
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Originally posted by wytchcroft:
can Inara's shuttle break atmo?
yes. From OoG:
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INARA: What's her range?
MAL:Standard short. She'll break atmo from a wide orbit. Get you where you need to go, bring you back home again.
@NVGHOSTRIDER: Some manipulation to turn it into a regular rocket engine would work. We will leave it to the engineers and give them about 500 years to figure out how.
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Originally posted by nbz:Quote:
Originally posted by wytchcroft:
can Inara's shuttle break atmo?
yes. From OoG:Quote:
INARA: What's her range?
MAL:Standard short. She'll break atmo from a wide orbit. Get you where you need to go, bring you back home again.
thanks:) - my tiny mind is sluggish today - OoG is only my second favourite episode (d'oh!)
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Yeah. I guess the smart folks can go ahead and use their time on more fruitful persuits other than breakin' stuffs, shooting guns, chasin' skirt, and drinkin'. Don't gotta know how it works, only that we can use it to break stuff, shoot, chase skirt, and to drink.
Interplanetary beer run!
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