Takin' a poll: Which Viper do you prefer?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 13:36
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Quote:Agreed. It's just I really was needing the sense that if the cabin lost atmo the pilot wouldn't, like, DIE or anything...
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Awwww, but the helmets prove that these were "brothers of Man, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Mayans, or the Toltecs..."
And those jackets and "Snake Plissken" boots were awesome!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Agreed. It's just I really was needing the sense that if the cabin lost atmo the pilot wouldn't, like, DIE or anything...
Ahhhhh! See, I always assumed that the twin rows of lights were setting up a force-field, y'know, like the hangar bays on the Death Star and the space station in 2001. (Can't believe the Battlestar Wiki doesn't even cover the helmets!)
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Quote:Heh heh, here's a question I asked at a Galactica site on this very thing:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Ahhhhh! See, I always assumed that the twin rows of lights were setting up a force-field, y'know, like the hangar bays on the Death Star and the space station in 2001.
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Is it conceivable that the helmet, when sensing an atmo loss in the cabin, would produce a force field to protect the wearer from dying? Bits of neck & exposed hands might end up with skin issues, but the pilot would have time to RTB.
Is that possible?
The laughing Chrisisall
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Hmmm, I just thought that the field was in effect whenever those lights turned on.
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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Hmmm, I just thought that the field was in effect whenever those lights turned on.
Those lights are photo-sensors that 'see' a molecule density decrease as air passes into the helmet's opening during inhalation. When a significant or rapid change is detected, the field closes the face portion and seals at the neck. Although the air module can last for 200 centons or more, the field is power intensive, and internal helmet batteries will only last 45 centons unless the external Viper grid jack is plugged in.
Did that sound like I knew what I was talking about there?
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Did that sound like I knew what I was talking about there?
Very nearly!
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Quote:I make felgercarb up as I go.
Originally posted by cljohnston108:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Did that sound like I knew what I was talking about there?
Very nearly!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Blasphemy I know, but I like the lines of the MK.VII
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