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Re: Alien and gravity
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Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:10:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Dave Schuler at orrex@excite.com wrote:
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> > > I just saw Aliens again this weekend, and I have another question. Why
> > > does a ship the size of New Jersey (or whatever its size--it's really big,
> > > though) only hold a staff of a dozen marines?
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> > The Sulaco was sent out on a special mission. Quite a lot of the ship was
> > unused at the time.
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> > I typed up a big ol' blurb about it here:
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> > http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=5041
>
> Yikes! Looks like I asked the right guy. But can we agree that they only
> sent a dozen troops solely for the purpose of increased dramatic tension?
Yah, but the fun part is figuring out a reasonable "in-character" reason for
only sending 12 guys. :)
I got an impression of the CM that's a little bit like fire fighters are
today... a lot of training, and a lot of specialized equipment, and 9 times
out of 10, you don't need any of it. But when you do need it, you *need* it.
I apply that 95% rule (send everything that might be needed for 95% of what
we do) to it, and figure that it applies to the people as well. Consider
that you're taking any manpower you send *completely* out of ciculation for
the flight + mission time, you want to minimize the people needed on any
given crew. If their number crunchers have determined that 1 marine squad
meets the 95% rule, well, that's what you get. 12 marines and a big 'ol
empty death machine.
James
Geeking about pretend stuff is often more fun than geeking about real stuff. :)
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| (...) I think geeking gives these exchanges a bad image. Women get together and gossip, get a group of men togther and they'll talk about the mechanics of something, it's only natural. This thread maybe a discussion about things that are fictional (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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