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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jordan Greer writes:
> Yes, B5 ships actually obey the laws of physics by accelerating and
> deccelerating. Unlike 'Trek.
> In ST the ships always act like atmospheric vehicles, namely in the manner
> that they don't have to deccelerate/reaccelerate to turn around.
Not quite sure what you mean here. A ship could fly in space
with similar flightpaths to how it can fly in an atmosphere.
Nothing says that it can't. If you want to execute a smooth
sweeping turn like in the atmosphere, you need only have
thrusters in the appropriate locations, and with a fancy
control system to run it.
In the Trek world the ships have a pile of RCS thrusters on
them to allow this manoeuvring. Using these in concert with
the main impluse engines allows the style of flight that they
use. Not to say that it's the most energy-efficient approach,
just that it can work.
It is interesting though that Trek never takes advantage of
spin techniques during combat. With the thruster system they
should be fully capable of spinning around to shoot at anything
behind them while maintaining the same trajectory. But I guess
that's why they have weapons scattered all over the hull.
And maybe the spin rates would overcome their artificial
gravity system and everybody would be stuck to the viewscreen.
KDJ
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