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Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 07:51:55 GMT
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Some great ideas here! Let me address them in turn:
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Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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> In an earlier post Pat Justison proposed that we could have a standard
> design which could be implemented on different ships or stations. I think
> this is a VERY cool idea.
Neat idea, for starters.
> In a long thread a while back there was a discussion about the • geography
> of local space. I believe this was pertaining to the creation of a .space
> world and community. It strikes me that Pat's idea would be a great way to
> further bind the .space community together in a fairly simple way.
This sounds a bit like the CastleWorld project that has set lugnet.castle on
fire the last few weeks. :) Good idea, if someone can go through with all
the planning.
> Now on a minor side note: I have created my ship to exist in its own
> Lego space world.. (containing its own history and myths)... but with a • bit
> of imagination and flexibility I could easily place the same ship and
> probably a good deal of its story within another more global .space
> community.
The flexibility will be the problem for me too. :) Maybe it could be set on
a Lego Earth much like our own, but a century or two ahead. My own
creations represent the Canadian Space Corps, with their own ship designs
and philosophies connected to but separate from those of others. And anyone
would be free to throw their favourite space villains into the mix.
> Some ideas I'd like to throw out ( I'm rambling so bare with me)
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> We have 2 airlock types here (at least I do.)
> The Docking mechanism: This is the cool part. What would the size be?
> Would it use fairly easy to come by pieces? I would think this would be a
> good idea. I don't use ldraw and so I would actually be building this and • it
> would be cool if others could as well. Unfortunately because I do not use
> ldraw I would probably not be the best person to finalize the design. If • we
> could work out the details and come to an agreement it would be really • cool
> if someone out there could construct this and post instructions in ldraw • for
> it on their site. I personally think the idea of interactive construction
> like this is cool. And this seems to be a great way to try it out and • maybe
> add to the creation of a .space world.
To accomodate a lot of ship sizes and types, it probably needs to be just
wide enough for a single file of minifigs to comfortably walk through. A
simple shape, either rectangular or octagonal. I think someone basically
needs to come up with some real (not ldraw) designs that work and connect
well, whether by technic pins or a more sophisticated clamp. Magnets would
be cool!
> Last idea that I just thought of. What about other universal • connection
> types like energy, fuel or data transmission? This could be a fun idea I
> think. Imagine seeing somebody's new fighter on a site and seeing a • standard
> data transfer coupling tucked away on it.
I was thinking of a separate power/life-support umbilical that would attach
to the ship while in spacedock. I.e., separate from the airlock. If done
this way, it could have its own standard design.
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