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Man I love this group. I love that we can not just discuss
space creations here but go into the details like this. These chairs
are GREAT. I love the last one. Also that display panel looks good.
On a related note now that you got my creative juices flowing,
I'm thinking about making the captains chair in my ship move around
like the one in event horizon. Anyone else here think that was a cool
chair?
Jon.
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:08:12 GMT, Mr L F Braun
<braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
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> Hi, .space folks--
>
> This little issue has been on my mind for some time, as I feverishly and
> wishfully plot my magnificent (yet humble) starship plans. We've had
> discussions of bridges, bridge layouts, and the like; among these have
> been some stunning examples of "floating bridges" using the giant
> quarter domes and more traditional windowed bridges; a few ships didn't
> even have bridges per se. Well, this post addresses something much
> smaller in scope: the captain's chair.
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> As we all know from our favourite SF movies or TV series, a proper
> command chair can really make or break the entire "bridge" ambience.
> Who can forget Admiral Ackbar's chair, or that funky cube thing that the
> Golden Throat himself (Bill Shatner) sat upon? Well, I'm curious as to
> how people here in .space have handled their command chairs, and bridge
> seating, if at all. I've put together little displays of three of my
> chair archetypes, and I took some photos (the first try of the "macro"
> feature on my camera) that I'll share here. Each photo is taken on the
> same raised dias for comparison; I just changed the chairs. The little
> officer is the same; apparently, being a test pilot for captain's chairs
> isn't exactly stressful.
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> The first is the "basic" command chair, with diagnostic button panels;
> it is the most primitive and might be found on ships of all generations:
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> http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/carthage/1046/cmdchr1f.jpg
> http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/carthage/1046/cmdchr1r.jpg
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> The next chair is a modification of type 1. It's also my favourite--the
> screen held out in front of the officer really came out nicely. This is
> expected to be a mid-level-tech military standard chair.
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> http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/carthage/1046/cmdchr2f.jpg
> http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/carthage/1046/cmdchr2r.jpg
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> Want to use direct neural control for your starship, or do you just like
> big funky headrests? Type 3, the "advanced chair," might pique your
> interest:
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> http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/carthage/1046/cmdchr3f.jpg
> http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/carthage/1046/cmdchr3r.jpg
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> Feedback welcome; counter-posts and photos of your chairs are even more
> welcome! I'm eager to see what's out there, and how this inventive
> group has handled their minifigs'[1] posterior needs.
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> best,
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> Lindsay
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> [1] - I deliberately avoided using Technic chairs, although those have
> good possibilities too.
>
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| (...) Hey, thanks for the kind words. I forget how the Captain's Chair in EH moved--it's been a while since I saw that movie, and I'm not in a rush to see it again save for the cool ship and those wonderfully creepy "engine" effects. (It looked (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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