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Re: F-2 Bat
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 22 Jul 2003 04:53:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Aaron Sneary wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Anthony Sava wrote:
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So it seems to me, the far cheapest option would be to have individual
air locks and small bays for the ships to attach to.
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If we’re talking about small fighters, might it be cheaper to have your
pilots wear evac suits in a non-pressurized landing bay? snip
Dave!
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If you will remember, the standard TIE fighter pilot had to wear and EVA suit
during the entire flight. Most SW tech manuals that cover this small fighter
point out that to make it cheap and fast, it has NO environmental systems
what-so-ever.
You don your suit and helmet, float out to the fighter, climb in (or on) and
shoot things!
Aaron Sneary
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It may be cheaper to do EVAs and have individual access locks et al., but
wouldn’t the safety of the pilots be put into more-than-acceptable risk
everytime they go in or out? One could have a compromised suit, your
lockingport could not exist anymore (same goes for a landing bay, granted),
medical emergencies could negate the pilots ability to enter or egress the
fighter/carrier. Plus, one wouldn’t want to do an EVA during a surprise attack.
One would also have to look at the safety of the techs doing the work (torn
suits, medical emergencies, etc).
One other aspect would be to consider the centrality of supplies and equipment
and craft in a landing bay, compared to the dispursed nature of the set-up
proposed. Round trips for supply and equipment carts would get longer and
longer as one got further from the main supply cache. It wouldn’t be feasible,
both in terms of resupply, cost, and space to have umpteen different supply
caches, one for each fighter.
Which doesn’t mean that the fighter needs landing gear. TIEs were hung in
racks. Have a magna-rack, or some such.
Mike
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| (...) What, you mean your pilots and techs aren't wearing powered armor suits like the troops and officers? Personally that is why I never build escape pods, all the crew are wearing or have instant access to powered armor. (...) Well all my (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) If you will remember, the standard TIE fighter pilot had to wear and EVA suit during the entire flight. Most SW tech manuals that cover this small fighter point out that to make it cheap and fast, it has NO environmental systems (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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