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Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAH
Posted By: SiliconDream =PN=Date: 12/12/01 10:15 p.m.

In Response To: Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAH (Steve Levinson)

: What always bothered me about the Death Star in Star Wars is that something
: that big would have it's own gravitational field. The Marathon should have
: an inward gravitational field but, obviously they have developed
: artificial gravity to keep everything as it should be. It's amazing,
: though, that players can turn in mid air - maybe that's a quirk of
: artificial gravity ;-) . That'd be a great explanation, were it not for
: the same physics planetside in M2/oo. Yes, the Marathon is an insane
: colony ship with no logic to its design. But it does make for a great game
: ;-) .

The Marathon actually wouldn't have a noticeable gravitational field, even on its surface. Even before you hollow it out, Deimos' surface gravity is 2500 times less than Earth's. And of course it gets weaker as you go farther in.

I suppose it could be some sort of Star Trek-style artificial gravity, but apparently smaller craft like your shuttle are zero-G. And Durandal tells you that "You may have noticed that the Pfhor ship has a weak artificial gravity field. The resultant gravity is lower than the Marathon's," which seems to imply that the Marathon doesn't have an artificial gravity field. So I think the Marathon's probably just spinning and producing centrifugal pseudogravity. (That would also drop off toward the center of the ship, but oh well. Guess you never actually go there. :-)

Hey, just thought of something...in transit, the Marathon's accelerating lengthways, which produces end-to-end pseudogravity. Maybe most of the ship is designed for use during that three-hundred year period, rather than the much shorter period at the end of the trip when the Marathon's in orbit and has radial pseudogravity from its spin. That would mean that a lot of the terrain you were running over was actually turned 90° on its side from when it was intended for human use. Explains, a lot, no? :-)

: Isn't it amazing how real the Marathon universe has become to us all? I mean,
: look at us, spending hours discussing the intricacies of a world developed
: solely for game play. Such is the genious of Bungie.

Hey, I'm the most prolific poster on the Asylum, and Myth doesn't even have terminals. Such is the mental instability of me...

--SiliconDream

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What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHTON?Ernie TMBM 12/12/01 4:30 p.m.
     Just an addendumErnie TMBM 12/12/01 4:35 p.m.
           This is normal.Djof 12/12/01 5:01 p.m.
     Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSiliconDream =PN= 12/12/01 6:27 p.m.
           Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSNoblitt 12/12/01 7:41 p.m.
           Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSteve Levinson 12/12/01 8:37 p.m.
                 Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSiliconDream =PN= 12/12/01 10:15 p.m.
                       Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSteve Levinson 12/13/01 5:00 a.m.
                             Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHDjof@School 12/13/01 5:59 a.m.
                                   Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHget azure 12/13/01 7:26 a.m.
                                         Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSteve Levinson 12/13/01 10:31 a.m.
                                               RollerCoastersDjof@School 12/13/01 11:36 a.m.
                                                     Re: RollerCoastersSteve Levinson 12/13/01 1:15 p.m.
                                                           Re: RollerCoastersTrahojen 12/14/01 3:41 a.m.
                                                                 Re: RollerCoastersSteve Levinson 12/14/01 7:54 a.m.
                                                           k then :)Djof@School 12/14/01 7:03 a.m.
                                                           Re: RollerCoastersAhruman 12/14/01 8:36 a.m.
                                                                 Re: RollerCoastersSteve Levinson 12/14/01 10:15 a.m.
                                                                       Re: RollerCoastersDjof 12/14/01 12:31 p.m.
                                                                             Re: RollerCoastersSiliconDream =PN= 12/14/01 5:24 p.m.
                                                                       Re: RollerCoastersRampant Document 12/15/01 6:03 a.m.
                                                                 Re: RollerCoastersSiliconDream =PN= 12/14/01 5:23 p.m.
                             Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSiliconDream =PN= 12/14/01 12:27 a.m.
                                   Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHget azure 12/15/01 6:06 a.m.
                                         Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHTru7h 12/15/01 7:03 a.m.
                                               Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHRincewind MoG 12/15/01 8:27 a.m.
                                                     Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSteve Levinson 12/15/01 10:08 a.m.
           Chemical freaks indeedElectricSheepOne 12/16/01 10:55 a.m.
                 You're right - I remember that *NM* *NM*Steve Levinson 12/16/01 11:12 a.m.
     Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHVid Boi 12/13/01 12:47 a.m.
           Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSteve Levinson 12/13/01 4:38 a.m.
                 Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHShnu 12/14/01 7:08 p.m.
                       Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSiliconDream =PN= 12/14/01 11:43 p.m.
                             Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHAhruman 12/15/01 9:48 a.m.
                                   Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHSiliconDream =PN= 12/15/01 3:25 p.m.
     Re: What kind of Chemical freak designed the MARAHMark Levin 12/16/01 11:10 a.m.



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