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Re: Just watched it.
Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com>Date: 12/7/09 6:24 a.m.

In Response To: Just watched it. (Silent Knight)


: On a side-note, to make a ship invisible in space you only need one simple
: step - paint it black. The Rolling Stones know what's going on. Going to
: the trouble of creating light-negative technology for a spaceship seems
: kind of frivolous. Also, why couldn't they get a little closer to the
: fleet? Personally, I would have built up some speed, turned on the cloak
: and turned off every other part of the ship, and deployed the Spartans in
: the middle of the fleet.

Painting a ship black would do nothing. At only a few hundred feet away, realistically, it would be difficult to see another spaceship in deep space, assuming no starlight reflection and no running lights. At the typical distances ships are shown from one another, you'd never know the other was there. They'd be sensor contacts far in advance of being close enough to see. The idea of cloaking devices is to make it so sensors can't 'see' the spaceship, not so that it's merely visually invisible.

: And I thought that everyone had caught on to how movement in space works -
: It's been close to a decade since Firefly first appeared, and Battlestar
: was massive. Please, if anyone on this forum goes on to create Sci-Fi on
: TV or in the movies, don't have your spaceships fly like they have wings
: and atmosphere to move through!

Realism in sci-fi space flight has never been a big concern, but its principles have been well known always. Well before Firefly and the (new) Battlestar Galactica, there was 2001: A Space Odyssey. That was realistic spaceflight in a movie.

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I know I'm the only one who cares....InnerRayg 12/5/09 7:14 p.m.
     Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....ElusiveEagle519 12/5/09 8:48 p.m.
           Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....InnerRayg 12/5/09 8:53 p.m.
     Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....Quirel 12/5/09 8:51 p.m.
           Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....InnerRayg 12/5/09 8:54 p.m.
           Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....gunluva 12/5/09 10:02 p.m.
                 Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....Quirel 12/5/09 10:06 p.m.
                       Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....gunluva 12/5/09 10:08 p.m.
                             Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....Quirel 12/5/09 10:14 p.m.
                                   Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....gunluva 12/5/09 10:16 p.m.
                                         Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....Quirel 12/5/09 10:18 p.m.
     Re: I know I'm the only one who cares....Devil Mingy 12/5/09 10:30 p.m.
     2nd Spartan-II program - there you goMirel 12/6/09 4:07 a.m.
           Re: 2nd Spartan-II program - there you goscarab 12/6/09 4:18 a.m.
                 standing order *NM*Mirel 12/6/09 5:13 a.m.
           Re: 2nd Spartan-II program - there you goThe BS Police 12/6/09 6:35 a.m.
                 Never say never. *NM*Vincent 12/6/09 7:32 a.m.
                 What possible explanations are there?Silent Knight 12/6/09 4:03 p.m.
                       Re: What possible explanations are there?Leisandir 12/6/09 4:49 p.m.
                             Re: What possible explanations are there?Silent Knight 12/7/09 12:24 a.m.
     Just watched it.Silent Knight 12/7/09 2:20 a.m.
           Re: Just watched it.Archilen 12/7/09 2:40 a.m.
           Re: Just watched it.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/7/09 6:24 a.m.
                 Not really proven, though.rolandk73 12/7/09 9:22 p.m.
                       Re: Not really proven, though.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/7/09 10:10 p.m.
                             Re: Not really proven, though.Silent Knight 12/8/09 12:40 a.m.
                                   Re: Not really proven, though.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/8/09 6:29 a.m.
                             Re: Not really proven, though.Archilen 12/8/09 12:44 a.m.
                             Oh, Meester Loftus?AngelicLionheart 12/8/09 2:13 a.m.
                                   Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?Silent Knight 12/8/09 5:48 a.m.
                                   Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/8/09 6:27 a.m.
                                         Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?Archilen 12/8/09 6:34 a.m.
                                               Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?SonofMacPhisto 12/8/09 9:03 a.m.
                                                     Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/8/09 9:15 a.m.
                                                           Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?SonofMacPhisto 12/8/09 9:58 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Oh, Meester Loftus?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/8/09 11:17 a.m.
                                                                       zomgAngelicLionheart 12/8/09 3:45 p.m.
                                                                             Re: zomgSilent Knight 12/8/09 3:59 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: zomgStephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/8/09 7:48 p.m.
                                                                                         Have my babies. *splortch*AngelicLionheart 12/8/09 10:41 p.m.
                                                                                               That probably makes him a target.Silent Knight 12/9/09 5:09 a.m.



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