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Why does [SPOILER]'s ship have gravity?

posted 4 years ago by Owsi (3)
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Why does Naomi's so have gravity while they are still trying to portray every other ship as realistically as possible?

And why would you set the hanger/launch pad for your suborbital shuttle so close to your house that your home would be destroyed every time you launched?

[–] mrbnk (419) 4 years ago

You mean the Chetzemoka? She's got gravity because it is constantly accelerating. I think she managed to board the ship before the thrusters were fired with a timer, and they kept burning all along.

[–] asom (6865) 4 years ago

It wouldn't be destroyed in normal usage. This particular time happened because they chose to launch before the blast doors were closed and the launch doors fully open.

[–] TandyMan (11120) 4 years ago

Yeah, i'd have to assume other doors would close as the ones above opened. That scene was hilarious.

[–] asom (6865) 4 years ago

On gravity on Naomi's ship, i was wondering the same, but if you noticed the screen Alex was watching when trying to dock with the ship, and they decided not to, the ship was having a helix trajectory. That's the reason for the centrifugal acceleration (gravity) on the ship.