tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post4444461246617955866..comments2023-10-29T12:58:50.292+00:00Comments on The Ginger Liberal from Medway: US government says No to the DeathstarChris Samshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06042471123646388825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post-75289592599422605172013-01-13T00:26:35.835+00:002013-01-13T00:26:35.835+00:00Ah, the Roanoke, rammed by the Churchill...
The t...Ah, the Roanoke, rammed by the Churchill...<br /><br />The thing about B5 is that, although it didn't get everything right, it was based on real physics and had no Trek-like wheezes or technologies like force-shields, so it always felt more realistic than most other SF productions.<br /><br />This was especially true of (most of) the battle scenes, especially during <i>Severed Dreams</i>.John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post-12485413219782385672013-01-12T15:52:13.404+00:002013-01-12T15:52:13.404+00:00Yes, I should have been more clear about offensive...Yes, I should have been more clear about offensive/defensive firepower ;-)<br /><br />I remember watching the defence grid being activated for the first time and getting excited - that and the battle that saw the end of the Earth cruiser Rowanoak!<br /><br />Although the Deathstar was, according to the Imperial information bureau, not a weapon but a mining tool for breaking up dead planets or asteroids! Though Tarkin would argue that she was designed to fire a handful of times to demonstrate power/fear before being retired.Chris Samshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042471123646388825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post-20216550374870984562013-01-12T14:44:49.921+00:002013-01-12T14:44:49.921+00:00That should have been 'centrifugally' up t...That should have been 'centrifugally' up there(!)John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post-51838906231361028502013-01-12T14:43:21.400+00:002013-01-12T14:43:21.400+00:00That is the best outcome in our present circumstan...That is the best outcome in our present circumstances. Babylon 5 always was our last, best hope for peace, and was built for that purpose. The Death Star was built to destroy and conquer.<br /><br />Babylon 5 does have its own 'defence grid' of mounted guns that can be brought into view when required, as well as three wings of the excellent (and most maneuverable craft ever devised) Starfuries launched centrigually – literally 'dropped' – from the so-called cobra bays (because they look like cobra snakes in shape) at the front of the station.<br /><br />Thus it is not without armament, though it is intended to be primarily defensive, such as intercepting incoming fire rather than (by and large) shooting at other space vehicles.<br /><br />You and your readers can watch the defence grid and starfuries in action in <a href="http://wwwjohn-m-ward.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/severed-dreams.html" rel="nofollow">this excerpt</a> from the award-winning episode <i>Severed Dreams</i>, which is quite educational in how space battles would actually operate...John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836424929140738524.post-47708037871967926112013-01-12T13:18:12.725+00:002013-01-12T13:18:12.725+00:00We could always try building Red Dwarf instead. XD...We could always try building Red Dwarf instead. XDSongs Of Dragonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084848944897210650noreply@blogger.com