2008-07-30, 10:54 | Link #541 |
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In comparing the Macross 7 to the Galaxy (Macross 21?) I think they refitted their ship a lot. THe top piece looks like it was a New Macross-class ship, but they redesigned the flight deck and reversed it's operations. The flight deck is facing aft. Or at least they built up the bow area and reversed the entryway for the hanger.
She also looks like they built up the rest of the ship around the Macross Galaxy...SDF-2 style? She might not be able to fully detach anymore, or else she has additional hull around her dockng port now. (almost looks like it could be the head of a dragon) It is probably planned that none of the Macross Galaxy shots are very clear. There is always someting in the way.
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2008-08-03, 22:34 | Link #547 | |
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Although we actually do not know if a full blast would be able to penetrate the bridge. However, even with the best results, the crew would still have to brace for an immediate impact. Nonetheless, the original Macross shown us that barrier systems could be concentrated on any point of the ship. - Tak
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2008-08-04, 00:10 | Link #549 |
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Oh I can understand a fighter being able to destroy a capital ship if used properly...it is the fighter being able to survive a hit from a large caliber weapon that I'm questioning. It's like an F-18 surviving a direct hit form a 5 inch round today (or if that was the main capital ship killing battery from a capital ship, more like a F6F Hellcat taking a 14 inch shell from a Japanese Battlecruiser to shield an Essex-class carrier)
That might be an exaggeration, but that is the impression I'm getting from the talk. If this was instead of capital ship killing cannon based on a fighter's frame that Ozma intercepts, then it isn't quite so exaggerated. Second World War equivalent would be a 37mm cannon strapped onto an airframe (it was done), and some fighters of the era could take a hit from that. (it took a 5 inch explosive round to stop an aircraft dead in the sky as the Americans found out the hard way against Japanese kamikaze.)
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2008-08-04, 09:29 | Link #550 |
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hmm... well the "face" on the Quarter is transparent most of the time, however when it goes into battle/transforms it become orange.
My though is this is probably an active barrier layer, otherwise why not have the "face" orange all the time. It could have been the "face" was charging up, and while normally it could take a shot like that, but only when fully charged. |
2008-08-04, 17:43 | Link #554 |
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Sure, it gets in the way. So does anoxia. There is no task the ship crew has to do during battle they can't do in those fancy, slim space suits the pilots wear.
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2008-08-04, 17:48 | Link #557 | |
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2008-08-04, 17:53 | Link #558 |
I disagree with you all.
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Until some rat bastard damages the hull. Or that fancy window they have on the bridge. You know what's cost effective? Not losing a dozen of crewmen every time your ship gets banged up a bit in battle and springs a leak. A warship should not go down because of some superficial damage.
(And by the way, what's artificial oxygen?) Last edited by Anh_Minh; 2008-08-05 at 06:46. |
2008-08-04, 18:05 | Link #559 |
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I'll quickly point out that most of the flight deck crew are wearing space suits. Maybe the thought is that any attack on the bridge would never cause light damange so why waste money on a maybe
I for one would like bridge bunnies in those slim flight suits, I'm sure Wilder would agree. On the flip side, I DON'T WANT to see Bobby in one *shudder* |
2008-08-04, 18:26 | Link #560 |
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A warship would normally have either an armored command center or some sort of blast shield (or just an energy shield) over the windows...if they aren't in fact some kind of transparent armor.
Now in some universes, a crew that expects to be in combat a lot, their uniforms are spacesuit capable. All they require is a helmet to autoseal it (see Space Battleship Yamato. Their uniforms could not take hard vaccum for long, nor was there much of an external air supply, but it could be enough for emergencies....even if they were bell-bottoms). However, standard science fiction spacecraft (of civilizations that have be using safe spaceship for years) the crews where normal clothing on duty, even in combat, unless commanded to wear something else (radiation suits at the like). So "confentional wisdom is not what you would call common in most space operas.
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