Space Above & Beyond On DVD

[Renegade 13]

That would be him. (Damn heat-seeking torpedo's!) Which wouldn't work either, since there's very little matter in space to actually transmit the heat that the torpedo would be "seeing".

[Suicide Junkie]

Renegade 13 said:
That would be him. (Damn heat-seeking torpedo's!) Which wouldn't work either, since there's very little matter in space to actually transmit the heat that the torpedo would be "seeing".

Zwuh?
Heat-seeking weapons rely on infra-red glows, not temperature differentials in the atmosphere. "Seeing", not "touch".

Trying to follow conducted heat would be even harder than trying to follow the scent of burnt jet fuel.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I wonder why ST torpedo's don't seek in the first place?

[Fyron]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
I wonder why ST torpedo's don't seek in the first place?

Because ST uses nothing but bad science?

[El_Phil]

Imperator Fyron said:

Because ST uses nothing but bad science?

With plenty of evil physics. And acts of plot.

You might also ask why they never again used seeking torpedos against cloaks? Or just set sensors to scan for exhaust fumes. Well that would be to easy, so just forget it ever happened or existed.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Hey, anyone want to create a rational and consistant ST universe? Start with the earliest episodes and work forwards, picking things that make sense and whatnot?

Say, someone with bandwidth and storage hosting a wiki?

First proposal: Klingons are nasty, backstabbing sabatuers, like in early ST. But, since they look to much like humans, brow ridges are in. All black is out, since...Not enough sarcasm.

Second proposal: Romulons, like we saw them in the first place, are honorable, dedicated conquerers, who happen to like tactics, stealth and espionage. Naturally, they are also cousins to the Vulcans.

More proposals: Pon far: Out the daar. Yeah, I know it's spelt door. But that doesn't rhyme. It does nothing but turn the vulcans into savages, which is what the're not supposed to be.

The Prime Directive: Did Kirk ever act like there was a prime directive in the first ones? No. But it makes sense, in a limited way, so some sort of common-sense non-interferance directive. Not 'Stay Out Entirely', but 'Stay Out Unless You Have To Meddle'.

Original Crew: All in. I like them. Miniskirts, out. No whining. They make absolutely no sense, especially aboard a spaceship.

So...Whaddya think?

[Randallw]

I loved Space:Above and beyond, pity the main characters stuffed everything up at the end, What with letting the enemy know they were going to attack them. Bit of trivia, In the episode where they visit a space station and the character whose family was killed by androids plays David Duchovny at snooker, the futuristic space money they use are actually Australian $100 bills , that's what happens when your country is the only one to use plastic money.

[El_Phil]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Hey, anyone want to create a rational and consistant ST universe? Start with the earliest episodes and work forwards, picking things that make sense and whatnot?
Original Crew: All in. I like them. Miniskirts, out. No whining. They make absolutely no sense, especially aboard a spaceship.

So...Whaddya think?

Well if your honest, those people who walked around with clipboards could go too. And all the redshirts (they just die anyway). And most of the crew who aren't in engineering or the bridge as they don't do anything, apart from fly around during explosions.

[Renegade 13]

Suicide Junkie said:

Zwuh?
Heat-seeking weapons rely on infra-red glows, not temperature differentials in the atmosphere. "Seeing", not "touch".

Trying to follow conducted heat would be even harder than trying to follow the scent of burnt jet fuel.

Heh. Oops.