Comment on How did gravity worked on the Death Star?
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 month agoThey don’t all have wings. Only the X-Wing and Imperial transport ships have actual wings, and we’ve seen them fly through atmospheres.
Comment on How did gravity worked on the Death Star?
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 month agoThey don’t all have wings. Only the X-Wing and Imperial transport ships have actual wings, and we’ve seen them fly through atmospheres.
MudMan@fedia.io 1 month ago
Well, yeah, but we've also seen the ones that look like a hamburger patty fly through the atmosphere (and, in fact, outmaneouver the winged ones). Clearly that's not what they're for.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Ah yeah. Dang. Well there probably a good technical reason behind it. I’m no starship engineer in the Star Wars universe.
remus989@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I think the usual in universe reasoning is heat dissipation.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The hamburger was originally a cargo ship, the one we see is special in that it has a bunch of very expensive, very powerful engines added.
It’s no wonder that a street racer can outpace army jeeps. Also, they couldn’t outpace TIE fighters in Ep.IV, which are known for being very fast for a coffee table.