Comment Re:Good scenes (Score 2, Interesting) 247
2.) Even though most ships have magic intertial/gravitic control force field thingies, there are probably still structural reasons to keep the ship oriented a certain way while it's moving.
But in space, moving at constatnly velocity is the exact same as being motionless (although what "motionless" means in what context is a good point as noted by the other post). As such, the structural integrity of the ship would have to be designed to support the direction of acceleration not motion.
As for the most powerful thrusters being located aft - why? Why even have an aft? Why not make the ship radially (or for that matter, spherically) symmetric?
But in space, moving at constatnly velocity is the exact same as being motionless (although what "motionless" means in what context is a good point as noted by the other post). As such, the structural integrity of the ship would have to be designed to support the direction of acceleration not motion.
As for the most powerful thrusters being located aft - why? Why even have an aft? Why not make the ship radially (or for that matter, spherically) symmetric?
