Re: Star Trek Teaser Trailer Now Up On The Internets

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:28:55 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Yeah, Mirror Mirror was one of the ones that made sense.  Of course all 
>that means is that the Empire's definition of 'standard orbit' is 
>different than Starfleets.

Actually, we don't know that the Empire used "standard orbit", because
we never saw them arrive. The show started already in orbit. But it is
clear they were in a real, laws-of-physics orbit, and the design of
the Enterprise was the same, so it is reasonable to conclude that the
USS Enterprise operates the same way. The search pattern flown by the
Enterprise and Columbus in "Galileo Seven" is another example. 

>> Also, none of the visuals in any way suggested that the Enterprise was
>> "hovering under power". They were always happily circling the planet
>> of the week.
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>But they usually were station keeping over a beam down spot.  And that 
>means they were "hovering under power"

We never saw that. All we know is they were able to beam up from
wherever the Enterprise was. But they beamed deep underground in
"Devil in the Dark", so there is no reason to believe line-of-sight is
necessary. 

But we did see the Faux Earth rotating beneath the Enterprise on the
viewscreen in "Miri". (Pretty high up, too... maybe 10,000 miles.)

And there's still the problem of the visuals never even remotely
suggesting that the Enterprise was stationary over a spot on the
planet.

>> Of course, if you have the power to hover anywhere you want above a
>> planet, then that could also explain how the Enterprise was built on
>> terra firma. They just used that magic propulsion system to fly up
>> into space once construction was finished.
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>I'd submit that holding your ship 16,000 miles above a planet is 
>different than a cold take off from ground level.

Not really. If you can do one, you can do the other. You have to
cancel out gravity. It's all magic propulsion anyway.

Brian