Dominion War Refit Galaxy-class vs Negh'var-class Cruiser

[Sionnach Glic]

no prob...I remember watching a "Star Wars Tech" show on History channel where some NASA engineers took a look at the flight paths from the X-Wings and demonstrated that for a ship to fly like that in space, there would have to be around 80 pneumatic engines all around the ship, most of which were in places that wouldn't work well (like 10 of them on the nose of the ship, and two actually in the glass covering the cockpit.)

What, it wasn't obvious enough that they wouldn't fly that way?

[Lt. Staplic]

I just found that particular analysis rather amusing.

[Lighthawk]

Them too. I think we even voted the Starfury as the greatest SciFi fighter at some point.

Redundant and late though it would be, I vote fore them as well, seeing as I wasn't around for that.

Seriously, they're about the only space fighter design in scifi that actually takes in account just how things work in space.

[Deepcrush]

Them too. I think we even voted the Starfury as the greatest SciFi fighter at some point.

Redundant and late though it would be, I vote fore them as well, seeing as I wasn't around for that.

Seriously, they're about the only space fighter design in scifi that actually takes in account just how things work in space.

Late is better then never.

[stitch626]

I think that was before my time too... maybe...
I agree. Not only did they fly correctly, they looked reasonable.

[Reliant121]

and practical.

[Deepcrush]

Not to mention simple and pretty powerful for their size.

[Reliant121]

And it gave them a decided advantage over other races fighters. especially the Narn and Centauri.

[Lighthawk]

And made them pretty useful against captial ships. Seeing them sideways strafe a battle cruiser was pretty sweet.

[kostmayer]

I could be wrong, but I don't think B5 ships had any shield technology, which is how a small fighter could inflict significant damage to a Battleship.

And I agree, the strafing runs were great

[Lighthawk]

Right, only the super races had shields, though most capital ships had point defense cannons to help compensate.

[Deepcrush]

The Centari were "thought" to have had some form of shield tech. However it is also thought that it was only used because it was cheaper to turn on a shield system when needed then have to build and maintain hull armor.

The Membari had shields but they were ECM for stealth and sensor jamming. They weren't used in the protection of the ship's hull.

The Vorlons and Shadows both used shields but that was to help disperse energy blasts. Once over taken the bio hulls quickly fell apart.

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Shields in B5 took the opposite position as ST shields. In B5, armor was superior, in ST, shields were superior.

[Lighthawk]

The Centari were "thought" to have had some form of shield tech. However it is also thought that it was only used because it was cheaper to turn on a shield system when needed then have to build and maintain hull armor.

The Membari had shields but they were ECM for stealth and sensor jamming. They weren't used in the protection of the ship's hull.

The Vorlons and Shadows both used shields but that was to help disperse energy blasts. Once over taken the bio hulls quickly fell apart.

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Shields in B5 took the opposite position as ST shields. In B5, armor was superior, in ST, shields were superior.

I rather liked that approach really. Actually, I rather like a lot of B5's take on tech, the armor, the jump points, having point defense weapons, spinning ships for gravity...

[Reliant121]

B5 was probably one of the only series that actively tried to make things believable. It was a Brilliant series, I have to say.

[Lighthawk]

B5 was probably one of the only series that actively tried to make things believable. It was a Brilliant series, I have to say.

They only used as much tech as they needed to let the series work. I also liked that earth wasn't the prime power in the area either.