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Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:59 pm
by LaughingCheese
Is there any rhyme or reason to it?
Or, to quote Stargate: "Because spinning is sooo much cooler than not spinning!"
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:31 pm
by Mikey
LaughingCheese wrote:Or, to quote Stargate: "Because spinning is sooo much cooler than not spinning!"
I think you have your answer. Because they're not just gas collectors - they're gas collectors... OF THE FUTURE!
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:33 pm
by LaughingCheese
Mikey wrote:LaughingCheese wrote:Or, to quote Stargate: "Because spinning is sooo much cooler than not spinning!"
I think you have your answer. Because they're not just gas collectors - they're gas collectors... OF THE FUTURE!
lol of course.
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:56 pm
by Sionnach Glic
That's pretty much it in a nutshell. The designers thought it looked cool.
I suppose you could come up with a technical in-universe explaination about how the spinning motion actualy transfers the collected stuff into the ship itself.
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:33 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Yeah, rule of cool. And since it was the 60's, ...OF THE FUTURE!!!!! also counts. Heck, that's 99% of TOS.
Computers... OF THE FUTURE!
Red-blooded American males... OF THE FUTURE!
And so on, and so forth.
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:50 pm
by kostmayer
Maybe it was for hypnotizing enemy Commanders.
"And when I click my fingers, you will drop you shields and think you are a duck"
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:11 pm
by thelordharry
I got it! These aren't spinning bussard collectors but in fact rotary fans for cooling down the heat generated and discussed in
this thread!
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:10 pm
by Mikey
"Cap'n! She canna run any faster! She'll melt down - the ceiling fans are busted!"
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:18 pm
by Captain Picard's Hair
kostmayer wrote:Maybe it was for hypnotizing enemy Commanders.
"And when I click my fingers, you will drop you shields and think you are a duck"
"Mr. Spock, perform a routine scan of the ship."
"Aye, sir. Bussard collectors.... quack. quack. quack quack quack."
"Spock!?! What... is the matter... with you? <looks at control station> Quack. quack quack"
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:05 pm
by Sionnach Glic
So, basicaly, the plot of
And the Children Shall Lead, but with bussard collectors instead of annoying kids?
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:53 am
by LaughingCheese
thelordharry wrote:I got it! These aren't spinning bussard collectors but in fact rotary fans for cooling down the heat generated and discussed in
this thread!
Brilliant!
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:30 am
by Captain Picard's Hair
Well, this was the '60's; maybe Trek was simply quicker to catch on to Disco than others.
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:47 pm
by Sionnach Glic
So the precursor to the E-D's Ten Forward was a disco? Fascinating.
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:01 pm
by Mikey
Judging by "The Way to Eden," I'd say more like a coffeehouse.
Re: Why do the bussard scoops spin on the old connie?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:18 am
by Mark
Why do you having me thinking of friggin' space hippies less than an hour before bedtime?