[FUBAR-BDHR]

Seems like I've been running a lot of pirate missions lately and I just happened to notice that the Raider Carrier seems somewhat illogical.  I know it's canon that the fighter docking rings spin like they do but why?  Logic would dictate that the rings would need to be stationary for docking and the main body of the ship rotate to produce gravity. 

Thoughts? 

[-Norbert-]

Considering that in the only scene we ever saw within a Raider Carrier they had gravity, I'd say the rotating rings also contain the crew quaters and the big non-rotating sections only contain machinery and storage rooms. Being a pirate ship it would make sense to have lots of space for the bounty.

But considering how Babylon 5 starts it's fighters, I'd say the Zephyrs shouldn't start straight ahead, but rather go away from the center of the ship diagonally (momentum from the rotation plus engine power of the fighter).

And they probably have to temporarily stop the rotation to dock the fighters...

But your right, while parts of the ship make sense, overall it's a very inefficient design. Which probably fits the rag-tag feel of the raiders in the opinion of it's creators.

[Vidmaster]

Seems like I've been running a lot of pirate missions lately

curious. Why could that be? 

The RaiderCarrier is simply wrong designed from a physical accurate viewpoint but it's a great design.

[Akalabeth Angel]

I don't think the carrier spins fast enough to produce gravity anyway.

[VERTi60]

I guess it was made that way so the zephyrs have better and quicker launch. They never considered docking after battles anyway, the carrier just simly jump out with flying fighters along. They docked once the carrier got docked too.

Starfuries were also launched from Babylon 5's rotating section, which according to producers of the show, was designed to improve the launching sequence and minimizing the need of a bigger trust in order to take off from the station.

[Akalabeth Angel]

I guess it was made that way so the zephyrs have better and quicker launch. They never considered docking after battles anyway, the carrier just simly jump out with flying fighters along. They docked once the carrier got docked too.

Starfuries were also launched from Babylon 5's rotating section, which according to producers of the show, was designed to improve the launching sequence and minimizing the need of a bigger trust in order to take off from the station.

It's interesting that original Star Furies were also going to launch from the Omega Destroyer's rotating section. But this was changed later on. Apparently you can still sort of see the launch doors in the design though I've not looked myself.