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Title: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: admiral_wolf on March 02, 2008, 07:16:33 am
Something came to me last night whilst I was watching Deep Impact about the layout of the Orion.

If like many, (I did until last night), we presume the image of the Bastion's main hall to be the fighter bay entry bay, there is one problem with this.  Every now and again, a wing of Hercules fly by.  If we presume the void at the background to be the entrance point, then these Hercs would be on a collision course for the Bastion itself!

This ties in with my original theory, that the image is actually a storage area for loading and repairing fighters before they make their way into the launching area.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: Mobius on March 02, 2008, 07:29:55 am
Yeah, that would be reasonable. What we see might be a "window" and not the runway.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on March 02, 2008, 07:30:59 am
We have been discussing that here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,52074.0.html). The conclusion was that it's probably a multi-functional screen.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 02, 2008, 09:27:01 am
It's the hangar, just take a look at the starfield. The hercs are  gonna avoid the hull out of view. :s
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: Mobius on March 02, 2008, 09:35:38 am
What about an inconsistency? I guess :v: wanted something SW like with that main hall, something's in contrast with the design of the Orion.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: ShadowGorrath on March 02, 2008, 10:39:57 am
Or maybe it's at the bottom of the Orion fighterbay ? Lift the fighters/bombers up to the launch bay on the upper part and launch them.

OR it could be the very front of the Orion. Who knows how much can they be abusing the vast size of an Orion ?
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: BengalTiger on March 02, 2008, 12:43:06 pm
The window could be somewhere here:

(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9786/beztytuura9.jpg)

On a service deck, facing to the starboard side of the ship.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: Stealth on March 02, 2008, 04:16:53 pm
how could you just be hanging out there... if it was the entrance, then the whole bay would be subject to the vacuum of space.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: Mobius on March 02, 2008, 04:23:09 pm
It doesn't happen in sci-fi, especially in Star Wars.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: admiral_wolf on March 02, 2008, 04:50:22 pm
Quote from: BengalTiger on March 02, 2008, 12:43:06 pm
The window could be somewhere here:

(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9786/beztytuura9.jpg)

On a service deck, facing to the starboard side of the ship.

That is what I thought last night.
Title: Re: Orion Fighter bay
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 02, 2008, 05:03:54 pm
It is called the "main hall", how would you guys interpret that? Discuss =