A question that needs answering

[Eldritch Warlord]

Medichlorians.

*Shoots Russ*

NO! BAD!

Prequels do NOT EXIST!

Actually the problem with his arguement is that Midi-Chlorians can only be harnessed by sentient beings with a high Midi-Chlorian count, and Mid-Chlorians only inhabit living organisms. Therefore, unless the Empire had thousands of Dark Jedi on board the Death Star to Force Push (preposterous givin what we know of the Empire) it Midi-Chlorians could not be the power source.

It uses Ion engines, they're in the trench on the back. It also has thousands of smaller thrusters all over it.

And just so you know, I was saying Midi-Chlorians so many times because it obviously annoys you and that explaination (while accurate) was merely to excuse the mention of Midi-Chlorians so many times.

Midi-Chlorians

 

[Noamuth]

The stormtroopers go out and push it. Seriously, do you now how many of those guys there are on board? Besides, what else would they be doing instead? Dying?

Best mental image ever.

 

[theklng]

it runs on a rail. you can't see it in the movies because of its relative small size and because the camera always centers away from it.

 

[Dommyboy]

It uses a 9600GT sli'd with a Nehalem processor to get the ultimate speeds!

 

[Cousin_IT]

Chuck Norris gave it a one inch punch & it hasnt stopped since.

 

[Souplex]

Our child like sense of wonder?

George Lucas' bad ideas were used as fuel instead of being used for directing. The prequels had no death star to fuel with bad ideas hence they had to put em' ta' use somewhere.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

Chuck Norris gave it a one inch punch & it hasnt stopped since.

You had to go there didn't you?

Well then, you leave me no choice.

Rutherford B. Hayes, master of time and space, gives the Death Star a friendly wave and winks, the resulting compassion moves the death star so much emotionally that it's emotion drives are overwhelmed and excess power is diverted into it's thrusters, the extra power brought on by this allows the death star to travel at faster than light speeds.

 

[Jerious1154]

at the risk of sounding like a complete nerd, the fact that the death star has a lot of mass doesnt mean anything in space since its a vacuum, and theres no gravity.
thats one of the physics flaws in the star wars movies- since space is a vacuum there is no reason that a small ship would be quicker than a big ship. in fact, the big ships should be much much faster because they have bigger engines.

 

[Amnestic]

They use the power of the giant laser beam to push it along in space.

That's how physics works, right?

This hurts me. Really, it does. Mentally, and the physical pain caused by smashing my head into a cinder block. Because I've met people that actually think that.

To which I would reply: Facepalm.jpg

 

[sequio]

lol I remember having an argument about a similar topic with my old roommate: "How does the lightsaber work?"

Answer: IT JUST DOES!!

 

[iamnotincompliance]

I was wondering when one our resident Sith lords would stop by and set us straight.

Twin-charged Dual overhead cam Hemi V-10. (If a Viper can do 220+ with an engine like that, imagine what you could do in space!)

Chrysler needs to make one of those immediately. Forget Viper's almost non-existant sales! Forget the financial meltdown! That is what they need to be working on.

[EDIT] With direct injection and variable valve timing, but I didn't need to say that, did I, Chrysler?

 

[xitel]

They use the power of the giant laser beam to push it along in space.

That's how physics works, right?

This hurts me. Really, it does. Mentally, and the physical pain caused by smashing my head into a cinder block. Because I've met people that actually think that.

To which I would reply: Facepalm.jpg

No no, you facepalm them. By which I mean I slapped him. Repeatedly.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

at the risk of sounding like a complete nerd, the fact that the death star has a lot of mass doesnt mean anything in space since its a vacuum, and theres no gravity.
thats one of the physics flaws in the star wars movies- since space is a vacuum there is no reason that a small ship would be quicker than a big ship. in fact, the big ships should be much much faster because they have bigger engines.

Objects always have mass and therefore always have momentum, even in the absence of gravity and friction. A smaller ship may not necessarily be quicker in space but it will accelerate more easily (and by accelerate I mean change speed and/or direction). The bigger ships have far more inertia to overcome so even with their bigger engines they accelerate slowly.

 

[James Raynor]

Facilitating the Death Star's realspace propulsion were a network of powerful ion engines that transformed reactor power into needed thrust. In order for the Death Star to be a deadly threat, it needed to be mobile. Using linked banks of 123 hyperdrive field generators tied into a single navigational matrix, the Death Star could travel across the Galaxy at superluminal velocities. The incredible energies harnessed by the station combined with its great mass gave the Death Star magnetic and artificial gravitational fields equal to those found on orbital bodies many times greater in size.


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[zachatree]

Jawas?

 

[Avatar Roku]

at the risk of sounding like a complete nerd, the fact that the death star has a lot of mass doesnt mean anything in space since its a vacuum, and theres no gravity.
thats one of the physics flaws in the star wars movies- since space is a vacuum there is no reason that a small ship would be quicker than a big ship. in fact, the big ships should be much much faster because they have bigger engines.

They explained it in the Honor Harrington books. Basically, small ships aren't faster, they just have higher acceleration, meaning that a big ship would eventually overtake a small one. Oh yeah, there is gravity in space, just no atmosphere. Gravity and air don't have to go together, even if the Earth had no atmosphere, it would still pull things toward it. You're right about one thing: mass doesn't matter since space doesn't have it. However, since it doesn't matter, neither do the size of your engines. What makes big ships faster, then, is that they can pack bigger inertial compensators on board, meaning that they can go faster without reducing their crew to mush. If this sort of thing interests you, read the honor Harrington series by David Weber.

 

[James Raynor]

The stormtroopers go out and push it. Seriously, do you now how many of those guys there are on board? Besides, what else would they be doing instead? Dying?

There's over 30,000 storm troopers.


The first Death Star had a crew of 265,675, as well as 52,276 gunners, 607,360 troops, 30,984 stormtroopers, 42,782 ship support staff, and 180,216 pilots and support crew. Its hangars contain assault shuttles, blastboats, Strike cruisers, land vehicles, support ships, and 7,293 TIE fighters. It is also protected by 10,000 turbolaser batteries, 2,600 ion cannons, and at least 768 tractor beam projectors. Various sources state the first Death Star has a diameter between 120 and 160 kilometers. There is a broader range of figures for the second Death Star's diameter, ranging from 160 to 900 kilometers.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

at the risk of sounding like a complete nerd, the fact that the death star has a lot of mass doesnt mean anything in space since its a vacuum, and theres no gravity.
thats one of the physics flaws in the star wars movies- since space is a vacuum there is no reason that a small ship would be quicker than a big ship. in fact, the big ships should be much much faster because they have bigger engines.

They explained it in the Honor Harrington books. Basically, small ships aren't faster, they just have higher acceleration, meaning that a big ship would eventually overtake a small one. Oh yeah, there is gravity in space, just no atmosphere. Gravity and air don't have to go together, even if the Earth had no atmosphere, it would still pull things toward it. You're right about one thing: mass doesn't matter since space doesn't have it. However, since it doesn't matter, neither do the size of your engines. What makes big ships faster, then, is that they can pack bigger inertial compensators on board, meaning that they can go faster without reducing their crew to mush. If this sort of thing interests you, read the honor Harrington series by David Weber.

Mass does matter in zero gravity, mass is a universal attribute (not affected by location in the universe). It's weight that doesn't exist in space.

Refer to my post in response to the post you responded to.

 

[crimsondynamics]

It relies on an organic biofuel that is obtained by processing Stormtrooper excrement and urine through a complex triple-chamber filtration system.

You didn't think they'd dump all that bodily waste out in space, did you?