Im not a physicist so don�t all jump on me at once, but if the enterprise has its own gravity (save for dramatic effect) would they all get thrown around like that if they were being shot at etc?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I think the idea is that when the ship is shot, the inertial dampeners are unable to compensate quickly enough to keep everything "normal". Presumably the IDs would be tied into the ships gravity, hence the "jumping around" stuff.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Just because something has its own gravity, doesn't mean it has inertial damping. Earth has gravity too, but when the rich, drunken blonde in the Mercedes crashes into the side of my crappy '92 Taurus, I still get thrown around.
Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on :
Yep. Gravity isn't too strong a force... you need huge masses and/or (astronomically) short distances to notice its effects.