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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] Are you a girl? That would do it. :D Bx brings up very good points and I'd further them by bringing up how nearly impossible it would be (and wasteful) to coordinate all that AAA fire the Galactica spewed forth by relaying orders via intercom to dozens of gunnery control teams each targeting and firing independant of the other guns.... [QUOTE] The protocol and terminologies could have been translated for our benefit, like the names and language, to be something we could easily understand. As for what we might build centuries from now... well, why not? Can you point to something on Galactica that could be done better in some objective sense, without requiring networked computers? [/QUOTE]If we're to accept that all those exact terms are just a translation for our benifit then we might as well accept continuity errors, bad science and hokey dialogue as translation mistakes while we're deluding ourselves. ;) I can point out that the Galactica is a product of a culture that SHOULD be far diffrent than our own: far moreso than anything the Federation uses in TNG in fact, because the colonies have no design or verbal lineage with any of our modern earth tech or naval history. It'd be far more likely that a "lost colony" wold build something like the new Basestar than anything we'd recognise as an aircraft carrier with a flight deck. As to what could have been better (and could still be fixed to some point): If Galactica is truly run by mini networks that are not interconnected, I'd have a sub class of technicians and command officers to coordinate their departments and run independent systems. Like the Flight Controller position but for AAA, Missiles, FTL, Damage Control, Ships Stores etc. Each department would need at least a small team with one supervisor to run it properly. That would however mean a HUGE hirearchy of middle-managment to make the ship run smoothly. It could lead to some great "Lower Decks" type episodes though, I suppose. Everyone would certainly be too busy working their butts off to realize Adama is full of crap. Maintence crews in particular will be spread very thin to keep the whole fleet in working order. ....and the other ships in the fleet are still probably networked in a way that leaves them vulnerable to the Cylon system-corruption. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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