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Their history must be discontinuous - if the colonies had always had interstellar travel since their founding then the location of Kobol (and Earth) would hardly have faded into legend, would it? It would be on a starmap aboard their ships, not stuck in Elosha's book of vague mysticism.
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quote:Originally posted by Reverend: Moore's commentary for this episode suggests that by Adama's orders, all viper landings on Galactica are combat landings, hands on approach as stated in the mini-series. I can see the value in this since it gives the pilots, especially the nuggets, plenty of practice so they're less likely to screw it up when it really matters. The incident with Kat is a prime example, better that she freak out during a routine mission than during a fire fight. This way she's only putting her life at stake.
That's probably the best explanation I've heard, and it works quite well. Still, there's got to be a point in non-combat ops when someone's having so much trouble they'd call if off and bring them in slow.
I just thought of something else - when they're bugging out, how the heck does Captain Kelley (or whoever's in charge of the landing pattern) keep track of that many ships at once? Every time we see them coming in after protecting the fleet's departure, all the Vipers are practically hitting the deck at the same time. Maybe that's part of the reason for the combat landings after a routine patrol - when you do have to bug out, nobody's there to guide you personally in?
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I would imagine Captain Kelly is not the only LSO aboard. We saw Starbuck up there -- perhaps pilots on duty but not on flight-duty work to supplement the LSO roster.
quote:Well, her life and an irreplacable weapon upon which the fleet assumes its life depends.
Well, thus far irreplacable. I don't even recognize that future episodes exist!
Still better than having her put the whole squadron , or indeed the whole fleet at risk during an attack.
quote:Still, there's got to be a point in non-combat ops when someone's having so much trouble they'd call if off and bring them in slow.
Well when it became obvious she was freaking out, it was probably easier to get her to just slam it down on the deck than try and talk her through a nice gentle manoeuvre. At least this way she's down and not going anywhere.
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In "Bastille Day," Starbuck makes fun of Flattop for coming in to hot. I agree with Reverend that they were just trying to get her down as quick and dirty as possible.
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quote:Originally posted by MrNeutron: Two issues: 2. Even flying fast this would be a problem, UNLESS you postulate that the lift from the wings will counteract the gravity, which necessitates a fast entry.
You need air for wings to work.
I suppose the landing bay may have low or variable gravity.
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