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This just popped in my head while reading the thread "Size of 'mushroom' starbases"
Since V'ger is about the size of Earth's orbit around the sun (or distance?) shouldn't V'Ger have some sort of gavity well? Every object has a sort of gravity well. I imagine that V'ger being composed of mostly forcefields and other weird late 1970's crap, it wouldn't be as large as if were solid, but still. Wouldn't this cause some sort of desruction on Earth and neighboring planets? V'Ger probably had some of the planets practically inside of it.
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ummmm, yeah, wasn't that why Terra had all those storms and what not happening?
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IIRC, V'ger's surrounding cloud was 1 AU, not V'ger itself. Also, the cloud dissipated before it reached the solar system, so no damage would have occurred (except for the destruction of Earth, but that would have been caused by V'ger's probes).
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V'Ger's cloud was actually 82 AUs in diameter. That's one big fraggin' cloud.
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I would assume that the whole thing the E travelled through up to that point was V'Ger...
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...And lots of stars. I believe some storyboards also showed this. Anyway, why would they need a cloud anyway? So that they could pretend it's a really big, really fast nebula? I mean, V'Ger obviously had no real problems getting from there to here...
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The impression seemed to be that the cloud was part of the ship's defensive system, and perhaps its offensive one as well. Maybe even the sensors.
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Sorry, this is going to be a long post. Bear with me.
V'gers cloud was 82 AU's in diameter while it was extant, but it is clear from the climactic Decker/V'ger merging scene that the V'ger construct was probably no longer than 25-30 kilometers in length. It requires watching the entire flyover scene and the order in which the details pass. The Enterprise passes from the rear of V'ger towards the front and then is pulled into the giant maw at the front of the vessel. They then are pulled deep into the Alien craft. They are pulled to a certain point where they remain for many hours. After Kirk's poker bluff they are pulled even deeper into the craft to meet with V'ger. Right before the Enterprise comes to rest Chief Defalco (Ilia's replacement navigator) states "we are 18 km inside the alien vessel." (This is in at least one of the released versions, therefore I consider it canon.) The Enterprise comes to a halt within walking distance to the Voyager probe. The final climactic light show takes place directly under the cool, glowey broken-patterned, dome; a specific detail that is close to the end of the vessel (early in the flyby). If anyone has the book-Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series, in the glossy pictures section there are various V'ger concept drawings. pics 2 and 3 are both unquestionably the closest to the final design that I have ever seen. The details along the surface are clearly identifiable with the flyover sequence. If any one wants to post scans please do (I don't have any such equipment, sorry cause its really cool.)
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