RE. why doesnt the gravity of a planet affact ships!

[Jeffer]

ok i have had this probley in a while:
in SGA the PJ flies round the planet and it upright andd stuff which ok cos it has artifical gravity.
in SG1 specificly in the lost city, anubis says goe to the south pole, and fires yet his ships are facing upwards (pyramid topside) yet to fire on the prommie it would need to fire up ( if they are under/ontop/at the south pole)
also in full circle the ship turns to fire on the pyramid but the normal hatak uses the underside cannon ( i know aobutthe big super gun thing), the weapon didnt move to take out Yus armarda.
any clue? am i right or insane?

ok i wanted to answer this Q so mods don't get mad that i'm posting it :)

ok are you refering to the ship fireing or moving??

If you are referring to it firing then they would be able to fire anyway they wanted. If your fire a gun into the air the bullet will come out. Of course it will come down. If you firing something as advanced as their weapons then I guess it would be able to fire further. The Goa'uld vessels would have multiple cannons like in the ep when Carter blows up the sun and the Al'kesh is firing on the Ha'tak Teal'c was firing at it, it didn't matter where it was. So I would say that the ships have multiple cannons

[Skydiver]

You guys are free to continue the topic, but do NOT continue the arguement please.

[immhotep]

in lost city they fired down on the prommie, yet at the south pole a ship would have to fire upward to attack the south pole, it doents make sense, just for filming they turned the planet upsidedown!

[Jeffer]

in lost city they fired down on the prommie, yet at the south pole a ship would have to fire upward to attack the south pole, it doents make sense, just for filming they turned the planet upsidedown!
It would be all about perspective yes if you looked at the world with the north pole up like from the moon lets say then they would apper to be upside down but to the pommie and to Anubis everything would be normal

[immhotep]

the world is round, he came out at the north pole, and should of moved under to the south pole, yet they were just normal the SP, its backwards.

[Jeffer]

so are you saying that Anubis's ship should have appered to the Pommie that was upside down???or rightside up???

or are you saying that in the show it should have looked like Anubis's ship was firing up toward the pommie instead of down at it??? and if thats what ur saying i would think it is again a persecptive thing. like if you were on the ground it would have looked like it WAS firing down on it but if you were out in space you would have seen that is was firing up at it

[Ponchoandy]

The grammer is so horrid I barely understood the questions.

[chipman2382]

ok, your question is are goauld space ships effected by gravity?

[aAnubiSs]

I can't believe people ask this now. Why does all vessels always face eachother the "right" way? Why is never a vessel upside down or tilted 90 degrees?

What forced Anubis to exit at the North Pole?=)

[greytop]

ok, your question is are goauld space ships effected by gravity?If this the question, then the answers is yes, IMO. Gravity is what keeps a ship (or satillite) in orbit.

The answer is to the other question as to with the first. Once in orbit, a ship would stay the same until it is made to move.

My answer to firing question is with another question. But, please, think about what is asked before answering it. The questions is: What's up and what's down?

This is only my $.04 worth. (Inflation)

[Wandering Tamer]

I thought he exited a fair distance from the planet. Anyway, I would say that's always perspective. I mean we've never really seen many ships orbiting Earth, I would say maybe because it was "right side up" for whatever planet he left from. Maybe.

[Anubis69]

That's like asking in sci-fi, "why is there noise in space?" and "why do ships have to tip to one side to turn?". It's all about dramatics.

A serious question though, In space (not necessarily SG, but in RL) if you do a "barrel roll" as such, would you feel like you've turned or would it feel the same regardless? (i suppose it depends how far away you are from the planet i guess) any theories or knowledge?

And following on from that, if in SG, with inertial dampeners, what would happen if the same "barrel roll" was attempted???

[jonno]

The force of gravity exerted on a Goa'uld (for that matter anything) mothership by the Earth acts towards the centre of the Earth. So, no matter where above the Earth it is, it is the correct way up if the flat bit is facing the Earths surface directly below it, and the point of the pyramid is pointing out into space. I would insert a diagram, but I don't know how.

EDIT - to use the language from earlier in the thread

As gravity acts towards the centre of the Earth - if Anubis fires 'down', he fires towards the Earth (no matter at what point above the Earth he is orbitting). If he fires 'up', he fires in a direction completely away from the Earth.

ie. Anubis fires both down to hit the Earth, and down to hit the Prometheus.