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    Im just curious

    Is it jus me but in scifi. why is it when a ship is badly damaged the lights go out but there is still enough power for artifcial gravity? Seems to me artifcial gravity would take up more power then the lights.
    Why is it every time I gate to P3X-797 my bags always end up on P3X-888.

    #2
    Originally posted by Owen Macri
    You are right and you have a point, but if the artificial gravity went offline every time the lights went out, they would all die by the time they left dry dock, or the stargate equivilent. lol.

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      #3
      You would have posted it just as well as me, maybe better. You know what, I will delete my post so that you can post it!

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        #4
        Well let's try to explain that...

        There's a seperate power system and circutry for the grav generators...

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          #5
          You are right and you have a point, but if the artificial gravity went offline every time the lights went out, they would all die by the time they left dry dock, or the stargate equivilent. lol.
          It would make sense that the artificial gravity would have higher priority than the lights.

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            #6
            You are right, they could have the ship route power to artificial gravity automatically, of course if they had my redundant shields. lol. However, remember that episode of Voyager "Year of Hell" they were pretty much dead in space and the artificial gravity was still online.

            However there are several other possibilities, perhaps the power source powers the generators directly, and also keeps a seprate, very large battery, charged, so when the other power source is compromised the battery will feed power to the gravity generators, until they can find a suitable replacement power source.

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              #7
              because, special effects wise, it's tons cheaper to turn off lights or suggest that they're running out of air than it is to hook all the actors up to harnesses and swing them around the set to simulate a loss of gravity
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                #8
                Originally posted by Skydiver
                because, special effects wise, it's tons cheaper to turn off lights or suggest that they're running out of air than it is to hook all the actors up to harnesses and swing them around the set to simulate a loss of gravity
                Yes and you must remeber its a T.V show and not real life although it seems like it is!

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                  #9
                  For the obvious reason. If the AG-fields went down they'd all die within the next millisecond, however one can live without life support systems and lights for a while

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                    #10
                    It's also possible that the gravity generators may have some sort of capacity to continue operating for a limited time even after the power has been cut off. Sort of the way a battery holds a charge, a gravity generator might be able to continue providing gravity until its charge has run out. Then, one would presume that you'd best have restored power by then, or you'll be floating around. It's a thought.

                    In realistic terms of course, your very likely right... but it's a TV show and floating cost money... lights out, don't. (or not as much... )

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                      #11
                      the damage convinently misses that system, dodge targeting computers i guess




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                        #12
                        They wouldn't die, they would just float around a bit.

                        And yes, I think everyone realised that it was a matter of cost, but if we analysed the show like that, how much fun would we have?

                        In response to Seastallion, yes that is what I was going for in my last post in this thread.

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                          #13
                          Okay a battery for the ag and none for the lights. These have to be the same people who built the chairs without seatbelts. I rather have lights then grav if the power goes you can still work in no grav.
                          Why is it every time I gate to P3X-797 my bags always end up on P3X-888.

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                            #14
                            It would be far easier to work in the dark with gravity and luminesent control panels. Without gravity generators, any bump would cause you to fly to one side, or rather, the ship would go to one side, and you wouldn't, then you would hit the side of the ship. Without gravity you would need some sort of magnetic boots, otherwise you would be floating all over the ship.

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                              #15
                              Yah i know its what real astronaughts or trained for.
                              Why is it every time I gate to P3X-797 my bags always end up on P3X-888.

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