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.
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Originally posted by Owen MacriYou 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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Well let's try to explain that...
There's a seperate power system and circutry for the grav generators...
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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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Originally posted by Skydiverbecause, 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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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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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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