THey showed Cam and a bunch of other pilots mounting up in some flashbacks, but I don't recall them ever showing 302's leaving the Prometheus. Did it in fact have a 302 bay? If so, where was it on the ship?
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This was, I seem to recall, a special effects stuff up. Go back to when we first saw the Promethus rising out of the ground with the soldiers next to it. In that shot it was about the size of a modern destroyer. Now look at this one, it is massively larger, the side hangers are bigger than the ones on the 304, and these 2 hangers carry a total of 8 302s, lol. Remember the shot of the Prom in Grace or parked under an O'Neil class where it was drawfed by the O'Ns landing pad, does this ship look that small. This shot puts the ship in the 800m+ size range, almost 3 times longer than a Nimitz, and over 400m wide. (the 302 has a span of about 18m) No, this is a goof. I note additional superstucture in front of the bridge as well, that was supposed to be the location of one hanger, and another in the nose.
The views of the propulsion system on the monitors show these pods as part of the hyperdrive system, the 304s have them as well, mounted between the hangers and the hull at the bottom.Last edited by EnigmaNZ; 22 November 2007, 02:40 AM.
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in the original designs of prometheus the hanger bay was suposed to be in the centre of the ship on top.......someone could probably describe where i mean better. Then in ethon they kind of messed up a bit but the easiest explanation canon wise is that it was refitted and the hyperdrive engines were converted into hanger bays.Please do me a huge favour and help me be with the love of my life.
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Don't forget that the 304s don't have to have "field emission screens" (those blue glowy things that operate in hyperspace) on both fore and aft like Prometheus used to have. This would be the plot-worth explanation atleast.When the time comes to utilize Earth's best weaponry against an ailen threat. The weapon that will ultimately prove to be Earth's best will be the Zatnikitel
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Originally the two 'pods' on the side were hyperdrive engines & the 302 bay was in the centre forward part of the prometheous according to cross section pictures. Later the hyperdrive was put in the main part of the ship & the 'pods' became hangers, they carried 4 302's each at any time the prometheous supposedly carried 8 302's.
The hyperdrive was possibly moved because, as the prometheous had been continually upgraded they had got a smaller hyperdrive engine or they only needed one engine after an upgrade so they moved it to the ship & convered the old hyperdrive holding pods into hangers.
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