Destiny - Sparks Flying

[webxro]

StarGate is above and beyond the industry , they should do something better

[xxxevilgrinxxx]

The sparks add excitement, some call it drama, to the ship-to-ship fight scenes. It makes the situation seem more dire.

exactly, it's supposed to be exciting
I know that when sparks fly in my house, it's pretty damned exciting

StarGate is above and beyond the industry , they should do something better

they should get at the feeling of imminent doom through the use of interpretive dance!

[morbosfist]

StarGate is above and beyond the industry , they should do something better

You'd think, but SG1 and SGA are both guilty of it. Why should SGU be held to a different standard?

[webxro]

You'd think, but SG1 and SGA are both guilty of it. Why should SGU be held to a different standard?

Because they started with SGU trying to bring more people to see SG , so it should be at least a bit different

[Mozzza]

Which is more exciting?

Spoiler:

A man lies still in his bed, fast asleep. Beside him, the clock reads 2:09 am.

INTERCOM: Captain, you are needed on the bridge. The ship is under attack.

Captain: (groans) Give me 20 minutes. I'll roll out of bed, take a shower and be there soon.

The captain casually rolls over, rubs his eyes, and lets out a heavy sigh

Captain: Thank god for shields.

Or

Spoiler:

A man lies still in his bed, fast asleep. Beside him, the clock reads 2:09 am. Suddenly, two brilliant flashes of lights strike the ship. The room lurches under the man, and sparks eject from the door panel

INTERCOM: Captain! We're under attack!

Another flash of light, another lurch. This time, a low growl can be heard from several decks below.

Captain: (Jumps out of bed) Damage report!

INTERCOM: We just lost deck 47C, hull breach!

Captain: Seal off the affected areas, I'm on my way to the bridge!

Three more blasts contact the ship. Inside, various panels overload and erupt sparks. Panels over head, along with the interior lights, burst into flame. A siren sounds.

*Spoiled to keep post box short*

The sparks add excitement, some call it drama, to the ship-to-ship fight scenes. It makes the situation seem more dire.

Well obviously the latter, but that wasn't what I was getting at. I know they add excitement, but it breaks the realism for me because I'm trying to figure out why somebody has placed pyro on the ship and is setting it off, haha

I hate the sparks. They bothered me most in SGA and I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates them.

I'm glad I'm not the only one either, I thought I was over-thinking.

If you have a starship, it must shower sparks when attacked. It's practically an industry standard.

Hahaha, so it's a feature, not a bug?

they should get at the feeling of imminent doom through the use of interpretive dance!

SEE FOLKS! There's always and alternative. Except, Jennifer Spence (Dr. Park) said she isn't a good dancer xD.

[Mozzza]

StarGate is above and beyond the industry , they should do something better

OMG! Best idea! Instead of sparks shooting out, they should have quick bursts of green flames. It wouldn't make any sense, but still... haha.

[Greenfire32]

OMG! Best idea! Instead of sparks shooting out, they should have quick bursts of green flames. It wouldn't make any sense, but still... haha.

I think it's a GREAT idea!

[Mozzza]

I think it's a GREAT idea!

Haha, apt signature

[garhkal]

If you have a starship, it must shower sparks when attacked. It's practically an industry standard.

Yup. Just like the baddie always has to pontificate to the captured good guys, about his plans..

[Greenfire32]

Yup. Just like the baddie always has to pontificate to the captured good guys, about his plans..

Everyone knows why they do the evil things they do: bragging rights

[Drakshaa]

I think that it's odd that the lights that fry and spray sparks during a fight suddenly work again as soon as Destiny is no longer being fired upon.

[Mozzza]

I think that it's odd that the lights that fry and spray sparks during a fight suddenly work again as soon as Destiny is no longer being fired upon.

You could say that loose metal ends are scraping against eachother as the ship shakes causing sparks to fly out, but then you'd ask why this doesn't happen when there's turbulence.

[Ukko]

Perhaps shields cant stop the whole blast wave or force - or whatever sciencey word is needed here - from passing through to the ship. The impacts on the shields overload something. Or perhaps we have no clue as to how to build an intergalactic spaceship and so dont know how there wired or why there wired that way.

I cant see why folks need an explanation for that, but Warp/Hyperdrives, energy shields, wormhole machines, the fact our tech seems to be able to intergrate perfectly fine with tech far beyond anything the guys at Sony or Dell could comprehend but crashes when you want to watch videos on youtube, 2 galaxy's full of English speakers (Mostly American English at that), Precognition, The fact that super advanced aliens who leave their crap everywhere forgot to leave much here, even though they seem to have spent a hell of a long time here, Going back and forth in time, coming back from the dead....a lot, Teleportation, Psychic stones and so on.


Spoilered for confusing science.

Spoiler:

Or perhaps Destiny is being shot at with Nintendos. Its common knowledge that they pass through everything

[Mozzza]

Perhaps shields cant stop the whole blast wave or force - or whatever sciencey word is needed here - from passing through to the ship. The impacts on the shields overload something. Or perhaps we have no clue as to how to build an intergalactic spaceship and so dont know how there wired or why there wired that way.

I cant see why folks need an explanation for that, but Warp/Hyperdrives, energy shields, wormhole machines, the fact our tech seems to be able to intergrate perfectly fine with tech far beyond anything the guys at Sony or Dell could comprehend but crashes when you want to watch videos on youtube, 2 galaxy's full of English speakers (Mostly American English at that), Precognition, The fact that super advanced aliens who leave their crap everywhere forgot to leave much here, even though they seem to have spent a hell of a long time here, Going back and forth in time, coming back from the dead....a lot, Teleportation, Psychic stones and so on.


Spoilered for confusing science.

Spoiler:

Or perhaps Destiny is being shot at with Nintendos. Its common knowledge that they pass through everything

Hahaha.

Well, if that is the case, I still don't understand why nothing happens when they're travelling through a star and the turbulence is high.

[albert12]

Actualy, after some consideration, there is a good reason for sparks flying.

Destiny is old and definetly showing it's age. Therefore, the insulation around a lot of the wires is frayed, cracked, etc. Under normal operations, the shields don't pull much power, and the current stays in the wire. But when under fire, it draws a lot more current, which overcomes the resistance of the air and current starts jumping from the wires to the (grounded) walls-hence a lot of sparks.