I don't think BGS's technology is that far ahead of our. The only things they have that we don't is the FTL drive, their engines, and their power source. I think their only 100 or 200 years ahead of us judging by the scenes on Kaprina.
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That is exactly what the show wants. The colonials are in an odd situation, where they have to discard a couple of hundred years of technology but there are some technologies like artificial gravity or the FTL drives that are still possible. Its discribed as retro futuristic technology, buy the season 1 DVD Ron Moore explains it allot.
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Originally posted by ronsmytheiiiThat is exactly what the show wants. The colonials are in an odd situation, where they have to discard a couple of hundred years of technology but there are some technologies like artificial gravity or the FTL drives that are still possible. Its discribed as retro futuristic technology, buy the season 1 DVD Ron Moore explains it allot.
I like the fact that they're technology isn't that advanced. It gives it more of a realistic quality, and lets the show be more about the characters rather than the equipment.Fugly Space Babes: Spork one for Weir!
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We have no way of knowing where the Colonials technology level is. They seem to have purposely downgraded their technology because of the Cylons. Also they have some very advanced technology other than just a jump drive. Anti-gravity and inertia dampeners are perhaps less flashy than a hyper jump but probably just as important in actual space travel.
The Galactica is 3 things. 1 it's a warship not a cruiseliner. So it's going to be rougher looking by it's very nature. 2 it was a ship that was purposely downgraded to avoid Cylon hacking. And 3 it's OLD and was ready to be retired. The Colonial fleet wouldn't have bothered updating the Galactica just to turn it into a museum ship.
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Originally posted by skrip00Who knows. The Colonials may have revolutionary alloy and materials technology. Also, engine technologies as well.
Computing seems severely hampered. As you can see, they have LCD screens and other such devices.
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Originally posted by skrip00Who knows. The Colonials may have revolutionary alloy and materials technology. Also, engine technologies as well.
Computing seems severely hampered. As you can see, they have LCD screens and other such devices.
Originally posted by hyzmarcaThe colonials certainly have revolutionary materials technology. The fact that the Galactica can withstand multiple nuclear detonations very near its hull testifie to that. Oddly, the mull plating which can withstand a multi-megaton nuclear explosion doesn't seem to be that effective against conventional explosives and impacts.
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Originally posted by dosed150a lot of the tech seems near our like the rocket engines on the raptors and any of the weapons they use but any civilisation that can create sentient ai must be very advanced
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Originally posted by hyzmarcaThe colonials certainly have revolutionary materials technology. The fact that the Galactica can withstand multiple nuclear detonations very near its hull testifie to that. Oddly, the mull plating which can withstand a multi-megaton nuclear explosion doesn't seem to be that effective against conventional explosives and impacts.I'm from Iowa, United States
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Originally posted by apollokievMy favorite 'gadget' that I've seen on the show is the 'safe-atmosphere' tester that Kara uses after she crashlands. It's good to see such a simple looking physical tester rather than some fancy electronic sensor that computes whether the atmosphere is safe or not.I'm from Iowa, United States
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Originally posted by SG-1ssmThough explosions were from the inside.
I suppose that the water storage tanks may have been less armored then the rest of the ship. It isn't like their damage exposed any crew to a vaccume. However, it doesn't make sense to make something that is so vital to the ship even more vulnerable to attack.
Originally posted by Three PhDsProbably because in Space, a nuclear explosion is mostly just a big flash and some radiation
Logically, an anti-ship nucks would be equiped with shape-charge style liquid penetrators to take advantage of the massive amount of energy released by the reaction. Extreme pressure within a warhead would serve to propel molten metal at very high velocity. The molten penetrator would have a very might probability of defeating the hull armor. Unfortunatly, the cylon warheads don't seem to have been designed specifically to defeat battlestar armor.
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Originally posted by hyzmarcaLogically, an anti-ship nucks would be equiped with shape-charge style liquid penetrators to take advantage of the massive amount of energy released by the reaction. Extreme pressure within a warhead would serve to propel molten metal at very high velocity. The molten penetrator would have a very might probability of defeating the hull armor. Unfortunatly, the cylon warheads don't seem to have been designed specifically to defeat battlestar armor.
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