@ummthatguy@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoTheir Promenade is like a sad strip mall with some cult in one section, a hostage situation in another, and this:lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1168arrow-down1imageTheir Promenade is like a sad strip mall with some cult in one section, a hostage situation in another, and this:lemmy.world@ummthatguy@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Limonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink30•1 month agoYou can tell it’s a dead mall because it’s tilted. Functioning ships and stations are always coplanar with the galactic plane.
minus-square@ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 month agoI always laugh at the Dutch angle trick to show that it’s derelict and/or evil.
minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilink11•1 month agoDo you think Starfleet pilots ever get into debates about which side of the milky way is the top, and which side is the bottom? Are there rebels that disagree with the consensus and fly around “upside-down”?
minus-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilink2•1 month agoUp is where, if you look down, the galaxy spins clockwise. There, you’re welcome
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink4•1 month agoOnly you have to wait a really long time to see which direction is which.
minus-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilink1•edit-21 month agoI’m sure sensors can pick that up within seconds, ST sensors even faster. Especially since you don’t need the rotation, but just the alignment of known points around the galaxy
minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilink3•1 month agoYou’re assuming every species in the federation has the same cultural concept of “clockwise”.
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish2•29 days agoThe aquatic ones might not even have the same concept of “up”.
minus-square@CeruleanRuinlinkEnglish1•25 days agoThere’s probably an arbitrary standard just like with the globe. There’s is a galactic north, after all.
minus-square@wise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•1 month agoIt’s tilted because they wanted to take the picture and get their shuttle out of there as soon as possible. No time to align!
You can tell it’s a dead mall because it’s tilted. Functioning ships and stations are always coplanar with the galactic plane.
I always laugh at the Dutch angle trick to show that it’s derelict and/or evil.
TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle
Do you think Starfleet pilots ever get into debates about which side of the milky way is the top, and which side is the bottom?
Are there rebels that disagree with the consensus and fly around “upside-down”?
Up is where, if you look down, the galaxy spins clockwise. There, you’re welcome
Only you have to wait a really long time to see which direction is which.
I’m sure sensors can pick that up within seconds, ST sensors even faster. Especially since you don’t need the rotation, but just the alignment of known points around the galaxy
You’re assuming every species in the federation has the same cultural concept of “clockwise”.
The aquatic ones might not even have the same concept of “up”.
There’s probably an arbitrary standard just like with the globe. There’s is a galactic north, after all.
It’s tilted because they wanted to take the picture and get their shuttle out of there as soon as possible.
No time to align!