Timeline for Why are escape pods used instead of transporters whenever an alarm sounds to abandon the ship?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
10 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2017 at 13:44 | comment | added | talrnu | @m.fuss The question depicts this scenario in a nebula. True they're not as dense as most sci-fi would have you believe, but still at least on the order of dozens of particles per cubic cm (so at least millions per cubic meter, not hundreds). | |
| Sep 29, 2017 at 14:13 | comment | added | m.fuss | @talrnu space is empty. REALY empty. A few hundred molecules per m³. the matter-AM reactions will be to few to even create a visible spark. and the impuls of the ejection will move it away from the ship on a constant rate. | |
| Sep 28, 2017 at 12:13 | comment | added | Cees Timmerman | @talrnu, blasting the antimatter with temporary EM field away from the bulk of normal matter is the best thing to do. Even if it hits something more massive than the ship, the antimatter shrapnel is more likely to miss thanks to distance. | |
| Sep 28, 2017 at 5:29 | comment | added | talrnu | @m.fuss Antimatter reacts violently with normal matter on contact. Dumping antimatter into space risks an interaction with e.g. dust/nebula particles, debris, or even the ship's own hull, and likely sparking a chain reaction backflashing into the ship's interior. Without the power to outrun that, simply dumping it into space is nearly as suicidal as doing nothing at all. | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 16:21 | comment | added | WernerCD | @MasonWheeler I remember a few times - specifically Insurrection... and found more than a few that I remembers here: memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Warp_core_ejection_system | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 16:19 | comment | added | WernerCD | Radiation was my first thought as well. +1 | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 11:14 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler | @m.fuss Come on, you've seen the show. Has ejecting the warp core ever worked successfully in an emergency? | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 11:02 | comment | added | m.fuss | Why not simply dump the AM into space and stay on the ship instead of dumping the crew and keep the AM on the ship? | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 6:24 | comment | added | Joe Bloggs | Never underestimate the importance of shielding. | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 5:52 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |