flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) (04/03/84)
--- Why it took half an hour to go around the planet - I just presumed that the Death Star was in orbit around the planet, in which case its velocity would depend on the mass of the planet and its altitude.
notes@iuvax.UUCP (04/03/84)
#R:houxe:-49700:iuvax:5800008:000:501 iuvax!apratt Apr 2 21:53:00 1984 It is generally not a good idea to "blow to bits" the object around which you are in close orbit. The Death Star kept a good distance from Organa, you recall. But they were actually in orbit around the Rebel Base's primary. Also, presumably, maneuver drive is Newtonian, while interstellar drive isn't. There is a substantial technology difference between them. Just because you can go fast in one mode doesn't mean you can go fast in another. -- Allan Pratt ...ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/03/84)
Alderaan. Calling it Organa is like calling Great Britain "Tudor".
fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) (04/06/84)
Larry Niven's Known Space series has a Hyperspace, and Hyperdrive, and
there is the small problem with it:
You can't use it within some arbitrary distance of ANY gravity well.
It is possible that the Hyperdrive in the SW Universe has the same limitation.
This would tend to explain some of the time that Han Solo took to
`make the jump to lightspeed' in SW:ANH after leaving Mos Eisley in a hurry,
pursued by Imperial Cruisers.
Erik E. Fair
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