Repulsors, Shields and Planetfall

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2004-07-28 04:06am

Are ships entering atmospheres in the SW universe subjected to entering the atmosphere like our current real life space vehicles? Or do they pretty much enter the atmosphere from any direction at whatever speed they like, because of the repulsors and shields. Can a particle / ray shield combo prevent an atmospheric burnup?

In canon, I don't recall any actual atmosphere entry scenes. THe closest would be Luke at Dagobah (cut to: X-wing plowing into cloud cover) and Senator's barge at Coruscant (cut to: Barge skimming the fog cover).

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2004-07-28 08:08am

There was the probe droid-pod that crashed on Hoth, you could see it glowing from all the friction.

Spice Runner · Post by **Spice Runner** » 2004-07-28 09:16am

We also see in AOTC in the beginning, senator Amidala's ship entering Coruscant from an angle. I suppose that because of shields ships can enter an atmosphere any damn way they choose.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » 2004-07-28 03:27pm

Well modern re-entry techniques are limited by the fuel load. most shops entering the atmosphere are doing so on a coasting basis. With enough thrust and fuel, couldn't one make a controlled descent at any speed and as steep an angle as they like?

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-07-28 03:55pm

Within reason, yes. Definately you could reenter as slow as you chose, provided the engines were up to the task.

But to answer Plympto's original question, the weapons in SW deliver so much more energy than an atmospheric reentry that there's really no way that any SW shield would have any trouble.

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2004-07-28 09:00pm

Howedar wrote:Within reason, yes. Definately you could reenter as slow as you chose, provided the engines were up to the task.

But to answer Plympto's original question, the weapons in SW deliver so much more energy than an atmospheric reentry that there's really no way that any SW shield would have any trouble.

You can bounce off

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2004-07-28 09:33pm

VT-16 wrote:There was the probe droid-pod that crashed on Hoth, you could see it glowing from all the friction.

ARGH! How could I have forgotten about it. Thanks VT-16.

I guess the probot's hyperspace pod is a single use reentry vehicle. No need to waste credits on a repulsor-based controlled reentry system.

Howedar wrote:But to answer Plympto's original question, the weapons in SW deliver so much more energy than an atmospheric reentry that there's really no way that any SW shield would have any trouble.

Cool. That answers my question nicely.