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Repulsors, Shields and Planetfall
Posted: 2004-07-28 04:06am
by Old Plympto
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).
Posted: 2004-07-28 08:08am
by VT-16
There was the probe droid-pod that crashed on Hoth, you could see it glowing from all the friction.
Posted: 2004-07-28 09:16am
by Spice Runner
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.
Posted: 2004-07-28 03:27pm
by Darwin
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?
Posted: 2004-07-28 03:55pm
by Howedar
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.
Posted: 2004-07-28 09:00pm
by PainRack
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
Posted: 2004-07-28 09:33pm
by Old Plympto
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.