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TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-08-13 12:58am

Dalton wrote:
TrailerParkJawa wrote:You know, it just occured to me that I dont think those bldgs could actually exist where they appear to be. From that angle they should be sitting in the Pacific Ocean. I was just few outside the Golden Gate on a boat a few weeks ago. Otherwise I might not have noticed.

Anyone else from the SF Bay Area see the same thing?
What, they don't have land reclamation in the future?

You wouldnt reclaim the land on that side of the bridge. It wouldnt make sense too unless they totally control the weather. It would also mean that what is currently protected lands are now Federation bases. Im sure that is very possible. I think that parade grounds is supposed to be in the Marin highlands, what I think really happend is the bridge is simply reversed. Like many shows with the bridge involved, they do what looks cool and is not correct. Like when people drive to LA from SF by crossing the bridge.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-08-13 02:47am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:...From that angle they should be sitting in the Pacific Ocean....

heh you're right. That view is looking east, and only the north end of the GG bridge is visible.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-08-13 04:27am

Technobabble, combined with overcrowding in a metropoitan area. Duh

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-08-13 05:27am

Yeah, that's definitely looking east; the southern tower of the bridge isn't moored in open water.

It would be pretty hardcore of the Feds to build an island out there, though. It would be a major engineering project, even for them.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-08-13 06:45am

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-08-13 06:47am

Sea Skimmer wrote:Everything else and the fact that Lusankya needed a huge bed of additional repulsers says no. Vader may have been making a referance to landing clearance for a shuttle and wanted to descend into an orbit of some form.

No. Don't you see what Vader says about force-field controll and such?
I think the ground based Space-Port is aiding the Executor in landing and taking off, so SSD's can land on planets if the planet has a facility that can handle them.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-08-13 07:21am

Robert Treder wrote:Yeah, that's definitely looking east; the southern tower of the bridge isn't moored in open water.

It would be pretty hardcore of the Feds to build an island out there, though. It would be a major engineering project, even for them.

Considering that the good residents of San Francsico wouldn't have liked Starfleet HQ to come in and take what space they wanted I would assume they could do it.

Plus I don't think it would be too difficult, The Out at sea airbases the Brits built offshore were somewhat sturdy, and we put oil platforms out at dea already. Given a few hundred years to improve tech it seems resonable that such a facility could be built at sea to save time and possibly the cost of obtaining the land.

I justfound the picture though, I dont know wether it is official or what not.

We could maybe establish a location using the footage of the Breen Attack on SFHQ though...anyone remember HQs location from that?

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-08-17 10:34pm

I was under the impression that there are StarFleet Bldgs in both San Francisco proper and what us locals call the Marin Headlands. I dont remember the Breen episode. Have we ever seen a canon source on what bldgs are where? I got the impression the Acadamy campus is in Marin, and StarFleet HQ is in San Francisco.