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[[File:BR25 - Draconia Launch Channel from Ranger 3's Cockpit.png|thumb|{{buck}}'s perspective of ''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} launch channel {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}.]] | |||
A '''launch channel''' is a launch accelerator channel for smaller craft installed on a larger base or within a capital ship, allowing the ship to launch at rapid speeds over a shorter distance without using its own engines. | |||
''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} launch channels are irregular pentagon shaped tubes, with the angular point on the underside of the ship. | |||
A drugged {{buck}} is wowed by the light show as ''[[Ranger 3]]'' launches from ''Draconia''. | |||
== Notes == | |||
* Ideally, a launch channel allows these smaller craft to launch safely from spaceships, without risk of engine backwash running amok through the craft bays from whence they came. | |||
* The launch channel doubtless shares inspiration with the [[bsgwiki:launch tube|launch tube]]s from the ''[[bsgwiki:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica]]'' television series. | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery mode="slideshow"> | |||
File:BR25 - Draconia Launch Tube Aperture.png|A [[Hatchet fighter]] emerges from ''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} launch channel aperture {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. | |||
File:BR25 - Draconia Launch Tube Aperture - Set of 2.png|A pair of ''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} launch channel apertures {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. | |||
File:BR25 - Draconia Launch Channel from Ranger 3's Cockpit - Early Stage.png|The electronic "hooks" rapidly approach ''[[Ranger 3]]'' {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. | |||
File:BR25 - Rogers' Reaction to the Launch Channel Light Show.png|From ''[[Ranger 3]]''{{'|s}} cockpit, {{buck}} is amazed by the sudden acceleration and light show of the launch channel {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. | |||
File:BR25 - Draconian Launch Channel.png|A clear, unobstructed view of ''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} [[launch channel]] {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. | |||
File:BR25 - Draconia's Quartet of Launch Channel Apertures .png|Four of ''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} [[launch channel]]s in a staggered array {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 25 April 2021
A launch channel is a launch accelerator channel for smaller craft installed on a larger base or within a capital ship, allowing the ship to launch at rapid speeds over a shorter distance without using its own engines.
Draconia's launch channels are irregular pentagon shaped tubes, with the angular point on the underside of the ship.
A drugged William "Buck" Rogers is wowed by the light show as Ranger 3 launches from Draconia.
Notes
- Ideally, a launch channel allows these smaller craft to launch safely from spaceships, without risk of engine backwash running amok through the craft bays from whence they came.
- The launch channel doubtless shares inspiration with the launch tubes from the Battlestar Galactica television series.
Gallery
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A Hatchet fighter emerges from Draconia's launch channel aperture (BR25: Film, "Awakening").
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From Ranger 3's cockpit, William "Buck" Rogers is amazed by the sudden acceleration and light show of the launch channel (BR25: Film, "Awakening").
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A clear, unobstructed view of Draconia's launch channel (BR25: Film, "Awakening").
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Four of Draconia's launch channels in a staggered array (BR25: Film, "Awakening").