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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}}.
</gallery>
 
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 25 April 2021

William "Buck" Rogers's perspective of Draconia's launch channel (BR25Film, "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 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