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[[File:BR25 - Buck Rogers Frozen.png|thumb|{{Buck}} frozen in a state of suspended animation in ''[[Ranger 3]]''{{'|s}} cockpit {{BR25|Awakening}}.]]
[[File:BR25 - Draconia Launch Channel from Ranger 3's Cockpit.png|thumb|{{buck}}'s perspective of ''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} launch channel {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}.]]


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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.
|Kane|{{buck|The man lives}}, I'm not sure why.
|Ardala|You're not sure why? Is this a puzzle for me to decipher?
|Kane|The puzzle is for me to decipher. [[Ranger 3|The ship]] is antiquated... unlike anything I've seen in the star system, or outside of history books for that matter.
|Ardala|Kane, please.
|Kane|He was frozen by a combination of gasses: oxygen, [[cryogen]], ozone, [[methalon]]. Almost a perfect balance.
|Ardala|Well, these are techniques used throughout the galaxy for terminal illness and disease.
|Kane| Yes, ''today''. However, there is another matter: the man's ship.
|Ardala|Kane, you have one more minute.
|Kane|His instrumentation was stopped, frozen solid in the year [[1987]].
|attribution=[[Kane]] and [[Ardala]] on their visitor, {{BR25|Awakening|prose=y}}
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'''Suspended animation''' is the overall terminology depicting the process of preserving a living subject using various forms of gasses, as well as other technologies. The term '''cryogenics''', depicting the science of how suspended animation is achieved, is also used as a moniker for this process.  
''[[Draconia]]''{{'|s}} launch channels are irregular pentagon shaped tubes, with the angular point on the underside of the ship.


Its use on [[Earth]] predates the events of [[1987]] CE's [[World War III]], and two persons from the 20th century are known to have survived into the 25th century due to cryogenics: {{buck}} and [[Hieronymus Fox]] {{BR25|Awakening|Cosmic Whiz Kid}}.  
A drugged {{buck}} is wowed by the light show as ''[[Ranger 3]]'' launches from ''Draconia''.  


For {{buck}}, the cryogenic process is an accidental one, caused by a malfunction of his life support system aboard ''[[Ranger 3]]'' during [[NASA]]'s last deep space probe {{BR25|Awakening}}. In Fox's case, the child prodigy invented and tested a prototype [[cryo tube]] on his person prior to WWIII. Both this chamber and its subject are taken from Earth by unnamed extraterrestrials and, throughout the next five centuries, invariably ends up on [[Genesia]] {{BR25|Cosmic Whiz Kid}}.
== Notes ==


== 25th Century ==
* 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.


In the 25th century, the developed worlds of the galaxy, including the [[Draconians]], utilize suspended animation to preserve life for a variety of reasons, such as the preservation of an individual requiring medical attention {{BR25|Awakening}}.
== Gallery ==


Following the interception of {{Buck}} aboard ''[[Ranger 3]]'' in [[2491]] CE, [[Kane]] informs Princess [[Ardala]] that Rogers' preservation—and subsequent revival by Draconian life sciences—is nothing short of miraculous. Kane surmises that the perfect balance of the four gasses of oxygen, [[cryogen]], ozone and [[methaon]] were responsible for preserving Rogers over the many centuries {{BR25|Awakening}}.  
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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>


The technology is in other arenas as well, including [[Velis]]' escape capsule {{BR25|The Golden Man}}.
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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