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* 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. | * 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 | * The launch channel doubtless shares inspiration with the [[bsgwiki:launch tube|launch tube]]s from the ''[[bsgwiki:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica]]'' television series. | ||
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Revision as of 04:08, 5 February 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").
