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Revision as of 21:48, 15 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").
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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").