Credit Flying Squid for the Boeing module post

  • @Limonene
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    303 months ago

    You can tell it’s a dead mall because it’s tilted. Functioning ships and stations are always coplanar with the galactic plane.

    • @ummthatguyOP
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      193 months ago

      I always laugh at the Dutch angle trick to show that it’s derelict and/or evil.

    • MentalEdge
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      113 months ago

      Do you think Starfleet pilots ever get into debates about which side of the milky way is the top, and which side is the bottom?

      Are there rebels that disagree with the consensus and fly around “upside-down”?

      • MaggiWuerze
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        23 months ago

        Up is where, if you look down, the galaxy spins clockwise. There, you’re welcome

        • Echo Dot
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          43 months ago

          Only you have to wait a really long time to see which direction is which.

          • MaggiWuerze
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            3 months ago

            I’m sure sensors can pick that up within seconds, ST sensors even faster. Especially since you don’t need the rotation, but just the alignment of known points around the galaxy

        • MentalEdge
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          33 months ago

          You’re assuming every species in the federation has the same cultural concept of “clockwise”.

          • VindictiveJudge
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            23 months ago

            The aquatic ones might not even have the same concept of “up”.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        There’s probably an arbitrary standard just like with the globe. There’s is a galactic north, after all.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 months ago

      It’s tilted because they wanted to take the picture and get their shuttle out of there as soon as possible.

      No time to align!