Credit Flying Squid for the Boeing module post

  • 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.