Posted by screwedmorethenonce on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Interceptors-tp1500519p1500548.html



David Levine <[hidden email]> wrote:
--- In [hidden email], wrote:
> Hello all,
> ...It has also been noted that the Interceptors are small so I
would assume that they have limited fuel range. In addition, since
they are kept on "alert" status, I assume they are kept ready to
launch, i.e. engines warmed and/or running, missile loaded, systems up (like communications/ computer) and is therefore burning fuel. So a pilot sent out on an intercept mission may have to fly out, launch his missile, then fly an evasive return route and try to navigate back to base with less then a full tank of fuel, which is limited to start with. The rescue decal might mark where a fuel-tanker vehicle "tops off" the fuel load.


Why would you think that they are "Running" since they obviously aren't belching flame (Or anything else for that matter) from the exhaust ports. Despite the clear precence of what look like standard rocket exhausts, I have never seen anything come out of them. Therefore, it is a mystery to me as to what kind of thrust sytem they do use. Even in the "Launch" sequence they have no visible way of rising from the launch pad. (Yes I know how they did it on the show, but we are talking "Reality" here.)

Every other spaceship is shown using standard rockets so why are the Interceptors diffrent? Was this just lazyness on the part of the production staff, or some kind of deliberate action?


One has to assume that the interceptor pilots were professionals with a lot of training, who would know the risks of flying the interceptors. In case of an emergency, you want the people trying to help to have precise information about what they can do and cannot do to help.

An interesting point there. Since we only saw three Interceptor pilots, even after Bill (?) was killed in Surviver, just who were the men and where did they train?

As I mentioned in an earlier E-mail, many details of both MoonBase and SkyDiver are missing. Some of them have been worked out in some of the FanFics, but that isn't Cannon, so we will have to come up with ideals that seem to "Fit into the Jigsaw puzzle" that they left us. I must admit that I like working on some of these just for the fun of it.

I also see since I have been working on this off and on for two days that someone has beaten me to the punch with one of my pet peves for SubSmash, about how there was all the room in the world in the escape trunk for people (No doubt to make it easier to film) Will write more on SubSmash in a bit.


Regarding the propulsion system on the interceptors, does anyone
know any details? It couldn't have been anything we use nowadays for
rocket propulsion, since the interceptors would had needed huge fuel
thanks. Did they ever mentioned how fast they could go??

David Levine


If anyone has mentioned the speed, range or any other "Official" data on the Interceptors, then I have missed it. Any one have anything that is cannon?



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