Voyager- A Landing Starship

[Willim Davies]

Was anyone else dissapointed with the whole "Voyager can land on planets" concept?
Great, a starship weighing tonnes can land, and we have shuttles and trasporters for...?
to me i found it was a imagonitive idea, but dissapointing at the same time :/

 

[HoneyBLilly]

I only found it disappointing that it was used more often.


Beyond that it was pretty awesome

 

[Willim Davies]

I only found it disappointing that it was used more often.


Beyond that it was pretty awesome

i wished they made it a little more convincing though, think about it in reality for a moment, if it were all real, do you really think that a starship as heavy as that would be propped up by those tiny landing struts?
i would have enjoyed it more if it was more compensating to gravity etc, but i will agree it was enjoyable

 

[F. King Daniel]

Voyager's little chicken feet were ridiculous. The saucer-heavy ship would have tipped forwards.

And before the usual suspects (for this has come up before) chime in with talk of invisible magic fields, let me say: I don't care, they still look stupid!

 

[froot]

Voyager's little chicken feet were ridiculous. The saucer-heavy ship would have tipped forwards.

And before the usual suspects (for this has come up before) chime in with talk of invisible magic fields, let me say: I don't care, they still look stupid!

The "usual suspects" being the fellow who designed the ship?

And yes, yes it has come up. That thread even had pretty pictures. :O

 

[Willim Davies]

Voyager's little chicken feet were ridiculous. The saucer-heavy ship would have tipped forwards.

And before the usual suspects (for this has come up before) chime in with talk of invisible magic fields, let me say: I don't care, they still look stupid!

I couldn't agree more to be honest

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Excuse me it is called the Ground Footpad System, not little chicken feet.



See how AWESOME they look poking out of Voyager's belly as they emerge during Voyager's descent?

BEHOLD:



Truly, a thing of beauty. Or a thing. Whatever.

 

[Willim Davies]

Excuse me it is called the Ground Footpad System, not little chicken feet.



See how AWESOME they look poking out of Voyager's belly as they emerge during Voyager's descent?

BEHOLD:



Truly, a thing of beauty. Or a thing. Whatever.

I believe they are stupid, look at how small they are, are you really saying something weighing that much could be proppd up by those tiny struts?!!!
and like someone said before me, it is saucer heavy look you can see it for yourself!
how is that ship not tipping over?!

 

[HoneyBLilly]

I believe they are stupid, look at how small they are, are you really saying something weighing that much could be proppd up by those tiny struts?!!!
and like someone said before me, it is saucer heavy look you can see it for yourself!
how is that ship not tipping over?!

There are smaller things that can hold up massive objects.

And we don't know what kinds of metals they will have in the future. So as far as we know, and are meant to assume, those landing struts are made of metal that can hold a trillion pounds on each one.

It helps if you think outside of the box with Trek, and Star Wars too.

Like weapons, those wouldn't be able to be fired accurately in space.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The footpads begin to emerge..





And now we see them fully deployed!





I swear to god I get chills just looking at these. Ship Pr0n at its best

 

[F. King Daniel]

I've seen too much starship pr0n in my time. Nowadays nothing short of a multiple warp-core ejection or ship collision works for me.

What Voyager needed was giant spider legs, like the Will Smith Wild, Wild West movie. Imagine Voyager itself stalking Seska across the barran plains of the world from "Basics"!

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I've seen too much starship pr0n in my time. Nowadays nothing short of a multiple warp-core ejection or ship collision works for me.

I only show this closeup to special people KingDaniel. If it's too much for you, just uhh.. look away.

What Voyager needed was giant spider legs, like the Will Smith Wild, Wild West movie. Imagine Voyager itself stalking Seska across the barran plains of the world from "Basics"!

WHY are you not in charge of these things??

 

[Crisp Conditions]

In that picture, I'm wondering why the ground isn't collapsing under Voyager's weight, especially since its weight is concentrated on those chicken feet.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Ooo this is a good one, just as the landing pads start to splay out..

 

[od0_ital]

Maybe its just me equatin' the heavy end of a car to be the end that has the motor in it, but I would think that engineering and the warp nacelles would weigh more than the saucer, which would comprise the bulk of the crew quarters (empty space).

Also, those are some bad ass landin' struts.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I've seen too much starship pr0n in my time. Nowadays nothing short of a multiple warp-core ejection or ship collision works for me.

I only show this closeup to special people KingDaniel. If it's too much for you, just uhh.. look away.

Ohhhh, that's a good one. I'm gonna show you something from my secret stash. Ready? Here. It's the almost-Enterprise-E crashing into the not-quite-Excalibur from Crusade in Star Wreck: Imperial Edition.
Full movie (the version with the real Trek and Babylon 5 ships) Here.

What Voyager needed was giant spider legs, like the Will Smith Wild, Wild West movie. Imagine Voyager itself stalking Seska across the barran plains of the world from "Basics"!

WHY are you not in charge of these things??

I ask myself that every. Single. Day.

 

[Rom's Sehlat]

In that picture, I'm wondering why the ground isn't collapsing under Voyager's weight, especially since its weight is concentrated on those chicken feet.

And we don't know what kinds of ground they will have in the Delta Quadrant. So as far as we know, and are meant to assume, the planets are made of solid neutronium and can hold a ship of a trillion pounds.

 

[exodus]

Excuse me it is called the Ground Footpad System, not little chicken feet.



See how AWESOME they look poking out of Voyager's belly as they emerge during Voyager's descent?

BEHOLD:



Truly, a thing of beauty. Or a thing. Whatever.

I believe they are stupid, look at how small they are, are you really saying something weighing that much could be proppd up by those tiny struts?!!!
and like someone said before me, it is saucer heavy look you can see it for yourself!
how is that ship not tipping over?!

Do you real believe when a ship blows up, there's fire in space?
Does it really make sense for Voyager to be more streamlined to be faster even though there's no friction in space?
Do you really believe people can be broken down on a molecular level and be reassembled alive?

If you can suspend belief on all that, then yes. Those tiny supports can hold Voyager. The question we should be asking is: Once it lands, how does the crew get to the ground?

......and where the Hell is the door to the Delta Flyer???

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Ohhhh, that's a good one. I'm gonna show you something from my secret stash. Ready? Here. It's the almost-Enterprise-E crashing into the not-quite-Excalibur from Crusade in Star Wreck: Imperial Edition.

THAT'S HOT.

I like the Death Star graphics at the end but it's the CRUNCHING as the ships rip into each other that is just..

And here's another pin-up for Willem Davies:

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[MrBorg]

What Voyager needed was giant spider legs, like the Will Smith Wild, Wild West movie. Imagine Voyager itself stalking Seska across the barran plains of the world from "Basics"!

Oh. My. God. Yes.

Someone should do a Shop of Voyager with spider-legs.