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Bad science!
Got the first disk of Season 1 for Battlestar Galactica today. And the second episode hangs its entire plot on Bad Astronomy.
The episode is entitled Water. The main plot concerns the hunt for a water source after planted bombs rupture half the Galactica's water tanks. Along with this we get more paranoia and Valerii acting more Cylon-like with each passing moment.
The problem? Space is filled with water! Our solar system has mountains of the stuff, thousands if not millions of them, wandering around out past the main belt. Looking into deep space we see that hydrogen and oxygen are common, so it makes sense that in any system you'll find at least a few Kuiper Belt Objects large enough to supply the entire fleet for years.
Grumble.
Of course, if i was a Cyclon agent looking to cripple the fleet and set humanity up for the final blow, I'd set bombs on the Galactica's FTL drive.
The episode is entitled Water. The main plot concerns the hunt for a water source after planted bombs rupture half the Galactica's water tanks. Along with this we get more paranoia and Valerii acting more Cylon-like with each passing moment.
The problem? Space is filled with water! Our solar system has mountains of the stuff, thousands if not millions of them, wandering around out past the main belt. Looking into deep space we see that hydrogen and oxygen are common, so it makes sense that in any system you'll find at least a few Kuiper Belt Objects large enough to supply the entire fleet for years.
Grumble.
Of course, if i was a Cyclon agent looking to cripple the fleet and set humanity up for the final blow, I'd set bombs on the Galactica's FTL drive.
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The point I'm trying to make is that Galactica represents a single warship trying to survive without any supply and logistics tail. It can't rely on fleet tenders and bases anymore. It has to do EVERYTHING with what's on board. Same goes for the rest of the fleet.
Is there water out there? Yes!
Can you do anything with it? ... let me check stores and get back to you. By the way, it would really help if it was liquid and not too contaminated, or else we'll have to jury-rig something out of our constantly dwindling collection of parts.