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Chimera

MemberOvomorphApril 21, 2012792 Views8 Replies
What could be the possible advantages of having a galactic traversing spacecraft being shaped in the form of a horseshoe? Just a stupid question so feel free to give stupid answers or something positive if you can really think of any advantages. Thx

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Chimera
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@Enceladus.....very interesting. Makes a hell of alot of sense. Could be why each end appears different. They connect to each other or some larger ship yet unseen. Cool, thank you.
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I've posted this before - I think there are much larger ships that circle the universe. The horseshoes connect up and exchange dna /life forms from around the unvierse. Imagine an enormous mother ship with lots of horseshoes to drop off in smaller sections / orbits of the universe in very long term cycles.
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The map room my explain these oribt cycles and meetups.
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I think that spaceship is just a little "part" of a large SPACE-HORSE... and that horse does have an ALIEN_HEAD... Br...br......brrrrrr....
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I've done a little light aluminium engineering and some spot-welding, but not a fully time-served person by any means. I'll send you my cv if you give me your email addy.
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If you have the technology to beat gravity (if that is indeed what the "croissant" can do), then probably the shape reflects whatever scheme is needed to do so. Sounds a bit redundant, but that technology does not exist yet in real life, so anybody's guess is good, including H.R. Giger.
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@enceladus_is_alive Thats a Good Point, pretty much like A Naval Craft that travels the Globe from which Apache Gun Ships are flown from.

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If we're talking reality, its a terrible design. The most efficient design would be a cube. But cubes are pretty boring to look at. So for a si-fi horror movie making a space ship that looks truly alien with an odd shape makes sence. It gives you a sence that what your dealing with thinks and behaves in a manner so different from us that its terrifying.

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