Space Jockey's Gun Seat thing

It's where the pilot sits.

Please refrain from creating new threads on subject matter such as this for which as was clearly stated yesterday there already over 4 pages and 200 threads. We cannot do this...we cannot make new threads about the Jockey in particular without first doing a search on the word "JOCKEY". This has been explained yet for some reason continues to be done over an over an over and over and over again. This exact topic has been discussed several dozen times already here. There were plenty of other threads that could have been reopened rather than creating a new one. Please.

"So I wonder if this has something to do with why the 'Spacejockey' gets 'strapped into' the 'seat'?..." Indeed and you need to ask, if teh Humans can survive in that Bridge/Star Map with out their helmets but they cant when they leave the Temple Complex. Then that would explain why the Space Jockey needs a Helmet.... If you got the window on the top of the Derelict that opens up while it is in space then one of two things will happen. The air inside would not be breathable and you would be sucked out into the vaccum of space. Hence Helmet and hence being strapped in, attached to the chair. That makes sence, so if that makes sence then why would they need to open such a window above the Chair/Cannon/Scope if its just a Scope? How does this Scope work as the 15 holes/silo looking things on the end do not look like they are see through? Thats why i think the Weapon/Cannon theory holds more weight. Ridley said maybe its a Bomber, but then when we think of Bombers we think of the bottom opens up and drops its cargo. But looking at ships, remember the days of the Cannon, or even modern War Ships that fire artillery at their targets.... They do not fire directly, they fire via co-ordinants and the Weapons Ammo is fired upwards and then drops down on its target like a Mortar. Also i think this goes in line with when Giger described the Cannon as a Penis.

@ BigDave - Yup, everything you've said there is exactly what I've always thought right from the beginning about the 'seat' contraption/'suited' controller. There's only one slight difference to everything you covered that I think might happen...and that's the possibility that it doesn't necessarily fire the 'urn ammo' from space, but rather from a closer position to a planet's surface from WITHIN it's atmosphere. That's if it already HAS an atmosphere to begin with that is... On the other hand, perhaps the material the urns are made of are capable of resisting 'burning up' on entering an existing atmosphere, and can survive the entry to release their contents on impacting the surface...and can indeed be fired from a greater distance away from the planet, after all. Either way, if this whole concept is generally correct, I think this would make for a terrific sequence in the movie if we see this actually being shown!

@ [b]BigDave -[/b] Yup, everything you've covered there is what I've always thought (and hoped) would be the case to explain the workings of the 'seat' contraption/'suited' controller, ever since Ridley first mooted his involvement and hints for this movie. The only thing I'm more inclined to believe though, is that the 'urn gun' doesn't get fired from space, but is used when the 'derelict' is closer to the surface of a planet, WITHIN it's atmosphere. That's if there actually IS an atmosphere to begin with, of course... But I guess the material that the urns are made of could be resistant to 'burning up' when entering an atmosphere, before releasing their contents on impacting the surface...so they may just end up being fired from a greater distance away from outside an atmosphere, after all. Either way, if this whole concept is generally correct, then I reckon this would make for some terrific visuals if it's actually shown doing this at some point in the movie!