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minus-squarerenegadesporkAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-218 hours agoIs there a canon answer for why Star Trek ships always meet aligned? I always assumed either Ships generally align with the galactic axis (seems unlikely every species would accept the standard). Ships realign automatically when approaching another vessel based on their artificial gravity or something. I imagine #2 could lead to some comical spinning as two ships keep trying to align to each other. EDIT: Also, #2 gets exponentially more complicated as the number of ships increases–maybe the smaller ships align to the biggest one?
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoFrom my understanding, though I can’t pinpoint why I think this, it’s “ship #1 orient based however they feel like, any follow up ships orient accordingly to ships already in-system”
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·17 hours agoArtificial gravity alignment? so that they can dock etc if needed?
minus-squarerenegadesporkAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoNot aligning these could lead to some hilarious boarding situations.
minus-squarejoby@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours agoI think it’s closer to #2, but by choice/convention. An episode I watched lately had a mention of a ship “matching our orientation”
Is there a canon answer for why Star Trek ships always meet aligned? I always assumed either
I imagine #2 could lead to some comical spinning as two ships keep trying to align to each other.
EDIT: Also, #2 gets exponentially more complicated as the number of ships increases–maybe the smaller ships align to the biggest one?
From my understanding, though I can’t pinpoint why I think this, it’s “ship #1 orient based however they feel like, any follow up ships orient accordingly to ships already in-system”
Artificial gravity alignment? so that they can dock etc if needed?
Not aligning these could lead to some hilarious boarding situations.
I think it’s closer to #2, but by choice/convention. An episode I watched lately had a mention of a ship “matching our orientation”