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Hello /n/
writefage from /k/ here
I'm writing a story set in the distant future involving spacecraft. I wanted to be as realistic as possible, and instead of planes or naval 'ships' i wanted my spacecraft terminology to be based on trains
this is for several reasons:
>real long-distance space craft would engines in the front dragging other parts of the ship behind them
>these section would be deatachable and modular, like the cars of a train
>like train tracks, once a sapce craft is set on it's path, such as on it's way from one planet to another, it's stuck on that path -- it's not a ship that can stop and turn around any way its wants
>once again similar to trains, switching from orbit to orbit i imagine is like switching tracks at a junction
So what's the 411 on trains? what can you tell me about vernacular, the role of crew such as a conductor, the engineer, and others? what sort of slang and vernacular is their that would be applicable?
writefage from /k/ here
I'm writing a story set in the distant future involving spacecraft. I wanted to be as realistic as possible, and instead of planes or naval 'ships' i wanted my spacecraft terminology to be based on trains
this is for several reasons:
>real long-distance space craft would engines in the front dragging other parts of the ship behind them
>these section would be deatachable and modular, like the cars of a train
>like train tracks, once a sapce craft is set on it's path, such as on it's way from one planet to another, it's stuck on that path -- it's not a ship that can stop and turn around any way its wants
>once again similar to trains, switching from orbit to orbit i imagine is like switching tracks at a junction
So what's the 411 on trains? what can you tell me about vernacular, the role of crew such as a conductor, the engineer, and others? what sort of slang and vernacular is their that would be applicable?
