In a message dated 5/18/01 5:51:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, smanton@hotmail.com writes:
What *does* everyone do on the flight deck? We know Jenna does the
piloting,
Vila usually handles weaponry (whose idea was that, BTW <g>?) and either
I've always wondered how Vila wound up on weapons myself -- perhaps the weapons are linked to targeting sensors that are controlled from another station (Avon's perhaps?) and all Vila has to do is press the right button?
Cally or Gan seems to handle communications. But what does Avon (before he runs for the force wall <g>)
I think Avon's station handles all of the sensor telemetry and system management instrumentation. The bit of having to run for the force wall always annoys me, though -- that console next to the couches seems like a really illogical place to put the controls for any combat-necessary functions.
and whichever's *not* on communications do
during a battle? They do all seem awfully busy ...
Maybe system management is divided between Avon's position and Gan's - Avon's has computer and power management, and Gan's monitors stuff like damage control and auto-repair?
Nina
Sally asked, and Nina replied:
What *does* everyone do on the flight deck? We know Jenna does the
piloting,
Vila usually handles weaponry (whose idea was that, BTW <g>?) and
either
I've always wondered how Vila wound up on weapons myself
That's Blake's predicament in a nutshell--he has so few crewmembers that he had to put *Vila* in charge of weapons.
I think Avon's station handles all of the sensor telemetry and system management instrumentation. The bit of having to run for the force wall always annoys me, though -- that console next to the couches seems like a really illogical place to put the controls for any combat-necessary
functions. Actually they used to have a remote control, but with four guys they spent all the time arguing about flipping between channels, so they had to go back to the "run to the front and press the button" system.
and whichever's *not* on communications do
during a battle? They do all seem awfully busy ...
There are no atheists in foxholes.
-(Y)