Babylon 5 Omega-class destroyer intro

Compilation from several Babylon 5 episodes, presenting Earthforce Omega destroyer

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Entertainment

Tags:

• babylon
• omega
• destroyer
• agamemnon

[thatguywiththeegg]

Babylon 5 really did have the best designed ships. It's funny because they consulted scientists to understand real world applications of technology and physics, this is what a real human space based warship would look like.

[Raguleader]

@busterbrown17 Ahh, but the Star Destroyer tragically lacks a cool spinny part. That's why the Empire lost, you know.

[baalisgod666]

I don't think B5 made the best use of the planet @ Epsilon. The machine eith the Membari & later, a human, I think. Nor did they make any good use of "disappeared" Babylons, although one was shown being destroyed, the others could have been taken.

Overall, an excellent sci fi series.

[Baseshocks]

@thatguywiththeegg true that, even a mission to mars would need a rotating ship or area to create gravity for such long durations in space.

[BattlestarDamocles]

Babylon 5 rules!!

[oldfrend]

@GangsterHutterite if it's powered and connected to the rest of the ship then yeah, there would be some newtonian action-reaction counterrotation going on. on the other hand, if it were somehow free-floating and rotated on its own then no, there wouldn't be any opposite force to counter.

[GangsterHutterite]

@thatguywiththeegg Actually, wouldn't a rotating section like that need some kind of counter-mass to counter the torque? Like a helicopter kinda?

But ya, Omega-class is a cool design. Finally somebody thinks to use cameras and not fraking windows.

[alfredbesterp12]

B5 was totally awesome!

[formsdn]

@KNS1996DFS

Nope, i've just compared modern T-80, Abrams M1 and Leopard 2 with WWII tanks T-43, Panther, IS-3, Tiger 1/2. Modern tanks are larger then WWII medium tanks (T-43, Panther), but smaller then WWII heavy tanks (Tiger 1/2, IS).

[KNS1996DFS]

@formsdn Modern tanks are considerably larger than those of WWII.