• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    I like to imagine there’s a whole semester-long unit at Starfleet Academy that deals specifically with footing and movement while the vessel is under attack, because bracing support and soft edges imply conflict is imminent. Which apparently it is every third encounter or so.

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      1 year ago

      When I moved to Japan, and often had to stand on the train with no hand hold, I quickly learned how to lower my center of gravity and balance on two feet against random tilting and turns at high speed.

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        1 year ago

        Haha. When I first moved to a city, I’d never been on a train before and it was hard. But then I just engaged my surfing muscle memory and suddenly it was very easy. Because I was on a train every day, I always stood hands-free because it felt like good training while I was away from the ocean. Was a fun game.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    Why would they even need seat belts? The ship clearly has some form of artificial gravity technology, which they could just use to keep people in their seats despite random accelerations caused by impacts and explosions.

    For that matter, why do do they even need seats? The artificial gravity could just keep people in a sitting position.

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      They have “intertial dampeners” which are supposed to stop it from ever happening, but apparently they never work.

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        1 year ago

        Also leaning … leaning increases the ability of the ship to make tight turns in flight.