Technical Gaffe? (**SD SPOILERS**)

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Subject: Technical Gaffe? (**SD SPOILERS**)
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+  1: Apr  3, 1996: Adam Roach <root at exu.ericsson.se>
+  4: Apr  4, 1996: davidlee at umich.edu (David S. Lee)
*  5: Apr  4, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
*  6: Apr  4, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: Adam Roach <root at exu.ericsson.se>
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Spoilers for Severed Dreams































I have a question that's been really bugging me ever since seeing the
show last night... When the infiltration pod landed on B5 and let
off troops inside, I expected them to be coming in through the floor,
since that's the outside of the station. What we saw were troops
burning through a *wall*, which couldn't possibly be where the
pod landed. (If you think about it, all walls are internal to the
station, except at the far ends of the station -- but that's not
where the pod landed.)

Did I miss something, or is this a really bad technical gaffe?

I've noticed that, in the past, JMS has had really good explanations
for anything that seems counterintuitive or scientifically
impossible... I think this one's gonna require quite an explanation.

(CC'd to JMS, since he doesn't seem to have access to
RASTB5.moderated yet. I'll post the answer here if he mails back.)


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From: davidlee at umich.edu (David S. Lee)
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In article <3162DE96.167EB0E7 at exu.ericsson.se>, Adam Roach
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> When the infiltration pod landed on B5 and let
> off troops inside, I expected them to be coming in through the floor,
> since that's the outside of the station. What we saw were troops
> burning through a *wall*, which couldn't possibly be where the
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> Did I miss something, or is this a really bad technical gaffe?

Yeah, I noticed it too.  I suppose you could explain this by saying that
all outer hull rooms/cargo-bays/warehouse-areas had been sealed off to
make boarding more difficult.  You could suppose that they *did* come
through the floor of a cargo bay in Brown 95, then had to burn their way
through a wall to emerge in the room where the firefight took place.

I know it's pretty weak, but it does fit the facts of what we saw.

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David S. Lee  (internet:  davidlee at umich.edu)
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI  48109              http://www-personal.umich.edu/~davidlee/

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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I figured that they'd come in through the outer hull, secure the inner
hull area, then go up in and through a side wall, which would be faster
for purposes of a mass entrance.  If you blow a hole in the floor,
everybody has to crawl out one at a time; you blow a hole in the wall,
bunches can come through at once.  There was a fair amount of distance
between where they came in, and the hull.  


 jms



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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Damn...I think I put a spoiler in the top of the prior message...hope the
heading is some protection.  (And no, Jay, not a mistake, just figured
it's better tactically.)

 jms


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