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Old November 2nd, 2005, 07:34 AM   #21
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Yup.. there's another one that I missed.

Another example of how it realy wasn't very effective to seal off the compartments on board the battlestar.

Oh yeah... I talked with my firefighter friend about the episode. He couldn't even figure what was going on. His words: "To get fire you need the three elements... ignition source, fuel and oxygen. The cylon fighter was your ignition source. There was oxygen all over the ship. But there wasn't any fuel to burn unless that whole damned ship was made out of magnesium!"

He rambled on about how the firefighting gear they wore was based on old designs from even farther back than the 1970's. He says that the gear now is MUCH better at protecting you but it gives you a false sense of security and helps you get into bad situations before you realize it. You can go too far too fast and get stuck before you know it.

Anyway, he said the episode was exciting but wholly unrealistic.

-Gordon
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