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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Could also be spin gravity, with the feet pointing outwards.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It doesn't spin, otherwise the laser becomes... pointless.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Could still establish orbit and adjust spin in a way so they are tidally locked

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Then you don't get the spin you need but whatever is compatible with the thing you are orbiting.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

a tidally locked orbit like that isn't going to generate 1g of force though. Earth's tidally locked moon only rotates once every 27 days.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's manned by military personel who should expect not having comfortable 1g all the time (either way doesn't matter as Star Wars has magic gravity anyways)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Not if the center of the laser dish is one of the poles.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes but once you start spinning you want to keep spinning, and that kinda fucks with turning in any direction because of the angulam momentum.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I feel like there's a pun semi-buried here...

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