# Battlestar Galactica 2.10 — "Pegasus" (no spoilers in OP: see scheduling note) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126 "2005-09-23T21:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/181 "2005-09-30T19:42:47Z")
> [@Rillian](#): > > Just put some retro rockets in the nose of the Viper (which IIRC are already there) and come in for a slow and smooth landing. totally unnecessary, they are in space, fly in to hangar deck, do a 180 flip in whatever direction floats your boat and apply thrust, and that _Would_ look cool as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/182 "2005-09-30T19:48:36Z")
> [@Rillian](#): > > Just put some retro rockets in the nose of the Viper (which IIRC are already there) and come in for a slow and smooth landing. totally unnecessary, they are in space, fly in to hangar deck, do a 180 flip in whatever direction floats your boat and apply thrust, and that _Would_ look cool as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/183 "2005-09-30T19:56:54Z")
> [@Rillian](#): > > Just put some retro rockets in the nose of the Viper (which IIRC are already there) and come in for a slow and smooth landing. totally unnecessary, they are in space, fly in to hangar deck, do a 180 flip in whatever direction floats your boat and apply thrust, and that _Would_ look cool as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/184 "2005-10-01T00:36:10Z")
holy carp ! if a Mod happens by I would appreciate it if my last 3 posts vanished. well leave on of the above ones but this one and the last 2 can go. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/185 "2005-10-01T03:02:26Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > totally unnecessary, they are in space, fly in to hangar deck, do a 180 flip in whatever direction floats your boat and apply thrust, and that _Would_ look cool as hell. I think you violate Mr. Newton’s Laws there at some point, but I dropped third semester Physics what with the Schrodenger equation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/186 "2005-10-01T07:08:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I think you violate Mr. Newton’s Laws there at some point, but I dropped third semester Physics what with the Schrodenger equation. 🙂 just watched the season premier, when the raider with the boarding crew passed apollo he did exactly what I just described. was flying one way, uses manouvering thrusters to flip the ship 180 and hits the main thrusters hard, rapid decelleration followed by accelleration in the other direction, it makes sense to use the main thrusters for the job because you dont want to put another set of big ass engines on the front of a fighter when the only point is to make a nice sweet landing. and it would take some big ass engines to counter the big ass engines on the rear. well that or you would need a long time to slow down. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/187 "2005-10-03T14:19:39Z")
Mrs. Magill and I finally had a chance to watch this Saturday afternoon. Two words: Frakkin’ January. One thing we’ve been wondering about is how the heck The Pegasus could go up against Cylons without their virus (thanks Baltar) totally disabling them? I’ll have to subscribe to the Cain is a Cylon theory. > [@levdrakon](#): > > I mean, if your toaster starts burning your bread, do you rape it until it does what you want? You mean that _doesn’t_ work? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/188 "2005-10-03T15:16:34Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I mean, if your toaster starts burning your bread, do you rape it until it does what you want? [Lillian Lust] Hot toast - or buttered buns? [/ Lillian Lust] > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I think you violate Mr. Newton’s Laws there at some point, but I dropped third semester Physics what with the Schrodenger equation. and I could never get to class what with all the dead cats cluttering the halls. Hmm, at least, I think they were dead. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/189 "2005-10-03T16:37:50Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > One thing we’ve been wondering about is how the heck The Pegasus could go up against Cylons without their virus (thanks Baltar) totally disabling them? They were in spacedock and had most of their systems shutdown. It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that their systems were all off line at the time of the attack, and then they later un-networked the computers. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/190 "2005-10-03T17:21:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I think you violate Mr. Newton’s Laws there at some point, I was thinking firing a thruster under the nose to change your attitude would change the flight path to “up”; firung thrusters in the nose and tail should cancel the “up” vector and just flip you around though. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/191 "2005-10-03T17:28:01Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > They were in spacedock and had most of their systems shutdown. It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that their systems were all off line at the time of the attack, and then they later un-networked the computers. Yes, but they are flying the new vipers which are susceptible to the virus. The first battle with the cylons should have left them floating helpless. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/192 "2005-10-06T13:24:55Z")
I’m not sure where I saw it on the net, but I think I know the nature of the unknown Cylon ship… the next episode is titled something like “Resurrection Ship” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126/193 "2005-10-06T16:55:48Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > Yes, but they are flying the new vipers which are susceptible to the virus. I got the season one DVDs recently and have been watching them off-and-on. I noted that in the first episode, “33,” the very first time we see Apollo toward the beginning of the show (setting the perimeter for jump 237 or whatever it is), he’s in his new-model silver-gray viper rather than one of the white ones. Obviously _Galactica_’s crew has the benefit of Baltar’s presence in scrubbing software and retrofitting equipment, but the point is that the new vipers can indeed be hardened; the vulnerability to Cylon meddling is not somehow inherent to their design. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2-10-pegasus-no-spoilers-in-op-see-scheduling-note/323126.md?page=9)