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*** Antimatter doesn't work like that. Just chalk it up to [[Rule of Cool]] and accept that if it had been done realistically it would have been greatly different. |
*** Antimatter doesn't work like that. Just chalk it up to [[Rule of Cool]] and accept that if it had been done realistically it would have been greatly different. |
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** Despite common acceptance, a laser does not just damage what it hits, it is basically a very precise bomb. all of the energy in the laser is released in the moment of impact. creating an explosion. |
** Despite common acceptance, a laser does not just damage what it hits, it is basically a very precise bomb. all of the energy in the laser is released in the moment of impact. creating an explosion. |
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** It does it by using alien technology that we have never encountered before. Saying that it doesn't work like anything we've encountered (or work how we theorize things we've theorized about) doesn't really matter because it could be something we've simply never even thought of before. |
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* What about tidal forces? A spaceship 1/4 the size of the moon in a close orbit around Earth (as in: close enough to fly there in a few minutes) should cause a few earthquakes ''and'' be under some significant structural stress itself. |
* What about tidal forces? A spaceship 1/4 the size of the moon in a close orbit around Earth (as in: close enough to fly there in a few minutes) should cause a few earthquakes ''and'' be under some significant structural stress itself. |
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** It may have something to do with the antigravity tech being used by the aliens. Demonstrated capabilities of the aliens' ships indicate that they can avoid inflicting gravity/energy bleeding damage to the surface. If they can render their ships immune to gravitational effects on Earth, its no stretch to assume they can prevent gravitational effects of their own ships from unnecessarily damaging the planet they want largely intact. Keep in mind also that just because its one quarter the size of the moon, that doesn't mean its one quarter of the moon's ''mass'' - especially as the interior of the mothership was largely hollow. |
** It may have something to do with the antigravity tech being used by the aliens. Demonstrated capabilities of the aliens' ships indicate that they can avoid inflicting gravity/energy bleeding damage to the surface. If they can render their ships immune to gravitational effects on Earth, its no stretch to assume they can prevent gravitational effects of their own ships from unnecessarily damaging the planet they want largely intact. Keep in mind also that just because its one quarter the size of the moon, that doesn't mean its one quarter of the moon's ''mass'' - especially as the interior of the mothership was largely hollow. |
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