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Question: Why are the turbo lasers on a star destroyer only on one side of the ship? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/star_wars@lemmy.world

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Doesn't that create a huge vulnerability in that the enemy can just go under the ship and shoot up? Seems like they could have at least put 1 or 2 on the underside.

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[–] Jozav@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"up" and "under" have no meaning in space.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but George didn't really get that at the time... At least not with the big ships.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My point exacly. But, I'm talking the side opposite the bridge.

Also, Star Wars ships had a general up/down in that they had micro-gravity that was generally oriented with the bridge at the top

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

So you mean the dorsal (bridge) side, as opposed to the ventral (under) side?

ISDs do have turbo lasers on the underside. They are often seen using them for planetary bombardment.