Coriolis Mail Slot Size / Size Ship Chart
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I can tell you from personal experience that it's only a bit taller than a conda.
speaking of which, why on earth is this a "slot", shouldn't it be a circle.. from a mechanical/stress perspective, and from usability (the station is spinning, why is one orientation more "right" than another)?
Although I guess going full thruster and boost out of a circle looks a little less cooler than doing it through a slot.
Did you ever stop to think that maybe the advertising is the right way up and it you who is upside down?
A rectangular slot provides better security against outside attacks (both natural - asteroids, debris, and man-made - lasers, missiles, kinetic weaponry), compared to a wide circle. Less of an opening, and the open area is not distributed uniformly around a center. The station rotation further provides a reduction of "open window" towards the inside, as with anything slow-moving, you'd either have to aim for the very small center that always stays open, or time your impactoid to match the slot's angle at the point of crossing.
So, in short, rectangular opening is more secure for the station.
So, in short, rectangular opening is more secure for the station.
It has been designed that way since the Thargoids were first discovered.
Previous stations did have round entrances, for precisely the engineering reasons the OP suggested. Unfortunately, this meant the octagonal Thargoid ships could enter "flat" with their bay doors (which are on the underside) opening straight into the station. Nightmare... because they didn't even have to dock - they just opened their doors at the entrance and dropped the munitions and seed pods straight in.
Ever since then, ALL stations have been redesigned with slot-shaped entrances, meaning larger vessels like Thargoids (but us as well) have to enter by driving forward through the slot - which means they'd actually have to be inside the station and then turn their ship in order to drop anything from their bay doors.
Previous stations did have round entrances, for precisely the engineering reasons the OP suggested. Unfortunately, this meant the octagonal Thargoid ships could enter "flat" with their bay doors (which are on the underside) opening straight into the station. Nightmare... because they didn't even have to dock - they just opened their doors at the entrance and dropped the munitions and seed pods straight in.
Ever since then, ALL stations have been redesigned with slot-shaped entrances, meaning larger vessels like Thargoids (but us as well) have to enter by driving forward through the slot - which means they'd actually have to be inside the station and then turn their ship in order to drop anything from their bay doors.
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