Unfortunately I have ED on an Xbox so I haven't had a chance to immerse myself in plantary landings. But I was thinkin the other day how cool it would be in a future update for horizons that they would add water world landings. Your probably thinking how would that be possible? Well what if they had landable station on the water like Kamino in Star Wars. When you go in the hanger it would take you into an underwater hanger/ observatory. You can also land on ice caps and deploy the SRV and use a drill for mining through the ice and exploration. It would also be sweet if you could fly through the huge storm systems with crazy lightning storms and waves. Just a crazy idea I had, what do you guys think?
Water world landings
- Thread starter Deadpeace
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landing or submarining?
And behemoth alien fish that cold swallow a ship[woah]
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But if Jar Jar Binks turns up, I'm off.
I think landing on water should actually be possible for all ships. They really don't weigh too much for their size. So long as they don't take on any water, their average density will remain lower than water, and they would all float no problem.
Not sure if the hold is water tight.
I hope that there will be a special internal compartment needed for taking a ship under water. Some ships should be very good at this - Moray, Orca, other not so good - T9, Vulture.
Legacy_LuckyLuke
Banned
To be 'airtight' so that your oxygen doesn't vent into space, I would expect ships would also be water tight?
Since most ships are named after creatures that are capable of swimming and the system description for I Bootis, I would hope that water worlds are able to be landed in. Maybe I could coax my MSW from hiding if it could swim around a bit and drag a few transports into the depths with a harpoon. 
But is that the case with the cargo hold?
Cargo containers are made to handle vacuum, and there certainly won't be air in the hold when the cargo hatch is open.
Also, a water tight ship heavier thatn water will sink, lighter will float. Neutral buoyancy is needed for a submersible, this is why I suggested the extra compartment.
If something is air tight so the vacuum of space doesn't rip it apart, then it is also water tight. NASA astronauts train in their suits in water because it's the nearest thing on earth that gives you a sense of weightlessness that space has.
Something can be water tight and still allow air into it, this is how hydration packs work in hiking packs. But if it's air tight then water can not get in or out, so we wouldn't need a special compartment because space ships are already specially built to withstand the vacuum of space.
Slaves would die if your hold wasn't airtight.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
.... only to 1 BAR differential pressure (c.10m waterdepth at 1g) - and the pressure inside the ship is pushing out whereas the water pressure would be pushing in.
No. Slaves are always in cryotubes.
Opening the cargo bay to scoop stuff doesn't kill your slaves.
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I'm not saying the cargo hold isn't air tight, but it dosn't actually need to be presurised when we are in space.
I take it the JarJar episode of TCW were not your best? lol
I'm not saying the pressure would be the same, just the fact that spaceships are already water tight. They would have to be, because they are air tight. If they weren't then the vacuum of space would just rip off doors and suck everything out.