what are good books to read

[shamguy4]

Thanks
I may not even use half these words. It's just so I become familiar with the terms if ever a need arises.
I found a diagram on a spaceship from star wars and hopefully that will help me construct one if need be.
The fun thing is I get to draw out a diagram of my own ship and place rooms inside it! I love doing that. All my life i doodle diagrams on the side margins of my papers of devices and other items and spaceships.


Also when a ship docks in a bigger ship, it has to go through a airlock so the people can get out -is that what the hangar bay doors are for?
Those are the real terms I was looking for -docking bay, hangar bay... whatever it's called.
And before I had a question about infiltrating ships above.

[C Of K]

Originally Posted by shamguy4

The fun thing is I get to draw out a diagram of my own ship

I've done this. Photoshop is a good program to have

Also when a ship docks in a bigger ship, it has to go through a airlock so the people can get out -is that what the hangar bay doors are for?

often. Hangar bays also are known to hold small fighter ships that launch out of hangar bays before or during battle, for scout missions, or anytime you need to launch fighters...

Hangar bays and docking bays are often the same thing, and can be found planet side as well as in ships. They are often used when a vessel needs repairs, or refueling services as well.

[Culhwch]

I think in Star Wars they use magnetic seals to get around having to close the bay doors. God alone knows how that works, but if you say it with enough confidence, no one is going to ask...

[C Of K]

You think that's bad. Why in the world would OBi Wan and Yoda split up to go fight Darth Vader and the other guy? You would think a general would know something about divide and conquer.

[shamguy4]

why when yoda failed in killing the emperor in the third one did he goe into exile?
i guess that teaches us that if you fail you dont try again?
the only reason for him to go into exile i think is to make it connect to the next movies where hes alone on a planet

[C Of K]

George is brilliant. He brought out some great themes in Star Wars. But this shows even he isn't perfect.

[vintagefury]

shamguy4, I like the thirst to learn What will help it along is going strongly out of your way to ask questions and absorb.

What I did when I was younger and would have a tendency to encounter terms I didn't know or fully understand is that I would underline or highlight them. Then at the end of a chapter, I'd go back and look those things up if I had to. Sometimes your best bet is to gather what's being said by context. If you can't, go research it And never be afraid to ask questions, although try to ask books before you ask people.

If you're reading a book in a strongly established universe, like Star Wars or Star Trek... well, I can't speak for Star Trek on this as (don't choke on whatever you're eating) I don't really like Star Trek ... Star Wars, at least, has detailed books on ships and their specifications. You can see the exact layout of a TIE fighter (TIE, btw, stands for Twin Ion Engine) or a Star Destroyer, and learn the terms that way. I don't know how you roll, but I personally need visuals to understand things like that sometimes.

Basically, there's no real shortcut to absorbing knowledge. Just go out there and soak in everything. There's no datum so insignificant that you shouldn't bother learning it, if you ask me.

Also, read up on history for help in plots and random things. There are only 10 sitcom plots, the ancient Greeks did everything already, and if they missed it, odds are good that Chaucer picked it up. Think you have to be super-creative and create your own fantasy animals? Read up on something called the Scythian Lamb. You don't have to make anything up - history did it for you