' Wrote:Due to the fact that most space craft effects have a sort of fire feel to their engines, I highly doubt submerging them in liquid would be good for them at all.
It might be possible with some clever modifications to the nebula effects, but as far as I can tell all nebula use the same basic design with changes to the colours and texture of the effects, I'm not really sure how that could be changed to a liquid effect. Turn the visibility to very low and turn the clouds into bubbles?
The "fire" would likely evaporate any liquid it came into contact with, thus protecting the internal components of the engines.
' Wrote:Yes, the pressure on different planets might be different, but modern steel submarines withstand pressures of up to 40 atmospheres of pressure. Spaceships, designed for (massively overengineering here) up to 5 atmospheres of pressure wouldn't nearly be able to withstand that.
Plus, how do you get into the system? Won't the gate spew out liquid to the other side when it's opened?
Ships can be hit by powerful explosive devices (nuke mines, anyone?) and survive the blast. I think they can withstand a wee bit of pressure.
' Wrote:About space temperature...
I remember reading somewhere that space doesn't really have a temperature, because there is nothing to transfer the heat to, whatever temperature it is when it starts, it will stay that way because the heat can't be transfered to anything...
But thats just what I read somewhere...
Nothing to transfer it, yes. But the stuff travelling through space (solar ejecta, microparticles) are dangerous enough. That and ships are designed to withstand powerful lasers, soooo.... yeah.
EDIT: Also, what about shields? How would they interact with this liquid?