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#Space warfare xv rocketpunk manifesto serial

Of course it could be some arbitrary file number, but it’s really unclear why the navigator would need to know this when using the screen. And it’s not distance, since Jupiter has the largest number but is not the fathest out.

What are those numbers after "STARNAV-"? It’s not planet size, since Uranus and Neptune should be similar, as should Saturn and Jupiter.

If you really needed more stops for the time, start at Mercury. Sure, that would have meant only one stop between Earth and Jupiter. Better for most default navigation purposes would be distance order. He starts at 4, he jumps to 8, 7, and 6 before reaching 5, which is Jupiter. It’s not alphabetical: MNUSJ? It’s not distance-order either.

#Space warfare xv rocketpunk manifesto serial

The serial presentation is made worse in that the list is in some arbitrary order.Why force him to move through each one, read it to see if that’s the right one, and then move on? Wouldn’t an eight-part selection menu be much, much faster? The former matches the navigator’s goals.

How about " Destination" instead of "Local preset"? The latter is an implementation model.

Some things that may be obvious, but ought to be said:

Jupiter has a yellow/orange ring focus in on it as part of the confirmation. The Jupiter information blinks furiously for a bit confirming a selection just as the zoom completes, and DESIGNATING INTRASYSTEM ORBIT is replaced with the simpler legend COURSE. After a moment these disappear replaced with STARNAV-3490 / ATLAS, NEPTUNE, STARNAV-149.58 / ATLAS URANUS, STARNAV-498.48 / ATLAS, SATURN, and finally STARNAV-4910.43 / ATLAS JUPITER. In the lower left hand corner text reads STARNAV-0031 / ATLAS, MARS. As he accesses "STARNAV" (below) the display zooms slowly in to frame just Jupiter and Earth.Īs the zoom starts, a small box in the lower right hand corner displays a still image of Mars with a label LOCAL PRESET. A slow-blink yellow legend at the top reads DESIGNATING INTRASYSTEM ORBITAL, with a purple highlight ring around Earth. It’s a plan view of the Solar system with orbits of the planets described with blue circles. We hear some soft bleeping as he does something off screen, and then we see his display. Prepare for warp."ĭeladier turns to Barcalow and tells him, "Number 1, design for Jupiter orbit." Sadly, we only see the output screens and not his input mechanism.Ĭaptain Deladier tells Ibanez, "Steady as she goes, Number 2.

To travel to Jupiter, navigator Zander must engage the Star Drive, a faster than light travel mechanism.