I presume that relative gravitational field strength positively contributes to the likelihood of finding oneself in a given location, accounting for the fear of ending up in a massive body (most likely a star).
Alternatively, it might be that flawed destination co-ordinates may affect the process of jumping itself, rather than the destination: which is to say, being disgregated into a molecular gas or perhaps torn apart by the singularities that are presumably used to open the wormholes. Qubex 09:58, 27 April 2007 (CDT)
- Sounds like you have a grasp of the science behind the fiction, Qubex. Since we've never seen a blind jump and only heard of an account (but not its aftereffects), since there's no other sourcing other than Adama's comments, your analysis (along with what we know about normal jumps) seems to fit our wiki policy on logical deduction for articles. Personally, I think your first idea (gravity wells) fit what we are told more than the second. Feel free to write a non-jargon explanation of what you noted in the article if it's needed. -- Spencerian 10:22, 27 April 2007 (CDT) (Talk - Contrib Skillz - Edit Skillz)
- Yeah, the first point is good. But Adama saying "Could've ended up anywhere" implies that the risk is more in getting where you want to, rather than making the jump in the first place. --Serenity 10:28, 27 April 2007 (CDT)
In my opinion, jumps are a bit like skipping stones. In the Miniseries, they make a fairly large point out of jumping into the orbit of the Anchorage, rather then just the vicinity to the location. When you skip stones, you have to toss the pebbles just right to continue to skip across the water. So passing close to a body, but not falling into it, is the trick. Also, from normal physics, as your speed increases, the affect of gravity increases as well, which would probably tide over to the FTL drives. When the Galactica Jumps, it doesn't jump in a straight line, it jumps so that the ship curves in and out near the various masses in space. Like the Voyager probes, these wells might even "slingshot" the Galactica back in another direction, making it extremely difficult to compute the "direction" to jump in. Taking a snapshot of the sky, then computing the relative movement based on the time since the light left the various masses, then working out a Billiards style shot to weave you in and out of the stars to where you want to go. No wonder there have been so many mishaps relating to jumping in this show. Just my two cents. WZ Lawrence 01:28, 4 November 2007 (CDT)