Talk:Power generation

The "12.75 billion gigawatts per (second)"[6]. quote in the article is taken from the shooting script. The actual aired episode has the line of dialog cut off just after the word "per" by an alarm klaxon going off. The word "second" is never spoken.

It would seem to me that people contributing need to check their sources more carefully; the as-filmed canon dialog should trump that of the screenplays. --Mike

• I'm well aware of that, and have noted in the text that the script differs from the episode. --Ted C 20:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh yes, and where does the 6E13 kg mass estimate for the Bre'el IV moon come from? --Mike

• The volume of the moon estimated from screen shots multiplied by the density of heavy iron ore (rather than pure iron). --Ted C 20:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I see. Is this estimate from an SDN article that it should be properly cited and linked to? I seem to recall that there was an article Mike Wong did around those lines.
    • The volume estimate is from the Canon Database article on "Deja Q"; I plugged in the density of hematite (one of the heavier iron ores) to get the mass. If you wanted to treat the moon as solid iron, you'd push up the power requirement to 30,000 TW, but I really wouldn't expect to see a 2.5km solid iron natural satellite, so I go with an ore. --Ted C 22:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)