Talk:Heighliner/Archive 1

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Regarding the line: "This is the only known occasion on which a Heighliner has descended to a planet"

There are a couple mentions of the Guild home planet Junction, and how it's wide flat plains are suitable for Heighliner landing fields. Can't think of/find the exact references right now, built will update as I do. 24.26.128.157 01:03, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

In one of the Preludes, isn't Rhombur Vernius present at the launch of a Heighliner which folds out from its "dry dock" under the surface of Ix? David 20:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is mentioned a few times that Ix can produce their ships cheaper than others because they can build them on the ground, where others build theirs in orbits, which increases labour costs. Ix being totally underground basically, means that it is a fairly common event to at least fold the ship OUT of the caverns. I also remember mention in the preludes that any navigator could move the ship OUT, but only the highest ranking ones could move a ship back into them. --Talroth 04:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed the line in question. 75.35.201.48 08:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Size
Without going into the whole dreary canon/non-canon discussion that seems to plague other scifi universes (or wether the featured picture is the right visual appearance), it would be interesting to know if there are references to their size, either in the original books or in the screen adaptations. I vaguely recall them being "several kilometers" in length, and I think it was in one of the books, but I'm not sure. -- MiG 23:34, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I've got text files of most of the novels, when I get a chance I'll search for some references. TAnthony 03:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've inserted the only quote related to their size that appears in the original series; unfortunately, it's vague (as I'm sure Herbert intended). TAnthony 17:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Engines ?
Is there any mention in any of the books of any kind of propulsion other than being able to "fold space" ? Assuming you could just materialise a ship above a planet it would immediatley start to fall towards the planet through gravitational attraction. The books do mention placing heighliners in "parking orbits". To achieve this the ship after arrival must be be using something to propel itself around the planet achieve an orbit that will conteract gravity. Harani66 12:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)