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Posted by: PLUT0NIUM 235
firstly, if referring to the Long Night of Solace, then its many kilometres of ship! also friction in the atmosphere is caused by an object travelling at speed through the medium (i.e. air), the shuttle for example has an orbital velocity of around 17,500 miles/hour that is why it looks like a meteor on re-entry. a ship entering an atmosphere at 500 miles/hour would do nothing of the sort, so it all depends on how fast, a 20+ kilometre long carrier entering the atmosphere at 17,500 miles/hour would be retarded, so lets assume it crept into the atmosphere, eliminating the problem of heating through friction.
also another retarded thing regarding 'cloaking', we would assume that the cloak somehow 'bends' light around the occupant right? then how is it visible on thermal, since heat is simply infra-red radiation, similar to light but different wavelength. surely infra-red is equally 'bent' around the user in the same way as visible light? heat being emitted by the user themselves would have to be dealt with if it could be seen through the cloak, or else its a pretty rubbish cloak!
Edit: also ships giving of heat is balls as well, there is no reason that would be true. for example does the space shuttle emit heat when its just 'drifting' along in orbit? don't believe it would appear on thermal imaging to any significant amount, so what brings you to the conclusion that a Covenant ship would be lit up like a Christmas tree on thermal? keeping in mind that the whole argument is based on the ships emitting 'huge amounts' of heat, also plasma engines won't have to be on all the time, there is such a thing as inertia, turn them off and the ship doesn't just stop!
[Edited on 05.28.2011 10:46 AM PDT]
Engines produce large amounts of heat and no, light bending and infrared bending aren't exactly the same. Light only covers a small area from the electromagnetic spectrum whilst infra-red covers three times larger. Also, infra-red and light aren't the only radiation emitted by Covenant ships. I believe radiation can be found all over the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma radiation. In order to ship emit zero radiation, it would have to turn off all it's systems.