Artificial Gravity

by @edwinb

Artificial Gravity
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Liner Notes

There's probably a sensible in-universe explanation for this (okay, I looked it up but I wrote the song anyway) but it has always amused me that the artificial gravity always seems to work perfectly in sci-fi spaceships. Also every planet has the same gravity and an atmosphere breathable by humans and spaceships always seem to be oriented the same way.

Honestly, I love Star Trek :).

My favourite artificial gravity related one was Picard being stuck in a falling lift with some kids and I was just shouting "turn the gravity off!"

Anyway. It's more #ukulele #nerdfolk with some #synth and som free sound effects from https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/space%20battle/

Lyrics

[C][G][C]
[F][G][C]

[C]Carefully con[G]serving our [C]fuel
We're [F]cruising at [G]warp factor [C]five
[C]Heading for [G]systems undis[Am]covered
[F]Worlds on which no human has set [G]eyes

We'll [F]beam a [G]team to the sur[C]face
We [F]believe they'll breath just [E7]fine
[C]Drop them in the [G]middle of the [C]city
With a [F]phaser and [G]minimal sup[C]plies

[F]Meanwhile up in [G]orbit, we are [C]watching on the [Am]screen
[F]Sitting at the [Am]console it is [C]all condition [G]green
[F]Replicators [G]functioning, the [C]oxygen is [Am]good
And [F]artificial [C]gravity is [F]working [G]as it [C]should

Now the a[C]way team might be [G]in a bit of [C]trouble
They're [F]asking us if [G]we can be pre[C]pared
But there's [C]interference [G]jamming our trans[Am]porters
And we're [F]wondering what's going on down [G]there

[F]Something tells me [G]we might not be [C]wanted
There's a [F]fleet of battle cruisers on our [E7]tail
We [C]had a blast a[G]cross the front def[C]lector
And [F]nobody's res[G]ponding to our [C]hails

[F]Now the ship is [G]shaking can we [C]take another [Am]hit
We'd [F]fasten our [Am]seatbelts if we [C]had them on the [G]bridge
Com[F]puter's not res[G]ponding and we [C]know we're in a [Am]fight
But the [F]artificial [C]gravity is [F]perfect[G]ly al[C]right

[A7]

[D][A][D]
[G][A][D]
[D][A][Bm]
[G][A][A7]

We've had a [F#7]hull breach on deck 3[Bm]7
The [F#7]oxygen is slowly leaking [Bm]out
The [G]shields are down the engines losing [Bm]power
Our sur[Gdim7]vival's in considerable [G#dim7]doubt

[Adim7...]

There's [G]redshirts on the [A]surface that we [D]could just leave be[Bm]hind
It's [G]time to turn and [Bm]run but the [D]warp has gone off[A]line
We're [G]running out of [A]options and we're [D]running out of [Bm]time
But the [G]artificial [D]gravity is [G]wor[A]king [D]fine

[G]Consoles are ex[A]ploding, [D]dodge the flying [Bm]sparks
[G]Red alert is [Bm]flashing and the [D]bridge is going [A]dark
But we [G]know which is the [A]ceiling, and [D]which way is the [Bm]floor
The [G]artificial [D]gravity will [G]work for[A]ever [D]more

Comments

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The red shirts don’t expect to be saved! Yes, I always found it unlikely that there would be simliar gravity and breathable air on so many planets. And that so many aliens looked like humans except for their heads! Thanks for making me think about the gravity. I am a fan too. Everything doesn’t have to,be logical.
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Ha ha ha! You're so right, they NEVER have artificial gravity problems. And the redshirts always die. 😄 This was so much fun!
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Very good, it’s tv mate ha ha! You can have artificial anything! What a journey! Reads just like a Star Trek episode oooo I hear a change!
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This is a really really fun journey. Brings back a lot of warm memories and it never dawned on me just how magic the artificial gravity was in that IT ALWAYS WORKED.

Had a smile on my face the whole listen!
[FAWM]