Talk:Cultural Influences on X-COM

UFO

Holy crud!
I used to watch that as a kid, and got into trouble with my mom when I stole all her tin foil to make a cool uniform, then tried to dye my hair purple like the radar operator/receptionist girl.
She didn't mind the foil so much, but the beetroot in my hair didn't go down too well =P
Tifi 15:01, 2 February 2009 (CST)

Supralight (SOL) speed detection and intercept.

In the first episode of UFO it's stated that very special equipment, "Utronic" detection systems, have been developed to track UFOs. So there is a case for why UFOs can be tracked even at superlight speeds.

Interception at high sublight speeds is more difficult but the UFOs are almost always on an approaching course, so it's feasible that the Interceptor rockets are more or less just dropped in the path of the UFOs. Tenuous, but possible. Like a lot of TV shows of this period (and even now), the grasp of physics is pretty weak. Spike 17:28, 15 February 2009 (CST)