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http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Artificial_gravity
Banking eliminates the need for expensive gravity plating in the walls, to keep you from skidding across the floor during a turn.
Ah, but the ships have something to deal with that already:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Inertial_damper
Also it doesn’t explain why the Enterprise D has been seen making sharp turns without banking.
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