Ori and Earth

[CHEL NAK GUY]

Why wouldn't the ori just come to earth in their doom-dunnys and end all of the tauri pestering them?

Spoiler:

Langara and hebridan have fallen, and since these two place are technically advaced (langara less, hebridan more than earth) i doubt they would have just sent one lone missionary, i speculise that they would have sent the doom dunny to these places.

Discuss your therories and thoughts please

[takinspace]

Because that would cancel the series before Sci-Fi cancelled it and Sci-Fi would get pissed off?

[GreyFox]

they aren't coming here yet cuz of the antartica drone platform simple as that

[JanusAncient]

It hasn't anything to do with Antarctica, people still want to believe that it will be effective, even though everything we've seen proves it wouldn't. That's fine, believe what you must. There are billions of people on Earth, though they want to get rid of Stargate Command, and the people therein, they don't want to kill everyone on the planet. Put it this way, even if the drones were effective, you really don't believe that the Ori could create a weapon specifically designed to destroy all life on the planet? They could bring one ship to the edge of the solar system, release the weapon, and be gone before they have a chance to active the Ancient's weapons platform, there is more to it than that.

[PG15]

It hasn't anything to do with Antarctica, people still want to believe that it will be effective, even though everything we've seen proves it wouldn't.

Such as...?

Put it this way, even if the drones were effective, you really don't believe that the Ori could create a weapon specifically designed to destroy all life on the planet? They could bring one ship to the edge of the solar system, release the weapon, and be gone before they have a chance to active the Ancient's weapons platform, there is more to it than that.

That is pure speculation and in no way prove that the drones have nothing to do with it.

[FallenAngelII]

You think if they were afraid of the platform, it wouldn't be the first thing Adria probed Daniel's mind for more info for?

And you also think they're incapable of firing destruction upon Antarctica from space?!

[Gate_traveler]

It could have something to do with the fact that they are afraid that by doing that may change the ancients position on sitting this one out since earth is where they came after leaving the ori galaxy making it more or less the ancients homeworld. then again I might just be grasping at straws too because they did have that prior plague on earth but ( i forget his name now) came down to help with the cure giving up his acended status.

[B O Y S C O U T]

YAY the Ori think that the Ancients will protect us... (or at least thats what this thread has lead me to believe) ... So maybe they will protect us

[PG15]

You think if they were afraid of the platform, it wouldn't be the first thing Adria probed Daniel's mind for more info for?

Why should they? It's a regular Ancient drone depository. The Ori should know all about it (or they already found out about it when they probed Danny's mind in Origin)

And you also think they're incapable of firing destruction upon Antarctica from space?!

The Dakara weapon was able to fire before the Ori ship blew it up, and that took a while to charge up.

Why should our drones be any different?

[JanusAncient]

Such as, they were able to create a defense to a weapon significantly more powerful than drones, the Dakara weapon. A Ha'tak ship crashed into an Ori ship, and nothing, no bang, no dent, just the destruction of that Ha'tak. The only technology we've seen capable of destroying anything Ori, is an Ori device itself. Their uncanny ability to render useless all weapons in the Milky Way. The Dakara weapon only got that shot off, because Adria was chatting with Daniel and Vala, she wasn't paying attention, the same reason Sam was able to lower the shields, giving Adria that surprised look.

[PG15]

Such as, they were able to create a defense to a weapon significantly more powerful than drones, the Dakara weapon.

They are completely different entities. It's like comparing a rifle with tear gas.

Besides, the Dakara weapon was never designed to destroy ships, although it did take care of that Prior pretty well.

The Dakara weapon only got that shot off, because Adria was chatting with Daniel and Vala, she wasn't paying attention, the same reason Sam was able to lower the shields, giving Adria that surprised look.

Hmmm...strange, I noticed a lack of surprise for Adria and thought that she didn't care if Danny and Vala were beamed away.

[walterIsTheMan]

They want to convert us, simple as that. It would be a huge payoff to have the Tau'ri converted rather than wiped out. Think about it: the tauri are the ones who have been telling everyone how bad the Ori are, and they're the ones who saved the galaxy from the Goa'uld and Replicators. Plus all the favors and help SGC has given worlds throughout the galaxy. So if the Ori could convince the Tau'ri to worship them and start spreading their propaganda, the rest of the galaxy might be more open to it. Especially the primitive races. Imagine Tupla and the Land of Light people. They think we're wonderful for saving them and that we're so much more powerful and advanced, etc. So if the Tau'ri were to say "hey Tupla, follow Origin" they'd do it in a heartbeat. So it's better to try to turn Earth so they will spread Ori propaganda rather than creating 6 billion martyrs.

[FallenAngelII]

YAY the Ori think that the Ancients will protect us... (or at least thats what this thread has lead me to believe) ... So maybe they will protect us

Adria said that we were on our own in "Counter-strike" when Daniel bluffed that we had the Ancients on our side.

Believe me, they know all about the pacifists up and there and I'm pretty sure they know the outpost is useless!

[shockwave]

They want to convert us, simple as that. It would be a huge payoff to have the Tau'ri converted rather than wiped out. Think about it: the tauri are the ones who have been telling everyone how bad the Ori are, and they're the ones who saved the galaxy from the Goa'uld and Replicators. Plus all the favors and help SGC has given worlds throughout the galaxy. So if the Ori could convince the Tau'ri to worship them and start spreading their propaganda, the rest of the galaxy might be more open to it. Especially the primitive races. Imagine Tupla and the Land of Light people. They think we're wonderful for saving them and that we're so much more powerful and advanced, etc. So if the Tau'ri were to say "hey Tupla, follow Origin" they'd do it in a heartbeat. So it's better to try to turn Earth so they will spread Ori propaganda rather than creating 6 billion martyrs.

it's Tuplo

And it would be a cool storyline if a prior actually pops up on earth and starts converting people. And so a sort of scientology-like sect is formed. The government brushes it off as a sect, but origin is acquiring more and more followers on earth. The arrival of the prior could be good for a mid-season two parter. It could begin in a church, with a priest preaching, and then a prior walking in and saying its a lie... And then kills the priest and shows some tricks to the churchgoers... Even if sg1 takes out the prior, the new followers of Origin are still at large and spreading the word.

[Vahnman]

I think the thing is this, for all of their ablity, their ships are still bind to the law of this universe. It would be a blantant misuse of their power if suddenly the Ori ships were shooting out Ori asccended power. Then the ancient would have to step in. Now if the Ori created the Ulitmate ships that THEY knew how, then that would be ok. It would own every single other ships, but it would still but a ship that is bound to this universe.

Now that outpost was proabbly the last thing created by the Ancient, so that outpost is the last teir tech in weapon design created by the ancient right before they ascended. That would pretty much put the Ori ships about the level of the ancients. Now, as we all know, the Ori are afraid of Ancient casue they probably could be defeated by the Ancients. So if the Ori were weaker in terms of straight compare tot he Ancients, then it would stand to reason that the Ori Toilet-Bowl class ships are weak to the shield penetrating squid too.

So it would probably take a massive assualt to be able to overwhelm the outpost. Not to mention that merline caves is on earth too, that woudl stand to reason that maybe Merlin cave is actually another outpost. Even tech from atlantis suggest that the squid type attack weapons are the last best and effective form of fighitn the ancient designed.

So rather then lose alot of ships now, tyhey rather bide them time to be bale to overwhelm earth utterly.