Subspace Tap the new Naq?

[Maedhros_Sea]

I thought people would be all over this in the forum. In Daedy Variations it was revealed that a new power source was running the "Multi-vers" drive.

A poor mans ZPM. Tapping subspace for power and dumping it into a capacitor. Providing less power than a ZPM, but certainly with potential.

Coupled with one or more of the capacitors on the Daedy they could have a way of powering the Atlantis shields and possibly the stardrive for short durations.

The ZPM won't last forever, and they can't always bet on finding new ones.

[Eberhardt]

its not a new type of power, the zpm uses a artificial subspace and draws power from it, rodney tried to tap energy from the subspace of a different universe, it didn't pan out to well, they also learned that doing it can create exotic particles that can not be contained because they do not adhere to our rules of physics, i think we all remember Project Arcturus

[Vala_M]

How exactly can power be drawn from subspace? Could someone explain if this is something actually possible in theory or is this just made up?

Vala,

[Sevrid]

a subspace tap is a theory that is present in a lot of science fiction books and shows, i have also seen it referred to as a core tap as well. The amount of power its suppose to be able to produce is extreme, and extremely dangerous in that it has to be constantly monitored, you are sucking energy directly from subspace instead of from your own stable pocket of it like a ZPM

[Maedhros_Sea]

It is a new type of power source for Earth. One that might be duplicated. Installed in Atlantis it could mean bringing the city back to its former glory. Or as close as we can.

Or potentially providing all BC-304s with greater power reserves.

[DaxFlowLyfe]

the project was a failure because nomatter what it was grabbing subspace energy at a HUUUGEE rate, nomatter how low you set it to run at.


As he stated in the episode, the powersource the other him made gradually builds up energy over time from subspace.
\the problem with that one was it was broken and wouldnt stop releasing the energy when full.


if he can remake it to stop and be released when needed, it could be a great powersource, and MAYBE overtime of it charging and releasing, they could hook a ZPM up to it like a charger? lol

[EternalAlteran]

Well, Rodney mentioned that they had a release valve, but updated the power system to constantly draw power and activate it when full.

[jonty-comp]

Basically they need a way of siphoning off the excess energy when they don't need it! Otherwise it'll just keep building up and up until no more can be stored- then boom, or something.

[Crazy Tom]

NO no no no, the reason it kept building up was becasue it was broken, McKay said the crew modified it and in t4e process broke the "control valve".

[PotluckoftheGods]

a subspace tap is a theory that is present in a lot of science fiction books and shows, i have also seen it referred to as a core tap as well. The amount of power its suppose to be able to produce is extreme, and extremely dangerous in that it has to be constantly monitored, you are sucking energy directly from subspace instead of from your own stable pocket of it like a ZPM

I'm not sure if it's an Arthur Clark, or Asimov, or Heinlein story, but I think one of those pinnacles of Science Fiction wrote a story in which someone develops a free energy device called an "Electron Pump", which, I think, had the drawback of making the universe unstable.

[DaxFlowLyfe]

NO no no no, the reason it kept building up was becasue it was broken, McKay said the crew modified it and in t4e process broke the "control valve".

Its SUPPOSED to build up.

it builds up untill it is full. the Broken part of it was once it was full it activated itself on its down (no valve)

the purpose of it is to build up energy over time untill full, then wait for activation by user.

[lord groovy]

Its SUPPOSED to build up.

it builds up untill it is full. the Broken part of it was once it was full it activated itself on its down (no valve)

the purpose of it is to build up energy over time untill full, then wait for activation by user.

If that auto-activation problem is solved then all you need is to connect to it a system that draws as much power as you harvest from subspace. So in normal time, your generator wil always be at full capacity and in case of battle or other problem you discharged into the approppriate devices.

[Maedhros_Sea]

storing the power you aren't actively using is the value of the capacitor(s). If the tap can't be equipped with a functioning and redundant on/off valve then you might just need to hover atlantis or send a ship on periodic inter-glactic voyages.

[EternalAlteran]

I doubt we will be seeing them back, except maybe for some stuff that doesn't serve an important roll in the plot. It would ruin the story if we could use them for everything. We would have a ZPM like powersource that can recharge for free. If we have two or more, we could make Atlantis practically invincible. Almost no force can depleted the powersource when shields are activated, before we can charge another one (especially when our mckay improved it.)

[ablevins425]

How exactly can power be drawn from subspace? Could someone explain if this is something actually possible in theory or is this just made up?

Vala,

I don't know about subspace, but the ZPM is loosly related to a current hypothesis in phsyics called Zero Point Energy. Zero Point Energy also along with Zero Point Field states that of any system the absolute minimum amount of power that it has, which can never be zero. So extracting this energy would be virtually limitless, since the system can never have zero energy.