How do you figure...

[Ahrima]

How do you figure what planets get what address on the stargate dial pad?

~*~Long Live Anubis~*~

[AlexanderD]

It would make sense that the dialing program assigns an address, or the seed ship assigns. These addresses would then be relayed to Destiny for later use.

[escyos]

The address is based on where the gate is located, Each symbol connects a point to another.

[AlexanderD]

The address is based on where the gate is located, Each symbol connects a point to another.

In SG-1 and SGA yes. In SGU I would disagree.

[Ahrima]

Mmmkay. ^_^ Thank you all greatly.

~*~Long Live Anubis~*~

[Lord Phantasm]

Stargates have 39 glyphs (points in space) and support up to a maximum 9 chevron gate address...

Each of the 39 glyphs is a single point on a galaxy star map (planets, stars, a moon) which determine stargate address combinations.

Well, space as we know it is 3-D.

As Daniel explains, in Stargate the movie, to chart a course in any 3-d environment: 7 points needed TOTAL (6 points to chart a course of travel thru 3-D space, point 7 is the point of origin) = Gate Address!

We know Destiny was launched only after "Seed" ships had traveled long before it. The seed ship purpose: map the stars and seed stargates.

So, I believe the answer is this:


Stargate Address and Travel:

*Local travel within a single galaxy or any other localized stargate network requires a 7 chevron (of 39 glyphs) address.

*Long Distance: Connecting from 1 galaxy to another requires the use of an 8th chevron (of 39 glyphs) gate address...like dialing an area code for a long distance phone call.

* Destiny: This stargate utilized the 9th chevron. This may be due to the ships ever-changing position in space.

[Ahrima]

Another probie I'm not alone! ^_^

I understand what you are saying, but destiny (in my eyes) is way differentbthan the actual stargate. I, personally, do not like destiny. Destiny has different glyphs and different addresses.