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    Russian Gate

    Dumb question, but... how on Earth did the Russians find a way to control which gate their teams returned via?


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    Originally posted by Flying Officer Bennett
    Dumb question, but... how on Earth did the Russians find a way to control which gate their teams returned via?
    When the DHD is connected to a Gate, that Gate overrides all others on a given planet. They had the Giza DHD, taken from the Germans after WWII; by connecting that for a very brief window, they were able to ensure their teams came home to the right Gate, and not to a wall.

    Of course, this meant that there was no way for Russian teams to fall back in the face of resistance. They were stuck on their destination world until their window and pretty much stuck for good if they missed it.
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      #3
      Originally posted by Flying Officer Bennett
      Dumb question, but... how on Earth did the Russians find a way to control which gate their teams returned via?
      They had the DHD, as long as it was connected to their stargate it became the dominant one on Earth. So when a Russian team was due to head home, they plugged the DHD back into the stargate and they arrived in Russia. They unplugged it right afterwards so the gate at Stargate Command would work and nobody would be the wiser.

      Hope that helps

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        #4
        Awesome, thanks that helps a lot. How come the SGC didn't start using the DHD when they leased the Russian one though?


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          #5
          Originally posted by Flying Officer Bennett
          Awesome, thanks that helps a lot. How come the SGC didn't start using the DHD when they leased the Russian one though?
          Becuase the DHD was destroyed in 48 Hours. And because the dialling computer is a much more secure system.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Flying Officer Bennett
            Awesome, thanks that helps a lot. How come the SGC didn't start using the DHD when they leased the Russian one though?
            They blew it up by connecting it without the control crystal in 48 hours and the Antarctic DHD just stopped working. Also, the computer requires codes and is thus a far more secure interface. Given the sometime spotty security record of the SGC, this can only be a good thing.

            Of course, anytime anyone has wanted to activate our Gate from this side (Hathor, Linea, not to mention the Nox and Asgard who have trumps) they've found a way, but the theory is sound.
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              #7
              thats because the nox and asguard interfaced directly with the stargate, bypassing our computers all together.
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                #8
                Originally posted by Penance
                thats because the nox and asguard interfaced directly with the stargate, bypassing our computers all together.
                As I say; they have trumps.
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                  #9
                  Aha. See I know lots about Stargate... up until about the end of series 6... I know very little past there. Hanst aired in England yet.


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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Teal'c
                    And because the dialling computer is a much more secure system.
                    Why is the dialling computer a much more secure system? Don't they have to bypass a lot of safeties to get it to work?
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                      #11
                      It's more secure in that people shouldn't be able to just walk up and dial out. You need passwords to make it work. However the dialing interface itself does have numerous flaws.
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by bcmilco
                        It's more secure in that people shouldn't be able to just walk up and dial out. You need passwords to make it work. However the dialing interface itself does have numerous flaws.
                        I'm trying to think. Have we ever seen anyone be thwarted by their inability to access the dialling computer?
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                          #13
                          I don't think so, which is really sad to say but the theory *should* be sound
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Flying Officer Bennett
                            Aha. See I know lots about Stargate... up until about the end of series 6... I know very little past there. Hanst aired in England yet.
                            Hasn't aired on terristeral England TV, Sky One shows new eps at a similar time period as in the U.S.
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                              #15
                              I don't have sky


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