The Supergate Discussion Thread #SPOILERS#

[QuiGonJohn]

Yep, I think it'd be useless unless you've got a similar sized one to connect to.

[Mio]

You know, I was just watching Thirdspace

But back on topic....

Its probably just a powerful one way transportation device.

[Quartz]

This is an interesting development. I'm inclined to believe it would work much like the gate system developed by the ancients, but given the dominating nature of the Ori, they built a separate system of their own, designed to their needs.

The ancients weren't interested in conquest, at least that's what they want us to believe, but the Ori could build a system of these massive gates and do tremendous damage to their enemies with little or no loss of (their) life. Transport (via ship/s) one of these massive gates to a star system and use it to gate a planet out of the star system and into a barren lifeless void. This would doom not only the planet, but the entire star system it came from. At least I think it would, but I don't know physics.

Of course they could *just have a huge portal generator at a stationary location from which they could* stage massive invasions against inferior foes and subjugate them.

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[Helo]

Anything the size of a planet not a moon a planet. Forget the power. Imagine the manpower. And ships they must have. Their buliding tech would rival the ancients if not be far superior.

[LORD MONK]

Looking way to deep. Back away..... I repeat, back away......

[Major Tyler]

Why bother putting up a spoiler warning if YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE SPOILER IN THE TITLE?!!! Thanks a lot!

[Gen. Raven]

Ok so I just read part one of the interview with Brad Wright and Robert Cooper....and they said that the Ori are the original Ancients. The Ori ARE Ancients. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that. They think it's wrong NOT to interfere. Unlike "our" Ancients...So I'm thinking that since the Ori are the original Ancients, that the Ori Galaxy is probably where the Ancients....all Ancients.....came from. So if we assume that the Ancients are the Gatebuilders, then now I'm thinking that these gate-like devices ARE in fact REALLY HUGE Stargates! I mean, "our" Ancients made these small gates....it's plausible to think now that the "Original" Ancients can make MUCH BIGGER gates. I mean, I'm still positive that they couldn't dial out to a smaller Stargate....but I think now that in the Ori Galaxy those HUGE gates might be the norm. Cause they've had all this time to perfect the art of making gates, because even though they're ascended they don't just sit there and do nothing. This is insane, I'm still reeling. So my guess is that "our" Ancients were a faction of the Original Ancients that broke off and left their Galaxy and came here. Probably because of their differnce in opinion about interfering/not interfering. There's so much more I wanna say but can't think of, and also not wanting to get TOO far off-topic. Big....Honkin'......STARGATES! WOW.

[GateMan2000]

I like the idea of making bigger gates. That gives the show the ability to open up more. If Earth were somehow to get one of these gates, entire starships can be transports all of the galaxy.

[Tanith]

Heres a thought, do these new massive gates dial like regular gates? If they do, each chevron would be huge, maybe the size of Europe any ideas?

[Calicto]

I say it should be a wormhole for massive fleet transportations.

But we do not know if the Ori have ships or if they need them or not.

[kirmit]

I don't like the idea of the Ori being the original ancients I liked them being a seperate race.

[QuiGonJohn]

Another thing is maybe that article was just an exxageration. Maybe it's a huge honkin' Stargate, that most average ships, (Prometheus, Daedulus, Hatak, Asgard, etc.), could go through. But not actually the size of a planet.

[Heaven]

we dont even know where the ori galaxy is..
for all we know it could be on the other end of the universe.. maybe they use that bigass stargate to travel very far.

[uknesvuinng]

I don't like the idea of the Ori being the original ancients I liked them being a seperate race.

I agree. Making them yet another faction of Ancients kinda sucks some of the depth away from the Stargate universe. Instead of a few uber-advanced races hanging around in places, they just have the Ancients who seemed to have done everything back in the day. Sometimes I think the Ori being ascended furlings would be a better idea.

How confirmed is this "big stargate" rumor? Honestly, it seems kinda cheap to me as well, but they could pull it off without seeming like a B5 jumpgate ripoff. Otherwise, they might as well send out the newly built Ancient Tech enhanced BC-303 Excalibur (the sword's just an artsy power source) to search the galaxy for a cure to the Drah... Ori plague.

[hungrytrash]

What if this could be the purpose of the 9th chevron? Something to do with giant gates. P.S. People stop saying "Big Honkin' Magnets." It's stupid and old. Geesh it gets annoying when I see that.