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    Which is tougher, Earth's Iris or Atlantis Shield

    Which do you think is the stronger of the 2, The iris or the shield

    The iris is tritium, very strong and can handle a large punch, but we don't know that much bout the shield on the Atlantis gate, if its as tough as the shield that Atlantis has, then i'd rather have the shield
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    #2
    Definately the shield. You can't beat Ancient tech.

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      #3
      Originally posted by SpikeBad
      Definately the shield. You can't beat Ancient tech.
      i agree. not to mention it blocked out all the deadly high energy waves from the nuclear explosion in Coup d'etat. I dont remember but im pretty sure the earth iris cant do that and harmful radiation (while not alot) some that could be fatal could still leak through.

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        #4
        not mention lava pouring through it in inferno

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          #5
          i think the shield can be more percise than the iris
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            #6
            Originally posted by DaCk
            i agree. not to mention it blocked out all the deadly high energy waves from the nuclear explosion in Coup d'etat. I dont remember but im pretty sure the earth iris cant do that and harmful radiation (while not alot) some that could be fatal could still leak through.
            The iris can definately take a 20kt explosion, I'm quite sure that it has been shown to withstand far more than that. See Lost City Pt. 2 or the episode where Hammond is replaced with a hardass and he has Carter blow up a planet with a naquada bomb.

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              #7
              The iris, by it's nature and it's position, is quite strong as very little can possibly leak through. Overall I'm sure the ancient shield is the stronger of the two but it has it's own set of limitations, such as it requires an active power source. The iris doesn't require any power once it's been closed and I'm pretty sure there are manual iris controls as well so that it can be closed at the gate, though it may still require power to do so.

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                #8
                The Shield, because we've seen the iris destroyed so many times and i couldn't see a shield being destroyed like that. But the Iris has an Advantage, it doesn't run on power so it can be closed manually


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                  #9
                  The Iris is most definately the weaker. But I do agree that the fact that the Shield needs an active power source is a limitation and would be interesting to explore in an ep.
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                    #10
                    I'm curious though, as to whether the shield would get sucked in to a black hole, same as what happened to the iris in A Matter Of Time.
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by beale947
                      The Shield, because we've seen the iris destroyed so many times and i couldn't see a shield being destroyed like that. But the Iris has an Advantage, it doesn't run on power so it can be closed manually
                      When have we ever seen the iris destroyed

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                        #12
                        Ya know im going to be on side of the Iris, its ALOT more reliable for one, if the power in atlantis goes then the stargate shield goes, the iris has manual control; in addition, they are EXACTLY that same, there is no difference in function between them, by thier very nature both cant have different 'speciallitys', the iris and the shield prevents reintegration, if either of them leak, then they should both technically be able fail...we just havent seen atlantis have particle beams and whatnot...also i dont think the shield will be able to handle temperature as well as the iris...so for me the iris was first and still going stronger.
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by swifty
                          When have we ever seen the iris destroyed
                          In a matter of time it got sucked into a black hole. I 'd call that destroyed. I would also have been destroyed if Sokar had continued to heat it up.
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                            #14
                            i dont think the shield would get sucked into the whole because the one in the ep where the tokra flee the gould invasion of revana the shield didnt do that
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by beale947
                              The Shield, because we've seen the iris destroyed so many times and i couldn't see a shield being destroyed like that. But the Iris has an Advantage, it doesn't run on power so it can be closed manually
                              It has only been destroyed onces in "Matter of Time" which was season 1 (I think). That one was made out of Titanium.

                              The second iris was alot stronger and made out of Trinium.
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