and how did they make it work using the milky way glyphs?
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Originally posted by principiaand how did they make it work using the milky way glyphs?
By the way, nice sig.Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now your revelations
Cut me in, I don't wanna live without your revelations.-Audioslave
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I can only assume that it's one of the unaccounted for (origin-wise) gates that Ba'al had been accumulating to reseed his empire in seclusion after the collapse of the Goa'uld. So basically it was on hand and available for the experiment. Remember, as they referenced reprogramed gate crystals, any gate was likely compatible, regardless of the existing symbols on the actual gate in question. It's possible it didn't even have to dial conventionally to connect, like the supergate, programed to connect to one and only one specified gate.
Incredible Episode though!
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Originally posted by Selin PeersI can only assume that it's one of the unaccounted for (origin-wise) gates that Ba'al had been accumulating to reseed his empire in seclusion after the collapse of the Goa'uld. So basically it was on hand and available for the experiment. Remember, as they referenced reprogramed gate crystals, any gate was likely compatible, regardless of the existing symbols on the actual gate in question. It's possible it didn't even have to dial conventionally to connect, like the supergate, programed to connect to one and only one specified gate.
Incredible Episode though!
Perfecto!
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How they established the wormhole in the first place is the only thing I don't think they covered in the episode. (We didn't get to see them dialing and estalbishing the connection)
However, once the connection is established, the blackholes provide indefinite connection time. Obviously!
But we know they can now establish that wormhole with Naquadah Generators as of "Letters from Pegasus." By connecting their five Generators in Parrallel. With the inception of the Mark-II Naquadah Generators (which were reported to be on the order of 600% more powerful then the Mark-I generators), it's likely they can now connect from Atlantis to Earth and maintain such a connection without even using power from the ZPM. Thoughts?
You're right though, probably wouldn't have mattered whether it was a Milkyway or Pegasus gate. But, as we saw in the following episode of Atlantis, SGA-1 was scouting planets for possible gates to collect for an intergalactic gate bridge. So, I guess I can only assume both the SGC and SGA administrations wouldn't have approved just picking up any old gate from any random location.
As they had several of the spare gates left over from Ba'al's operation, on hand. You have your answer as to why it was a Milkyway gate.
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I'm not saying that's it 100%, but it sure makes sense! They knew where most of the gates that Ba'al stole were from, but they didn't say they returned all of them, quite possibly because they didn't know where they came from in order to return them. I'm sure no one would want extra gates just floating around some place in the galaxy for anyone to have and possibly abuse. Least of all the U.S. Military! The Pentagon would have likely insisted upon keeping them in reserve for future possibilities!
Besides! Who knows when another Half Ascended Goa'uld is going to rise from the dead and overload Earth's Stargate, thus necessitating the replacement of said gate!
Spare Stargates sure are a useful commodity!
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