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    Atlantis gate shield question

    SPOILERS ep 1-8
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    In the first ep where they connect to Atlantis they just dialed the gate and step through. When they got there they found that the gate had a shield.

    Now was the shield in place and deactivated when Earth called or was the gate unprotected the whole +10,000 years since the Ancients left?

    And it seems that the shield comes on automatically in some ep and it is activated by hand in others?

    If the shield deactivates when Earth called does it mean the gate has caller ID and Earth was a special planet?
    "Khattam-Shud," he said slowly, "is the Arch-Enemy
    of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of
    Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends,
    because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish
    of everything we use his name. 'It's finished,' we tell one
    another, 'it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.'"

    -excerpted from Haroun and the Sea of Stories,

    #2
    I don't remember any episode where the shield wasn't activated by hand.


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      #3
      I believe it was grodin who activated the shield in the first or second episode..its done by hand as for why the shield wasn't left activated well imo a) it would use up alot of power b) the ancients, or their successors, were perhaps hoping to return some day or hoping for their successors to rediscover their great city
      Jackson: Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of fertility, inebriety, and music.
      O'Neill: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll?

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        #4
        what would keep the Wraith from dialing Atlantis in the time between the Anchients left and now.
        "Khattam-Shud," he said slowly, "is the Arch-Enemy
        of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of
        Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends,
        because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish
        of everything we use his name. 'It's finished,' we tell one
        another, 'it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.'"

        -excerpted from Haroun and the Sea of Stories,

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          #5
          Who says the Wraith have the Atlantis gate address. After the Ancients stopped showing up, they probably figured they were all gone.


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            #6
            The Atlantis gate may have an internal memory of who is calling as well. But I believe that the gate shield wasn't even activated at all during the time it was left uninhibited.

            Maybe these holes will be filled in a future episode.

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              #7
              Why wouldn't the wraith know where the city was, they were attacking it for years until the Ancients sunk it.

              And even if they did not know the gate symbols they could figure it out based upon the location in the galaxy.
              "Khattam-Shud," he said slowly, "is the Arch-Enemy
              of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of
              Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends,
              because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish
              of everything we use his name. 'It's finished,' we tell one
              another, 'it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.'"

              -excerpted from Haroun and the Sea of Stories,

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                #8
                Maybe the city of Atlantis hid itself and only allowed Earth to dial to its Stargate.

                We don't know yet.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by donnie_darko
                  And even if they did not know the gate symbols they could figure it out based upon the location in the galaxy.
                  We don't know that the gate symbols have anything to do with the location in the galaxy. It's entirely opposible that they knew the planets location but were unable to get to the city because it was under water.

                  More over, it could be that the Wraith THOUGHT that the shield was still up. Any species that long lived is likely to have a low birth rate and would consider the death of even a low ranking individual to big a risk.


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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Major Fischer
                    We don't know that the gate symbols have anything to do with the location in the galaxy. It's entirely opposible that they knew the planets location but were unable to get to the city because it was under water.

                    More over, it could be that the Wraith THOUGHT that the shield was still up. Any species that long lived is likely to have a low birth rate and would consider the death of even a low ranking individual to big a risk.
                    We do know that the gate symbols relate to locations in the galaxy it was explained in the movie if the Atlantis gate network works differntly then maybe.

                    Just because the shield was up does not mean the gate would be inactive. The SGC was able to dial Atlantis while the shield was up.

                    We don't know that the Wraith have a low birth rate.
                    "Khattam-Shud," he said slowly, "is the Arch-Enemy
                    of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of
                    Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends,
                    because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish
                    of everything we use his name. 'It's finished,' we tell one
                    another, 'it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.'"

                    -excerpted from Haroun and the Sea of Stories,

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                      #11
                      There are a LOT of things explained in the movie that they don't use or ignored in the show.


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                        #12
                        Originally posted by donnie_darko
                        We don't know that the Wraith have a low birth rate.
                        We also don't know a lot of other stuff about the Wraith. So lets just wait and see what unfolds.

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                          #13
                          Maybe the wraith never knew the address of the city; it would be the wraiths best method of attack..instead however the wraith attacked in ships suggesting that they didn't know the address. Secondly, after the city was sunk maybe it was presumed destoryed..
                          Jackson: Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of fertility, inebriety, and music.
                          O'Neill: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll?

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                            #14
                            Who says the Wraith could work out the gate address based on its position in space?

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Major Fischer
                              There are a LOT of things explained in the movie that they don't use or ignored in the show.
                              They did use the gate symbols as cords thing from the movie.
                              "Khattam-Shud," he said slowly, "is the Arch-Enemy
                              of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of
                              Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends,
                              because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish
                              of everything we use his name. 'It's finished,' we tell one
                              another, 'it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.'"

                              -excerpted from Haroun and the Sea of Stories,

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