Atlantis Shields Question

[sparkygate]

Is it just me or when the shield was raising it was faster in siege3 (season2 Ep1) than in first strike(Season3 Ep20), also if the atlantis shields were to go down or run out of power, doesnt atlantis have life support system so that the interior of atlantis has oxygen but the exterior doesnt like the dadaelus when it shields were out in No man's land against the battle of the wraith hive ship??

[PG15]

Well sure, there will be life support, but that won't last forever.

[sparkygate]

Well sure, there will be life support, but that won't last forever.

Yea but it will by the atlantian team more time to find a better solution, also doesnt the lights around atlantis take up power?? if so why dont they turn it off??

[PG15]

Because they want to see?

Whatever they're going to do, we'll have to wait until next season to find out.

[Master_Templar]

Also Atlantis isn't the most solid ship out there. Any small asteroids would cause critical damage if the shield was down.

[fallenexile452]

yeah and remember there are alot of doors that lead to the viewing balconies on the towers and piers etc and those doors aren't exactly air tight are they?

[Auralis]

You guys forgetting the fact that the control tower was blasted wide open by the beam. Airtight doors will not do much good if the windows are gone.

[zpm!!]

Atlantis has a lot of windows, pressure inside and a vaccum outside = windows breaking loss of atmosphere!!! Bye Bye to all people inside the city.

[Boxytheboxed]

For being such a big ship, its not too sturdy without sheilds

[Syera]

Is it just me or when the shield was raising it was faster in siege3 (season2 Ep1) than in first strike(Season3 Ep20),

Hypothesis: the shield has a buffer that holds extra power in a source closer to the shield. They ran out of buffer-power, so it took longer the next time because it had to get power all the way from the ZPMs. Kind of like the shield was primed and ready the first time, but the next time it had to be reloaded.

also if the atlantis shields were to go down or run out of power, doesnt atlantis have life support system so that the interior of atlantis has oxygen but the exterior doesnt like the dadaelus when it shields were out in No man's land against the battle of the wraith hive ship??

My guess here would be Probably Not. It was stated that the city itself was fragile; it was not actually designed to withstand being underwater unprotected. Some parts of it could plausibly be safe, but we've never seen anything to hint toward that.

Yea but it will by the atlantian team more time to find a better solution, also doesnt the lights around atlantis take up power?? if so why dont they turn it off??

Realistically, the power requirements of the lights should be microspuds. (Check out what Earth's very own white LED flashlights can do on three AAA batteries these days.)

As 'advanced' as the Ancients were, they should have a more power-conserving solution than the incandescent bulb...

[wise one]

the ancients wouldnt of thought of that since they had 3 zpms powering there city


ancient: well we have our AA batteries to power our umbrella, no need to seal the city shut just in case we run out of power and lost in space

[sparkygate]

But remember in the rising when the shield went down in parts of the city, the water pressure didnt destory the city even with the shields down, as for the windows when the beam glazed passed it, im sure they have spare parts some where in the city

[Cory Holmes]

For being such a big ship, its not too sturdy without sheilds

Like McKay said, the people who built the cityship knew that they had a shield that was stronger than any other as well as the ability to make new ZedPMs for it.

[MessageMan]

If i remember correctly McKay said he was able to bypass some of the safety protcols and raise the shields faster... And when the shield goes down there will be nothing left to hold the atmosphere in they city... The city itself is not airtight..(At least thats my speculation from mckays reaction... He said and i quote "No shield. No atmosphere well.." Damage or no damage they are Frilled if they lose shield while in space..

[Davesg-43]

one the sheild was being drained by a beam weapon 2 they were going slow motion