dont you think they should have a secondary sheild... incase the first is breached.. or to make it a sort of containment zone...??
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Just two problems with that.
1: If an Ancient, three ZPM powered shield can fail, then what would make the Ancients think a smaller secondary shield could work any better.
2: If you want to refer to what happened to Weir at the end of season 3, then what good would a second sheild do when there is no power for it to run when all power is needed for something else.
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i agree with sabarblade
the ancients had 3 zpm's and most likely of never ran out of power since they know how to biuld zpm's
the atlantis expidition have only one and when they use that they somehow fing another one and mangae to use all that up
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As the shield on Atlantis is the most powerful we've seen and as the Alterans would have had all the power they needed to power them there would be no need for a secondary shield. But perhaps like the Alteran drilling platform they have sheilds at the doorways?
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I think he's meaning something like a forcefield that will go up automatically if there is ever a problem with the shield.
Usually it's only a power thing with the Lantean shields. If working, they can only be breached if the ZPM runs out of power.
However it's possible the OP was referring to events like 'The Return I'. Where the shield generator gets hit & the shield goes down. So if that happens, they could activate a temporary 2nd shield or forcefield that will allow them a set amount of time to fix the shields before they go down.
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There is a secondary shield on atlantis if you look on rising part 1 or 2 when they are looking out under the ocean the water is inches from them and the thin inner shield is protecting them
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Originally posted by True!Ancient View PostThere is a secondary shield on atlantis if you look on rising part 1 or 2 when they are looking out under the ocean the water is inches from them and the thin inner shield is protecting them
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Originally posted by J_B View PostThat's the primary shield that was active when under the Ocean. It started to fail because the ZPM was going down & almost depleted, therefore the safety mechanism engaged & the city rose to the ocean's surface. After that, the ZPM went totally dead. Hence it'd be impossible for any other shield to have been running because there was no power to do so.sigpic
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Kind of like the Scimitar from Star Trek: Nemesis? Which had primary and secondary shields (according to Mr. Worf).
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Originally posted by J_B View PostThat's the primary shield that was active when under the Ocean. It started to fail because the ZPM was going down & almost depleted, therefore the safety mechanism engaged & the city rose to the ocean's surface. After that, the ZPM went totally dead. Hence it'd be impossible for any other shield to have been running because there was no power to do so.
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From what I can gather, having a secondary shield might be a good idea, just covering the main tower complex would require less power. A handful of Naq generators might be up to the job when the city is in space to help preserve the crew (the Atlantis team), til they land it on a suitable planet.
After all, whilst in space, only the places that people are in need to shielded to keep them alive. The only problem that I can see is space junk and small rocks (and large) crashing in the city because of it not being shielded in those areas.
And before anybody says, "what about aerodynamics's", i don't matter in space as the principle of aerodynamics's only applies to where air resistance is around, such as on a planet.
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yes i would love to see a second shield or atleast a forceshield that goes up like in the drilling platform. i dont think that the doors that atlantis has holds people to well. how many times now have they been breached? plus with force shields spoilers for firststrikeSpoiler:we could group all the people in the main tower and conserve power while we are floating in space instead of covering the entire city.
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In "RISING PART1" the shield adapted to the power it had... It sacrificed parts of the city to protect the central spire... Not only that, it changed from as Sphere to a thin layer around the actual buildings to save power... I'm sure the same will happen again...
Should that happen it can be powered by the Generators we have on hand...
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Originally posted by True!Ancient View PostThere is a secondary shield on atlantis if you look on rising part 1 or 2 when they are looking out under the ocean the water is inches from them and the thin inner shield is protecting them
Spoiler:In First Strike, you could see the full shield engaged
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Originally posted by Gravity View PostIn "RISING PART1" the shield adapted to the power it had... It sacrificed parts of the city to protect the central spire... Not only that, it changed from as Sphere to a thin layer around the actual buildings to save power... I'm sure the same will happen again...
Should that happen it can be powered by the Generators we have on hand...
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