Self Destruct

[TheoryCraft]

I know it's a plot device, but seriously, you'd think the Atlantis team would have considered getting rid of this darn thing since every single bad guy and random malfunction seems to arm it.

[thedrumm3rguy]

I always thought the self destruct was overloading the naquada generators round the city...was wondering during the ep why they didn't send teams to secure the generators, deynying michael when he set of the self destruct.... was under the impression that atlantis diddnt have a built in self destruct "a la star trek" - hence first season when zelenka is trying to figure out ways to destroy the city

..ofcourse i could be wrong and will be torn to shreads

[jonos101]

I always thought the self destruct was overloading the naquada generators round the city...was wondering during the ep why they didn't send teams to secure the generators, deynying michael when he set of the self destruct.... was under the impression that atlantis diddnt have a built in self destruct "a la star trek" - hence first season when zelenka is trying to figure out ways to destroy the city

..ofcourse i could be wrong and will be torn to shreads

I think that's what it was in season 1, but now they probably have a Mk IX at the base of the tower or something.

[FallenAngelII]

They could at the very least remove the crystals involved and hide them somewhere near the control room (or even in the control room) should they ever have to use it. At the very least out of reach of malfunctions and villains.

Yeah, the self-destruct really needs to be disabled.

[Sasso]

Isn't it caused by the ZPM?

[FallenAngelII]

Isn't it caused by the ZPM?

No. IIRC, in season 1, they were planning on self-destructing even before they found out Earth was giving them a ZPM.

[Sasso]

No i meant nowadays it's caused by the ZPM overloading.

Before it was the naquada (spellings iffy) generators.

[jenks]

I know it's a plot device, but seriously, you'd think the Atlantis team would have considered getting rid of this darn thing since every single bad guy and random malfunction seems to arm it.

And what happens when they need it?

[FallenAngelII]

No i meant nowadays it's caused by the ZPM overloading.

Before it was the naquada (spellings iffy) generators.

The city is being powered by Nahquadah generators at this very moment (it always has been, just that sometimes, there's a ZPM there to help... and then there was that underwater power station).

So either way, city goes boom.

[talyn2k1]

They specifically mentioned a self-destruct device.

While this could just be a device that overloads the ZPM and Naquadah Generators, I look at it more like the SGC self-destruct device - a fat nuke right in the middle of the base.

[Xiphias]

They should make communications and the self destruct fully independent systems. In case of emergencies. Which happen often.

[freyr's mother]

What they should do is store the self destruct program on a flash drive hidden under a secret compartment under the control console or on a ghost drive.

[rarocks24]

I thought they were going to power the self destruct from the Puddle Jumper?

[FallenAngelII]

I thought they were going to power the self destruct from the Puddle Jumper?

Yes, but if you remove the control crystals for the self-destruct, it cannot be initiated. You can throw a nuclear power plant at it, but if there's nothing to engage, nothing will be engaged.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I know it's a plot device, but seriously, you'd think the Atlantis team would have considered getting rid of this darn thing since every single bad guy and random malfunction seems to arm it.

it's just a call back from sg1