Why couldn't the hammond defeat three alliance ships when it's capable of destroying an ori or hive ship with a couple of asgard beam weapon shots???
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The first episode of SGU took place about a week after the events of the finale of SGA. If you remember, the Hammond had no functional weapons or defensive systems online for the battle with the Superhive. This means they only had a week to get shields and some kind of weapons online. Obviously it would take longer than that to reverse engineer an Asgard beam weapon, but they could just rip railguns off of any of the other 4 crippled ships.
They needed something to transport people to a gate-less planet, and there was no reason they couldn't use the Hammond with salvaged railguns.
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There is a chance that the APBW were not installed.
Maybe they were not online yet to save power as no one expected to get attacked 21 LY from earth.
Maybe they got knocked offline.
Heck maybe they started being used but there were too many gliders deployed by time they started killing part of the LA.
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Originally posted by SleepZone View PostThere is a chance that the APBW were not installed.sigpic
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Well it's certainly not the first time we've ever seen one of our ships get hit off the bat and lose a subsystem or two.
Having been attacked unawares (now that's the point I have trouble with) does have the affect of getting hit with your pants down.
Neera: "You do not fear them?"
: "The Wraith? Naah. Now *clowns* — that's another story."
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Originally posted by Encoder View PostWell it's certainly not the first time we've ever seen one of our ships get hit off the bat and lose a subsystem or two.
Having been attacked unawares (now that's the point I have trouble with) does have the affect of getting hit with your pants down.
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Originally posted by Adeneth View PostThe ship might not be awesome, but I think that it was nice to have a ship named after General Hammond. He was a very influential character in the SG universe and since Don S. Davis has passed away we will not see him again.
Neera: "You do not fear them?"
: "The Wraith? Naah. Now *clowns* — that's another story."
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I was wondering the same thing and I wish they had at least addressed it. There are several completely logical explanations but since it wasn't addressed it's anyone's guess.
It seems to me though that when constructing a new ship they should integrate those weapon systems in it from the start. I know they had to tack them on later to the earlier ships but they don't have to reverse engineer them every time. Asgard technology gives you the ability to create things using the Asgard core. It wouldn't be hard to put the weapons on there.
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Originally posted by Adeneth View PostThe ship might not be awesome, but I think that it was nice to have a ship named after General Hammond. He was a very influential character in the SG universe and since Don S. Davis has passed away we will not see him again.Well, contrary to popular human belief, the Earth is not the centre of the galaxy. (c) ARIS BOCH
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Originally posted by PacoJr67 View PostThe Hammond was just being completed at the end of SGA
Spoiler:so it's possible that the APBWs may not have been installed yet
At any rate; if the Hammond had destroyed the ships, they may not have gotten to Destiny at all.
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Originally posted by mylestaylor View PostIt seems to me though that when constructing a new ship they should integrate those weapon systems in it from the start. I know they had to tack them on later to the earlier ships but they don't have to reverse engineer them every time. Asgard technology gives you the ability to create things using the Asgard core. It wouldn't be hard to put the weapons on there.
They should have thought of another way of jump starting the series, rather than gimping the USS Hammond.
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