Stargate Universe DHD?

[Gamebear]

In Air there was no DHD attached to the gates. Eli had to use the Kino's remote control in order to dial out. Does this mean that a native species on a planet cannot use the stargate? Were the Ancients trying to "hog" the gates for themselves? Why isn't a DHD present, or is a DHD there and we're just not seeing it?

[SG_Gundam]

There's already a thread about this but the common theory is that the gates weren't seeded for native species to use but for the Ancients to use for exploration. Therefore the Kino remote being a wireless DHD makes sense if no one else is supposed to use the Universe gates except for the Ancients.

[Ed]

these gates aren't a proper network the ship went to pegasus at one point but then later the lantians rebuilt the network with propper gates id wager these tempary gates have a few other things about them too

1. all identical
2. simpler plinths look at the thing holding it up just a metal peice not ornamental stone steps.
3. probably not as insanely robust as the MW ones.
4. no unique POO probably a generic one like a puddle jumpers dhd

[MadDog]

Probably because the ancients didnt wanted anyone to access the gates, so probably a civilisation, later in time, as they advance they learn how to dial the gate.

[Devilshock]

Probably because the ancients didnt wanted anyone to access the gates, so probably a civilisation, later in time, as they advance they learn how to dial the gate.

Also maybe to Create their own Gate Network.

[General Jeckle]

Due to budget restraints, DHDs will no longer be used. Every planet will now be reduced from a single village to no village, & all aliens will be invisible.

[BHZuliss]

Due to budget restraints, DHDs will no longer be used. Every planet will now be reduced from a single village to no village, & all aliens will be invisible.

lol

As someone said earlier, the common idea is that the gates that we're seeing in SG:U are the oldest/most generic version of the gate produced by the Ancients, and that it's what was deposited in each new galaxy that the seeder ships visited.

Later, when they colonized a new galaxy they would update the gates, and plant DHDs. It explains why the Milky Way gates have symbols based on constellations seen from Earth, and why the Pegasus gates seem much more advanced and are (presumably) based off constellations as seen from the planet Atlantis settled on.

[Cold Fuzz]

Due to budget restraints, DHDs will no longer be used. Every planet will now be reduced from a single village to no village, & all aliens will be invisible.

Having the first planet they visited be a desert planet was definitely a timesaver in terms of sets.

There was literally nothing out there onscreen other than the stargate in the middle of White Sands, NM.

[Avenger]

There's already a thread about this but the common theory is that the gates weren't seeded for native species to use but for the Ancients to use for exploration. Therefore the Kino remote being a wireless DHD makes sense if no one else is supposed to use the Universe gates except for the Ancients.

Yep. This makes the most sense. The Ancients could come later and upgrade the gates at some point, including installing DHDs.