I had a few questions about some SGA details and hoped some of you might be able to help
My main interest is in just how the Ancients ever managed to lose such a war, as certain things seemed strange to me. So..
- One factor often cited as a key strategic advantage for the Wraith is that of greater numbers. How is this possible? Am I right in thinking that by the time the Ancients "created" the Wraith that their society was millions of years old and that they had visited at least three known galaxies? Because we know how ambitious they were, so surely they would have had dozens if not hundreds of colony's? In addition, the wraith's population is limited by the food supply (humans) and that supply must have been quite sparse back then, as the various worlds seen in SGA would have been relatively new and the Ancients themselves would have surely seldom been vulnerable enough to be eaten, as opposed to simply having their ships destroyed.
- Another issue I have is the incredible level of science and technology the Wraith possess. How could this have come to be? Do we know how many years passed between their creation and the war? It seems unlikely they could have reached any great level of advancement or understanding on their own (given their hunter/savage nature of them individually and also their split, hive based society, which promotes warfare and conflict).
- Lastly, SGA shows that the Ancients had the equivalent to WMD's - or at least weapons able to destroy numerous hive ships on a scale we see no evidence that the Wraith had (Drones/Defence Satellite).
My main issue with this is that surely the Ancients had almost limitless resources, given their technology to harvest them and ability to reach other galaxies for them. An example of this is the Stargate program itself, literally hundreds of incredibly complex structures made from all manner of rare and exotic metals/resources. So surely they could have built an incredible number of such weapons?
My main interest is in just how the Ancients ever managed to lose such a war, as certain things seemed strange to me. So..
- One factor often cited as a key strategic advantage for the Wraith is that of greater numbers. How is this possible? Am I right in thinking that by the time the Ancients "created" the Wraith that their society was millions of years old and that they had visited at least three known galaxies? Because we know how ambitious they were, so surely they would have had dozens if not hundreds of colony's? In addition, the wraith's population is limited by the food supply (humans) and that supply must have been quite sparse back then, as the various worlds seen in SGA would have been relatively new and the Ancients themselves would have surely seldom been vulnerable enough to be eaten, as opposed to simply having their ships destroyed.
- Another issue I have is the incredible level of science and technology the Wraith possess. How could this have come to be? Do we know how many years passed between their creation and the war? It seems unlikely they could have reached any great level of advancement or understanding on their own (given their hunter/savage nature of them individually and also their split, hive based society, which promotes warfare and conflict).
- Lastly, SGA shows that the Ancients had the equivalent to WMD's - or at least weapons able to destroy numerous hive ships on a scale we see no evidence that the Wraith had (Drones/Defence Satellite).
My main issue with this is that surely the Ancients had almost limitless resources, given their technology to harvest them and ability to reach other galaxies for them. An example of this is the Stargate program itself, literally hundreds of incredibly complex structures made from all manner of rare and exotic metals/resources. So surely they could have built an incredible number of such weapons?
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