yes it damaged the shield, maybe even completely depleted it but that's not the point
the point is, a drone is designed to slip through shields like a wraith through walls (I mean the ghost, not the SA aliens -) yet this doesn't work against ancient shields because such shielding is too advanced even for drones
(it's like the tollan phase-bomb, Narim said it was designed to phase through shielding yet the tollans didn't try it on Tanith's ship, they probably knew that those upgraded goauld shields would block their phase-shift tech. same goes for the tollan ion-cannon, the shots slipped right through hatak shields yet they failed against the upgraded hatak shields)
to take your analogy, applying it to the PJ scenario would be like saying that the sunrays pass through the atmosphere & reach us only when hitting it at a straight angle, and are completely blocked when hitting it at a wide angle (like the PJ shield deflected the drone supposedly because the angle was wide) - in which case only those living on the equator would get sunlight, and the rest of the planet would have permanent night !
obviously that ain't the case since I myself don't live on the equator yet still get daytime ( ) so if the sun analogy were valid then the drone would have slipped right through the shield & hit the PJ regardless of angle. That didn't happen either, so the comparison doesn't hold
the point is, a drone is designed to slip through shields like a wraith through walls (I mean the ghost, not the SA aliens -) yet this doesn't work against ancient shields because such shielding is too advanced even for drones
(it's like the tollan phase-bomb, Narim said it was designed to phase through shielding yet the tollans didn't try it on Tanith's ship, they probably knew that those upgraded goauld shields would block their phase-shift tech. same goes for the tollan ion-cannon, the shots slipped right through hatak shields yet they failed against the upgraded hatak shields)
to take your analogy, applying it to the PJ scenario would be like saying that the sunrays pass through the atmosphere & reach us only when hitting it at a straight angle, and are completely blocked when hitting it at a wide angle (like the PJ shield deflected the drone supposedly because the angle was wide) - in which case only those living on the equator would get sunlight, and the rest of the planet would have permanent night !
obviously that ain't the case since I myself don't live on the equator yet still get daytime ( ) so if the sun analogy were valid then the drone would have slipped right through the shield & hit the PJ regardless of angle. That didn't happen either, so the comparison doesn't hold
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