They should put Railguns & Shields on the Orion

[Dutch_Razor]

Atlantis S2 ending spoilers (I think)

Spoiler:

Actually a few million points of debris don't count as a ship

[Zepro]

^ Oh you'd be surprised what a little duck tape can manage.

[Ripple in Space]

is this suppose to be a discussion about the orion ship made by the ancients or something else cos why do we even need to put railguns or shields on the orion....

its already a good ship

The Orion is a real Space Shuttle, hence the picture.....

[wise one]

The Orion is a real Space Shuttle, hence the picture.....

oh ritey O, lol well it didnt reli have a name on it , my bad!

[.jolinar.]

It's all explained in the initial post so try looking at it. But anyway, I think shields would be a good idea, to protect it from space debris and such which could threaten the shutte. But aside from the idea of putting railguns on out shuttles being pointless, the other countries would complain.

[Ripple in Space]

But aside from the idea of putting railguns on out shuttles being pointless, the other countries would complain.

It would sure be funny though.

[.jolinar.]

What would be funny about it then?

[Øsiris øf the Øri]

why put shields and weapons on a tin can when you have a trinium one?

[garhkal]

I wish we would go back to the days when one Ha'tak would make us pee our pants. It is such a beautiful ship.

I do miss those days too..

[Leandros]

I was thinking about how when Apophis first attacked Earth, Bra'tak told SG-1 to prepare their Warships, and:

BRA'TAC: I knew it would delay the attack until he arose. Perhaps when the warships of your world attack…

CARTER: Uh, excuse me, did you say the warships of our world?

BRA'TAC: Surely you have such vessels?

DANIEL: Well, we have a number of.. of…

O'NEILL/DANIEL: Shuttles.

BRA'TAC: These shuttles.. they are a formidable craft?

O'NEILL: Oh yeah. Yeah. Bad day.

It would be pretty cool if NASA started arming the shuttles with shields and railguns. The Orion (newest generation of spacecraft) would be the perfect opportunity:

SPOILERS: We have neither.

[Hooperman1990]

It's all explained in the initial post so try looking at it. But anyway, I think shields would be a good idea, to protect it from space debris and such which could threaten the shutte. But aside from the idea of putting railguns on out shuttles being pointless, the other countries would complain.

Not half, especially after that Season 3 Atlantis Ep War Games (or something along those lines)

Spoiler:

You can sniper super-accurately from space with those guns. They were hitting that castle from miles off!

[Ripple in Space]

What would be funny about it then?

BAAL: It is now the perfect time to strike. The Odyssey is off in Ida, and the Daedalus & Apollo are busy in Pegasus. They are all a week's jump away. Have you taken care of it?

ATHENA: Yes, our operative has disabled the Antarctic Platform. Even if they had their best working on repairing it, it's at least a week away from being operational.

BAAL: Perfect, my 3 Ha'taks should have an easy victory ahead of them.

[3 Ha'taks exit hyperspace over Earth]

FIRST PRIME: Shall we wait for a challenge?

BAAL: A challenge? The Tau'ri have nothing to rival my might!

FIRST PRIME: Of course Mas..... MY LORD A VESSEL APPROACHES!

BAAL: What? Put it on the viewer!

[Sees the new NASA Space Shuttle]

BAAL: Ha! They send their primitive shuttle to face me? Destroy it.

FIRST PRIME: .... My Lord, our weapons have no effect.

BAAL: How can that be?

FIRST PRIME: The vessel appears to be shielded.... It is closing in on our position.

BAAL: Fools! They've created a sitting duck. Do they expect a primitive vessel with Asgard Shields to intimidate their God?

FIRST PRIME: Something is powering up within the Tau'ri "shuttle." I believe it is....

[Rail Gun Round shoots through him, stopping him mid-sentence]

BAAL: Oh balls.

[Jimbo-DR]

uhhhh, the Orion is a real ship, so if your talking real life, we don't HAVE shields yet, and if your talking Stargate, why the heck would we bother to outfit a current Earth technology ship with shields and railguns when we just got all the knowledge and technological genius of one of the most advanced races in the universe? That would seem like a massive waste of time and resources.

[Exiled Master]

I was thinking about how when Apophis first attacked Earth, Bra'tak told SG-1 to prepare their Warships, and:

BRA'TAC: I knew it would delay the attack until he arose. Perhaps when the warships of your world attack…

CARTER: Uh, excuse me, did you say the warships of our world?

BRA'TAC: Surely you have such vessels?

DANIEL: Well, we have a number of.. of…

O'NEILL/DANIEL: Shuttles.

BRA'TAC: These shuttles.. they are a formidable craft?

O'NEILL: Oh yeah. Yeah. Bad day.

It would be pretty cool if NASA started arming the shuttles with shields and railguns. The Orion (newest generation of spacecraft) would be the perfect opportunity:

First of all, I don't see where you could put them. Such hardware would certainly take up more space then the crew area. There's also the WHY factor: we have 302s already. Civilians would definitely wonder about why a peaceful space exploration vessel was packing serious heat. Not to mention the diplomatic ramifications such an addition...

[MechaThor]

Railguns would be cool as they you can have shots like the ones in "Serenity" in the Reaver feild or like the gun turrets in "Star Wars" on the Death Star