new question about the zat gun

[ManiacMike]

they said that zats had an effect of 20 minutes or more depending on how your body was.

Then just with the Sg people, they get a sort of immunity to it. So it loses its longer lasting effects.

[Master_Templar]

When was that said?

[IcyNeko]

they said that zats had an effect of 20 minutes or more depending on how your body was.

Then just with the Sg people, they get a sort of immunity to it. So it loses its longer lasting effects.

Uhh no. That is not canon and not accurate by any measure. Not only are you making it up, but you're insulting the rest of the forumguers by trying to pass such BS as fact.

[ManiacMike]

then you explain why sg1 later in the seasons were able to stay awake when they were shot, and even move while everyone else who has never been shot with one still gets ko'ed with one shot for around 20 minutes?

[IcyNeko]

ZOMG PLOT DEVICES.

But you know, nothing beats science like experimentation. Grab a metal fork and jam it into a socket tonight and for the rest of the week. Let us know if your body adapts.

[ManiacMike]

works for me, I don't feel it anymore

[IcyNeko]

Rofl. Now we know.

[tombombadil]

.. Grab a metal fork and jam it into a socket tonight and for the rest of the week. Let us know if your body adapts.

my heart stopped beating, they had to do cpr

[Raven6666]

If you're continually needing to Zattify your victim, I would suggest at least 4 hours between shots (or 38 minutes after they come to.)

The Zat blast is essentially a form of electricity, hence it's ability to travel through metal (Memento Mori.)

As a 'gater stated before, you should wait until you're sure the charge has dissipated from the body.

As for longterm effects, your body may become resilient, as some people take about half a milisecond to go down, while others may take up to 5 seconds (Prometheus Unbound.)

[WraithWarrior]

Id say the 2 shot kill rule only applies for as long as the victim is stunned. We have only seen (that I can remember) the 2 shots to kill someone being taken one directly after another, so I think after the person comes out of the stun, it would be safe to zat him again.

And I also think that people can become immune (well not immune but not be affected as bad) after they have been shot a lot with a zat as Im sure that the zat effect was really long lasting when it first appeared and then just eased off throughout the seasons.

Although it may just be the fact that as the show gets older they try to make other weapons seem more powerful by toning down weapons seen early in the show. If you look at Children Of The Gods when the Jaffa came into the gate room and grabbed the female soldier, the bullets were just bouncing off the armour without much affect and then later in the show it takes a few shots and a lot less time to shoot a Jaffa through his armour

[AvatarIII]

Id say the 2 shot kill rule only applies for as long as the victim is stunned. We have only seen (that I can remember) the 2 shots to kill someone being taken one directly after another, so I think after the person comes out of the stun, it would be safe to zat him again.

that we have seen, yes, but i remember some case where it is said that a second shot would kill after the victim has recovered enough to get up.

Although it may just be the fact that as the show gets older they try to make other weapons seem more powerful by toning down weapons seen early in the show. If you look at Children Of The Gods when the Jaffa came into the gate room and grabbed the female soldier, the bullets were just bouncing off the armour without much affect and then later in the show it takes a few shots and a lot less time to shoot a Jaffa through his armour

that may have been a move to armour piercing bullets, why would you have guns with AP bullets 28 floors underground?

[WraithWarrior]

that we have seen, yes, but i remember some case where it is said that a second shot would kill after the victim has recovered enough to get up.

Thanks. Well I still wouldnt give it that long before you can shoot someone again

that may have been a move to armour piercing bullets, why would you have guns with AP bullets 28 floors underground?

Well yes, but its not just the bullets, its just the fact that when the writers bring a new enemy or piece of tech in, they make it look like its so strong and then when a newer piece of tech or enemy come in, they need to make the old look less powerful by cutting the time of the effect the tech has or making the old enemy take more time completing something so that the new things look better.

If they kept everything the same from S1 to present day, in some episodes, you would just be watching 45 minutes of the team getting zatted and recovering or the team waste ridiculous amounts of rounds trying to shoot something/someone

[IcyNeko]

Don't ZAT ME BRO

[WraithWarrior]

Don't ZAT ME BRO

Ill try not to