What powered the Dakara Superweapon?

[Vala_M]

I dont think that the power nodes on space gates are anywhere near the level of ZPM's. If they were we could just take a couple of nodes from uninhabitable/uninhabited planets and use them to power Atlantis. I think its more likely that they use power only when the gate is activated, and when its deactivated it goes into a standby phase where power consumption is little to none.

But thats just my opinion.

I just said that they last a very long time.

Vala,

[fellip_nectar]

I'm going to go with "nintendos."

[wise one]

possibly geo thermal energy since the ancients have done that before or again like in the orion episode

[Crazy Tom]

possibly geo thermal energy since the ancients have done that before or again like in the orion episode

it's possible.

and may i remind u all of the buffers on the anchient satelite? could those be used?

[Integrabyte]

To the best of my knowledge it was never explained on the show, but it came to mind when I was watching Reckoning last night. The fact that the energy wave could radiate into space around Dakara would suggest (to me at least) that it was powered by a ZPM or a power source producing an equivalent level of power.

Delete this thread if its repeating a discussion from the past.

...magnets, what else?

[from_orion]

it's possible.

and may i remind u all of the buffers on the anchient satelite? could those be used?

the buffer's just a capacitor, not a power source.