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Anyway, I sort of rewatched Rising 1 and 2... and found something interesting... I don't think Sheppard actually layed down the C4 from inside the ship. Indeed, he gave C4 to the dudes inside the cell, and they blew that up from the inside. However..
John: Alright teams of two, learn what you can, lay down the defenses as you see fit. I wanna be able to light this place up if we have to...
later on
John: "Light it up"
*Hive Queen throws a hissy fit*
*John stabs Queen*
Explosions from outside. Ya know those pictures someone posted before, of the Hive in Rising... it stands to reason that the majority of the C4 was actually placed from the outside. It even looks like the explosions came from the outside. Correct me if I'm wrong... but the events of that episode seem to point to the C4 being placed from the outside. Except for the bit where the two Wraith dudes get blown up... So maybe John put some C4 on the inside, while the rest was on the outside.
"Gigaton level warheads, yes. Missiles, no."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't warheads attacked to missiles? Missiles are the bit that moves it... and the warheads are the bit that go KABOOM.
"They would if they knew that 95% of their missiles were just going to be wasted, and intercepted prior to detonation, that their best shot of getting a nuke through was via transport, that a weak nuke was just as effective for transport as a strong one, and that multiple weaker nukes distribute their energy more efficiently than fewer strong ones do when fired due to the inverse square law."
Isn't this speculation?
"Shield draining bolts that now create GT level explosions when they hit the surface? Right."
Again correct me if I'm wrong, but the dude who said that didn't actually say that they were GT level explosions, that they were perhaps shots designed to drain shields, rather than create big booms.
I really doubt Wraith weapons can create GT level explosions either way though. Doesn't GT level weapons mean... they could decimate large areas of land? (Sorry I'm sort of newb... since Hiroshima was like 10kt or something... which means GT level would be heaps stronger?) Because then it stands to reason that we would've seen those types of weapon fire reigning down on to Atlantis in Siege 3... It makes more sense since, if Wraith weapons could do that sort of damage, when the Atlantis team were destroying the Human Wraith camp on the planet, they would only have needed to fire 1 or 2 shots to kill everything within an x km radius.. Yeah... correct me if I'm wrong.
"They had what they could pull off the database, which they then sent to SGC."
According to Zelenka, wasn't what they could pull off 7% of the Ancient database? Which means a lot of information to sift through, considering they deployed Deadalus soon after they received the communicae, leaving them not much time to sift through the information they received? Yeah, I'm just speculating. But they DID have all the reports made by the Altantis team, probably a lot easier to go through. But until then, they hadn't REALLY come to experience the true nature of Wraith Hives... except for "Sanctuary"... I think...
"They're made of durable materials, yes. Maybe not as durable as the tank itself, but also not millions of times weaker either."
Hence there are weaknesses? Like the armour over FTL drives on a Wraith Hive aren't millions of times weaker than the rest of the ship...
Meh, can't be bothered responding to the rest. It's dinner time. Sorry Shrod, I'm not attacking your arguments in particular, it's just that your post was the last one. AAAAAND, I don't know how to use those quote things... (such a newb). I believe on the whole... you tend to make valid points about Wraith weapons not being the multi GT level... and them having weaknesses... but... perhaps you could be a bit more... gracious... about voicing your opinion? Meh.
Hahahahahaahaha.
Your argument about Point P moving in such a way that it is always 2 units from the origin is very circular.
kekekekeke... OOOH dinner time Byeeeeee
Anyway, I sort of rewatched Rising 1 and 2... and found something interesting... I don't think Sheppard actually layed down the C4 from inside the ship. Indeed, he gave C4 to the dudes inside the cell, and they blew that up from the inside. However..
John: Alright teams of two, learn what you can, lay down the defenses as you see fit. I wanna be able to light this place up if we have to...
later on
John: "Light it up"
*Hive Queen throws a hissy fit*
*John stabs Queen*
Explosions from outside. Ya know those pictures someone posted before, of the Hive in Rising... it stands to reason that the majority of the C4 was actually placed from the outside. It even looks like the explosions came from the outside. Correct me if I'm wrong... but the events of that episode seem to point to the C4 being placed from the outside. Except for the bit where the two Wraith dudes get blown up... So maybe John put some C4 on the inside, while the rest was on the outside.
"Gigaton level warheads, yes. Missiles, no."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't warheads attacked to missiles? Missiles are the bit that moves it... and the warheads are the bit that go KABOOM.
"They would if they knew that 95% of their missiles were just going to be wasted, and intercepted prior to detonation, that their best shot of getting a nuke through was via transport, that a weak nuke was just as effective for transport as a strong one, and that multiple weaker nukes distribute their energy more efficiently than fewer strong ones do when fired due to the inverse square law."
Isn't this speculation?
"Shield draining bolts that now create GT level explosions when they hit the surface? Right."
Again correct me if I'm wrong, but the dude who said that didn't actually say that they were GT level explosions, that they were perhaps shots designed to drain shields, rather than create big booms.
I really doubt Wraith weapons can create GT level explosions either way though. Doesn't GT level weapons mean... they could decimate large areas of land? (Sorry I'm sort of newb... since Hiroshima was like 10kt or something... which means GT level would be heaps stronger?) Because then it stands to reason that we would've seen those types of weapon fire reigning down on to Atlantis in Siege 3... It makes more sense since, if Wraith weapons could do that sort of damage, when the Atlantis team were destroying the Human Wraith camp on the planet, they would only have needed to fire 1 or 2 shots to kill everything within an x km radius.. Yeah... correct me if I'm wrong.
"They had what they could pull off the database, which they then sent to SGC."
According to Zelenka, wasn't what they could pull off 7% of the Ancient database? Which means a lot of information to sift through, considering they deployed Deadalus soon after they received the communicae, leaving them not much time to sift through the information they received? Yeah, I'm just speculating. But they DID have all the reports made by the Altantis team, probably a lot easier to go through. But until then, they hadn't REALLY come to experience the true nature of Wraith Hives... except for "Sanctuary"... I think...
"They're made of durable materials, yes. Maybe not as durable as the tank itself, but also not millions of times weaker either."
Hence there are weaknesses? Like the armour over FTL drives on a Wraith Hive aren't millions of times weaker than the rest of the ship...
Meh, can't be bothered responding to the rest. It's dinner time. Sorry Shrod, I'm not attacking your arguments in particular, it's just that your post was the last one. AAAAAND, I don't know how to use those quote things... (such a newb). I believe on the whole... you tend to make valid points about Wraith weapons not being the multi GT level... and them having weaknesses... but... perhaps you could be a bit more... gracious... about voicing your opinion? Meh.
Hahahahahaahaha.
Your argument about Point P moving in such a way that it is always 2 units from the origin is very circular.
kekekekeke... OOOH dinner time Byeeeeee
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