Satellite defence system for Earth

[Rise Of The Phoenix]

if someone wanted global domination, then that could have been achieved 10x over with the stuff we brought back. the most effective one being the Ark.

Maybe so but that doesn't eliminate the possibility of someone from Earth using a satellite system against the world.
Besides the Ark I'm not sure of any other pieces of tech that could be used to directly control the planet, not ones with such simple widespread capabilities.
I don't recall it being said that we could reprogram the Ark to do what we want, I know the Atlantis team has repaired systems on Atlantis and Rodney or Zelenka can change a few bits of gate info, but that doesn't mean they automatically know how to change the programming in the Ark or even what to program into it to get the desired effect.

a 304 has more power than a sattelite, yet i dont see any muteny and global domination!

Maybe a 304 is more powerful than a single satellite but not more than a network with a large enough number of satellites to defend the planet from most threats.
304s appear to be manned by crews all of the time and if one was to attack the planet there could be another along soon after a threat came to take out that threat, I'm not sure even if Odyssey was used to rebel that it would be able to take out the other 4 ships we've got to then impose some kind of rule.

global domination is ridiculous, no country has the kind of resources to keep it up. the sattelites might be a threat, but any 304 can blow the crap out of them. the Odyssey is still in friendly control, so it simply will not work.

With the ability to strike at anywhere on the planet, with multiple satellites, enough to provide a successful defense net I doubt even 304s could handle that, even a fleet of 5 with Odyssey. not against what would be needed to properly defend the planet, 6 sats certainly isn't enough, yeah it may give you one weapon on each side of the planet at any one time, but the moment you've gotta intercept a group of Hives or something then you need a lot more than just 6 APBWs, with shields and engines.
With a sophisticated sensor system and the APBWs in orbit I don't see what other resources you'd need, I mean you can detect what ever's going on and take out any attempted take back of the system, especially if who ever has taken over the system destroys all other means to control the system.

and the world will not easily cooperate. for one, they would have to kill many millions. Hitler targeted certain groups. but we're talking everyone here. besides, we do not know what impact an APBW has. it could make a gargantuan crater, or just a single tunnel into the ground....

Killing millions would be easy with a sat net.
APBWs should be able to easily level cities in short order, especially if they can cream Hives and Cruisers with small numbers of shots.

global domination would require control over the world, and APBW's give an easy means to take out your enemy, but really, you need to be on the ground. not even america has an army big enough to control everyone.

You wouldn't need an army though, with a bunch of satellites capable of spamming any part of the planet in quick time you could kill everyone pretty quickly, which sounds like a pretty big incentive for most people to fall in line.
The satellites would give someone plenty of control, with a core the person or persons trying to dominate would have access to matter conversion tech, so they could make holographic tech to communicate their orders to the world with ease.

[thekillman]

6 sats are enough. 6 sats blow any known threat out of the sky.


what makes you think we need an extensive networL?

[Rise Of The Phoenix]

6 sats are enough. 6 sats blow any known threat out of the sky.

6 sats is not enough to deal with a fleet, it's barely enough to deal with a few enemy ships and wouldn't be any good if as few as 2 or 3 Hives got here with their escorts.

what makes you think we need an extensive networL?

Safety issues aside and not taking the possibility of someone from Earth using them against the planet into consideration we know how many ships the current potential threats may have.
If you've only got 1 satellite on either side of the planet and you wanna use more than one to make sure a Hive or Cruiser's taken out quickly in the initial volley of shots (which is preferable to a lengthy conflict), seeing as each of these sats you've proposed only has 1 weapon array well you're leaving a large portion of the sky open to attack.
No defense system should be built on the hopes that you'll only encounter the bare minimum of vessels, which is all 6 sats could deal with because they have to remain one side of the planet, if you've got vessels coming at all sides then you're screwed.

The Wraith are the most powerful race we know to be a threat, any defense system should be built with them in mind and with enough firepower to take out however many ships they're likely to send in waves in a very short amount of time, short enough to prevent a fire fight and to stop them sending fighters down to attack any control center for the satellites or populated areas.
We shouldn't have to rely on the 304s either for home based defense, of course they can be used if they're available but there's always a chance that a great deal of the fleet could be off on missions, even if it took only minutes for our ships to get here it could be too late, the Wraith could have already destroyed the 6 satellites we've got and started culling the planet.

Why do you think 6 is enough?