Ok, if that is correct, than Atlantis could get from PG to MW in less than 30 minutes. Which is still really fast. And less power hungry than wormwhole drive. Was instant travel really that important to them?
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It may not have been possible. For all we know, Destiny is travelling at the absolute maximum speed attainable in FTL.Originally posted by comperius View Post
Just as there is a real life speed limit in our space (light speed), maybe whatever process allows Destiny to travel Faster Than Light has a speed limit too, one that either isn't present or is much, much higher in hyperspace travel.
Or, maybe FTL navigation is a pain. Or power consumption, efficiency, reliability, safety, complexity...any one of dozens of reasons. Until TPTB write either a hugely tech-heavy episode revolving around FTL, or alternatively write a Stargate tech-manual (I'd preorder it in a heartbeat), we won't know.
Quite possible. Maybe they realised it was a difficult direction for research, and despite it's obvious tactical advantages, maybe too much of a drain on resources better spent on shields, weapons and directly combating the Wraith. Maybe, had the Ancients remained, they might have perfected it or at least come up with a form of travel that could complement hyperdrive.Originally posted by Comperius
Hyperspace may well have a limit, just one that is so high that for all intents and purposes makes hyperspace speeds look limitless. The Asgard certainly had engines that allowed blisteringly fast interstellar travel.Originally posted by thekillman View Post
Asgard hyperdrives seem to be vastly superior to Ancient, not least because they've had considerably more time to develop them, you know, with the whole not dying from a plague and ascending thing...Originally posted by comperius View Post
As for why they developed WD...they're Ancients!! They do everything big, they do things because they can, and to be fair to them, instantaneous travel between any two points is a huge tactical, strategic and technological advantage. I doubt WD would have been an everyday use type of propulsion, but rather used as an emergency measure, in much the same way Atlantis ultimately employed it - hyperdrive failed, time was of the essence, they had plentiful power, so employed WD.And now it's time for one last bow, like all your other selves. Eleven's hour is over now... the clock is striking Twelve's.
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from context, it's rather safe to say that the wormholedrive was in it's prototype stages.
asgard hyperdrives are the fastest because they desired so. even though ancient ships have been fast, for example, Atlantis, they were never meant to go uberfast because the ancients both had the time and lack of desire, for such speeds. stargates can transport pretty much anything over large distances near-instantaniously.Comment
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I read somewhere that in order to travel safely through a wormhole it would actually need to be something like the size of our solar system to prevent the tidal forces from ripping even a small vessel apart.Comment
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They either use Hyper drive or Destiny FTL drive, there is no way to know for certain which they use.Originally posted by comperius View Post
For all we know the Destiny FTL drive may of been a one off design for long duration flight, an they design the drive base on there experience of travelling to the Milkyway from the ori galaxy.Comment
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Originally posted by knowles2 View Post
maybe the shield compensates for that part, and would explain the ridiculous amount of power needed for this. i see no other reason why that 3 zpm's could be so drained by that sort of thing. unless who ever was saying their low on power was misreading the charts.time doesn't go in a linear path like everyone thinks, time is a ball of timey wimey wibbly wobblely uh....
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I think the FTL drive will be explained in the episode "Sabotage" wereSpoiler:
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very possible.
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maybe they did but after some time a scientist found hyperspace travel easier for commercial and civil transport and they gave up on the first technology.Originally posted by comperius View Post
Or like it is implied, FTL travel is through OUR own space which implies that you have to avoid any large celestial body and always have your shields up while traveling. Hence hyperdrive was much safer for passengers and energy sources. And of course you just head straight to the goal.La vie est une tragédie - Tout le monde meurt à la fin.
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Well I'm hopping that it will be some day explained. Or maybe Mallozzi can explain. How do I write to his mailbag? the question he's answering every few days?Last edited by comperius; 15 December 2009, 05:28 AM.Comment
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And now it's time for one last bow, like all your other selves. Eleven's hour is over now... the clock is striking Twelve's.
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so comments are his mailbag?Comment
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