Where's our Motherships?

[RuleBritannia]

After the defeat of the Goa'uld there were perhaps hundreds of Motherships floating around the galaxy and it seems all the spoils were taken by the Jaffa, Tok'ra and Lucian Alliance. I think Earth should get its fair share. Instead we have created three governments, who before were only a small threat but now have the ability to launch a full scale attack against us. And all we got is a few BC303's or X303's or LMNOP's or what ever you call them. It's a bit like the US giving Vietnam weapons then going to war with them. What do you guys think?

So long and thanks for all the fish.

[freyr's mother]

After the defeat of the Goa'uld there were perhaps hundreds of Motherships floating around the galaxy and it seems all the spoils were taken by the Jaffa, Tok'ra and Lucian Alliance. I think Earth should get its fair share. Instead we have created three governments, who before were only a small threat but now have the ability to launch a full scale attack against us. And all we got is a few BC303's or X303's or LMNOP's or what ever you call them. It's a bit like the US giving Vietnam weapons then going to war with them. What do you guys think?

So long and thanks for all the fish.

TPTB don't want to give us anything that we can so easily reverse engineer something from. (hatak energy weapons).

LMNOP's

What are these?

[Prior_of_the_Ori]

Its better to use something that you made and therefore fix rather then use someones stuff and run to them everytime it breaks. Goa'uld tech is still kind of advanced and some of it might not be able to be produced by Earth. So its better to use something you can understand and manufacture. Plus Asgard shielding is way better then whats seen so far on Ha'taks though the Ha'tak has the advantage of it having energy weapons.

Plus those ships are kind of useless against the might of the almighty and powerful Ori. Hallowed are the children of the Ori.

[gkyun]

Its better to use something that you made and therefore fix rather then use someones stuff and run to them everytime it breaks. Goa'uld tech is still kind of advanced and some of it might not be able to be produced by Earth. So its better to use something you can understand and manufacture. Plus Asgard shielding is way better then whats seen so far on Ha'taks though the Ha'tak has the advantage of it having energy weapons.

Plus those ships are kind of useless against the might of the almighty and powerful Ori. Hallowed are the children of the Ori.

I wouldn't mind having a few Ha'taks for study or something, better than having none at all. Think of a bunch of stuff we could do with the ships other than solely for the purpose of fighting the Ori -- better our understanding of the tech, troop transport, backups, off-world bases for operations, relay stations etc.

[the fifth man]

If we could have the Asgard place a few of their shields on some Ha'taks, I'd be all for having a few.

[pyrodude]

Wouldn't a Mothership require a lot people to run? I say just strip the weapons(the asgard may have to help with that) and put them on a Tauri ship. Then it may be easier for humans to maintain.

[freyr's mother]

Wouldn't a Mothership require a lot people to run? I say just strip the weapons(the asgard may have to help with that) and put them on a Tauri ship. Then it may be easier for humans to maintain.

Strip a few, then keep a few for study so we won't have to rely on stripping motherships of their weapons (we don't really know how many we'll have access to).

[Mousie]

Having Hataks would be good for one simple reason - they have already been built. I don't know how long it takes to build the ships for the new Earth fleet but I bet it's a while. Why not bulk the fleet out with already available ships - it will save on resources as well.

Or alternatively, park a few, inactive ones on the moon as a back up in case there is ever another direct attack on earth and they can be retrieved and used. Or link them all together and operate them remotely as some kind of orbiting weapons platform.

[Naonak]

Instead we have created three governments, who before were only a small threat but now have the ability to launch a full scale attack against us. And all we got is a few BC303's or X303's or LMNOP's or what ever you call them. It's a bit like the US giving Vietnam weapons then going to war with them. What do you guys think?

I can't see the Jaffa, Tok'ra or Lucian Alliance attacking us. The Tok'ra just wouldn't, and the Jaffa won't unless there's some crazy reason (like being taken over by the Ori), especially now that Bra'tac is their leader.
The Lucian Alliance seems mainly bothered about it's own interests, and wouldn't really have any reason to invade a planet, especially Earth. They're basically crime lords, not maniacal supervillains who want to conquer the universe (Jabba the Hutt, not Palpatine).

Wouldn't a Mothership require a lot people to run? I say just strip the weapons(the asgard may have to help with that) and put them on a Tauri ship. Then it may be easier for humans to maintain.

No more than a 303/304, I wouldn't have thought, although both Ha'taks and Earth ships can be run by just a few people, ie. SG-1.