The Defiant One (112)

[Gothann]

I just felt like watching the Episode again and noticed a cute little Star Trek reference (again, another ST reference... Any more of these and they'll be seriously overdoing it)

"He's in my ship" - Shep
"Who do you think you are; Captain Kirk?" - McKay

[Wass]

I thought it was just Lanteans.

Lol, for some reason I always seem to be contradicting wass in all the threads.....supose its just his fault for copying my name

Hey I was here before you , is waz short for wesley.

[Wass]

"This ship... Is Atlantean" - The Wraith (that's actually how he's credited... darn it, I wish Sheppard could have given him a name)

I thought we agreed on Greg

[Wass]

No, he says Atlantean.

Good thing I taped the episode. ^_^

So I got the spellings wrong but that's what I meant as well.

[Gothann]

I thought we agreed on Greg

Unofficially, we did (thanks to MartoufMarty) but officially he's The Wraith.

[OfF3nSiV3]

any info on that orbital platform?

[Gothann]

any info on that orbital platform?

Aside from it being as large as a Goa'uld mothership and it being the "LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE WRAITH" (NOT the first, geez), nothing right now.

One assumption is that this thing is very likely what shot down that Wraith cargo ship.

[Major Tyler]

I loved this episode! There was a lot of development and depth that the suicide scene added to the feel of the episode. Not too many shows would be so bold; I'm very impressed by the kind of episode this turned out to be.

I missed Ford, but he got to wear the desert MARPAT camo, so that was cool.

Theories:

Bugs: Sheppard himself thought that something other than recent feedings was giving the Wraith (Greg) extra regenerative powers. When you watch Greg interact with the Bugs, he always grabs them with his life-sucking hand. I believe that the Bugs supercharged Greg and allowed him to survive for so long and be much more resiliant than the average Wraith.

Even if the Bugs didn't serve a real purpose, it's reasonable to assume that when we go to alien planets we'll see alien things...get over it.

[Scoobing]

I was thinking that it might be the fact Greg had fed from other Wraith, so he may have taken their strength when he took their life energy.

[Wass]

I think the theory presented in the actual episode is the best and logical explanation for Greg to survive that many bullets.

[Wass]

Aside from it being as large as a Goa'uld mothership and it being the "LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE WRAITH" (NOT the first, geez), nothing right now.

One assumption is that this thing is very likely what shot down that Wraith cargo ship.

That was pretty obvious but what I don’t understand is why the wraith did not destroy it completely.

[veneticuss]

I think the theory presented in the actual episode is the best and logical explanation for Greg to survive that many bullets.

what theory?

[Wass]

Mackay: “Dr Beckett has theorised that the wraiths ability to heal itself is directly proportionate to have recently it has feed.”

[Major Tyler]

I think the theory presented in the actual episode is the best and logical explanation for Greg to survive that many bullets.

I'd agree except for the fact that when McKay presented that theory, Sheppard said that he thought that something else beyond that was going on. I think that "something else" was the Wraith feeding off of the energy bugs.

[Wass]

It's possible or it was the energy bar