So there has been much talk about how Destiny is weak compared to the drones, which makes the drone-builders more advanced than the Ancients, blah blah blah. Destiny is millions of years prior to peak Lantean technology, so I ask you... how would Lantean drones fare against SGU drones?
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no way to know, really. destiny is millions of years pre-peak lantean civilisation* but it can recharge inside a star - first ancient tech we've seen that can. the ship atlantis found on the geothermal planet that turned to lava might not even have survived the lava if they didn't use hyperspace to get out.
also, destiny has been floating around for millions of years - and, iirc, saw combat before the crew ever arrived. as well as that, the ship was nowhere near peak operating capacity, and hasn't been brought to peak operations either. the drones are strong against destiny now - but it doesn't mean that a fully-operational destiny is weak against them.
without knowing where destiny (as it is today) stands against peak lantean civilisation, we can't reliably judge how the SGU drones would fare. and without knowing how powerful destiny-at-its-peak was, we can't be sure how it compares against either lantean or SGU-drone tech.
*note, i specify civilisation rather than technology here as, in some cases, the most advanced technology may not always have been implemented. for example - it seems very useful having a ship that can dip into a star to recharge, but a warship or city having to make routine stops might become a liability. some technologies may have fallen into disuse, simply because they weren't the most practical for most applications.
additionally, judging from the appearance of atlantis and the ships we know of that were connected to it, we can surmise the ancients liked things to be pretty as well as functional. destiny is rugged, functional, but not necessarily the most eye-pleasing design. a crystal goblet is nice for wine, but i'd rather have a glass for a pint of beer
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no way to know, really. destiny is millions of years pre-peak lantean civilisation* but it can recharge inside a star - first ancient tech we've seen that can. the ship atlantis found on the geothermal planet that turned to lava might not even have survived the lava if they didn't use hyperspace to get out.sigpic
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I thought Destiny was designed for scientific exploration more then actual ship-to-ship combat? Although the vessel has some defensive mechanism's I always assumed that the Ancients would wish to solve any meetings with civilizations more peacefully. Whilst the Drones were designed to destroy entire fleets and civilizations.
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I don't think it's just a matter of advancement level, the functionality of the ships do matter. The drones are war ships, build to destroy stuff and other ships. Destiny is probably foremost an exploration/research ship but have enough weapons/defences to fend off an attack. Lantean warships will probably have more weapons design to fight other ships with hundreds of drones design to destroy ships. Just as a drone command ship on it's own is pretty much very useless without it's drones since it's functionality is probably to carry drones around only.
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Originally posted by Keeper View Postno way to know, really. destiny is millions of years pre-peak lantean civilisation* but it can recharge inside a star - first ancient tech we've seen that can. the ship atlantis found on the geothermal planet that turned to lava might not even have survived the lava if they didn't use hyperspace to get out."Yo, you wanna join SG-1?"
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Originally posted by gkyun View PostI just like to point out that the reason Destiny needs to recharge inside a star periodically is probably because the Ancients didn't have a viable apparatus for power generation at the time Destiny was built, which explains its ruggedness. While the ship is impressive in and of itself, one should not think of it as more advanced than it ought to be.
in the former case, i'd be surprised if solar-protective tech wasn't useful for other purposes, and in the latter it would show that some aspects of destiny's design may well have been more advanced than later developments. we're already aware that they don't use ATA, and the chair interface is relatively primitive, so the whole ship can't be more advanced - but there's no way to know what's better and what's not.
of course, the most realistic answer for why destiny recharges in a star is that it was a creative decision, that ignored continuity of tech development by the ancients. in which case, if the writers wanted to show destiny wipe out an armada of lantean warships...
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Originally posted by Keeper View Postand the fact remains that nothing else that we've seen of ancient tech could withstand a star. thus, the shield technology is either a completely different development track from later shields, or else they decided not to use shields that were advanced enough to withstand a star simply because they weren't practical for general usage.
in the former case, i'd be surprised if solar-protective tech wasn't useful for other purposes, and in the latter it would show that some aspects of destiny's design may well have been more advanced than later developments. we're already aware that they don't use ATA, and the chair interface is relatively primitive, so the whole ship can't be more advanced - but there's no way to know what's better and what's not.
of course, the most realistic answer for why destiny recharges in a star is that it was a creative decision, that ignored continuity of tech development by the ancients. in which case, if the writers wanted to show destiny wipe out an armada of lantean warships...
Another more realistic example would be warships of WWII. A standard battle cruiser in that era can take on a barrage of torpedo strikes and still manage to stay afloat. The most advanced Aegis warship of today would most likely split in two and sink within minutes if hit by just one torpedo. But its survivability is determined by GPS-assisted missile defence and early warning system so that the ship can engage the enemy hundreds of miles away in the safety of its own waters.
So my point is that as times change, so does the status of popular thinking. If Destiny were built in the lantean era, it probably would have been built in the same vein as an Aurora class or Atlantis with powerful shields powered by ZPMs and a hull made of waffle. But the Ancients chose to built Destiny this way probably because, as I mentioned before, they didn't have a power source like a ZPM to power the ship's systems, otherwise they wouldn't have needed the ship to dive right into a star for "sun juice" in the first place."Yo, you wanna join SG-1?"
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shuttle with or without magnetic fields: apples and oranges.
same goes for naval vessels with and without advanced sensors.
both are examples of replacing one system with another, while i'm pointing out the difference between different shield systems themselves, rather than a shield replacing a hull.
Destiny's shields can withstand a star. not just the hull, but the shields themselves. we know Atlantis can't withstand a coronal mass ejection with one ZPM - they need the Daedalus to redirect it before it can reach the planet. yet, we know from Destiny that they have the capacity to build shield generators that can deal with the sun.
sure, with 3 ZPMs, Atlantis seems to have been able to deal - it's made clear in the same episode that they encountered the problem before. however, i'd wager a guess that a shield that can withstand entry into a star can probably withstand quite a bit of enemy fire. it makes sense to protect a capital city, as well as warships, with at least the best available defensive tech - and, as i've said, the Aurora-class couldn't even handle a little lava on the shields.
with regards to my above comment regarding physical states of Destiny vs. Atlantis-era designs - a good comparison is, perhaps, a Ford and a BMW or Mercedes.* any will get you where you want to go, and perform decently on the road, however the BMW and Merc are status symbols, showing things off. the Ford is designed for getting from A to B as well, just less for status and more for directly practical.
*admittedly this is less true with cars nowadays, but it's not that many years ago that cheaper cars were built much more for functionality than for status of appearance. even today, a BMW or Merc symbol on the car is, for some people, more important than how it performs, because it looks impressive.
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Originally posted by Keeper View PostDestiny's shields can withstand a star. not just the hull, but the shields themselves. we know Atlantis can't withstand a coronal mass ejection with one ZPM - they need the Daedalus to redirect it before it can reach the planet. yet, we know from Destiny that they have the capacity to build shield generators that can deal with the sun.
Originally posted by Keeper View Postsure, with 3 ZPMs, Atlantis seems to have been able to deal - it's made clear in the same episode that they encountered the problem before. however, i'd wager a guess that a shield that can withstand entry into a star can probably withstand quite a bit of enemy fire. it makes sense to protect a capital city, as well as warships, with at least the best available defensive tech - and, as i've said, the Aurora-class couldn't even handle a little lava on the shields.
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