The Bridge - Discussion

[blueray]

I'm a Rush fan, but was not a fan in this episode. He was reckless and cost a man his life, plus the loss of the shuttle. If Rush had Eli and a few of the scientists up there they could possibly accomplish some great things.

i agree. i'm hoping that rush either tells eli about the bridge, or he finds out on his own. i think it would be interesting to see two people know about it and plus it would be easier to do with help.

[Carter's Boy]

Spoiler:

yeah til ep. 208 or so

[Abiron]

So...the Bridge is an extremely protected area, and requires the "command code" for any access at all. I assume that when Rush's program finished, it was designed to freeze the system in order to call his attention to itself. He gets the code from his long-running subroutine, which apparently is used to both program the "televator" and the main locking mechanism to the first (big) Bridge door. In other words, he went off with the code to find what it led to without even wondering if the area had atmosphere. Yeah, he's going a little bit crazy.

(I am guessing that the big door is both for security and a way of keeping people from the area when the Bridge is "raised.")

This means, IMHO, that no matter how many beings may have been aboard Destiny in the many, many years and galaxies since her launch, none has ever been on the Bridge. Its clean and almost new look seems to confirm this.

Looking at Destiny from above and astern, the Bridge is one of four squarish objects atop the "tower." Specifically, the forward starboard one. As others have already mentioned, this begs the question of whether or not the other three objects are also special compartments with specialized functions. My guess would be yes, but time will tell. (If this were a modern Ancient ship, I would say one was the Chair Room, but that seems highly unlikely given the primitive version we've already encountered.)

One thing that I'm curious about, now that the master code has been used and the systems are unlocked: is the Bridge the only place where full access has been granted? Are the consoles in the Apple Core still limited? And if so, is that Destiny's doing or Rush's?

One thing seems certain: With this bunch of folks, I doubt we'll ever see a full "bridge crew" all happily cooperating to fly the ship. Not any time soon, at least.

[SciFiRick]

So...the Bridge is an extremely protected area, and requires the "command code" for any access at all. I assume that when Rush's program finished, it was designed to freeze the system in order to call his attention to itself. He gets the code from his long-running subroutine, which apparently is used to both program the "televator" and the main locking mechanism to the first (big) Bridge door. In other words, he went off with the code to find what it led to without even wondering if the area had atmosphere. Yeah, he's going a little bit crazy.

(I am guessing that the big door is both for security and a way of keeping people from the area when the Bridge is "raised.")

This means, IMHO, that no matter how many beings may have been aboard Destiny in the many, many years and galaxies since her launch, none has ever been on the Bridge. Its clean and almost new look seems to confirm this.

Looking at Destiny from above and astern, the Bridge is one of four squarish objects atop the "tower." Specifically, the forward starboard one. As others have already mentioned, this begs the question of whether or not the other three objects are also special compartments with specialized functions. My guess would be yes, but time will tell. (If this were a modern Ancient ship, I would say one was the Chair Room, but that seems highly unlikely given the primitive version we've already encountered.)

One thing that I'm curious about, now that the master code has been used and the systems are unlocked: is the Bridge the only place where full access has been granted? Are the consoles in the Apple Core still limited? And if so, is that Destiny's doing or Rush's?

One thing seems certain: With this bunch of folks, I doubt we'll ever see a full "bridge crew" all happily cooperating to fly the ship. Not any time soon, at least.

I am not sure what is meant by the "Apple Core". I must have missed that somewhere.

[TheChronoTrigger]

if the two hallucinations are from destiny, is it possible that the one using his late wife's image isn't even aware Franklin is in the system? I really hope they do something interesting with this instead of the cliche "he's going nuts"

[Abiron]

I am not sure what is meant by the "Apple Core". I must have missed that somewhere.

It's been used by some fans to refer to the "Interface Room" that's been used as the de facto command center so far. (Not terribly fond of the name myself.)

[morbosfist]

The name comes from Eli, who coined it as a way to annoy Brody in the webisodes.

[Shadow_7]

webisodes???

It seems like Rush is just trying to see what the bridge does and learning how to use it. Perhaps using it too much in the process of learning. Once he's familiar enough with the system. And/Or wrote a program to ensure that he can take control as he see's fit. I'm sure he'll bring others into the fold to make things work better. Although probably not until the last couple of episodes of this season IMO. Someone is going to have to train them to use the bridge. I said fire the main gun, not eject the escape pods. Besides he can't exactly convince everyone of his ability to lead if he's always talking to himself.

[SciFiRick]

The name comes from Eli, who coined it as a way to annoy Brody in the webisodes.

Ahh. I didn't know there were webisodes. Where do you find them?

[morbosfist]

http://stargate.mgm.com/view/character/171/index.html

Specifically, find the video "Kino 21 - The Apple Core".

[Unamed]

i think that both Franklin and rush's wife are both manifested by the destiny. He has no reason to be hallusinating (ie no alien ticks, or not connected to the chair)

[Furliciousy2k9]

If Gloria and Franklin was the same entity, trying to communicate with Rush I see no reason for it to not know of the other impersonation. That makes me believe that as others have said, when Rush is talking to Gloria he is hallucinating or something, but that is all him.
However when Franklin appeared I believe it was the ship trying to help Rush. But also to talk to him, see what he is about. That is something I've been thinking about ever since Air pt.1 that the ship has some sort of AI that is trying to understand these new arrivals.
So there is also a chance that when Rush was speaking to Gloria she was "the ship" specially the part were Rush asks her "Is your only purpose to question my actions?!"
A sentence that Gloria said got my attention but I don't know what to make of it really; "What makes you think I can" in response why she isn't very helpful. Something that also caught my attention was that wouldn't the someone from of the scientists realize that a new area has been given power and/or is active?

[garhkal]

if the two hallucinations are from destiny, is it possible that the one using his late wife's image isn't even aware Franklin is in the system? I really hope they do something interesting with this instead of the cliche "he's going nuts"

Maybe the ships systems is using Both as a way to get through to rush.. one ethically/morally, one logically/scientifically.

Something that also caught my attention was that wouldn't the someone from of the scientists realize that a new area has been given power and/or is active?

Maybe later.. but right now i think they are all going to the observation deck to see what is coming.

[blueray]

It's going to take a long time for Rush to swallow his pride and ask for help...

probably. i'm hoping that he asks eli for help. it would be interesting to see two people know about it, and not tell anyone else. at least not until later in the season.

[beafly]

Bridge looked pretty cool. Kinda irritated with Rush, but what else is new.

I think in a general ship design sense, and considering the display/interface technology we've seen, there is really no reason that every station on the bridge shouldn't be able to perform every function if necessary.

Practically, you'll likely seat specialists at each station, but in a battle, if the weapons officer gets injured or something the navigation officer shouldn't have to get out of his seat to fire the weapons systems. It should be as simple as him pressing a button to call up the weapons interface and execute the commands directly from his station.