which protective gate device do you like better? the iris or the shield?
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ok fine i guess ill start... i think i would prefer the iris as it does not really rely on energy and the shield could fail at almost any time... there my though..."A general is only as good as the people he commands." -
That's pretty much what I was gonna say. But then... the Tollans and other advanced races had ways around it. The energy Shield could potentially be keyed to specific individuals. Maybe.Comment
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I agree, the Iris is a lot better since it doesn't rely on a constant supply of power. Plus it looks so cool when they close it and it does that cool sliding noise.
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But as the Tollans and Sokar, and even Anubis proved, the Iris isn't foolproof. It can be breached and moved and destroyed and even remotely activated.
The shield, on the other hand, is more or less immune to most if not all of those tactics. Plus it can activate much faster than the Iris closes.Comment
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Hmmm...SG-1's iris?
Or SGA's sheild?
I think I may like the iris more. It just looks so much cooler.
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I beg to differ, as some form of energy is required to operate the iris. So if there is a power failure and a back-up failure, I don't think it can be operated manually, at least, I've never seen it done. Also, as previously stated, several alien races had ways to circumvent the iris, so I vote for the Atlantean shield.Originally posted by Macharius0I agree, the Iris is a lot better since it doesn't rely on a constant supply of power. Plus it looks so cool when they close it and it does that cool sliding noise.
BTW, did you know the iris is constantly in place on the Gate and the opening and closing is all CGI? So when you go on the set, you can't walk thru the SGC gate, but you can walk thru the Atlantean gate. Sorry, just a bit of trivia.
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no the iris does have a manual control. in "Lost City" part 2 they talk about it when the base looses power and again in "Zero Hour" i believe it is mentionedOriginally posted by LidaI beg to differ, as some form of energy is required to operate the iris. So if there is a power failure and a back-up failure, I don't think it can be operated manually, at least, I've never seen it done. Also, as previously stated, several alien races had ways to circumvent the iris, so I vote for the Atlantean shield.
BTW, did you know the iris is constantly in place on the Gate and the opening and closing is all CGI? So when you go on the set, you can't walk thru the SGC gate, but you can walk thru the Atlantean gate. Sorry, just a bit of trivia.
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Overall I'd say that the SGA "shield" is more effective, but aesthetically the iris wins.
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Sorry, I couldn't find the discussion of the manual control of the iris in Lost City, part 2. Are you certain of this???? I'll look again.Originally posted by spg_1983
On fighting:
Farrah: "A swordsman does not fear death, if he dies with honor."
Dr. Who: "Then he's an idiot."Comment
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When they lose power, Weir tells them "manuel iris control, now!" or something like that. I think the iris is a bit more practical for this reason in theory (I have no idea how likely Ancient tech would have a power failure) but actually I think the atlantis shield looks cooler. But the iris has that cool spinny thing when it opens and shuts and a much cooler sound effect.
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when weir and kinsey are in the gate room and kinsey is chickening out and trying to get to the alpha site they lose all power and weir asks if manual control for the iris is still functioning and then orders them to use it to shut the iris.Originally posted by LidaSorry, I couldn't find the discussion of the manual control of the iris in Lost City, part 2. Are you certain of this???? I'll look again.
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Originally posted by spg_1983
Thank you all for correcting me, I did finally find the line.
On fighting:
Farrah: "A swordsman does not fear death, if he dies with honor."
Dr. Who: "Then he's an idiot."Comment
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there iris is just cooler and it makes that cool sounds when it opens and closes i wish i had that sound on my compter
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I like the Iris because I'm much more comfortable knowing that there is a physical barrier between me and the evilness on the other side. That being said, I would imagine that the Gate Shield is tied into the Stargate's power system, which would mean that as long as power is getting to the gate, it would get to the shield. If there is a massive power failure enough to knock out the gate's power, you wouldn't need the shield anyway because the gate would be off.
The ideal situation would be to have both...use the shield routinely, and have the physical iris as a backup.Comment
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