Originally posted by SoulRe@ver
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Your explanation on the whole wormhole drive thing isn't backed up by any canon from EATG well otherwise I would have agreed with you.
at least Unending made more sense - it took ~ 6 shots from ori beam weapon to bring down the Oddy's zpm-powered shield and roughly same number of hits from the asgard beam to bring down the ori shields (304 seemed a bit tougher but it did have an extra asgard core)
A planet exploding in your face has gotta hurt though.
lol outside on ep (that wasn't even in SG1 or SGA - in was in ST TnG) there's very little in the way of weapons specifically designed to drain shields (plenty of space games have this sort of thing though). so generally speaking if it's good against shields then it's equally good against what's behind the shield
besides if it's plain "heat" as u say then more of a reason for it to burn through matter like hot knife thru butter. heat is heat, as pure energy as u get
anyway a weapon's primary purpose is to damage its target not what protects the target (unless it was specified that the asurans had a second weapon waiting to be fired thru the gate once the red beam had brought down the shield, vbut not so iirc)
besides if it's plain "heat" as u say then more of a reason for it to burn through matter like hot knife thru butter. heat is heat, as pure energy as u get
anyway a weapon's primary purpose is to damage its target not what protects the target (unless it was specified that the asurans had a second weapon waiting to be fired thru the gate once the red beam had brought down the shield, vbut not so iirc)
Maybe it's effects on matter weren't that great coz it wasn't a really focused beam.
I imagine Atlantis is pretty fragile without it's shields so I doubt if the Asurans pieced that thing together in a rush that they'd want anything more than something that could get the job done and they had time, along with stacks of ZPMs.
so no extra power for the weapons but enough to keep the matter replicators running indefinitely during wartime & have infinite supply of food & water ? ^__^
lol air takes space eh
those bridges can transmit enough power to empty a zpm in a matter of seconds & the whole device isn't that big anyway
those bridges can transmit enough power to empty a zpm in a matter of seconds & the whole device isn't that big anyway
You'd only be able to make them so good before you have to start making them bigger to use more power.
at least that might some sense (basically they could do it but chose not to) but that would still be plain PIS especially considering the context (that cityship was the only thing that stood between them & extinction)
They left Atlantis where it was, it was safe from Wraith fire under the ocean, if they ever raised it above the water and it had enough Drones then it'd be all hell breaking lose for the Wraith, if they were still there.
Considering Atlantis can't even launch Drones at half the rate an Aurora can it does seem support by canon.
maybe the drive keeps recharging (for next jump) so unless it's "unplugged" it does keep using a lot of power
It'll have to stay in the speculation category or fanon, I'll leave you to chose.
hehe believe it or not some ppl actually register here just to voice their hatred (that's why the mods had to create separate threads in the hope of shunting all the haters away from the normal parts of the forum. tough luck with that though)
ok then stop making up completely unsubstantiated scenarios that only take away from said credibility to the point where it looks like the only rationale behind these is to kill the show (in ~subtle way admittedly)
didn't it take out a whole hive fleet quickly
When fully charged I think it was said that one of those satellites could easily kill 3 Hives, so 10 could kill 30 Hives.
Roll the abilities of those 10 satellites into one smallish cannon and it doesn't really seem like it would require anywhere near a ZPMs output let alone 25 of the things.
zelenka > "as power output increases, new and exotic particles are continuously created and destroyed inside the containment chamber, interacting with each other and with the field itself. Eventually particles are created that cannot be prevented in this space-time, and they breach the containment field as hard radiation."
it's the exotic particles that cause the overloadp
it's the exotic particles that cause the overloadp
More and more power being tapped caused more exotic particles to be created and the energy couldn't be vented fast enough by the cannon.
It's energy, energy's the catalyst.
Plot Induced Stupidity
ok so the city is primitive tech then
but you said they couldn't..
The generator could fully power the technology, it's a completely different thing.
so it was useless from a military p.o.v but useful to keep the toilets & food dispensers running forever ? ^^
no they'd just need to overload it. their whole fleet was a lot > 10 hives IMO
10 Hives are only enough to drain the ZPM(s) within days with 1, if you have infinite longevity in your power source then how would the Wraith actually drop the city's shields with their standard power level Hives.
The Super Hive must have had weapons that fired shots capable of stressing the shields when they're fully powered, to be able to drop them a certain percentage.
of course everything has a limit. it's the alleged limit that's a little harder to accept, unlimited PIS can be amusing but there should be limits :/
ah there we go
damn what was the original topic about again ?
ori tech is primitive ? yeah that's rational
Anyway how would you define primitive?
Isn't it a matter of perspective?
same as b4, no reason thyey wouldn't upgrade their last ship to the best of their abilities. especialyl since they didn't even bother to put a phase-cloak on it, nox style (so at least they'd be able to run & hide)
oh ?
oh ?
Atlantis was their outpost, it probably has the same abilities as the outpost on Earth and some when on the ground.
k so they tuned down their ships to give the good guys a fighting chance. reminds a bit of the hidden conduit on the Death Star that led all the way to the core. guess the imperials wanted to give the rebels some hope (hence "A New Hope"). lol
Remember they stomp on regular pre-unending Asgard vessels, Ha'Taks and 304s (ZPMless).
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