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    Atlantis Parked on Lantea

    Did anyone else ever find this sort of stupid that the Ancients, the supposedly cleverest race ever, left Atlantis on Lantea when;
    Spoiler:
    1)The Wraith know where it is.
    2)The Replicators know where it is.
    3)The megastorm every 20 years.
    4)The solar flare every few thousand years capable of killing everything on the planet.
    5)The 9 million other problems we haven't seen which they probably created themselves.

    Fair enough unlimited ZPM's means holding out forever but why not just find a better planet.
    Just to state the obvious FLYING CITY!

    #2
    Another thing was why not fly the city back to Earth-It was'nt like ZPM Power was the problem

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      #3
      it's impossible to tell why the ancients do half of the things they do.
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        #4
        Originally posted by swifty View Post
        Did anyone else ever find this sort of stupid that the Ancients, the supposedly cleverest race ever, left Atlantis on Lantea when;
        Spoiler:
        1)The Wraith know where it is.
        2)The Replicators know where it is.
        3)The megastorm every 20 years.
        4)The solar flare every few thousand years capable of killing everything on the planet.
        5)The 9 million other problems we haven't seen which they probably created themselves.

        Fair enough unlimited ZPM's means holding out forever but why not just find a better planet.
        Just to state the obvious FLYING CITY!
        Spoiler:

        1. The Wraith couldn't touch Atlantis. They didn't know the Ancients left so they could do nothing but leave it there
        2. The Asurans didn't know the city survived the war
        3. The city was underwater so the storm wouldnt have been a problem
        4. The Ancients always planned to return, which is why Earth was supposed to be the only place capable of dialing Atlantis. Ascension just happened before they returned.


        However that said, if the Ancients had the capabilities to produce ZPM's and drones then it wouldn't have taken that long to destroy the Wraith if they kept focusing on Hive ships.

        There is nothing to suggest that the Wraith lost Hive ships during the 10,000 years after the war. So sooner or later the Hive Ships would have been destroyed then they could focus on the Cruisers. Once the Cruisers were gone, the Darts crew probably would have had to live on the planet (with no gate and would have eventually been wiped out by the storm and/or the sun.

        However it's pretty stupid they didn't just fly away, even with a skeleton crew. They should have been able to hyperspace away, possibly even through the atmosphere.

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          #5
          Originally posted by P-90_177 View Post
          it's impossible to tell why the ancients do half of the things they do.
          Nah, that's easy. TPTB want interesting plots, so they just make the Ancients (who should be extremely wise and intelligent) seem totally incompetent to give the Atlantis team some challenges and make a group of primitive humans seem like demigods by comparison...
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            #6
            Here's a clue: Flying to a new homeworld would have left the wraith searching and ultimately finding the new world. They had plenty of ships to do so. Plus, they would have sustained considerable damage leaving the planet due to bombardment.

            Heading to earth would give away Earth's position. WAY TO WIN! A+

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              #7
              I believe that at that point the Ancients decided to go from their life-spreading ways and assimilate into the young Earth cultures so instead of taking Atlantis back just to possibly be found (think of ST's Prime Directive) by the "natives." So there was really no reason to Take Atlantis back with them.
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                #8
                They didn't know how native Earth was until they came back, so that doesn't really fit with the canon, Zat.

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                  #9
                  Even with 3 ZPM's installed, being bombarded by a HUGE wraith Fleet, so keeping the shield at maximum, whilst using the Stardrive and the Hyperspace Generator, whilst keeping everything like Life support running would have made it nearly impossible to lift off. We know Atlantis has a maximum power output, so it is unlikely the could leave.
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                    #10
                    Unless they could have tied in more ZPM's into the city's systems.

                    Aprox taking Atlantis into hyperspace with a massive wraith fleet would have meant one ZPM for powering the shield, One for the life support & whatnot & one would be left for the stardrive. They would need at least two for the stardrive so if the ancients plugged in an extra cupple of ZPM's it would have been happy sailing. The Tauri have the tech to built those ZPM holders so the ancients shouldn't have had a problem

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                      #11
                      I'm not sure the Ancients ever had intentions to come back. The wraith were spreading quickly across Pegasus, they seemed to be able to construct massive Hive ships as fast as the Ancients could destroy them (we still need to see a wraith ship yard!) and they were greatly out numbered.

                      Lantea seemed to be the best option here. The megastorm prevented Hives from landing and setting up base, the amount of water across the planet provided the perfect hiding spot for the city as well as a good energy buffer for wraith energy blasts. The solar flare occured every few thousand years, they had shielding capable of protecting them, so who cares?

                      If you knew all this about the planet and were looking for the Ancients, you wouldn't consider if you didn't know about Atlantis' capabilities.

                      I think they left Atlantis in Pegasus as an escape route for other Ancients that didn't make it out during the first mass exodus. Perhaps they also left for other races that had the capability to make to Atlantis, dial Earth, and escape the wraith.

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                        #12
                        well then there will be no stargate atlantis
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by mizzoueng View Post
                          I'm not sure the Ancients ever had intentions to come back. The wraith were spreading quickly across Pegasus, they seemed to be able to construct massive Hive ships as fast as the Ancients could destroy them (we still need to see a wraith ship yard!) and they were greatly out numbered.

                          Lantea seemed to be the best option here. The megastorm prevented Hives from landing and setting up base, the amount of water across the planet provided the perfect hiding spot for the city as well as a good energy buffer for wraith energy blasts. The solar flare occured every few thousand years, they had shielding capable of protecting them, so who cares?

                          If you knew all this about the planet and were looking for the Ancients, you wouldn't consider if you didn't know about Atlantis' capabilities.

                          I think they left Atlantis in Pegasus as an escape route for other Ancients that didn't make it out during the first mass exodus. Perhaps they also left for other races that had the capability to make to Atlantis, dial Earth, and escape the wraith.
                          No other race could make it to Atlantis, the stargate was cut off from the Pegasus network. It only reactivated when it recognized Earth's incoming wormhole (which suggests it's possible for stargate caller id).

                          As for the Ancients, it's highly probable that they thought the Wraith would cull themselves into extinction, thereby allowing them to return to Atlantis. Given the age of Atlantis, it would look insignificant in it's history. A mere blemish if you will.
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by mizzoueng View Post
                            I'm not sure the Ancients ever had intentions to come back. The wraith were spreading quickly across Pegasus, they seemed to be able to construct massive Hive ships as fast as the Ancients could destroy them (we still need to see a wraith ship yard!) and they were greatly out numbered.

                            Lantea seemed to be the best option here. The megastorm prevented Hives from landing and setting up base, the amount of water across the planet provided the perfect hiding spot for the city as well as a good energy buffer for wraith energy blasts. The solar flare occured every few thousand years, they had shielding capable of protecting them, so who cares?

                            If you knew all this about the planet and were looking for the Ancients, you wouldn't consider if you didn't know about Atlantis' capabilities.

                            I think they left Atlantis in Pegasus as an escape route for other Ancients that didn't make it out during the first mass exodus. Perhaps they also left for other races that had the capability to make to Atlantis, dial Earth, and escape the wraith.
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                              #15
                              Would the Ancients not have been returning through the Antarctic gate? So they would have needed to set up a method of transportation to a more hospitable climate. Taking Atlantis back to Earth would have been a much easier solution, and if they were afraid of the native humans discovering it, they could have done the same thing that they did on Lantea, submerged it in the sea or set up on an uninhabited planet, they didn't have to go back to Earth.

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