Daudales is gettin' slow...

[reddevil18]

Speed of beam weapons are inconsisent, as inconsistent as the speed of the drones.

Examples: Asuran satellite beam weapon hitting the ocean from Orbit in roughly 1-2 seconds (near the speed of light).

Drone example: Drones reaching Annubis fleet in orbit a few seconds after being fired. Then a drone having trouble catching up to a dodging helicopter driven by John.

Hey, it is sci-fi. But don't be under the delusions about consistency.

It's been consistent when it comes to the Asgard beam weapons. That drone was "controlled" by Carson, so it's not that unreasonable.

[s09119]

Speed of beam weapons are inconsisent, as inconsistent as the speed of the drones.

Examples: Asuran satellite beam weapon hitting the ocean from Orbit in roughly 1-2 seconds (near the speed of light).

Drone example: Drones reaching Annubis fleet in orbit a few seconds after being fired. Then a drone having trouble catching up to a dodging helicopter driven by John.

Hey, it is sci-fi. But don't be under the delusions about consistency.

Actually those drones took a good 30 seconds to reach oribt... and you can't comapre the speeds of two different plasma beams to one another; different things altogether. There is no inconsistency.

[jelgate]

Is it possible that the beams have to be charged before firing. When we attacked the Asurans planet we fired railguns first.

[reddevil18]

Is it possible that the beams have to be charged before firing. When we attacked the Asurans planet we fired railguns first.

True. But I still say we blame the chick...

[s09119]

True. But I still say we blame the chick...

"OFF WITH HER HEAD!"

[JSPuddlejumper]

Lets take your 30 seconds to reach orbit. Imagine that speed! O'Neill's helicopter is doomed. Plot device.

Same goes for the varying rate of speed of beam weapons.

Only a matter of time before the Daedalus or another 304s fires from orbit at a planetary target, and you will see 2-3 second delay at most before it hits...Not 30-1 minute delay. Close to speed of
light speeds.

The beams need at most 1-2 seconds to charge. In the end, the show needs Kindred part II =)

[reddevil18]

Lets take your 30 seconds to reach orbit. Imagine that speed! O'Neill's helicopter is doomed. Plot device.

Same goes for the varying rate of speed of beam weapons.

Only a matter of time before the Daedalus or another 304s fires from orbit at a planetary target, and you will see 2-3 second delay at most before it hits...Not 30-1 minute delay. Close to speed of
light speeds.

The beams need at most 1-2 seconds to charge. In the end, the show needs Kindred part II =)

Well, the Asuran weapon didn't take 2 seconds to reach the planet. It was a sustained beam that kept going as the satellite was turning towards the planet...Again, you can't compare it to the Asgard beam.
As for the drone, like I said, Carson was controlling it...

[Myles]

Lets take your 30 seconds to reach orbit. Imagine that speed! O'Neill's helicopter is doomed. Plot device.

Same goes for the varying rate of speed of beam weapons.

Only a matter of time before the Daedalus or another 304s fires from orbit at a planetary target, and you will see 2-3 second delay at most before it hits...Not 30-1 minute delay. Close to speed of
light speeds.

The beams need at most 1-2 seconds to charge. In the end, the show needs Kindred part II =)

I don't think TBTP are going to show the dely to keep things consistent. They are producing television, even if it is sci fi. It takes as long as they deem neccesary for the scene at hand. That can be seconds or minutes.

[suse]

Lets take your 30 seconds to reach orbit. Imagine that speed! O'Neill's helicopter is doomed. Plot device.

Same goes for the varying rate of speed of beam weapons.

Only a matter of time before the Daedalus or another 304s fires from orbit at a planetary target, and you will see 2-3 second delay at most before it hits...Not 30-1 minute delay. Close to speed of
light speeds.

The beams need at most 1-2 seconds to charge. In the end, the show needs Kindred part II =)

Joe Straczynski ("The Great Maker" of Babylon 5) once said that ships move at the speed of plot. Not sure if that was a quote or original. Apparently so do the weapons.

suse

[rarocks24]

Pleaaaaaaaase... They were using rail guns up until the end...It was a plot contrivance. You see a Wraith ship that opens fire, you use the beam weapons. Simple as that. I wish they could have found another way of dealing with the situation...

It was necessary to move the plot forward. Had they opened up with their uber-beam weapons, Michael and Teyla would be dead. And we know THAT isn't going to happen, so...

[xenomorph1211]

One thing that bothered me is that the Wraith cruiser seemed to do more damage to the Deddy's shields than anceint drones....(the ship shook more under Wraith fire than drones.)

[pbutter]

I would say that the wraith have very powerful weapon's similar to the ones the Asgard earlier (they are both blue bolts) had on their ship's, wraith ship's also have a faster rate of fire than Asgard ships.

[garhkal]

"OFF WITH HER HEAD!"

Na, just let her be first in line at the gate when the wraith come next time!!

[Major_Griff]

You're all forgetting that Teyla's hero shield and Connor Trineer's star power shield were both extended around the cruiser, there by rendering the Daedulus useless.

[xenomorph1211]

You're all forgetting that Teyla's hero shield and Connor Trineer's star power shield were both extended around the cruiser, there by rendering the Daedulus useless.

LOL! Nice one!