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The power problem (spoilers for Darkness)
Last edited by jds1982; 16 October 2009, 06:14 PM.All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing-Edmund Burke
The question which once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own... and yet, how ironic! For I now find, I have no choice at all! I am warrior... let the battle be joined.-Dinobot-Code of Hero
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Spoiler:Humm...maybe. Guess the ship could have super solar panels or something. Though it sure looks a lot more like an 'end of the show cliff hanger'. They don't want the ship to be too powerful. If the ship can always fix everything, that leaves no room for drama. They could just sit back every week and say 'oh the ship will fix it'.
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One thing I was wondering about, in regards to the power problems onboard, is whether or not there is any Naquadah on Destiny. Since Destiny's mission was to seed the universe with gates wouldn't that mean that there would be large stores of the mineral on board? I am, of course, assuming that there are still gates left to deploy.
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You know I've been wondering what kind of power source the Destiny must be using. So far it's more or less impossible to tell, but I wonder if the ship might not have the capacity to behave like a Bussard Ramjet. Perhaps the whole "collision course" with this red dwarf star is a means to restock Hydrogen to power the ship's fusion reactors. There already seems to be an implication that the ship has a bit of a mind of its own, and who knows; there's certainly a lot more hydrogen and deuterium near a star then in the void between the stars.
It will be interesting to see how this is handled in the next episode; it does seem exceedingly unlikely that the ship would be destroyed at this point.
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You know I've been wondering what kind of power source the Destiny must be using. So far it's more or less impossible to tell, but I wonder if the ship might not have the capacity to behave like a Bussard Ramjet. Perhaps the whole "collision course" with this red dwarf star is a means to restock Hydrogen to power the ship's fusion reactors. There already seems to be an implication that the ship has a bit of a mind of its own, and who knows; there's certainly a lot more hydrogen and deuterium near a star then in the void between the stars.
It will be interesting to see how this is handled in the next episode; it does seem exceedingly unlikely that the ship would be destroyed at this point.
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Spoiler:Yes..it will.
Originally posted by briiguy View PostSpoiler:Humm...maybe. Guess the ship could have super solar panels or something. Though it sure looks a lot more like an 'end of the show cliff hanger'. They don't want the ship to be too powerful. If the ship can always fix everything, that leaves no room for drama. They could just sit back every week and say 'oh the ship will fix it'.Spoiler:You know, I kinda disagree. They don't know what the ship is doing. And they don't know if the problem is something the ship usually does -- like a routine maintenance, kinda like recharging it's batteries. But if the problem is the FTL blows up...the ship wont be able to fix it....or will it? Right there is drama, because the writers can make half the crew sit around and do nothing while Rush screams and says this is for real, and Young trys to get everyone to work together...thats drama. So yea...
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Spoiler:Ok so from Air 1-3 we have determined that Destiny does have some sort of advanced programming / AI... So my guess is that's why rush isnlocked out of the main systems. It is also why the ship is on a collission course with the sun. As someone suggested earlier it probably hassome sort of refueling properties. It would be mighty stupid of the ancients to build a ship that they plan for long term space exploration that can not easily be resupplied/refueled.
As for why it let it's reserves go so low, I would imagine it is due to people being on board and destiny not able to calculate for the unpredictability of what the crew will turn on.
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Spoiler:I was thinking the same thing, the ship is too smart to intentionally plot a course directly into a star without a good reason. It's also safe to assume that the ship has some way to recharge itself considering it's been traveling what, 500,000+ years, even ZPMs don't last that long. A better question is whether or not whatever system is going to recharge or refuel the ship still works... Or if they will have to fix it.
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Originally posted by jsonitsac View PostOne thing I was wondering about, in regards to the power problems onboard, is whether or not there is any Naquadah on Destiny. Since Destiny's mission was to seed the universe with gates wouldn't that mean that there would be large stores of the mineral on board? I am, of course, assuming that there are still gates left to deploy.I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.
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