No MALP

[escyos]

anyone else notice how Scott just went through the gate before a MALP had even checked it out, surely they would have had a MALP standing by. Seems a bit reckless.

[Homer 120]

If you are talking about the evacuation of the Icarus base then you'd know that they didn't have the time to send a MALP through the gate. They were unprepared for it, under attack and had little time to do a proper search which is the whole point of the episode.

It isn't like SGA where they did have time to send a MALP through to Atlantis before sending the expedition team through.

But now that they are on board Destiny they do have MALPS aka the KINO. Hope this didn't sound to harsh. Wasn't trying to be.

[Razor One]

Yeah, I think the main idea behind Air was that there was no time to send a MALP or assess the situation. It was pretty much leap through the puddle or die on Icarus.

[Whatsername]

But its a military organization I'm sure they would of had one standing by the gate, just in case, if there not prepared there a crap military base >.< But then there really wouldn't be much of a show with them all standing around when they first get there gasping n shizzz

[Pharaoh Atem]

anyone else notice how Scott just went through the gate before a MALP had even checked it out, surely they would have had a MALP standing by. Seems a bit reckless.

And did you happen to notice the exploding planet?? You have 87 people to evacuate a malp was the last thing on their mind.

[Egle01]

Firstly, the MALP is slow, it would've taken time to send through the gate. Secondly, Riley said the system was not responding. So maybe they couldn't have even received data from MALP anyway. Thirdly, they had to go through regardless.

[jelgate]

Thier was no time to send a MALP due to the fact the planet was going to explode. That is precisely the reason Young objected to dialing the 9th chevron because we don't what its like.

[Saquist]

That's the foolery of the Air episode and the Rush character.
This man could have sent them anywhere, vaccum, water, mid air, It was just stupid...blind gate jumping is Russian Roulette.

Remember Scott shouting through a on way worm hole to slow down the evacuation?
Did they even bother to check with Scott after he went through to make sure it was okay?

[jelgate]

Remember Scott shouting through a on way worm hole to slow down the evacuation?
Did they even bother to check with Scott after he went through to make sure it was okay?

They didn't have a choice. It was either certain death (Icarus) or probable death

[The Mighty 6 platoon]

They didn't have a choice. It was either certain death (Icarus) or probable death

Exactly, they could either muck around trying to get a MALP up and running and through the gate and definitely die, or they could take a chance through the gate. As Eli said, "can't be worse than here".

[Homer 120]

They didn't have a choice. It was either certain death (Icarus) or probable death

This.

[Saquist]

They didn't have a choice. It was either certain death (Icarus) or probable death

Of course they had a choice.
They could have gated to any where in two Galaxies where there was a known environment than access an unknown gate.

[jelgate]

Of course they had a choice.
They could have gated to any where in two Galaxies where there was a known environment than access an unknown gate.

Not once after a connection was established. Yes before Rush overrode Riley and dialed Destiny for his personal curiousity the Icarus personel could have dialed any known gate in the MW to save themselve. But once Rush has made a connection to the Destiny thier was no was now way let alone time to dial another gate. So it comes down to certain or probable death

[SGFerrit]

Of course they had a choice.
They could have gated to any where in two Galaxies where there was a known environment than access an unknown gate.

Colonel Young: Shut it down.
Rush: We can't, it's too late.
Colonel Young: Riley?
Riley: System's not responding sir...

So no, they didn't have a choice. And this was not the 'foolery of Air' as you put it. Makes sense to me, they explained it fine.

[escyos]

it would be common sense to have the malp next to the gate for when they dial the 9th chevron, and carter said the gate was active for 6 minutes. plus they opened the gate, then young left and went to find scott and then sent soctt back to the gate, surely checking out their evac site would be possible.

whos to say that the hammond could have beamed them out (somehow).

and im pretty sure by 'the system' they were refering to the gate controls which have nothing to do with transmissions