Image if McKay was on Destiny instead of Rush

[darkthunder84]

Only after Rush did it first. It McKay had been first up to bat, he'd have blown up the planet on the spot. There wouldn't be much difference if he were on Destiny instead of Rush.

Correction. If McKay had been the first to dial the 9th Chevron on the Icarus planet, he would've wiped out the planet, and about 5/6s of the solarsystem

So in fairness, Rush only destroyed a planet.

[knowles2]

Correction. If McKay had been the first to dial the 9th Chevron on the Icarus planet, he would've wiped out the planet, and about 5/6s of the solarsystem

So in fairness, Rush only destroyed a planet.

An might have done so if it was not for those annoying lucian Alliance

[AVFan]

an might have done so if it was not for those annoying lucian allianceyou meddling kids and your dog.

fyp

[garhkal]

It does make us wonder though, if the LA had NOT shown up when they did, would rush even have dialed the 9th cheveron?>

[morrismike]

You know I so want a scene where Rush just walks in on Rodney completes what ever would doing a couple of second then just walk out, just to prove Rush is Rodney superior when it comes to destiny.

please, rush is near the bottom of the sg brain ladder

[knowles2]

please, rush is near the bottom of the sg brain ladder

Well if that true then why was it only him that correctly guess that dialing the gate would destroy destiny, something which the experts back at home ruled out. I am guesting those experts also included Carter and Rodney.
Who also probably sign off on the first attempts which would also have destroyed Destiny and killed the crew if it was not for Rush.

When it comes to Destiny Rush is top of the brain ladder and from what we have seen everyone else is a distance second when it comes to understanding how destiny works and her capabilities. Except Eli, but after the last episode I got the feeling Eli is being left behind and Rush knowledge destiny computer systems and capabilities.

[stargeek123]

I agree that Rush was the only one saying dialing Earth in the sun would be very bad. We don't know who were all the braniac's on Earth that were involved in the decision to dial. McKay might have been off world working on something else at the time. But Rush understanding how Destiny works is because of him being on the ship the whole time and he really has a passion for what the ship is. Most likely McKay or even Carter being on the ship for the same about of time could of figured out the same thing.

[boo1234]

Rodney or Sam would have gotten Destiny home within the time constraints of the pilot

[knowles2]

I agree that Rush was the only one saying dialing Earth in the sun would be very bad. We don't know who were all the braniac's on Earth that were involved in the decision to dial. McKay might have been off world working on something else at the time. But Rush understanding how Destiny works is because of him being on the ship the whole time and he really has a passion for what the ship is. Most likely McKay or even Carter being on the ship for the same about of time could of figured out the same thing.

Probably but they are not, and when ever they say they consulted with Earth's best I consider that to include Carter and Mckay and the rest of the gang that we know and love.


Destiny is not physically capable of dialing the 9th chevron, whether they have Carter or Rodney onboard. Unless they can russell up spare parts and a nice long trip in a space dock I reckon the chance of destiny dialing home without a seed vessel is zero. An we do not have one of those.

[wingsabre]

In "Children of the Gods" we see that once you travel through the gate, you're kind of shot through like a projectile, and it there's a level of frost on your face and clothes. After that, people traveled normally, and they explained that by having Carter explain that she corrected some of the power requirements and recalculated certain variables. She was also part of the team that established the gate or the dialing services, so we see an example of her not getting it done perfectly initially, but then was able to improve upon her previous work.

From what we can see in traveling through a gate dialed to the 9th chevron, we have a lot of the same effects as "Children of the Gods," and from what McKay said, he simply reran Rush's calculation by using a different base math. In other words, it accounted for more variables, and was a little bit more fine tuned than Rush's calculations. It's like Rush's initial calculations were based off of Imperial Units, while McKay's calculations were based off of Metrics. They both would have hit the dart board, but one was more on target than the other.

[garhkal]

I seriously doubt rush is below Lee or Zalenka in knowledge.. Especialy since we saw Lee as one OF the brainac's who agreed to Eli's dial in to earth.

[Ser Scot A Ellison]

morris,

please, rush is near the bottom of the sg brain ladder

Upon what fact or set of facts do you base this particular conclusion?

[Trig]

It wouldnt of worked, Mckay doesnt have the ruthless streak that Rush has.

[garhkal]

morris,

Upon what fact or set of facts do you base this particular conclusion?

Based on how long it seems to take him to know whats going on/what gear they are working on etc. Mccay and Carter would learn it quicker and didn't need a math geek to double check him.