Lantean lockout device
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City-ship control |
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- "What is that? How come I’ve never seen that?"
- —Dr. Rodney McKay
A device that allows Ancients to lock a city-ship and its systems out of anyone else's control. In Atlantis, it is concealed directly beneath the front of the Stargate. Any authorized personnel immediately arriving can, without warning, call upon and utilize the unit to lockdown the city. (ATL: "The Return, Part 1")
It is unknown whether or not the device is only able to be activated by certain high-ranking officials, or if it is configured to read the ATA gene itself. Unless put into use, control of the city falls to whoever manages to occupy it themselves. The technology is, perhaps, a secondary component to normal city operations.
It is unknown whether all city-ships possess this safeguard, or just Atlantis. If all city-ships do possess it, then it is likely that the device is located in the control tower.
