Quantum Mirror
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 An active quantum mirror.
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Alternate reality travel |
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The Quantum Mirror is a device which allows people to travel into different realities and was created by the Ancients.
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[edit] Functions
The Quantum Mirror is activated by a control device. After activation the mirror shows what is opposite the mirror of another reality. If a person touches the mirror, he/she is engulfed in energy and transported to the other reality. Switching between realities is possible by using the control device. SG-1 discovered the Mirror on P3R-233, though the device itself was created by the Ancients.
[edit] History
The device is found on P3R-233 by Daniel Jackson, who upon touching it is transported through the Quantum Mirror into an alternate reality where he finds that Earth is about to be overrun by a Goa'uld invasion force, which is being led by Teal'c. Daniel discovers that his reality is facing the exact same threat - an invasion coming in retaliation for the death of Ra - and asks the alternate versions of several of his friends to help him return to save his own world. Just before the alternate Stargate Command is destroyed, Daniel escapes into his reality. Afterwards the mirror is transported to Earth and stored in Area 51. (SG1: "There But For the Grace of God")
Nearly one year later an alternate Samantha Carter and Charles Kawalsky escape their reality through the Quantum mirror. When Dr. Carter begins to suffer entropic cascade failure at the cellular level due to the presence of two Samantha Carters in one reality, General Hammond and SG-1 decide that, to save Dr. Carter's life, they will free their Earth, which has been taken over by Apophis's forces led by Teal'c. The General also orders that, upon completion of the mission, the Quantum Mirror be destroyed. (SG1: "Point of View")
Several years later, when many different versions of SG-1 appear, Dr. Lee regrets that the mirror was destroyed. (SG1: "Ripple Effect")
[edit] See also
- Alternate reality drive; a similar function to the mirror that has the capability of transporting matter into alternate realities.
[edit] External links
- Quantum Mirror in Kathleen Ritter's Lexicon.
- GateWorld's article on Quantum Mirror in The Stargate Omnipedia
