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Factual error 2: As Ernest enters the wormhole initially, he is connected to a tether. The gate then inexplicably shuts down 'cutting' the tether. This should not have happened unless Ernest was 'in' the wormhole for more then 38 minutes, in which case he should not have rematerialized on the other side then only complete objects will materialize based on Stargate canon.

Isn't it possible that they couldn't maintain the level of power needed that's why the wormhole disengaged. We know when this happens that the second receiving DHD starts to power the gate. We only know that the receiving DHD in this episode was unable to dial out it could have still had the power to maintain the wormhole or been destroyed after Ernest arrived with him not knowing Earth's address. ¥ Super Novice Talk 2 Me ¥ 01:19, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
It's possible that the gate shut down due to a lack of power, but Ernest was "in" the gate when it shut down. According to gate physics, a stargate will only begin transfer once an entire object is inside. With the tether still on the outside of the event horizon, he would not have been transmitted to the other gate, and would have ceased to exist.--80.202.77.250 00:43, March 4, 2010 (UTC)
I imagine that if the event horizon had momentalily destabilized a split second before it colapsed entirely, it could conceivably have severed the tether while still leaving enough time for Ernest to be transmitted to the recieving gate. This is just my speculation of course, but I do believe that there should be no hard and fast rules concerning malfunctioning stargates. Weird stuff is going to happen when a gate malfunctions... especialy if it advances the plot! ~ Ender Phoenix (talk) (Contribs) 09:29, July 27, 2010 (UTC)
There are several ways to explain malfunctions when it comes to anything and while it is over thinking any network has all kinds of ni-gates. If we are to assume that they at least planned the first season out then there is a really easy answer. There are in fact 4 versions of the gate and when it comes to the computer protocols that allow for transmission of the "matter" or rather the patterns it is a matter of what version gate is transmitting and what is receiving. All that being said the original gate found in 1939 was a goa'uld gate versus an ancient stargate SG 1.0 (Universe), SG 2.0 (Antarctic Gate), SG 3.0 (Atlantis Gate). While there may be more gate types I am missing any basic understanding of the phone or network bus analogy would apply. If the network bus connection protocols were reverse compatible with added safety upgrades or removal of safety to add capabilities the basic raw protocols would still be intact where as the modifying protocols would allow for differing functions. This would mean that the goa'uld gate might have fewer safe guard protocols similar to when the SGC forces a connect through the middle of a star. This is actually common in computer networks where a best effort connection is made with or without data acknowledgement. While I am sure they may not have thought of networking protocols like token ring, CDMA, FDMA, TDMA, or GSM. Someone on their staff had a basic idea of how some of this worked. 07:33, August 05, 2010 (UTC) AnsurRoeken
That's quite an interesting approach. However, how do you mean a Goa'uld Gate? I wasn't aware the Goa'uld ever made gates. Was this ever mentioned in an episode? 58.110.177.71 01:22, December 12, 2010 (UTC)
Indeed - the Goa'uld can only dream of building Stargates :D My explenation would be that the Stargate detects that just because two objects are touching doesn't mean that they are the same object - so when the gate runs out of power and force-closes, the gate transmits whatever's in the hyperspatial buffer which is whole. The rope isn't, of course, but as long as Earnest was all the way in, the gate would have been able to detect that he was not apart of the rope, they were only touching, and so would have transmitted him to the other gate. It makes sense, really, as the Ancients wouldn't write a protocol which tells the Stargate to kill people unless they were absolutely sure it would only do it where it has to. Using that logic, however, in Thirty-Eight Minutes, they could have just walked into the event horizon and once the jumper was severed and the gate closed, they'd all be thrown through the gate at the other end along with a dozen drones and a few isolated Jumper components. Sman789 (talk) (Contribs) 01:57, December 12, 2010 (UTC)
Goa'uld Gate vs Ancient Gate vs Atlantis Gate: Well, they mention it in the episode where they find the antarctic gate. It is not the gate itself that I was referring to but the actual transfer protocols and safety protocols. While, the gates themselves were different in the sense of origins. This "Goa'uld Gate" is more likely the one they brought there as well as the programs they use to activate the gate and transfer both information and matter. While the hardware is an ancient gate the software running it could be Goa'uld, USAF, or well any modification. Sighting that wormhole that goes through a sun because the USAF overrides and forces a wormhole. The transfer protocols might not be strictly hardware based. I apologize for the "short cut" saying the hardware was one thing when it was software and who controlled the gate. AnsurRoeken 0547, 11FEB2011 (UTC)

Nox/Furling writings?[]

Hey, I just watched the Torment of Tantalus, and i'm wondering how we know which writtings belonged to the Nox, and which belonged to the Furlings. —ElChristo (talk) (Contribs) 22:08, October 13, 2010 (UTC)

Because there's a wiki for everything, that's why. 96.237.25.87 19:13, May 17, 2014 (UTC)

Plastic DHD?[]

I was looking at the picture of the broken DHD, and the red part looked plastic. I mean, it probably is in real life, but would the Ancients have used something like plastic on a DHD? 96.237.25.87 19:19, May 17, 2014 (UTC)

Incorrectly designated spoof[]

When Catherine is in the briefing room with Jackson, first O'Neill enters and she greets him warmly, then she greets Captain Samantha Carter similarly, however, unless she remembered Samantha from the events in 1969, she would not have met Samantha during the events of 1996, and should not have known her already."

I believe this goof to be incorrect, as Samatha Carter stated she was already working on the Stargate project for 2 years when Daniel Jackson made it work and they went through in 1996.

Below an exempt from the Episode 1 transcript.

CARTER
Colonel, I was studying the 'gate technology for two years before Daniel Jackson made it work and before you both went through. I should have gone through then. But, sir, you and your men might as well accept the fact that I am going through this time.



ErebosDeimos (talk) (Contribs) 12:17, March 31, 2020 (UTC)

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