"Martin" <nonhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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| Agreed. They also got pas the Earth Iris because they were able to enter
| an ident code.
Worse, Midway has its own IDC that doesn't get zeroized on lock down.
| Again poor writing I suspect. The fact is an Iris on the
| Atlantis gate would have prevented the Wraith getting onboard Midway and
| if "Walter" had been a litlte more on the mark he might have got an
| audible confirmation beofre opening the Iris on the Earth Stargate.
Given the way the treated the connection I don't think asking for an
audible confirmation would be possible, at least under a model where
each gate in the bridge must shut down its incoming worm hole before
it can connect to the next hop.
When the Midway IDC code came through they acted as if it was a normal
connection, expecting (I assume) travelers to follow in the same worm
hole. But whatever had come or was to come must have been buffered
in the last/first gate in the bridge, being clocked out at an appropriate
rate. (You need the IDC to be received enough in advance to allow the
iris to be opened, so even RF must be going through the buffer in this
configuration to preserve the relative timing.)
There was nobody to talk to and no way to get an audible confirmation
unless that was a pre-arranged part of the procedure--which it obviously
wasn't. There is also no way to warn incoming travelers that you
can't or won't open the iris or even for them to find out that, e.g.,
there is nobody around to try. This seems like an incredibly risky
procedure for both ends. I would have thought they would have at least
one back-and-forth communication pass to minimize the risk before sending
anyone through. At the same time that would increase the confidence
before opening the iris.
| The fact is installing an Iris on both Midway gates would help prevent a
| similar incursion.
|
| Additionally, I would not have the earth gates go direct to the SGC,
there
| is no need. Perhaps to the Alpha site first, then dial Earth.
Even some uninhabited planet... Taking Midway should not give you a
free pass into the SGC.
Dan Lancaini
ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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