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ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Dan Lanciani) wrote:
> "Martin" <nonhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
Of course, if that's what it's doing, I don't understand why McKay
assumed they got dumped out on the planet, as opposed to being stuck in
a pattern buffer somewhere (which would be preferrable to being dumped
out into space).
>
> 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.
Yep. I wondered why they weren't surprised to hear from Midway a full
24 hours before Teal'c was scheduled to return. Obviously there weren't
any other travellers on the station* and if everybody has to go through
the quarantine, then this is an unscheduled activation.
*world's dumbest quarantine procedure, btw. Incoming travellers just
roam the station freely for 24 hours until . . . what, exactly? How
does this stop Pegasus bugs from coming through? Isn't everybody on the
station always infected? And how does anybody else come through? Does
the station take one batch of guests (up to 2 apparently) and then not
let anybody on for 24 hours until they leave? Otherwise the 24 hour
period has to keep starting over. And if that's the case, Stargate
Command should have DEFINITELY challenged the incoming wormhole. It
was, at the very least, breaking quarantine protocol.
>
> | 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.
I'm not sure why there are gates on any planets anyway, unless they're
intended to act as a failsafe, which they didn't seem to be. The first
gate should take you outside the galaxy, and it and all the others
should be in space. Unless suddenly we have a gate network that can't
jump anyplace in it's own galaxy in one hop.
>
> Dan Lancaini
> ddl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Star Trek 09:
No Shat, No Show.
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