On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:40:57 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> 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).
That was because the "glitch" occurred at the planet. Either they had
made it to Midway OR they were dumped out on the planet.
>> 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.
They were. It just wasn't as big of a surprise or deal as you thought
it should be. If it had been me, I'd have thought there was an
unscheduled message coming through.
>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?
The thought is that they'll show symptoms by then.
>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.
No necessarily and, there are quarantine facilities on the base there.
>> | 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.
From what we saw, that could very well be the case.
>Unless suddenly we have a gate network that can't
>jump anyplace in it's own galaxy in one hop.
--
"I think between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths
about the brilliance of Rhodes scholars."
Kris Kristofferson
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