Re: The (possible) NEXT Stargate series

"Dimensional Traveler" <dtravel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> jill wrote:
>> Along these lines, have you ever wondered why they haven't been
>> collecting staff weapons? Think of all the times they have
>> blasted a group of Jaffa and just left the staff weapons laying
>> around.  ARG!

> Didn't they sorta address this in one episode?  I seem to recall one
episode 
> where some Jaffa wanted to know why SGC wasn't helping them train with
staff 
> weapons.  O'Neil and Carter responded by having a Jaffa fire at a
hanging 
> log, punching a crater or hole in the log; then Carter cut the log in
half 
> with her P90.  O'Neil followed up by saying staff weapons were weapons
for 
> terrorizing people while the SGC's weapons were for fighting a war with.

Yeah, that's what O'Neil said then.  I'm not sure I entirely buy it --
seems
to me, the staff weapon could have been a decent weapon of war if the
Jaffa
hadn't all gone to the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksman****p Academy for
their
lessons :-).  Also, one might point out (and, IIRC, one of the Jaffa in
that
episode *did* point out) that the H&K P90, while having a number of fine
characteristics, is dependent on being regularly fed with bullets, and
thus
dependent on at least semi-regular contact with the Department of Defense
and its supply sergeants.  Staff weapons don't need ammo; it's not clear
how
many shots one can get out of its energy source, but I don't think we've
ever seen a staff weapon energy source "run out" unless subjected to 
extreme abuse like, say, being hotwired to a Stargate and used to dial
the Asgard galaxy.