Re: The (possible) NEXT Stargate series

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:46:09 -0500, Richard Todd
<rmtodd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"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.  

I don't know about that. Staff weapons may not need ammo but they are
awfully large, and would be quite unwieldy in close quarters. Now the
zats make perfect sense as they can stun or kill, are easily
maneuvered/carried and they seem to have an endless supply of shots.
So it makes sense to me that Stargate Command might pick up Zats as a
secondary weapon but not staff weapons. Plus you never know if the
staff weapons have been booby trapped, while the trusty P90 is easily
checked out.