Yes...it is redundant. I started to confuse myself.
There's the rings that encompass the people/things etc and then they all disappear. But the ring transportation actually are a visible energy beam that can be intercepted. (And you're the science people to know about matter/energy handwavy stuff).
Oh...but wait. Usually you connect to another set of rings, so it's a transfer. Like in the movie when the rings brought the bomb back up, Daniel hopped on them with Shau'ri to transfer back down. So there's an even exchange.
Maybe the rings and the people are always travelling together.
Not sure how that works for short range...I guess if there's no "receiving end", they automatically "retract" back to their starting point? That's why it needs to be short range?
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There's the rings that encompass the people/things etc and then they all disappear. But the ring transportation actually are a visible energy beam that can be intercepted. (And you're the science people to know about matter/energy handwavy stuff).
Oh...but wait. Usually you connect to another set of rings, so it's a transfer. Like in the movie when the rings brought the bomb back up, Daniel hopped on them with Shau'ri to transfer back down. So there's an even exchange.
Maybe the rings and the people are always travelling together.
Not sure how that works for short range...I guess if there's no "receiving end", they automatically "retract" back to their starting point? That's why it needs to be short range?