Look, I'm trying to make sense of 'gateverse tech. Again.

[ultranos]

Okay, LJ hivemind, I've got a 'gateverse question maybe you could help me out on:

Consider ring transports from ship to planet and vice versa. Does this method of transportation from planet to ship require at minimum two people: one to beam up and one at the controls? I know we've seen on the show the reverse can be done with only one person (set it and then dive for the rings). But I can't seem to remember if we've seen one person be able to beam themselves up. (If so, probably via remote control.)

Of course, the absence of this capability would kind of explain the overall superiority of Asgard beaming tech, except I thought the rings were yet another piece of Ancient tech cannibalized by the Goa'uld. I could, of course, be wrong.

(Why, yes, I have nothing better to think about at 9:45AM on a Monday morning right before class.)

Comments

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

Nirrti had some kind of remote setup to beam from planet to laboratory, in, uh... that ep where Cassie goes a bit crazy. But it was a permanent thing, rather than a portable thing, so I'm not sure it quite counts.

I'd expect that they have got some kind of portable remote control for the rings (possibly a function of the hand device?), but I can't remember ever seeing it used. Goa'uld technology is so clunky. :)

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm looking for a more portable thing.

I would have thought they'd have a remote control, because that would make sense, but this IS the Goa'uld we're talking about. :) Plus, I can think of many failure modes for having a remote control. Then again, Goa'uld we're talking about.

And yes, why is their technology so clunky and nonsensical? :)

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

And yes, why is their technology so clunky and nonsensical? :)

Because TPTB didn't think it through properly beforehand. Well, they're all evolving separate bits of technology, and not sharing, and stealing from one another and patching it together... I'd've thought that a remote would be fairly standard, though. Keyed to the use of only those with naquadah in their blood, probably

I think that Nirrti at least should have one - if she can install a permanent one, no doubt a woman of her talents could create a smaller, more portable version. She wouldn't share it, though. :)

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

They scavenged it, sure, and probably weren't exactly all about the sharing. But it also all seems to have a defining...look and feel, for lack of a better way to put it. (Also known as "gaudy" and "eye-seering")

Good point about any remote being keyed to require naquadah in the blood, though. That would reduce "ye random person" from suddenly getting a ship. Although the Goa'uld are arrogant enough to not think about that one.

(man, this icon is getting a workout today)