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.)

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[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Oh! And um, the bald guy in Secrets...Heru'ur! That's his name. After Jack stabbed the center crystal (with the magically reverse moving throwing knife), the Goa'uld was still able to hit a side button and ring himself the hell out of Abydos Dodge.

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

*admires your encyclopaedic knowledge, and your ability to access that knowledge when needed, once again*

:)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yes, my brain is a font of useless Stargate trivia.

It's a blessing...and a curse. :-)

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

I was hoping you'd be one of the ones to tackle this. :) Have I ever mentioned love for your encyclopedic knowledge of Stargate?

The question I have for that instance, though, is was that button the thing that activated the rings, or was it a signal to Heru'ur's waiting ship to "beam me up now, kthnx"?

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I was always presuming the former, but it is unclear.

Although, Osiris presumably didn't have a crew on her mothballed funky looking tel'tak that she flew out of Ancient Egypt, and I think she punched the same button.

I do like your label for the button. "kthnx"

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Osiris presumably didn't have a crew on her mothballed funky looking tel'tak that she flew out of Ancient Egypt, and I think she punched the same button.

Good point.

Argh, ring tech is so unclearly defined. Probably on purpose, so it can be a "get out of trouble free" card, especially early on.

There should always be a "kthnx" button.