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Atlantis - Cloak

  • 05-02-2008 6:33am
    #1
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,686 ✭✭✭✭


    They cloak the city to avoid detection right....

    However, its still a big, huge city.

    And it displaces ridiculous quantities of water. Quite visibly.


























































    I guess that was my argument. They should be dead.


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  • #2
    Nerin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    that or people on coastal cities must really hate them


  • #3
    WannaST
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭WannaST


    ... never thought of it like that... a big pot-hole in the ocean!! :D


  • #4
    User45701
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    i thought that it floated on the ocean?


  • #5
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    I can't say I thought about it too much, I guess I assumed that it floated too.


  • #6
    cotwold
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭cotwold


    Overheal wrote: »
    They cloak the city to avoid detection right....

    However, its still a big, huge city.

    And it displaces ridiculous quantities of water. Quite visibly.

    I guess that was my argument. They should be dead.

    Im ashamed to admit that ive thought of this aswell.

    Also if it did float on the ocean surface surely waves would break on the sides of the city which any self respecting wriath sciantist shouldve spotted.

    ahwell i guess well never know.


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  • #7
    BKtje
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    Also if it did float on the ocean surface surely waves would break on the sides of the city which any self respecting wriath sciantist shouldve spotted.
    Unless all these things are countered by the cloak...


  • #8
    cotwold
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭cotwold


    B-K-DzR wrote: »
    Unless all these things are countered by the cloak...

    Well im sure thats what the producers would say.


  • #9
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,106 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Why don't the ancients use merlin's device that puts them out of phase? That way it would not only cloak the city but also protect it from attack and detection from scans. It also uses less power than the cloak.


  • #10
    User45701
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    that be some smart thinking... im sure Mckay will come up with it


  • #11
    AlmightyCushion
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    User45701 wrote: »
    that be some smart thinking... im sure Mckay will come up with it

    True but why can't the ancients figure this out? For such a technologically advanced race they sure are stupid.


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  • #12
    Mantel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Mantel


    Perhaps it's quite hard to spot a slight dent in an ocean that covers most of the planet. The cloak could do more than just invisiable, see me not stuff. Like how stealth bombers aren't detected by radar but you can still see them if you try hard enough. :p


  • #13
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,220 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    A wizard did it...


  • #14
    LegacyUser
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Why don't the ancients use merlin's device that puts them out of phase? That way it would not only cloak the city but also protect it from attack and detection from scans. It also uses less power than the cloak.

    didn't that only phase people?


  • #15
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Overheal 2.0 wrote: »
    didn't that only phase people?
    They used it to phase a whole town to hide from the priors once so it can be done.


  • #16
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,106 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    rkm wrote: »
    They used it to phase a whole town to hide from the priors once so it can be done.

    SG1 season 10 spoiler
    Sam also used it to make earth go out of phase. They said it would only use 80% (I think) of America's total power generating capacity and would use considerably less power than the chair at antartica.

    If that's the case then surely making Atlantis go out of phase would take fúck all power.


  • #17
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    True, sam is great in any reality.


  • #18
    AlmightyCushion
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    rkm wrote: »
    True, sam is great in any reality.

    Given enough time she could probably make it work for a million years on a couple of AAA batteries.


  • #19
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,686 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Say we forward the Merlin's Cloak idea to Gateworld - they can forward the idea on to the producers (because thats really quite a good one).

    At the same time the fewer reminders I have of seasons 9 and 10....


  • #20
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,106 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Overheal wrote: »
    Say we forward the Merlin's Cloak idea to Gateworld - they can forward the idea on to the producers (because thats really quite a good one).

    Especially now atlantis has a zpm (they still have one of those, right?), the thing could last forever. It could give them too much of an advantage against the wraith/any bad guy the come across. Especially if they stick one on each of their ships.


  • #21
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,686 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    They never reverse engineered the device did they? I thought they were still reliant on the original.

    As well as that it might be a case of them not being able to get their hands on it: Earth seriously benefits from having it. I doubt the IOA or anyone else is going to let atlantis have it.


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  • #22
    toiletduck
    Registered Users Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭toiletduck


    Ahh another stargate "how/why" thread :D

    How do they know which side of a stargate is the "front" etc etc :D


  • #23
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Make it spin...


  • #24
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,686 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    maybe they tried it both ways back in the original experiments... it also helps when all the symbols are on one side. And then you have the event horizon's vortex.


  • #25
    Evolute
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    True but why can't the ancients figure this out? For such a technologically advanced race they sure are stupid.

    They were arrogant little buggers and thought their sheilds would do the job so who needs to hide like woosies with a cloak or phase tech (Why dont we run instead???:p). Also they had been fighting for years and to be honest their sheilds were doing the job seemed to be they were also if it aint broke dont fix it kind of people..
    They wont get their hands on the phase tech because Earth needs it incase of an Ori attack or any other attackers that their ships cant take care of.


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