I'm not entirely sure that's strictly true. It's not technically true that a PLANET is required, but the stargate (or, more properly, the DHD) has to be able to determine its position in space in order to establish a connection with the rest of the network - like an interstellar IP address. The ship itself may not be its own point of origin, but it may be resetting its point of origin every time the Destiny emerges from FTL, thereby establishing its network connection and allowing the DHD to dial a local gate. We've seen ship-based stargates before - the only new feature is a computer to calculate position & reset point-of-origin.
We also don't know EXACTLY how the Destiny-era stargate system works. We assume that all operating principles are the same as the canonical stargates from the movie, SG1 and SGA, but there could be some differences in the dialing protocols or gate function (for instance, a safety feature that might exist on the SGC's milky way gate that didn't exist on the earlier Destiny-era model) that will affect stories later on. For example - have you seen a single DHD on any planet the crew has visited yet? (They've always dialed the gate using the ship-supplied remote.) On Nov 1, 9:06 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > Um... what show have you been watching for the last month or so? They > don't hook up the Destiny's stargate to anything, which contradicts > every previous bit of Stargate science laid down over the last 15 > years or so. The ship is its own point of origin. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
