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Durandal_1707 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:33 am The big question is: Since they now had a functional DHD after this episode, why'd they keep using that jerry-rigged system that took like half a minute to open the gate and would sometimes screw up in weird ways?

The one found with the Antarctic Gate died shortly after it was brought back to Area 51. It was used a few times and then just ran out of energy. That was the first indication we had that the power sources fueling the Gate technology have a limited life span. We've run a number of tests comparing the power source to other off world DHDs. We think we now have evidence that the Gate we found down there is one of the oldest in the entire system. It could be as much as 50 million years old.

Madner Kami wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:53 am

ChiggyvonRichthofen wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:23 pmIt's a low-key episode, but it's constructed very well. Stargate writers tended to do well at utilizing in-universe rules and technology to put an interesting spin on the problems/scenarios of the week.

Except that the fact, that the Antarctic Gate is in, well, Earth's Antarctic, would be immediately apparent to Carter and quite likely even O'Neal as soon as they had found the DHD. Why? Simple. Very simple. Remember how Stargate-adresses are described? That each pictogram coresponds to a constellation of stars? These constellations are obviously unique to every planet everywhere and that there's not just one or two, but all of the constellations that are on Earth's primary gate are also on the DHD to this gate, is a dead giveaway.

Even if you want to argue that the Antarctic Gate is so old, that the constellations are not up to date anymore and current Earth's gate was replaced and the pictograms "updated" way later, after the Ancients realized that Earth's original gate was not adressable anymore, there's still one more obvious clue. The seventh pictogram is always the point of origin, yet another symbol that is exclusive to each and every planet. Even if a number of constellations are visible almost identical on several nearby planets and thus you could argue that symbols could repeat on different gates, this one symbol is always unique to the planet. The presence of Earth's symbol on the DHD is impossible to ignore to a military unit whose very symbol is identical to Earth's symbol on Earth's stargate. They carry it on their damn patches.

Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:54 am

Durandal_1707 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:33 am The big question is: Since they now had a functional DHD after this episode, why'd they keep using that jerry-rigged system that took like half a minute to open the gate and would sometimes screw up in weird ways?

I think in a later episode they say that the Antarctic DHD died.

Durandal_1707 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:33 am

Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:54 am

Durandal_1707 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:33 am The big question is: Since they now had a functional DHD after this episode, why'd they keep using that jerry-rigged system that took like half a minute to open the gate and would sometimes screw up in weird ways?

I think in a later episode they say that the Antarctic DHD died.

Wait, I thought that it was what the rogue agents were using to dial out in that one story arc a few seasons later, were they were stealing stuff and pissing off the allies? Or was that something else?

The presence of Earth's symbol on the DHD is impossible to ignore to a military unit whose very symbol is identical to Earth's symbol on Earth's stargate. They carry it on their damn patches.

nlinecomputers wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:39 pm My only gripe with the episode is why Carter didn't just dial a more hospitable planet and go there. You can't get to earth and you are freezing to death here so go to a better planet. Leave a note on the DHD in case they send a Malp or team to your location.

nlinecomputers wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:39 pm My only gripe with the episode is why Carter didn't just dial a more hospitable planet and go there. You can't get to earth and you are freezing to death here so go to a better planet. Leave a note on the DHD in case they send a Malp or team to your location.

Nealithi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:45 pm

nlinecomputers wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:39 pm My only gripe with the episode is why Carter didn't just dial a more hospitable planet and go there. You can't get to earth and you are freezing to death here so go to a better planet. Leave a note on the DHD in case they send a Malp or team to your location.

First she was chased from a previous mission and came through a rough ride to land in sub zero wonder land. She is extremely cold, hungry, and frustrated. To her the failure to reach earth was not a dialing issue. It was technical. So she fixated on it. In a way her training to focus was working against her. She focused on what will get help. Fix the device, get home. Not step back, big picture time.

Nealithi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:45 pm

nlinecomputers wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:39 pm My only gripe with the episode is why Carter didn't just dial a more hospitable planet and go there. You can't get to earth and you are freezing to death here so go to a better planet. Leave a note on the DHD in case they send a Malp or team to your location.

First she was chased from a previous mission and came through a rough ride to land in sub zero wonder land. She is extremely cold, hungry, and frustrated. To her the failure to reach earth was not a dialing issue. It was technical. So she fixated on it. In a way her training to focus was working against her. She focused on what will get help. Fix the device, get home. Not step back, big picture time.