SGA: Allies-No Man's Land-Misbegotten
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:44 pm
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There's a lot of stuff in Atlantis that doesn't make much sense when you think about it. Especially when it comes to the wraith. Like how did the wraith multiply in such numbers under the ancients' nose that their sheer numbers overwhelmed the ancient's massive tech advantage. Especially since the first wraith were a result of splicing with the iratus bug. Like how many people keep falling victims to those bugs? What did the bugs eat before the ancients seeded human life in Pegasus?bz316 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:48 pm One thing that always confused me about the Wraith was why they didn't bother just cloning humans to feed on? I mean, it's confirmed in later episodes that they have the technology and facilities for cloning on a massive scale (it was instrumental in their war with the Ancients). Seriously, even if they're super into this "most dangerous game" bullshit, they're in the middle of a civil war caused by low food supplies. Wouldn't this basically solve all their problems at once?
I think that's twofold.Ghilz wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:12 amThere's a lot of stuff in Atlantis that doesn't make much sense when you think about it. Especially when it comes to the wraith. Like how did the wraith multiply in such numbers under the ancients' nose that their sheer numbers overwhelmed the ancient's massive tech advantage. Especially since the first wraith were a result of splicing with the iratus bug. Like how many people keep falling victims to those bugs? What did the bugs eat before the ancients seeded human life in Pegasus?bz316 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:48 pm One thing that always confused me about the Wraith was why they didn't bother just cloning humans to feed on? I mean, it's confirmed in later episodes that they have the technology and facilities for cloning on a massive scale (it was instrumental in their war with the Ancients). Seriously, even if they're super into this "most dangerous game" bullshit, they're in the middle of a civil war caused by low food supplies. Wouldn't this basically solve all their problems at once?
How did the wraith develop their tech and where to they make their ships (the ships are partly organic but not fully, we never see wraith shipyards or or the like? Did the ancients never notice the navy they were building??)
Not why the wraith, despite their natural affinity for biotech, have never turned that science towards alternative feeding sources.
I mean, I look at what the Antarctica outpost did to an entire fleet of Goa'uld ships who could match an Asgard ship, wiping it out in basically an instant, Atlantis (And its sister city-ships) and the Aurora class ships have the same weapon system built in. The Wraiths had to weather the same thing Anubis did, in greater quantity. That had to take some insane numbers of them to zerg that.clearspira wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:19 amI think that's twofold.Ghilz wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:12 amThere's a lot of stuff in Atlantis that doesn't make much sense when you think about it. Especially when it comes to the wraith. Like how did the wraith multiply in such numbers under the ancients' nose that their sheer numbers overwhelmed the ancient's massive tech advantage. Especially since the first wraith were a result of splicing with the iratus bug. Like how many people keep falling victims to those bugs? What did the bugs eat before the ancients seeded human life in Pegasus?bz316 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:48 pm One thing that always confused me about the Wraith was why they didn't bother just cloning humans to feed on? I mean, it's confirmed in later episodes that they have the technology and facilities for cloning on a massive scale (it was instrumental in their war with the Ancients). Seriously, even if they're super into this "most dangerous game" bullshit, they're in the middle of a civil war caused by low food supplies. Wouldn't this basically solve all their problems at once?
How did the wraith develop their tech and where to they make their ships (the ships are partly organic but not fully, we never see wraith shipyards or or the like? Did the ancients never notice the navy they were building??)
Not why the wraith, despite their natural affinity for biotech, have never turned that science towards alternative feeding sources.
1) The Ancients have consistently proved themselves to be spectacularly arrogant. I would imagine they literally did not care until a couple of planets fell.
2) It regards to the massive tech advantage that the Ancients have, I ask this: do they? Don't get me wrong, I know they are written to, but I have always been rather dubious of how high it actually is. When a Borg Cube cruises through your system you really do get the impression of ''these guys are superior to everything we have.'' Same with Species 8472. The Ancients on the other hand seem to be more similar to ''Voyager vs the Kazon'' in that they can take 3 or 4 normal ships just fine, but the moment they start to break out their big ships, there are sparks and rattling furniture all over the bridge.
Well, I don't think it really ends up changing much. All it really does is just give the Wraith the advantage that they don't need to wait for Human populations to recover as long, which if anything makes the situation worse.Freeverse wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:19 pm OK, so when Chuck is talking about the possible outcomes ... how in the ever-loving what does he completely skip the thought of changing humans so that we can survive being fed on? I literally thought that was exactly what he was implying. It was the very first thought that came to mind.
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This doesn't magic away the conflict, but it would make it possible to attempt a peaceful solution.