Shouldn't you use a spoiler tag for that!

This post has been edited by JamesyBHOY: Apr 10th 2005, 5:04 PM

Nope, this is the Spoilers and Speculation forum so spoiler tags arent needed. If you dont want to be spoiled its probably best to avoid threads in this forum.

Which episode is Ronon Dex introduced?

Looks like it could be a good episode. Perhaps one where Teyla gets a bit more screen time for some of that much needed development. Teyla is in danger of becoming a very boring character otherwise.

This post has been edited by Dafmeister: Apr 10th 2005, 5:22 PM

Ronon Dex is introduced in Runner.

This sounds like Dex's people had some tech - or does it just come off that way to me?

It sounds like they had a city and a military and a political system.

So far all we have seen are the secretive genii and they dont look like they could handle wraith any better - so heres the staement of the week: DEX'S PEOPLE WERE THE MOST ADVANCED IN THE P GALAXY APART FROM WRAITH AND US.
Before the wraith wasted them.

It says he is a weapon expert - this makes me think he may even be from a people far greater technologically than even earth.....i mean...our regular military have no idea about ebergy weapons but this guy seems like he knows stuff about everything!

Might be reading too much into it.

Weapons expert:
Blow dart marksman,
Bowman of Death,
Maker of Axes,
Thrower of Tomohawks,
Basher with a Hammer.

Yeah true....but heres hoping for a guy who knows how to build squids!!!!

First Photos of Trinity released.

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Ancient-Wraith war explored in 'Trinity'

The upcoming Stargate Atlantis episode "Trinity" will touch on the war between the Ancients and the Wraith fought millenia ago, according to new spoilers acquired by GateWorld.

Beware of spoilers below!!!!!

"McKay (David Hewlett) may have found a new and potent source of energy for Atlantis based on unperfected Ancient technology.

"While doing standard recon on a planet thought to have been destroyed by the Wraith long ago, the team finds an Ancient structure standing intact amidst the ruins. After some investigating, they discover that the monolith served as a military research facility where the Ancients worked to develop an advanced method of harnessing energy. When the Wraith attacked before the project could be completed, the underdeveloped technology malfunctioned and destroyed the civilization.

"McKay theorizes that if the powerful technology is fully developed, it could serve as a potent source of energy for Atlantis. Hope turns to fear, however, when McKay's first attempt at reviving the energy source results in the death of one of the Atlantis scientists.

"Despite the team's apprehension, a determined McKay insists on moving forward with finishing the project. But can McKay unravel the intricacies of the Ancients' technology without putting himself and Sheppard in mortal danger?"

Meanwhile, new team member Ronon Dex explores his own tumultuous past when he learns from a former fellow Atterian soldier that Kell, Ronon's former military trainer with whom he has unfinished business, is still alive.

Original Article here

It kind of bothers me that McKay would be able to make such an advanced piece of technology work when the Ancients couldn't. I know that he's brilliant and everything, but it does seem a bit much to believe.

The Ancients at the colony were wipped out because it malfunctioned durring a Wraith attack. The Ancients could have been very close to perfecting it, and they were just unlucky that it malfunctioned.

Does not meen the Ancients couldn't.

I meen if we were making an Atom bomb in the manhatan project and one suddenly exploded killing all the scientists, it does not meen we were unable to perfect it.

Just that we did not have any unlucky malfunctions.

The Ancients were probably litterally done with the basics of it, and just were tweaking it when it malfunctioned.

Prhaps an energy scource to rival or even succede a ZPM!!!!! - WOW

At the first line it says "Ancient - Wraith war explored" - maybe some cool flashbacks!!!!

Maybe (I know, just maybe) this was something someone just started working on before the left the city. I know, it's a long shot!

it said it happened during a wraith attack, perhpas the fluctuations int eh shields or powersource, could have caused the malfunction....

I want to know what the energy source is.

Is it Naquadriah?

This post has been edited by NoDot: Jul 14th 2005, 11:41 PM

maybe it doesnt even run on any physical material... it pops energy outta thin air..

*poof

Could this episode be the one David Hewlett was referring to in the SciFi lowdown when he said that McKay...

Maby he gets to blow up his star.

Like Carter.

If they are researching a new advanced method of harnessing energy, you would think it would be even better and more powerful than the ZPM tech, so that sounds pretty exciting. And considering a ZPM could destroy a solar system, maybe McKay does blow something up severely!!

Cool!

in that case, y not..... hmmph lure all the wraith ships there, by sending the wraith a message they've moved location...

then like in sg1, blow up the sun, and take out the entire fleet

I don't think they would do this because it is too similar to SG-1.

well its comming out of the same producers is it not?

Yes, but they still can't make it too similar to SG-1 because there would then be no excitment in Atlantis. The fans are just going to feel like this has been done before. Even though they are two different shows they are both still part of the Stargate Saga.

That's kind of the concept behind Zero Point energy, only air isn't involved. It's commonly described as getting energy from a vacuum, but it's actually borrowing energy from the fabric of space time and if it works, it's already far more powerful than atomic energy, or even matter-anti-matter reaction. That's "if it works", because right now, the science behind it is looking really shakey.

That's why I think they got their terms screwed up when they say that a ZPM is "empty" or "half full" or whatever. If it's really is a Zero Point energy device, it's would be drawing power from the surrounding space/universe. You really can't run out of power unless you've seriously screwed up local space to the point where you can't draw juice from it anymore. Assuming it's really ZP energy, and the writers didn't just randomly grab a term they liked, then the ZPM are probably either broken or some of the components aren't working at peak efficiency due to age.

Anyways, no matter what your energy source though, you still need a physical apparatus to get it into a form you can actually use.

This post has been edited by mcheu: Jul 31st 2005, 5:31 PM

I agree and what also bothers me is McKay's arrogance. He feels that he's right all the time and no one else can help or know what to do. He showed this tendency on SG with Sam. he always felt he was more intelligent and knew what to do.