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redshirt posted:"The Asgard would never invent a weapon that propels small weights of iron and carbon alloys, by igniting a powder of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur." This has always been a great line but it can't help but make me curious about what the Asgard's society looked like when they were at our contemporary tech level. Did they just skip past the gunpowder part of the tech tree? Did their homeworld have radically different raw materials that caused their society to evolve in different ways? Was their society created in its current form by some kind of AyyLamo progenitor species? I HAVE QUESTIONS, DAMNIT!
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Sardonik posted:This has always been a great line but it can't help but make me curious about what the Asgard's society looked like when they were at our contemporary tech level. Did they just skip past the gunpowder part of the tech tree? Did their homeworld have radically different raw materials that caused their society to evolve in different ways? Was their society created in its current form by some kind of AyyLamo progenitor species? the Asgard were like that Harry Turtledove short story where alien conquistadors get wrecked by the US Army because they found making FTL so easy they invented it when they were still using swords and never developed things like internal combustion engines or gunpowder. The Asgard just did that with a ton of other no-way out there tech as well.
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Sardonik posted:This has always been a great line but it can't help but make me curious about what the Asgard's society looked like when they were at our contemporary tech level. Did they just skip past the gunpowder part of the tech tree? Did their homeworld have radically different raw materials that caused their society to evolve in different ways? Was their society created in its current form by some kind of AyyLamo progenitor species? By the time we meet the Asgard, they are already well into terminal decline, just based on cloning. They are all clones at that point, clones of clones of clones of clones, etc. The Replicators were finishing them off, but they were already done because of the cloning. So that part of Asgard society - guns and bullets - might have been 10, 20, 100 thousand years in their past.
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Cthulu Carl posted:the Asgard were like that Harry Turtledove short story where alien conquistadors get wrecked by the US Army because they found making FTL so easy they invented it when they were still using swords and never developed things like internal combustion engines or gunpowder. At least in the Stargate universe, the simple tech thing we missed was apparently crystals all along.
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Cthulu Carl posted:the Asgard were like that Harry Turtledove short story where alien conquistadors get wrecked by the US Army because they found making FTL so easy they invented it when they were still using swords and never developed things like internal combustion engines or gunpowder. Now this would be a rad explanation. redshirt posted:By the time we meet the Asgard, they are already well into terminal decline, just based on cloning. They are all clones at that point, clones of clones of clones of clones, etc. This would make sense but it would be sad if the Asgard had lost that much of their own history. Guess that is part of being a stellaris-style fallen empire.
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stringless posted:And the Goa'uld just stole tech from who knows where and occasionally iterated on it, skipping all the steps that might have otherwise gotten them there. And humans just stole tech to create the X302 and X303. Get a new slant.
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stringless posted:At least in the Stargate universe, the simple tech thing we missed was apparently crystals all along. Tbf we do use crystals in every single computerized device, they're just used for timing instead of power
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Sardonik posted:This has always been a great line but it can't help but make me curious about what the Asgard's society looked like when they were at our contemporary tech level. Did they just skip past the gunpowder part of the tech tree? Did their homeworld have radically different raw materials that caused their society to evolve in different ways? Was their society created in its current form by some kind of AyyLamo progenitor species? they had a big dude with a hammer, who once drank so much the sea level receded
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Sentient Data posted:Tbf we do use crystals in every single computerized device, they're just used for timing instead of power And really small
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I remember making a crystal radio with my dad when I was a kid, the sheer gravity with which I inserted the crystal. Crystals were the keys to stargates, lightsabers, Xel'Naga temples... I was so excited when we finally turned it on... but instead of secret transmissions from spy cells and aliens, the first thing we heard on it was Christina Aguilera
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Nameless_Steve posted:I remember making a crystal radio with my dad when I was a kid, the sheer gravity with which I inserted the crystal. Crystals were the keys to stargates, lightsabers, Xel'Naga temples... lol remember those low riding jeans??
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More spoilers for SGA season 4: Holy poo poo this one episode they fire like all their space battle shots at once. Mackay comes up with a way to finally defeat the Pegasus Galaxy Replicators. And with the help of Todd the Wraith, they get 7 hives to join in a group attack with Apollo and Daedalus, and just seeing both those ships together was like............... And that space battle as the Replicators link up and sink into the center of the planet...
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Nameless_Steve posted:I remember making a crystal radio with my dad when I was a kid, the sheer gravity with which I inserted the crystal. Crystals were the keys to stargates, lightsabers, Xel'Naga temples... she better switch me chairs
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Keenan and Kel'No'Ream Keenan: Kel! I've got it! We sue the tollans for their technology! They almost got me blended! (Later) Nox: After hearing both sides of this issue I believe I am ready to cast my vote in favor of Keenan, and that he must be compensated with technology in exchange for his trauma from nearly becoming a host Keenan: Yes! We're going to win! Tollan chancellor: Is there anything else your archon wishes to add? Kel: I... Keenan: No Kel, don't do it! Kel: I... Dropped the Goa'uld! In the tuna! Keenan: Awww here it goes!
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Also that sexy lady captain and her ships too.
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Nameless_Steve posted:I remember making a crystal radio with my dad when I was a kid, the sheer gravity with which I inserted the crystal. Crystals were the keys to stargates, lightsabers, Xel'Naga temples... "I can't understand all of it but I think the aliens are led by someone named Lady Marmalade."
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:"I can't understand all of it but I think the aliens are led by someone named Lady Marmalade." Garshaw of Belote
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redshirt posted:"Jaaack" Do you think Asgard have teeth and chew or do they just swallow hotdogs down whole like a duck?
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Elrond Hubbard posted:Do you think Asgard have teeth and chew or do they just swallow hotdogs down whole like a duck? Thor likes the yellow cube
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their food looks to have the texture of a scrabble tile so I presume they have a coarse, rough gullet to break food down.
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A super intelligent society that lives solely off of Starbust and Mike and Ikes. I knew a few people in college like that.
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Owl at Home posted:A super intelligent society that lives solely off of Starbust and Mike and Ikes. I knew a few people in college like that. They look more like painted wooden scrap blocks you give to a kid to play with. I really wouldn't be surprised if someone just had them in their car for their kid and was like "will this work?" When they realized they didn't have a prop or whatever.
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well why not posted:SGU is great if you wanted a series where they never go through the stargate and everyone hates each other Yo Dawg, I was gonna tap that rear end
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well why not posted:SGU is great if you wanted a series where they never go through the stargate and everyone hates each other Have you thought about how exactly consent works with body swapping stones?
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Sentient Data posted:Tbf we do use crystals in every single computerized device, they're just used for timing instead of power And dudes on Craigslist have known about the power of crystals for years.
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pixaal posted:They look more like painted wooden scrap blocks you give to a kid to play with. I really wouldn't be surprised if someone just had them in their car for their kid and was like "will this work?" When they realized they didn't have a prop or whatever.  Now that you mention it, I think the rectangular blue one is literally just an eraser
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Oh my go Thor I can’t believe you got her to eat that
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tango alpha delta posted:SG1 is on bluray now? When did this happen? https://www.amazon.com.au/Stargate-SG-1-Complete-Blu-ray/dp/B096Q53ZWN 2020, according to Amazon/some other site I saw And that box is the biggest gently caress you to Michael Shanks ever
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Ben and Claudia too. they were in more eps than Corin
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200 is a genius episode for so many reasons, and one of them is how hard they smoke Shanks. The "after episode" interviews with the cast of Wormhole X-Treme, and the Daniel stand in.... just hilarious.
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Owl at Home posted:
If you're not gonna eat that d8 can I have it
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pixaal posted:Have you thought about how exactly consent works with body swapping stones? yeah and it made me sad
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I like the blue one.
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Owl at Home posted:
Hungry now
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Owl at Home posted:
The way it crumbles in Carter's mouth makes it seem like styrofoam edit: do you think anyone has walked through the stargate but while the iris is still retracting, cutting off their legs and/or head, depending on height - leaving just a torso on the ramp maybe they should be trained to dive through the middle, just in case KajiTheMelonMan fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Apr 30, 2024 |
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KajiTheMelonMan posted:
Rip Cliff, taken too soon
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