CaptJodan wrote:
Asgard beaming tech has gotten progressively less useful as time went on, and out of universe I suspect that's just a result of the writers deciding they went too far with the super tech and are trying to find ways of scaling back. It's stupid, but they put themselves in this position. That said, even in this show, Eli was beamed up without a beacon on his person.
he was also the only one in the house at the time, and presumably, Rush and O'Neill were confirming his identity before beaming up the wrong person. the Asgard seemed able to pick people out from a crowd, specifically then Colonel O'Neill, but maybe they recorded his brainwave patterns or some other identifiable feature back when he visited Vala. It seems like the beacons are necessary to record who is who maybe as an alternative to some lengthy scanning process. if this is the case it was probably the radiation blocking transport, but they really made no effort to even try it, or even comment on it. There wasn't any radio interference when Wray first made contact, whereas when they moved closer o the bomb there was. given that Telford didn't even TRY to beam them out from that point I think a third option is likely, Homeworld security is physically shielded against asgard beaming, much the same as the SGC is, and even with structural damage the shielding remained effective. I mean they didn't even try using it to remove rubble, or to INSERT a disposable team.
I don't buy the bottleneck argument. While I'm sure there IS a bottleneck of some kind, not establishing a transporter infrastructure for those times when HWC personnel need to move quickly is idiotic.
Yeah it really is. For secrecy ALONE having a teleporter in orbit, even if it is just an F304 would be worth it. Just keep it parked on the day side.
Even discounting that, HWC would have to be run by complete idiots if there wasn't at least one 304 stationed over Earth at all times, especially when they've been given massive advanced warning that a LA attack is imminent.
They could have had one in orbit and it missed a single cloaked ship OR there could have been an off screen diversion consisting of several cargo ships coming in under cloak and being detected and shot down.
I understand why the show wanted to keep some ties back with Earth for personal character growth reasons, but I think it hurt the show to have Destiny involved with some threat to Earth.
Not necessarily, Destiny is the focal point off the conflict and LA members are on board as intel sources. it seems plausible to me that having the stones at homeworld command to enable access to intel sources makes sense, it just also happens to be the convenient R and R vehicle for the crew. If they moved the stones say, to Atlantis, that kind of undermines the whole access to the city of Washington aspect, as well as direct contact Colonel Young has to Colonel O'Neill.
Just avoid the question by avoiding the threat to Earth and stick with threats only for Destiny.
Definitely disagree. We ALL want to see shit go down on Earth, and the audience would probably lose interest FASTER without the homeland security aspect. Tell me you weren't hoping for glimpses of SG-1 or references to the past shows EVERY time they went back. Just because the writers don't deliver to the audience exactly what they want, doesn't mean it's not a good hook to grab their attention. Maybe they could do a better job of anticipating fanboy reactions and complaints, but you know, we're doing jsut fine over here figuring out semi plausible explanations, so why should they bother :-p
