|
|
|
|
|
Ring TransporterThe Ring Transporter is a fictional device from the sci-fi television show Stargate SG-1 and the Stargate movie. A Ring Transporter (or ring teleporter) is a transportation device originally developed and used by the Ancients but now manufacturered and used almost exclusively by the Goa'uld and their enemy, the Tok'ra. It consists of 5 rings (as seen in the TV show) or 10 rings (as seen in the movie) that levitate slightly off the ground and stack on top of each other during operation. All transport rings are identical and are thought to be mass produced by the Goa'uld in staggering numbers. Each transport ring is roughly half the diameter of a Stargate, and function under similar principles. The rings move to surround an object or person being transported from a holding platform, which is a cylindrical chamber, contained in either a ceiling or rising up from the floor. All matter inside the rings is dematerialized and teleported instantaneously to another set of rings in a different location where it is then rematerialized. In the Stargate Movie, Ra's First Prime had been killed when the ring transports were activated while he was under it; his head lay within their transportation area, his body outside of it, and he was decapitated. If there is a person or object at the receiving set of rings, the rings simply exchange the two simultaneously. This has been seen as a sneaky way of escape from an area; by stepping under the rings as they come down and transporting out when an enemy happens to be transporting in. After a completed transport, the rings move back into their storage platform and deactivate. The rings themselves do not transport. Some ring platforms are portable, and can be moved when they are inactive. They contain sensors that detect other active transport rings in an area. While transport rings were originally thought only to work in tandem with another set of transport rings, several episodes of SG-1 have shown otherwise. They can be activated by a Transport Rings Remote worn on the arm or hand by Goa'uld and their Jaffa, or controlled by a remote panel located somewhere near a ring platform. Transported matter passes between sets of rings in a "matter stream" that can be detected by a ship's sensors. It is possible to intercept a matter stream that is in transport by interposing a set of mobile rings (like those in a Goa'uld shuttlecraft) between the sending rings and the planned receiving rings. The Asgard also have a similar transport system, but it does not require the use of the rings. The Tauri, or humans from Earth, use transport rings (presumably stolen from the Goa'uld) on their new capital ships, the BC-303/X-303.
|
 |
|
| Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved |
|
|