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As we all know there was an Alpha gate found in Egypt and a Beta gate found in Antarctica. The Beta gate was presumed destroyed for a while until it was learned the Russians recovered it. Alpha get eventually gets destroyed, SGC rents the Beta gate from the Russians. Now, the point of this thread is, maybe there's a Delta gate kicking around? Alpha gate was presumed destroyed when Thor's ship blew up on re-entry. The gates are pretty hard to kill. So, the gate that Apophis had on his ships when he tried to attack Earth the first time should still be in orbit or on Earth somewhere, right?
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And you're a little off on your Chronology. Alpha was found in Egypt, Beta in Antarctica. The Alpha Gate was beamed to Thor's ship and presumed destroyed with it, so the SGC then used the Beta gate. The Russians recovered the Alpha gate and used it for a while. Anubis overloaded the Beta gate which blew up in space, so the SGC got the Alpha gate back from the Russians. (Rented for a while, can't remember what else happened with that agreement.)
As for your other point about Apophis' gate, you could be right. But they didn't exactly have an easy way to recover it until recently.
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And would it have the correct � Symbol? (inreality we should see the _�_ symbol now cause they are using the Beta Gate.
Well they definately used a gate to get some of the more 'modern cultures' off the planet that we've seen. That is those with Goa'uld 'gods' that aren't just from the time of the Egyptians. Presumably they used the Antarctic 'Beta' gate.
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"And would it have the correct � Symbol? (inreality we should see the _�_ symbol now cause they are using the Beta Gate."
Um... No. As was just mentioned in the post preceding yours, the gate currently in use is the Egypt one. The Antarctic gate, with its "o" point-of-origin, was destroyed.
That symbol should have shown up during seasons four and five, but, oh well.
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Yes, that's what I meant - when they were using the Beta gate. Interesting Idea about the Apophis gate still lying around. They could have had an episode where some civilians got a hold of it - and SOMEHOW worked out how to use it!
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"So, the gate that Apophis had on his ships when he tried to attack Earth the first time should still be in orbit or on Earth somewhere, right?"
It's more likely to be floating halfway between Earth and Saturn by now.
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quote:Originally posted by Cartman: "So, the gate that Apophis had on his ships when he tried to attack Earth the first time should still be in orbit or on Earth somewhere, right?"
It's more likely to be floating halfway between Earth and Saturn by now.
...or Uranus.
Seriously the idea of a "Gamma Gate" is an interesting one. But if it was still nearby don't you think the Tok'ra, Asguard or NORAD would have spotted it floating around in the Sol System (Tok'ra/Asguard ships have sensors don't they).
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"But if it was still nearby don't you think the Tok'ra, Asguard or NORAD would have spotted it floating around in the Sol System (Tok'ra/Asguard ships have sensors don't they)."
The Asgard probably could find it, if they were looking. But certainly not NORAD.
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Some amataur astronemer would notice it if it was in near earth orbit.....eventually, anyway.
It's sure be an easy way to explore the outer planets: gate probes out there and save years of travel time and tons of fuel.
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Of course, I spell "ulTRs" as "Ultra", so what the hey.
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You couldn't use a Gate unless it was in a near planetary orbit. One that the Gate system recognized. Once it's in space, the point of origin is no longer valid.
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