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Hektos
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 Posted: Mon, 23. Apr 12, 18:33 Post subject: |
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where did you read that? i know they could build their own trans orbitals, but not gates, Terrans building gates was a newish development as far as im aware, hence why the winterblossom scouted the alien gate network |
I think it was said in encyclopedia that they built their own gate, before finding the network and it caught ancients of guard |
This is indeed correct.
It was the year 2022 when the technology was discovered on Earth. Throughout the rest of the 21st century experiments were conducted, leading up to the construction of the first 2 gates bridging the gap from Earth to Mars.
EDIT: The reason why the Terrans started building transorbital gates instead of jump gates is because they were afraid of a Terraformer fleet jumping into a system and attacking their settlements. Jumpdrives can not lock onto transorbital gates and thus the Terran planets were safe from Terraformer attacks...at least through any sort of jump technology (which means that any attack would be detectible LONG before any fleet reached a planet and allow the Terrans to prepare a defense..)
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| Posted: Mon, 23. Apr 12, 23:01 Post subject: |
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yeh just read my encyclopedia... but it still gives a big catch to jumpgates built by the new races... it was going to take 78 yrs to get a gate from Mars to Proxima Centauri... even if they could have halfed that time seeding gates would be damned near impossible by the time Rebirth comes around.. considering the Albion Skunk still exists its not going to have been millions of years!! and again that would have fit with my theory of the connected gates would need to be in neighbouring systems because throwing a gate accross the known universe would be insane!
so is it the old gate network? how could that be if there was a supernova surely they would have been destroyed
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| Posted: Mon, 23. Apr 12, 23:12 Post subject: |
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The Ancients gate network may be disabled, but it is still there, supernova or not.
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| Posted: Mon, 23. Apr 12, 23:50 Post subject: |
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i kinda assumed that what you see in the Rebirth Reveal trailer around the 40s mark was the new Gates... just it looks nothing like what is being built in the Albion system which is why i didn't think it was the Highway system.
and if that is the new gates it cant possibly be the ancient ones
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| Posted: Mon, 23. Apr 12, 23:56 Post subject: |
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Maybe during the attacks on Earth the Argon managed to steal development plans for gate building? It might have taken them several hundred years to perfect, and nobody knows yet just how far after the events in TC/AP Rebirth will be set...
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 09:10 Post subject: |
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see thats the big bit... if all the gates have shut, the Paranid got a drone to the Argon and Boron... they create the alliance of worlds. a supernova occurs... they survive it and have managed to rebuild somewhat,
it all says that there has to be quite a bit of time past... but realisticly if they are using a ship (albion Skunk/Pride of Albion) it cant be soo many, else that ship (im not suggesting its the exact one that appears in AP but more that class of ship) would be soo far outdated that it would be no better than a short range garbage disposal unit.
i just cant grasp how the ancients get network could survive a Supernova event... they are stationary after all.
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 09:13 Post subject: |
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If the Terrans can send a jump beacon to Aldrin, Whats to stop the other races sending Jump beacons to their lost sectors/colonies?
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 09:22 Post subject: |
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| ConCorDian wrote: |
it all says that there has to be quite a bit of time past... but realisticly if they are using a ship (albion Skunk/Pride of Albion) it cant be soo many, else that ship (im not suggesting its the exact one that appears in AP but more that class of ship) would be soo far outdated that it would be no better than a short range garbage disposal unit.
i just cant grasp how the ancients get network could survive a Supernova event... they are stationary after all. |
Maybe that's what the Albion Skunk starts off as, a garbage freighter. Then with all the upgrades and modifications it becomes a war ship. Who knows?
As for the gates, have you ever watched Stargate SG-1? The gates in that show were capable of withstanding a supernova because of the mineral they were constructed from. What's to say the jumpgates in the X universe are any different?
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 10:05 Post subject: |
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stargate.... very good point.... i suppose i just wanted a new dynamic to the game... there are supposed to be these alien races out there that the Ancients have kept seperated from the rest of the galaxy because they are too dangerous. would be nice for them to start to get introduced...
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 10:08 Post subject: |
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Who knows mabye all the commonwealth races and the terrans are all one massive faction now and there are completly new factiions / races on the opposing team as it were.
I still thin the Xenon save the universe 
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 10:27 Post subject: |
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yeh they could "save" the universe by killing all sentient life... that way we cant harm the universe!!
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 11:15 Post subject: |
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na i personally prrfer the green option!
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 11:25 Post subject: |
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The Xenon are space hippies?
Also, if there are any new races you can bet they'll be called the Radon, Krypton, Neon or Helium.
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 12:59 Post subject: |
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long as they aint "Methane" lol
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| Posted: Tue, 24. Apr 12, 17:16 Post subject: |
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Actually, did anybody read the last question of this interview? Here is the last Q&A.
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Krawall.de: All old races still there?
Bernd Lehan: I can't say anything about that. The story is a new one, and a couple races are still around, others aren't. It's different, while it's being played in the same universe, you will meet some known (races) and some unknown. |
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