Talk:Replicator (Stargate)
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Could some help me word the replicators attack better? thanks
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[edit] Technology subsection
I think the technology subsection would be better placed either between the composition and behavior sections or anywhere before history. It makes more sense to explain the technology they're based on before jumping into history. Gunblade 05:45, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Seperate Article for Human Form replicators
That is a major plot component, and this should just be general information. This needs simplified, simplification of human form replicators could do that. Kashami 20:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] confusing or unclear?
The article claims it is confusing or unclear, but I've read the entire article, and found nothing confusing or unclear. This tag has been added a long time ago, and many small readability fixes have been made since. Also, there isn't a clear statement in the talk page why this this page is unclear, so I suggest deleting the tag. Cristan 20:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- No response yet. I'm removing the tag. Cristan 16:18, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Relative technology
I stated that the Replicators are possibly less advanced then the Alterians simply because we don't really have any indicators one way or the other. From what we've seen, you could easily argue that the general technology level of the Replicators matches or excedes the Ancients own technology in many areas.
I disagree, RepliCarter herself stated that the Dakara superweapon was the only technology capable of destroying her and her bretheren, indicating that it is at least equal to her own technology, and there are many situations where the Replicators were unable to surpass problems that the Ancients dealt with (Time travel, gravity, etc.) JBK405 18:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- The Death Star in Star Wars is, without a doubt, more advanced than some random X-Wing, yet an X-Wing was what took the first Death Star down. This is due to a fundamental flaw in the Death Stars design - not to inferior technology. Similarily, the Dakara superweapon could very easily just be exploiting a fundamental flaw in the Replicators design, without, itself, being more advanced than the Replicators.
- As for the replicators not doing time travel... maybe the replicators had that technology but simply chose not to use it for the same reason the Ancients did.
- I'm not really sure what you're refering to when you mention gravity... TerraFrost 00:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Its stupid to argue that one relative piece of technology over another shows that one side is clearly far superior. All that can really be said about the Replicators is that their technology is generally comparable to that of the high end races such as the Asgard, Ancients, Ori e.t.c They have shown in many areas technology far superior to that of any other race while inferior in other ways. Just because the Dakara device could kill them (though I should note Carter was very confident that they would evolve and adapt to become immune after just one use of it against them!) doesn't automatically say they are inferior to the Ancients. Indeed Replicator was confident it was the ONLY piece of Ancient technology that could harm them at all! Not exactly encouraging to say the Ancients would be any kind of threat to the Replicators.
I think we should just say they are in roughly the same class that you can place races like the Asgard, Ori, Ancients and so on. -C O'Farrell
[edit] Merge
I merged the articles per the other talk page. It still needs a bit of cleaning up and probably some formating changes. Morphh 02:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Origins in Asgard Galaxy
I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in the Reese episode that an Asgard ship was studying her planet and took the little buggers home with them for further research, thus explaining their origin in Asgard space. Swiftbow 04:27, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
It was mentioned in "Nemesis" that the Asgard discovered Replicators on a planet in their home galaxy, so it remains a mystery how or why the Replicators migrated from the Milky Way to the Ida Galaxy. Maartentje 02:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Possible Inspirations
A machine, a robot, a vehicle or a spaceship that has the ability to self-replicate is often dubbed a Von Neumann probe. It was also called an universal assembler by Von Neumann. Hugo Dufort 22:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
The concept of replicating machines or robots, spreading across galaxies (some kind of a "robotic panspermia"), can be traced back to authors such as Gregory Benford (the Galactic Center Saga) and Fred Saberhagen (the Berserker series). Hugo Dufort 22:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Replicators can be seen as a macroscopic kind of grey goo, since they methodically consume all resources on a planet while replicating. Hugo Dufort 22:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
All three of them were already mentioned in the "See also" section... Maartentje 07:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
