Wormhole (Farscape weapon)
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[edit] General Information
A wormhole is a "shortcut" or an "abbreviation" through space-time. A wormhole has at least two aperatures which are connected to a single throat. If the wormhole is traversable or "stable", matter can 'travel' from one aperature to the other by passing through the throat. In the television series Farscape, Commander John Crichton has been given the knowledge about wormhole technology by an alien species called the Ancients. This knowledge allows him to detect and navigate wormholes instinctively, but never how to create them. Since most believe he can create them, many enemies pursue Crichton in the hope of gaining the knowledge to create wormhole weapons.
[edit] Proposals of the use of wormholes as a weapon
The Peacekeeper scientist Scorpius desires wormhole technology to defeat the warring Scarran race. Several of his theories on how it can be used as a weapon of mass destruction include:
- Taking fleets of enemy ships and depositing them into distant-desolate space.
- Absorbing enemy planets and collapsing them.
- Opening up a wormhole with one aperature inside a sun and the other end facing an enemy planet, thus destroying it with the power of the sun.
- Depositing fleets of Peacekeeper ships well past enemy defenses.
[edit] Demonstrations of wormholes used as weapons
The Tissue Liquification effect:
The Tissue Liquification Effect (TLE) is caused by a failure in negative-phase shield deployment upon entering/exiting an unstable wormhole. The known causative factor behind TL (Tissue Liquification) itself has been attributed to the cellular degeneratative effects of Rantath flux, a pervasive form of unstable-wormhole radiation that causes the affected person(s) to undergo complete cellular liquification. Since most wormholes are unstable, only advanced races like the Ancients have truly mastered the art of wormhole stabilization.
Displacement Engine:
A wormhole weapon that the Ancient alien Jack and John built on the planet DamBaDa. It worked by opening up a wormhole linking one end in space and the other end into a star. This had the effect of freeing the stellar plasma from the star towards a Scarran Dreadnaught, thus destroying it. Unfortunately, its Partanium core was exposed at one point causing a lethal dose of radiation that ended in John Crichton's death. However, there were two Crichtons at the time, having been "twinned" by an insane scientist.
Taking a ship: Making a deal with the Scarrans, Crichton gives them a location to an opening wormhole. Because of the Scarran's overzealousness, the striker craft they send to examine it is gobbled up. It is unclear if the ship is destroyed or not. It could have been crushed, or merely sent to another area of space.
Closing the wormhole: A wormhole leading to Earth is found by the Scarrans. With the Scarrans on the way, Crichton must find a way to permanently close the wormhole to Earth by entering it at the exact moment it opens, before it completely stabilizes. When he destroys the wormhole a Scarran ship called a striker is crushed by the closing wormhole destroying the ship.
The Doomsday weapon: The doomsday weapon was created after John Crichton had the wormhole knowledge unlocked by the Ancient Jack. The weapon itself consists of a control chair similar to the Ancient Control Chair used by Colonel/General Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1. It is powered by Moya's Starburst engine. It starts by firing a beam in space which forms a wormhole it then expands geometrically. This wormhole acts like a vacuum, absorbing everything it comes in contact with. It destroys several Scarran and Peackeeper ships, and demolishes the nearest planet. Ultimately, it can end all existence. Fortunately, Crichton stops its expansion ending the fighting between the Scarrans and Peackeepers.
[edit] Relevant Episodes
- "Bad Timing",
- "We're So Screwed (2):
- Hot to Katratzi",
- "Infinite Possibilities",
- "Part One: Daedalus Demands",
- "Icarus Abides",and
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.
[edit] See also
- Farscape Related:
- Science Fiction Related:
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Farscape - Official site by The Jim Henson Company
- Farscape Center
- Karlsweb Farscape e-Zine
- Farscape World
- The Farscape Encyclopedia
- Far-what?
- SCI-FI.COM | Farscape
- What Is Farscape?
- Watch Farscape
- BBC Online - Cult - Farscape
- Farscape at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)
- The Farscape Props Forum
- Neural Cluster
- Terra Firma
- ScapeCast - The Farscape Podcast
- Farscape Canada
