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[edit] Energy-matter device

Don't the Asgard have a "Replicator" (as in Star Trek) like device as shown when Thor made the disruptor produced from the knowledge in the Ancient Repository of Knowledge --Aquahelper 02:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

  • I'm pretty sure Thor used the same technology to synthesize Asgard "food" as well. So they do have "replicator" technology. It might be an extention of beaming technology (that's how Star Trek replicators work).70.17.134.156 20:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Asgard technology level

I removed the paragraph claiming Asgard technology as being inferior to Ancient/Ori technology as its a completely unsubstantiated claim with no real evidence one way or the other. The best evidence suggests they are technological peers of the Ancients/Ori, probably more advanced in some ways and less advanced in others. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.31.21.8 (talk) 23:20, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

  • I believe the evidence comes from the fact that the Odyssey, a "primitive" Earth ship with Asgard technology tacked on quite hurriedly, was capable of withstanding multiple hits from two Ori ships with their upgraded Asgard shields and was able to completely destroy two Ori ships with their new Asgard energy weapons. One can only assume that a "proper" Asgard ship would fare even better than that, though that would be an assumption. Their beaming technology is also more advanced, as we have all seen. I would imagine that Asgard cloning technology and genetic engineering abilities in general are more advanced also, for obvious reasons, but again, no real evidence of that. Do the Ancients have a matter replication device like the Asgard use? And their hyperdrives are the most advanced ever seen in the franchise. So far I'm yet to see anything that either the Ori or the Ancients built that was more advanced than what the Asgard have - and it makes sense really; the Asgard have been developing their technology constantly for thousands of years after the Ancients disappeared.--85.210.180.18 20:45, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
    • So then why were they so afraid of being conquered by the Ori, if their ships would be able to tear the Ori battlecruisers to pieces before those even got within striking range of Orilla? Chronolegion 12:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
      • It's not really a question of whether or not they could tear the Ori ships to pieces, as we've seen it with our own eyes. So far as "Unending" goes, it's an established fact that Asgard weapons can punch through Ori shields and destroy Ori ships in a few hits, and that Asgard shields can withstand an assault from multiple Ori battlecruisers - and that's with a puny Earth ship mounting them. At the very least, that makes them equals, not taking into account the other technological advances such as beaming that the Asgard have. Technology alone won't win a war though. The Asgard are a dying race who, at the time of the show, have only just emerged from a war against an opponent which sent them to the brink of destruction (the Replicators). The Ori, on the other hand, are out and about kicking metaphorical booty, and we know that they have a lot of ships waiting to come through that supergate to the Milky Way. If superior numbers alone aren't enough of a reason, the fact that they have ascended beings (and their assortment of 'magicians', better known as Priors) on their side who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty should help one err on the side of caution. --85.210.180.18 23:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Deleted the paragraph talking about the Asgard energy weapons being developed specifically to fight the Ori, its pure speculation at this time without any evidence one way or the other, violating the NOR rule.
  • Also deleted the speculation about them being the same thing as the Ancient defense platform weapons as they are rather clearly completely different in coloration, the beam 'makeup', beam propagation rate, even the 'sound' of the weapon.

[edit] Power generation

It does seem that while the Asgard may not possess ZPM technology, their methods of power generation seem just as advanced (evidenced again in Unending when Carter states that both the Asgard "power core" and the ZPM had been depleted). I think something to this effect should be mentioned in the appropriate section because stating that the Asgard do not possess ZPM technology implies that their power generation methods are inferior. Rajrajmarley (talk) 04:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Replicating replicators

The Ark of Truth movie (which hasn't been released yet, although a screener has been leaked) is quoted and and a comment about building a Replicator is made. Since the film hasn't been released yet, should that comment not be removed? --83.204.202.150 (talk) 11:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too many non-free images

There are currently discussions in favor of an image-reduction drive on lists per Wikipedia:Non-free content. However, there is disagreement how far this applies to fiction list-articles. Nevertheless, since wikipedia strives to be a free-content encyclopedia, it would be a good idea to reconsider how many elements on this page really need images. A preferred rule of thumb is to have no more than five such images, and to not have images for where subarticles use the same images. If someone wants to help out, even if it is just in little steps, please do so. – sgeureka t•c 17:45, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I was bold and removed all images of minor elements. – sgeureka t•c 17:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I believe that all of the images in this article were properly and efficiently used to display specific elements of the television show. I don't see any reason they should be deleted and indeed, some of the descripting sub-articles were functioning much better in their capacity as informants with the aid of their respective image. Also, although this is purely aesthetics, the article seems much more bland with so much text, I feel that it was much more "user-friendly" with the images .Rajrajmarley (talk) 02:06, 12 February 2008 (UTC)