 The Asuran variant of an Ancient city ship in hyperspace. In the fictional series of Stargate Atlantis, the Ancient city ship is a huge city-sized spaceship, long ago constructed by the Ancients. Dwarfing even a Wraith Hive-Ship and Ori battlecruiser, the city ship is the largest ship ever encountered in the Stargate universe. Stargate Atlantis is a spin-off from the television series Stargate SG-1, which in turn was based on the film Stargate (1994). ...
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The ship is a snowflake-shaped platform dotted with skyscrapers, lower buildings in the six outlying sections, with the control tower in the center. However, most systems can be activated from an auxiliary control room. Due to its enormous size, the ship has been compared in size and interior space to Manhattan. [1] Most of these ships carry a Stargate, usually located in the control room. Curiously, the city ship does not have a traditional outer hull. Instead, the atmosphere is contained within the vessel by a huge energy shield spanned around the city. [2] Also, most of the structures are surprisingly fragile, requiring the afore mentioned shield to protect them from naturally occurring phenomena such as hurricanes. [3] Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei. ...
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 The three charged ZPMs in the episode, Before I Sleep. The city ship, as with most Ancient technology, is powered by Zero Point Modules, requiring three to achieve full functionality. [4] However, most systems, like the energy shield, can be activated with only a single ZPM [5], and day-to-day power can even be supplied by Naqahdah generators. [6]However, in emergencies where no ZPM's are available, some systems, like the shield, can be activated by harnessing energy from lightning.[3] Zero Point Module (ZPM) A Zero Point Module, abbreviated ZPM, is a device in the fictional Stargate universe. ...
A Naquadah Generator In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Naqahdah generator is a power source which can provide enormous and practically endless amounts of clean energy. ...
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The ship is also equipped with several systems encountered on most interstellar vessels, such as long range sensors [7], internal transporters [6], and sophisticated computer systems. [5] It also carries a complement of smaller ships, Puddle jumpers. [8] A puddle jumper The underside of a puddle jumper. ...
The enormous vessel can descend into the atmosphere of a planet, but to land on the ground requires a specifically constructed outpost. This outpost can not be moved to a different planet, and is typically left behind after the city ship itself has left, requiring a new outpost being constructed before the city can land on another planet. Engines are lined on the bottom side of the city ship, with two on each of the three large piers. [8] However, Asuras has six sets of engines on each of the piers, as well as the Asuran city ship being slightly different from Atlantis it's most likely that the six engine city ship is unique to the Asurans.[2]
Interstellar travel, or even intergalactic, is achieved by the activation of the stardrive. However, the drive requires an enormous amount of power that can only be achieved by all three ZPM's working simultaneously. [2] The activation of the stardrive is automatically preceded by the powering up of the inertial dampening systems, also requiring a significant amount of power. [9]
Tactical systems  The activated shield of Atlantis. Defense of the vessel is provided by its all-encompassing shield. This shield however requires the presence of a ZPM to be activated. Also, the city can be made invisible by linking the cloaking device of a Puddle Jumper to the shield generators. As a last resort, the enormous city can be submerged into an ocean, protected by its energy shield and attached to the ocean floor with an intricate clamping system. [8]
As with Puddle Jumpers and Aurora class battleships, the city ship is equipped with Drone Weapons controlled by a throne chair and launched from three ports on the ends of three arms of the city. [5] When not activated, these weapons are stored in specifically-designed racks that can be easily replenished. [10] In the science fiction TV show Stargate Atlantis the Aurora-class battleship is an interstellar warship type used by the Ancients in their struggle against the Wraith. ...
A single inactive Drone Weapon being analyzed. ...
Encountered city ships Several city ships have been encountered by the Tau'ri, all of them in the Pegasus Galaxy. However, the outposts required for landing the city have been encountered on both Earth and Praclarush Taonas [11], indicating the existence of several city ships in the Milky Way, however only in the distant past. The Tauri (sometimes spelt Tauri, and often spoken as People of the Tauri) is a widespread term used to refer to humans of Earth by many alien races in the science fiction universe Stargate SG-1. ...
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Earth (often referred to as the earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ...
The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxias), sometimes referred to simply as the Galaxy), is a barred spiral galaxy which forms part of the Local Group. ...
Atlantis -
Atlantis was the capital of the Ancient empire in the Pegasus galaxy. The City was once located on Earth in what is now Antarctica. Several million years ago many of the Ancients who inhabited Earth at that time relocated the giant city to the Pegasus Galaxy. After years of being under siege by Wraith ships in orbit, the Atlantis inhabitants abandoned the city, traveling back to Earth via the Stargate. Ancient City of Atlantis Atlantis is a fictional, technologically advanced city, featured in the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, the spin-off of Stargate SG-1, both of which are part of the Stargate science fiction setting. ...
In the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, the Wraith are a hive-based parasitic species that drove the Ancients out of the Pegasus Galaxy around 8000 BC. Ever since, they have been the dominant race of the Pegasus galaxy, and are the primary antagonists of the series, similar to...
The city was submerged in the ocean and was left like this to keep it intact and safe from the Wraith. Eventually, a team from Earth used the Stargate to travel to the City in search of knowledge and possible contact with its builders, ten thousand years after it was abandoned. Due to an energy shortage, the autonomous city released its clamps on the ocean floor and resurfaced.
Today, a team of humans from Earth makes up the bulk of Atlantis' urban inhabitants, and the city now acts as the secure main base for Stargate operations in the Pegasus Galaxy. [8]
The Tower City Ship  The City Ship on Eldred's Planet. Another city ship was encountered on a planet in the Pegasus galaxy, populated by a primitive people. This city was in much worse condition, having been exposed to the elements and largely buried since the Ancients abandoned it. Only the central tower remained visible. However, the weapon and power systems had remained active for a greater time, and were still used to defend the planet from the Wraith by humans with the ATA gene, indicating the crossbreeding of Ancients and humans on this planet. This was the only encountered city ship that did not contain a Stargate. [10] In the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, the Ancient Technology Activation gene (usually spoken as the ATA Gene), is a specific gene expression present in Ancients that is used as a sort of genetic key, so only their kind can operate some of their technology...
Asuras Another Ancient city ship, Asuras, was encountered in 2006 by the Atlantis Expedition. This city was constructed and inhabited by replicator form unascended Ancients, based on a failed Ancient experiment to fight the Wraith. This city was in perfect condition, and fully powered. The city ship was the centerpiece of a much larger metropolis which, like Atlantis, is located over water. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, the Replicators are a race of self-replicating machines. ...
However, after the Asurans discovered that Atlantis had survived the siege by the Wraith, they decided to attack Atlantis themselves, forcing the Atlantis Expedition to overload Asuras' ZPM's, destroying it. The rest of the Asuran cityscape remains intact on their homeworld.[2] The Asurans are a fictional race in the science fiction series Stargate Atlantis that bear many similarities to the Replicators of Stargate SG-1. ...
References - ^ "Hot Zone"
- ^ a b c d "Progeny"
- ^ a b "The Storm"
- ^ "Before I Sleep"
- ^ a b c "The Siege"
- ^ a b "Hide and Seek"
- ^ "The Brotherhood"
- ^ a b c d "Rising"
- ^ "Critical Mass"
- ^ a b "The Tower"
- ^ "Lost City" (Stargate SG-1)
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