Stargate (device)

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A Stargate is a ring shaped device of Ancient manufacture in an intergalactic network of such devices which allow near instant travel over intersteller distances via wormhole. The primary Earth stargate is operated by the US Air Force at Stargate Command.

Operation

Stargates are made of naquadah, a superconducting material that stores the energy required to form the wormhole. To connect to a remote location, a charged stargate "dials" its address combination with seven of the nine chevrons on the outer ring and the thirty-nine glyphs on the rotating inner ring. When the stargate locks onto a valid location, a large destructive "whoosh" appears momentarily, and is replaced by the shining water-like surface of the wormhole.

Many remote stargates have a "dial-home device," or DHD, to charge, dial, and activate the stargate. The stargate found in Egypt did not have a DHD, and it took the scientists years to Macgyver a solution.

Stargate Network

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Limitations

Under normal condition, a pair of stargates can not stay connected for more than 39 minutes.

There can be only one stargate per solar system. Only one of the two Earth stargates could be active at one time.