Stargates

The Stargate is a circle about six meters in diameter. It is made of naquadah, a special element found on some planets. The gate appears to be immune to the

effect of aging. It consists of two circles. The outer circle is stationary with nine locks (chevrons), the inner circle rotates and contains 39 symbols. 38 symbols represent the constellations, the 39th symbol is the starting point, which is unique for each gate. The element from which the gate is built directly absorbs energy. Its internal function converts this energy and charges capacitor-like tanks. But the inner circle only starts to rotate when the energy reserve is sufficient. The material of the gate is a superconductor, it absorbs energy in many forms - electric, thermal, nuclear, solar. The operation can be compared to a telephone. The address is entered on a special circular input device, the so-called DHD.The SGC uses a super-powerful computer instead, because DHD was allegedly not found in Giza. (It turns out later that the DHD was in Giza. It fell into German hands and was confiscated by the Russians after World War II.) The address consists of seven symbols. Six symbols are needed to determine the position inside three-dimensional space, and a seventh symbol is needed to determine the direction - the starting point. When entering the address, the inner circle of the gate starts to rotate and the entered symbols gradually fit into the individual locks, which light up. If all seven symbols fit, which means that the gate on the other side is accessible, a neutrino energy discharge will occur and a stable wormhole will form between the two gates. The illusion of water when activating the gate is created by the boundaries of the wormhole formed by quantum particles. The gate can be opened not only by DHD or supercomputer, but also manually,if a sufficient source of energy is available. The maximum time for which the gate can be opened is 38 minutes, after which the wormhole collapses (if the gate does not receive any alternative energy source - see A Matter of Time and Watergate). As it passes through the gate, there is a molecular decomposition of matter, which, when exiting through the second gate, rematerializes back to its original form. Matter travels unidirectionally, waves (eg radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.after which the gate can be opened is 38 minutes, then the wormhole collapses (if the gate does not receive any alternative energy source - see A Matter of Time and Watergate). As it passes through the gate, there is a molecular decomposition of matter, which, when exiting through the second gate, rematerializes back to its original form. Matter travels unidirectionally, waves (eg radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.after which the gate can be opened is 38 minutes, then the wormhole collapses (if the gate does not receive any alternative energy source - see A Matter of Time and Watergate). As it passes through the gate, there is a molecular decomposition of matter, which, when exiting through the second gate, rematerializes back to its original form. Matter travels unidirectionally, waves (eg radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.then the wormhole collapses (unless the gate receives any alternative power source - see A Matter of Time and Watergate). As it passes through the gate, there is a molecular decomposition of matter, which, when exiting through the second gate, rematerializes back to its original form. Matter travels unidirectionally, waves (eg radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.then the wormhole collapses (unless the gate receives any alternative power source - see A Matter of Time and Watergate). As it passes through the gate, there is a molecular decomposition of matter, which, when exiting through the second gate, rematerializes back to its original form. Matter travels unidirectionally, waves (eg radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.radio waves, gamma rays, gravitational waves) can pass in both directions. The gateway has the ability to use density, molecular structure, and the force acting on the event horizon to determine whether someone or something is really trying to pass through it. Stargates are scattered on many planets throughout our galaxy and beyond. The creators of the Stargates were the Ancients, one of the four races of the former alliance.

Dr. During his stay in Abydos, Daniel Jackson discovered a map of a vast network of stargates, which became a source of addresses for SG teams' expeditions to other planets. For a long time, it was the only source, until all of their knowledge was mistakenly uploaded to O'Neill's brain on the planet P3R-272 from the Ancients' archives. Thanks to this newly acquired information, Jack entered a number of addresses of other gateways into the computer that did not appear in the Abydos "directory" (see The Fifth Race). Since then, the SGC has had stargate addresses in its database from two sources - the Goa'uld map on Abydos and the Antiquities archive.

The Earth Stargate was found in 1928 by Professor Langford in Giza, Egypt. She was transported to an underground base in the USA, where she was investigated by the Air Force. In 1945, President Roosevelt ordered experiments with the gate. Scientists at the time thought the gate was a weapon or could be used. The experiments were led by Professor Langford, the discoverer of the gate. The Americans managed to successfully activate the gate in 1945 and one of the members of the research team, Dr. Ernest Littlefield, passed through the gate to the planet, which was later designated as P3X-972. Fifty years later, as the Pentagon declassified old archival material, Dr. Jackson learned of the experiments of the 1940s. Team SG-1 went to the mentioned planet and brought dr. Littlefield back to Earth (see The Torment of Tantalus). After the failure of the 1940s, when the connection with Dr. Littlefield,the program was terminated and renewed only in the 90s thanks to Catherine Langford, daughter of prof. Langford. Once with the help of dr. Jackson managed to successfully activate the gate and Jackson discovered the Abydos directory, the whole project was in full swing.

The Stargate is located at the SGC base on the lower floors of an underground complex on Mount Cheyenne, Colorado. The gate itself is located on the last, 28th floor. To prevent the intrusion of uninvited visitors, it protects the ground gate of the iris. It is a protective shield made of pure titanium. The iris is located three micrometers from the boundary of the wormhole, which effectively prevents the mass from reintegrating. In case of iris failure, there is a safety device in the complex, which would detonate and destroy the entire mountain in which the complex is located. When the iris was destroyed in episode A Matter of Time, when the gravity of a black hole pulled it through a gate to the planet P3W-451, a new tris-enriched iris was installed. Iris will only open if a team on a mission outside Earth sends its code from a special transmitter, the so-called GDO (eg team code SG-1 is 7062957 0282002).Iris was installed after Apophis invaded Earth (see Children of the Gods I).

During the series, it turns out that there are two gates on Earth. The second gate was accidentally discovered in Antarctica, fifty miles southwest of McMurdo Air Force Base (see Solitudes). This gateway was transported to Nellis to a facility in Groom Lake (called Area 51) in the Nevada desert, where all the technologies that SG teams will bring to Earth are sent. The gate was supposed to be locked, but mysteriously lost and was used for some time by NID agents led by Colonel Maybourne (see Touchstone). She was eventually transported back with the help of SG-1 and General Hammond. The first gate ended up at the bottom of the ocean when the SG-1 team transferred it aboard Thor's ship Biliskner infested with replicators so that he could flee to another planet. The ship then crashed and landed on the Pacific floor (see Nemesis). Since then, the SGC has used the Antarctic Gate, which was transported to the base from Area 51.The first, the Egyptian gate, fell into the hands of the Russians, who launched their own Stargate program in a secret complex in Siberia. However, it only worked for 37 days, exploring seven planets before the accident (see Watergate).

The Goa'uld, Jaffa and Abydos call the stargate chaapa´ai. For other nations on different planets, it is a stone circle, a passage, a large circle of standing water, a circle of kakona (circle of misery), etc.

39 symbols on the Earth's Stargate:

First the order on the Stargate is given, then the Czech name and then the Latin name and the official abbreviation used in astronomy.

1. Earth (starting point) - *each stargate has a unique starting point*

2. Cup - Crater [Crt]

3. Virgo - Virgo [Vir]

4. Shepherd - Bootes [Boo]

5. Centaur - Centaurus [Cen]

6. Libra - Libra [Lib]

7. Snake head \* - Serpens Caput [Ser]

8. Ruler - Norma [Nor]

9. Scorpio - Scorpius [Sco]

10. Southern Crown - Corona Australis [CrA]

11. Shield - Scutum [Sct]

12. Sagittarius [Sgr]

13. Eagle - Aquilla [Aql]

14. Miniature - Microscopium [Mic]

15. Ibex - Capricornus [Cap]

16. Southern fish - Piscis Austrinus [PsA]

17. Hobby - Equuleus [Equ]

18. Aquarius - Aquarius [Aqr]

19. Pegas - Pegasus [Peg]

20. Sculptor - Sculptor [Scl]

21. Fish - Pisces [Psc]

22. Andromeda - Andromeda [And]

23. Triangle - Triangulum [Tri]

24. Aries, Aries - Aries

25. Perseus - Perseus [Per]

26. Whale - Cetus [Cet]

27. Bull - Taurus [Tau]

28. Vozka - Auriga [Aur]

29. Eridanus - Eridanus [Eri]

30. Orion - Orion [Ori]

31. Little dog - Canis Minor [CMi]

32. Unicorn - Monoceros [Mon]

33. Gemini - Gemini [Gem]

34. Water snake - Hydra [Hya ]

35. Lynx - Lynx [Lyn]

36. Cancer - Cancer [Cnc]

37. Sextant - Sextans [Sex]

38. Little Lion - Leo Minor [LMi]

39. Lion - Leo [Leo]

\* The constellation Snake consists of two parts - Caput (head) and Cauda (body) - separated by Hadonoš. The constellation is supposed to represent Hadonos wrapped in a snake.

*To find out the names of individual constellations in Czech and Latin abbreviations, I used the Interpretive Astronomical Dictionary. Brno, Jota 1996, pp. 203-204.*

On these pages you will find information about the symbols on the gate and the addresses of the planets (it's clear and I don't think it needs translation into Czech):

http://www.rdanderson.com/stargate/glyphs/glyphs.htm

vortxweb.net/meli/ sg1 / ref\_glyphs-t.htm

vortxweb.net/meli/sg1/ref\_address.htm