Stargate

The **Stargates** (also known as Astria Porta, Chappa'ai, and Gateway to the Heavens) are networked devices created by the Ancients as a mode of interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic travel.

## Technical Information

Stargates function as a large Naquadah superconductor allowing for several different forms of energy to fuel the device, the creation of one of these sub-space Einstein-Rosen bridge, connecting two different planets allowing for easier travel between planets and star systems, the gates require a dialling system to locate worlds in space, the symbols around the gate (known as glyphs to the Humans of Earth) correspond to different constellations in the galaxy, and are locked in by the gate's chevrons, the chevrons one through six locate the destination in 3-dimensional space, the seventh identifies the point of origin, an eighth chevron would allow someone to connect to a different galaxy's network, and a ninth chevron would allow one to travel to the original prototype aboard the Starship Destiny, wherever in the universe it may be.

The activation sequence creates an unstable vortex prior to the stabilization of the wormhole, it is not recommended for any organic lifeform to stand in front of the blast as they will be instantly disintegrated, typically, a Stargate can only remain open for a 38-Minute window without needing additional power, though there have been times when planets have been dialled only for their gates to remain powered beyond the standard window, both those occurrences caused by the Tau'ri

The first instance occurred when the SGC explored the planet P3W-451, they of course didn't realise that the planet was about to be consumed by a nearby Black Hole, the gravitational pull of the Black Hole caused the Earth gate to be affected, threatening to cause all Earth's mass to be sucked through the gate, as the Black Hole went closer to P3X-451 temporal anomalies caused by the extreme gravitational distortion began appear within the Cheyenne Mountain complex, the Stargate on P3W-451, now in orbit of the black hole, said Stargate would later go on to be used by the SGC to cause the planet Vorash's sun to go supernova, assisting in the destruction of a large part of Apophis's rebuilt forces, as well as the evacuation of the Tok'ra to their new homeworld.

Another incident occurred following the Alpha Gate being taken by the Russian Military following a brief attack on the Asgard Thor by the Replicators, the Russians briefly created their own Stargate program, after dialling an aquatic world, and the Alpha Gate was unable to shut down, after the SGC began experiencing issues with the Beta Gate, the Russians decided to entre into a joint operation with the SGC, sending a small submersible too through the Alpha Gate to the Water Planet, the planet was later revealed to be the homeworld of a race of water based lifeforms, and the gate was eventually closed.

Stargates been improved over several iterations, the Stargates have been improved and rendered less risky.

### First Generation Stargate

The Prototypes which are found in the Alteran Home Galaxy, are the original devices which were created by the Ancients as a method of non-ship based FTL travel, they where placed in a straight line from one end of their galaxy to the other though like the other networks, the alignments have drifted over time.

Due to their less advanced nature, these Gates had massive differences from the later generations, the dialling system involved the entire structure rotating to encode the chevrons, the gates not even having individual DHDs, instead relying on small dialling devices which are only located on the Starship Destiny, even then, the gates can't access all gates in their galaxy's network, and the fact that they could easily be damaged (implying they are not constructed of Naquadah).

### Second Generation

The Second Generation Stargates were constructed across several worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy, with at least one similar gate located on the Asgard Homeworld, the networks seems to begin on Earth, as the Glyph for the point of origin appears similar to the pyramids in Giza, and the glyphs correspond to different Human constellations, they are the first gates to have individual DHDs (the only acceptation being Earth's Alpha Gate which lost it's DHD when it was buried after the Tau'ri Uprising, the only DHD on Earth is paired to the Beta Gate in Antarctica).

They seem to be extremely powerful, their Naquadah structure can soak up most damage from energy weapons, kinetic weapons, etc, with some having survived for thousands of years after being encased in ice, struck with meteors, and even being caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole, though evidence has shown that there are at least two known weapons that can destroy gates, one being a weapon created by the rouge System Lord, Anubis, and another being invented by the Tau'ri, though destroying them is not recommended as their destruction has been known to produce roughly the equivalent energy as the detonation of 12 nuclear warheads.

### Third Generation

Third Generation Stargates, found throughout the Pegasus Galaxy, unlike other Stargate Networks, the glyphs light up instead of spinning, and without a specific control crystal, they are incapable of dialling into another galaxy's network.
The only variation on the Pegasus Gates are the Spacegates, they are distinguished their position in orbit around a planet, rather than on it's surface, they have aesthetic differences in the form of three power nodes placed in a triangular formation along the Gates' circumference, and the lack of an Eighth Chevron. Due to the fact of the Spacegates being, well, in space, they have no individual DHDs, because of this, the Lanteans created the Puddle Jumpers, a kind of craft not to dissimilar to a Goa'uld Needle Threader, with the major difference of an unfolding back half, and a built in dialling pad, these craft were later reverse engineered in the form of the Wraith Dart.

## Other Stargates

Though rarely achieved, some cultures and individuals have been able to reverse engineer, and even manipulate gates to fulfil an altered purpose.

### Tollan/Nox Stargate

When the Tollan civilization settled on their new homeworld of Tollana, they had left their Stargate on their original homeworld of Tollan, so along with the assistance of the Nox to settle Tollana, they constructed a new gate, the device is smaller and thinner than the Ancients' gates, and it doesn't have the rotating symbols like most other gates in the Milky Way, in fact, the precise nature of the gates mechanics, how it dials other gates, and how it connects with the rest of the network, is a mystery which none have yet solved.

When the Ancient Orlin corporealized, he constructed the Gate out of Titanium, Fibre-Optic Cables, and a toaster, all in the confines of Major Samantha Carter's basement, and it was large enough to have two Humanoids in a reclined position to pass through it and send them to a regular sized Stargate, the Gate was constructed to solely transport Orlin to the planet Velona to prevent the SGC from activating an Ancient Superweapon.

## Impact on Interstellar Society

The Milky Way has the most activity related to their Stargate network, the main activity is by the Goa'uld Empire, typically they use them for transportation of resources and the harvesting of Humans from the many worlds of their domains, whether they be forced into slavery, or become the host of a Goa'uld symbiote, other powers who make use of the Milky Way's network include the likes of the Tok'ra and the Lucian Alliance.

### The Tau'ri and the SGC

The Humans of Earth originally had a Stargate, but that gate (later referred to as the Beta Gate to the SGC) was lost beneath the Antarctic ice, so a new one was brought by the Goa'uld (which would later be known as the Alpha Gate to the SGC) and the Alpha Gate was placed in Giza, when the Humans (or Tau'ri to the Goa'uld) learned that their gods were not, well, gods, they overthrew the Goa'uld, driving them back into the heavens, and burring the Alpha Gate beneath the shifting sands.

The Alpha Gate was rediscovered during an archaeological dig in 1928, along with the gate, a coverstone was uncovered, bearing the coordinates of Abydos, reactivation of the Gate wasn't tested until 1945, when a group of American scientists, including one Professor Paul Langford, the head of the archaeological dig which uncovered the gate, due to the fact that the Alpha Gate's DHD was lost, the chevrons had to be locked in manually, through this manual dialling, they accidentally opened a wormhole to the planet Heliopolis, home to an old meeting place for the Alliance of Four Great Races, unfortunately, one researcher was sent through the Gate and lost after the the half hour window shut, stranding him on the planet, after this incident, the Alpha Gate was put into storage.

The next attempt at activating the Alpha Gate happened 70 years after the Gate was originally rediscovered, the cartouche on the coverstone was decoded by one Doctor Daniel Jackson, who managed to identify the point of origin, allowing the team working on the Stargate to dial the planet Abydos, Daniel Jackson and Corneal Jack O'Neill were among a small group of explorers who went to Abydos, on Abydos, they made contact with a group of Humans who had been brought there countless generations prior, they also encountered Ra, the Supreme System Lord of the Goa'uld Empire, who after discovering the nuclear device brought to the planet by the Human expedition, enhanced the weapon with a small amount of a mineral (presumed to be Naquadah) attempting to destroy Earth, the visiting Earthlings induced a revolution in the Abydosian Humans, and the enhanced nuclear device was returned to Ra's mothership, destroying the ship and killing Ra in the process, most of the crew returned back to Earth, but Daniel remained on Abydos with his wife.