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[eve11]

From a flist entry: Hey stargate peeps, does anyone know if it has been definitively explained why the Iris in the Stargate does not get vaporized in an initialization of a wormhole? I understand the idea that the placement so close to the formed wormhole prevents total rematerialization and hence stops projectiles and such, but how powerful, canonically, is the opening ka-whoosh? I know we've seen it vaporize people; what about other things?

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[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

I think one handwave is that if it's close, it gets vaporized, but if it fully covers it, and is close enough, nothing happens.

Mostly, the writers just ignored that, I think.

[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry for the double. I think the most logical way to do it would be for the iris to be open when the wormhole initializes, and then immediately shut.