Question propagation...

[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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[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Spinning v non-spinning: Maybe it's connected on the other side, but this is the dialing delay? And we have a rotary model stargate while some other ones have touchtone? I try not to think about it too closely.

Yeah, if a rock is heavy enough, it will permanently bury the Stargate. That's why the iris is offset normally.

I think in 100 days, it was able to break through because it wasn't solidly buried. The Stargate was just toppled over on dirt in Death Knell, so that just made a hole in ground (I do wonder though what they thought they could do if there was Jaffa. They'd be killed by the kawhoosh in trying to redial if using it as a foxhole).

But yes, any object, organic or not would normally be destroyed in the kawhoosh. Such as what happened to the Ancient Communication device.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

we have a rotary model stargate while some other ones have touchtone

Hee hee hee! And besides, "cooling is so much cooler than not spinning!"