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loriel_eris and lord_varos on this one, but I thought it would be nice to get some other opinions before I commit this to fic.In "Children of the Gods" Daniel says that he was unable to hit any active 'gates when dialing from Abydos. Can you think of any technical reasons we've seen in the series that would explain this?
My feeling is that the correlative updates kind of blew this away, but then there's also the attempt to separate off several 'gates into their own network, so perhaps Ra did something like that? (However if that was the case, how was Apophis able to dial out from the Abydos 'gate? And why didn't Ra lock out the Earth 'gate?)
To be honest, I'm kind of hoping no one can come up with a technical reason that makes sense and that I can claim Daniel lied.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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I think it hinges on the number of addresses he tried and how many times he dialed the addresses.
Exactly what I thought. And then I started wondering whether he had a schedule, and how much time exactly he spent at the dig, because Dr Jackson? Tons of time. Newly married Daniel? I'm thinking not so much. If he was being newly married Daniel, I can actually see him not retrying addresses - he'd know that he only had a limited time with the gate, so he'd try try others that might work, rather than ones he 'knows' don't work. Also, when did they realise that a gate could be blocked? Because if Daniel didn't know this, then he'd never re-try a gate. (Although, as someone else mentioned, he must have considered the fact that he could be getting an engaged tone...
*runs out of ramble-y content*
But the idea that he probably didn't have much time to spend putzing with the 'gate? I owe you and