Stargate question

[bluflamingo]

Do Atlantis or the SGC have a way of knowing where they're being dialled from, if someone doesn't tell them? So if say Todd the Wraith dialled Atlantis, could they tell what planet he dialled in from?

I'm inclined to say no, but I can't remember if it ever came up on the show to say one way or the other (or indeed came up in the eight seasons of SG1 I haven't seen, yes, I suck as an SG1 fan).

Comments

[dossier]

I think it's hit or miss, depending on the writer of the episode. For example in 'Letters from Pegasus', Walter and Sam:

HARRIMAN: We have unscheduled offworld activation.

(Colonel Samantha Carter runs into the room and sits down at the control desk beside Walter.)

HARRIMAN: Receiving transmission.

(At that moment, the Stargate closes down again. Walter looks surprised that it closed down so quickly. On Sam's computer monitor, data is streaming across the screen.)

HARRIMAN: Who's it from?

(Sam looks at the screen, then turns round to Walter with a surprised expression on her face.)

CARTER: Atlantis!

I want to say there are other instances where they know who is dialing in, but exact scenes are failing me. I would think that Carter's jury rigged dialing program doesn't, and Atlantis' more integrated gate functions does. I think the SGC relies on the IDC from the GDO.

[bluflamingo]

Huh. I always assumed that she looked at the message to know it was from Atlantis, but it does make more sense that way. Either way, it sounds like it's not a standard and easy thing, which works. Thank you!

[slybrarian]

Yeah, it's implied that she knew it was from Atlantis based on iether the message or the fact that it came from outside the galaxy.

[slybrarian]

I think this falls in the category of 'maybe, maybe not'. They couldn't easily locate what planet Kolya was calling from in the episode with Todd. On the other hand, the Ancients were able to prevent the gate from opening when dialed from certain planets. It's possible that Atlantis has some way of doing caller ID, but the expedition doesn't know how to access that function.

[bluflamingo]

That's what someone suggested on the lj version as well - 'probably possible but we don't know yet' works for me in this case :o)

[princessofgeeks]

IMS, in SG1 they could not automatically tell where the incoming wormhole was from.

but i think they did fudge this on occasion. but in general no.

i dont' know about sga at all.

[bluflamingo]

That works, thanks!