Ribbon Devices

[Black Dove]

Here's a Q...

Why is a person who has lost their symbiote able to still use a Ribbon device?

Why do the new Ribbon Devices (Like the one Hathor had) look so chunky and kinda ugly compared to the one Ra used in the movie?

What powers the device?

Don't shoot I really don't know!

 

[Manco]

Originally posted by Black Dove
Here's a Q...

Why is a person who has lost their symbiote able to still use a Ribbon device?

I think its because the person still has traces of the Goa'uld in their blood.

SEASON 3 SPOLIER


As seen in the episode Fair Game when Carter healed Chronos

Bye

 

[the_Brainz]

Ribbon device info

I believe, as previously mentioned, that the ribbon device can still be used by somone who has lost their symbiont, because they retain the protein structure of that symbiont in their blood, and also remember how to use the device through the retained memories of the symbiont.

A guess as to how the device is powered; since I don't believe it has ever been mentioned (as far as I recall), it seems logical that the ribbon device would draw on the user's own body energy. The human body puts out a large amount of heat and electrical energy, and if you take into account the power that some religions/philosophies place on thought, the user could simply will the device to do as he wants. Alternatively, it could well have a small internal power source.

As for why they look so "chunky and kinda ugly compared to the one Ra used in the movie" -- well, why do Apophis' serpent guards' uniforms look so chunky and kinda ugly compared to Ra's guards' in the movie? Looking especially at the headsets, which in SG-1 hinge back in a decidedly incongruous manner, the ones in the movie that (with the benefit of some nifty computer graphics) slid all the way into the shoulder plates of the uniform were a darn sight better. One word: money. It's just too expensive to have effects like the movie headsets in a television series; as it is, SG-1 has extremely wowable special effects, but I suspect that this particular one was extremely difficult to produce, due to synching with the actor's movement. While a chunkier ribbon device probably wouldn't cost much less, on the other hand, it was probably done to maintain a consistency in the trend Apophis' and other Goa'uld equipment seems to have in the series towards "regression" -- ie, Ra had the bestestist* tech in the movie, and all the other system lords et al are somewhat behind. If this were not the reason, I can't think of any other, except perhaps that they lost the movie prop and had to make another one out of metal wire on the spur of the moment

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*bestestist adj. The state of being the best, above the bestest, which in turn is above the best. (Compare to good, better, best.)

Please don't take this seriously; "bestest" and "bestestist" are not words except in my own demented mind.

 

[higgie17]

hello ms retardo!

dear

i dont know a single thing about stargate, the reason a person can still use a ribon divice with out the simbiot is because of the protien marker left behind by the goul'd and another thing the new ribon divice as far as im concerned looks by far better than the one used by ra allthough not as powerfull !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jsc]

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[skydiver]

it's said in absolute power that only those that have naquadah in their blood can run a ribbon device. so it would stand to reason that sam & maybe cassie are the only two folks on earth that can.
as to what powers it, i've always thought, that like the healing device, it uses your own personal energy(basically it's like your body is the battery that charges the device.)
the red crystal on the palm is a focussing device that permits the user to control the force of their will...
it's never been stated on the show but i would think that if a person used the ribbon device too much too soon it would drain their physical energy...and if you look at sam's face in fair play when she heals cronos, she can obviously feel something when the thingie turns on.

to me, with a blended person the symbiote can use their strength to help the host but a non blended perosn doesn't have that advantage.

just my guess on it

 

[MICSG7]

Just be carefull you don't get an electric shock while wearing the ribbon device. That could leave some nasty damage. I think the naquada in their blood absorbs energy and the nerves channel it to the device. Then the naquada in the device collects the energy and blasts it.

 

[PTeppic]

[SPOILER - S2 - Thors Chariot]

I am fairly sure that is back in series 2 [Thors Chariot] suggests it is the naqahdah in her blood that gives her the power to control the device.

As for "clunky", compare the two:

 

[PTeppic]

The above is the Ra version,
the following, is Hathor's:

 

[shu_hunter]

Originally posted by Black Dove
Here's a Q...

Why is a person who has lost their symbiote able to still use a Ribbon device?

What powers the device?

Don't shoot I really don't know!

i think the thing that powers it is a mini naquedah reactor on the back of the hand. it's connected to the crystal thing in front.