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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Matt" data-source="post: 2423409" data-attributes="member: 1213">Meh.  The recall device thing was a one-off ep that doesn't really jive well with the SG universe.  Especially in times of war, Goauld weapons change sides pretty often.  Thanks to genetic memory, most of their stuff is standardized, and whenever a Goauld is defeated, whats left of his army joins  up with the winner.  Singe-Goauld recall devices would really mess with that, I dont see how they can necessarily differentiate between whose use would not activate them (it cant be a species thing because otherwise the X-301 Tealc was using would not have been activated), and I see no incentive not to lock it against other Goauld anyway.  I guess it would have to be that the device gets cranky when it detects modifications in the overall device, but that too is weird because Goauld do like to upgrade their ships when they can.  Besides, pieces have been routinely taken from Goauld ships since.  The Promethius was using bits and pieces of Al-Kesh, including power and engines, for quite a long time.  For that reason, too, I don't think there would be much difficulty getting to  integrate them into a ship's systems.  Speaking of which, since they are relatively light, self-contained, have infinite ammo, and are easy to steal/salvage from battlefields, I wonder why none of the 302s have  glider cannons to supplement their missiles.</blockquote>