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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SurfMonkey01" data-source="post: 1138760" data-attributes="member: 1898">Here's a little more I came up with thanks to some help from the RPG.Net guys... The black Stargate functions very differently than other gates. Although the destination world must still have a Stargate, travellers do not actually arrive through the Gate itself. A wormhole is established as normal on the originating side, but on the other side there is no “flush” or fanfare. Instead, the Gate simply fills with black liquid for a few moments, then goes idle once more. There is one other difference in the black Gates that is likely the most significant: because of the different way the wormholes are established, travel through them actually occurs faster than regular gates, allowing travellers to actually re-materialize several klicks from the destination gate! There is a downside to these new functions, however. Once a wormhole has been established, a minimum of 24 hours must pass before the gate has built enough energy reserves back up to establish another wormhole with. This means that SG-0 is on its own for a full day before it has the option of dialing back home. If they’re in really dire straits, they could simply dial the gate the normal method, but then they’re more than likely going to end up in the presence of people who aren’t supposed to know their existence…</blockquote>