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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kemrain" data-source="post: 2602069" data-attributes="member: 12153">"But the 8th chevron doesn't add depth, it expands it. The galaxy, while pretty flat, is still immensely thick, and all stargate addresses need to be found in three dimentions. The 8th chevron is more like an area code; it tells the stargate how far away it should start looking for the coordinates you've given it. I think time is likley, too, but we have no idea yet. I'd love to be able to ask an Ancient, but there aren't too many left these days.""The DHD has a power element, but its power output is surprisingly small. Linking them together would take thousands if not tens of thousands of DHD's to get enough power to lock the 8th chevron. Plus, they have circuitry that would need to be bypassed that regulate how much power they output... The DHD power supplies are built to last, sure, but they aren't the endless power that you think they are. One of Carter's Naquada Reactors is much better for that sort of application, and even they can't crack the 8th chevron. Really, the thing needs truely immense ammounts of energy that we can't feasibly put into it. Plus, we only know one eight digit address, and it's knocking on the doorstep of the Asgard."</blockquote>