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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4951787" data-attributes="member: 41321">In very early episodes they talked on at least one occasion about how they had to use a lot of complex algorithms to take into account the natural movement of stars and planets because they didn't have a DHD (dial-home-device, the thing you punch the gate address into), which did all those calculations in a normal gate, so technically, yes, they can connect to moving gates since all gates move in one way or another.I was referring to how gates are usually on planets, and that the gate address determines which gate to use by taking six points in space (constellations), drawing lines between them, and using the intersection of those lines, which means that, relative to those constellations, the gate is pretty much static.  It's at least limited to one star system.I have not watched every single episode, but I've spent the last few months watching up to the end of season 7 of SG-1 on Hulu, and as of that point I believe the only time we ever saw a gate on a ship receive a wormhole was when that ship was in orbit around a planet with a gate address.  The ship-bound gate couldn't establish a wormhole unless it was near a planet that had a gate.  This doesn't seem to be the case with Destiny.  The gate on that ship seems to be special (as evidenced by the fact that it actually looks different, and that they needed a ninth chevron and a hell of a lot of energy to dial into it).  Somehow the Ancients got it to allow incoming wormholes without them knowing where exactly in space the ship was.  Either that, or the ship was waiting for a crew in that one place for a very very long time, since I seem to recall the gate address for it was very very old.Maybe I just remembered that instead of thinking it up myself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I can't be expected to keep track of such things. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Yes there was.  The two heavily injured characters were in beds.  I believe there were even blankets on the beds.  I seriously doubt a group of people escaping an exploding planet would have through to bring mattresses with them.  I remember the beds because when I saw them I thought, "Wow, I wonder how old those were.  Did the vacuum of space preserve them so they didn't get all moldy and decayed?"  I also recall seeing benches and seats.  Not directly in front of the control panels, but they were there.  I think the observation deck had couches.There just wasn't any furniture in the gate room, which I think is reasonable.  Especially considering the way everyone entered at the beginning of the show it's probably best to keep the gate room as sparsely furnished as possible.I think I might actually go back to Hulu and watch the episode again to see if there are any other "clues" to pick up on. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Now that's a sign of a good show if I want to go back and watch it again within days of seeing it the first time.</blockquote>

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