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[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Asgard Technology]]
=Technology of the Asgard=
==Summary==
The Asgard are an alien race from another galaxy, who influence the
Milky Way galaxy in the fights against the Goa'uld. They are extremely
technologically advanced, and have gifted their technologies to the
Tau'ri, who have used them to defend Earth and her interests.


==Asgard Technology==
===Devices===
{|
|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Communications Stone]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Communications Stone - An Asgard communications stone is a device that is used for communication across great distances. It is a clear stone with Asgard writing around the edges, sized small enough to fit in the palm of a human hand. It is shaped roughly in a smoothed and polished triangular shape. Five small white lights glow within it at the points and along the edges. A person using it needs to only hold it and speak for it to be used. Thor told O'Neill that it would only work as long as Thor's ship was in orbit around Earth. The device given by Thor is most likely at Area 51 after being used at the Asgard-Goa'uld summit, if not given back to the Asgard. (3.03 "Fair Game")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Stargate Dialer]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Stargate Dialer - The Asgard Stargate Dialer is used to redial a Stargate for an outgoing wormhole without using a dialing system, or waiting for the gate to dial. It is a small stone similar to an Asgard Communications Stone. It glows with a yellow light when it is activated, which seemingly can be done with just a thought. The Stargate the device is used will fill with an event horizon similar to a glass being filled, bottom to top, and all seven chevrons will instantly light. Likely, similar rules to Stargate dialing are in effect, as this device is just to dial faster. Thor possessed one, and used it when he called upon the SGC for help against the Replicators. Other races are known to possess a device of similar operation, including Lya of the Nox, and Cassandra of the future, but it is unknown if they are an Asgard invention or not. (1.17 "Enigma", 2.21 "1969", 4.01 "Small Victories Part 2")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Personal Cloaking Device]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Personal Cloaking Device - The Asgard have gifted advanced technology to several human cultures, including the Tau'ri, the Cimmerians, and a primitive culture known as Tirnoks. In the case of the Tirnoks, the Asgard provided at least one of these devices as a way of hiding from predators. The device is sized to fit comfortably in a human hand, is dull red in color, and is shaped like a stylized heart split down the middle. Upon activating the device, the holder simply vanishes, and can reappear at will. This technology has only been seen in handheld form and it is unknown why it is not adapted for Asgard ships, owing to the immense tactical advantage this technology would give. The SGC temporarily had access to one, stealing it from the Tirnoks hideout cave. The Asgard removed the device from their possession and it is likely back in the hands of the Tirnok. (3.18 "Shades of Grey")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Time Dilation Device]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Time Dialation Device - The Asgard have mastered technology for the alteration of time. Their devices are quite sophisticated, capable of slowing time down to a factor of 10,000 at a radius of 0.16 light years. (Approx. 938,511,360,000 miles. In total surface area of the distortion it would be 2,767,126,034,079,528,074,241,638.4 square miles.) Replicators made modifications to the Asgard device, intended to contain the Replicator species for several years, to speed up time by a factor of 100. The device consisted of a large boxy shaped object, composed of neutronium. Another time dialation device (Unknown if Asgard or not, it's design was radically different that the first.) was gifted by the Tau'ri by Kvasir in order to seal off a distortion that was sending alternate members of SG-1 to an alternate reality. This device consisted of a silver sphere around one foot in diameter, supported by four silver spindly legs at right angles around it. It was never used as intended, and is likely back in the hands of the Asgard. (6.12 "Unatural Selection", 9.13 "Ripple Effect")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:11001.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Thor's Hammer]]
|valign="top"|Thor's Hammer - Thor's Hammer is an Asgard device whose function is to defend a planet from Goa'uld incursion. The device is actually two devices working in concert, the first being a large oblisk that sits in front of the Stargate that contains Asgard sensors and transporters. The second device is an archway that uses an unknown technology (never stated directly, but could be conjectured to be an energy field designed specific to Goa'uld physiology) to inflict great pain and eventually death upon the symbiote, leaving the host alive. The archway device (at least in the case of Cimmeria's example) was built as the exit for a labrynth that served as the holding pen for the Goa'uld and host. Upon arrival, they were greeted by a hologram of Thor in his Norse warrior appearance. The hologram would introduce itself as Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard fleet, and that Cimmeria was considered free of Goa'uld meddling, and that only the host could leave this labrynth alive. The Goa'ld would have no worshipers, no technology, only basic sustenance and time. Some form of dampening field would be active inside the device, preventing Goa'uld technology from working inside. Such a device would likely supress the nahquadah, as it is specific to Goa'uld technology.
Eventually, after a Goa'uld would make its way through the maze, they would come to the end, which was guarded by a Thor's hammer-stylized stone arch. A Jaffa or a Goa'uld would experience great pain as they tried to step through this arch, and passing through the entire arch would kill the Goa'uld. Teal'c experienced pain with his symbiote as he tried to step through. A human without a symbiote would pass through without the slightest feeling or device reaction. A staff weapon blast was sufficient to destroy the technology within the arch. After the SGC destroyed Thor's Hammer and Cimmeria was vulnerable again, the Asgard installed a new Thor's Hammer, one that would make an exception to Teal'c. (1.10 "Thor's Hammer", 2.06 "Thor's Chariot")
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===Non-Specific Asgard Technology===
{|
|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|[[Asgard Beaming Technology|Beaming Technology]]]]
|valign="top"|[[Asgard Beaming Technology]] - The Asgard use a beaming device for instantaneous transmission across great distances. The devices are equipped on Asgard starships, and have also been used as an offensive weapon. Objects that are to be beamed are scanned with a white light that shines over the object, and a high-pitched whine is emitted. The object then appears to be drawn towards the emission of the light. On arrival, there is a white flash of light accompanied by a low-pitched whine. Objects can be beamed that are larger than the internal volume of Asgard vessels has been observed (ha'tak pyramid bases), and it is unknown how this is is accomplished. The pyramids were beamed out in a more gradual way that could hint at a form of deconstruction. The Asgard have gifted their beaming technology to the Tau'ri, and it is currently being used aboard the Daedalus-class vessels in Earth's fleet, albeit with safeguards preventing the technology to be used as a weapons platform. Anubis also stole the technology from Thor's mind, and ships of Anubis, Osiris, and Ba'al have been known to use beaming technology. (2.06 "Thor's Chariot", 3.22 "Nemesis Part 1", 9.16 "Off the Grid", 9.20 "Camelot")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:colsons-asgard.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Cloning Technology]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Cloning Technology - The Asgard have altered their physical bodies through genetic manipulation to the point where meiosis (sexual reproduction) is no longer possible. Instead, they are formed through a complex process of mitosis. The bodies are grown in vitro and are fully grown adults in four months. As the Asgard have perfected mind transferal via computers, this has given the Asgard a limited form of immortality, as an individual Asgard cannot die if their mind can be restored and a fresh body cloned for them. As the Asgard find it distasteful to destroy a life everytime they transfer minds, new Asgard bodies have almost no intellect. Humans have successfully taught a fresh Asgard clone to walk, but little else. (5.22 "Revelations", 8.08 "Covenant")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Computer Technology]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Computer Technology - Asgard computers are radically advanced compared to their Tau'ri counterparts. Asgard computers are capable of calculating hyperspace journeys at billions of times the speed of light, as well as communications across the galaxies and creation of matter from stored data. Quantification in human terms, such as bytes and hertz, is likely impossible. Asgard computer terminals consist of a curved off-white panel, with several white markings arranged in a grid. These white markings are the same size and shape of a small pearl white device of similar size and shape of a Asgard Stargate Dialer. When a device is placed on a marking, the position and orientation of the device is used to access files and control the ship. In addition to Asgard ships, a Asgard computer is known to be installed onboard the ''Daedalus'', where Hermiod keeps his engineer station. These consoles appear to be modular, as one was removed from the ''Daedalus'' and used on Atlantis without any appreciable setup. (3.22 "Nemesis Part 1"; ''Stargate Atlantis'': 2.20 "Allies Part 1")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Defense Shielding]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Defensive Shielding - Asgard starships use a projected field of energy to defend against weapon attacks, space debris, and other harms in space. Asgard shielding is regarded as the most powerful in the known galaxies, surpassed only by the Ori/Ancients. For Asgard starships, it resolves as a ellipsoid shaped field centered around the starship. For the Beliskner-class, the field is orange tinted. As for the O'Neill- and Jackson-class vessels, the field is white tinted. Given that at least the O'Neill-class (it can be conjectured that due to the name of the Jackson-class, it is also a recent addition to the Asgard fleet) is upgraded from other Asgard technology, the white field is more powerful than the orange. The ''Prometheus'' and Daedalus-class vessels are equipped with Asgard shielding, which resolves as white fields as well. (4.01 "Small Victories Part 1", 8.02 "New Order Part 2", 9.20 "Camelot")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Holographic Technology]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Holographic Technology - Asgard communications are conducted for the most part through holographic image. Asgard ships are capable of recording and emitting holographic images at a distance at least in orbit around Earth to the surface. The equipment only resolves the person using it, and appears almost identical to their normal appearance, with a bit of white light suffused around them. As well, Asgard computers can resolve a person from just their thoughts as they sit in stasis. Prerecorded holographic images are completely identical to a living person, with occasional bursts of light. It also appears that non-starship equipment (likely bigger and heavier, as well as more precise) is capable of recording and transmitting identical images in real-time across vast distances. (Cimmeria to Othala and back again) (2.06 "Thor's Chariot, 3.22 "Nemesis Part 1, 8.08 "Covenant")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Hyperspace Technology]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Hyperspace Technology - Asgards are quite likely the best in the known galaxies with hyperdrive technology. Even Ancient hyperdrives (both interstellar and intergalactic models) are not as powerful or speedy as known Asgard technology. Hyperdrives are used to cross the vast distances between star systems and galaxies. As Einstein's theory of special relativity has theorized that as a ship approaches a speed equivalent to light, it's mass would increase and time would pass more slowly. As the theoretical values get unmanagable at speeds close to light (time completely stops and mass grows larger than the known universe), not to mention that it would still take four years to reach the most nearby star to Earth, a new method of superluminal transportation must be discovered.
The Asgard method appears to tunnel into an alternate space, but it has never been stated how this alternate space works. Distances in real space could correspond to vastly closer distances in hyperspace, or if relativity does not apply to hyperspace and extreme velocity
without the accompanying effects is possible. It is known that this
alternate space is identical to separate starships, because as many as
four ships have been seen simulataneously in the same hyperspace
tunnel. Whichever the method of operation, Asgard technology is
extremely fast. They have been known to travel thousands of light
years in mere minutes. Even towing an inert Prometheus, an
O'Neill-class was capable of transversing the space between Earth and
the Ida galaxy in only one hour. (At a stated value of four million
light years, this is over 35 billion times the speed of light.) In
addition to Asgard vessels, Asgard hyperdrives were introduced into
the Prometheus and Daedalus-class vessels of Earth, where they preform
on levels hundreds of times inferior to Asgard vessels, but still
among the best in the galaxy. Goa'uld and Replicators are also known
to utilize hyperspace technology. (4.01 "Small Victories Part 2", 6.12
"Unnatural Selection", 8.12 "Prometheus Unbound", SGA)
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Matter Creation Technology]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Matter Creation Technology - Asgard starships appear to have the technology to create matter from stored forms of information. (While this is never stated to be such, the fact that Thor replicated both food for Carter and weapons for O'Neill, the matter is likely permanent and not a simulation.) This technology, while mostly unquantified, is capable of creating about anything from a stored set of values,likely from an amount of "blank" matter stored on the ship. The technology has been observed to create Replicator blocks (along with simulated Replicator behavior), as well as Asgard food (apparently unpalatable to humans, based on Carter's reaction), and weapons designed by the Ancient knowledge contained in O'Neill. While such technology has been observed in Beliskner-class and Jackson-class vessels, both vessels were commanded by Thor at the time. (Either it really pays to be Supreme Commander, or the technology is in all Asgard vessels.) It is unknown if this technology has been gifted to the Tau'ri, as it has never been explicitly stated nor denied. (4.01 "Small Victories Part 1", 8.01 "New Order Part 1")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Sensors]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Sensors - Asgard sensors, like most Asgard technology, are among the best in the galaxy. They have been demonstrated to work from several light years, resolving even to single lifesigns at these distances, and penetrating Goa'uld and Ancient shielding systems. They work via the emission of white light shaped into a thin arc-shaped plane that is swept around. Objects, ranging from humans to starships and their contents take around ten seconds before being fully scanned. Beliskner-class vessels, Replicator warships, the ''Prometheus'' and Daedalus-class ships, and Thor's Hammer are known to be equipped with Asgard sensors. (1.10 "Thor's Hammer", 6.12 "Unnatural Selection")
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|valign="top"|[[Image:stargatesg1-title.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Ship-to-Ship Weaponry]]
|valign="top"|Asgard Ship-to-Ship Weaponry - Asgard weaponry is apparently energy based. The Beliskner-class and O'Neill-class both fire a bluish-white pulse of energy (visually similar to Tollan Ion Cannon fire, suggesting a similarity in technology) that is highly destructive towards starships. Goa'uld ha'taks could not withstand a single volley before destruction. Anubis gave Ancient technology upgrades to his ha'taks which made them resistant to Asgard weaponry, but the O'Neill-class had weaponry that could still destroy Anubis's warships. However, even the mighty O'Neill-class could not damage the Ori warships sent to the Milky Way. While the devices used aboard the ships mentioned have never been seen, Kvasir did loan the SGC an Asgard energy weapon at one point, and this device was seen. It was a semi-spherical black device that was about as tall as a man or slightly smaller. The device would emit a pulse of energy visually similar to Asgard weapons from the flat plane. As Kvasir strictly pointed out, the device was only on loan to the SGC, so it is back in the hands of the Asgard once again. (5.22 "Revelations", 8.02 "New Order Part 2", 9.13 "Ripple Effect", 9.20 "Camelot")
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===Starships===
{|
|valign="top"|[[Image:20606.jpg|thumb|170px|left|[[Beliskner-Class Ship]]]]
|valign="top"|[[Beliskner-Class Ship]] - The Beliskner-Class Ship is the name for the most commonly seen type of Asgard ship. It is named after the first ship of its type seen in the series, the Beliskner, commanded by Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet. The first time we see the Beliskner-Class is in the episode 3.22 "Nemesis", although it was indirectly seen in 2.06 "Thor's Chariot".
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|valign="top"|[[Image:522oneillclass.jpg|thumb|170px|left|[[O'Neill-Class Ship]]]]
|valign="top"|[[O'Neill-Class Ship]] - The O'Neill-Class ship is the name for the Asgard ship first seen in 4.01 "Small Victories Part 2". It is the first Asgard ship designed to fight the Replicators, and is the most advanced ship of its time. It is named for Jack O'Neill of the SGC, for his actions in assisting the Asgard war against the Replicators in 3.22 "Nemesis
Part 1".
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|valign="top"|[[Image:703jackson-ship01.jpg|thumb|170px|left|[[Jackson-Class Ship]]]]
|valign="top"|[[Jackson-Class Ship]] - The Daniel Jackson Mothership is the latest starship design of the Asgard. It has been shown to be similar to the Beliskner-Class ship in it's role for the Asgard fleet, as an exploratory/science vessel, as opposed to the O'Neill-Class Warship. The first time we see a ship of this class is 7.03 "Fragile Balance."
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==Episodes==
* [[1.10 "Thor's Hammer" Episode Guide|1.10 "Thor's Hammer"]]
* [[2.06 "Thor's Chariot" Episode Guide|2.06 "Thor's Chariot"]]
* [[2.16 "The Fifth Race" Episode Guide|2.16 "The Fifth Race"]]
* [[3.03 "Fair Game" Episode Guide|3.03 "Fair Game" Episode Guide]]
* [[3.06 "Point Of View" Episode Guide|3.06 "Point Of View"]]
* [[3.18 "Shades Of Grey" Episode Guide|3.18 "Shades Of Grey"]]
* [[3.22 "Nemesis Part 1" Episode Guide|3.22 "Nemesis" Part 1"]]
* [[4.01 "Small Victories Part 2" Episode Guide|4.01 "Small Victories Part 2"]]
* [[5.22 "Revelations" Episode Guide|5.22 "Revelations"]]
* [[6.12 "Unnatural Selection" Episode Guide|6.12 "Unnatural Selection"]]
* [[6.17 "Disclosure" Episode Guide|6.17 "Disclosure"]]
* [[7.03 "Fragile Balance" Episode Guide|7.03 "Fragile Balance"]]
* [[8.01 "New Order Part 1" Episode Guide|8.01 "New Order Part 1"]]
* [[8.02 "New Order Part 2" Episode Guide|8.02 "New Order Part 2"]]
* [[8.08 "Covenant" Episode Guide|8.08 "Covenant"]]
* [[8.16 "Reckoning Part 1" Episode Guide|8.16 "Reckoning Part 1"]]
* [[8.17 "Reckoning Part 2" Episode Guide|8.17 "Reckoning Part 2"]]
* [[9.13 "Ripple Effect" Episode Guide|9.13 "Ripple Effect"]]
* [[9.20 "Camelot Part 2" Episode Guide|9.20 "Camelot Part 2"]]
==Related Characters==
* [[Jack O'Neill|Col./Gen. Jack O'Neill]]
* [[Daniel Jackson|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]
* [[Samantha Carter|Capt./Maj. Samantha Carter]]
* [[Teal'c]]
* [[George Hammond|Gen. George Hammond]]
* [[Aegir]]
* [[Freyr]]
* [[Heimdall]]
* [[Hermiod]]
* [[Kvasir]]
* [[Loki]]
* [[Penegal]]
* [[Thor]]
==Related Articles==
===Keywords===
* [[Ancients]]
* [[Asgard]]
* [[Asgard Beaming Technology]]
* [[Beliskner-Class Ship]]
* [[Cimmeria]]
* [[Cloning]]
* [[Daedalus-Class Ship]]
* [[Goa'uld]]
* [[Jackson-Class Ship]]
* [[Nox]]
* [[O'Neill-Class Ship]]
* [[Ori]]
* [[Ori Warship]]s
* [[Othala]]
* [[Prometheus]]
* [[Protected Planets Treaty]]
* [[Replicators]]
* [[Tau'ri]]
===Other===
* [[SGA 2.20 "Allies Part 1" Episode Guide|Stargate Atlantis: 2.20 "Allies Part 1"]]
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''Article written for Solutions by Jordan Kreiger<br/>
--[[User:DeeKayP|DeeKayP]] 21:03, 1 August 2006 (PDT)

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