THE TORMENT OF TANTALUS - Eposode #10
Jackson gains access to old military files, and learns that there had
been experiments done with the Stragate in 1945. He also learns with
Catherine's help, that her former boyfriend went through the gate in
1945, and may still be alive!
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- In 1945, President Roosevelt ordered experiments done on the gate to determine if it could be used as a weapon in the War. The experiments were headed by Professor Langford, Catherine's father. Catherine was 21 in 1945. After the program was closed, she petitioned several administrations to reinstate the program, finally succeeding 40 years later.
- Declassified documents from the Archives of the Joint Chiefs of Staff establish that gate activation occurred in January of 1945 when Dr. Ernest Littlefield went through the gate to a destination later designated as P3X-972.
- The alien device uses a 3D representation of the periodic table as a universal language among 4 distinct races and acts as a "Rosetta Stone" for a galactic "United Nations" which may explain the origin of the stargate system.
- 146 elements are depicted, 111 currently known on Earth, 90 in 1945.
- Heliopolis is the Ancient Egyptian city, repository of knowledge, and central place of worship for Ra.
- Othala is the Norse ruin, thought to represent a collection of numinous power and knowledge from past generations. One of the 4 languages represents Thor's race.
- Tantalus was a king in Greek mythology, banished to Hades and forced to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink, representing everlasting, unending temptation.
- The gate element is a super-conductor which absorbs energy in many forms and will convert and store energy in reservoirs making it possible to unlock and spin the mechanism manually when enough power is stored.
- The coordinates for P3X-972 are similar to coordinates for Abydos but it is not listed on the Abydos cartouche, indicating the Goa'ulds did not build the stargates.
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