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Posted by: PLUT0NIUM 235
the Ancients are the technologically superior race for me, lets break down why I personally think this:
1) Destiny: this ship has been flying solo, for millions of years, it has travelled the universe, been through tens, hundreds, maybe thousands of galaxies and its still functioning, that is the ultimate testament to how resilient Ancient technology can be if they put their minds to it.
2) Stargates: near instant travel between two planets in different galaxies, the extent to how advanced this technology is is unbelievable. the amount of energy to do this is beyond comprehension, and the power is provided by a small power generator in the DHD, and that can create a wormhole between two gates (inside the same galaxy) but thousands of light years apart, its like the Ark portal but so much more advanced.
3) Shields: always a weird topic for me regarding the Ancients, they shield technology is unbelievably advanced. Atlantis was submerged for untold number of years, protected from thousands of feet of water by a shield for that much time, again serious technology. Even Puddle Jumpers can be shielded, and then survive multiple Drone impacts, they are smaller than Pelicans.
4) Time Travel: the Ancients possessed the means to travel through time, several pieces of technology have been shown throughout the Stargate Universe (all Ancient) capable of this function.
5) Propulsion: the Ancients were capable of trans-galactic travel, travelling between galaxies is an impressive thing, also Ancient ships are capable of travelling at like 99.999% the speed of light on sub-light engines.
6) Dakara Weapon: it does the exact same as the Halo Installation only it is much much much smaller and can be re-programmed to change its effects, plus the effect travels through Stargates.
7) Cloaking: Puddle Jumpers possess absolutely perfect cloaking technology, it is absolutely 100% invisible and seems to require tiny amounts of power to operate and can be used for extended periods.
8) Power Generation: Zero Point Energy Modules are very very advanced batteries, one ZPM was shown to allow the battlecruiser Daedalus survive an engagement with multiple Wraith Hive Ships and Cruisers for and extended period of time, not to mention that ZPM had been buried for thousands of years in Egypt, and when hooked upto the Hyperspace Drive allowed the Daedalus to cover the distance between Galaxies in days!
8.1) Project Arcturus: The thing that would make ZPMs look like 'alkaline batteries' as quoted from Mckay, harnessing the zero-point energy from our own universe, the ultimate, almost limitless power source.
9) Attero Device: another Ancient 'Super Weapon' was kind of an Endgame weapon in the war against the Wraith, had some nasty side effects!
the list continues, sure the Forerunners built the Halos and the Ark, but as far as general technologies go, I think the Ancients are by far the more impressive of the two races.
1.The forerunner keyship may only be 100,000 years old, but it is in perfect condition.
2. No direct comparison, but forerunners had slipspace and teleportation grids.
3. Even forerunner civilians were given shielding FAR superior to MJOLNIR armor.
4. Unknown, master chief did go beck in time a couple weeks in first strike using forerunner tech.
5. If forerunners could go over 150,000 light years instantaneously, intergalactic travel should be possible.
6. Sword + shield
7. Unknown, however if covenant had near perfect cloaking then forerunners must have had better.
8. The keyship could run all of high charity with a small fraction of its power.
forerunner GI's (general infantry) were given power suits 6 times as powerful as MJOLNIR.
they could use stars as stellar grenades.
could fabricate super-dense materials
there is a possibility they ascended.
I think they both equal out actually
[Edited on 12.04.2010 12:58 PM PST]