Lantean control console

Ancient control consoles are computer consoles on Atlantis (and presumably other City-ships) as well as several Ancient outposts such as the Doranda outpost and the Taranis outpost. These consoles can access the main controls of the whichever system they are connected to, including city-ship Shielding and the Stardrive.

These consoles consist of several interchangable crystals that are responsible for operation of various systems. These crystals can be removed and reconfigured for different systems such as the Biometric Sensor Array. The crystals can be pressed in a similar matter to a keyboard. These consoles are activated by the ATA gene but do not require the gene for continual interfacing.