- "...keep in mind this is the race that built the Stargates. They did everything big."
- ―Daniel Jackson[src]
The technology of the Ancients is much more advanced than anything that the Tau'ri, other humans, the Goa'uld, and the Wraith have yet produced, and will most likely remain so for at least several centuries. Through access to their knowledge and technology, the Tau'ri have gained considerable ground in keeping several galaxies safe from terrible oppressors and enemies.
Overview[]
By the time they ascended, the Ancients had gathered more knowledge than any other known race. Even now, that knowledge is far superior to that of the Tau'ri, the Goa'uld, and the Wraith. Only Ori technology, created with ascended knowledge, and Asgard technology can compare and exceed in certain respects. Noted for its massive redundancies and the extensive use of Control crystals, Ancient technology is remarkably similar—in both appearance and function—to that of the Ori, as they both once lived together as one society: the Alterans. Ancient technology is also the most resilient ever seen, remaining intact for millions of years without even minor signs of deterioration or degradation of performance.
Of all their technological creations the Stargates are their most famous, but they have developed devices as diverse and advanced as flying cities, beaming technology, solid holograms, zero-point power sources, devices capable of communicating over intergalactic distances in real time, and FTL travel without entering hyperspace. Much of their weapons technology was designed and used during their century-long war with the Wraith in the Pegasus galaxy.
As a safeguard, most Ancient technology constructed at least since the building of Atlantis requires the presence of a special gene to use, but in a large number of instances this gene is only required to activate it. In such cases, once active anyone can use the technology, regardless of whether or not they possess the gene. The only known instances where the ATA gene is required for continuous use are in important and potentially dangerous technologies, such as the control chair.
Known technology[]
- Admah
- Alteran ship
- Anti-gravity shield
- Ark of Truth
- Arthur's Mantle
- Ascendometer
- Ascension machine
- Asurans
- Attero device
- Aurora-class battleship
- Beam transporter
- Call forwarding device
- City-ship
- Cloaking technology
- Cold fusion reactor core
- Communications badge
- Containment vessel
- Control chair
- Control crystal
- Control device
- Control panel
- Crystal power cell
- Dakara superweapon
- Dalera's weapon
- Dimension observer
- Dolmen
- DNA resequencer
- Drone weapon
- Electromagnetic field generator
- Environmental suit
- Exogenesis device
- Eye of the Gods
- Eyes of the Goa'uld
- Faster-Than-Light engine
- Healing device
- Holographic guardian
- Hub
- Hyperdrive technology
- Inertial dampener technology
- Kino
- Lamp
- Lagrangian Point satellite
- Life signs detector
- Long-range communication stone
- Maintenance Robot
- Mind probe
- Mobile drilling platform
- Molecular construction device
- Nanite creation machine
- Observation satellite
- Orbital weapon
- Outpost
- Project Arcturus
- Quantum Mirror
- Recharging plate
- Repository of knowledge
- Replicator disruptor
- Sangraal
- Sensor technology
- Shield of Dalera
- Shield technology
- Star map
- Stargate
- Stargate destroyer
- Stasis pod
- Stun weapon
- Time loop machine
- Time machine
- Transportation rings
- Tumor creation device
- Wormhole Drive
- Zero Point Module
External links[]
- Ancient technology on Wikipedia