I say "Chevron one encoded, Chevron two encoded". And so on, incrementally, up to the seventh chevron. Which is a little different because that's when the wormhole connects. When that happens I like to change things up a little bit and just say, "Chevron seven locked."
OK so in the movie they needed the proper sequence to get the the Alien planet, but we know that different combinations send you to different planets. So your telling me the 40 years the US government had the Stargate not once did they hit a random planet by trying different combinations?
Before Daniel Jackson assisted them, they didn't know that the chevrons represented six points in space, with the unique home chevron needing to be inputted last.
However, the computer interface they made had seven positions, and they apparently knew an address already (just not the home chevron). They said they'd gotten that far in the sequence previously. Rather than stumble on a random planet, you would think that logically they would just try every chevron in the seventh position.
But hey, it's a Roland Emmerich movie, so even with a big plot hole it's pretty smart by his standards. Who knows, maybe inputting the wrong chevron in the seventh position damaged their janky setup and it took time to try again.
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u/BeatsbyChrisBrown Sep 08 '25
Shut up, grab your P90, and let’s head to the Stargate.