SGA: Common Ground

[lemonbella]

Genii! Koyla! Wraith! Many other things worthy of exclamation marks.

An absolutely superb episode, but I have just one question: Why the hell did they give the Genii an IDC? Under what circumstance did that seem like even a remotely good idea? Did they use a magic eight ball to make the decison? And then ignore what it said?

It's a poor quality judgement even by Atlantean standards, and these people allow Rodney to carry a gun.

However, any misgivings I had about that premise were easily overshadowed by one single line, let alone the rest of the episode:

"We've just wasted two and a half hours...and a mouse."

Comments

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Well, all an IDC does is tell you who it is. You can choose whether or not to let them in.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right (I'm not thinking straight) but then that means they gave them an IDC, and followed them blindly onto an alien planet without them checking it was actually Good Genii. Which actually seems worse.

[lemonbella.livejournal.com]

*must remember to complete message before clicking 'post'*

The point of an IDC is that you can verify who it is before you open the shield. My problem with them giving the Genii an IDC is that they *can't* verify who it is, or at the very least can't verify their intentions prior to letting them in. This could be done more safely (although not completely safely) by a radio broadcast.