Corrected entry: The wraiths' darts are using a transporter-like beam to collect people to feed on them. As it turns out, this device somehow stores information about the collected humans, without actually transporting the human aboard. Later, using this information, it is capable to reconstruct the human which was "transported" to the dart. Now, if it is possible, why would the wraith bother with those elaborate "harvesting-runs"? If they are capable to construct a whole human body based on some kind of stored information, they would surely be able to construct several human bodies based on the same information. This way they wouldn't have to hibernate themselves for hundreds of years (the primary reason of the hibernation is the depletion of their "feeding grounds" - this is one of the reasons why they such desperately wish to know Earth's location).
SoylentPurple
10th Nov 2008
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
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Correction: You have misunderstood the concept. The darts appear to work in the same way as the Star Trek transporters, in that you are momentarily stored in a buffer and then re-integrated. But with the darts, the people are stored longer, and reintegrated at a later date to be used as food. Once the human has left the buffer and been reintegrated, there is nothing left in the buffer to 'clone' or 'create' a new one.
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