My favorite part of the ori was their aesthetic. The transport rings for example are smooth and refined and the interior of their ships having flowing and organic shapes and the colors they used too.
You know, after watching this video it helped me realize just how much of the History of SG-1 was brought to bear against the Ori, and that is pretty cool.
And to add to this comment, I think the Dakara super weapon was especially cool. Here's the weapon we used to finally kill the replicators, who had been a menace for so many seasons, and the Ori wiped it out in one episode. I think it would've been better for the Jaffa to tweak the weapon to target priors specifically. Then it would've been easier for the Jaffa to get the support of the Tau'ri and other human factions, and the Ori warships would still be effectively neutralized. They could've gotten prior genetic material from the Tau'ri to target the priors. Then maybe the species of the Milky Way would've been more willing to defend Dakara.
@@RSanchez111 🙄 oh please, the jafa had no ability to understand let alone manipulate the weapon to target specific things lol u need to rewatch the show 😂 and it makes perfect sense that the weapon was destroyed cause the writers knew it would make no sense to allow the primitive backwards jafa to possess it lol
I loved the first time SG-1 destroyed an ori mothership in space combat... it was a sad episode because the Asgard just killed themselves off, but it was really cool to see an Earth ship go toe-to-toe with an ori mothership and win.
Don't be so sad. Remember tha Asgard could record and replay personalities. They could have recorded and stored all their personalities into the computer cores on SGC ships ready for download should the right conditions appear. Who'd know? Certainly not us!
"and those who are prideful and refuse to bow down shall be laid low and made unto dust"- Ori message S9 E20 Camelot was my favourite Ori ship episode were they annihilate the Jaffa tauri and Asgard fleet, was a series finale leaving me 😱😯 until S10
I like these ships they are elegant but deadly, I also like how they managed to make the ship look both like the symbol of the ori, if viewed from above or below and also kinda like the helmet of their soldiers when seen head on
Now that the Ori have been defeated, I wonder what happened to their remaining fleet of mother ships. I would imagine that the Priors and the Children of the Ori would no longer have a use for them, seeing as they live typically in what we could describe as a primitive society without advanced technology and their constructed purpose has come to an end. The SGC would be wise to acquire a few of these ships for study and research seeing as how they possess superior technology compared to other races in the SG Universe
They must have some advanced cities out there to produce the advanced parts and provide the welding or molding required to build hull sections, but I suspect they'll fall to infighting pretty quickly, and any technologies they use might be destroyed or dismantled. The Ori give the feeling of having a tight control over the empire, and enforcing a dark ages style as a means to prevent distractions from worship.
I think we all would have liked to see a clash between the Oris and the Wraith, even if I think that the weaponry of the hive ships is not a threat to the Oris ships
For me, the scariest thing about the Ori ships was how graceful and maneuverable they were. Despite their size. Always reminds me of a pod of orcas toying with their prey.
The Aurora class and the city ships would be full of Drones so my money is on them . Then again the Ori dont give a ******** about any rules so they could upgrade their stuff with anything that was learned whilst being ascended . Then again the Lanteans built the Aurora and city ships right before they ascended and there could be a technological plataeu they all hit All I can say is that it would be a totally brutal battle and I would kill my Rabbi with a porkchop to watch it
My guess would be no. The Ancients had so many rules about not contaminating the lower races that I'm sure their ships were... humble, compared to the Ori ships who just didn't care about anyone but themselves.
@@matthewdavies2057 - That’s my assessment as well. Even the Odyssey, with Asgard weapons and shields (equal to Ancient technology), could maybe take on 1 or 2 Ori ships before being overpowered.
@@qdllc it is possible though remember that Ancients ship where made to be crew by them and their all super intelligent but the Ori ships where crewed by those that had been living dark age peasants
the ori and replicator ships were easily some of my favorites in the stargate series! thanks for the great vids chronicling them. wraith hive ship vid when? :P
My only issue about the Ori ships are their energy ball contained in the center ring. It harkens back to Babylon 5’s “Third Space” enemy ships that had an extremely similar feature. I’m not saying it was taken from B5… but….
Well this was pretty good. But only have one problem. I don't think they would have been more than a few dozen of the Ori ships. They were only first built after they discovered that the Ancients had been hiding us from them.
I never understood how the Ori's followers were supposed to build these super-powerful starships in a field, with wood scaffolding and hand tools. "The Ori were super-advanced, ascended Ancients. They showed their followers how to build these ships," some would say. But, did they? Their followers were still living at a Medieval level of development. If you gave a person all the supplies and tools available at a modern Home Depot, they're not going to be able to build a space shuttle, no matter how good the blueprints are.
While the Ori story arc was nice for me the show suffered from the absence of Richard Dean Anderson's Jack O'Neil, the new character Cameron I think tried too hard to fill the gap by imitating Jack instead of becoming his own character.
The Ori's biggest advantage with their ships is their cohesive designs. They knew they were building multi-role warships, with systems designed around being effective. So their shields and weapons and electrical systems are probably top of the line. Compare this to the Gao'uld pyramid ships. I think they're essentially armed yachts, designed for their look more than their functionality. It's fundamentally a wasteful design, and so they end up reliant on numbers. When Ra was still alive, and they had relative peace across the galaxy, they probably had that advantage, even facing off against the Asgard. But, when facing Earth in ones and twos, they're easy enough that even SG1 can take them down, with the biggest limitation being the secrecy of the program, and how much production can be made on surface to orbit weapons, or satellite systems that can be set into place around the planet. Once USAF spaceships join the Goa'uld are simply headed off. Human and Asgards are also purpose built warships, and they hold up much better than the Gao'uld vessels. The Ori have the advantage of Ancient technologies, which are... they could be a lot more powerful, but aren't, for one reason or another. The Biggest weakness of the Ori I suspect, is they probably have limitations with how many ships they can field. They still have a galaxy-span's worth, but they don't seem to have technologically enlightened their followers much. They also might fear the ships falling into hostile hands, and so haven't equipped them with the best of the best technologies. Mutiny isn't impossible, and the Ori weren't all powerful meddlers, able to freely at will interfere with the materiel planes.
These Asgard weapons and shields were still limited by the structure of a human built ship, like only being able to put an engine that would fit in a small car when it would work in a big car. Imagine if they were used on ships that could handle their full power! A shame the Asgard didn't stick around to eliminate the Ori after everything Earth has done for them, especially considering they could have crushed them.
The most comparable on earth would likely be a ship. Fires in the engine rooms of cruise ships will often disable the vessel but not destroy it. The point is that the power source is so volatile that the entire structure would be completely compromised were it to be detonated.
Imho in the ark of truth the replicators SHOULD of been unleashed on the ori. The ori would of destroyed them but not until the bugs have done loads of damage.
I don't think that the Ori had thousands of motherships. The ships had to be built. Also, the Ancient weapon was never used against the Ori motherships. Wait, we never SAW that, though Sam encountered it in another universe.
Fun fact: the Ori were nowhere near as technologically advanced as the Asgard, whom they regarded as a direct threat. This is despite the Asgard civilisation being around thirty thousand years old, and the Ori being more than fifty million years old.
So, what have I learned that I can say about an Ori ship? Well, firstly, it's really quite big, which is excellent. because If it were really small, you know, microscopic, then hardly anyone would be able to see it. Which would be a tremendous shame. You did a far better job but I have to stand by my professional opinion as well.
Even before reading other comments, I can't help but notice the blaring parallel between the Ori and the growing xian nationalist movement. Even the plague...
I appreciate that there are people who put in the work to bring people like me the background lore. You rock.
Always thought SG did awesome work with their alien designed ships. Was easy to tell who was who in battle. Ori ships looked pretty badass.
My favorite part of the ori was their aesthetic. The transport rings for example are smooth and refined and the interior of their ships having flowing and organic shapes and the colors they used too.
You know, after watching this video it helped me realize just how much of the History of SG-1 was brought to bear against the Ori, and that is pretty cool.
And to add to this comment, I think the Dakara super weapon was especially cool. Here's the weapon we used to finally kill the replicators, who had been a menace for so many seasons, and the Ori wiped it out in one episode.
I think it would've been better for the Jaffa to tweak the weapon to target priors specifically. Then it would've been easier for the Jaffa to get the support of the Tau'ri and other human factions, and the Ori warships would still be effectively neutralized. They could've gotten prior genetic material from the Tau'ri to target the priors. Then maybe the species of the Milky Way would've been more willing to defend Dakara.
@@RSanchez111 🙄 oh please, the jafa had no ability to understand let alone manipulate the weapon to target specific things lol u need to rewatch the show 😂 and it makes perfect sense that the weapon was destroyed cause the writers knew it would make no sense to allow the primitive backwards jafa to possess it lol
@@Big_Black_Dick read my comment I said they could've worked with the Tau'ri to target the weapon at the priors
I loved the first time SG-1 destroyed an ori mothership in space combat... it was a sad episode because the Asgard just killed themselves off, but it was really cool to see an Earth ship go toe-to-toe with an ori mothership and win.
Don't be so sad. Remember tha Asgard could record and replay personalities. They could have recorded and stored all their personalities into the computer cores on SGC ships ready for download should the right conditions appear. Who'd know? Certainly not us!
"and those who are prideful and refuse to bow down shall be laid low and made unto dust"- Ori message
S9 E20 Camelot was my favourite Ori ship episode were they annihilate the Jaffa tauri and Asgard fleet, was a series finale leaving me 😱😯 until S10
That Ori beam still burns in my brain until now, it was so cool, might even better than Star Wars
I like these ships they are elegant but deadly, I also like how they managed to make the ship look both like the symbol of the ori, if viewed from above or below and also kinda like the helmet of their soldiers when seen head on
the best moment was when SG-1 sent one through the super gate with the Merlin built super weapon and killed the firey bastards once and for all.
Now that the Ori have been defeated, I wonder what happened to their remaining fleet of mother ships. I would imagine that the Priors and the Children of the Ori would no longer have a use for them, seeing as they live typically in what we could describe as a primitive society without advanced technology and their constructed purpose has come to an end. The SGC would be wise to acquire a few of these ships for study and research seeing as how they possess superior technology compared to other races in the SG Universe
They must have some advanced cities out there to produce the advanced parts and provide the welding or molding required to build hull sections, but I suspect they'll fall to infighting pretty quickly, and any technologies they use might be destroyed or dismantled. The Ori give the feeling of having a tight control over the empire, and enforcing a dark ages style as a means to prevent distractions from worship.
This is one of the most luxurious starships I’ve seen in most sci fi franchises.
Very nice video with a very good and complete coverage of the subject. Many thanks.
I think we all would have liked to see a clash between the Oris and the Wraith, even if I think that the weaponry of the hive ships is not a threat to the Oris ships
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For me, the scariest thing about the Ori ships was how graceful and maneuverable they were. Despite their size. Always reminds me of a pod of orcas toying with their prey.
Makes me wonder if Lantian Battleships can inflict serious damage to Ori Motherships.
The Aurora class and the city ships would be full of Drones so my money is on them . Then again the Ori dont give a ******** about any rules so they could upgrade their stuff with anything that was learned whilst being ascended . Then again the Lanteans built the Aurora and city ships right before they ascended and there could be a technological plataeu they all hit
All I can say is that it would be a totally brutal battle and I would kill my Rabbi with a porkchop to watch it
My guess would be no. The Ancients had so many rules about not contaminating the lower races that I'm sure their ships were... humble, compared to the Ori ships who just didn't care about anyone but themselves.
@@matthewdavies2057 - That’s my assessment as well. Even the Odyssey, with Asgard weapons and shields (equal to Ancient technology), could maybe take on 1 or 2 Ori ships before being overpowered.
@@qdllc it is possible though remember that Ancients ship where made to be crew by them and their all super intelligent but the Ori ships where crewed by those that had been living dark age peasants
@@matthewdavies2057 Their ships may have been humble, but their drone weapons were very effective, as were their shields.
Always excited for stargate lore
This is 1 of my top favorites ship in SG worlds😍💕
Hallowed are the Ori. Thanks for another awesome video.
Really excellent video! I really liked the Ori motherships as bad-guy ships in the Stargate universe!
Nicely done!
the ori and replicator ships were easily some of my favorites in the stargate series! thanks for the great vids chronicling them. wraith hive ship vid when? :P
The best sci-fi show ever made, along with Atlantis. The good times.
My only issue about the Ori ships are their energy ball contained in the center ring. It harkens back to Babylon 5’s “Third Space” enemy ships that had an extremely similar feature. I’m not saying it was taken from B5… but….
Thanks elaine and nick
The ships remind me of the diadems described by Lovecraft in his _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ story.
Awesome! I shouted that out when we watched that episode during the first run. My ex-bf gave me a dead-eyed look. That's why he's an ex. 😄😔😄
@@empressoftheknownuniverse - For real. Some people have no culture.
the ori plot line was my absolute favorite from sg-1
Greatness ......again
Well this was pretty good. But only have one problem. I don't think they would have been more than a few dozen of the Ori ships. They were only first built after they discovered that the Ancients had been hiding us from them.
They remind me of bentusi ships in homeworld
Please. A rings of power trailer rant. I am literally begging.
I wish they'd started the Ori plot years sooner, when the show was still in its prime.
Those are cool looking ships. Kind of remind me of the blockade ships from Star Wars Episode I.
I never understood how the Ori's followers were supposed to build these super-powerful starships in a field, with wood scaffolding and hand tools.
"The Ori were super-advanced, ascended Ancients. They showed their followers how to build these ships," some would say. But, did they? Their followers were still living at a Medieval level of development.
If you gave a person all the supplies and tools available at a modern Home Depot, they're not going to be able to build a space shuttle, no matter how good the blueprints are.
Too OP. I do like the Asgardian Beam weapons could eventually break through their shields.
It was a little crazy in the show with scene of ship being built. For me it seemed a stretch how the ships where built and by whom.
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While the Ori story arc was nice for me the show suffered from the absence of Richard Dean Anderson's Jack O'Neil, the new character Cameron I think tried too hard to fill the gap by imitating Jack instead of becoming his own character.
The Ori's biggest advantage with their ships is their cohesive designs. They knew they were building multi-role warships, with systems designed around being effective. So their shields and weapons and electrical systems are probably top of the line.
Compare this to the Gao'uld pyramid ships. I think they're essentially armed yachts, designed for their look more than their functionality. It's fundamentally a wasteful design, and so they end up reliant on numbers. When Ra was still alive, and they had relative peace across the galaxy, they probably had that advantage, even facing off against the Asgard. But, when facing Earth in ones and twos, they're easy enough that even SG1 can take them down, with the biggest limitation being the secrecy of the program, and how much production can be made on surface to orbit weapons, or satellite systems that can be set into place around the planet. Once USAF spaceships join the Goa'uld are simply headed off.
Human and Asgards are also purpose built warships, and they hold up much better than the Gao'uld vessels. The Ori have the advantage of Ancient technologies, which are... they could be a lot more powerful, but aren't, for one reason or another.
The Biggest weakness of the Ori I suspect, is they probably have limitations with how many ships they can field. They still have a galaxy-span's worth, but they don't seem to have technologically enlightened their followers much. They also might fear the ships falling into hostile hands, and so haven't equipped them with the best of the best technologies. Mutiny isn't impossible, and the Ori weren't all powerful meddlers, able to freely at will interfere with the materiel planes.
I vote next badguy kickarse ship - Shadow Battlecrab
These Asgard weapons and shields were still limited by the structure of a human built ship, like only being able to put an engine that would fit in a small car when it would work in a big car. Imagine if they were used on ships that could handle their full power!
A shame the Asgard didn't stick around to eliminate the Ori after everything Earth has done for them, especially considering they could have crushed them.
What vehicle would not be destroyed by detonating its power source? I'm pretty sure if you detonated a car engine the car would be destroyed
The most comparable on earth would likely be a ship. Fires in the engine rooms of cruise ships will often disable the vessel but not destroy it. The point is that the power source is so volatile that the entire structure would be completely compromised were it to be detonated.
It would appear that the best defence is not a good Ha'tak.
Imho in the ark of truth the replicators SHOULD of been unleashed on the ori. The ori would of destroyed them but not until the bugs have done loads of damage.
I think they look like a crown
I don't think that the Ori had thousands of motherships. The ships had to be built. Also, the Ancient weapon was never used against the Ori motherships. Wait, we never SAW that, though Sam encountered it in another universe.
Fun fact: the Ori were nowhere near as technologically advanced as the Asgard, whom they regarded as a direct threat. This is despite the Asgard civilisation being around thirty thousand years old, and the Ori being more than fifty million years old.
“Measuring several hundred meters wide and twice that in length” … wtf does mean?
TEXASMUDNECKSAY I would love to Put up a fight with
One of those things.
Those damn Toilet bowls...
I always thought of the Ori as space republicans.
100%
I concur!!!!
Honestly, they sound a lot more like the woke far left cult.
@@eodyn7
Really?
So woke people are forcing people to worship their god and enforcing religious doctrine as law??
When the the hell did this happen?
Ahh yes, the giant space toilet seats aka Ori warships.
So, what have I learned that I can say about an Ori ship? Well, firstly, it's really quite big, which is excellent. because If it were really small, you know, microscopic, then hardly anyone would be able to see it. Which would be a tremendous shame.
You did a far better job but I have to stand by my professional opinion as well.
Please don't call them "battle cruisers". That's bad luck.
Even before reading other comments, I can't help but notice the blaring parallel between the Ori and the growing xian nationalist movement. Even the plague...
Lol
Word has it those toilet-shaped ships inspired Trump's Space Force.
The ori was the worst part of this series. Worship me I need more power… what a terrible way to mess up the ancients lore.