Stargate: Weapons & Defenses

Stargate: Weapons & Defenses

Expand your Stargate arsenal with powerful weapons and defensive technology.

Stargate: Weapons & Defenses is an addon for Just Stargate Mod (JSG). It currently introduces the Gate Destroyer and its eight-pylon energy shield, with more weapons and equipment planned for future updates.

Gate Destroyer

Six individual energy beams converge into one powerful beam that travels through an active wormhole and attacks the connected Stargate—even across dimensions.

Continuous exposure gradually overheats the receiving gate and its iris, making them glow red. A closed iris slows the gate’s heating, but takes damage and can eventually melt.

With default settings, the receiving gate explodes after no more than 30 minutes of continuous firing.

While the beam is active, the connection cannot be shut down normally. Stopping the machine closes the wormhole and allows the gate and iris to cool gradually. Existing iris damage remains.

The local Stargate is protected against mining while the machine is activated, and the receiving gate is protected during the attack. Creative players and server operators can still break them.

Destructible Energy Shield

Protect the machine by placing eight pylons around it. Holographic guides show the owner where each pylon belongs, and their crystal tips glow blue when the shield is active.

The shield blocks other players, mobs, and incoming projectiles from the sides and above. Its owner can pass freely through it.

Protection comes at a cost:

• 600 shield HP, shown when aiming at the field from within six blocks.

• Damage from punches, weapons, enchanted weapons, and projectiles.

• Stronger, fully charged attacks deal more damage.

• Nearby TNT explosions damage the shield and are absorbed while it holds.

• At zero HP, the field collapses for 60 seconds, giving attackers an opportunity to reach and destroy the machine.

• Switching the machine off and on does not bypass the recovery period.

Machines and pylons belong to the player who places them. All eight pylons must share the machine’s owner to activate its shield.

Power and Controls

The machine uses JSG’s energy storage system and accepts compatible Forge Energy input.

Right-click its base to access:

• Four slots for JSG naquadah fuel.

• Two slots for compatible batteries or capacitors.

• Energy and overheating indicators.

• Activation and shutdown controls.

Both firing and shielding consume energy. Sneak + right-click the base to stop the machine immediately.

Getting Started

1. Place the Gate Destroyer facing an assembled JSG Stargate and align it with the gate’s center.

2. Supply energy and clear the beam’s path.

3. Establish an outgoing connection from the local gate, leaving its iris open.

4. Activate the machine to attack the actual gate at the other end.

5. Add eight pylons at the holographic guide positions to enable the shield.

Crafting and Recipe Support

The Gate Destroyer and pylons have survival crafting recipes combining advanced Minecraft materials with JSG components.

Recipes are available through the Minecraft recipe book and have been verified in JEI. JEI is optional.

All items are grouped in the Stargate: Weapons & Defenses creative tab.

Requirements

• Minecraft Java 1.20.1

• Forge 47.4.28

• Just Stargate Mod 5.1.2.0

For multiplayer, install the addon and JSG on both the server and all clients.

Development and Feedback

The mod is actively being developed, with additional Stargate-inspired weapons and defenses planned.

Bug reports and suggestions are welcome. Please include your Minecraft, Forge, JSG, and addon versions, along with reproduction steps and screenshots or logs when relevant.

Credits

Gate Destroyer model and textures: Carter’s Addon Pack contributors, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

This is an unofficial fan-made addon and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owners of the Stargate franchise.